The door itself was steel and would have sent the Devastator slugs ricocheting straight back at him. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

As soon as the men from Ohio arrived, the mules were loaded up and sent away to become dog food. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

The man’s spirit was worried, and he had sent her the dream to tell her about his fears. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

But in his hurry, the boy sent the rest of the sweets rolling off the table, onto the ground. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

Ben’s head snapped back, but not far enough to avoid the backhand that sent him staggering backward out of control with his head cracked against the far wall. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

It sent a cold feeling down my back. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

But on Monday night the leaders were taken from their homes and sent to jail in the capital of the province with two-pound irons on their legs. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

Mr. Kempsey'd told me, curtly, to get on with my homework till I was sent for, but for once I was up to date. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

“Did you enjoy the girl I sent you?” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

They sent the killer of Prince Jones back to his work, because he was not a killer at all. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

Samuel sent his models to a manufacturer, who promptly rejected the plans and used the method. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“You don’t know the whole story. I should have been sent to Punishment. I—I’m just as bad—” “No, you’re not!” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

Edd had been sent to gather up as many spearwives as his wagons would hold and bring them back to join their sisters. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

One seemed asleep; the other, with crossed legs and arms behind his head, leaned back against a broken rock and sent from his mouth long wisps and little rings of thin blue smoke. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Additional forces are being sent into District 8, and all textile production has ceased. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Outside, the wind howled and sent the tops of the leafless trees casting back and forth in the night. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

They were being sent out as bait for the enemy to lure them into an attack, to flush them out of hiding. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

It was almost too narrow for a horse, and the mare sent a stream of pebbles and small rocks rolling down the steep slopes. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

The howling wind ripped apart tents, knocked over trees, and sent barrels flying through the air. I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z

“Nothing. There’s nothing the matter. Garrett sent a robot to us. Well, we sent one back. Unless he checks closely, he won’t notice the switch.” The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

And since his own lord had exiled him and his story went before him, none would take him in, but after the three days’ guesting all sent him from their doors as an outlaw. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

“You and Brer made a hole—a tunnel—by the Tree of Power and sent Gum Baby through, telling her to find it. Find the book.” Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

And thirteen mice, ashamed for Lester, looked away Reader, can you imagine your own father not voting against your being sent to a dungeon full of rats? The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

Instead, he was born in Braintree, twelve miles south of Boston, in 1735, the son of a farmer and shoemaker, who sent Adams to Harvard in the hope he might become a minister. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

In the succession of houses that Ralph had known, this one stood out with particular clarity because after that house he had been sent away to school. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

“Please go back and tell those who sent you that you did not find my son. Tell your fellow witches that you did not see him.” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

When the authorities began to allow us to receive photographs of immediate family members in the early 1970s, Winnie sent me an album. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had been sent on to bid her make all ready for the sacred rites. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

Something in his voice sent icy fingers running up Bran’s back. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Governor Mifflin and the state legislature had sent him an urgent note insisting that “gunpowder, and other salutory preparations, be flashed through the streets” as the College of Physicians had suggested. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

Hoagland, not hearing from me, sent in Jack Kalantzakos to retrieve my remains, my exposed bones. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ma sent us to bed after supper, but I couldn’t sleep. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

I think I was sent up to the house as a diversion while they were getting rid of the lad I’d tried to murder that morning and the other chained man. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

“Patrick wanted that picture. And what about the picture he sent you? They’re acting like this was all your idea or something. It’s such a double standard!” Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

Scores of Klansmen were sent to jail for their night-riding activities, but even then the Klan refused to die. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

I thought it was strange that I would be sent to school so soon after landing in Rochester. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Adam had sent a fine pillow of everlastings. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

One of them uncovered a snake and sent the whole troop into a screaming panic. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

England had begun talking about ending slavery, but then it saw the chaos in France and sent an army to try to defeat the Haitians. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

When I caught the stomach flu in the fifth grade, my mother sent a note to school written on the back of a holiday memo from Vice President Biden. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

In being sent to prison, they had no doubt let people down; some who loved them no longer wanted to see them. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I was sent to prison, he was serving time for trying to stick up a dining car steward on a train between New York and Philadelphia. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Periodically he sent her books he’d read and thought she might like. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Three hours later, after encountering wave after never-ending wave of blue-clad soldiers—too many for his men to beat back— Gordon sent word back to Lee that he had “fought my corps to a frazzle.” Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

All these years later, I am still thankful that I was not sent to Saipan. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

And then, on the bottom, I saw who had sent the e-mail: Candy “So,” Rachel said, “the question is, who is Candy?” Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

Hera sent a fearful pestilence which destroyed the people by thousands. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Or to the crypts below Notre-Dame at Rocabey. Which is where I sent Madame. It’s what your uncle asked me to do. Leave absolutely everything behind, and come with me now.” All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Could it be that Robbie had escaped somehow and sent a spirit to help them? Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

He was sentenced to nine months of hard labor and sent immediately to a prison in the northern part of the state. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

The only advantage they had over other soldiers was that as long as they were guarding us, they could not be sent to the front to fight.” Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z

She felt better, however, when she got home and caught sight of the little white paper on the table that proved Hermilio had sent the letter as he had promised. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

A pair of women on bicycles pull off the road and gape at the truck as its passes: some infernal lorry sent to blight their town. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

All these gifts you have sent me are really great. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

“English texted me earlier saying that some of the kids at your school have been talking about a protest. He sent me that picture,” Berry said. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

‘I sense two mortals asleep in the main cabin. Nobody else. I’m no child of Hypnos, but I’ve sent some deep dreams their way. Should be enough to keep them snoozing until well after sunrise.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Parents from as far away as New York sent their children to Allen for its rigorous liberal arts curriculum, its religious teaching, and its insistence on imparting social graces to its students. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

The cold had sent the woodchucks into their burrows for the winter. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

It sent pain signals to his brain in tight waves, but he grabbed another, pulled it, then another quill. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But you sent him all the way through that college of his.” Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

His dad's brother had just died in Vietnam; that's why they sent his dad to Korea. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

“So you sent him a picture of your foot and he sent you one of his ankle?” Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

“Some sweet oranges a neighbor sent over yesterday,” she said. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

I sent for the porter and when he came I told him in Italian to get me a bottle of Cinzano at the wine shop, a fiasco of chianti and the evening papers. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

Her screams sent a jolt of horror thudding through Mark’s bones. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

"I had sent away by post, you see, for this very powerful itching-powder," Hortensia said. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

I made up my mind to ask to be sent home. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

From the far end of the veranda, a gust of wind sent the head of the staff rolling in her direction. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Captain Stewart sent all of Alpha Company to the village. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“His parents sent him to college, paid for the whole thing, tuition, room, and board.” Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘I have sent the company of Ithilien to strengthen it, as I have said.’ The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

“They also sent us some tables and diagrams. ...” Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

So on an early February day, my brothers were sent to an all-boys orphanage in Jericho. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

She had failed, failed and been sent back here. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

He still, however, has his mail sent to Ford’s, and his buggy is parked in a space behind the theater that was specially created for him by a carpenter and stagehand named Ned Spangler. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

They searched through the dresser and found a dollar or two and sent for a doctor. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sound of a hundred heads hissing at once sent a shiver down my back, and that was before his breath hit me. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

He sent me overland in a strong chariot to Atreus’ son, the captain, Menelaos. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

She sent her invisible servants to leave bowls of stew and goblets of apple cider at the edge of the garden. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Ismene, who had come to tell her father the good news of this oracle, was with her sister when he died and afterward they were both sent safely home by Theseus. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

They sent me because I am so good at telling lies. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

He sent officers to Church’s home with orders to bring him every piece of paper showing that Church was a spy. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

During the peak of the Vietnam War, he volunteered for the Army in logistics as an alternative to being drafted and sent to the front lines like many of his friends. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

Finally she was sent to Shanghai, to some close friends with an invalid daughter; Theresa was to keep that daughter company for a few months. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wanted to finish it quickly because of the pain in my wrist, and I sent in another fast ball. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

The government had sent “feelers” to me over the years, beginning with Minister Kruger’s efforts to persuade me to move to the Transkei. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The next Cyclops backed up nervously, so Frank cut his legs out from under him and sent him into the pit. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

A letter to that effect was sent to Bobby in Belgrade, and upon announcement of the indictment, federal officials issued a warrant for his arrest. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

“If they’d seen him there, they wouldn’t have sent any message at all.” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Carter was resentenced to life imprisonment without parole and sent to Angola. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

He gave the Hephaestus chariot a good shove and sent them skittering sideways while we pulled ahead. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

I jolly well don’t feel like reading anything Engel has sent me anymore tonight, but tomorrow is Sunday and there will be croissants with the coffee and I expect it will still be raining. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

“You go live with your daughter. I’ll mail you the money I’ve always sent you. I could get arrested if the Americans knew about you. I’m living like an American.” The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

She rarely responded directly but sent hugs and kisses in Mami’s letters. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

“Your friend in Madagascar—he sent you some lizards, didn’t he?” Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

They sent their uneasy warning signals, especially the old bear, who had seen it all and knew when a fighting animal’s time approached. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

I am sent into the freezer to do inventory for the second big job next week. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

Doctors felt it was inadvisable to operate, so he was sent home with little hope of recovery. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

“The school sent an email blast to all the families,” he explains. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

This sent the rest of the animals into a panic—the chimps screeched, the cats roared, and the zebras yelped. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

This she anointed with deadly drugs and placing it in a casket she sent her sons with it to the new bride. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s possible that I have a brother named Jason who was sent here. And I’m trying to find out what happened to him.” Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

“She sent that loaf of white bread fer our supper; it’s fresh out of the ashes.” Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

Human Rights Watch reported in 2000 that, in seven states, African Americans constitute 80 to 90 percent of all those sent to prison on drug charges. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

Three years earlier, President Lyndon B. Johnson had sent troops to aid the South Vietnamese government in its fight against the Communist North Vietnamese. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

There wasn’t going to be a real trial because the man was very sick mentally and was to be sent to a hospital for the criminally insane. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You will find her at home. Hades sent her when you recovered his helm. Even the Lord of Death pays his debts.” The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

And so she sent them invitation letters, bank statements, a copy of her green card. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Sticky sent their query at once: Please advise about cheating. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

The new pain shattered my resolve, sent me scrambling away again. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

As he ran, he sent his voice ahead of him, entreating her, persuading her, reassuring her. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

After the third, I sent him this: Everything is okay. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

But when I got home, something else sent a chill down my back. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

But Hugo just kept twirling and twisting and heaving, a violent ballet that sent as many imps as pounced on him careening across the basement. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

But it was more than that; there was something slimily questionable about the Babylonian that always sent prickles up Ranofer’s spine. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

And then there was Caitlin, who sent a letter every few weeks. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

And then a magpie sent them over to the beaver pond. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Eventually the issue came to a head, and the team psychologist was sent for to discuss our team dynamics. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

Jonas entered the Annex room and realized immediately that it was a day when he would be sent away. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

He notched an arrow to the string and drew, and not moving from his seat he sent it straight through the twelve rings. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

My parents felt bad whether or not they sent money. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Just thinking about the miles and miles of watery unknown sent a shiver down Jinny’s spine. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Oshiro didn’t know what was in the bags, but the CIA sent the intelligence gathered from all the remote camps to Washington, DC, for Nixon’s bombing campaign in Cambodia. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

Sometimes I think these scarves aren’t sent to the Angels at all, but unraveled and turned back into balls of yarn, to be knitted again in their turn. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was no sound now in the early-night hush, except for their feet scraping laxly through the dust, their clothes rustling as they grunted softly and sent the ball toward the basket. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Not an army. Those were just the posse sent after our young pups here.” The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

His sister would be scornful, the Sand Snakes would mock him with smiles sharp as swords, and Lord Yronwood, his second father, who had sent his own son along to keep him safe... A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

His teacher sent Shin’s class to find the missing boy. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

Other than the menial wages sent home from the cities, families scraped by with little beyond subsistence-level farming. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

“Ha! Our school has never sent a girl to compete for the scholarship.” Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

A hand somewhere struck the gramophone arm and sent the silver needle on its way through the whirling, black grooves, like something bobbing, anchorless, in the middle of the sea. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

The novel was released in the summer of that following year, 1989, and the publisher sent me on a five-city book tour. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Giver,” he asked one afternoon following a day when he had been sent away, “what causes you pain?” The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

He’d lived mostly in Montana until his mother decided to go to college to become a social worker and sent him to live with his father and stepmother for high school. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

If not, these words I have written in response to the ones you sent me should mean quite a lot. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

If whoever sent the assassin had been desperate enough to send someone onto the Current of Faith, they shouldn’t have given up so easily. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

With Miss Maggie’s help, I wrapped pieces of it in newsprint, tucked them into plain little boxes with no return address, and sent them off to orphanages far and wide. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

I sent the children home with Mama, afraid of some further incident with the SIM. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

My father sent him on his way with his head still on his shoulders. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

In a mass protest decades ago, thirty-one prisoners cut their Achilles tendons, lest they be sent again to work. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

By now Septa Mordane would certainly have sent word to her lady mother. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Hicks and the other owners hired guards, passed out guns, and sent men to patrol company boundaries. Fannie Never Flinched 2016-11-21T00:00:00Z

All the cardboard boxes that had been sent to the office in the last few months were piled on the floors and beds. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

The Questing Beast and King Pellinore put their heads together and sent some of their most perfect fewmets, wrapped up in the green leaves of spring, in a golden horn with a red velvet baldrick. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Valley shrugged, and it sent the three Witchlings into quiet giggles. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

I was concentrating on one of the maps the correspondence school had sent her for a course in map reading and mapmaking. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Arthur put their bodies into sumptuous coffins—not sarcastically—and sent them to the Lord Mayor of Rome, instead of the tribute which had been demanded. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

The committee sent subpoenas to dozens of well-known actors, directors, screenwriters, and other professionals suspected of being affiliated with communism. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

On one such occasion, two years after Mary joined West Computing, Dorothy Vaughan sent Mary to the East Side, staffing her on a project alongside several white computers. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

In November 1966, he was inducted into the army and the following April was sent to Vietnam. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

Maddie was sent farther down the lane on her bike to the bottom of the hill, where there was a pub and a phone box. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

Quickly assessing the situation, Lincoln ran back to his carriage and sent the driver to fetch his friend Dr. D. W. Bliss. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Mark’s breath was knocked out of him as his attacker tried to pin him down.Then the man was whacked in the shoulder by Alec’s sledgehammer and was sent flying. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

People vanished all the time as they were arrested and killed or sent away. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

"Where did you think Jewish people were sent?" Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Unlike Ma Charles, Miss Trotter sent JimmyTrotter into town to buy groceries from the store. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

Mami says that if they sent him back, then even though we came here for the dream of America, we’re going to have to go back too. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

British agents sent numerous reports to their case officers, tracking the French as they set out from Rhode Island to join up with the Americans. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

He watched Javier wordlessly as he called his mother, and Moss sent out a silent thanks to the universe, to whomever might be listening. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

He launched one bangle over your head, and as you slowly raised your hands to try to catch it, he sent the other flying so fast, it struck you before tinkling to the floor. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

She wouldn’t have offered to help if an email about anyone else had been sent out. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

Then he sent an application off to regional headquarters, begging for a transfer. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had sent her to the best schools and had encouraged her to go to college in the United States. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

We applauded lightly and sent her off on the bus. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

So mean is extremity, that I sometimes sent him to Hyde Park corner to see what o’clock it was. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

When I didn’t find her gum boots in the cellar, she sent me to the cobhouse. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, for instance, you know that your mistress sent for you last night?” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

The boy is sent to pack his small bag of negligible possessions. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

It sent a plume of dark smoke up into the sky, charcoal black into the robin’s-egg blue of the once most perfect day. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

So Ear rummaged around until he found a bottle sent over by Mr. Thirsty. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

As Hagen came scrambling down the watchtower steps, a wolfling’s arrow caught him in the belly and sent him plunging headfirst to the ground. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The youngest children were organized into the “suckling gang” and sent out to weed the cane fields. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

Or else you may like to write a note and have it sent to me. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

He sent me dozens of letters and poems. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

“They are mentioned in the Prophecy of Seven, which sent the first expedition to Alaska—” Cato the ghost snorted. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

Opportunity number one was that Gates got sent to Lakeside. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

The guttersnipe was definitely a discovery, a gift sent by Fortuna to make amends for all of her bad spins. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

His superiors were being told I should be sent abroad immediately, but Colonel Junaid stuck with his decision—and it was a decision that saved my life. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

So when the opera invitation arrived, he hadn’t cared who sent it. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

Remarkably, the phenomenon was proved in 1997 when physicists at the University of Geneva sent photons seven miles in opposite directions and demonstrated that interfering with one provoked an instantaneous response in the other. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

But despite many telegrams and letters sent to him, Gary refused to bargain. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

Hattie sent me a picture of the novel in her lap, and the bags of luggage at her feet. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

“Wa—” he began, but then he erupted into a coughing jag that sent the food he couldn’t swallow into Alec’s face. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

"The tavern keeper's sent for a constable—which is why those two fled. You can go to prison for dueling." The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

Although I could have been sent back to jail for voicing such views, I did not hesitate to reaffirm the tremendous support the Communists had given us. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Since our conversation in the hospital, he has only sent me one message. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

The sheriff swore in extra deputies, passed out rifles, and sent the men to patrol company boundaries. Fannie Never Flinched 2016-11-21T00:00:00Z

Besides, she had made every one of the petticoats she sent, so they were probably labors of love too. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was supposed to have sent it to the company. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But I don’t believe that. I’m so glad Mother sent me to study with you! I want to know everything you do.” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

President Rutherford B. Hayes sent federal troops to end the strike, and workers went back to their jobs, taking lower wages. Fannie Never Flinched 2016-11-21T00:00:00Z

“Madam, Mrs. Harden says she has sent up the usual quantity.” Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

"Leftover cases from an imported gift sent straight to our glorious Elector himself. Goes until six o'clock." Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

Thinking maybe Albany was unnecessarily equating me with the devil, I sent a signed copy to the commissioner of corrections, which he acknowledged with a curt note; I never' heard from him again. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

There, heaven knows, I told the men to wait and guard the ships while I sent out patrols to rising ground. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

As I had directed, Char sent his letters to Mandy, who pretended to have an admirer. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

In the morning, I sent word to Coetsee that I accepted his offer. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had sent him off at once, but leaving, he had set out all the ready food he could find done up in a packet as fuel for my three days’ run. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

“He told me to expect you. He knew more than you thought. Who sent you?” The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

After twelve months at Head Office, we trainees were all sent away to various Shell branches in England to study salesmanship. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had always hated the war, even talk of war, fretting so about his brother, who had gone off and yet never sent a word, not one. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

