| 单词 | series |
| 例句 | He winds through a series of barricades and makes for the tide line. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z “Essentially,” the D.H.C. concluded, “bokanovskification consists of a series of arrests of development. We check the normal growth and, paradoxically enough, the egg responds by budding.” Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z Albert opened a panel near the coatrack to reveal a series of knobs. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z The tower itself is a series of platforms swooping in odd, diaphanous shapes, quite similar to clouds. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Each valve opens an extra length of tube, making the instrument a little longer, and making available a whole new harmonic series. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z Festus snorted smoke and made a series of squeaking, whirring sounds. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z At the back of each issue of The Illuminated Adventures of the Amazing Incandesto! there was a series of bonus comics. Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z One of them asked C.P. a series of questions while the others stood around him. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z Allen knew Phillip was something special in eighth grade, when he had broken his arm during the first defensive series of a game. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z When I was seven, Mom began reading the Harry Potter series to me, and even though I can read easily to myself now, we still read each new book together. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z But there was no scream—only a series of grunting squeals. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z The first was a series of questions required of everyone in a particular grade. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z I liked the Laura Ingalls Wilder stories and the We Were There series about kids who lived at great historical moments, but my very favorite was Black Beauty. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Her existence was marked by a series of unthinkable losses. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z Well, some words ending in s are also the same in singular and plural: series, species, and headquarters, which can mean a base or bases. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z A few minutes later, he found a series of correspondence spliced together into one file that almost made his heart stop.The icy chills from before turned into a cold sweat. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z On the opposite, northern side of the river are a series of sandstone ridges that reach down from the Guiana Shield in the north, halting close to the water’s edge. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z And spidering into the pool are a dozen thick fire hoses—which seem to be sucking up water and depositing it into a series of tanker trucks. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z Already the sun was down the sky, and a series of dead cities lay ahead of them. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z Taylor jogged in place on the beach, punching the air in a series of dancey boxing moves. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z The lab report came back suggesting a neurological problem, and Morrie was brought in for yet another series of tests. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z A series of loud clicks echoed around the throne room, and I swallowed. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z For several weeks leading up to the game, the Red and Blue forces took part in a series of “spiral” exercises that set the stage for the showdown. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z There was a long curve in the road that led them to an arch of trees that covered the dirt road before it died in a series of low sand dunes near the beach. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Still, life had always been a series of passions, obstacles, and surprises for Maria Merian. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z They had explored it and enlarged it, and now Lord Asriel was climbing down into a series of caverns and tunnels extending a long way below the fortress. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z “Poppet mentioned you as part of the series of events that occurred earlier, so I hoped you would arrive eventually.” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z It was as if he believed that they shared a series of intrinsic jokes that did not need to be verbalized. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Under the football stands were a series of unheated squash courts. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Mill claimed that women have been coaxed, cajoled, shoved and squashed into a series of feminine contortions for so many centuries, that it is now quite impossible to define their natural abilities or aspirations. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z So I wrote the first in a series of Slash- dot columns we called the “Hellmouth” series. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z My Jamaican rear gunner and I took a tortuous route over a series of garden walls to avoid the checkpoint on the road. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z The colorful sign announcing the Exploratorium hung over a series of tall oval doors. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z Barely ten minutes would go by before they were faced with another series of rapids, which meant another punishing portage. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z In the summer of 1963, he initiated a series of staff studies on those subjects. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z The sum of all contributions could be described by the series—½ + ¼ + ⅛ ...—all of which conveniently added to 1. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z Inside the Monk Building, conspicuously posted signs led them down a series of corridors, past a room where a handful of parents waited anxiously, and at last into a room crowded with children in desks. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z They stop walking in a short hallway with a series of metal doors on each side. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z And a series of other sweetnesses that Ob had obviously cradled in his memory, looking for some way to bring them to life. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z The story moves forward in a series of painful unravelings—the school is scandalized; a family fractures; a gay relationship is revealed; a deep friendship between two boys rips apart. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z She parries my first series of blows with some effort, but her muscles remember technique. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z If a showtime crowd liked your performance, when you came off you were mobbed, mauled, grasped, and pummeled like the team that’s just taken the series. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z But it is in other respects exactly like Ptolemy’s: it is made up of a series of spheres, nested one within the other. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z A series of lines form waves in green and black. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z They passed a series of wooden doors that she’d seen a few minutes ago. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Warren concluded with a scathing diagnosis of the Adams correspondence with her as a scattered series of verbal impulses and “the most captious, malignant, irrelevant compositions that have ever been seen.” Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z But I began then to think of time as having a shape, something you could see, like a series of liquid transparencies, one laid on top of another. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Up ahead, Pier 54 stretched out from a series of warehouses and dilapidated shacks over the Hudson River. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z He helped launch a series of events that caused pain and anguish, and I still don’t understand why. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z I try loosening my girdle, but I’m completely strapped in with a series of hooks and buttons. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z After writing up a series of stories, the staff locked the documents in the trunk of a car in an unlit parking lot. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z His life had consisted of a series of traps and obstacles—all the way back to the Nampa gang—that he’d slip or bump into and come to see as his inevitable fate. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z If you are not familiar with Mrs Symons's books - a series running to seven volumes, each one concentrating on one region of the British Isles - I heartily recommend them. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z The Maidens used a small knife with an ornately embellished golden handle to cut and smooth my hair, and many hands began twining small strands into a series of formal hanging braids. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z “That’s just fine with me,” he announced gladly, and blew out a shrill series of whistles up into his mustache. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z Behind it is a series of rooms off a long hall. Twelve Angry Men 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z The New York Times said: G. M. Pennington faced a daunting task in tying together the dozens of disparate threads in the Bloodfall series to bring things to a satisfying conclusion. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z A series of lines connected to one another in a rough way. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z Lorren brought out a pen and drew a series of hashes through my single line of writing in the ledger book. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z This time I arranged my journal in a series of sections. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z Winter was long that year, the dreariness punctuated only by my weekly counseling sessions and the odd sense of loss, almost bereavement, I felt whenever I finished one TV series and had to find another. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Suddenly, as I stood leaning against the table, from outside came a series of dreadful noises. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z So when you deal with an infinite number of terms in a series, even the + sign doesn’t seem so straightforward. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z Pure intervals are the ones found in the harmonic series, with very simple frequency ratios. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z Her thick hands lace the string through a series of loops and pegs. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z "Oh, it isn't about that. At least----" He fumbled with a series of beginnings. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z After a series of mental breakdowns, she died in a mental institution at the age of sixty-five. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z Mason authored the first series book based on the rote method in 1864 called The Song Garden. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z He ran back and forth or played ball or did a little series of rapid pushups to use the time. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z From there, we passed through a series of rooms crowded with machinery and crates. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z Stopping time wasn’t just a matter of pressing the on button, there was a series of delicate procedures that had to be performed with utmost precision. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z I give myself a series of simple commands to follow, like "Now you have to sit up, Katniss. Now you have to drink water, Katniss." The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z So a trumpet or tuba can get one harmonic series using no valves, another one a half step lower using one valve, another one a whole step lower using another valve, and so on. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z Chet mentally crafted a series of clever texts as he walked through the woods with his stick and pillowcase. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z The lab’s future was still uncertain, despite a series of successful trials dubbed Operation Teapot at the Nevada Test Site in February and March 1955. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z In the 1100s, the richest Europeans slowly began to add more flavor to their food—because of a series of fairs and wars. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z He types in a series of numbers on a keypad outside the next door, and it opens. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z He showed me the older series in the first place. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z He had been raised in the shadow of his father, a legendary sailor who had faced a series of epic trials, and had always, miraculously, survived. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z The number beneath a note tells you the relationship of that note's frequency to the frequency of the first note in the series — the fundamental. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z When prompted, she read out a series of Conexco messages that she had decrypted. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z When I was in the fourth grade, I started going upstairs to the junior high school library to check out the Black Stallion series. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z The actions set in motion by the little hammers were then translated back up through a series of rods that led into the man’s torso. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z A series of pictures of faces flash on the screen. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z On the verbal portion I missed four questions, all having to do with choosing a word in a series that doesn’t belong. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z At each slide "position," the instrument gets a new harmonic series. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z In the fall of 1979, her senior year of high school, Mia applied to the New York School of Fine Arts with a series of photographs she’d taken of abandoned buildings around town. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z His female attendants release a series of fake chuckles and coo over how amusing he is. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z She went into a series of zooming circles and performed a few acrobatic turns for her companion’s benefit. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Tucked away in Tututepec, 8-Deer assembled a private army, staffed it with many relatives, and in a series of swift campaigns seized dozens of neighboring villages and city-states. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z We called a meeting—indeed, a whole series of meetings, extending over more than a year. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z Sunny was at an age where one mostly speaks in a series of unintelligible shrieks. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z I obey, and it runs through a quick series of tests for my movements. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z But towards the end of summer, just before they fly back to the North Atlantic, where they pass the winter bobbing on stormy waves, they host a series of get-togethers. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z There was a long series of explosions; a tree limb burst. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z My first project was a series of wooden vegetable crates I meticulously filled with my garbage. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z “A sparkling addition to the series. So, okay, is the tulip guy a crook? I’m getting a bad vibe from him.” The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z The hotel above them—what is left of it—makes a series of unearthly groans. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Valley looked like Seraphina Nightingale from her favorite book series, the Witches of Heartbreak Cove, or something. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z No piece in the series provoked more furious discussion. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z The Kahns had to go through a series of police interviews and in the end, no one went to jail. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z Mrs. Billups quit her job after spring break, so we ended up with a series of subs till the end of the year. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z No one had lived in it for at least five years, not since a series of haunt- ings had made its inhabitants come down with ghost fear that shattered their brains for studying. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z "Of course, but take good care of them. That copy of Lovelace's book was my mother's. She read the whole series aloud to us when we were children. Let me know what you think." You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z From his series of computer perches, Jesse had grown up at odds with the conventional educational system. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The human body was likened to a machine made up of a series of levers. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z Their bodies worked rhythmically back and forth, and the sandstones produced a series of harsh, grating screeches that caused icy trickles to run down Ranofer’s spine and set his teeth to aching. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z As we drove, I pointed out the steady series of osprey nests, each at least ten feet in diameter, built along the tops of the high- tension wires. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Nixon increased the pressure on the Communists by expanding the Cambodian air strikes into Operation Menu, a staggering series of heavy, repeated carpet-bombings. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z Fox flashed a series of hand signals at him as he struggled to remember what they meant. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z Sure, she struck all the right poses, but she also kept up a running series of rude remarks. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z I once did a series about my mother. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Over the next three years, the Nazis passed a series of laws called the Nuremberg Race Laws. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z Thus a bugle player can play any note in the harmonic series of the instrument that falls within the player's range. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z At the top of the hill was a series of castle-like structures that made up the City College of New York’s Harlem campus. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z Brian grabbed the wheel and pulled it back, too hard again, and the plane went through another series of stomach- wrenching swoops up and down before he could get it under control. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z In a series of publications that stretched to the 1970s, the two men combed through colonial financial, census, and land records. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Panicked, the British government took MacMillan’s prescriptions to heart and, among other reforms, proposed a series of “allisland” scholarships for academically minded students to go to private high schools. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z Voting rights were taken away from African Americans, and a series of racially restrictive laws enforced the racial hierarchy. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Consider the following series: 1 – 1 + 1 – 1 + 1 – 1 + 1 – 1 + 1 –.... Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z Only when she moves into the room, the door closing automatically and locking with a series of clicks behind her, does Marco notice that beneath her coat her gown is covered with blood. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z The field, overgrown with wildflowers and the occasional tree sapling, was nonetheless fenced in by an interweaving series of chopped logs. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z “We’re so very sorry,” he is told by a series of people he’s never met. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z In 90 per cent of a later series of 20 cases there was similar high estrogen activity. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Outside the main entrance of the train station is the first checkpoint—a series of desks. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z Thus an Italian opera, typically, was a series of well-defined ‘numbers’, a glorified variety show, with something for everyone and plenty of opportunity for lead singers to have their turn at impressing the audience. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z For example, a bugle can play only the notes of a specific harmonic series. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z Sounds like a great idea for an anime series. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z The main weakness of the Pythagorean system is that a series of pure perfect fifths will never take you to a note that is a pure octave above the note you started on. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z The Populists took direct aim at the conservatives, who were known as comprising a party of privilege, and they achieved a stunning series of political victories throughout the region. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z Then there was Myrna, who had been appearing to him in a series of dreams that was taking the form of the old Batman serials that he had seen at the Prytania as a child. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z They ran down Bank Street, named for the series of fancy banks in gray concrete buildings that lined the street. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z This was the first in a series of apparently random mergings. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z As Mami began to explain that this restaurant had shows of Spanish dancers as well as yummy Spanish food, a series of thumps sounded on the floor from below. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z Someone must have lost the Xbox gunfight because there's a series of angry groans near the television. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z A moment later, a series of explosions crackled across the mountains, followed by the outraged roars of mountain gods. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z To learn anything more about the quarter, I would have to cast a series of high-level divination spells on it. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z Reaching the top, we stepped out onto a series of slim iron walkways twenty-five feet above the ground, weaving their way among the thick timbers that supported the roof. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z And then there were all the logistical problems of organizing a series of meetings lasting from 10 A.M. to 2 A.M. each day for ten consecutive days. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z She points to the slides in her hand, toward the last series of images that we hadn't yet looked at. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z Remember, there is an entire harmonic series for every fundamental, and any note can be a fundamental. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z The October 1933 conference, which was devoted specifically to “the structure and properties of the atomic nucleus,” was the seventh in the series founded by the Belgian chemist and industrialist Ernest Solvay in 1911. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z In early April he starts on what will become another series of paintings of blossoming orchards. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Boobie got his first carry of the game on the next series as a substitute and scored his first touchdown of the year on a one-yard dive. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Made from a series of farmhouse windows, like his father got a whole house’s worth of mismatched windows for free and decided to use them all in one place when he was building this home. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z She turned off the motor, and the humming stopped with a series of ticking sounds. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z When she finished, she ran her tongue over her teeth and then made a series of short smacking sounds with her tongue against her palate as though she’d just eaten something sour. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z He calls Tess back and guides us over to one of the alleys, where a series of large metal trash bins sit wedged between two walls. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z After exercises, she laid out a line of small orange cones and ran the players through a series of drills: quick passes, headers, and chests. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z You start with a set of axioms, and derive a series of conclusions by a watertight chain of deductions. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z “Not yet. Soon, I promise. I want to do a small series of things. Okay, now you can just talk to me.” When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z And the first time Mrs. Caperdeen showed us a slide from his series Aspects of Negro Life, I knew the kind of art I wanted to start making. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z “I’m picking up strong vibes that he’d love to be a series regular.” Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z Still on his knees, weeping, Humbaba trembled as another series of explosions rocked his innermost world. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z Dad set up a still camera on a tripod, connected the delayed-action attachment, and took a series of pictures showing us lowering the coffin into the grave and covering it with sand. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z I had really been plowing through the Landmark series. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z She did this decisively, one jab and one grind, not the series of genteel taps favored by many of the Wives. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z I pretended to be lost in my grimy library copy paperback, Maximum Ride, I forget which number in the series. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z You should write your book in stories— not as a series of essays. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Her Ladyship, whatever she was, made a series of violent hisses like a tire being slashed repeatedly. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z We would cross the border into México and take a series of buses back to Pátzcuaro. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z He himself, facing a firing squad, would not understand too well the concatenation of the series of subtle but irrevocable accidents that brought him to that point. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z They charged down Fifth Avenue, the whole world a series of shuddering earthquakes, the dark, burning city a blur around them. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z To achieve even a reasonably smooth and powerful stroke, they had to learn to execute a series of precisely timed and carefully coordinated moves. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z We didn’t have any trouble finding it, because we had been studying maps for months and had memorized a series of craters and other checkpoints leading up to the landing site. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z In November came a series of days when Mrs. Sen refused to practice driving. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z Scattered throughout the text of the Almanac were a series of marked letters. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z The next screen is a series of students saying, “Don’t be a bystander. Speak up against racism.” Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z One series stretched across an entire wall, photographs taken week by week of a nearby construction site. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z “The whole colonial experience of trying to solve a related series of 'Indian problems’ had much to do with giving the colonists an identity indissolubly linked to America,” he wrote. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Toward the end of the thirteenth century, the Catholic Church began what could be called a series of domestic crusades within Europe. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z Before I could answer, we were interrupted by a series of whoops and hollers from the woods. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z Also like Jack, he had already been in a series of camps. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z A little later there’s the Dominion Observatory Official Time Signal: first a series of outer space beeps, then silence, then a long dash. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z We pass an indoor garden, a marble bathing onsen, and a series of offices, until we stop before a white door marked with a white rose snaking through a four-pointed crown. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z Then he turned north and descended into the Washington scablands, a tortured landscape shaped by a series of cataclysms between twelve and fifteen thousand years ago. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z From inside the cabin came a series of low, throbbing moans. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z I am referring, after all, to a series of very minor errors on my part and the course I am now pursuing is merely a means of preempting any 'problems' before one arises. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z Being born with a sickly resemblance to Henry Fonda was the first of a long series of practical jokes of which destiny was to make Major Major the unhappy victim throughout his joyless life. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z We followed him into the house, and Mychal exclaimed a series of artist names. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z Throughout the night they had ridden, as it seemed to Taran, down a long series of descending slopes. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z Ear and Eye watched warily as he tied a series of knots in the rope that the trembling maitre d ’ fetched from a storeroom. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z “I read all seven books in the series.” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z It was the first book in the Giddy-Yap, Rainbow! series—an excellent present, of course, but Penelope would have preferred Silky Mischief, which was her favorite. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z I heard a series of clicks and then a far, far away voice, almost as deep as a man’s, say, “Elaine Stein.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z A series of sharp noises drifted down from the upper landing. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z The screen responded as quickly as thought itself, and out of the welter of lines and flashes a series of pictures formed with perfect clarity: compasses, alpha and omega again, lightning, angel. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z He’s taken them out of sequence, picking and choosing certain lines over a series of pages and putting them together in his own way. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Plaszów was a series of long, low buildings separated by dirt roads and surrounded by barbed wire. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z The Russian listened to Karim and barked a series of words. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z He put his basket down and greeted her with their special basketball handshake, a complicated series of backhand slaps and finger pointing, ending with tilting their heads over their shoulders and saying “Oh yeah!” The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z LaToya escorts me through a series of metal doors and finally leads me to an empty room that’s cold, dull, and gray with white plastic tables and chairs. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z Belching exhaust, the driver saluting or warning with a series of blasts on his horn, it is an old army bus, the official name brushed over with paint that doesn't quite match. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z NOTE: If you have been looking at the harmonic series above closely, you may have noticed that some notes that are written to give the same interval have different frequency ratios. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z Bree's deft fingers close a series of hooks and clasps along my back. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z The roaches did a series of turns and landed flat on the ground facing Boots. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z The teacher marched in, deeply tanned from a recent vacation, and proceeded to rattle off a series of administrative announcements. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z For years I had sullenly watched Elizabeth being pursued by a series of dull nitwits. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z In fact, within a week of the Martian invasion, the Campbell Soup Company offered to sponsor the series, moving it from Sunday to Friday evenings. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z Instead, Marco carves a series of symbols into the frost on the window of his flat that faces out to the street, using the columns of the museum beyond as a guide. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z He shot again and again, sending a series of arrows fleet and sure to the center of the trunk, just below a branching limb. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z The edge of the glacier was jagged, a series of huge steps torn from the earth. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Everywhere bulldozers had pushed up earth dams to hold back the water, making a series of life-giving lakes down the center of the ranch. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z “Tats, disappear; Eisen is on her way,” I say, moving my pen across the chart in a series of squiggles. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z He pauses at the doors to a series of whitewashed rooms with nothing but ladders in them. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z In class, Mrs. Burroughs quizzed us one student at a time, holding up a series of large manila cards and asking us to read whatever word was printed in black letters on the front. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Every moment—every blink—is composed of a series of discrete moving parts, and every one of those parts offers an opportunity for intervention, for reform, and for correction. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z The cross-staff is merely one of a series of instruments, such as the quadrant and the sextant, designed for measuring angles by taking sightings. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z It's not so hard to show that this series sums to zero. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z They began to endorse Japanese products and had a cartoon and a live-action TV series based on their exploits. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z And you can tell this because of an experiment which I saw on TV in a series called How the Mind Works. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Just beyond the mosque was a series of attached single storey dwellings with small shaded porches. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z His mind sagged round and round on the same track, like a ball falling again and again into the same series of slots. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z In the first, we were shown a series of three drawings and asked which of the four adjacent ones might best complete the sequence. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z I hear a series of beeps; .and' a slide—a locked door, opening. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z She was working on her series of superimposed photos, images of tools in the shadows layered over more tools in the shadows. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z After several hours the commandant’s assistant calls him in and sets down his ballpoint and looks across his desk as though Werner is one among a vast series of trivial problems he must put right. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z I press through like I am battling a series of strong waves to where the breath is—without wondering how a hallucination/ghost/spirit/lost soul can even have breath. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z Grain by grain, molecule by molecule, carbohydrate fuel in the form of glucose is fed into this wheel; in its cyclic passage the fuel molecule undergoes fragmentation and a series of minute chemical changes. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z He wrote his reminder to himself in a heavy and decisive hand, amplifying it sharply with a series of coded punctuation marks and underlining the whole message twice, so that it read: Yossarian! Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z During the rebellion, the Capitol bred a series of genetically altered animals as weapons. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z He couldn’t seem to stop, though for each lapse the discipline wand came again, escalating to a series of painful lashes that left marks on Asher’s legs. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z Her desires parade through my mind like a series of télétrope images—each more complex than the next. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z Two white men, their faces blackened by burned cork, capered through a series of skits that brought the park to exuberant laughter. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z The king made a series of proclamations encouraging building, trade, and virtue. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z One tour brought him to Harvard for a series of six lectures in the first week of January 1936. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z The light grew dim, and the floor of the cave rose upward in a series of shelves coated with green slime. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z In the last hundred years, there has been a steady series of events on the labor front. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z I pick up the last photo in the series. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z The agricultural depression, taken together with a series of failed reforms and broken political promises, had pyramided to a climax of social tensions. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z A series of unresolved dissonances26 , on the other hand, can produce a sense of unresolved tension. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z I was just starting to cook when I heard a loud thud from Mr. Loomis’s bedroom, and then a series of smaller thumping noises. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z Once he startled her by making a harsh cackling sound, suddenly, and then a series of soft clucks. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z They slid aside the complicated series of magnetic locks and pushed it open, allowing the diviner to enter. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z At some distance from the house, near a clear running stream, a series of shallow holes had been dug and lined with several layers of rough grasscloth. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z Alex is laid out on a grid, a series of avenues. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z Evidently it surprised her as much as it did me, for she yawned and with a series of rapid, deft movements stood up into the room. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z A series of arithmetical calculations was interspersed by blocks of text. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z It probably happened as he traversed a series of melting beaver ponds just beyond the Teklanika’s western bank, but there is nothing to indicate that he suffered any harm in the mishap. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z In order to forestall outbreaks of retaliatory violence, we arranged a week-long series of mass rallies and demonstrations throughout the country. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Albert pulled his fur coat tightly around himself, opened the latch on a gate, and walked down a long series of battered concrete steps to the rocky beach. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z If it bothers you that the ratios in equal temperament are roots, remember the pure octaves and fifths of the harmonic series. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z The highlight of her stay was her appearance, arranged by friends, at London’s popular summer concert series the Proms. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z Dylan laughed and they exchanged a series of complex, multistage handshake-fist-bump-high-fives. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z Ho sent a series of messages to President Harry Truman, asking the United States to recognize the independent nation of Vietnam. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z It was followed by a hitched series of coughs that eased back into the haunted fit of giggling. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z This is also because of the harmonic series. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z A whole series of memories started to well up, but I threw them off. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Everything after that became a series of steps, a dance that she had to execute perfectly or else she’d fall apart right there in that tomb and never get up. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Not even a path so much as a series of hints— a broken branch here, a patch of stomped-down grass there—that people had come this way before. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z There were teeth in the beak, too, like a series of sharp incurved hooks. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z Mental health advocates and lawyers succeeded in winning a series of Supreme Court cases that forced states to transfer institutional residents to community programs. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z He queries me with a series of head tilts. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z Later, as Officer Delinko was retrieving his third thermos of coffee from the squad car, he thought he saw a series of small white flashes at the other end of the property. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “We are making arrangements for a series of simultaneous exhibitions and matches for early next year. We are also considering an exhibition match where Bobby would play the entire Dutch Olympic team simultaneously.” Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z The queen’s face moves through a series of expressions, settling on a terse frown, as if she’s found something unsightly on the bottom of one of her kitten heels. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z He sat down, took a series of labored breaths, and began to talk. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z The catwalk turned out to be a series of fifty-degree ice fields blanketed with knee-deep powder snow and riddled with crevasses. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z It was a wealthy part of Decatur with a series of rolling narrow lanes that closed to traffic on Halloween each year to become a trick-or-treater’s paradise. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z He began work on a series of rules for thinking which would help him establish the truth; he sold some property so that he could be self-sufficient and concentrate on his great enterprise. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z The most notorious such quakes ever to hit the United States were a series of three in New Madrid, Missouri, in the winter of 1811-12. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z A series of quick sidearm jerks and our kite shot up counterclockwise, in a half circle. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z He demonstrated the exercises of the great acting teacher Stanislavsky, he imitated Charlie Chaplin’s funny walk, and when he was reading about calculus, he explained Zeno’s paradox and the infinite series. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z It had originally been a port-red color—and by lamplight, at least, still was—but it now featured a number of rather pancreas-shaped faded spots, unsentimental mementos, all, of a series of household pets. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z At first, Magdalys had just sent him along a random series of turns in case Riker or any of his Kidnapping Club tried to follow them. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z Her teacup pets bound into the alcove with a series of noisy squeaks. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z The baby smiled and made a series of gurgling sounds. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z Another series of pops sounded, and tiny puffs of white smoke burst from the tree’s trunk where it met the ground. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z “I’m going to show you a series of photographs,” he said. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z Neither yours nor any man’s death is needed to consummate the series of my being and accomplish that which must be done, but it requires my own. Frankenstein 1818-01-01T00:00:00Z Will looked along the shore, past the lighthouse, and saw the coast rising in a great series of cliffs that disappeared into the haze of the distance. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z The cat was put down, and then came a series of crank phone calls and anonymous postcards orchestrated by my sisters and me. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z To help her students learn, she engraved a series of elegant flower prints they could use as templates for their own work. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z He swims away from the others and toward a series of collapsed columns that form a cave. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z By the end of Monday, the work was going so well that she had “both A + B series of messages reading perfectly.” The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z His head bounced against the steps making a sound like a series of gunshots as they ran dragging him by his ankles, like volunteer firemen running with a hose. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z It shunted onto a new series of tracks, dipping down to a barren zone of rail yards and slum shacks, before shunting again. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z He broke into a trot, moved behind a series of small bluffs, turned, and with his first shot dropped one of the men dead in his tracks. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z Write the harmonic series for the instrument above when both the first and second valves are open. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z Seven knew she was quite different from Valley and Thorn, but there was one thing they all had in common aside from being Spares: They were obsessed with the Witches of Heartbreak Cove series. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z A brass instrument could play only the notes of one harmonic series. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z Bobby won a series of contests against weaker players, but as he progressed up the tournament ladder, he confronted stiffer opposition and started to lose. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Multiple strings ran through a series of pulleys that looked like miniature steam-train wheels. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z I walk past them and say, “Hi,” but all I get is a series of grunts in return. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z Elizabeth heard Henry speak at a series of anti-slavery conventions in the area. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z Mathematicians instantly realized the importance of this series. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z The morning bell rang and the mass of students in the school yard formed into a series of lines. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z All that was needed was an unending series of victories over your own memory. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z I had long since seen every episode of each series, even The Animated Series. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z Kaiser, debt- ridden after a series of failed management initiatives and a long strike, closed the plant in 2001 and sold the factory carcass for salvage. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z Others were randomly generated from a series of templates. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z At about this time, however, the whole series of planned Apollo flights was rearranged. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z But the relationship between the frequencies of a harmonic series is always the same. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z Failing that, if contact was absolutely necessary, a series of thumb jabs to the nerve cluster at the base of the neck would be his chosen modus operandi—quiet as a whisper. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z Another involved turning the tunnel’s Mach 2 winds on a series of sharp-nosed metal cones to discover the point at which the smooth air flowing over the cones became turbulent. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z It’s more like a series of factories that turn raw materials into food products. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z Dylan says a series of strange words and his hands erupt into silver flames. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z Moments later, a series of well-placed shells slammed into the trees across the river. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Like octaves, the other intervals are also produced by the harmonic series. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z The flight of Auk XXII-D was to be the final flight in the series that used countersunk nozzles. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z I want to know everything about this and I’m about to launch into a series of questions, wondering if he likes animal shows too, when it appears he’s found what he’s been looking for. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z Triangular color blocks sit on tiered trays like a series of sugary petit-cakes. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z This set of waves is called a harmonic series. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z I already knew how to do a basic six-step, which was exactly what it sounded like: it was a series of six steps performed on the ground. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z During the conference, the New York Times published another long story in our “Driven to Distraction” series about people who feel compelled to get work done while they’re driving—“mobile workers.” A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z Combing through the grass together, they followed a series of nickel-sized holes across the lawn. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z They walked down a series of intersecting hallways. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z Thus began a series of days that blurred one into the other. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z A series of doors were punctuated by brightly colored abstract paintings. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z One of them types a series of numbers on the keypad, and the gate slides open to admit us. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z To help the audience unlock the puzzle, Blue leaves behind a series of clues, which are objects tattooed with one of her paw prints. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z In the moonlight, the beach where the girls still slept was a series of undulating curves. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z Shoto’s vessel was a large interplanetary trawler named the Kurosawa, modeled after a ship called the Bebop in the classic anime series Cowboy Bebop. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z She ducks and turns, seemingly at random, down a series of dark corridors. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z Also of exceptional general interest was a series of tricks whereby Dad could multiply large numbers in his head, without using pencil and paper. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z You could use a plank or even a series of stones, and a branch could be your staff. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z As we walked, I kept taking glances at her through the crowd, quick snapshots: a photographic series entitled Perfection Stands Still While Mortals Walk Past. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z He signaled to his tent and then to himself and gave the helicopter a series of frantic thumbs-ups and a-okay signals. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z And they claimed it was all just a series of good-natured pranks. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z Newspapers are fanned out on a series of coffee tables. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z Benji gave them each a high five and pulled out his cell phone for a series of selfies. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z Over the years, a series of “audit studies” have tried to measure how people perceive different names. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z In between the discovery of the clues, Steve plays a series of games — mini-puzzles — with the audience that are thematically related to the overall puzzle. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z It was just a series of crumbling halls and rooms where ceilings were propped up with thick wooden support beams. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z But it was no use, he could not remember: nothing remained of his childhood except a series of bright-lit tableaux, occurring against no background and mostly unintelligible. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z What is the pattern that predicts which notes of a harmonic series will be one octave apart? Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z “From what Dumbledore’s said, you’ve managed to get through stuff like this plenty of times. Broke your way through a series of obstacles guarding the Sorcerer’s Stone in your first year, didn’t you?” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z Someone once wrote that a novel should deliver a series of small astonishments. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z “I will ask you a series of simple questions so that you can grow accustomed to the serum as it takes full effect,” says Niles. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z The domestication of animals was founded on a series of brutal practices that only became crueller with the passing of the centuries. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z On one of the slats was a series of deep scratches, as if made with a pointed stone. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z The result was a long series of collisions between the haves and the have-nots of history. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Then they ran me through a kind of human car wash—a series of machines that soaped, scrubbed, disinfected, rinsed, dried, and deloused me. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z More like an explosion or a series of explosions. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Then Walter Fried, the president of the American Chess Foundation, who’d just burst into the room, noticed that Fischer was in absentia and declared Reshevsky the winner of the series. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z And then, new problems, and a new series of wars.—Apparently endlessly cyclic. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z When he is tired from painting, he draws—a series of the wheat harvest. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Through his parents’ various marital split-ups, he’d moved repeatedly from one remote and inhospitable town to another, learning to negotiate a series of stepparents along the way. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z All chords will tend towards pure fifths and thirds, as well as seconds, fourths, sixths, and sevenths that reflect the harmonic series. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z Below it is listed a series of rules. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Everything in his life reduced to a series of qualifying statements—could have done this, would have done that, might have been this, should have been that. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z The Westminster Bridge was a series of stone arches over the river, gray and green. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z His hands flashed through a series of signs: the collar he’d made on the ridge; his sign for hunting; three fingers for the family. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z Instead of heading into the usual game, I bring up a hovering keyboard and type in a series of extra commands, my fingers tapping against the floor. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Now look at the G's in this series. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z I mark Sabine's breasts so they will be enlarged to the size of snowmelons, and move the pencil down her stomach, making a series of hachure lines so as to smooth out the small depressions. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z The Rough Guide series of books and recordings includes some that examine modern folk artists. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z He waved a hand at a series of levers. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z The sliding door was wide open, giving me a perfect view of where Chubs and Liam stood in front of a small fire, which was ringed by a series of mismatched stones. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z A long shear of light and then a series of low concussions. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z It grew louder by the second, and then a series of eerie clicks joined in. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z Yet it was at that moment of maximum affluence that the Roman political order collapsed into a series of deadly civil wars. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z The environment selects those few mutations that enhance survival, resulting in a series of slow transformations of one lifeform into another, the origin of new species.* Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z No matter; now that she would be earning a salary, Penelope resolved to buy copies of the entire series to read aloud to her pupils—what a happy chore that would be! The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z I saw the days of the year stretching ahead like a series of bright, white boxes, and separating one box from another was sleep, like a black shade. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z The Star Wars series was among the few exceptions. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The fact is, over the past few months, I have been responsible for a series of small errors in the carrying out of my duties. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z We walk down a series of sleek corridors. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z After a series of formation drills, the graduates march to the wooden benches at the center of the field and draw scims, holding them high. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z “Apparently, there’s a show based off this series. My Fabiana couldn’t put the books down, and now she’s glued to the TV every week. I hope you’ll enjoy them as much as my daughter did.” The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z I asked her, with a long series of gestures that would have made no sense to anyone else, if she wanted anything special. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z He would have read the rest of the series if that someone had been able to find the large-type versions in the library for him. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z The high-tech conveyor belt was actually a series of rollers. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z Harrison looked at me and tried a wink that looked more like a series of really long blinks. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z But it spilled out into the open, setting off a series of events that even by the hyperbolic standards of Texas became quite incredible. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z I began to walk my avatar down the hall, using a series of subtle hand motions to control its movements and actions. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z It was what I was building in my mind, a series of pictures of things I had seen, of guys I had seen. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z She could be the main character in a children’s book series, Dimple thought. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z Figure 6.3: Both the 9:8 ratio and the 10:9 ratio in the harmonic series are written as whole notes. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z Thus, to take an example at random, Leonardo Pisano, known as Fibonacci, is the supposed discoverer of the Fibonacci number series. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z She went along a sunlit veranda and through a series of storage rooms. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z SD-03 then rolled out of the bunker and began to climb a series of ramps and staircases the Sixers had built onto the castle’s outer walls to provide access to the upper levels. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z Where once the city’s newspapers would have run an endless series of stories about the aftereffects of the fair, now there was mostly silence. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Miss Finch had described it like a series of stops and nots. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z Sometimes when I saw him my stomach went through a series of sudden drops and lurches. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z He was there, at the request of the governments of Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay, and Chile, to give a series of lectures on world democracy. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z If the series of events had been planned by an omnipotent and unforgiving enemy it could not have been more effective. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z His hands shaped the words in a swift series of designs. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z Failure to recognize that history can, indeed must, be read backwards leads to a whole series of historical questions being outlawed. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z A series of picnic groups and camping sites had been built by internees— clearings, with tables, benches, and toilets. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z “I used to have my fair share of dealing with trash talkers, Kevin. You gotta give what you get! John Starks learned that the hard way in the 1995 playoffs. You remember that series?” Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z “Stay with me,” she mutters into her phone, and I make out a series of slams and yells and the general hubbubery of angry adults in the background. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z The only thing that disappointed him was that the series didn’t contain a book by Ayn Rand. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z He spent four days rushing from one office to the next, in a series of desperate maneuvers that all ran up against the same wall of bureaucratic incomprehension. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z These audition studios are a series of corners, hallways connecting to hallways, like an Escher drawing, a staircase becoming an upside-down door. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z Finally, after a whole series of adventures and much aerial acrobacy three handsome young Alphas succeeded in rescuing her. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z The woman's face had turned white as snow and her mouth was opening and shutting like a halibut out of water and giving out a series of strangled gasps. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z The word “topic” in linguistics actually has two meanings.5 In this chapter we have been looking at the topic of a discourse or text, namely the subject matter of a series of connected sentences. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z They passed through a series of anterooms, into the high central chamber under the onion. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Within the past week, unmistakable evidence has established the fact that a series of offensive missile sites is now in preparation on that imprisoned island. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z The men don’t travel down one single road but spread out along a series of parallel roads connecting the hamlets and burgs of rural Virginia. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z Diallo’s murder sparked huge protests, resulting in a series of studies commissioned by the attorney general of New York. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z They were the beneficiaries of a rigorous ongoing series of analyses about what their opponent’s next moves might be. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z The man moved, a series of skittering twitches like a ghost in a movie, his face inches from Finn’s. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z He’s begun a series of paintings of peasants weaving. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z At some point, I pass a series of commercial greenhouses and nurseries. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z The series goes on indefinitely, with the pitches getting closer and closer together. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z She examines my hand, then scrunches back the ruffled sleeves on her dress to expose a series of scars that look like quill scratches and bite marks. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z Hoping for a miracle, my mom began praying a novena, which is a series of prayers asking for special graces from God. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z In 1896, an indentured worker in British Guiana who called himself Bechu began publishing a series of letters to the local newspaper, revealing the conditions on the sugar plantations—or “estates,” as they were called. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z From these, he gleaned that Widerde’s “general approach” was to accelerate ions on a straight line by delivering to them repeated kicks from a series of charged electrical gaps. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z And now the cake was behaving very curiously for while the bottom was burning and sending out a black smoke the top was rising and falling glueyly with a series of little explosions. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Then a series of odd sounds came up from the ground beneath our feet: metallic clanks, voices, and a noise like water flushing. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z Provoked, Galileo embarked on a series of experiments to study floating bodies. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z As usual, he prepared arduously for his encounter with each opponent in the series of tension-filled matches that would eventually spread over six tiring months. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Following almost every series of incidents, officers would search the yard, the gym, and other places inmates congregated and prepared for battle, looking for weapons. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z A helpful way of beginning is to look up the word théorie in a series of French dictionaries. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z He types something on his computer and pulls up a series of documents that I’m not close enough to see clearly. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z Before leaving New York, I enrolled in a monthlong French class taught by a beautiful young Parisian woman who had us memorize a series of dialogues from an audiocassette that accompanied our textbook. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z She walked through the halls of the British Museum for a couple of hours, learning the names of paintings and drinking a series of Diet Cokes from small bottles. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z It becomes with public repetition a series of words, increasingly lifeless. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Instead, Bobby launched an aggressive series of moves, waging a board battle that was later described as both a “slugfest” and a “sparkling attack and counter-attack.” Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Located where the cold, clear Spokane River tumbled in a white froth over a series of low falls, the town was surrounded by ponderosa pine forest and open range country. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z From there, it’s a series of crowd-pleasers until midnight, the lights and music blasting at full capacity. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z A series of elaborate gazebos surrounded the pond, interconnected by a whitewashed boardwalk. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z Life in the Fen was apparently a series of barters. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z We walk toward a series of clear glass cylinders, where a smiling woman is waiting for us. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z The Doctrine of Discovery was laid out in a series of communications from the pope, leader of the Catholic Church, who was extremely influential in European politics at the time. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z Little wonder, then, that this period is sometimes called the Scientific Revolution - although advances in science would also offer the artistic community a series of technological breakthroughs. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z A patrol car had followed them the entire 340-mile trip after the school received a series of phone calls threatening to sabotage the buses. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z When his father opens up one of the books to a random page, the print is far smaller than in the Hardy Boys series Gogol has begun recently to enjoy. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z The body parts had been taped together like a series of lines, more Bauhaus building than woman. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z Aristotle, for instance, sets out in Rhetoric a whole series of characteristics that distinguish young people from old. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z When I look skyward, a series of dark trains run parallel to one another, disappearing into both horizons. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Rillieux figured out that if the sugar syrup was heated in a series of special sealed pans, instead of in open cauldrons, the whole process would be transformed. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z The shrines are actually a series of grottoes built out of sponge rock and crystals so that the exterior walls sparkle in the light. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Frank Millet, director of functions, meanwhile stepped up his own efforts to promote the fair and arranged an increasingly exotic series of events. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Filling an entire session with one activity was out of the question, so I began breaking each session into a series of brief, regularly scheduled discussion periods. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z There was the sound of him rolling over and a series of snuffling noises, not unlike those of the creature outside. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z Isabel, a tenacious reporter and mellifluous writer who returned from a long book-writing leave for this project, had composed one of the most powerful chapters in the 1993 “Children of the Shadows” series. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z The fall classic was typically a best-of-seven series, but because of enormous post-World War I interest, baseball’s commissioner had extended it to the best of nine. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z I began what would become a long series of “lasts.” Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z The site is, I am told by my friend Jeff Guinn of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, "essentially a vast, cleared field dotted along the circumference by a series of disappointed small towns." A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z An additional series of meteorites rocket at their skulls at a billion miles per hour. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z Mother had been devising a series of job aptitude tests, and the desk by her bed was piled with pamphlets and magazines on psychology. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z “But Hoth. There’s a reason people always call the best, grittiest installment of a trilogy the Empire of the series.” Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z Ron unlocked the cavernous trunk with a series of taps from his wand. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z Without Hugh by my side to translate, every interaction was based upon a series of assumptions. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z Past Portland and the first exits for Freeport, Dad helpedSookie navigate a series of country roads overgrown with bushes and trees that blocked my view to the water. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z The birds sang only gray songs and the road wound back and forth in an endless series of climbing curves. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z In 1953, after sinking a series of experimental bores, university geologists agreed that the site was indeed anomalous and attributed the deformed rocks to some ancient, unspecified volcanic action. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z Quickly, Thomas grabbed other vines, ripping them away from the wall, creating a series of climbing ropes. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z “I hope that was a joke. This is Camp_____.” He made a sound that was a series of sonar pings and hisses. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z There followed a series of robed speakers, each talking for no more than fifteen or twenty minutes. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z Rumors surfaced that the series had been fixed, rumors that gained credence when just before the first game, the betting odds that had overwhelmingly favored the White Sox dropped to even. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z It sounded like a series of snorts strung together. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z But on the beam, I suddenly went crooked on a double back-handspring layout series, and I crashed sideways to the floor. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z The next few weeks became a series of tomorrows for Moody. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z While working on her Surinam book, Maria painted a beautiful series of seashells on commission to bolster her dwindling funds. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z One day, following a series of months during which I had been repeatedly punished by teachers for being without certain reading books, I decided to quit school permanently. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z But there was only the ceaseless whine of air-raid sirens, and below that a series of dull cracks like rolling thunder. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z Grooved pathways and indentations travel up and around the glass like a series of streams and rivers. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z I gather that Nick gets Gary and Tiny to sort of make up, and the alliance agrees to seek money for both Tiny Dancer and a series of flyers aimed at education. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z He then left home, joined the navy, and drifted through a long series of jobs without finding any real calling. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z The house-elves down in the kitchen were outdoing themselves with a series of rich, warming stews and savory puddings, and only Fleur Delacour seemed to be able to find anything to complain about. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z His stomach tightened into a series of rolling knots and his breath came in short bursts ... Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z The North Vietnamese had begun using a series of forest-covered paths known as the Ho Chi Minh Trail to move soldiers and supplies from North to South. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z It’s part of a new propos series to show the rebels preparing for the Capitol invasion. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z It then cuts to a series of students mentioning a microaggression. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z Because there he was, plastered across the screen, spewing about his upcoming series on the local guys who were headed to the Gulf. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z From there she would move onto a series of outcroppings that formed something almost like steps. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Jon’s painting is a series of intestinal swirls, in hot pink, raspberry ripple red and Burgundy Cherry purple. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z She had already done a series of calculations, and if her parents had agreed to contribute at all she would have been taken aback. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z There was a series of clicks, and the tiles began folding up on themselves and retracting into the floor, opening up like an origami trapdoor. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z Then this buzz radiated up my calves like a spark climbing a long fuse up my gangly legs, tripping off a series of flashes in my thighs and shoulders. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z The final flight of the Apollo series took place in 1975, when a command module made a rendezvous with a Soviet Soyuz spacecraft. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z The negative aspect is that it means that all intervals except for octaves are slightly out of tune with regard to the actual harmonic series. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z He and Tommy worked a series of short passes all the way in to the penalty line. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z She tugs a series of braided cords that dangle along the wall, and a tapestry lifts back, revealing a complete wall of rose-porcelain portraits set in a curling network of brass tubing. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z After a series of murmured okays, she hangs up the phone. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z He moved quietly down through a series of ruins. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z This phrasing of the question seemed to set off a series of weak and distant lights where the other had thrown a spark that failed. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z This time a series of smaller thumps, like someone was knocking in return. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z Sometime tomorrow Kara’s and Locke’s futures will be cemented, and I will become something less than genuine, like the first in a numbered series of art prints. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z Our lives were a series of actions twinned with “just in case” reactions. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z There, the last gear turned a series of brass disks with precisely cut edges. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z In the spring of 1956, “clean” devices were placed on the program for Operation Redwing, a series of tests in the South Seas. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z She turned to face the exit and began to execute a series of elaborate gestures in the air in front of her while whispering the words of some incantation. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z The long needle began to swing at once, and stopped, moved on, stopped again in a precise series of sweeps and pauses. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z As the series goes on, the ratios get smaller and the notes closer together. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z The first one is number 3 in the series. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z All in all, Eliot Hearst observed in Chess Life, the Candidates tournament had furnished “a series of early-round surprises that are probably without parallel in chess history.” Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z At the time of which I am telling you he had been subjected to a series of misfortunes. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z “STUPEFY!” roared twenty voices — there was a blinding series of flashes and Harry felt the hair on his head ripple as though a powerful wind had swept the clearing. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z He asked Joe a series of questions, listening carefully to his answers, all the while peering down at the man, pale blue eyes behind little round lenses. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z I got up and walked over to my stronghold’s elevator, which I’d modeled after the turbolift on the original Star Trek series. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z Jesper laid down another series of shots, sketching a wild formation he hoped would disguise their location. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z A series of small coincidences that we say means everything because we want to believe that our tiny lives matter on a galactic scale. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z The challenge to the writer is to use those resources so that the reader can graft the information in a series of sentences into his web of knowledge without getting tangled up in either. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z After a series of blips and beeps, I heard my father’s dear and familiar voice. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z “He had a series of blood clots in his brain,” Dad says gently. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z After a series of clicks, Agent Magnus twists the handle and pushes open the door to... Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z And thirty feet up on the gray shoulder he saw a series of little erosion caves. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z A series of images begin to run through my mind. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z He gave a desperate groan, a deeper sound than before, and then a series of strangling noises. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z “Now, Othello here is going to willingly submit to a shambler's bite in order to demonstrate the increased resistance of a vaccinated Negro. Earlier this week Othello received a series of shots, which were painless.” Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z Which was just as well: goodbyes had never been my strong suit anyway, and lately my life had felt like an unbroken series of them. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z And like McCandless, upon embarking on his terminal odyssey, Ruess adopted a new name or, rather, a series of new names. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Although the full facts would never be known of just how several of the White Sox’s best players arranged with gangsters to “throw” the series, the arrangements had been made. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z He wanted the nation’s attention on his sweeping plans for his Great Society initiatives: a series of economic and social reforms to eliminate poverty and social injustice. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z Pollux’s face breaks into an expression of delight and he has a series of melodic exchanges with the mockingjay. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z We live in a series of moments and seasons and sense memories, strung end to end to form a sort of story. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z The view from the window is of a series of rolling hills, and a row of hillside homes that light up at night like a string of Christmas lights. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z I hear a series of knocks and the scrape of a door opening. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z Cesariano provides perfectly conventional illustrations of the Aristotelian universe as a series of bounded spheres. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z She’d proven herself in the tunnels under Rome, beaten a whole series of challenges with only her wits. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z What was even worse than having to focus his mind on a series of niggling jobs was the need to conceal his agitation from the telescreen. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z Taylor launched into a series of dance moves punctuated by ninjalike kicks and strikes. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z After a series of unsatisfactory report cards, my mother had begun to think that what many of my teachers were telling her was correct: I might have a learning disability. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z Beyond it was a high hill that rose above a series of ridges running off to the east. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Far out on the marshes, a bird called with a long, melancholy series of falling tones. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z One of the first assignments I had as a council member was a series of speaking engagements at local schools in London about my journey as a minority member of Team USA. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z Predict the next four sets of octaves in a harmonic series. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z The heroine, believing her honor to be in question, had a series of paranoid fantasies in which she was lying on a bed with her libertine. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Bright was pegged for second, a series of other athletes for third through fifth. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z He narrates a series of events with the confidence that anyone looking at them will know what they imply, because the examples he has chosen are exact. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z In 1574, Tycho spent part of his time in observing, but most of the year in Copenhagen, where, at the behest of the King, he gave a series of lectures at the university. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z There was a jar, a series of hard vibrations, and then a jarring thump that threw Powell heavily against Donovan. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z Each Friday, the whole group of Allies gathered at one of our host agency’s offices, taking a full day to debrief, connect, and go through a series of professional development workshops. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Fifteen minutes later we were making our way through the iron labyrinth of Pretoria Local, with its endless series of clanging metal doors echoing in our ears. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z And immediately before them was a cloud of whirling, swirling sand from which came a series of grunts. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z Isaac ran toward a nondescript building while Augustus fired a machine gun wildly in a series of quick bursts, running behind him. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z In the wake of these incidents, Congress passed a series of New Deal reforms that gave the federal government its first comprehensive criminal code and the bureau a sweeping mission. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z So the properties of these standing waves, which are always produced in very specific groups, or series, have far-reaching effects on music theory. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z Breakfast conversation is limited to a series of laconic grunts. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 The copy editor for the series, our last line of defense against the stupid mistake or infelicitous phrase, was Joe Rogers. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z Her method involved baby oil and a series of poses that tended to draw crowds, the mothers shielding their children's eyes with sand-covered fingers. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z In the spring of 2005, The New York Times published a series of articles on class in America, a dimension of the national experience that tends to go unexamined, if acknowledged at all. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z Over the course of the summer, the firm organized a series of events and outings for its associates, sending around sign-up sheets for anyone who wanted to go. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z “Davai!” yelled the guard, along with a series of Russian expletives before he spit on me. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z His old Spanish guitar spat out a series of warm, labyrinthine phrases that wrapped melodic vines around Gordo’s fierce piano hits. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z For the purposes of understanding music theory, however, the important thing about standing waves in winds is this: the harmonic series they produce is essentially the same as the harmonic series on a string. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z Kuwei arranged a series of vials full of liquid over the burners. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Then suddenly the heavens opened and he let fly with a series of the loudest and rudest noises Sophie had ever heard in her life. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z This was followed by a series of other cornball zingers involving eating it, biting it, and dive after five, even though it was just past three in the afternoon. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z In one series of notes, I wrote: I still don’t fully understand death, but I envy everyone who at least got to bury their loved one. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z Nobody anticipated that the journey would be the first in a series of extended transcontinental adventures. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Out on the street, Mac guided the little gas-powered plane through a series of complicated aerial maneuvers. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z When Granddaddy called, I was sulking in my room and knitting yet another sock in the endless series of Christmas socks. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z There was a series of thuds as the principal tapped the microphone. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z “To make a series of what we call propos—which is short for ‘propaganda spots’ — featuring you, and broadcast them to the entire population of Panem.” Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z In Jamaica, a series of violent strikes shut down the country, and a state of emergency was declared. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z Citra pulled out her phone and projected a series of holograms into her palm, cupping it so no one but Rowan could see. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z Then, following a set of instructions I’d programmed into it, the little droid used its clawlike index finger to enter a series of commands on the device’s control panel. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z I walked partway across the water on a series of flat stones, then jumped across a narrow pool onto a smooth, shallow ridge of rock that connected with the opposite bank. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z He looked up and down the street, past ghostly lamps that shed a long series of faintly shimmering cones of yellow against the snowy night. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z As Kyle squinted at the wide swath of shiny white, he noticed a series of evenly spaced glowing green LEDs at eye level on the wall. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z Aycliffe made a series of lunges, first one way, then another, which Bear managed to beat off, but only because he retreated. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z McKinley and its satellites surrender to the low Kantishna plain, a series of lesser ridges, known as the Outer Range, sprawls across the flats like a rumpled blanket on an unmade bed. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z The first week I was there I was given a series of tests that showed that even though I couldn’t speak English very well, I read and wrote it at the tenth-grade level. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z The series of photos that emerged from this project were both intriguing and unsettling, the animals incredibly intricate and lifelike, and then you looked closer and realized what they had been made of. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z The doctors had diagnosed her with a serious chest infection, but the good news had been that it could be cleared up with a series of powerful medications. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z Each push makes a series of loud clopping sounds, as if there’s a dancing horse upstairs. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z I did not understand the complaints of Mr. 03-01 and his merchant brothers, uncles, nephews, and cousins, the others in the 03 series. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Even if you don't normally take lessons, you might want to consider having a series of lessons on this. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z An opera was a series of songs, linked by a plot. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z Then his firm wrote a series of TV commercials that told the “secret of the Gold Box.” The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z When Mom wakes me up for evening prayers, I’m clutching an old Franklin Covey agenda, one that contains a series of arguments to prove Caliban’s depravity. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z He settled the nest in place once more and hit the rock with a series of blows, as fast as he could. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z I gave up the idea of the biographical sketches and settled finally upon writing a series of short stories, using the material I had got from Ross and his friends, building upon it, inventing. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Emily ignored him, drawing the last of her milk through her straw with a series of loud slurps. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z Their long gray tails dangled like a series of ropes among the leaves. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z One of the places I regularly visited with these junior officers was known as the “gardens,” a series of smallholdings on the edge of the prison grounds where crops were grown for the prison’s kitchen. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z It flips and crashes into the street, setting off a series of explosions as its cargo goes off. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z She refused a biscuit each time Mrs. Sen extended the plate in her direction, and asked a long series of questions, the answers to which she recorded on a steno pad. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z The Vonnegut was a heavily modified Firefly-class transport vessel, modeled after the Serenity in the classic Firefly TV series. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z Millet had planned an elaborate series of explosive “set pieces,” fireworks affixed to large metal frames shaped to depict various portraits and tableaus. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Two men bet on a series of coin flips. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z We pass through a series of imperial guard checkpoints. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z But keeping up with the outpouring of love, including messages from the author of the Scorpius Hawthorne series, is ten times more impossible than usual. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z In 1936 he began a series of random arrests and executions that touched every aspect of Soviet society. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z Use it to present something: a statement, a series, a quotation, or instructions. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z The series of forced migrations, along with such “white man’s diseases” as smallpox, had taken a tremendous toll on the tribe. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z From there, a team of friends, many of them students, helped arrange a series of hiding spots at apartments around town. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z What series of events led me to be standing in the ruins of my city? Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z This news about your scar is the latest in a series of strange rumors that have reached me here. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z Hawk began reciting the last sentence Lincoln would ever hear, a series of corny insults that delighted the audience. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z A series of blasts rang out, but Magdalys couldn’t make out what was happening through the smoke and dust. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z The streets transform every ordinary day into a series of trick questions, and every incorrect answer risks a beat- down, a shooting, or a pregnancy. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z From that point forward, the old setup would be replaced with a series of matches of ten or twelve games each between the eight individual contestants, with the loser of each match being eliminated. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z He stood in front of his chair, leaned back cautiously, grabbed it with both hands, and collapsed into the chair with a series of quick, shallow breaths—like a woman in labor. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z They pull back a series of curtains, revealing a glass wall and a magnificent garden alive with roses of every color, flowers of every shape, and plants of every kind. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z To support his family, Loren tried a series of entrepreneurial ventures, none of them very successful. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z After we had completed the initial series of tests, she took us one by one into the parlor for personal interviews. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z I looked through them all now with a sense of dismay, as you might a series of compromising pictures of a loved one. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z Tubes and wiring herniate from the opening, all leading to a series of dials and gauges, connected to three ruptured vats, and behind it, a series of arrested pistons. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z On his return to Cuba, Reed initiated a series of experiments involving volunteers and insect-tight tents. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z The self-regulating machine is not just a crucial step towards a whole series of more advanced technologies. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z The Christopher Columbus was built out of three old houses, strategically connected by a series of back courtyards, corridors, and specially constructed bridges. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z She points as we pass a series of doors. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Up close the city constitutes an oppressive series of staircases, but from a distance it inspires fantasies of wealth and power so profound that even our communists are temporarily rendered speechless. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z I hadn’t read a real series like that since I was a kid, and it was exciting to live again in an infinite fiction. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z “Right now I am working on a series of collages about police brutality against unarmed black women and men.” Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z It was the steward who made the next series of thrusts. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z That final descent and series of loops takes sixty seconds, but the 10 G centrifugal force that results from the 223-mile-per-hour loops is what kills you. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Inside the walls there was only a series of ramps and a great tumble of boulders and stones of all sizes. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Together they opened a series of small piece- goods stores, painstakingly learning the details of small- business entrepreneurship. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z I saw a series of drawings of a boxlike contraption. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z The Passacaglia structure involves a short sequence of four or eight chords repeated many times, which act as the springboard for a series of unfolding melodic explorations or improvisations. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z From the onset of adolescence she’d been subjected to a series of unsuccessful schemes; every so often a small group of unmarried Bengali men materialized in the house, young colleagues of her father’s. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z She then enlisted my father—the family’s resident artist—to paint a series of orange flames on pieces of very thin rice paper, which, when backlit with a lightbulb, made for a half-convincing fire. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z I backtracked them to what we hacktivists call a zero-map, a changing series of relay servers that were part of the Con- ficker bot net. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z The roof a series of glass plates above the science and art rooms. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z The words hit him like a rapid series of thumps to his heart. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z A series of articles that von Braun contributed to Collier’s magazine in 1952—“Man Will Conquer Space Soon!”—presented space travel as the natural next step for the restless inhabitants of the Earth. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z Dumbledore beckoned Harry to the very edge of the rock where a series of jagged niches made footholds leading down to boulders that lay half-submerged in water and closer to the cliff. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z As I round the corner, past a Vitamin Water dispenser and a series of small practice rooms, Jordan Rylance is sitting in a chair, a perfect binder of music placed perfectly on his perfect lap. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z Figure 4.41: Although limited by the fact that it can only play one harmonic series, the bugle can still play many well-known tunes. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z As things turned out, that particular visit was simply the first of a whole series of such 'unofficial' meetings between Lord Halifax and the German Ambassador of that time, Herr Ribbentrop. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z Two dozen coves and inlets, each with its pleasant muddle of sailboats and summer homes, ran the circumference of San Piedro, an endless series of pristine anchorages. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z Any given organism is the way it is because of a long series of individually unlikely steps. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z This, as Elizabeth later considered it, was the first in the sordid series of mistakes which was to cause her to fall so low. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z I felt most useful when he took one of his folders and laid it in front of me, showing me a series of photographs. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Then a series of rollers pound against my back as I slip over them. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z The Colonel ushered us out of the trailer immediately after our brief tour, and we walked through the neighborhood, a series of trailers and mobile homes on dirt roads. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z In this chapter we have looked at a series of local histories: Kepler’s efforts to make accurate measurements of Mars; the introduction of the word ‘fact’ into English; the weapon salve. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Six and six, damas and caballeros, they went through a complicated series of steps, the women's maracas clacking a teasing beat, the men echoing their partners' moves with sultry struts, and foot stomps. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z She swallows half the liquid in a series of delicate gulps. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Still, Anita had managed to sell a half dozen of the series, which meant instead of cleaning houses Mia had been able to spend the next six months working on a new project. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z He carried a dog-eared paperback from the Bloodfall series, something else he was seldom without. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z I’ve already decided on the pattern: a Double Wedding Ring, a series of interlocking circles made up of small rectangles of fabric. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z Many game songs originated in the Georgia Sea Islands, a series of over 100 islands off the coast of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z A series of hard frosts had killed the crops they’d planted afterward, leaving only mud and ash and wilted, rotting stalks. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The tram zipped past a series of them, and suddenly hitching a ride in a trash train didn’t seem so bad. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z For the first quarter of the journey, the road was a series of zigs and zags that followed the Swat River on one side and hugged sheer cliffs on the other. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z On Saturday nights we went to the nearby town—a series of wood-framed small buildings, all without running water or electricity—wherein lived seventy or eighty people. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z As I was crouched, preparing myself for a quick raid on the locker, a series of waves got me thinking. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z Upon reaching the top of the rock steps at 28,400 feet, he was confronted with a series of short but troublesome rappels that angled along the ridge. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z Very quickly a series of questions was read to the jury. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z Right at the bottom, a series of lines had been etched into the marble—Roman numerals. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z The series of contiguous physical events has rendered the child’s body so different from the one I glance down on at this moment; the very atoms that composed her body no longer compose mine. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z The series of equations we needed to work described the parameters of thrust coefficient, nozzle-throat area, combustion-chamber cross-sectional areas, and velocity of the gases predicted for any particular propellant. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z I spied a stack of comic books on his desk, the topmost issue was a series called Patient F, and next to it was a cramped bookshelf. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z The terms in the infinite series didn’t have a limit or a destination; they seemed to get smaller and smaller without any particular end in sight. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z Paradoxically, a series of ‘improvements’, each of which was meant to make life easier, added up to a millstone around the necks of these farmers. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z “This here is love day. Taking this here place gonna be as easy for us as it was for mah Yankees to win the series in ’43.” Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z Tris’s knuckles brush mine as she lifts her hand to point at something on our right: a series of long, low buildings lit by blue emergency lamps. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z Because improv is an art form governed by a series of rules, and they want to make sure that when they’re up onstage, everyone abides by those rules. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z It didn't seem willful at first—it was just a series of odd coincidences. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z While Tater gushed, all the humans heard was a frantic series of high-pitched yaps. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z It is thought that the virus went through a series of very rapid mutations at the time of its jump from primates to humans, which enabled it to establish itself successfully in people. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “I will set you a series of challenges, and you will tell me how you might overcome them with the resources I give you.” The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z After a while, the dogs stopped their howling, subsiding to a series of whimpers, and everybody went back inside. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z There were matches and there was a magnifying glass and there was a mattress and then, clearly, a series of unfortunate events. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z Like a series of dusty statues, the men came to life. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z I just managed to get one foot hooked on the spoke of a wheel as we performed a series of world-class corkscrews. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z The pilot’s mouth went rigid, he swore and jerked a short series of slams into the seat, holding his shoulder now. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z These voyages of exploration and discovery are the latest in a long series that have characterized and distinguished human history. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z She poured the honey wine for both of us, drinking hers in a series of dainty sips from a silver beggar’s cup hardly bigger than a thimble. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z To pull it off, Ulbrickson knew, he was going to have to clear a series of imposing hurdles. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z It then trickled along chutes that zigzagged along the side of the building, causing a series of water wheels with spokes to ping three sets of miniature wind chimes as they rotated. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z “Well, in the language of the nebulae it’s actually—” She made a series of crackling and blowing noises that reminded Frank of a thunderstorm giving way to a nice cold front. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z The needle began to sweep around the dial in a series of pauses and swings almost too fast to watch. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z He came to a solitary Martian graveyard, a series of small hexagonal stones on a hill swept by the lonely wind. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z Working with James Chadwick, whose experimental skills matched his own, Rutherford trained his alpha particles on a series of gaseous targets: oxygen, carbon dioxide, even ordinary air. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z The French arrive in Rhode Island, beginning a series of moves that will fool the British into expecting an American-French attack on New York. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z It consisted of a series of four brick terraces, rising above the Euphrates River, with lush flowering shrubs and trees spilling over the city. The Annotated Mona Lisa 1992-06-01T00:00:00Z The surface is coated with an elaborate, winding series of endlessly repeating patterns. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Billy backed off, feinted once, jabbed, feinted again, twice, disregarded completely a right thrown by Vegas as he prepared a series of blows to the body and head. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z The ceiling opened in a series of panels. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z The girl turns around just as the whole cafeteria lets out a series of Oooooohs. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z Doe was almost supernaturally successful with a series of lady visitors. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z In our day the Soviet Union disintegrated after drought caused a series of bad harvests in the 1970s and 1980s, but nobody argues that climate ended Communist rule. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Nathan had also brought the second book of the series that he had borrowed from the library. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z This time, it took Jake less than five minutes to complete the complex series of equations and find his vectors. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z When the pizza was gone, they had to answer a whole series of comprehension questions. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z Then, given the rumors Sim had mentioned, I took one of the trickier ways onto the roof of Mains, shimmying up a series of drainpipes in a sheltered box alley. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z But ten minutes later, when Roosevelt’s canoes came around a sharp turn, they were unexpectedly swept into another series of rapids. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z The tournament wasn’t for another year, but there was a series of friendlies—matches that got the crowds excited for the oncoming competitions—throughout the year before. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z Grover talked to the animals in a series of goat bleats, but they just stared at him sadly. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z I come in with a series of techniques he’s taught me and then use a bit of swordplay I learned from the Ghost. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z A series of parents with nervous lads in tow sat at oak tables and asked questions about the school. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z They were going forward clumsily, by a series of jerks. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Lots with Hudson, lots with various girls, and a whole series of a guy with a beard and shimmery unicorn eye makeup. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z We told him a series of half-truths about why we were in Johannesburg, and that we greatly desired jobs in the mines. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Its entire terrain was one series of hills after another, some of them gentle rises, some looming peaks. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z For a few days a series of canvas tote bags accumulate in the hallway, cardboard boxes full of liquor, shopping bags full of food, cases of wine. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z He is an olive green when he talks to a department head, an escalating series of oranges when he speaks to Mademoiselle Fleury from the greenhouses, a bright red when he tries to cook. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z She made a series of perfect cuts down the side of the tree, and then chopped sideways and split from the tree ten perfect wedges of the hard ironwood. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z Neville performed a series of quite astonishing gymnastics he would certainly not have been capable of in his normal state. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z With another series of grunts they heaved it over the ship’s warped decking and rolled it to where a rudimentary crane had been set up. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z The valves can be used in combination, too, making even more harmonic series available. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z Trees bowed in deep kowtows or broke their backs, a series of snaps like firecrackers popping, until one loud, sickening crack added to the cacophony in the sky. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z I stand underneath a series of endless, glowing neon signs running along the buildings overhead. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z I can’t— His sentence was cut short by a sudden series of shouts and commotion outside the entrance through which the woman had come. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z Archaeologists generally render these as a series of five numbers separated by dots, in the manner of Internet Protocol addresses. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z String a series of notes together, one after the other, and you have a melody. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z But this was the first time he had published the results of a series of experiments. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z The key tightened a spring connected to a series of gears that extended down into the base of the figure. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z She made a series of phone calls ending with one to Ms. Willis. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z A few hundred yards beyond the river the trail disappeared into a series of chest-deep beaver ponds. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z I wasn’t ready to walk out into a school hallway yet, so I took my time, using up some more tissues and taking a series of very, very deep breaths. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z I paint a series of watercolor sketches of my grandmother. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Only when the series of equations had been sufficiently reduced would she start the process of inputting values and coming up with numbers using the calculating machines. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z I was in the middle of that happy reunion when a whole series of tweets from Carlotta began coming through. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z She tapped a paw on a section of the drawing where it looked like a series of trails went up the mountain. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z We were led through another twisting passage before arriving at the TB department: a series of cells crowded with infected inmates. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z He was rather like a Christmas tree whose lights, wired in series, must all go out if even one bulb is defective. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z By the time it was over, the owner of the White Sox was fully convinced that his players had thrown the series. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z His life, from the moment his mother had abandoned him when he was three, had been a series of disappointments and hardships, but he managed to keep his head above water most of the time. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Of course, as he worked out the implications of his laws, he drew a series of subsidiary conclusions. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Being with my dad was like watching a web series. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z It consisted in falsifying a series of production reports of two years ago in such a way as to cast discredit on a prominent member of the Inner Party who was now under a cloud. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z In a series of secret meetings, each in a different location, the three men reviewed their options. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z It was there, after performing a series of blood tests, that the doctor in charge of Bibi’s case, exasperated, concluded that a marriage would cure her. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z The Olympic trials track finals would be held in New York in July, and the Olympic committee would base its selection of competitors on a series of qualifying races. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z The world instantly dissolved into a series of Technicolored bubbles and, try as she might, Holly couldn’t seem to hold on to more than one thought. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z The three made their way down a series of hidden paths and public roads, Booth riding, the others on foot. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Some astronomers now think that a series of similar conjunctions at the time of the birth of Jesus may have been the phenomenon known as the ‘star of Bethlehem’. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z The Doctors’ Pact precipitated a series of nonracial, antigovernment campaigns around the country, which sought to bring together Africans and Indians in the freedom struggle. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z But for the individuals caught up in it—for Galileo, Hooke, Boyle and their colleagues—it represents a series of sudden, urgent transformations. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Tamar Lewin, who had insinuated herself in the world of teenage girls for a memorable chapter in the race series, knew from the beginning that she wanted to write about class divisions within families. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z In 1939 the Rialto wasn’t available, and the Howard concert series had to find another and even larger location for its most popular event. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z Suddenly a series of new workers showed up at the laundry; they each worked for a week before they disappeared. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Eagerly, he played him a series of blitz games at one second a move, and Bobby won about a third of them. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Phoebe tapped on them with the butt of her knife - a complicated series of knocks like Morse code. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z I thought, What if I made a series of flash cards and spread them out on the table and watched which ones make Branwell’s eyes flutter? Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z But then I noticed a series of faint electronic chirps emanating from off to my left. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z Then they break apart and move to someone else, performing the same series of actions again. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z A series of violent incidents triggered a brief but devastating war between the Pequots and the Puritans. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z Harry rolled over in bed, a series of dazzling new pictures forming in his mind’s eye. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z I would park the car and walk up a big mountain or across a series of rolling green hills. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z We presented The Blockade of Boston, Major-General Burgoyne’s farce upon rebel hypocrisy, as one of the most celebrated events of our hivernal concert series. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z A series of school buses pulled into the far area of the lot. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z She was wearing her short pink topper and the small red hat that tilted over one eye so that she looked like a refugee starlet from the Gold Diggers film series. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Then, through a series of misadventures, the family had ended up in China, finally emigrating to Canada in the twentieth century. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z The clinching evidence comes late, in 1823, when Jefferson responded to a series of letters that appeared in the newspapers. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z Philippi shouts, and then rattles off a series of vulgar expressions. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z A proponent of the Great Books series—which he had read twice—Uncle Pete was engaged with serious thought and Italian opera. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z The piano sat neglected in the traditional sense until my father signed Gretchen up for a series of lessons. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z One series of five paintings showed a tennis game between black and white players, where each painting displayed a different score, from 0-0 to 40-15. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z But that afternoon I just pressed on, explaining to her how it was something from a television series. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z Julia’s unit in the Fiction Department had been taken off the production of novels and was rushing out a series of atrocity pamphlets. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z His answers were a series of head movements, punctuated by yawning, raised eyebrows, and semi-swallowed hiccups. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z I'm going to give you a series of names, and you will tell me if you know any of them. Monster 1999-01-01T00:00:00Z The actions set in motion by the little hammers were then translated back up through a series of rods that led into the man’s torso. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z It was inclined to rely on a series of accidents to achieve its object It was patient, and did not think. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z The Skirling Pass was really a series of passes, a long twisting course that went up around a succession of icy wind-carved peaks and down through hidden valleys that seldom saw the sun. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The Rough Guide series is a good place to start learning about this subject. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z They fell about him with a series of hard thumps and he was not touched. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z I bent closer and the dent turned into a scar, and then the scar revealed itself to be a series of deliberate cuts. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z A series of blank rectangles had been drawn beside each name which, Leon explained, would be filled in as each student sold his quota of chocolates. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z She also taught me to write, by which I mean not simply organizing a set of sentences into a series of paragraphs, but organizing them as a means of investigation. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z A series of full-body attacks allowing one to identify a combatant’s deficiencies. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z The room is lit by a series of old-fashioned fluorescent tubes with plastic covers—they must be ancient. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z In 1900, the Tribune added its voice in a series of articles extolling the benefits of a segregated school system. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Neighbors would drop by while Hugh was off at the hardware store, and I'd struggle to entertain them with a pathetic series of simple nouns. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z Some newspaper chains began to ran not one story, but a series of three, four, or five “exposures” of the Nation of Islam. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Phonetically interpreted signs were also used to “spell out” longer words, as a series of pictures each depicting the sound of one syllable. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z I looked to the left where he had hung a series of prints on a clothesline over the long, old work sink. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z Using a stable troupe of actors, the Mercury Theatre presented a series of plays. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z What followed was a series of fatal errors that set the fire free and doomed the city to a fiery death. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z She drank too much, played field hockey in high school, and had had a series of boyfriends and one girlfriend, but never love. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z The intelligence test was brief, consisting of playing with wooden shapes and a series of illustrated quizzes. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Mia was right: by the time the custody hearing began, there had been a series of news stories—in print and on television—on Bebe Chow and her fitness to be a mother. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Angelina wrote a series of letters about women’s role in society that were published in the Liberator, an abolitionist newspaper. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z The Ring may have aspired, through ancient myth, to explain and explore basic human instincts, yet it was still, by and large, a series of oversized operas. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z Langley offered on its premises a series of lectures on aerodynamics, open to all comers. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z In the summer of 1583 a strange little Italian gave a series of lectures in Oxford. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z District 2 is a large district, as one might expect, composed of a series of villages spread across the mountains. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z A harmonic series can start on any note, so there are many harmonic series, but every harmonic series has the same set of intervals and the same frequency ratios. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z Because each point in the airflow was dependent on the others, an error made in one part of the series would cause an error in all the others. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z Most of the rest, especially in the West, retreated to a sort of racing underground, a series of leaky-roof tracks scattered through Canada and the few American states where the sport had not been banned. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z In late 1993, as they prepared to launch the chair, Herman Miller put together a series of focus groups around the country. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z And, of course, she had had a series of shots for rabies, since she was a veterinarian. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Kyle couldn’t move closer to examine the screen, because the area fifteen feet in front of it had been fenced off with a series of brass poles and velvet ropes. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z In a series of calls from a phone booth at the beach, Oliphant arranged a stealthy meeting between a Globe reporter and one of Ellsberg’s people on the streets of Boston. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Sometimes it’s like he barely went to Georgetown, merely powered through a series of lectures that happened to be in the same geographical area. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z Using her magnifying glass, she peered at their wings and discovered a series of scales overlapping in regular patterns, “like the feathers of multicolored chickens.” The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z And when he burst into a rapid series of lighter notes she was not surprised to see primroses suddenly appearing in every direction. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z The exhibit was a series of silhouettes of slaves and minstrels. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z In a series of transmissions over the next two hours, Rob sounded disturbingly confused and irrational. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z And so, while waiting for him and pretending to inspect plants and small water courses, I tried to reconstruct my trip as a single piece and not as a series of incidents. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z “The true history of the most baffling series of murders in the annals of crime,” a handbill for the show said. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z His foreman was a man defeated by his own pessimistic views, and his news was mostly a series of misfortunes: the strawberries froze, the chickens caught the pip, the grapes rotted. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z A series of letters, photos, and packages went back and forth through April. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z This was followed by another series of crashes as, one after another, all the kettles in the kitchen were knocked down from the ceiling and destroyed. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z Then the guy in charge made the next in a long series of mistakes. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z “I do hope that Miss Trixie does appear,” he said after he had finished the first sandwich and emitted a series of belches which sounded as if they had disintegrated his digestive tract. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z He drank the rest of his champagne in a quick series of gulps and soon fell asleep. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z She asks him a series of questions: How long have you been experiencing chest pain? Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z Morbidly interested in genetics and medical research, Mengele rose to become physician in chief at Auschwitz, where he unleashed a series of monstrous experiments on twins. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z The upshot is that your computations are necessarily based on a series of nested assumptions, any of which could be a source of contention. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z Sarai blinked a series of rapid blinks and looked down at her hands. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z I was experiencing, he said, a series of tiny, nearly imperceptible strokes. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z There, the last gear turned a series of brass disks with precisely cut edges. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z But we had no time to learn—after only a few months, Hitler began the series of invasions that led to World War II. It was no longer safe for us to stay in France. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z He mopped his brow with the cloth that Ethyne had embroidered—his name surrounded by a series of skillful knots. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z Figure 6.1: Here are the first sixteen pitches in a harmonic series that starts on a C natural. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z A second series of concussions arrives—closer, larger. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z There is a black patch over his left eye and his face is a series of sharp lines—a tight jaw, a straight nose, and a hard smile. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z Measurements have now been made of many series of skeletons. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z The series they were working on when I showed up was for the Disney Channel and called Higglytown Heroes. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z I wandered through a series of tunnels that led me into a giant, cavernous chamber. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z I watch a series of movies in my head, trying to see a time when a teacher has said this to me. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z In the front covers of the textbooks from which he is taught to read he leaves his legacy, writing his name in number-two pencil below a series of others. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Rather than teach a series of tricks and tips for momentary success in speaking, as any catchpenny sophist might, Aristotle sought to form a coherent view of why those tips and tricks worked. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z Caesar was numb from the series of curious events and he curled upon the floor. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z It also revealed a series of scars knotted like bark up his side, around to his back, and climbing up his neck into the back of his hairline. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z I had begun to think that each of us was leading the life of a career criminal, in which the commission of acts was not by a single man but a series of men. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z In its windows were a series of twinkling flames from floor to ceiling. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The road raced ahead in a series of gentle curves that began to look familiar, and off in the distance the solitary tollbooth appeared, a welcome sight indeed. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z Cresting the top of Coalwood Mountain, we were faced with a steep, straight stretch followed by a series of curves that dipped and turned. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z Her temperament was not based on a series of good and bad days but, rather, good and bad moments. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z So every race is a balancing act, a series of delicate and deliberate adjustments of power on one hand and stroke rate on the other. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z The locks slide into place behind her with a series of soft, muffled clicks. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Deemer looked like his limbs were made of springs that sent him lurching ahead in a series of herky-jerky leaps and bounds. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z After becoming crippled with polio, Midgley invented a contraption involving a series of motorized pulleys that automatically raised or turned him in bed. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z The revelation of these forces, a series of great changes, has unfolded over the course of my life. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z They heard a series of metallic clicks and the clatter of a chain, then the door swung open with a creak and they hurried over the threshold. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z The first is the athlete’s performance: that is, how well he or she has played in a specific game, or series, or season. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z Theodor, in a series of elegant experiments, has shown that when two individuals of the same species are placed in close contact, the smaller of the two will always begin to disintegrate. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Suddenly she saw him reach over into the back, and then she heard a series of popping sounds. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z There were three little knurled winding wheels, in fact, and each of them turned one of the three shorter hands, which moved around the dial in a series of smooth satisfying clicks. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z The Fugees kept fighting, firing a series of quick shots from around the perimeter of the box. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z The race had devolved into a series of low blows. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z In the days that followed, the two houses, with the urgings of the governor, rushed through a series of hastily written resolutions. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z He nodded to himself and tapped a series of icons on his clipboard. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z The tunnel continued in front of us, but there was no floor for about a hundred feet, just gaping darkness and a series of iron rungs in the ceiling. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z He hung each heavy core from the ceiling, made a series of measurements, then took the core down. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z This nickname was often used with affection and sometimes accompanied by the theme song from the TV series. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z Perhaps he is the engineer, I thought, watching him inspect the gauges and go to another part of the room to adjust a series of valves. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Life is just a series of dumb decisions and indecisions and coincidences that we choose to ascribe meaning to. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z He followed with a frantic series of plans and promises meant to rally his troops and to convince Octavian’s troops to join with him. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z I had been traveling overseas for a series of training camps and competitions. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z A series of sharp honks sounds in front of us, and when we look up, Jamie’s cousin is waving at him from the car. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z After a drawn-out series of death throes—the precise sequence of events depends, again, on the mass of the star—the star’s fusion engine fails, and the star begins to collapse under its own gravity. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z “Oh, I’m not talking about Abby. I’m talking about the mistake you made just now. You’ve unleashed a series of events that must run their course.” The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z I had never had to work so hard or so tiringly to clear an Appalachian impediment, and this was just the first of a series. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z Another series of tense, last-minute meetings took place with the president and his advisors. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z Then, without warning, there came a series of loud bangs, as though somebody was firing a gun into the door. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z To Annabeth’s left, the ground dropped off in a series of cliffs, like colossal steps leading deeper into the abyss. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Thus began a series of events that were surreal. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z The tank was lit from above by a series of neon strips, but they were too high to reach. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z Sigils, as I recall from some dark comic book series, are symbols of medieval magic from back in the day when so few people were literate that literacy itself was seen as borderline magical. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z Each time, reading the account of Akaky’s christening, and the series of queer names his mother had rejected, Ashoke laughed aloud. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Miss Lucy moved to another cabinet, tugging open a series of drawers, but came up empty. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z The Congressional Union also started “suffrage schools” to educate women about the issue and, according to Paul, they conducted “an uninterrupted series of indoor and outdoor meetings, numbering frequently from five to ten a day.” Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z “She was brought low by a series of bad men ...” Frankie clicked the stop button. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z After a brief silence and another series of small nods, the man handed Comrade Pillai the sachet of photographs. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z But after a series of switchbacks, twists, and turns, they stood in front of a three-story redbrick building, tucked behind the Science and Engineering Library. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z I was placed on a conveyor belt that carried me through a long series of stations. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z Rice fields are carved into mountainsides in an elaborate series of terraces, or painstakingly constructed from marshland and river plains. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z The collection was housed in a series of rooms. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z The wide mouth began to open and close, and out rumbled a series of gravelly roars, some long, some short, none of them bearing much resemblance to music. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z The series does not purport to be all-inclusive or the last word on class. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z For one strange second, the image of my own face had leaped to the front of a long series of jumbled thoughts, then disappeared, like a photo drifting into dark water. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z However, by putting this limit sign in front of a series, you separate the process from the goal. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z Still, in an effort to avoid suspicion, the White Sox made it close, and in the end lost the series five games to four. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z The officer entered a series of numbers into the computer, his face serious. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z Off to the right were a series of weathered totems. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z Fresher, and far more ominous, a whole series of victory scars gleamed on his chest, showing all the men he’d broken when he’d been a ring fighter. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z They farmed and built a house and brought a series of older and older children from the audience into the imaginary home, and then more babies for grandchildren. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z There is a public campground at Liard River, from which a boardwalk leads half a mile across a marsh to a series of natural thermal pools. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z We navigate a series of hallways in silence. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z Then he staged a series of luncheons with homemakers. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z Then it uttered a series of long deep melancholy cries and flew off again into the night. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z She takes a series of doors, alternate versions of the same possible entrance, and lays them side by side along the floor, letting each lead to a different room. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z The carriages sit before the southern gate like a series of pomegranates dipped in honey and lined up on a tray. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z He and Gary spent an hour and a half discussing the Bloodfall series while Dill and Lydia sat outside and talked. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z He paints during the day; at night he draws a series of thirty heads, up close. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Then, as if to prepare for the new season, Martin reviewed the series of bad omens. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z The line fed into a series of security checkpoints. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z I held a series of petty' jobs for short periods, quitting some to work elsewhere, being driven off others because of my attitude, my speech, the look in my eyes. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z It was while puzzling over these matters that Hutton had a series of exceptional insights. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z But he communicated his true feelings to his closest colleagues through a series of confessional letters. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z The Jeep sputtered to life in a series of grinding protests. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z The massive gate set into the ring wall was already being lowered closed, and it struck the stones with an ominous series of clanks and groans. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Her aunt had come second in the series of disasters that had ended Elizabeth’s childhood. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z Maybe life was just a series of phases—one phase after another after another. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z It emptied his lungs so completely that he could only begin breathing again by lying on his back and taking a series of deep gasps. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z An endless series of cattle pens stretched to the horizon, each one home to a hundred or so animals. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z He is still living out of a series of mammoth duffel bags. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Instead of reading in the library or attending lectures, I watched TV in my room, working my way through every popular series from the past two decades. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z A tricky situation needs to be resolved through a complex series of steps — and somehow the pilots fail to coordinate and miss one of them. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z They built a series of apartment complexes—mostly two-story buildings arranged around big parking lots. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z When he finally was convinced he had interested us in astronomy, Dad started a new series of wall paintings dealings with stars. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z The officers made a series of critical misjudgments, beginning with the assumption that a man getting a breath of fresh air outside his own home was a potential criminal. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z Two spacecraft in the Soviet Venera series have taken pictures down there. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z She rings the doorbell a dozen times, alternating with a series of loud knocks, though she can hear the bell echoing within the house. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z As the professor turned the wheel, they saw a slender black hand, like a minute hand, detach itself from the complicated background and move around the dial with a series of clicks. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z My mother pours water from a kettle into a basin while ordering Prim to pull a series of her remedies from the medicine cabinet. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z Elodin led me through a long series of hallways to a different wing of the Crockery. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Soon after the war started, the DAR announced a series of concerts to raise funds for war relief. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z The writing had to answer a series of questions: Why did I feel the need to talk at the same time as my teacher? Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z The ululation rose behind him and spread along, a series of short sharp cries, the sighting call. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z A few people are tagged in the snowball series, but not Box Boy. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z But they also had subscriptions to the Philadelphia Orchestra and its Sunday chamber concert series, as well as season tickets to the Phillies. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z My gnarled purple legs are rootlike, sparking with intelligence, or maybe it’s just a series of short circuits. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z Puffing on a pipe, Skardon asked Fuchs a long series of questions about the scientist’s back- ground and family. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z We came to a strange-looking machine consisting of a huge set of gears connecting a series of drum-like rollers. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z A series of buoys stretched out into the placid water. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z "My orders were to ask you a series of questions," he says tightly. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z They talked about their first mission, taking children, a brother and sister, out of the program and secreting them away through a series of friends and allies. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z A series of chisel-cut handholds made a ladder in the granite of the tower's inner wall. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Each shooter takes a turn firing at a series of birds as they are released individually by ropes attached to the boxes. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z The creative process consists of a long series of leaps of the imagination and the artist’s attempts to give them form by shaping the material accordingly. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z "The Nazis have succeeded in one of the heaviest series of blows yet claimed against British shipping." The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z Every single one of their films, albums, and books, and every episode of the original BBC series. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z Through the shroud of weeds and rubble, geometrical shapes had appeared—a series of rectangles in a line. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z Reggie's own adoption of technology very much paralleled what was happening around the country, a phenomenon documented in a series of pioneering studies initiated by the Kaiser Family Foundation in 1999. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z She was shaken by a series of convulsions and panted like a tired dog. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z "I'm going to show you a series of photos, Mr. Wing," he says. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z Ralph found his breath and blew a series of short blasts. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z He seated himself in a series of clumsy motions, got out a cigarette, lit it, and fixedly watched. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z I get up and follow her down a series of hallways. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z In that first, brutal winter Burnham’s photographer, Charles Arnold, took a very different series of photographs. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z The answers to all of these questions have to do with the harmonic series. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z From the landing pad, Gale and I walk down a series of stairways to Compartment 307. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z A series of chariots drifts along a shiny lattice of cables, lifting well-dressed people from one balcony to the next. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z Sometimes the photos did not sell—a project Mia did with skeletal leaves sold only one, and for several months she took up a series of odd jobs: housecleaning, flower arranging, cake decorating. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z His lessons consisted of an endless series of distractions all invented by him so that the subject of mathematics would never have to be discussed. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z He set the pieces of the lid against the stone shelf and splintered them with a series of kicks. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z I can’t tell at this point; the sun is high enough now that the table of intimidating people is being backlit, casting them only as a series of judgmental silhouettes. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z A random series of events given meaning by someone desperate to prove there’s a design to our lives. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z In each case it felt as if we had reinvented what a newspaper series could be. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z Though he was not in danger of being enslaved in France, he suffered through a series of conflicts with others who claimed they had invented his process. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z It is a series of taps, jumps and rests, and demands careful listening, feeling and coordination. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Some of the Rough Guide series focus on specific folk or traditional musics. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z A series of tall, barred windows runs down either side of the shell. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Over the next two hours we submerge ourselves in finding the sums of infinite geometric series, calculating iterate functions, and expanding powers of binomials. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z He was supposed to return to Denver for a series of meetings. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z Trees were rowed the length of the long block beyond me, rising tall in dripping wetness above a series of cluttered backyards. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z One of the series of herb watercolors Maria painted for the Waltha community. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z A ship didn’t carry me across the ocean; instead, a series of cars conveyed me across a continent. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z There turned out to be a huge market for games that allowed people to play a leading role in one of their favorite old movies or TV series. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z I think the world is a series of broken dams and floods, and my cartoons are tiny little lifeboats. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z Expanded in a series of bestselling books, this notion turned the lines into a major tourist attraction. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z There, a worker cut a strip off the edge, divided it into squares, and put each through a series of rigorous tests. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z The whole of Le Cirque des Rêves is formed by series of circles. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Clear and bright flashes in fixed series—Q for Queen, long, long, short, long. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z A few years passed, and Kathy, through a series of missteps and heartbreaks, was divorced and living alone with Zachary, who was less than a year old. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z And my dad declared, “That was a great series.” The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z It wasn’t long before the current picked up, and they were facing another series of rapids. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z They turned in a series of fine time trials, though Ebright declined to make those times available to the press. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z This voice command instructed my computer to execute a long series of preprogrammed actions, both online and in the real world. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z It’s like Achilles and the tortoise—an infinite series of steps, each getting smaller and smaller. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z What came next for Barack, though, was a series of lucky twists. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z “I don’t really know how it works. It’s some kind of series of cables and bells.” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z If I were a publisher, I would immediately initiate a series of books for kids who have to cope with the death of their mother or father. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z As if on cue, there’s a series of bumps from the other side of the closet door, and Henry, halfway into Alex’s boxers, comes literally tumbling out of the closet. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z He doesn’t look at me, just turns and starts down a series of hallways. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z Check for yourself the other notes in the series that are an octave apart. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z My attention has gone back to where Hideo is still standing in front of a podium, flanked on one side by Kenn and on the other by Mari, answering a series of questions. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z On either side of the rut were a series of ledges. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z When they were finally freed, after a series of slave rebellions, their new masters were poverty, illiteracy, and lack of economic opportunity. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z A dozen people are gathered around a long, scratched-up dining table, smoking cigarettes, drinking Chianti from juice glasses, sitting on a series of backless wooden stools. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Looking at it, Zeitoun realized that it was not one long cage, but a series of smaller, divided cages. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z Its cargo area was a series of locked and vented doors. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z The reporters began snickering as they posed a series of questions on turkeys and integration, calling on me by name to answer. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z There is no explaining a series of misfortunes like that. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Held up by a series of metal pipes as thin as dowel rods. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z He tumbled into the darkness, his body rolling across the stone floor with a series of sickening thuds. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z When Langley sponsored a series of computation courses to be held after work and on weekends, Dorothy wasted no time enrolling. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z “This series called Real Fake. Stuff that is crazy ironic.” Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z Vincent finishes those drawings quickly, and when he gives them to Uncle Cor, his uncle likes them so much he commissions a second series of cityscapes. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z A long narrow table with a steel top stood under a series of unlit lamps and two worn leather cases rested nearby. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z To make matters worse, riots erupted in the summer of 1964 in Harlem and Rochester, followed by a series of uprisings that swept the nation following the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. in 1968. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z From the driveway came a series of shrieks and scrapes; a squirrel, Theresa discovered, had gotten into one of the garbage cans, and was frantically trying to find its way out. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z The roof was made up of a series of triangular frames or trusses. Cathedral: The Story of Its Construction 1973-09-19T00:00:00Z When that day came, the Augurs would choose a new Emperor through a series of physical and mental tests: the Trials. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z “My favorite game was this one,” he says, nodding at the TV screen, where a small square is traveling through a series of simple mazes. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z His neighborhood was a series of walls surrounding a narrow dirt path that turned into a long and winding road from the main street. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z After Rowdy knocked me out, both of our teams got into a series of shoving matches and push-fights. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z It was the beginning of a whirlwind tour and another in the series of awards we received for “bravery and significant contributions to democracy.” Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “Excellent,” the principal said with a sly smile and a flickering series of eyelash flutters. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z A hot series of shivers is running through me as he continues clicking and saying: Yes, thank you, this is totally bloody it, perfect, yes, yes, sodding hell, God, look at you. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z Inside, I find myself in a series of underground hallways, cobbled in the same sponge rock and crystals and lit up by hundreds of candles. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z “That’s how you’re making me feel. Like a craft project. Like a photo series for your blog. Except not for your blog because obviously I’d never actually be on your blog.” The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z Newspapers across the country started carrying a series of articles and profiles on the nine of us. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Usually one valve gives the harmonic series one half step lower than the valveless intrument; another, one whole step lower; and the third, one and a half steps lower. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z One is a flat branching structure, in which a series of mostly uncomplicated clauses are concatenated side by side with and or with commas. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z He executed a series of tricky dance steps. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z It was the combination of Milton’s disgust at the antiwar movement and Tessie’s sense of uselessness that led them to begin reading the entire one-hundred-and-fifteen-volume set of the Great Books series. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z His concern focused on a series of illnesses that had struck his patients throughout the year—the mumps in January, jaw and mouth infections in February, scarlet fever in March, followed by influenza in July. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z Impressed, they invited Marian to give a series of concerts in the Scandinavian countries. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z Figure 4.42: These harmonic series are for a brass instrument that has a 11C11 fundamental when no valves are being used — for example, a C trumpet. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z And every musical note you hear is not a single pure frequency, but is actually a blend of the pitches of a particular harmonic series. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z Kaan itself dug out a series of reservoirs, established neighborhoods around each one, and linked the ensemble with roads and waterways. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z I trace the pattern in the silver, a series of connecting lines that I know so well I see it in my dreams. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z In the months after 9/11, a whole series of questions arose as to whether to retaliate, how to retaliate, and who to retaliate against. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z She recalled the past as a series of violent acts, abandonments, and sorrows, and she was not certain things had been the way she remembered. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z When you are all online, I, as the quizmaster, will show you a series of ten questions, each one with four possible answers. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z I'd worried that he might score higher than me, but a series of recent events had set me at ease. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z He ordered that I be bought a new bag-wig, and my mother a whole series of costly dresses a la mode du beau monde. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z “The first item was a series of dots done with a blue pen,” she remembered. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z The man with the mustache posed beside the entryway, smiling like a tourist while his friend snapped a series of surveillance shots. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Madam Claire clicks a series of locks, and then topples over with exhaustion. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z A heat haze shimmered over the desert, and he saw a series of ridges that might be buildings. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z They go on and on, a series of unanswered messages that seize me with guilt, until I'm snapped out of it by the phone ringing in my hand. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z A break in the crowd reveals what they are all clustered around: a series of screens on the wall to my left. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z Her announcement evoked a series of moans and groans from the class. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z One of the NACAs great contributions to aerodynamics was a series of laminar flow airfoils, wing shapes designed to maximize the flow of smooth air around the wing. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z Figure 6.2: You can continue this series of perfect fifths to get the rest of the notes of a chromatic scale; the series would continue F sharp, C sharp, and so on. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z We cross a series of small golden bridges that crest over the Golden Palace River. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z But before the Olympic trials at Princeton, Al Ulbrickson faced another daunting series of challenges: First the Pacific Coast Regatta with California on Lake Washington. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Rocks are divided into quite separate units known as systems, series, and stages. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z When Mr. Coggin departed after the unfortunate debacle concerning our tonsils, a series of other professional cameramen came and went. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z A series of loud beeps interrupted his thoughts, announcing an oncoming train, along with the flashing electronic destination sign announcing OAKLAND—SAN FRANCISCO. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z Styx, from that day, lives in my mind like a series of snapshots. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z The engineers were rigging a series of lights to help them bring the cable to the bomb: she could hear their voices not far away, shouting commands, and see the lights wavering through the trees. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z More than once, after a series of absurd reproaches, I’ve snapped at Mother: “I don’t care what you say. Why don’t you just wash your hands of me—I’m a hopeless case.” The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z I told him in a new series of whispers, that he might as well buy me a gold gown and a silver bonnet at once: I should certainly never venture to wear his choice. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z We entered a long, shed-like room in which I saw a series of overhead doors along one side and a row of small offices on the other. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z For the past several days, it had been one series of treacherous rapids after another—about every fifteen minutes. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z “Did you have anything to do with telling Mike Forrestal about the new series from the embassy?” Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Those five years, from eighth grade through the end of high school, were Bill Gates’s Hamburg, and by any measure, he was presented with an even more extraordinary series of opportunities than Bill Joy. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z Then handed me up a series of makeshift ladders into a loft above another loft in the barn where I am now. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z As soon as his mother figures out how he’s finding solace, she brings him home the first book in the Bloodfall series from a shopping trip to Nashville, a recommendation from a bookstore employee. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z Within, there are overlapping metal hoops marked with numbers and symbols suspended from the top, hanging amongst the visible gears and a series of stars falling from the filigree cap at the top. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z I draw a series of tiny lines between to connect them, all the way up the trunk. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z Three stories above the rotunda floor, just below the Wonder Dome, there was a series of ten arched windows set between the recessed statue nooks. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z The key tightened a spring connected to a series of gears that extended down into the base of the figure. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z The walls of this corridor were a series of barred arches, through which rain and icy winds blew in bad weather. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z One day while killing my hour of prayer, I remembered a series of volumes of Indian history I had read the year before. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z And a series of holographic hieroglyphics danced across the air. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z Early in the morning, they woke up to the sound of a series of intense blasts that shook the building. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z The harmonic series is not just a useful idea constructed by music theory; it is often found in "real life," in the real-world physics of musical sounds. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z It was all too easy to fudge a successful series of atomic contacts so that, while each looked almost acceptable, the whole collection was energetically impossible. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z A series of networked Apple Macs whirred from various corners of the room. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z Unable to find work in the rainy Northwest, McCandless had hopped a series of freight trains back to the desert. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “Let’s hope the Erudite didn’t think to change this combination,” he says as he types in a series of numbers. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z The transport rolled into a parking garage at the base of the circular tower and descended a series of concrete ramps until we arrived in a large open area resembling a loading dock. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z Roy spotted a series of charred rocks encircling a layer of ashes: a campfire. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z He had a series of unsuccessful business ventures and went bankrupt more than once. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z At one point she came running to find me and asked, “How do you feel about the possibility of reality TV? Camera crews will follow you around and you’ll be a prime-time series.” Lawn Boy Returns 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z I decided to use him in my series of biographical sketches. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z I told him to follow me and began to run through a series of front yards to a dark, empty field about a quarter mile from where we started. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z That the whole thing—the grandmother, his heritage, the bar mitzvah—was just the latest and most elaborate of the series of unfunny pranks that he and his idiot friends are famous for. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z Anyway, within a few minutes of Mama’s return—she asked a series of seemingly well-rehearsed questions about nurses and medicines and joint pain and how he’d been feeling—we got up to leave. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z Next followed a series of dry runs, on the front porch of The Shoe. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z While he gingerly applied the medicine, she cleaned and bound a series of smaller wounds and forced an uncooperative Vikus to let her wrap his wrist. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Its sides—clad in weather-beaten shingles and inset with a series of large windows—slanted obliquely inward, rising toward a gambrel roof. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z She told him the water was pumped from a series of hot and cold springs. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Under the terms of the deal, Richard’s sentence could still be reduced to five years—if he successfully jumped through a series of hoops. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z The series of cars went on as far as he could see, into the trees and away. 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