Emmett pauses, closes his eyes, then mutters, “I begged my cousins not to tell my uncle and aunt. ‘I don’t want to be sent back to Chicago,’ I said. Ghost Boys 2018-04-17T00:00:00Z

When we informed the government that we were suspending talks, we sent Mr. de Klerk a memo outlining the reasons for our withdrawal. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

But when they were ready to talk about the latest scandal, Momma sent us to her bedroom with warnings to have our Sunday School lesson perfectly memorized or we knew what we could expect. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

The warrior ducked and avoided the brunt of the projectile, but it clipped his helmet and sent it tumbling off his head. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

He’d sent an invitation but never expected her to show up. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

Vega had just sent me another message, telling me he had got some new boots for Christmas. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

France isn't even my country, but there I was, deciding that these people needed to be sent back home, preferably in chains. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

“Your dad has been sent to political study class.” Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

He knew The Four Corners of the World wasn’t just a book; it was the bedtime book that sent him off on adventures that folded into a world of dreaming. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

It was as though he had thrown the world out of orbit all with a single kiss, sent gravity head over heels, and along with it, the rules that I thought governed us. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

He touched his top pocket where the poem she sent was enfolded in her letter. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Instead, I sent a message to our group text, knowing Maya wouldn’t see it until she was done with camp, and Jasmine’s grandma made Jasmine keep her phone off most of the time. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

Those with fractured ribs and wrists or serious head wounds were sent to Good Samaritan Hospital several blocks away. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

Terrance took a more active hand, ever scheming for ways to increase the loads sent to New Orleans. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

A long time ago, a little girl was sent away to live with an old aunt and uncle at the foot of a mountain. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

Workers were needed in the Sachsenhausen concentration camp, the officer of the watch told us, and we were being sent to fill their barracks. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

“The nerve of that kid! Always asking questions—it’s what got him sent to the Waiting Room last time, you know. I thought he’d learned his lesson.” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

And there was still Nagini, who must remain close now, no longer sent to do his bidding, under his protection.... Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

There was only one person who would’ve sent this note to me, but I still scarcely believed it. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

If I had been told, the next morning, that I could stay outside the fence as long as I wanted, that I was free to go, it would have sent me sprinting for the compound. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

I read a set of news clips sent by my staff each morning and knew that Barack would be obliged to absorb and respond to every new development. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

“Your mother joined us at the farm a few days after she sent you and your grandfather on. When she realized you were lost, she went wild.” Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

To Aeneas he sent this message, that he had a daughter forbidden by heaven to wed with any except a foreigner, and that he believed the Trojan chief was this man of destiny. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wondered whether the two little boys who had preceded them had been sold or sent to the fields. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

Cluny had sent the defenders scattering like butterflies in a whirlwind. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

She rode past the library and up the hill to the corner store where Mom sometimes sent her to pick up milk or a loaf of bread. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

Somewhere else in the world, a mad king sent out his army. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

She signed the letter: Beoov, Ivette But it was the three words, written in large letters at the very bottom of the page, that sent a chill down my spine. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

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

“So, I guess you got the letter my daddy sent telling y’all I was coming.” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

Because the school had been mailing back everything I’d sent to you. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Even the distant clomp of a horse’s hooves sent me running like a hounded rabbit. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

The cars drive the losers and winners out of the stadium while we applaud their collective greatness, and then we’re all sent back into school before final bell. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

He was loud and rough-voiced and drunk as often as not, and he would probably have just sent her back to Lord Eddard, if they even let her see him. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

The day after our ill-fated tea party, Mother sent a note to the Ogilvies inquiring about Colette’s health, but received no response. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

People from all over the country sent the postcards to President Woodrow Wilson, asking him to free Fannie. Fannie Never Flinched 2016-11-21T00:00:00Z

When my mother told me this, I felt as though I had been sent to hell. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

The terrific acceleration of the saucer as it left Earth twisted Billy’s slumbering body, distorted his face, dislodged him in time, sent him back to the war. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was in touch with Rabiya while we were away and sent her a few videos and photos, but now I have no idea what else to share. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

I learned that the person who saved you, your personal saver, was sent by God to protect you and to help you out. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The superintendent’s office sent an email,” she says. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

“I do not understand, but I put myself at your service. I pledge my life to preserve you from harm,” he said with the fervor of a new-made knight being sent upon a quest. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

I cried for an hour when word came that the envelope sent to Minnijean was a suspension notice. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Army wants to put its hands on me, yet another white government man sent in to press me into place. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

He answered the letters they sent to him with his messenger hawk, Germogen. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

“Whip him. Find out who sent him. If the girl’s out there, we’ll go hunting.” Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

She sent her face to Joe’s funeral, and herself went rollicking with the springtime across the world. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

Were the marines being sent as well as the grenadiers and light infantry companies? Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Before I sent in my application, I had to practice every spare moment with Professor Christie to fme-tune the Shostakovich concerto and the two Bach suites. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Just like the day before, once decontaminated, we’re sent back toward our room, passing the rations room holding exactly what I need. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

One time when we went to Washington with my father, Allie sent him a postcard, but I'll bet he never got it. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

Jack hadn’t taken the idea seriously, but what if the person who’d sent it in to Bayside Press had been right? Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

At the same time, a copy was sent to Pauling to appreciate. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

Alcantara, in fact, had been drenched with what appeared to be water and was sent off to change his uniform. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

And if they sent him away, what would he be like, then, when he returned? Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

Even after getting into trouble like this and probably getting sent away, she knows she’d never have asked Jack to buy the book. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

Jason summoned a gale so strong, it pushed them into the sky, while Percy sent a ten-foot-tall wave against the shore, knocking Hercules down a second time, in a cascade of seawater and pineapples. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

As a prisoner of war, he was sent first to the United States and then to England. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

She asked, was I sent by an agency, and when I replied that I was not, she told me they were only accepting applicants from agencies. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Now, as I was trying to explain, young lady, your boyfriend has not sent any reports since we voted him into exile.” The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

A photograph had been sent with the letter. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

She was unaware of the fact that Brown and his assistants kept referring to her in the letters that they sent to the Boston Abolitionists who were helping to finance his project. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

No matter whether the index rises or falls, a follow-up letter is sent, but only to the 16,000 people who initially received a correct “prediction.” Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

He held good ground before and sent off appeals, and help never came. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

She'd never raised her voice like that before, and she sent a static shock through the room. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

“But Mr. Jaggers brought her here, or sent her here?” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

Whenever he asked for something specific—a television, a soccer ball—she sent it. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

In the spring of 1941, the Luftwaffe regularly sent spy planes over Russian troops and Russian cities. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

Blackwater USA, a private-security firm that employed former soldiers from the U.S. and elsewhere, had sent hundreds of personnel to the region. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

I still wasn’t very keen, but after a while Mom sent me into her bedroom to retrieve a package, all wrapped up, that she’d left on the bed. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

His outlook infected the entire CIA, making it a place where no one could be trusted, and where potential Soviet recruits were assumed to be double agents sent by the KGB. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

When Bhakaz brought his wine, the old knight took one long swallow and sent the boy for water. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

But the Nazi leaders achieved their goal: In the spring of 1943, the SS sent ten thousand young recruits to a training camp near Beverloo, Belgium. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

I touched the tennis shoes he’d sent me that were hanging from my rearview mirror. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

Instead, I find myself sent into a room where six people sit around a table. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Mason and Dixon sent a note to the Royal Society observing that it seemed awfully dangerous on the high seas and wondering if perhaps the whole thing oughtn’t to be called off. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

These included a handful of cases where two messages had been sent on the same day with the same machine settings. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Imagine being sent to another camp after living through the hell of the first camp. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

“Really? I thought your mother would have sent you to her old school. A very good place...” The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

“He’s from Bangladesh. He has a cleft lip and palate. His parents sent him here to have surgery. He doesn’t speak any English.” Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

Other cities, too, called for fasts to ofler up their corporate orisons; and, sensible of our distress, they sent flour and rice. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

"The hospital says they are sending me the bill because there was no answer to the bill they sent to you." The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

The store managers thought differently, and it was always just a matter of time before someone was sent to stop him. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

I said I'd bet a thousand bucks that Jesus never sent old Judas to Hell. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

It was this whole notion of lineage and background that had sent him back into the mines for a second shift. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

At eighteen, Pesza was sent to the right with the younger, stronger women. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

“You are being sent to the dungeon. You are to take the jailer his noonday meal. That will be your duty from now on. ” The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

That could get me sent back to my pueblito in a finger snap. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

I gave Carmen a double kiss, which sent my face into a lobster boil. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

“The rebels know. I’ve sent for a cart. We must burn my papers.” Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

They sent a film crew to interview me a month or two before the trip, and the crew also wanted to speak with a few clients. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

"They sent you, but what good have you done? You promised you would take me home, but I'm still here." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

They cracked some for Mother, and pretty soon she sent out fresh cookies and milk. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

“Maybe they just sent the bandages here for a joke.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

The leaves of the trees cast shadows on his face, the sun sent white-hot needles down through the branches, and his forehead felt feverish. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

“The officers who sent me overseas. They told me I’d be able to march the men around in parades all I wanted to.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

“No, dear, but he should be back soon. Said Mr. Napoleon sent a dactyl bout something urgent and he had to rush off.” Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

I get postcards and the occasional short letter from my mother, sent from places like Duluth and Kapuskasing. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

We even sent a few guys to the moon and brought them back. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

So the hand- drawn plans are sent electronically to China, where they are converted into digital designs, which then are e-mailed back to the Japanese building firm, which turns them into manufacturing blueprints. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z

The Lama of Tibet sent them a llama each. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I did not like his being there; he should have sent someone after me. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

Morris sent two canvas bags containing “410 Spanish dollars, two English crowns, 10 shillings sixpence, and a French half crown.” George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’m told no such bear exists in the area he was sent.” Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

It was as likely to kill a crop as nurture it, and it sent grown men running for the nearest shelter. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Vega’s mami had sent him out to get some rice and green plantains. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

The white women who said race didn’t matter sent about 97 percent of their e-mail queries to white men. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

What’s more, he had two hot-air balloons at his disposal, which he sent up periodically to provide almost perfect aerial reconnaissance of Lee’s positions. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

"I'm, er, sorry for your loss, Auntie. I'm also sorry my father got dysentery. My mother tries, but her cooking isn't perfect. So he sent me in his place. I'll try my best, I promise." You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

He had called and called until she changed her phone number, he had sent e-mails, he had contacted her mother, Aunty Uju, Ginika. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Then Aunt Chipo sent her to fetch water from the stream. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Five months later, when asked to complete a short profile for a Who’s Who of notable American women, Elizebeth sent back a long letter. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

By evening, he had made calls and sent e-mails and texts and the news had been passed on, and his phone jingled and rang and beeped, with responses from people saying they were on board. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

“Salvador, come home now! Captain Ortega sent Paco to the hotel to get Mamá!” Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

It sent out freezing air, and if I reached my hand up, I could feel my hands turn icy. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

That sent him flying back into the yard and around the corner of the cabin, yelling like I’d murdered him. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

It sent me tumbling through my own abyss of sorts, trying to salvage what I could of my feelings and emotions, which would be scattered to the winds as she talked. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Well, I don’t think he’s here in The Cottage, I think he’s been sent off to the proper RAF aerodrome, but I mean that he flew back to England with me. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

So, getting sent to the principal's office is pretty routine for you? City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

Then Zeus sent another messenger to her, a great personage, none other than his revered mother Rhea, the oldest of the gods. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

Afterward, riders were sent out on fast horses, carrying Robb's commands throughout the north. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

His parents sent him to school in England, where he excelled academically and developed an interest in theatre and writing. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t just Fuller's statement that sent waves of dread through the white community. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

After she sent the twins to bed, she waited for Henry to arrive, trying to think of what she would do, what she would say. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

But what he heard now was something else—it was real—and it sent icy buckshot through his body. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

There were three more messages, sent ten minutes ago. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

He sent out his thoughts, searching for Thalia Grace. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

It was sent eight hours after the first. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Tearfully Esther sent him off to an expensive boarding school where Ernesto became the terror of his teachers and fellow pupils. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

Cracking open the ice on the lake, she weighted the pieces with stones and sent them to the bottom. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

He sent to far kingdoms for woodsmen, carpenters, metalsmiths, goldsmiths—also carters, victualed, clothiers to attend to the workmen—and for weeks their uproar filled the days and nights. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I was sent for life. It’s death to come back. There’s been overmuch coming back of late years, and I should of a certainty be hanged if took.” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

I used to take some pictures with my camera, then bring the film to the drugstore to be sent off to a big plant somewhere for processing. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z

“A carriage will have to be sent for, Estella. Will you rest here a little?” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

It had rained the night before, so my parents sent me to school wearing red galoshes. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

After several rounds of interrogation, Park and his wife and son were sent to Camp 14. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

Black units were always the first ones sent to the front in battle, to draw enemy fire and protect the white soldiers coming up behind them. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

My grandmother in New York didn’t write very often, but when she did, I sent her one of my best school compositions, or a drawing, or a joke copied from the newspaper. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

In early March, General William Westmoreland, commander of American forces in Vietnam, requested that two battalions of marines be sent to Vietnam to help guard the American airfield at Da Nang in central Vietnam. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

It was a sweet little scam he was running—until he was arrested and sent to federal prison in Big Spring, Texas. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

We were then given money—pennies, nickels, and dimes entrusted to Bailey—and sent to town to buy liver. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

It sent its stealthy, suckered tentacles inching along the insides of his skull, hoovering the knolls and dells of his memory, dislodging old sentences, whisking them off the tip of his tongue. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Caputo counted the mangled corpses and sent them on for burial. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

He’d been forty-four years old when he was put in shackles and sent to prison for his activism, and seventy-one when he was finally released in 1990. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Long before America’s aircraft manufacturers placed one of their newly conceived flying machines into production, they sent a working prototype to the Langley laboratory so that the design could be tested and improved. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

God, if I get sent back to General Thomas Junior High, I should just wear this all day long: a padded bruise protector. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

Men all in a panic of fear; sent a round robin, asking to have double watch, as they fear to be alone. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

“We’re awful glad to hear that the people of Phippsburg will care for us in our time of trouble. But Sheriff, when was the last time Phippsburg sent their taxes our way?” Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

If Gandhiji was walking with us, could he tell me why we have all been sent into the wild like a bunch of starving goats? The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

The pigs had sent out a large bottle of pink medicine which they had found in the medicine chest in the bathroom, and Clover administered it to Boxer twice a day after meals. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

But being sent to sit with the brain trust located on the second floor of the building meant getting a close look at one of the most important and powerful groups at the laboratory. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

"You dare talk of tricks? Your brother Tyrion sent us cutthroats in envoy's garb, under a peace banner." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

He put his hands on his hips and stuck out his bottom, which sent me into a fit of giggles. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

If he sent the kidnap note, it would have to be done before Jan could prove that he was completely innocent. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

A blow to my head as I danced about sent my right eye popping like a jack-in-the-box and settled my dilemma. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

He'd known, perhaps, that Richmond was being deliberately sent to death. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

She hadn’t sent me for a newspaper or sweets for days and days. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

So that single answer, where he mentioned their civil rights, was why he was brought in for questioning and eventually branded “disloyal” and the family was sent from Jerome to Tule Lake. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

A morning breeze sent them all shuddering, ripping a few from where they clung to the skeletal branches. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

“He's sent me eight or nine letters. Oh, and these.” I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Our men were being sent in without guns. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

"A thousand years ago we knew, and have been waiting all this time. We sent the comet to show you the way." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

I'm following a script sent by NASA, which was set up to make things as easy as possible. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nobody sent a frantic message to room H-5, wondering why Melody wasn’t in class today. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

My parents could have been sent back to Mexico at any moment, leaving me and Olga here to fend for ourselves. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

In fact they sent two ambulances, a second in case the first succumbed to the storm. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

I sent a clipping of that story to Malcolm X in Cairo. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

I don't generally mind it when he stays out with his friends, but he's due back for supper, and I sent him because I needed those things. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

He was ready to run wherever sent, find out any fact for them. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had sent her word of his imminent arrival, and in his note he had seen fit to mention Lazlo. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

What can we see from the images he’s sent? The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

Having established their defensive line, Mark Antony and Cleopatra sent a majority of their troops north to Actium to extend the chain. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z

It sent a 1,000-pound anchor soaring two miles through the air. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Syrian refugees like Ghalib and his family could be sent back to Turkey or even to Syria. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

Captain Newport has brought us seventy new colonists, stores, and the news that the rocks we sent to England were, once again, just rocks. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

He explained that if he continued to live near the border, he would be arrested by the police and forcibly sent back to North Korea. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

I stoically cast on the requisite number of stitches, recalling the pair of socks I’d finally finished and sent to Charlie. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

The crack of the next bullet sent the shooter’s lifeless body sliding out of the passenger window of the truck. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

She had already sent him a link to a biography of Leonhard Euler, an eighteenth-century Swiss mathematician. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

As soon as he had sent out Speedwell and Hawkbit as sentries, he led Bigwig to one side. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Such notice will be sent to the United States Immigration and Naturalization Service. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

She sent one of the sixth graders in for Maya, who got a loud ovation from the fans. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Okay, here’s the thing. You know the letter you sent me?” Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

Or the fact that he kept the postcard Leo had sent back, stapled to the last page of his sketch pad. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

“Listen, did the Sixers send you the same e-mail they sent me?” Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

His father had sent for him as soon as Marcus had eaten—or failed to eat—his breakfast, and interrogated him sternly for half an hour. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

Early one morning a cold wind sent shivers through Frightful. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

He had numbed himself, according to Ana, the therapist who Mark and Linda sent him to, so that he wouldn’t feel any future pain. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

I thought it far more likely that they would have sent me off to the mainland, to some place without so much sea and sky. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

He had a sister, who had been sent to America with him at the same time to live with the uncle, who would graduate from normal school this year. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

But if they had been sent by my people to take me away, then I should not hide. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

Perhaps it will be of no little interest for you to hear that Pro Bono the serving-man you sent me has fled similar. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

"You promised to tell me everything about the favorite, and you've only sent two post-balloons. How can you fit everything in only two letters?" The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

He bade each man choose out three thick-fleeced rams and bind them together with strong, pliant strips of bark; then to wait for day, when the flock would be sent out to pasture. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

The White House telegraph machine sent out the doctors’ medical updates two or three times a day. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

My sister, Anni, did the same thing the day Father sent her away up north. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

It sent long tongues streaming around me so that I could neither see nor hear. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

He entered as a guest and explained who he was and who had sent him. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

Messages sent by the Mexican Army were likely to be in Spanish, for example. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Take him up to the Christian Brothers, tell them I sent you, tell them he is a bright boy and ought to be going to secondary school and beyond that, university. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

"I wasn't sure when we first came, but now I am. The crow sent us here to break your chains." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“Kept thinking about it after I sent you that email this morning. Would they come back?” A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

That sent him back a step and a white cowboy stepped in between us. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t know. I sensed that an order was sent, but there was never time to receive it.” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

The flat certainty in the man’s voice sent a chill down Chronicler’s back. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

They had him up for conversation every day the Lord sent. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

Jacob was sent out to ask a peasant passing by if she knew the Holy Cross-Roads Inn. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

In my heart I’d hoped for manslaughter, and hearing the word murder sent a frozen rod piercing right through the top of my head down into my toes. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

He was full of questions about them, and often pulled out an envelope that held snapshots Mom had sent him over the years to look at while I talked about my brothers and sisters. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

Mama spoke again: “Other families in the village had the same offer. If we sent a man to the front, we wouldn’t have to pay taxes. And we sent…” Her voice cracked. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

I’ve been sent to a summit in Germany to act as if I know anything about wind power. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Ida Cross of South Beach knitted socks for sailors, sent them off, and received a thank-you note from an antiaircraft gunner stationed near Baltimore. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Flabbergasted, he sent a note to the expedition leader explaining that the newspaper had no intention of pulling Vernon and Shorey from the story and that the journalists had been ordered to rejoin the expedition. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

Her stepfather prized insects as models and sent Maria outside to capture them. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

When she was sent on errands, she saw other wards in similar states of preparation. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

I was like, “I didn’t mean ... I didn’t know that they had sent you that. The refusal. I didn’t know.” Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Back at home, I opened my e-mail and saw that Angelo had sent me some pictures under the subject heading Look the great hunter! The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

White sent Hoover a letter, asking if the filmmakers might want to talk to him about the case. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

He sent one of the rats scurrying away with a smoking behind as a warning to the rest. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

“Dr. Bulkeley sent me to find some skunk cabbage,” he explained, waving a bunch of green. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

“That’s only the beginning. It seems that the local weekly was hard up for news. They heard about it and sent their reporter over.” Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m the one who told Mr. Ramos about the picture. I had it on my phone—I mean, someone sent me a text. I just wanted it to stop.” Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

Werfel kept watch while Spurge, crackling with magical fire and hovering above the ground, sent a signal back to Dwelholm telling them he had arrived at the meeting spot. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

Suddenly they lifted their long hands to their mouths, and sent forth ringing calls, clear as notes of a horn, but more musical and various. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

The shock wave sent a ten-foot ring of water across the surface of the lake. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

“And was any other patrol sent after them, Hyzenthlay? The next day, I mean?” Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Not because she isn't nice, because she is—she always hand-makes birthday cards, and she even sent me an e-mail when she heard I was applying to Prism to tell me good luck. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

If you are caught alone on the street, you wiU be beaten and sent home. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

They sent word by the bailiff to Mr. Prescott they wanted to testify in the case. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

"We spent some lovely years together, before God sent her back to earth." The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

William says, "I don't think my abbot would have sent a Bible to be burned." The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

She looks unnerved that I know this; for all she knows, I'm a spy sent to trap her. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

I stopped by the adoption center a few times, and sent Mr. Zimmerman a card when I heard his wife died. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

One day he was sent across the street, to Lipowa Street 4, to the enamelware factory where he sometimes had repaired tools and equipment before the war. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

They sent soldiers into the forest and shot the lion. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z

Four times he struck at me with his right paw and sent me overboard, and four times I lost my shield. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Pauline, a ten-year-old, has been orphaned and sent to live with some relatives, who mistreat her. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

“I have said nothing. But it may be that Hamlet let it slip before he was sent away. We have seen how indiscreet his madness makes him. And Claudius has spies everywhere.” Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

She kicked Frank in the chest and sent him flying backward across the lobby. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

Momma and Uncle Willie hid him behind the chifforobe until night, gave him supplies for an overland journey and sent him on his way. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The Ekumen will wait till you open it, sir. It will force nothing on you. I was sent alone, and remain here alone, in order to make it impossible for you to fear me.” The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

Lee had already underwritten the funeral and sent a wash basket of groceries to the stricken families. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe Ma sent me back alone because she trusted me. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

I had never seen a dwarf before, but I knew they were special people, sent to the earth marked for this sacred life of duty to the nobility. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

When he had found his voice again, Harry said, “And the Invisibility Cloak — do you know who sent it to me?” Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

His parents sent him to a psychologist for counseling, which seemed to help a bit, but Gerald could see how much he was hurting. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tessa didn’t get sent home that episode, and it was all because Ruby helped her. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

And sometimes noisy helicopters flying overhead made it so we couldn’t hear a thing, and on those days, we would be sent home. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

So if Hitler sent any more saboteurs to America, he would fear that the mole would let the FBI know, and that mission would be thwarted too. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

Read the reports from when she was sent to the office or suspended, then tell me if any of those situations truly called for those consequences. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

He swung it backward with both hands and connected with Newt’s head, sent him sprawling across the bed as a small spray of blood sprinkled the sheets. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

The governor sent his sons to order the men back to active duty, but the soldiers refused to go. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z

Then sent a long swell running under a norther to bear the prince Odysseus, back from danger, to join the Phaiakians, people of the sea. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

And the Lord, as He had promised to the two or three first gathered together, sent others; and these brought others and created a church. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

We spent another hour practicing some plays, putting them into action in little scrimmages, and then Coach sent us to the weight room in pairs. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

We weren’t heading for our oak tree because by then, if Margaret Weylin saw us there, she sent someone with a job for me. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

Slouching against the wall were members of the Arkansas National Guard, looking on like spectators at a sports event—certainly not like men sent to guard our safety. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

She washed Emma’s face, smoothed her wet hair, took a deep breath, and sent Matthew back to the cottage for the midwife. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

When Maa sent me into the village for some errand, I lingered under the windows of the school to listen to the students saying their lessons aloud. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

To the last battle at Fornost with the Witch-lord of Angmar they sent some bowmen to the aid of the king, or so they maintained, though no tales of Men record it. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

While waiting for my connection out of London, I found a phone booth that worked and punched in the number Piper sent me. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

The CO had drawn his gun but Larson had shot him first—“too many times,” he said—and Larson had been sent back to prison, with a sentence of eight years to life. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Grudgingly, we sent him cards on special days, copied out our best compositions, stayed in touch, knowing it was all show. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

Only one explanation: He’s been sent by the General to interrogate me. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

“I didn’t. They sent word by carrier to the Council, but only an hour or so before they arrived. You’ve spoken to them?” Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

“Prometheus sent Zeus a message with a bunch of excuses for supporting Kronos. ‘I was just trying to minimize the damage,’ blah, blah. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

Hundreds of students were still packed inside the church and thousands more stood outside, waiting to be sent in the next wave of marchers. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

And a few minutes after that, Hudson sent a GIF of Stewie Griffin bouncing around in anticipation. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

“I know Ma’s gone—I sent her on her way, remember?” Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

Then they were thrown into jail, executed, or sent to prison camps in the frozen wastes of Siberia. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

“Did you have anything to do with the bribe that was sent to my kids’ school?” Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

The crew were on their feet briskly, to furl the sail, and stow it; then, each in place, they poised the smooth oar blades and sent the white foam scudding by. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Soviet informers sent their chief of intelligence nearly a hundred warnings of a planned German invasion. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

Stick intercepted him with a shoulder bump that sent the man reeling a few steps back. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

As we stopped, I was almost sent off to one of these. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

William Still gave them advice “on the subject of temperance, industry, education, etc. Clothing, food and money were also given them to meet their wants, and they were sent on their way rejoicing.” Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was so successful that when some anti-British Indians abducted him the colonists sent out a military expedition to get him back. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

It took ’em a whole bunch of years, but they saved up every penny they could and had the Liberty Bell made then sent all the way to Canada. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

“Then he left a journal entry or an e-mail he never sent or a video he recorded on his phone that no one thought to check. There has to be something.” We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

“Have you ever seen a messenger you once sent to me,” I inquired, “since he undertook that trust?” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

Then I reread the emails I sent him. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

“Just little lizardlike machines that spy on us for the Creators—the people who sent us here.” The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

“It doesn’t matter whether you sent the ships or not. Westley will come for me. There is a God; I know that. And there is love; I know that too; so Westley will save me.” The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

On other missions, Oshiro was sent out with an observation ground team to track B-52 bombing strikes. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

“Did you get the doll I sent you?” We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

“His Grace has sent him south, to trouble the Lannisters and their friends.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“It wasn’t meant to be poetic, it was meant to be true. You work for Poirot, don’t you? He sent you. You’re one of his eyes.” Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

“Things of Ma’s. I don’t mean old clothes and letters and ragged quilts like you sent over. I mean—” Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

We’d been on the phone for hours last night, talking about everything and nothing, and just the memory of our conversation sent a sudden thrill through my heart. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

The next day, we sent him on his way. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

Isn’t it ridiculous, after all, to think that a son could forgive his father for beating the drum that sent him to his death? The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

He’d bought a time capsule that would be sent up into space. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

If he failed, he would be sent to the Farms, and then what would become of Anna and the children, and his father, who was so old? The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“No, it was the name given to me by a teacher at the school I was sent to when I was six.” Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

“Atlanta is ours and fairly won,” was Sherman’s message to Mr. Lincoln, and that, coupled with the news from Mobile, sent the North into paeans of thanksgiving. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

He sent his assistant off at once with a stretcher. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Nora,” Ellen says, fixing her with a steely gaze, “is there anything you can do at all to trace the person who sent this to you?” Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

They went inside, and Mrs. Matsika sent the maid robot off for fruit juice. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

We were sent forward to wade into the surf and greet our transport. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

“Tía sent you some dinner,” I say, shrugging. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Rashid gave the bag a shove and sent it through the opening, then launched himself through. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

My parents got scared, and although they didn’t send me to my aunt and uncle in a rich neighborhood, they sent me to a bougie private school. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

Marin who was sent home with her coat and some aspirin. The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

It sent her back to her life feeling a little different, at least for a few minutes. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

“Reply from Dr. Cable: A car will be sent for you, arriving in twenty minutes.” she mumbled, but realized that it would be useless to argue. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

All around him the defenders who had been sent down from the wall lay in slumber. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

She had sent me a postcard with a picture of the capitol building where my class had gone on a field trip. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

“You can pay me back in lobsters,” she said, though Osh always sent some up to her regardless. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

Myers's refusal to cooperate got him sent back to death row. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

She did not think of Japan as the land of Ainu, but rather as the land of her parents and the land where Lynn and I would eventually get sent to learn our femininity. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

Shifting from one hip to the other in his lumbering, elephantine fashion, Ignatius sent waves of flesh rippling beneath the tweed and flannel, waves that broke upon buttons and seams. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I have to remind myself we already done sent it off.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

A few years ago he sent her a photograph of himself addressing a gathering of middle-class Punjabi widows at a spiritual camp. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

No one ever liked being sent back to the agency, of course, entering into the Russian roulette of a brand-new home. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Four days later, when Dad still hadn’t come home, Mom sent me to go find him. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

It is the flight from us that sent them sprawling into the subdivided woods. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

“I’m not why. He was like that when I married him—or I wouldn’t have married him. Rufus just sent him a letter telling him to come back and get me.” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

Once he blundered into Rumpy, who bared his fangs and sent him into hysterics. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I learned that he could be reached at a fax number in Big Sky, Montana, so I sent him a fax. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

When somebody sent word to Mr. Farnam, why, he just walked into the depot and led her back home to her pigs. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

I sent first one boy off, then another, to carry a message downstream to Major Duncan. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

Alec spat.“It’s my guess those guys were nobodies, sent in to do the job professionals should’ve done. Maybe we cleaned out their crew. Everyone except the pilot, at least.” The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

Mr Donner sent everybody back to work and he took me out to the front of the store with him. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

I sent an email to Scott, apologizing for all the lies I told him. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Memory Charm may be performed by the owner of the beast in question, but in severe cases of Muggle notice, a team of trained Obliviators may be sent in by the Ministry of Magic. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

I sent him a text on Friday night to see if he was OK, but he hasn’t answered all weekend. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

“He told me about being in juvie and about how he got sent there for beating up his dad to protect his mom, and I accused him of smashing the windows in Marcus’s car.” We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

"Or however many your guild can spare, without in-terfering with production. It's empty pots I'm asking for, understand. Have them sent round to the captains on each of the city gates." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

She sent some of her own mares over from Claiborne to be bred to him. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

At first Harriet could not believe it possible that anyone could be taken out of the free state of Massachusetts and sent back to a slave state. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sight of them sent fear shivering through Theon sharp as a knife. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

But Billy went into his examining room briskly, asked that the first patient be sent in. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was assigned to the 11th Aviation Group, 1st Cavalry Division, and was sent to Camp Radcliff in An Khe, Vietnam. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

“The jig is up between you and Dr. Stubbs. We know very well he sent you up here to complain today.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

All the truly good things, it often seemed, the things we couldn’t get, were outside, and had to be sent for, or shipped in. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lafayette, ordered to trap Cornwallis, sent Private Charles Morgan, playing the role of a deserter, into the British camp. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

The prosecuting attorney must have sent this, I reasoned. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

When Fern told her mother that Avery had tried to hit the Zuckermans’ spider with a stick, Mrs. Arable was so shocked that she sent Avery to bed without any supper, as punishment. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

He of course sent another card to his good friend Alfred S. Trude, the defense attorney. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

I had saved the money my first husband’s family gave me when they sent me away. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jamie sent another mental telegram: Get going, get going, get going. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Liza sent you her pulling rope to use,” he said. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

First pitch was a fastball and I sent it to right field. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

They had a registered letter sent to the P.O. box listed under Miller’s name, then they nabbed Morrison when he went to retrieve it. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

When I got expelled from school in Lansing, I got removed from regular foster care and sent to live with the Swerlins, who ran a pre-detention foster facility twelve miles away in Mason. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Lee, I sent our man Fritz over to kindle a fire. I thought going in there in the cold—” She looked at Mother with a frown that didn’t seem to suit her face at all. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

Ned sent Alyn to seek him out and offer him a position with the Hand's guard, but the boy was flush with wine and victory and riches undreamed of, and he refused. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

His company is about to deploy to the Philippines for guerrilla training before being sent on to Vietnam. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

"The gods help this potboy if he's sent me off haring after shadows." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

What will they think of us, those who sent us here? Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Guardians sent a hauler to remove the foul body, but the driver couldn’t get it into the coffin by himself. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

Families often sent in extra cupcakes for the agents when there were classroom birthday celebrations. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

After all, he had sent us the Jackson Five album by special delivery to make up for stealing from us. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

If Chipo’s baby died, they would be sent away as witches. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

Another swipe sent two more spiraling down, and all of a sudden it was just Thandiwe and me. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

He went on to say that, despite this awareness, “amazingly,” 64 percent of the adults in the survey said they had sent a text while driving. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

‘If something doesn’t happen soon, Germany may surrender. And then we’ll all be sent to the Pacific!” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Once, when they were in a meeting, he sent a note fluttering down to her: “My dearest—I sit here studying your features. You are perfectly beautiful!!” The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

“Maybe it’s because the owl sent me,” said Mrs. Frisby, searching for an answer that would satisfy him. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

Later, the Agency sent an inexperienced undercover agent, codenamed COMPASS, to pose as a janitor at a residence hall for American embassy staff in Moscow. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Documents showed that President Kennedy sent Special Forces troops to South Vietnam in the spring of 1961, putting Americans into combat in Vietnam for the first time. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

They had fliers printed and sent them out to dozens of black colleges and churches. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z

One of the soldiers sent to oversee the hanging was Thomas J. Jackson—soon to become famous as Stonewall Jackson—and one of the eager onlookers in the crowd was John Wilkes Booth. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

When the FBI questioned the women who supposedly had sent the letters, the women knew nothing about them. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

One day Sam sent two girls home from practice, telling them they had gained weight and not to come back until they lost ten pounds. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

It’s being said in underground circles that the German Jews who immigrated to Holland before: the war and have now been sent to Poland shouldn’t be allowed to return here. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

It was like my parents had sent their diseased eldest child to Siberia. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Knowing that the rest of the team wouldn't want to wait for anything less than an unarguable reason like no transport, he personally sent ahead and canceled the vehicles that had been ordered. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Instead, I slid the box out, shoved the crumpled envelope inside with the others, and with a kick, sent the box sliding back under my bed. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

Antinous’s words rang in his ears - about the giants in Athens, the impossible trip facing the Argo II, the mysterious hunter Gaia had sent to intercept the Athena Parthenos. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

At this meeting they issued a list of measures for citizens to follow; the list was sent to Mayor Clarkson, who sent it on to Governor Mifflin and the newspapers. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

Have the Gamemakers sent in some wild animal to add to the fun? The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

“She’s a remarkable woman, intelligent and independent. Look at the way she sent your mother off to school. We know she wouldn’t want you to be an ngozi bride.” A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Light from the kitchen sent a soft glow over the porch. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

“I don’t wish to be sent off as if I was in the way,” began Amy, in an injured voice. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

Kenna was sent to the market researchers because it seems as though the most accurate way to find out how consumers feel about something is to ask them directly. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

In reality, however, even when the electrons are sent one at a time, the fringes still appear. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Still unsure of where I hoped to land, I typed up letters of introduction and sent them to people all over the city of Chicago. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

I want Daario in my bed, but I sent him away for the sake of you and yours. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The beard of flame diminished quickly; then the pile fell inwards with a soft, cindery sound, and sent a great tree of sparks upwards that leaned away and drifted downwind. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

He sent word for a battery to move down the slope in front of him, to fire uphill and protect Pickett as he retreated. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

"I see you had no taste for the wine I sent you." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

I thank God that he sent an angel to give me that chance to change. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Tattooed dragons ran the length of his arms and sent their tails curling up his neck to twine with the faded patterns of his own long-ago light crew tattoos. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

A friend of the family found this single remaining photo and sent it to us years after the tragedy—a little postcard from another world. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

On May 15, 1796, Washington sent Hamilton the first draft” of a retirement address—no amount of persuasion could change his mind this time—that would announce his departure from public life. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

That meant Charlie wouldn't be sent to an adult prison, and he would likely be released before he turned eighteen, in just a few years. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

He, my father, and my mother were Kibei, which meant they were born in the United States but were sent to Japan for their education. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

Minnie was delighted and sent the good news to Anna, who immediately accepted. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Smith saddled the horse in peace and sent him off. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

It said, in a very untidy scrawl: Harry borrowed Ron’s quill, scribbled Yes, please, see you later on the back of the note, and sent Hedwig off again. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

“There’s not really any war of that sort down here. They sent me the little stick. His mother sent it to me. They returned it with his things.” A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

They take breaks to finish their lukewarm coffee and tea, and Henry has scones and blackcurrant jam sent up. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Did he suspect that Emerson hadn't sent me? Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

“If you tell me more about the aliens, I’ll tell you why I was sent here.” We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

I had lain tossing about, and had heard the clock strike only twice, when the night-watchman came to me, sent up from the ward, to say that Renfield had escaped. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

The idea sent a jolt through her, and she glanced back at the house as if someone might have overheard her thoughts. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

I found the two emails the acid thrower sent her, the first coming the night before the attack, the second moments after. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

She has been sent away too often in her short life. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

Much of this Jon had surmised the moment he learned that the Iron Bank had sent an envoy to the Wall. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The day he was inaugurated, he sent out a call for the Massachusetts Militia, and sent a man to England to see about guns. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

The general sent our colored unit up first to draw them out. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I sent you and Jackie cards and gifts but she sent ’em right back. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

If they smelled of anything but soap, I argued with my mother that I should skip school that day, rather than be sent home in humiliation. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

They sent him to a detention center called El Corralon, the Corral, in Mexico City. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

With its distinguished reputation, this was where other hospitals in the country sent their most difficult cases, including people dealing with cancer, serious burns, psychiatric conditions, and infectious diseases. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

Without question, I knew that the young man back there was the one sent to the theater. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

The ball missed his head but nipped the bill of his cap and sent it spinning like a flying saucer out to shortstop. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then as I turned to her, she went on: 'As I recall, you thought it was only right and proper that Ruth and Sarah be sent packing. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

All the notes I had sent in were produced. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

The old people sent me out into thunderstorms to pick the red-cloud herb, which grows only then, a product of dragon’s fire and dragon’s rain. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Alabama governor George Wallace supported Connor’s brutal methods and sent in reinforcements in the form of 500 state troopers. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

She sent out her senses, searching for precious metals, and her brain almost exploded from the feedback. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

With the dream of college officially dead and buried, he sent my brother to technical school, hoping he might develop an interest in computers. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

Big Ma said, “Never you mind. That’s your father and his wife’s business,” and then she sent Fern out to the coop with a pan of chicken feed. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

If there was a problem that needed his attention, he sent an assistant. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

Without Mother there were no homemade pies now, no mashed potatoes, no roasts that sent good smells throughout the house. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

Socios en Salud wasn’t granted access to Peru’s national lab, so Farmer sent the ten specimens back to Boston and deposited them at the Massachusetts State Lab. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

Sherman sent soldiers to guard the jail and protect the shooter from the angry crowd, just as Guiteau asked the general to do in his undelivered note. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

At last, Winston Churchill, who was First Lord of the Admiralty at the time, sent a telegram: PROCEED. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

If de la O spoke Spanish in class, he’d be sent to the principal, who’d humiliate him and smack his hand with a ruler. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

The usher sent the card in to Brown along with the cards of everyone else in the reception room. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

When his uncle came again Wang Lung cried out, “Even filial piety will not feed my house!” and he sent his uncle empty away. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

The woman was about his age, but there was, in the photos she sent, an air of hard desperation, hair dyed a brassy blond, eyes burdened by too much blue makeup, top too low-cut. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

“Make sure she’s okay. Don’t tell her we sent you, but text us so we know how things are going,” said Patti. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Sims was the first slave to be sent back into slavery by Massachusetts since the Revolution. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

She would die now—die, or lose and be sent back to Endovier. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Celia had known him since she was a child, when her mother had sent her from the countryside to live with her great-aunt in Havana. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was in the message that was open on the screen, which Mother had sent only moments before. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

He would have to manage the delivery of supplies, goods, mail, and all exhibit articles sent to the grounds by transcontinental shipping companies, foremost among them the Adams Express Company. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Thus it did not seem prudent to cash my checks, which were still sent to Copenhagen at the beginning of each month. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

In addition to several citizens who contributed to the fund the local KKK sent Mayor Richards a note today offering to pay $250 into their reward fund. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I then had the privilege of being taken to a small room with a few computers that engineers used to map out the location of the rover, using information that the rover sent back! The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Well, after Willy sent it flying, and Carl tried to stab it with pencils, I guess it was a fair question! Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

I smiled, proud of my thoughtfulness, conveniently forgetting it was Grandma who had sent me down to the dock. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I been here nine months. I got sick, and they sent me to the hospital over in the Philippines. You ever been in that hospital?” Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

He sent a telegram to order Grant back to Washington at once. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then she sent me for the card table I’d used for my jigsaw puzzle of Charles A. Lindbergh. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

He made some phone calls, sent some faxes, memorized some online maps of neighborhoods and subways—but mostly he browsed on the Net. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Seniors of Ithaka and his father sent him on that far embassy when he was young. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

All the pictures I had sent him of me with my friends were goofy by comparison. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

He sent His only Beloved Son to die for us. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

“Daddy sent me to fetch you,” he says. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

“They...they sent me in,” I tell her. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

So for our final exam, our teachers sent us into the break yard to spend an hour with no adult supervision to see what would happen. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

He’s sent to the floor, a pure mess of grief. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z

He left the living to look after the dead, sent Bronn to take charge of his captive knight, and went alone in search of his father. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

“I was sent to meet a train that’s due in. I thought I would make use of the valuable time and perhaps reunite some precious items with their owners.” Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

“So after I activated the pendant, I got scared they’d know a transmission had been sent. I hid it, in case they came looking.” Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

“I sent her out of the courtroom so I could talk to her mother about why she named her daughter Temptress,” the judge later recalled. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

She had heard Alexandra go on at length about Disgraces to Families: disgrace involved being sent to Mobile and shut up in a Home away from decent people. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

He’d sent me a couple of texts, but I hadn’t written back. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

Teresa shouted in Thomas’s mind—it sent a quick snap of pain shooting through his skull. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Massasoit had considerable experience with Europeans—his father had sent Martin Pring on his way seventeen years before. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Dinwiddie had sent a special message to London, advising that French troops had marched out of New France and built two forts in the Ohio Valley, land claimed by Virginia. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now her eyes include the relatives in China, as they once included my father smiling and smiling in his many western outfits, a different one for each photograph that he sent from America. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“They sent money home. Every hardship they endured was for their families,” Lolo would say. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

“I came to give you this. Mum sent it through a British journalist.” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Before she gave up on me, Mabel sent me a litany of reasons not to like her roommate. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

The boy got heart; I’m in a bad pinch and it seem the good Lord done answered my prayers and sent your boy to fulfill my needs. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

He woke in terror, and sent the werelight flaming through the air, lighting every corner of the little house till he saw no shadow anywhere. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

I never knew why until Junior shed some light on what had sent us packing. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

“I sent a notice to the newspaper, and do you know, they put it under pets instead of in the obituaries.” The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

The push sent Cole sprawling to the floor, yards away from the line. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

We read of the regent’s death in the newspaper because the telegram that had been sent to Justice had gone astray. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Most uncharacteristically, the manuscript he had sent to Cambridge had been published before his collaborator, R. B. Corey, could accurately measure the interatomic distances. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

"Now I have a piece of chocolate every day. To remember. He could've sent me home—called me too weak—but he didn't." The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

He never explained why he sent me the flowers and I never asked why he took me up to the pagoda. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

Sally was going to get permission to stay with us a little and one Thursday she came finally with a sack full of clothes and a paper bag of sweetbread her mama sent. The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You could have at least sent me a message to let me know you were all right, Jawad. The way they barged in—can you imagine what went through my mind?” Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

The Court sent a clear message that appellate courts are largely free to accept the reasons offered by a prosecutor for excluding prospective black jurors—no matter how irrational or absurd the reasons may seem. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

Chess Federation sent a communiqué to the Icelandic Chess Federation asking about the disposition of Bobby’s body, presumably wanting to bring him back to the United States, a move that Bobby would have detested. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

This sent engines rumbling through the streets — to a location almost a mile away from the O’Learys’ barn. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z

He shot past, right over our heads, and the whooshing sound his body made in splitting the air sent cold chills running all through me. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

I would do no more running downtown, nor would I accept any program that they sent up without consulting the Harlem committee. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Garrett fed them and hastily sent them on their way to Philadelphia that same night. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

He sent me an envelope that had a slight bulge—I tore it open and saw a pair of earrings. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

“We sent her to check on the kidnapped orphans. Nice work with the mosasaurus!” Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

On February 9, Smith sent his horse out for the Huntington. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

While the machinery was being moved by train, Emalia closed and we, along with all the other Jewish workers, were sent back to Płaszów to await our turn to join Schindler. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

Well, besides right after they sent you away. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

If he had been a dog in a city, a policeman would have shot him and sent his head to a laboratory, to see if he had rabies. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

But searchers would be sent out into the community. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

The reality was starting to hit me: I was going to be sent to a camp. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

It really is rather rusty for the old Weed, who did not know he was being sent as an assassin. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

“This isn’t one of the books that I sent you! I don’t even own books like these!” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Folks sent us oranges and apples and chickens and turkeys and clothes and if someone had anything extra, they just gave it to us. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t care what you did or didn’t do. Either way, you have been sent to a prison. Does this seem like a vacation to you?” The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

“The day after we sent our message? She can't be flying far then.” The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

I was still trying to force back the blackest thought of all; the merest suggestion of it sent the rat’s feet of panic skittering up my spine. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Likewise, all photos that ran on the Web had first seen sent by yak and then air courier to New York for transmission. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

On a certain occasion he sent Amaranta a note from jail asking her to embroider a dozen batiste handkerchiefs with his father's initials on them. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

John Laydon and I are being sent to build cabins for the fort. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

I sent Matt Medic to help you get better. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

He has already built a fleet of eight hundred ships, appointed his close friend Nearchus captain, and sent them to investigate the coast of India by sea. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

One evening, the boy is sent to the theater. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Then, feeling reckless, she composed an e-mail to Obinze and, without permitting herself to reread it, she sent it off. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

With our discovery order from the court, we were able to collect records from Taylor Hardin, the mental health facility where Myers was sent after he first refused to testify. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Discrimination was the force that concentrated them in Newtown, that enrolled them in the Winchester school, that sent Christines parents to be educated at Knoxville College rather than the University of Tennessee. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

I sent a Thank you! thought to Tidings, who was a good brother. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

He saw another long gap, sent Ruel Thomas to this one. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

He’d be sent to an adult prison, where the choice of programs was meager. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Half drowned and filthy, he had been sent back to the start by the sergeant. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

Closing my eyes, I could of gone to sleep if the boys hadn’t pounced on me and sent me under. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

A project is started, it is developed and mounted and sent out into the world, and more often than not it becomes self-sufficient. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Speaking from the White House, President Eisenhower said he sent troops because “Mob rule in Little Rock menaces the very safety of the United States and the free world.” Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Captain then sent some eastward straight across country, and he himself with the rest rode along the Road in great wrath. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

In the mountain forests, where groups of students were often sent to gather wood, Shin ate wild grapes, gooseberries, and Korean raspberries by the fistful. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

He was a large, pale American man who bought the store’s cheap-style clothes and sent them overseas. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Pitezel had long been a heavy drinker, but his drinking must have become debilitating, for it was Holmes who sent him to Keeley and paid for his treatment. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

To produce that single illuminating experiment, a thousand nonilluminating experiments have to be sent into the trash; it is battle between nature and nerve. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

The teacher took one sniff and sent us home. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

Mom was sent to the hospital ward to wait. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

Marina had sent her mother, Anna, and her daughter, Tanya, to safety in a town far up the Volga River when war had first broken out. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

“No, of course there isn’t. When somebody’s sent here, there’s no . . .” Startled by the expression of distress on his pale face, she suddenly broke off. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

By 1640, when Pernambuco was briefly ruled by the Dutch, its plantations sent some twenty-four thousand pounds of sugar to Amsterdam alone. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

Yakov’s death had thrown the world out of orbit, sent it hurtling. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Okay, I can't even tell you how much I love the fact that you sent me an actual birthday email. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

The vine around his ankle tugged at him, bit into his flesh, anchored itself there, and sent a new shoot upward. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

“You spent your honeymoon in Italy, didn’t you? We were so pleased with the picture post-card Mr. de Winter sent.” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

The most I can hope for is to keep Dutchy from being sent back to the streets. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

“Is it true that you came all the way here for your friend? That she actually sent you with a package of her materials?” Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

Meanwhile, Moscow officials reminded their West Coast agents that they’d been sent a list of scientists to cultivate. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

My fainting spell had broken up the Daughters of Mary and sent May to the wailing wall. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Once again, federal troops were sent to the South to provide protection for blacks attempting to exercise their civil rights, and the violent reaction of white racists was met with horror in the North. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

He also sent a telegram, which someone read. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

“Did you see that agency guy they sent home yesterday? He took one break too many. Unfortunately, I need this job.” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

No one ever knew that those provisions were being sent by Petra Cotes with the idea that the continuing charity was a way of humiliating the person who had humiliated her. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

Her mom sent her and Michael out of the house, into the yard, which Terryl thought had less to do with any enlightened parenting philosophy and more to do with keeping Danny happy. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

His ship was driven all the way to Egypt by the storm Athena sent to the Greek Fleet, but finally he reached home safely and lived happily with Helen ever after. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

It became a best-seller, was rapidly translated into other European languages, and sent a further stream of Spanish colonists to tighten Pizarro’s grip on Peru. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Her findings were sent to the FBI, and the prosecution used them to strengthen their case. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

When the Coast Guard came for them, they took the Cubans to Miami and sent him back to Haiti. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

It sent a warm thrill up her arm. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

The Mallister bowmen sent a storm at fire arrows hissing across the river, strangely beautiful from afar. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

The next moment, she found herself flipped over on her back and pinned underneath a huge, powerful, heavy thing that sent down a horrible stink. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

Her mother had sent away to London for the lamp. Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z

‘I was sent from Rivendell to look for you. We feared that you were in danger upon the road.’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

“Quick—we sent Mama and Papa upstairs and told them we would bring them breakfast in bed. They looked so pleased they didn’t even ask any questions!” said Isa, her face flushed. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Why was this man sent to a Turkish labor camp? Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

Messages sent through dreams tended to get fuzzy around the edges, especially when you were dealing with Clovis. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Will Thompson confirmed that he had the original email in his possession before it was sent to the student body as a whole, sent to him from an email address belonging to Ms. Carter.” Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

She did not understand why Laura looked up so much information about Nigeria, asking her about 419 scams, telling her how much money Nigerians in America sent back home every year. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

“Several times. So, Jake, some viewers have sent in questions that they think will stump you. Are you game?” The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

He studied via distance learning over the TV, Tam Lin sent off the homework, it came back with excellent grades, and Celia praised Matt lavishly. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t know. I guess I never really thought about us getting sent here. We just...come.” Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

I kept my eyes on a piece of dried-up chewing gum stuck to the seat in front of me while I sent laser thoughts zipping and zapping around the bus. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

Lally and I be sent to find food. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

That was why every Christmas she sent a dozen pairs, glittering with yellow and pink plastic beads, sequins, and turquoise blue flowers. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

He yelled at her so loud you could hear it in the hall, and then he sent her and Thatcher home for the day. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

“I don’t suppose you’re going to tell me why you wanted me sent home in pieces?” Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

Momma never sent the babies out to help, although if he worked it right he could usually get May Belle to do something. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

"An attack in time of peace, without defiance sent! But we'll grease his oats for him. We'll be there before he is." The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

“Will a message be sent to my father? Or to my mother?” The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z

Their sons in Germany sent them money for a bed. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Listen,” gasped Donovan hoarsely, “those parts were manufactured back on Earth and sent here.” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

As you know, the gift we sent, the carved gemstone, is not simply an artifact of ye olden days. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

When I discovered who else wanted me dead, I am telling you—it nearly sent me to Bellevue. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

On one or two evenings a temporary breeze raised their hopes and sent the ship ahead a few miles, only to die away again. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

At CIA headquarters in Langley, Virginia, Burton Gerber was reading a classified cable sent directly from Rome. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

As soon as the sun began to set, Minli’s parents sent her home to make dinner and to rest while they continued to work in the thick mud. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

Those original white “Christian traders” sent into China millions of pounds of opium. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

From the rear—particularly where his vertebrae were visible—he might almost have passed for one of those needy metropolitan children who are sent out every summer to endowed camps to be fattened and sunned. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

Summertime, when children were sent to the fields to help plant and weed, was peak season for rats and field mice. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

That’s what sent me straight to Sandy Sanders the next day. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

Also, as always, there were urgent messages to be sent in our code when we were out in the field with the enemy close by. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

True Belle sent Violet and two of her sisters in the fourth wagonload to go. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Their names are sent to registries, but mostly the photographs wave in the wind, unclaimed. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

“But who sent the Iris- message? If Nico didn’t know I was there—” A branch snapped in the woods. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

We got the fire going pretty high—almost as high as where Danny hid the flag—and the crackling and snapping and small explosions of pine resin sent out sparks that looked like rising stars. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

He did not know that trigger pulses were being sent through the air from across the Bonecruel Mountains. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

Not only had he known that it would be me, he also had sent Ucho to keep watch. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

Then she had sent one of the neighborhood boys—one of my former tormentors—after a doctor. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We have completed our mission, and it is time for us to do what we were sent here to do!” Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

The cheesemonger woke when they stopped to change the horses and sent for a fresh hamper. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Once she sent away for voodoo dolls and carefully followed the instructions some witch doctor in the West Indies wrote about how to relieve Natalie’s condition. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Perhaps they had been stripped to ensure that they hadn’t stolen anything, and now, deemed clean, they were being sent away on a bus? Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

Her well-known father, the writer Roald Dahl, had sent her to Haiti for a taste of adventure and perhaps to find a useful life serving others. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

It was the kind of waiting room that sucked away all hope, sent it swirling down a drain far out of reach. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

Redheaded Gawaine lost his temper when sent on an embassy and killed a man in the middle of the negotiations. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The Earth Mother sent three. The strongest, the best. We will live again.” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

The mail sent by British intelligence to track down Brewster was Nehemiah Marks, a Connecticut man who did for the British what Brewster did for the Americans. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes, the messages had been sent through me. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Never, now, do I go down to town unless I am sent for by Penelope when news of some sort comes. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was only there because Ray was shouting at my mom and they’d sent us outside. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

I find myself laughing instead, and I tell her what I’ve told no one else, about the phone calls and the resume I’d sent to Harper & Row. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

I was hoping to get sent to a corner, where I could fantasize about a grand Cinderella wedding with Jonathan Rodriquez as my groom. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

Hudson’s name on a shipping label for a box that was never sent. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

They sent Joseph to Stone Mountain, even though he did what he did because the kid gave him something bad and he swallowed it. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z

I sent a text-only reply, saying I had a ton of homework and couldn’t hang tonight. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

After working on it for three years and seven months, he had sent the manuscript to his publisher in January 1842. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

I have always believed, almost from the moment I met Jerome, that God sent him. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Given that poisoned whiskey had been one of the killers’ preferred methods, the priest sent word back warning Mollie “not to drink any liquor of any kind under any circumstances.” Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

They sent the cunning Hermes to his assistance, who contrived stealthily by night to get him out of his prison. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

I sent him in a circle around the tree, beating on the grass and bushes with a stick, while I stood waiting. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Mother thought she saw thee pass. She sent me to fetch thee for supper and to stay the night if thee will.” Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

The kid with the cartoon character on his shirt was sent to the restroom to turn the shirt inside out. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

I watched in horror while the pressured water sent them flying through the air, knocking them down and pummeling them across the street. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

They sent staff members into Studio One to confiscate all scripts of the radio play. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

Except for Arsinoe, whom he imprisoned and sent to Rome, he did not punish his former enemies. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z

Convinced that her rejection has sent him on the path to ruin, she decides to find out for herself how he is. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Hundreds of soldiers massacred at this spot. . . that should’ve sent out some kind of death vibe. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

"The eye picks up light through a lens, and the light makes an image inside the eye, and that image gets sent into the brain." Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

He seems to think Amá sent me here because I was getting bad grades. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

The brochure he sent to prospective clients declared, So, you have a thirst for adventure! Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

I think of the moment I sent the arrow flying into the apple in the pig's mouth when I was so enraged. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

This last statement sent the young sparrow off into a veritable dance of rage. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

On various occasions he had sent him each article of the outfit, but he had not imagined how they would look when all combined. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

“So wrong. But His Excellency has handled it all well; God knows how many would have been killed if he did not have the Northern soldiers sent back to the North.” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

"Look, I only have my mom and she's just been sent back to her country. I have nowhere else to go but to my aunt's house." The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“My mom calls once a month to tell us how happy she is to be away from boring old Illinois. For my birthday, she sent me ten bucks.” Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

Impressed by the experience of someone so young, Lovelace sent her an invitation, but her mother had to give Wally permission due to her age. Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z

She explained that Hale had sent the letter from prison to a member of the tribe and that not long ago a descendant had donated it to the museum. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Usually we were sent out for a week at a time, to visit half a dozen cities, making a couple of speeches a day as we went. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

I gave Brandon my favor to wear, and never comforted Petyr once after be was wounded, nor bid him farewell when Father sent him off. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

He was eighteen when his father sent him east to study with private tutors to prepare him for the entrance exams for Harvard and Yale. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Just then some hobbits, who had been sent out towards Hobbiton, came running in. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

So he sent word to Eadgils in exile, and helped him with men and equipment, and plotted a campaign for him. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z

Most of the children in the High King’s Court are royals, sent from smaller Courts to gain influence with the princes and princesses, and have no time for much else. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

He sent Ann a letter three weeks later from Richmond, Virginia, where, he said, he had found a better job, and wanted Ann and the children to join him. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

He should’ve sent an ambulance and in the twenty-five years I’ve been cleaning houses nobody ever tells you what to do when your white lady keels over dead on top of you. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

The time I kissed her on the road on New Year’s Eve or the time I sent her flowers on Valentine’s Day were tests, I guess. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

“And your father? Has he sent news of when he will return?” Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

He brought out his phone and quickly sent Ifemelu a text: Please talk to me. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

In spite of this amendment, however, she requested to have a note sent to Longbourn, desiring her mother to visit Jane, and form her own judgment of her situation. Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z

I was sent out into the hallway in almost every class. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

If dropped to the floor by a child or careless adult everyone nearby could be splashed with the same chemical that has sent spraymen using it into convulsions. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

Back when JPL's Nerd Brigade hacked the rover and Pathfinder to be a poor man's IM client, they sent me a cheat sheet for troubleshooting. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

In 1794, Washington had sent Chief Justice John Jay to London to negotiate a realistic bargain that avoided a war with England at a time when the United States was ill prepared to fight one. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

Before long, everyone in the Einsatzstab Reichsleiter Rosenberg— the men out there scouring the continent for hidden libraries, concealed prayer scrolls, closeted impressionist paintings—will be handed rifles and sent into the fire. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

But even so, ke was curious and sent an emissary to the family to observe. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

Mother sent for their old decorations, and it was fun to unpack them. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

Last Christmas, he couldn’t keep himself from asking if I’d liked the desk organizer Momma sent. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

Two police cars showed up and the buses made their way to the stadium in a swirling wind that sent little veins of dust down the empty road like slithering snakes. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

My sister had used most of the getting-ready time to complain, especially about the stupid purple orchid that the Kiwanis Club had sent and which she had to pin to her shoulder. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

“I read the letter you sent Lee. It was mean of him to pretend to be in love with you and I told him so. He said to tell you he’s dreadfully sorry. E.R.” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Prune makers sent along a full-scale knight on horseback sculpted out of prunes, and the Avery Salt Mines of Louisiana displayed a copy of the Statue of Liberty carved from a block of salt. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Percy sent his thoughts through the water, the way he spoke with other sea creatures. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

“Sure you did—that’s why the transporter sent you home. It reads your intention, remember?” Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

When the piece appeared in an anthology of short fiction, I sent a copy off to Norman Bowker with the thought that it might please him. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

But as a kid, I preferred the black side, and often wished that Mommy had sent me to black schools like my friends. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

After inspecting the unfinished Crocker Cracker, Hanson was escorted across the street to the Rad Lab for the obligatory demonstration of the lavender beam and was sent home suitably awestruck. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

Matt swung the binoculars at the animal’s head and sent it veering to one side. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We sent away a man who came to look at our apartment,” Isa said in a whisper. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Instead she was sent to sewing classes, so she could become a “true woman” and not suffer when she got married. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Even a spider swinging down on its web sent the animal into hysterics. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some afternoons The Giver sent him away without training. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

I am sent on two more missions to get information. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Immediately I thought they had sent someone out to bring me in, and I began to shake. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

He wrote to her every Diwali and sent her a greeting card every New Year. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Nice spot here, good sight lines, set it down, Pfennig. I’ve sent our friend Volkheimer ahead. He’s somewhere on the hill.” All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

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

The damage in Shangla was even worse, and fundamentalist religious leaders suggested once again that God had sent a natural disaster as punishment for enjoying un-Islamic behaviors. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Brunner sent another flair into the sky as the rest of us searched the area with our eyes, not moving from the spot we were in. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had received all of the money Lupita had sent and was glad that her children were living with Consuelo and that both had work they liked. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

He traveled to Athens, sent there by Apollo to plead his case before Athena. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

After the country sent two women into space on three different spaceflights, one might assume that gender barriers in space were a thing of the past for the Soviet Union. Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z

So had Scythe Curie when she had sent her on this mission. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

The papers sent special correspondents to shadow the pilots as they served in the skies over Europe, each dispatch from the European front producing shivers of delight. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

She told Dr. Johnson, “I guess we sent him back to school too early.” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The stolen information was translated into secret code and sent by telegram to KGB headquarters in Moscow. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

I sent actual cards—heavy cream stock with Cadence Sinclair Eastman printed across the top. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

He sent her to St. Jude Hospital and put her in an iron lung to help her breathe. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

And think of how that vessel was taken, shattered on the concrete, and all its holy contents, all that had gone into him, sent flowing back to the earth. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

I’m surprised she would send something here since I have all the book contracts sent to a box at the post office, just in case. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

“Or we could ask for free copies to be sent to us, if prides were swallowed,” Obiora said. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

They sent a long pass down the field, and a Blue Springs forward managed to slip behind the Fugees defense. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

I nibbled at the food and sent the tray back almost untouched. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

Amelia had sent a picture of herself, taken at a sharp angle and heavily filtered. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

My soon-to-be teacher wasn’t sent home to change clothes, but she never wore her shocking-pink pantsuit or any other pants to school again. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

It is all nonsense, partially corrupted—just like the file Tremaine had sent. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Then came that terrible Christmas with its awful presents when our father, with the vanity I was to find typical, sent his photograph. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was about to strike up a conversation with Matthias when Methuselah sent her packing. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

And I can’t tell you what my father said to Joseph, since he sent me to the kitchen to get going on homework. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z

I tell her I wasn’t lying that day I got sent home in third grade. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

In the town, supper fires sent up blue smoke, and here and there was the red glare of torchlight and campfire. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z

Every time the pick struck the earth it sent a rattling jolt up her arms. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Incidentally she sent her regards to you, so you can relax about that Friday night. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

You find out what regiments are being sent—and all that. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Those who were released—even as newchildren—were sent Elsewhere and never returned to the community. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

Noah told me he found Brian’s address online and sent him a series of drawings he did—around the clock like a maniac—called The Invisible Museum. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

Miss Betty sent me to the corner for the rest of the hour to pray for my own soul while kneeling on grains of uncooked rice. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

The broken shards still lay on the ground, and the thought of him coming back to terrorize me sent a shiver down my back. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

When he was about two years old his mother was shot and he was sent to North America to a zoo. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

“The iniquitously expensive and secretive British secondary school my sister and I attended. My father thought we were too young to be sent abroad, but he was determined that we be as European as possible.” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Fall turned into winter, and Lady Isobel had the rest of their things sent down from Rook Hill. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’d like to sleep in Coeur d’Alene tonight. Your momma sent us a postcard from Coeur d’Alene, and on it was a bountiful blue lake.” Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

How many men had the snot-nosed Little wretch sent through that door already? A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

The rat made as if to do so, then suddenly lunged at Brother George, only to be sent sprawling by a blow from Brother Rufus’s staff. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

“There’s fifty gyptians or more. I bet there’s some relations of yours, too. All the gyptian families that lost a kid, they all sent someone.” The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

She noted that Caston had been sent to Angola in the 1960s. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

“I sent the money back with ten per cent interest,” Adam said. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

If he was hit, I sent him there. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

He wept until the sea breeze would have no more of it and bucked the swells up, frothed them at the top, and sent some of the spray over the stern. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

Still, we always used the butter, for if my mother sent it back to the kitchen, Yang Sze-Fu would lose face and quit. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

The agency sent a film crew to each of the remote tracking stations, recording the communications teams as they completed their preflight checkouts. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

Whenever Bandit needed a few pennies to buy melon seeds or candied plums, she sent Precious Coins to ask Grandmother for them. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

‘You expect me to believe Gaia sent you - a beggar - to check up on us?’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

She went to the Ellens in the kitchen to see if they knew how she was, but she found them grim and silent, which sent another chill. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

When Antonio was released from the hospital, his mother sent him to live with relatives in Las Vegas, where he tried to recover from the tragedy of Jose's death. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

A posse was sent out in search of the Howards. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

Faulkner had a wife, and she told agents that he was “refusing to allow Hattie to be sent to a hospital...in order to keep her under his influence.” Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

“He sent a robot in his place. Cleaning out the incinerator a moment ago, I found these.” The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

I counted the days and measured her progress as best I could and then sent word to a doctor in Staunton that I would need help with the birth. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

After this, whenever anyone requested help, the society sent a volunteer as quickly as possible. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

He said they had sent a photographer out to take a picture of the effigy. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

On the third pitch, I went into a long, elaborate windup and sent him a slow, curving blooper, the kind a batter always wants to hit and always misses. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

He sent home for her, writing his wife that he had arranged a great marriage for her, to Achilles, who had already shown himself the best and greatest of all chieftains. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

In 1926, Morrison, while serving time in prison for killing Anna Brown, sent a note to Hale, which was intercepted by guards. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

He usually sent some kind of warning to me. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

Mum Olga nodded, but she sent me a look of pure venom. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

The knights of the Round Table were sent out as a measure against Fort Mayne, and the choleric barons who lived by Fort Mayne took the cudgels with the ferocity of despair. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sun was blazing down, the air was sweet, but every leaf that the wind lifted, every rustle of a pheasant hen in a clump of ryegrass, sent needles of fear through their veins. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then Medon, the perceptive man, replied: “A god moved him—who knows?—or his own heart sent him to learn, at Pylos, if his father roams the wide world still, or what befell him.” The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Her Royal Highness sent word that you were trying to lift your beauty caisse. Du Barry warned that you were stubborn and a bit unruly. But doing the servants' work, young lady?" The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

I told her how I had stopped off in Chicago for a day on my way east and how a dozen people had sent their love through me. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

But when another strong earthquake hit within a few minutes of the first, the students were sent home. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

She smacked a carnivorous horse in the snout with the butt of her sword and sent the monster stampeding through the crowd. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

So he got work in a factoria, and every month, he sent home money. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’ll get to save myself the embarrassment of being the only moonstone badge recipient to fail a tryout and be sent home. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

The Witchlings screamed in unison as the cuco knocked their wagon aside with a brush of one long gray hand and sent everything in it flying across the station tracks. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

“My brother and I were both sent to you, but on the way here, another monstrous beast attacked us! He took my brother and so there is only me.” Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

“It’ll be worse if you don’t. My gran sent me one once, and I ignored it and” — he gulped — “it was horrible.” Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

The UN Refugee Agency had sent out a bulletin about Mariam, and Habib’s professor and his sons were looking for any news of her in Jalalabad. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

“I called up the Suicide Hotline and they sent me here.” It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

He knew it had to be a spy for whoever had sent them here—Alby had told him as much, saying the beetles were how the Creators watched them. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

He could do this, he would do this, his father had sent him to the far ends of the earth for this, he would not fail him. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“Why, nothing at all. The two men that were supposed to test it were inside, and we were all set. So I sent it off.” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

“You ... she sent you away .. “I came back. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

But the reintroduced quaver in Franny’s voice had sent her quickly back to her chair. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

She also called teachers in other high schools who had sent students to the nationals, just to get some tips on how to prepare and present. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

“There was a baby born here right after the colony started, but they sent him off to the mainland, to an orphanage. He would be a man by now.” Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

He just scowled and sent us to the register. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

In the chaos, Thalia and I tackled the other two skeletons on the stairs and sent them flying into the condiment table. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

One morning August sent Zach and me six miles out in the county to bring in the last of the supers to be harvested. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I did want to know who sent the photo, though I had an idea it was Drew, but more than that, I wanted the whole thing to be over. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

Obadiah told them he knew the Lord God had sent her, but he didn’t know who she was.” The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

He sent his son to fetch Thomas Jones right away. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

We might as well have sent up a signal flare. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

“Someone can be sent to guard him, to guard all of you—but, as for the rest, I have a plan. Madoc won’t follow.” The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Of course the message went through yesterday, as had all the others he’d sent and hadn’t gotten a response to since football practice started a few weeks ago. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Vice President Andrew Johnson was not present when Lincoln died, so the cabinet sent him an official notification of the president’s death and of his succession to the presidency. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

In conformity with his own tactics, he sent only a small troop of forty spears to start the work. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

But being sent to Mobile and causing her family to live thereafter with bowed heads was worse: she didn’t even wish that on Alexandra. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

I am relieved to find out that not all of his writings were destroyed in the fire—some of the pages had already been sent back to England with Captain Newport. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

She had sent me lots of love and had my Get Well card on the table beside her bed. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

According to the police, as reported by the Associated Press, the driver of the car sent a text at 10:05:52. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

Taran thrust at one of the livid warriors; a sword point ripped his arm and sent the small knife hurtling into the bracken. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

Once again, the SS-HJ was reorganized and sent to Hungary to slow the Russian army as it advanced toward Germany from the east. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

He aimed at the ball and sent it gracefully into a green one, which dropped into a pocket. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Upon arriving in Germany, Haupt had learned that two of his uncles had been sent to a concentration camp. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

He’ll know exactly where the ten-second place is, and that I’m either an agent sent by the government or by the black-market dealers that pay taxes to the government. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

Joseph Stanley Brown sent him the daily medical bulletins by telegram. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Every single time I get sent to her, she asks me questions that sound like they came from some “How to Talk to Statistical Black Children Who Come to Your Office Often” handbook. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

This is when my mother would take out a box of old ski sweaters sent to us by unseen relatives from Vancouver. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Crazy Horse stayed back and sent his men on along the trail. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z

Antiochus sent ambassadors to the Achaeans, who were allies of the Romans, to encourage them to remain neutral. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z

"They sent that four and a half minutes ago," Martinez continued, "while looking at satellite data from nine minutes ago." The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

By now what had happened was known to the King, and he sent his son in pursuit—Medea’s brother, Apsyrtus. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

I reached for the book the people from Ladies' Day had sent. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

Then Lee Chong sent his boxed and brittle grandfather over the western sea to lie at last in ground made holy by his ancestors. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

A force of soldiers under the command of John Endecott were sent to avenge his death. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z

Magdalys thought of the other orphans, now refugees, and sent up a tiny prayer that they were safe somewhere. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

The room was almost black, and a rank smell sent flutters of panic along Tendai’s nerves. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

Any rumble of an engine could be a detachment sent to haul them away. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

“Your mama said she would pay, and she hasn’t sent one zloty. No money, no food. And if the girl won’t clean, she’ll take the back of my hand.” The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Then he retreated to a small room above the kitchen, where, before formally seeing patients, he sent and received emails via a satellite phone. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

His mother couldn’t handle teaching the kids at home and running the farm, too, so she sent them off on the bus to school. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

The investigators quickly covered a bunch of other ground: Who else Briana had talked to about the accident; how many texts she had sent that day; a bit about the process going forward. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

He’s already sent out one last tweet: Thank you for this life. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

“But not everyone at camp does. Octavian thinks you’re a spy. He thinks you were sent here by Gaea to find our weaknesses and distract us. He believes the old legends about the Greeks.” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

The diamond surface of the water broke and hissed; it sent sparks in all directions and turned a vivid, poisonous-looking blue. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Bigwig, realizing that the sentries were on the jump from watching and waiting with nothing to do, changed places with him and sent Speedwell up to take over from Blackberry. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Because they were not Navajos, they had not been sent to Hawaii as I had been. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some have been sent away, for one reason or another. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bliss sent for him on July 2 immediately after the shooting. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

"And she sent us to you so you could kill Nergal." City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

Supposedly, there were thousands of Nikkei being sent to Japan on this very ship. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

A week later, another operative from the team—No. 46—was sent to locate Brown in Ponca City, twenty-five miles northwest of Gray Horse. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

They really would be sent to the war front with no training. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Papa took them, saying, “More, boy. We need lots. Bigger pieces. Take your time,” and sent Jojo off again. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Charles made the change, saved the file, and sent the document off to the printer. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

Determined not to be left behind as they had been in the Bay Bridge Handicap, Pollard shot Seabiscuit from the starting gate and sent him blowing past the field. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

But he's not just any young man—this one was sent by God's own hand. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Nyame, like a sun flare that leaped from spot to spot, sent iron monsters flying into the bay with blasts of white-hot energy. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

“I sent a letter to your princeling, asking for permission to borrow books from the library. He granted my wish, and sent seven books from his personal library that I’m commanded to read.” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

“When you’re my age”—Leslie gave a little sigh—“you just don’t play with paper dolls anymore. My grandmother sent me these. You know how it is, grandmothers just forget you’re growing up.” Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

Is he the one who sent them to me? Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

I had a whispered conversation with my sisters, bolstered by the letter I’d sent the month before. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

The knock on the door the next morning sent my heart racing. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

But when news of the events at Bree came to Tom’s ears, he sent them to Mr. Butterbur, who thus got five good beasts at a very fair price. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Rice sent a telegram to Ferris at his office in the Hamilton Building in Pittsburgh: “Engines have steam on and are working satisfactorily. Sprocket chain connected up and are ready to turn wheel.” The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

You know, I almost sent it to you. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

Bull had sent Ben out the day before to gather enough fresh oysters for the oyster cocktails. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Heaven sent slumber in an endless tide submerging my sad heart among the leaves. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had a brother who was sent to prison for stealing. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Once again Frightful almost sent me through the crown of the forest by digging her talons into my shoulder. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

Johannes Kepler was born in Germany in 1571 and sent as a boy to the Protestant seminary school in the provincial town of Maulbronn to be educated for the clergy. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

There is also a notice that though the funeral services will be private, condolences may be sent via the address of one of the local theaters. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

“This place is called the Glade, all right? It’s where we live, where we eat, where we sleep—we call ourselves the Gladers. That’s all you—” “Who sent me here?” The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

By-and-by he bound up my wound, and sent me downstairs to get a glass of wine for myself. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

“Tortured and sent off to be used as a lab specimen—dear God. That lovely, clever girl. I may as well—I am wretched. No, you’ll not hang.” Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

A report had been sent to Washington, and a team was coming from the Pentagon to test everything. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

I had studied the Quran, our holy book, since I was five; and my parents sent me to a madrasa for religious studies in the afternoons when school finished. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Oh and Hen Siedler the mining official sent a note congratulating you on your successes. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

“The gods sent this man to us. He comes as a harbinger. He comes as a sign.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“Yes, and the queen sent this one”—Nehemia jerked her head at Kaltain—“to bring me around with that sweating worm of a man as well.” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

On my assassination team: Cressida and Pollux have been sent out into the districts to cover the wreckage of the war. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

“It is indeed a riddle, but don't worry, Matthias, we will solve it together. I have sent for food and drink. You and I will not move from here until we have the answer.” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

They were the people who’d sent them all to the Glade. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

She rubbed the water into our scalps, behind our ears, under our arms, then sent us to chase one another in the slippery mud. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

She even sent him a few new sets of clothes—simple, undyed cotton pants and shirts that she must have made on her loom. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

‘Then will ye be sent back to the Knower of things secret and open, and He will tell you the truth of the things that ye did.’ The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

His relief gave way to a wave of nervous energy as they turned onto Javier’s street, and the sight of the rusted swing set sent a pang through Moss. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

The scent of the direwolves sent horses into a frenzy of fear if they were not accustomed to it, but they'd quiet soon enough once Summer was gone. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

After Johnny’s funeral, Katie went around thanking each person who had sent flowers. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

A second fraternal organization of which he had been a member sent her a burial allowance of $250. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Instead, they have sent their servants toward the ships for safety. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Then she sent for the stranger who had been ill-used. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

She did not say: I sent them into that building. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

They shut up the house and sent all the servants away. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

He was feeling as he had felt when he stood over Mary’s bed with the white blur drawing near; an iota more of fear would have sent him plunging again into murder. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

And when she was released from the hospital we sent her back to school with the idea that a learning environment was exactly what she needed. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

I covered him with the tablecloth, but it sent an icy chill through me. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Why, just last month I sent him a very friendly letter, which he never had the courtesy to answer. See for yourself.’ The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

“All my children, when they are of age, are sent with medicine bundles to wherever they choose to live.” Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Langan gets his scholarship taken away, and Oppenheimer gets sent to a psychiatrist. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

Normally, a child was sent off to its father’s family if the mother died. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

After a few songs some black brothers remembered skills learned at the courts and castles of their youth, before their sins had sent them to the Wall, and took the floor as well. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I bet she never had a sister get sent away. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

A list circulated with the names of those who were to be sent back to Płaszów. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

A vocational school student had sent a matchbook application to a correspondence law school along with the required, but now missing, dollar bill. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

A group of three or four senior officers strolled by, to my relief—I was sure they’d been sent to help me usher in the stragglers. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

She thinks I’m lucky I got yanked out of the only place I’d ever known my whole life and sent off to live with people I’d never laid eyes on before? Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

And the Blue Graces had never come, though he’d sent for them four times. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

They finally found the general and were sent by him to his signal officer, Lieutenant Hunt, who had also been cleared to know about the secret code. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

They bumped against me as they tumbled into the street, and sent me reeling against the wall. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

The force of the blow sent her back, landing inches from Koffi. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Big Henryk’s first wallop sent me skidding over the frozen ground like a sled on ice. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

An anonymous hedgehog sent four or five dirty leaves with fleas on them. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

So he sent for the lad and he came, and he was a man grown now, but still he was rude and still his teeth were as they were. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

His brother confessed to him that the woman had sent him away because he had given her what she called a low-life sickness. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

Once, they sent the poor boy all the way to Santiago to pick up batteries for the short wave. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

This sent a clear message to lawmakers and future politicians and reestablished a feeling that seemed to have been lost when Harold Washington died: The African American vote mattered. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

From the slugs of irradiated uranium, fissile plutonium would be extracted at a second plant ten miles away, eventually to be sent on its way to Los Alamos. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

“It was trouble that got me sent here,” I said. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

If you’re someone who was sent to the Ethical Culture School, then you aren’t going to be intimidated by a row of Cambridge dons arrayed in judgment against you. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

“What? No. I sent her in the mail,” I say. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

“We have already sent money to Mamá,” she volunteered. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

Hanging on to this, you could have been sent to Azkaban. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z

Of course Mrs. Kowalski sent me to the principal’s office, and as usual, they wouldn’t let me go home until my parents came to pick me up. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

It came the same day the swim team sent a big bouquet of sunflowers, a box of cookies, and a card that everyone signed. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

He sent word to the White House, asking to see Garfield. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

The next thing Roberta knew, she was being sent to the Bakersfield Imaging Center just down the street. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

She also sent Anthony a letter, which she wanted her to sign, inviting Douglass to speak at the upcoming National Woman Suffrage Association meeting. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

A Truman student in such attire would be sent back to the hotel to change. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

Allen was sent to Charlie Company, 1st Battalion, and Infantry Regiment, headquartered north of Saigon. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

More than forty rescue missions were sent from England, at least ten of them financed by Lady Franklin, the leader’s widow. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

“It took control of you. The goddess sent me to give you a little bit of help to make you expel it.” Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

He was on the point of collapse so I took him into the music room and made him sit down while I sent for something to eat. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

The Fifth Fleet that Admiral Spruance sent in against Iwo Jima was the largest one that had ever sailed the Pacific. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

They had all died for nothing and he had sent them. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

She did not know how much later it was—perhaps it was in the small hours when she was sent to get fresh towels. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

But when the 586th’s assignment came, they were disappointed to find that they weren’t being sent to the front after all. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

Sometimes I wonder if the sluggers sent Diego Vega to Calypso to test my resolve. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

Over the next months, Allen’s squad was repeatedly sent into the bush for three or four weeks at a stretch. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

“I noticed. You Snap everything, man. I’m surprised you haven’t sent me one from the shower.” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

But when York sent a proposal to test a twenty-megaton bomb to the White House for Eisenhower’s approval, he was crisply rebuffed. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

That fool Attendant of hers forgot it, and the house girls sent me out with it.” Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

When I was arrested and sent to Marshall Square, I noticed two fellows among the defiers, one of whom I had never seen before. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Were on our way to lunch with Mr. Gideon, who sent us a note stating he would meet us at the door to his lab. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

In June 1858, Wallace sent Darwin a tentative draft of his paper outlining his general theory of evolution by natural selection. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

The reporter's flat voice sent chills through me. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

Jewels and chunks of gold shot from the fissure with such force, they cracked the cavern walls and sent shrapnel flying, stinging Hazel’s skin through her jacket. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

Folks in Clarkston sent their kids to Clarkston High School, went to services at one of the churches on Church Street, and bought their groceries at a local independent grocery store called Thriftown. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

“In case she ever sent us her address. But we never heard from her again.” Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“If he was happy, he would have never sent that letter. If he was happy, he would have ended up with Siobhan somehow.” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

“After we found out that Mariam was picked up by that family, I sent Professor Sahib five hundred dollars.” Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

“They took me from my family, cut my hair, beat me every time they felt like it, and sent me to work for the mayor when I was eighteen.” Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

President John F. Kennedy sent federal marshals to ensure Meredith’s right to enroll and to protect him on the campus. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Her father sent for her trunk the following day. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

“Mr. Benedict told me he was an orphan. When his parents died, he was sent here from Holland to live with his aunt. Mr. Curtain must have been sent somewhere else.” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

On his first assignment, Allen was sent out for a night patrol with his unit. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

It was dated several months before and sent on from Arlington; the envelope was stained and creased. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

Every sliding shadow, each creak and crack, sent her mind spinning off into a thousand horrible visions. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

The first time Grover came, Helen, feeling bad, had sent up a giant bowl of shrimp and peas with Virginia ham. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The Warren doesn’t know about this. It’s one of the few places we can’t get into. My aunt’s best friend’s cousin said they’ve caught every kit sent here.” Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Chris pulled out his cell phone and counted out all the text messages I sent him. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

“Well, there was something moving in the jungle—following us. And then just as it was about to attack...Ma sent me back. Alone.” Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

‘It will not be long I fear,’ said Éomer, ‘ere the coming of the king’s host will be known to the leader of our enemies, Saruman or whatever captain he has sent forth.’ The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Three years before, he had pulled a robbery in midtown and been sent up to a prison in Stormville, New York. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But there’s nothing. The letters my parents sent through the lawyer got returned; they don’t have a working number. She’s a ghost.” Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Too many poor harvests had sent them back East. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

Refusing to pay, one risked being sent back to the city. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

Had he clipped into the rope with his safety tether it would have opened under his body weight and sent him tumbling down the Lhotse Face. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

I think about the text I sent Zoey last night when I couldn’t sleep. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

I finished the essay and sent it to Professor Steinberg. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

A chapter on what to do if your older sister gets pregnant, gets sent away to have the baby, and never comes back? P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Alys had always yearned for a daughter and felt that the sea had sent this one to her. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

“He must really like you if he sent you jewelry,” Alison said. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

I raise my eyebrows before I remember he doesn't know about the message Haymitch sent us a couple of nights ago. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

"What," he asked, in what he was certain were lofty and scornful tones, "would possibly make you imagine that my lady-love would have sent me on some foolish errand?" Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

When Dad couldn’t act as chaperone himself, he sent Frank or Bill along as his proxy. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’ll go to the kitchen and see what I can do. By Giminy! Women have no consideration! She might have sent me word.” The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was more like every other day, or every third, that I sent something. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

They painted his toes purple, too, and forced a laxative down his throat when he opened his mouth again to complain, and then they sent him away. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Harry thought this an odd way of reminding Aunt Petunia that he had once sent her an exploding letter, but Aunt Petunia did not challenge the term. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

“Free them, you mean? Is that wise? They were sent here to worm their way into your trust, so they might betray Your Grace at the first chance.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The woman sent a girl up-stairs with us to show the room. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

It looked at them with two bright black eyes and, opening its mouth, which was pointed like a thorn, sent forth a little trill. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

A New York City woman sent Garfield white mice she thought would amuse him. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

A train rattled along the ancient metal caterpillar over Fulton Street and sent a cascade of rainwater onto the exiting crowd. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

They argued whether the pressure of so many newcomers was going to send them the way so many others were sent, into the territory of the Bwaanug, the Dakota. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

Sir Grummore sent a gross of spears, with the old school crest on all of them. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Before I start with the declassified math exam, I check if Amu has sent answers to my questions. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

She sent whatever she and other family members learned to her son Lieutenant Charles Darragh, who was in Washington’s army at Whitemarsh. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

I sent her away from him on every pretense I knew. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

That meant they could be sent across any terrain, including enemy lines, and still arrive almost instantly. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

He needs to be sent to the Cuban Home for Boys.” The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

Rather than being assigned to the US Naval Training School there on the campus, he was sent to the US Navy Boot Camp in Great Lakes, Illinois. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

“I hear they sent you the wrong dress?” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

They pulled her out and laid her on the ground before they sent Mama back to get more help from the church. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

‘I was not sent to beg any boon, but to seek only the meaning of a riddle,’ answered Boromir proudly. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

“Tell me who sent you. And if you lie to me, I’ll know.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

We texted, tweeted, and sent Snapchats to each other all the time anyway, so really, we could stay in touch. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Hannah sent me to fetch more water, which I did with great pleasure and a short detour. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Hard to say. But if Ma thought you could do something on your own, she might have sent you back so she could deal with other matters.” Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

The Committee called a mass protest meeting to “defend our democratic right to hear Marian Anderson sing,” and sent out a call for telegrams supporting an Anderson concert. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z

They’d sent out for sandwiches, bought him Cokes from the machine. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Those chronicles describe how the sun goddess Amaterasu, born from the left eye of the creator god Izanagi, sent her grandson Ninigi to earth on the Japanese island of Kyushu to wed an earthly deity. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Nurse Langland was sent back to her own ward in disgrace. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

“Just why do you think,” carefully inquired Major Sanderson, the soft and thickset smiling staff psychiatrist to whom the colonel had ordered Yossarian sent, “that Colonel Ferredge finds your dream disgusting?” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

The kick sent him flying, and his body crunched as it hit the floor and slid out of the ring, instantly eliminating him. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

A furious argument ensued touching on the theme of the Rights of Man and the Noble Savage, but there was no convincing her, and I was sent to bed with no TV that night. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

And Colonel Cathcart had roared away as abruptly as he’d come, whipping the jeep around with a vicious spinning of wheels that sent a spray of fine grit blowing into Major Major’s face. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

“Oh, right!” said Hermione, and she whipped out her wand, waved it, muttered something, and sent a jet of the same bluebell flames she had used on Snape at the plant. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

Pallas Athena had been exceedingly angry, Sinon said, at the theft of the Palladium, and the Greeks in terror had sent to the oracle to ask how they could appease her. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

With one swipe of my hand, I sent my whole Matchbox car collection flying from the top of my bookcase. Fourth Grade Rats 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

He knew now that Jasper was far beneath him, had been sent perhaps only to bring him here tonight, no rival but a mere servant of Ged’s destiny. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

The editor of Left Front accepted two of my crude poems for publication, sent two of them to Jack Conroy’s Anvil, and sent another to the New Masses, the successor of the Masses. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

First Ladies showed up in the news, having tea with the spouses of foreign dignitaries; they sent out official greetings on holidays and wore pretty gowns to state dinners. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

And the third blow sent Rengen to his knees sobbing and crying out in pain. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

It beat, a deep ponderous throb of sound, and each pulse sent out a wash of indigo light. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Alby held out a hand and pushed Thomas in the chest, sent him stumbling backward. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

When the mines reopen, wages are cut, hours extended, miners sent into blatantly dangerous work sites. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

No one knows the total number of letters and telegrams sent to CBS, The Mercury Theatre on the Air, or Orson Welles, beginning on the night of the broadcast. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

The slightly reeking fish that she accepted for her own family she would all but throw in the fish man’s face if he sent it to the Fisher house. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

The rose bowl dulled and sent down a warm gray drizzle. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Pennsy sent her engines all over the East Coast, as far south as Florida and then all the way up to Boston. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

And so naturally he sent me to talk to you.” The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

Orders were sent to cover possible water escape routes. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Tremaine had better be telling the truth about the file he sent you,” he says. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Perhaps it was all to the best that I had been sent away. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

The author who had sent me the book! The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Constantine died, Skeeter. I sent her a check, for her birthday. To the address I found for her daughter, but Lulabelle... sent it back. With a copy of the obituary.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Fists flailing like battering rams, Hugo sent imps sailing in wild cartwheels. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

A Big Bang had occurred, originating at the bridge of her nose, and the force of this explosion had sent galaxies of freckles hurtling and drifting to every end of her curved, warm-blooded universe. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

She pulled another arrow, and another, and sent them all, more or less, into the post. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

I just want to apologize for the texts I sent yesterday. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

“To the person who sent that email of me,” I said, “I’m not going to cower or allow ignorance to run my life. I’m going to be me, whether you like it or not.” Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

The King of Arabia sent them a camel each. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

What an extraordinary sensation that ray sent through me! Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

This sent a signal to the arsenal, where an operator would identify the radio’s location and broadcast a special message to all the other radios. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Perhaps because he was a proven snitch, camp authorities sent him back to school. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

Why, at three and four, did we have tags put on our arms to be sent by train alone from Long Beach, California, to Stamps, Arkansas, with only the porter to look after us? I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

But I knew what I had seen, the sparks that sent her to the ground. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

The state, therefore, sent any Smith Islanders who continued school after the elementary level to a boarding school in Crisfield. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He must go to the rats. Immediately. Members of the council, I will now ask you to vote. Those in favor of Despereaux being sent to the dungeon, say ‘aye.’” The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

When the commander sent someone to clear the airfield before an accident occurred, the thing turned out to be a big teddy bear. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

On the very next day, November 11, one of those messages had to be sent. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

How, how, how could I get my hands on more money before I was caught and sent to jail for some trivial misdemeanor? Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Winchell called the play that had been sent in from the sidelines, sixty-one pass. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Yes, and why hadn't they sent a patrol car to pick me up? Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had sent his captives to kneel at her feet It was a fatal course of action. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

If it were, the museum would have sent men already to collect it. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

“Ma loaned me this. And the man who wrote it is the one who sent the dragons from Madagascar.” Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

At White’s suggestion, telegrams were sent out to prominent members of the musical community, asking them to protest the DAR’s ban on black performers. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z

Mr. Fuller waved me out the door and sent me away with no further punishment than my shame and having missed lunchtime. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

They sent the children’s cases to Lost and Found. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘Oh, I like the way you think. They sent me because I excel at messing things up.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

“You the one that sent me to jail. I ain't forgot that!” Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

For a while I thought “the loop” could be a street in Circle Village—a neighborhood that was nothing but looping cul-de-sacs—and that “Emerson” might be a person my grandfather had sent letters to. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

The small hand trembled so that the first eager stroke sent a great blot of ink sprawling across the page. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

As they waited to be sent out, word came over the radio that King had just been killed. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

Jonas knew, on days when he arrived to find The Giver hunched over, rocking his body slightly back and forth, his face pale, that he would be sent away. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

After this they went back to the farm buildings, where Snowball and Napoleon sent for a ladder which they caused to be set against the end wall of the big barn. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

The spurt of flames it sent up lit the frayed edge of the papers and quickly spread over the whole bundle. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

Squealer was sent to make the necessary explanations to the others. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

The Old Bear had sent out rangers in search of him. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

I bent down to help her, but the scent of burnt grease sent me reeling, my palm pressed over my mouth. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

I don’t want to be sent away from here. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

It’d been a few days since I sent the email to Professor Thomas, and still no response. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

He sent to the rest of the Brigade to form around the hill to the right, below the crown. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

That evening I told my mother what had happened, but she made no comment; she sat down at once, wrote another note, gave me more money, and sent me out to the grocery again. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Japanese often attacked American convoys with airplanes sent out from their aircraft carriers. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Cry in front of the judge; do whatever you have to do. If you go up and get sent back down here, your life will never be the same.” Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

She settled herself behind her desk and said abruptly, “Professor Lupin sent an owl ahead to say that you were taken ill on the train, Potter.” Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

As they made their way closer to the machines, Moss got his first glimpse of the cops that had been sent to work what arguably must have been their worst assignment ever. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

A hulking tiger stepped toward a cluster of demons, and its roar sent them scurrying behind Nergal. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

They knew that quiet lady must be told the prince her son had come ashore, and sent his good ship round to port; not one soft tear should their sweet queen let fall. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

They sent people to America to learn not only how to speak English fluently, but also to learn our American Indian languages. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

I hope you got the present I sent you. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Until Theon had sent for her, she had lived all of her eighteen years in the winter town without ever setting foot inside the walls of the castle. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

He missed school and sent word that he was ill when it was known that he was walking all alone in the hills beyond the town. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

I gave in and sent a letter three days ago with my resignation. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

The cuco was too fast, however, and sent her flying to the other side of the room with a thud. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

She studied me distastefully, like I was a bag of dirty laundry she’d been sent to fetch. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

So it’s in the spirit of a scientific experiment that I present myself at the office, wondering if my speckled and inflamed appearance will be enough to get me sent home. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

The long-delayed death of their ship sent a wave of sadness and depression over the crew. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

When she went back and told Charles of her failure, he sent a letter to his cousin Fox, who had visited Malvern before and had written to Charles describing the grave. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

A shape bends over him, cutting open his favorite Colombia soccer jersey, which his mom sent him for his birthday, slapping two pads on his chest. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

Consequences The twins get sent back to ABC for the rest of the school year. Booked 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

And sometime before this, he must’ve sent in pictures of my sand sculptures and gotten me in. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

Every day, our friends Rudy and Pilar sent over a hot meal, and after they ate, the men were allowed to walk around in the prison yard for a half hour. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He’d sent in Harmony Grove to name a new park over in England and it won him a five-hundret-dollar prize, but over on this side a-the ocean, folks thought it sounded tacky and countrified.” Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Wang Lung was pleased at her strength, although he cared nothing for festivities on this year, and he sent Cuckoo in to beseech Liu, the grain merchant, seeing how sad the case was. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

The last song he’d sent was “Water Runs Dry,” by Boyz II Men, so I played it on my phone and picked up my pen again. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

My mother always sent us postcards of the cities she had gone to, so I never had to ask where she was—it was written there for us to see. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

“They say he’s an authority sent by the government.” One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

The tortoise told the man, “I am sent by the Lord. I bring you news of doom. Your country, Southern Sudan, will be destroyed.” Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m very glad that you saw something in the drawing I sent, I also thought there was something in it,” Vincent writes. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

“Same way I sent you back without me: piezoelectricity. Ever heard of that?” Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

The last morning I saw Mama alive, Grandma sent me off to school. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

“No, my lord. I was looking for passage to White Harbor. The king sent me, with a message for its lord.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I thought about how the one letter I’d sent told them everything was fine, that we were treated well and to please let me know when Ivette got back from the brigades. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

What if Cool Papa sent the hard-staring woman to let him know he still had his eye on him? Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

Beatty struck him a blow on the head that sent him reeling back. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

He kicked as hard as he could and sent Kamau reeling back, but it cost him. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Hamilton’s fate was effectively sealed once he sent this letter. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

“Your grandmother sent me an email. She said you hadn’t been to middle school before. But don’t worry; it’s a new year for everyone. Except me. This is my 15th year in 7th grade.” The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

“You are many times more handsome today than you were when we sent you home.” The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

He has puzzled the greatest medical minds, and sent many of them gibbering to their own hospitals. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

A week earlier, that comment would have sent me flying down the dune ready to fight. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

“I think I’ve been sent to stand in the corner,” the Afrikaner murmured at last. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

More and more of Chicago’s black gangsters were getting sent to federal prisons. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

The First Mobile, if one is sent, must be warned that unless he is very self-assured, or senile, his pride will suffer. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Could be she sent you back for a reason—maybe to meet me!” Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

In the woods on the right, the Hunters sent a volley of silver arrows into the enemy line, destroying twenty or thirty dracaenae, but more marched behind them. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

That was a video clip I sent to my friends, and they sent back emojis of shocked faces. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

“He’s gone. We sent him away,” she answered. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I have been sent,” Antain continued in a mostly soft voice, “to tell you that the other Elders are ready. And all the populace waits along the route. Everyone is accounted for.” The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

They’d gotten so many phony messages sent by Japanese soldiers who spoke perfect English that they thought it was just an enemy trick. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

The letter Mr. Tuchman sent said they would be expelled if there were further incidents. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z

Since there could be no natural explanation, assuming the star was indeed in the heavens, the event was clearly a miracle, a sign sent by God. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

“I have already sent word with Campos that Ultima is to come and live with us,” my father said with some satisfaction. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“What happens when the power gets boosted all the way—when the messages are sent at full strength?” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Meanwhile, Mayor Mason sent out urgent appeals for any sort of emergency relief. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z

The building cast a warm yellow glow on the snow, a glow that sent fingers of light into the dark classrooms of King. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

Branwell had expected his dad to have his design printed up and sent out to family and friends. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I sent him a note from the office. His merchants’ association and the churches have been helping him.” Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, and he sent it to at least ten guys right away.” Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

Voorhies sent samples to colleagues all over the western United States asking if there was anything about it that they recognized. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

Afterward, many of the prisoners at the camp were eventually sent to Auschwitz or other extermination camps. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

Then, he said, “Listen, Mike, what did you say to Speedy when you sent him after the selenium?” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

Judy had always sent women to the hospital for stitches, but Mother was determined to learn. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

She hadn’t yet sent any money to her mother. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

“And I must correct the ones I already sent. But there’s no time for that right now.” The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

I had to pack these brand-new ice skates my mother had practically just sent me a couple of days before. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

Then you should have sent St. Jude down the Dock Road. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Davos had only tasted it once before, when King Robert had sent a half a fish to him at a feast on Dragonstone. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Bright, lifeless roses that lay in peck baskets for months until the specialty buyer at Gerhardt’s sent Freddie the janitor over to tell the girls that they could use another gross. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘Then she sent me no message?’ said Gimli and bent his head. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Jeanine made it sound like there was no one left in the Dauntless compound except the soldiers she sent back to guard the computers. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

His son, who he had sent to pick up supplies from the wharf, had not yet returned. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

She sent me pictures of a cabin with some pine trees, and a fire, and two people with smudged faces that could be her and me sitting there under one comforter. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

He shoved the boy through the hatch and sent him sprawling. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

“And if I am sent to prison,” she wrote, “I will come as soon as I am released.” Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

Helmuth decides to return the book later, at lunch, perhaps, or when he's sent on another errand to file papers. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

He came from a solid middle-class family and was sent to school at Mill Hill. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

Once Argaven was fully informed, he sent me a summons, a request to come at once to Erhenrang, and along with it a liberal allowance for expenses. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Give her a minute to figure out what we sent her,” Joe muttered. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Each month, the Hitler Youth headquarters sent letters to the leaders, spelling out how to run the meetings. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

Usually Mrs. Tomolillo had taken the lids off and dished out everybody's food like a little mother, but then they sent her home, and nobody seemed to want to take her place. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

“We might have supported the Greek forces. Seeing as we sent them in.” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

No doubt in hindsight Caroline wondered why they hadn’t sent for a doctor, perhaps their father. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

When Jerrie finished the last of the testing at Pensacola, she sent a letter to Webb about completing the tests successfully. Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z

In the next letter, Martin wrote that the money I sent got him back into school, and fed his entire family a dinner he described as a feast. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

“I sent Ifeoma money for the funeral. I gave her all she needed,” Papa said. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe if I sent another letter, I’d ask him then, when I felt ready for whatever answer he had to give. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

Then he said, “You sure he sent you?” The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

The discs sprouted thin, wiry legs like spiders and skittered into the crowd, where they affixed themselves to Mr. Flux’s troops, delivering electrical charges that sent them yelping up and out of the fray. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

He sent a stream of warm milk straight into it. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

She liked the hospital and the routines, but in August 1969, she was sent back home to recover after a bad bout of pancreatitis left her weak and exhausted. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

The best things that the Americans sent us were family books. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

Diego sent me a couple of texts, left some messages, but I deleted them unanswered and unread. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

Via high-speed data lines—a blazing 1 kilobyte per second—Goddard sent Mission Control real-time information on the spaceship’s current position. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

For this last I was sent to the penitentiary.... In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was sent to the principal’s office and had to stay after school and wash blackboards. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

“Yes, I am. She sent me a letter.” Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

Four months later, Colin's parents sent him to a preschool for gifted children. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

I said, referring to that very first email she sent Mrs. Marks. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

The overseer cleaved five men from the front of the crowd and sent them to work the vats and conveyer system. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

“Very nearly what’s going to happen to you young men. I was on the point of being sent to an island.” Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

For at long intervals on that highway cisterns had been built for the use of troops sent in haste through the waterless regions. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

But in the last letter he sent me, he asked how much it cost to go to school. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Some say she sent him word that she was longing to go back to her home and that she had the Fleece for him if he would meet her that night at a certain spot. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

You sent them out to die, and you are doing the i same to Val. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Jack hadn’t taken the idea seriously, but what if the person who’d sent it in to Bayside Press had been right? Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

His closeness sent shivers crawling up my spine. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

In one movement he hoisted her into the tower room and, with a flick of his hook, sent her rescue device clanging to the ground. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z

When she was fourteen, her mother sent her to live with her eldest brother, Marco, in southern Honduras. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

He paused, then added, “Maybe it’s about time I sent you to a school back in the homelands, where they’ll make a warrior out of you.” Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Alex sent me to a convent this summer, and even though the sisters were very kind, I prayed day and night that I could go home. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

When Peeta and I made it into the final eight in the Hunger Games, they sent reporters to do personal stories about us. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Could the Drowned God have sent a gift to him, here on the far side of the world? A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

He further recommended that parents who allowed their children to join the Swing Youth and who supported liberal, individual ways should be sent to concentration camps and should have their property confiscated. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

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

He sent some of the medallions across the Atlantic to Benjamin Franklin, for use in his American antislavery campaign. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

She could not imagine how he had survived the high road after Lysa had sent him from the Vale, yet it did not surprise her. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

The silence that fell in the room sent a chill up Moss’s spine. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Or perhaps I’m kidding myself and it was the idea of possibly being sent there that bothered me. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

The SS treated him as a pet and sent him to Germany, where he became a Hitler Youth and attended the Adolf Hitler School. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

The messenger the Shaper’s attendant has sent goes up to the door and has hardly knocked once when the door opens inward and the lady appears, staring through him. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

On Monday morning Becky sent me to the washerwoman with a giant basket of dirty tablecloths and serviettes. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then she sent them back to their seats. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

“You can trust my man, I think. I sent him into Gettysburg last uight. He said he saw two brigades of Union cavalry there.” The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Constance grudgingly accepted this, and soon Sticky had sent the message. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

I had just finished brushing my teeth and was heading back downstairs when a quiet knock sent my heart thudding against my rib cage. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Now I’m positive Coach West sent her to talk to me. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

“The men sent to desecrate the grave took it upon themselves to murder this saintly dog.” The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

What would the white folks think who'd sent me to college? Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

My father had telegraphed Mrs. Hull about our arrival and she had sent someone to meet us and take care of our luggage. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Doesn’t matter if I like it or not. What matters is that I pay attention, and figure out why it was sent to me.” Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

By afternoon, their temporary masters, disturbed by their absence, sent messengers to Dr. Thompson, in Caroline County, asking about them. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

The hot winds sent the bamboo groves rustling. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

“At any rate, I was jealous. Instead of confronting them and finding out the truth, I shifted the wind and sent a heavy metal ring right at Hyacinthus’s head and...well.” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Petra’s mom had sent her to get milk and bread at the grocery store around the corner. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

Instead, he apologized for hurting peo- pies feelings by reading their private thoughts aloud, and he sent us to the library. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

The university was shut down and its students sent home. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

Sissy was so happy at being divorced so quickly that she sent him a silver-plated pickle dish as a belated wedding present. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

After a few hours, Uncle Jos sent Charles a message saying that he was going to the Mount to talk to the doctor directly. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dusk was falling outside when a twinge of hunger sent him to the kitchen. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

Pregnant women could now be criminally prosecuted and sent to prison for decades if there was any evidence that they had used drugs at any point during their pregnancy. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

At the same time, the master quarryman was sent to supervise fifty apprentice stone cutters and two hundred and fifty laborers who would work in the Somme valley, an area known for its limestone. Cathedral: The Story of Its Construction 1973-09-19T00:00:00Z

We did two loads of laundry, washed out our cups and food bowls and pots and pans, bought and sent postcards, phoned home, and stocked up liberally on fresh and packaged foods in the shop. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

“Those fools forgot Capricorn’s armchair. We’ve been sent to get it.” Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Being sent to work in rich homes, he wouldn’t be suspected when he sized up their loot and cased the joint,, just running around looking busy with a white coat on. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Afterward, most patients were sent off to outlying hospitals to convalesce. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

And so, when the queen sent new clothes, armor for the prince to parcel his heart away safe, the prince’s mother did not stop her. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

I head to the front office to pick up my class schedule, which is what the “Welcome to Chumley” email they sent to Dad told me to do. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

The churning of African Americans in and out of prisons today is hardly surprising, given the strong message that is sent to them that they are not wanted in mainstream society. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

Maybe she sent an email he never answered. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Then the Water Angel sent us off with more of those marshmallow sponge cakes, and then gave each of us hugs. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

The brush of her lips sent shivers coursing through him, and the words, they sent chills. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Strutting without care and bowing to the ladies, they sent my thoughts flowing to tunes of false love. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

We see master and slave alike, confounded at the celerity and ineluctability of our approach, calling warnings— messengers sent on horseback, riding no faster than our progress, posting along ridges, bent close upon their steeds. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

I have never known if Momma sent for us, or if the St. Louis family just got fed up with my grim presence. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

These random gunshots sent the younger children diving between the legs of their parents. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

Just as the carcasses were sent down below after slaughter, the blood and offal were probably pumped to the sublevel through a network of chutes and pipes. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

A gash above one eye had sent a wash of blood down across the Hound's old bum scars, masking half his face. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“They found Art with some weed in the bathroom, but he’s the best wrestler we’ve got, so instead of suspending him from the team, they sent him here.” Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

Two weeks previously she had sent a letter relating that she was pursued by a Dane. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

Some sent glossy football programs; some, personalized mail- grams. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her mother had once threatened her with being sent to the orphanage when she was naughty. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

But she gripped the bars with her bound hands and said, “How many? How many have you sent to the pyre?” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

On Monday, Tía Mari sent the girls and Oscar and Doña Margot away to their friends with the beach house. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

Gage had forgotten the marine major had already gone, had sent him a letter, and then turned over for another snooze. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

The laughter sent my thoughts to our kitchen table, where we would laugh and laugh. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

“I sent you like a million texts,” she says. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

“I am coming, Mama. My Master sent me to the kiosk,” Ugwu said, and hurried out through the back door before she said anything. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

We each are going to choose one of our favorite journal entries and combine them into a classroom book like the letters they’d previously sent to Zlata. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

It was long past the deadline Tad had given, and still Frankie hadn’t shown up or sent a message. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

To Little Reuben’s wink and snigger, this lecture was, of course, perfectly incomprehensible and, imagining that their child had suddenly gone mad, they sent for a doctor. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some of Thomas’s men had been sent off to the Army of the Tennessee with Sherman. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

Grandma sent Mom a recipe, and Mom Americanized and adapted it, but she called Grandma every year as she made it, chatting about ingredients and measurements and life. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

He sent her home with instructions to call the clinic if she had problems, and to come back for a second dose of radium in two and a half weeks. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

Armed with a large grant from the Commonwealth Foundation, he put together a team of fieldworkers and sent them out into California’s elementary schools. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

In the Colony of Virginia, as in Massachusetts, the Governor sent out forces to seize Patriot gunpowder, and so disarm revolution. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Sergeant Holmes had sent us together, possibly as some sort of joke. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You need rest,” she prescribed one afternoon and sent me to bed in Papa’s room, the coolest in the house. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I didn’t know what I’d been sent to do, so I wrung my hands and chewed my cheeks, waiting for the crucial moment. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

She probably would’ve said worse, but I smacked her between the eyes with my sword-butt and sent her stumbling backward out of the creek. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

Then, with a flick of her paw, Nettle sent Brightbill tumbling over the ground, over and over, until he flopped onto his back and stared up at the sky, stunned. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

For every two she sent off smiling, one left red-eyed or muttering. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

A good whack on the offender’s nose with a hatchet sent it vanishing post-haste into the deep. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

She knew that she was pregnant—knew it, as the old folks said, in her bones; and if Richard should be sent away, what, under Heaven, could she do? Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

My grandmother'd just sent me a wad about a week before. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

But that had been back in the days when we’d made him president as a joke and sent him wandering after fake press conferences and stole his shoes while he was meditating. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

She reached for her phone and sent Wambui a text: I hate my hair. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Apart from the obvious question of cost, which would prove astronomically high, where could the freed blacks be sent? Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

The shoulder affected the elbow, and as the elbow engaged, it sent other movements in a chain reaction down into the wrist and, finally, the hand. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

Several weeks after the funeral, a man who’d been arrested in Kansas for check forgery sent a letter to Sheriff Freas claiming that he had information concerning Anna’s murder. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

“My wife sent me in here to get some things for a basket our church is putting together for a boy who came on that orphan train,” he says. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

A New York TV station liked the story and sent a cameraman to Jon’s house to film the children with Frightful. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

"You burned the maegi in their house of dust and sent their souls to hell." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“They aren’t here. The emperor has sent them off to the Vast Wall already.” When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

When she wrote home, she asked to be sent used children’s clothes, which she took to the orphanage. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

After we younger boys got to know those sports— which none of us had ever seen before being sent off to school—we, too, became great fans. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

There a library visit sent her life spinning in a whole new direction. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

He climbed the wooden pole, tapped into the electrical wires, powered up his radio, and sent information on Ger- man military movements to British intelligence officers in London. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

It sent her coughing, so she turned back upright and treaded water for a second, wiping the splash from her eyes with one quick hand. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Ten days after I sent my text, Aunt Pooh finally responds to me. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

"His dagger left these scars. The blade he sent to open my son's throat." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

“Somebody sent you,” she said, and he noticed she was holding a small willow staff, slightly curved at one end. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

“We sent out thirty-eight letters. Nobody had any bread they wanted to lay on our stellar organization.” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I seem to have sent you and the gentlemen on a wild goose chase, in the snow, no less. You must extend my apologies.” The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

The twins, bless them, sent boxes of cookies their grandmother had made and letters written in alternating inks—black for Charles, red for Camilla. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

“We are not flamingos, Ana,” Abuela said, and sent her packing. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

I was safer if he thought someone had sent me — otherwise, he might call in the others. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

So hands were washed to take what heaven sent us. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

My mother had sent him a photo of her hand. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

By the sound of it, whatever Quinton sent me is inside. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

Alone, because you sent me from your side. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

He offered me a Christmas cookie from a batch his father had sent him. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

It sent back a dirty spray that splashed across the windshield. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

The robot was sent to fetch tools; Tendai hammered plywood over the hole and broken window. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t understand why the governor sent grown-up soldiers to keep us out. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sociologist Devah Pager explains that those sent to prison “are institutionally branded as a particular class of individuals” with major implications for their place and status in society. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

“Or”—she leaned in close, squinted, and whispered—“what if he’s an alien sent down to probe us before the invading army attacks and eats all of our brains?!” The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Eventually Shorty said, “You don’t suppose, do you, that it might have something to do with that Secret Service baboon your friends in the capital sent up here, do you?” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

But nothing sent chills up and down Thomas’s spine like the haunted, deathly moans that somehow escaped the creature when it sat still, like the sound of dying men on a battlefield. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

At home, after I’d put the girls to bed and sent my mom back to Euclid Avenue to get some rest, I called Barack on his cell. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

I sent him a link to join me on a video call. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

“These are all the ‘games’ other people have found and sent to us. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Now, I don’t remember much about the program itself because I was too young, but my dad never left to make a sandwich except during commercial breaks, and then he usually just sent my mom. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

He had had an unpaid internship at a small architecture firm in Cambridge, where he’d run errands at Charrette for the designers, been sent to photograph nearby sites, lettered a few drawings. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

On the first day, he had sent down that note. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

As I told Dad about being sent to the auditorium and about Selena making me feel like a freak, my insides clenched. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

Soon after the chimps had begun to visit my camp, the National Geographic Society, which was giving Louis money for my research, sent a photographer to Gombe to make a film. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

One at the museum, one to the home of a museum supporter, one sent with a chief of security. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

He had sent out the men of might to rescue the oppressed and to straighten evil —to put down the individual might of barons, just as he had put down the might of kings. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

The singing and shouting and giggling sent the birds and wildlife deeper into the shadows. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Miss Granger has just informed me that you have been sent a broomstick, Potter.” Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

The Gule Wamkulu were said to be the spirits of our dead ancestors, resurrected from the afterworld and sent to roam the earth. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z

I stared out into the dark woods below us and sent my laser thoughts zipping through the trees and over the creek and down into the streets of town to wherever Wishbone was. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

He sent out scouts as well, to make certain no enemy took them unawares. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The dragon came down between the Domishmen and the door with a roar that would have sent a hundred lions running. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

In many families, it was young children who were sent to the saloon for the takeout beer, a practice that particularly outraged those who regarded the saloon as a den of evil. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

Once aboard the Crepuscule, we were sent below to the ship’s one lower deck, a dark and windowless place. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

It was as fierce as the one that had sent the cargo ship to the ocean floor. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

“But the T. nutricula specimen he sent me was huge, more than three hundred millimeters.” The Fourteenth Goldfish 2014-08-26T00:00:00Z

When the young Dawn with finger tips of rose made heaven bright, I sent shipmates to bring Elpenor’s body from the house of Kirke. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

If she arrived with scuffed-up shoes, it was because her old pair had been sent to Italy for repair. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

“Aunt March had a good fit and sent the supper,” cried Jo, with a sudden inspiration. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

“No. But if they needed the doctor, I’d have been sent.” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

"I had to get one final look out of Ivy before she was sent home." The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

“We just sent someone to the infirmary who matches that description. Maybe that was your man?” Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

He’d collected hundreds of chess magazines in five or six languages, and all genres of chess books, the majority of which were sent to him by his mother. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

At the beginning of the war, women who successfully signed up with the Red Army were only sent to the front as nurses, or in communications or antiaircraft gunner units. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

He sent a message to Ewell to advance with all possible speed. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

If she had not sucked the ink out, she would have been sent to the gas chamber the next day, because her number was called. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

The crowd evidently liked this from the buzzing cheer it sent up, increasing the din to an unbelievable level. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

If we did, we’d never be sent west to see our mother again. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

It was sent to the parents and staff at Sequoia Elementary School, where he taught kindergarten. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

I knew immediately why she had sent me away. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And may I thank the forty-six people who have so far sent me cards! Yes, I have taken the liberty of arranging this little surprise for you all — and it doesn’t end here!” Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

Mother had sent him over to the school to take Leah some boiled eggs for dinner, and he came running back to tell us Anatole was over there looking like he’d seen a ghost. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

"She's been sent to replace you at the Chrysanthemum Teahouse. Stop asking about her." The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

A jolt of terror coursed from her throat to her stomach and sent tremors up and down her arms and legs. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

“Mother sent it away. Her spirit is nearby, isn’t it?” A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I mean, when David and I were talking about the schools being closed. I know you’re suffering the most. Being sent away from home and living with Granny and...” The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Because he was a charmer. Because he was persistent. Because he was romantic and sent me flowers every day for two weeks after he met me.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

These packets can then be sent around China or Japan for typing, depending on the specialty required, and then reassembled at the company’s database in its Tokyo headquarters. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z

Many a priest and priestess before her had been brought down by false visions, by seeing what they wished to see instead of what the Lord of Light had sent. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The staff at Juvenile Hall remembered Richard from his previous stay there when he was fourteen, before he was sent to the group home. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

“The Drowned God loves me after all. Here I was wondering what to do, and he has sent me foes to fight.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“The king sent hundreds of ships. The big battle is coming any day. Washington and his army of traitors will soon be crushed.” I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z

He lunged at it and sent it sailing across the street with a three-point kick; it landed on the opposite curb and shattered yellow under the streetlight. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

The threshing winds of his temper buffeted the car and deep, resonant warning signals were sent out among the children. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

A few seconds later, the medicine had sent her to sleep, but it didn’t matter. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

I'm going to be sent back to school. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

Griffith’s experiment may have stuffed genetics into a one-way taxicab and sent it scuttling toward a strange future—but Avery was reluctant to climb on that bandwagon. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

Evidence unearthed by the forty-odd expeditions sent to search for them eventually established that all had perished, the victims of scurvy, starvation, and unspeakable suffering. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

That is why Miss Charlotte Mortimer had sent the herbal poultice; at Swanburne her headmistress used to apply it to Penelope’s head every six weeks or so to maintain scalp health and repel lice. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

She told her everything she had kept hidden for fear of being sent away. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

She kept the store in the same way except of evenings she sat on the porch and listened and sent Hezekiah in to wait on late custom. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

“Horatio may be right. The ghost may be a demon sent to plague your mind with grief,” I said, trying to reason with Hamlet. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

Was I accomplished enough as an athlete to be sent out into the world as an ambassador? Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

Long before his mother sent him away for the last time, the boy and his stepsister had forged a quiet alliance. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The act of folding it away brought her to an obvious realization: it could not have been sent unsealed. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

The nurse declared her severely shortsighted and sent Mom a note saying she needed glasses. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

When everyone looked away, he had the same face as that time after we all told him we were playing Hide-and-Seek and sent him off to hide. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

Why would the people who’d sent them there help so much? The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

They sent a force of five hundred fighters, both soldiers and irregular troops. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z

“Arawn sent his warriors to slay us,” cried Gwydion, “and here they stand in your council hall. Do you say that you know nothing more?” The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

He also sent it to some of his scientific friends, but he was in many ways most interested in Emma’s reaction. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But—but I wasn’t sent by Gaea. I came back to stop her. This is my second chance.” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

Nina was sent out to chat up the locals and try to discover the best place to lay their ambush for the wagon. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Why did she send Belky so much more, to cover tuition at a private school her aunt sent her to? Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

I sent resumes and letters to each company and requested an interview. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

But that happened only after Fuchsia got sent to foster care for a bunch of years. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

Only three weeks before Bobby’s death Spassky had sent his old friend a lighthearted message, telling him to obey his doctors, and that when he “escaped” from the hospital, he should get in touch. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

With Dorus’s special family prayer memorized—“O Lord, join us intimately to one another and let our love for Thee make that bond ever stronger”—Vincent is sent off into the world. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

“And that little squirt Constance? You bet I did. I sent them straight back to their room. Some kids never learn. It’ll be a brainsweep for those two, no doubt about it.” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Instead, Frith sent them strange singers, beautiful and sick like oak apples, like robins’ pincushions on the wild rose. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was only our camp director because Zeus had sent him here as a punishment for chasing some off-limits wood nymph. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

Lola sent the twins down to see if the pool was free—they felt uneasy being there when adults were present. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

“That’s likely why I was sent to work for Chandresh, so I would already be involved. The circus is the venue.” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

It had sent flames outside the house, up through the attic to the pumps there. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

With a flick of his blade, faster than Percy could follow, he smacked Riptide out of Percy’s hand and sent it flying into the sea. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

So they sent Odysseus, the master of crafty cunning, to get them by trickery. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

For any one of these offenses, a child might be kept after school for a week; for all three, he might be sent to reform school until his beard grew down to his knees. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had been to these productions for other kids— kids who were sent back—so what was the point? Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

"I...I was sent wi' him. To copy the play." The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

Mother had sent him over as soon as she heard of Arm’s strange state. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

She was stopped by two patrols and had to open all the food baskets, but the children’s contagious gaiety and the innocent contents of the baskets sent all suspicion flying. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He sent us a card,” Mrs. Wright remembered. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“He was the one who gave the order for me to be sent to Azkaban — without a trial.” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Miss Thomas smiled at me and I knew she was trying to say I was the word that my momma had sent to them. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

And the men dug the earth from the fields and made the walls and beat them down, and Wang Lung sent to the town and bought tiles for the roof. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

Then I'd be sent South again to head the college—just as the mayor's cook had been made principal of the school after she'd become too lame to stand before her stove. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

He told her that the eel sent out pulses that shocked and paralyzed its prey. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

But his harsh words sent shivers through us. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

The bad coffee was dumped on Ball’s Wharf, where it putrefied in the sun and sent out a powerful odor that could be smelled over a quarter mile away. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

“How come, if they want us to do the pageant, they sent Mary Lou back home? That doesn’t seem fair.” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

In the office Ted thanks me for my “concern” and says he’s taken my advice about Holly and sent her home. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Others handled brooms and sent shards of glass leaping across the room. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Brick sent me a text that says come by sometime. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

“But when I sent you the money . ..” Courtney’s face was hard and set with lines between the brows. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

All along her trip, my mother had sent me postcards. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

To survive in this steep, narrow hodgepodge of ecosystems, Andean communities usually sent out representatives and colonies to live up- or downslope in places with resources unavailable at home. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Because we’d missed dinner we were sent to bed without any food. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Coulter said to Lord Roke, “My lord, are your spies always sent out in pairs?” The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

A collision with a small boulder could have sent the spacecraft tumbling wildly out of control, its antenna unable to lock on the Earth, its data lost forever. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

I remember when Ms. Beth sent for Daphne after school. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

He — he sent me this,” Hermione said, holding out the letter. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

A group of these white-collar men sent a letter to the editor of a local newspaper, urging black workers to vote against the union. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

She seldom touched him, and the warmth of her small hand sent darts of steel through his blood. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

Usually, they exploded or sent smoke billowing upstairs into Frank’s cabin. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

When the twins return, they tell everybody that Juju sent Char to live with her grandparents in Alabama. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

When she released the animal again and sent it off in Sam’s direction, she gave a shout so loud she surprised everyone, including herself. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Uncle had also sent the Company back to the hillside to clean up the wreckage, so it was all piled into the wagon. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Neville Longbottom had been sent letters from all the witches and wizards in his family, all giving him different advice on what to choose. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

After the Armistice he tried frantically to get home but some complication or misunderstanding sent him to Oxford instead. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

At one point, he sent the boys out to buy more drugs. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

They knew too that she had not sent him away when the news of Agamemnon’s return reached her. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

They had simply sent her here because they needed a place to put her after her failure as a Birthmother. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

“If they had decided to forgive Lancelot, they would have sent a message.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

They’ve sent him to a decent school; maybe he’s even matriculated. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

I thought they must have been sent ahead from the third army. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

Scruggs was awarded a Purple Heart and sent back to his company. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

“If they hadn’t, someone might have come looking for me. And sent me to the orphanage in New Bedford, like Jason.” Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

Although it was not on the agenda, a heated debate erupted on women’s right to vote and whether a resolution demanding that right should be drafted and sent to the US Congress. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

Her parents at first believed—hoped—she had sent the trunk home because now that she was marrying a wealthy man, she no longer needed such old and worn things. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

As he lay bound upon the rock in agony, Zeus sent his messenger, Hermes, to bid him disclose the secret. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

High school Gay-Straight Alliances from all over the country sent cards decorated with rainbows. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

A veteran of Buchenwald told us that we would be taking a shower and afterward be sent to different blocks. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

At the end of the long fjord their cove was on, icebergs calved off the ends of twelve or more glaciers with a roar throughout the days that sent birds screeching up into the air. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

The tiara has sent the dark cloud away. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

Saint Hilda’s was her idea: some of the wealthier families in the area sent their daughters there, and she saw what a good school meant. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

But Mya sent me a behind-the-scenes Snap video earlier this afternoon, taken seconds after this picture, which revealed that Camila still has no clue how to surf. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

Once there, it would have been discourteous not to break bread with the banker, so Jon sent Satin off to fetch them food. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“I wonder if I could read the emails you sent me last year,” she says. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

I remember one place I was sent to. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

And he would not speak of it any more and Lotus saw he was peevish from some anger, and she sent Cuckoo away and suffered him there alone. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

Eva sent me a mirror selfie from the dance supply store in the U District, with a text that says: Getting ready forChicago! The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

No: better not, I thought, but first return to waterside and ship, and give the men breakfast before I sent them to explore. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You’re another one of the white man’s tools sent to spy!” he accused me sharply. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

They did not yet realize that my story had traveled all around the world and that people were calling for me to be sent abroad for treatment. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Lovey straightened up, as if someone had sent an electrical shock through her. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

One Edward Rowcraft captained the ship sent by Gorges from England. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

The logic of the gray wall of silence was instantly clear, as clear as the glare of hate that Officer X had sent my way when he heard what I’d done. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Poseidon had sent the hippocampi to help us. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

"He will be sent away. Banished to the Gold Isles," the Minister of Law declares. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

The thought sent a jolt through her so strong that her hands fumbled for anything to use against him. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

I was in Korea 15 months, was rotated and sent back to the states—and was given special recognition as being the first Korean Vet to come back to the territory of Alaska. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Powerful Spirit of the magistrate my worthless ancestors angered! My brother and I were sent to you as the sacrifice you demanded.” Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

Not that he wrote it, but that he sent it. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

Yes, he'd sent Richmond to his death and he wasn't sorry. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

Ever since the Soviets sent up that Sputnik satellite last year, I’ve been studying really hard. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had looked forward to helping prepare Chandra on her wedding day, but Sass sent me away. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Everyone has turned up, Maxim sent me up to find out what’s happening?” he said. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Arthur did so; he sent a full refund to each customer who canceled, and a personal note written in a cordial style. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

I felt like some kind of bad dog that had pooped all over the carpet, eaten the slippers, and attacked the mailman, and was now being sent to obedience school. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

The endless interviews with steel-eyed judges asking if she’d ever sent naked pictures of herself to a boyfriend or anything else that could cast a shadow of scandal over the pageant. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

“The bald man said it’s all in our files, where we were sent, perhaps what happened to the rest of our family. It’s all right here.” Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

“Okay. I sent them my love because I didn’t need it here,” I say. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

They supplied their names to Mike and sent for a fork for me. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

An autumn breeze stirred her hair and sent a scurry of leaves racing toward her. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

And now I see her again, two of her, waving, and in one hand there is a photo, the Polaroid I sent them. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

She gave Pixel a small smile, and she sent one back Seven’s way. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

For the amendment to be sent to the states for ratification, however, both houses of Congress had to approve it by a two-thirds majority. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

The flashlights, rolling free, sent their bright beams willy-nilly about the room. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

He also sent copies to their mother, and to Lies, and to another art critic he knows. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

We made wooden boats out of cigar boxes, devised wooden paddles to which we twisted pieces of rubber and sent the cigar-box boats sailing down the ditch under their own power. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

At first, I thought they had been sent out to calm the crowd—or was it to apprehend would-be play pirates? The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

Poseidon sent a wave of waves to him, a terror of the sea. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

Without warning, Hera had plucked up Percy Jackson, Annabeth’s boyfriend, wiped his memory, and sent him to the Roman camp. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

After the big, deep, claw-foot tub was filled—too full for a little girl, almost too full for a grown woman—Momma sent the girls away. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

The commander in Cyrenaica not only refused to see Mark Antony, but also he executed the soldiers sent to arrange the meeting, as well as any of his own men who objected to his tactics. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z

I’ve sent you a lot over the years, but when I never heard back, I figured either you didn’t want to write me, or maybe your mom wouldn’t let you. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

But his medical license had saved him from being sent back to Greece; America needed physicians. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

When she was thirteen her mother had dressed her in a silk kimono and sent her off to Mrs. Shigemura, who taught young girls to dance odori and to serve tea impeccably. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

The second section of this first draft that Washington sent to Hamilton focused on the foreign policy issues that had dominated his second term. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

"But Dr. Bledsoe sent me here," I said, growing more excited. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I sent word to him that I had no social acquaintance with him,” Anthony later said, “and didn’t wish to call on him.” Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

Every day she sent them what she could, but every day there were more of them and less food to give them. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

He had shot himself through the head ten years ago, when his young lover’s parents had taken the boy away from him and sent him to school. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I knew there were women who sent their work in to him and hoped I might do the same. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

A few copies were sent immediately to Rome—the first person there to receive a copy was Cardinal Francesco Barberini, the nephew of the Pope, who wrote to Galileo saying how much he enjoyed it. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

The day before, he had sent a few neighborhood children out to pick flowers for a bouquet on the nightstand. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

There they sent the shell on its way to California, where they would soon race against it on the Oakland Estuary. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

And then Joseph told Albert about making the fire in his toy chest, and burning the Persian rug, and being sent away to boarding school, and how he’d been fascinated by fire ever since. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z