| 单词 | sex |
| 例句 | Finally, he thought that one apartment had “possibilities,” but his two friends quickly tried to talk him out of buying it because it was right above a tawdry sex shop. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z For whatever reason, I’ve always remembered what he said when word got back to him that this fellow was claiming that he and his girlfriend had sex just that one time. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z More scandalously, we had a sitting U.S. congressman under investigation for sex crimes, leaving an opening for a new Democratic contender in the state’s Second District, which included much of Chicago’s South Side. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z During the day we were restricted to the fenced areas like livestock, with the sexes separated. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z Who says grammar books don’t have sex and violence? Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z I was a virgin; I wasn't one hundred per cent sure how sex worked. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z There is no regular economic specialization, except by age and sex: all able-bodied individuals forage for food. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Pecola, on the other hand, restricted by youth and sex, experimented with methods of endurance. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z “Hold up. How do you accidentally have sex with somebody?” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z Rindlisbacher “wanted to see if we could get him registered as a sex offender in Utah,” Singleton explains. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z Catelyn had ordered garments sewn to her measure, handsome gowns to suit her birth and sex, yet still she preferred to dress in oddments of mail and boiled leather, a swordbelt cinched around her waist. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z In chimpanzee society, males are the dominant sex. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z And perhaps the sex was not only between inmates and female officers. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Why were they so happy when they talked about sex? Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z He knew that sex relations between blacks and whites were repulsive to most white men. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z The last man was in for sex crimes. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z One doctor told her it had to be an STD, but it had been a long, long time since any sex had occurred. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z “Long story short, we were massively in debt. So long, sex reassignment surgery.” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z It felt the same way your body feels after a day of splitting wood, or swimming, or sex. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z We’d be focusing on sex, and then the other stuff would creep in. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z The media were calling LadybirdGate the sex scandal of the century. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z The technical name for this was somatic cell fusion, but some researchers called it “cell sex.” The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z They light up when we eat, or have sex, when we accomplish something. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z Organisms are selected to engage in sex—the ones that find it uninteresting quickly become extinct. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z I didn’t understand how she could have sex with a man she hated and feared. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z “I think I want to have sex with Tim this summer,” says Ellen as she plucks a cube of cheese from her lunch spread and pops it into her mouth. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z Me and Baba talked about things like boys and sex for about an hour. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z He was even used to sex, which he no longer wanted twice a day. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z “Okay, so back to the conversation at hand. What’s the big deal, talking about that play? What? Jade can’t hear the word sex?” Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z Hazel was the eighth, and his mother became confused about his sex when he was born. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z If Eleven feels one-tenth of this with Tim, then I don’t know how she waited so long to have sex, because when Bo’s lips move against mine, I can think of nothing outside of us. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z They were too old for sex even, although Paul turned away from the thought. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The latest dirt is that the lady who owns the most popular burger stand is having sex with her second cousin. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z “Gnome sex!” he said, which embarrassed me completely, but still, I laughed. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z And just a few weeks after I left Sing Sing, an-other female officer was apparently fired for having had sex with one of my most macho and obnoxious keeplocks on R-gallery. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z And he tried to do sex with a daughter of a yeoman, but she escaped and he chased her across the moor. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Abuja was more conservative than Lagos, Chidi said, because it was more Muslim than Lagos, and at parties women didn’t wear revealing clothing, yet you could buy and sell sex so much more easily here. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z I can feel my face heating up once more; it started the moment the word “sex” slipped from my lips. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z We had somehow caught the spirit of the role of our sex and we flocked together for common moral schooling. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z He has had but two outlets for his emotions: work and sex—and he knew these in their most vicious and degrading forms. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z She asked me about my family life and asked me if I had ever had sex with a girl. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z “I caught Mr. Farrow having sex with Mrs. Singer on Monday, when I came back from having my stitches out. How nasty is that?” Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Jenny Flick had managed to take from me the only person I ever let in and replace me with beer, sex, and pot. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z The first time he got up there, I rolled my eyes like half the sisters in class, certain he was going to spout something lame or nasty about girls and sex, or gangsters. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z He didn’t want to assign too much meaning to the sex, and neither, it seemed, did Lily. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z “Most poems I’ve seen are about love or sex or the stars. You poets are obsessed with stars. Falling stars. Shooting stars. Dying stars.” The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z Myrna probably attacked sex with the vehemence and seriousness that she brought to social protest. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Then Cade sat up and said, “Have you two ever had sex yet?” 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z I guess you have to obsess about something before you know about sex. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z “We don’t have enough sex anymore,” Bloom blurted suddenly. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z I got good at ignoring Charlie and Jenny or whoever else he brought into the woods for pot parties and sex, or whatever he was into now. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z One angry minister said that women’s rights advocates were “a hybrid species, half man and half woman, belonging to neither sex.” Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z I was terrified it might have something to do with sex. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z An institution was gone from Salinas, dark and fatal sex, as hopeless and deeply hurtful as human sacrifice. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Any words having to do with sex were spoken in a low whisper, and kids who weren’t in the know were often laughed at. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z Some tribes have rules against sex at certain times in the growing and shrinking of the Moon. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z I didn’t notice that at first because I was freaking out about my brother walking in while Diego and I were naked and about to have sex. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z And in the days that followed, when we had proper sex and we were really happy about it, even then, this same nagging feeling would always be there. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z Rudy is a mutt; my father says he’s a cross between a chihuahua and a German shepherd, which must’ve been some wild dog sex. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z He probably didn't want the level of violence and sex among both prisoners and guards to be documented. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z Other than that, he tried to make the living room look like he and Annie hadn’t been having sex all night. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z Anniversaries: the first time we saw each other, the first time we had sex. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z She believed this critique was essential to getting equality between the sexes. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z Finally, we get to the panel on sex with four professors. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z “Yes, it does, after all, go even wider than sex...” The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z My mind spins; it’s somehow fallen off the sex track into grade-school logic. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z There are good sides—I wasn’t having sex with James all night. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z The thing about sex with Henry is, it’s never the same twice. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z When Lazlo didn’t respond, he added, “Large orange orb in the sky, low necklines on the fairer sex. Any of this ring a bell?” Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z You know, if you want to have sex with me, you’re going to have to step it up, sweetheart. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z “Wait, do you think someone’s already had sex on the first day of school?” Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z I don’t want El to have sex before me. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z Net hysteria, a staple of modem journalistic and political life, flares up whenever there’s a killing, sex assault, new vims, hacking incident, or other problem even remotely connected to the Internet. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “So many of these songs seem to be about sex!” Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z “Tell me, how does the other sex of your race differ from yours?” The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z “And guess what? I had sex with that guy two days later. In his van, behind the Food Lion.” We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z But when I look back, the sex at the Cottages seems a bit functional. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z Humans being humans and sex being sex, that prohibition never stopped anyone. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z She had to have dealings with him other than sex. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z It confirmed what she’d always thought: everyone knew more about sex than it appeared, everyone except her. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z You got to worry about things like safe sex and girls getting pregnant before they get married. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z And the whole, wonderful point of some experiences—music, sex, laughter—is that there are not and never will be any adequate words to describe them. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z It’s a kind of fugue state, anyway, early sex. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z I was his security blanket—nothing more—and none of this had anything to do with sex. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z After all, if the great golden boy Brandon Hardy is seen by his mates having sex with a girl, then he could not possibly be gay. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z The night she first saw him, he had sex with her. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z I had naively supposed that I would have much in common with them, but I found them preoccupied with twisted sex problems. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z I wasn’t sure exactly what was going on with the sex in either book, but the conflict and longing between the women in The Well of Loneliness were interesting. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z She would say, from the beginning, “If you expect sex, then I can’t help you.” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Once when Father and I were talking about sex, he said I was too young to understand that kind of desire. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z Toby and Lily didn’t have sex in the plane. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z If he and Myrna were not destined to joust on the field of politic-ill action, then it would have to be the field of sex. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z I imagine it’s different for him now, no lazy Saturday sex or scrambled eggs, instead a different sort of joy, a little girl tucked up between him and his wife, babbling away. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Forbidding sex between white women and black men became an intense preoccupation throughout the South. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z They didn’t know the names of the boys, because the two sexes were kept apart for most of the time. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z This was important, because women had limited access to information about sex, pregnancy, and childbearing. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z “Get him out of here! He’s got no right to look at his sister with sex in his mind!” Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z I didn't understand that unlike a girl, it was physically painful for guys not to have sex. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z Any references to drugs, sex, or defiance of authority were out. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z I take her to a movie, checking it first for violence, sex and death, and to a Chinese restaurant. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Somehow, good talking had gotten tied up with good sex in his mind. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z I felt that it would be easy to have sex relations with her and I was tempted. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z I did not think I wanted to actually have sex, despite how frequently I thought I did want to have it. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z At that age—again, I’m talking of around thirteen—we were all pretty worried and excited about sex, and naturally would have pushed the other stuff into the background. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z I possess all the secondary sex characteristics of a normal man except one: my inability to synthesize dihydrotestosterone has made me immune to baldness. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z “In case you didn’t notice, Craig was on top of me. And we weren’t going to have sex.” It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z Out there people were even fighting and killing each other over who had sex with whom. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z The amendment established that basic rights of citizenship—including suffrage—would be granted to male former slaves, and by specifying the sex it explicitly denied those rights to women. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z The reason I was asking was because he really knew quite a bit about sex and all. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z She shivers; she likes it; it’s like Aaron said: she likes sex; her tongue becomes a jittery dart flicking in and out of my mouth. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z I was worried I'd get a lecture about how it wasn't worth having sex with a boy if I couldn't even trust him with my heart, but my maman didn't pass any judgment. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z I can smell the sex on her, and my only hope is that she can smell the love on me. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z A lot of them had sex in them, but most scenes would end just as the sex was starting up, or else you’d only see their faces and their backs. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z Would they see the immense melancholy that hung over the quarter, so oppressive that men had to dull their sensibilities in noise or wine or sex or gluttony in order to escape it? Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Told them of the test for sex carried out in the neighborhood of Metre 200. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z I moved through the pages quickly, not wanting to be distracted by any buzz of sex coming off those pages. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z “I think it’s that thing when a vampire creates an army of crazed sex waifs and starts his own ruling body,” he says. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z She blurted out, “We had sex, Aunty. Once.” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z When we got together we would start projects: an alarm clock torn apart and distributed over a wall, a stop-motion video of Lego people having sex, a Web site for pictures of toilets. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z “I don’t know. I was just so excited about it. I didn’t even care what sex you were. I just wanted to know everything about you.” Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z Calista was like, “Are you asking in terms of sex appeal?” Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Before my conception, she had agreed to my father’s outlandish plan to determine my sex. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z "You are too young to be a Brave Companion, I think, and of the wrong sex. Are you afraid of leeches, child?" A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z When I heard older guys talk about girls and sex, I was more taken with the way they talked about it than with what they said. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z The gypsy moth lure was the first insect sex attractant to be synthesized, but probably there will soon be others. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Across from me is a poster about domestic violence: If your man beats you, forces you to have sex, controls your money, or threatens you about immigration papers, you are a victim! It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z He asked about the size of Negro genitalia and the details of Negro sex life. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z The boomer ethos in which I’d raised my own daughter was obsessively protective, perpetually on guard against everything from lead paint and genetically engineered food to helmetless bike-riding, drinking, smoking, sex, and possible learning disabilities. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z All I was doing was passing out health center flyers, not trying to induct first years into some hedonistic, druggy sex cult. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z He was a most extraordinarily handsome human being, by any standards and as either sex, and I couldn’t help staring at him as I answered, and also wondered again what the Sarf was. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z Even the sex—carefully scheduled for her most fertile days—had begun to feel like a chore. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Jesse could hardly comprehend a Congress that would care about a presidents sex life. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Women, children and sex discomfited him, in part because they took time away from thinking. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z She thought she liked the sootiness of sex and its comedy; she laughed a great deal during the raucous beginnings, and rejected those lovers who regarded sex as healthy or beautiful. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z There were no take-backs after sex; there was no way to undo how much deeper they were falling into it. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z "You are the gentle sex," said Lord Karstark, with the lines of grief fresh on his face. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Annie Oakley was a credit to her sex. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z The Party was trying to kill the sex instinct, or, if it could not be killed, then to distort it and dirty it. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z “You’re supposed to say sex work,” said the bartender, winking at them. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z She said it was different, because the balance of power was equal between women so sex was an even-steven transaction. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z Finally, the colonel, who began his letter by addressing me as “Miss Tallis,” allowed some impatience with my sex to show through. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z I’ve told you already that I’m quite pathetic when it comes to sex. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z I was preoccupied with sex, but not of a type that needed encouragement. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z The owner of the rooming house—which was one of those seething places that often reeked of sex and moonshine—supported Joe and Rose’s claims. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z The discovery that bacteria were divided into male and female sexes amused but did not arouse him. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z Her house led the youths of Salinas into the thorny path of sex in the pinkest, smoothest way. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z I wondered if he was secretly writing a romance about a skinny, white boy genius who was having sex with a half-breed Apple computer. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z A murderer who had just had sex with a cadaverous hag from hell. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z “Me, too. It’s not a sex conversation. So why are you doing Miss Teen Dream? No offense, but it doesn’t seem like you’re really into it.” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z If unauthorized sex resulted in a pregnancy or a birth, the woman and her baby were usually killed, according to my interviews with a former camp guard and several former prisoners. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z One of the first things she said to me was, “Are you having sex with him?” How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z “No. No. We didn’t. Have sex. But I liked the way being with him made me feel.” Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z The rights of the people shall be the same regardless of race, colour or sex. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z In some instances the mother cannot make enough to support her children, so she sells her sex for what she can get. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z She was all over him—he was all over her, too—and for some reason, every crazy story of their sex life came back to me. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z There were girls in my senior class who'd been having sex for most of high school, and I hadn't even felt a guy's tongue inside my mouth. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z Having discussed with my neighbour in the country the difficulty of sexing her ducklings, I now know, as Donne surely did, that sexing can be far from straightforward. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z He’s half Japanese and half Irish, he’s almost always in the ceramics room at school, and he’s had sex. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z Maybe sex counts as exercise because I’m also tired as hell, like I just ran laps or something. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z “Right. I know. And she liked you. You thought she was quietly discussing precalc, when she was clearly talking about having hot sex with you. Which is why you need me.” Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z The society of Gethen, in its daily functioning and in its continuity, is without sex. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z He lit a cigarette and started telling me about sex. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z “But when you men wrong one of my sex, I cannot be silent.” Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z “Don’t be fresh. Just because all the other girls have sex on their minds, doesn’t mean you have to.” The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z The amendment didn’t mention sex; it didn’t have to, because the Fourteenth Amendment had already excluded women from the rights of citizenship, which included voting. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z There must be other assaults which could be launched in the fields of politics and sex. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Reader’s Digest ran articles by Carrel advising women that a “husband should not be induced by an oversexed wife to perform a sexual act,” since sex drained the mind. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z “I’m not lapping you anytime soon. And if this is about sex...I love Tim, okay? But know that there’s been a learning curve.” Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z I take a sip of water and I listen to the crickets chirping sex, sex, sex and I wonder what her life was like before these last three days. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z Following the Court's decision, more states passed racial integrity laws that made it illegal for African Americans, and sometimes Native Americans and Asian Americans, to marry or have sex with whites. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z According to her, things like your kidneys and pancreas didn’t work properly unless you kept having sex. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z Having criminalized interracial sex and marriage, states throughout the South would use the laws to justify the forced sterilization of poor and minority women. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z My friends and family are shocked to learn that I had sex with a world leader. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z The whole notion was kept deliberately hazy—in fact, it was pretty reminiscent of the way we’d dealt with sex at Hailsham. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z And the other great idea she had was why didn’t the editorial board of the Voice write a best-selling political sex novel.” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “Tonight,” she said in a lemony voice, “I would like to discuss the subject of sex with you.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Then a Japanese man came to Chicago and started a school to teach Japanese Americans how to sex chickens. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z There, Cavalli-Sforza and Bill Hayes talked about the experiments by which they and Joshua Lederberg had just established the existence of two discrete bacterial sexes. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z In one, he was bare-chested with the slight swell of a middle-aged belly, reclining on Ranyinudo’s bed, smiling the bashful smile of a man just sated from sex. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z One time during the year Gary and Derric and a third football player left school, not to go to lunch, not to go home, but to have sex with a sophomore girl. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z They probably had sex, napped, and had sex again. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z This ubiquitous appendage also had quite a sex life. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “They all died out. Didn’t believe in sex. They just named the town after them.” Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z But just thinking it was a mistake, because I suddenly couldn’t think of anything else and found that, once again, Ryan Dean West’s brain was strained to its capacity with thinking of...well, sex. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z For the first time in living memory, I have no interest in sex. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z At the same time, all contraception and sex education were banned. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z But from that time on, the sex he scorned had their revenge. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Hannah had the theory that it was their duty to make us have sex because otherwise we wouldn’t be good donors later on. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z The brief but powerful text read, “The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex.” Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z It was only much later, when I thought about it, it occurred to me he might not have had sex on his mind at all. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z Because it is invidious to their sex...it reflects the old idea of woman’s inferiority....2d. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z The sex play of children has always gone on. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z No boy had been this close to Grace since the night she and Max had had the sex that produced Peach, but she didn’t scoot away from him. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z CF might actually have improved my sex life, if anything. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z I wonder what they’d do if I told them where I really was—having sex with the boy they don’t want me to see in the closet where he’s living. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z My conquest could never be so challenging, so beautiful and so nice with someone of the same sex! The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z Two things very low on my list of priorities, along with sex, kickboxing and becoming a rodeo star. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z Some days the younger men would talk and talk about sex, and they would howl at women who drove by in cars. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Under its sway, the sexes were separated again, men into hunters and women into gatherers. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z So I tried to push all those assumptions about escape and sex and stars and planets out of my head. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z “It’s kind of creepy—thinking about your dad thinking about sex.” 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z There was a great hush-hush about sex in that neighborhood. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Most common in drama, by far—and least common in real life—is forcible sex. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “If all you want is sex, then why don’t you find a girl who just gives out? I want to get to know you better.” Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z My mom even told me that she was a believer in premarital sex. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z It was like candy and sex and soft twinkling lights. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z I didn’t know how easily sex and hatred and fear can intertwine. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z I read my horoscope out loud, “Popular and attractive to the opposite sex. You are often ostentatious and impatient. You need people. Marry a Tiger or Dog early, but never a Rat.” Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z I have some of my students who know more about gangs, guns, and sex than I do, because they have observed things. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z And Julia seemed so worldly to me, like the kind of girl who would think that sex was a perfectly reasonable gift to give a kid when he turned seventeen. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z But any activity that involved the commingling of the sexes—whether that was eating together, sharing cabins, or even passing one another on the way to the Washrooms—was strictly forbidden. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z They weren’t all that interested in having sex with anyone, actually. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z Their children were grown up and gone, they were both entering middle age, and yet their sex wasn’t all that bad either. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z And Harry, the boy I’d nearly had sex with, I heard he went to Wales. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z I suppose that makes things fairly serious, although I still see myself as being too young and stupid to have sex with anyone. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z At ten Cathy knew something of the power of the sex impulse and began coldly to experiment with it. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z My aunt could not have been the lone romantic who gave up everything for sex. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z “It’s just sex stuff. I expect I’ve seen them all already.” Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z “He was a leading researcher into the Rusakov business. Dust—that sort of thing. Then he lost his bearings and was jailed for a sex offense, I think. How have you come across him?” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z I can see Will’s knowing smirk from yesterday when I told him I’d had sex before. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z “I hear there’s a lot of free sex here. But the girls have some kind of sexually transmitted disease? The Bonny disease? You guys have to be careful so you don’t take anything back home.” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Mom’s only rule about books is no sex stuff, and no romance novels, which is fine. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z Not sex, even—I keep it rated Teen for the kids out there—just love.” Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z This had entailed an involved, though somewhat inaccurate description of sex. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Thus, in her first three issues, the Oracular Vulva delivered disquisitions on the erotic art of the Japanese painter Hiroshi Yamamoto, the epidemiology of syphilis, and the sex life of St. Augustine. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z If you know a person’s sex, why not call her a chairwoman, him a chairman! Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Not just because of the diseases, but because, she said, “sex affects emotions in ways you’d never expect.” Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z My parents didn't talk to us in depth about sex, except to tell us that we were too young to be having it and that it was all boys wanted. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z Myma’s cure-all for everything from fallen arches to depression was sex. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z You know they’re trying to ask about sex without outright saying it.” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z You could change your name, age, sex, race, height, weight, voice, hair color, and bone structure. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z Online, people can speak about anything: dump on God, talk about sex, flame pundits, express themselves politically and rebelliously. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “Now we’re really getting somewhere I Do you ever have any good sex dreams?” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z One of the biggest moral bombshells handed to Billy by the Tralfamadorians, incidentally had to do with sex on Earth. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z There was a lust and hunger to it that went even beyond sex. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z “He loves weed like Alaska loves sex,” the Colonel said. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z I don’t pretend to understand the mystery of love, but this time it was more than sex, more than using a woman’s body. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z Money, God, race, sex, color, war, planes, machines, trains, swimming, boxing, anything . Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Minerva has been teasing her how this Austrian psychiatrist has proved that girls who like riding like sex. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z These girls are thinking of kissing, not sex. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z We had to be extremely careful about having sex in the outside world, especially with people who weren’t students, because out there sex meant all sorts of things. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z No high-power thoughts, however, were required to understand that the discovery of the two sexes might soon make the genetic analysis of bacteria straightforward. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z The thing that finally drove them from Lorimer Street was stark raw sex. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z So the hotels, with Luke, didn’t mean only love or even only sex to me. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z She didn’t volunteer sex information but when Francie asked questions she answered as best she knew how. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Speaking of sex, here’s something else to think about. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z When Mrs. Pace told Lena Jamison that she had found him sneaking into my room, the caseworker noted in our files that a psychologist needed to evaluate us for sex abuse. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z “Is it some kind of perverted sex thing?” We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z Almost nothing at all is ever about sex, unless you never grow up, that is. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z I have believed that sex was unspeakable and words so strong and fathers so frail that “aunt” would do my father mysterious harm. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z I wasn’t totally immune to the charms of the opposite sex, but I wasn’t one of those romantic, swoony girls who had pink fluffy daydreams about falling in love. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z I will admit it: I did not know what someone looked like when they wanted to have sex with you. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z I knew that my dad was a lothario before he met my mother, and that my mom had never had sex with anyone besides him. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z Others have a little red lantern hanging outside their door, offering virtual sex. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z His most popular book was about sex and strenuous athletics for men over sixty-five. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z “Isn’t it interesting,” Mr. Birkway said, “to find both? Isn’t it interesting to discover that snowy woods could be death and beauty and even, I sup-pose, sex? Wow! Literature!” Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z “It just seems like all the guys I know at school have had sex. Everyone has but me.” 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z So is Mexico supposed to teach me not to have sex? I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z That was part of it, the sex was too easy. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z We had to respect the rules and treat sex as something pretty special. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z I know that sex isn’t evil, that it’s a normal part of being a functioning mammal, so why do I feel like I’ve done something wrong? I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z There were even organizations such as the Junior Anti-Sex League which advocated complete celibacy for both sexes. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z I keep making up these sex rules for myself, and then I break them right away. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z He had more than a few hurdles, given that he’d already returned home after lying to a bishop about his premarital sex. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z Room is made for sex, plenty of room; but a room, as it were, apart. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z Brandon seems to have left the sex tape, his secretly recorded session with Cheryl Moody, in a football teammate’s locker—accidentally on purpose, as it is said. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z Those days, it seemed to Pearl that everything was saturated with sex; everywhere it oozed out, like dirty honey. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z He thinks Hooters is fine dining and women are only good for sex and getting his breakfast. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z Woodhull said that because the first section of the Fourteenth Amendment made no reference to sex, then women also enjoyed the “privileges and immunities” of national citizenship, including the right to vote. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z I'm at home, defrosting my freezer and watching TV when my president interrupts a lousy speech on education to say, "I never had sex with that woman." Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z I cringed a little at the position of power I’d been granted, and all because I had won at the genetic lottery that had determined my sex. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z It was a simple-minded thing for a female Earthling to do, to associate sex and glamor with war. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z “Sex! Sex in my bed! Children make sex in my bed!” It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z “All those crimes, and, like, all anybody can focus on is a sex scandal.” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z “You want...so are you saying you want to have sex?” When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z Entomologists have taken advantage of this fact for a good many years, laboriously preparing this sex attractant from the bodies of the female moths. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Annette B. had another theory: that the guardians were uncomfortable about us having sex with each other because they'd then want to have sex with us. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z We went back to discussing Lenny, in particular a lot of stuff about how he had sex, and we were laughing away again. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z I must admit that I always suspected Myrna of being interested in me sensually; my stringent attitude toward sex intrigued her; in a sense, I became another project of sorts. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Yeah, but then, with you it’s going to be Friday to Sunday nonstop sex talk. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Heart shapes...symbols for love, sex, and violence. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z Maybe this is The Wicked Wizard War-related, and he’s opening up a freshly written sex scene to inspire us. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z I wondered whether it was my sex or my accent that he was trying to figure out. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z Her eyes were closed, like it was sex. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Mom and I had a bet on how long it would take before they were pregnant again, though I thought it was gross for Mom to be wagering on her eldest son’s sex life. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z They said their flying-saucer crews had identified no fewer than seven sexes on Earth, each essential to reproduction. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Their marriage, she understood after Carl was gone, had largely been about sex. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z Instead, I do what any awkward geek who wants to avoid the topic of sex at all costs would do. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z If they did, sex would only complicate things further. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z Dr. Strauss feels that emotionally I’m still in that adolescent state where being close to a woman, or thinking of sex, sets off anxiety, panic, even hallucinations. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z But I could hardly, by myself, start shouting for rewinds just to see sex scenes again. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z He likes to imagine me fantasizing about sex. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z My confidence hit a new low when my friend Adeline told me that French children often make mistakes, but never with the sex of their nouns. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z However, sex was a hot-button topic and I think caseworkers liked to gossip about it, even if the accusations were ridiculous. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z I am not calling to talk about sex. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z He was the kind of guy who could kiss you behind your ear and make you feel like you'd just had kinky sex. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z Siddhartha also felt a longing and the stir of sex in him; but as he had never yet touched a woman, he hesitated a moment, although his hands were ready to seize her. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z He imagined a future for her as a wife and mother, defined by her sex and limited to her proper place—in the “domestic sphere.” Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z I prop myself up in bed in proper push-up position, which is also proper sex position, I realize, and I haven’t even had sex—I’m going to die a virgin. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z He has sex with her and the bed cries out in pain. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z “You didn’t know a thing, Bob. You thought he was a sex- change.” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z It’s wild and fun and freeing, not about sex. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z Five minutes old, and already the themes of my life— chance and sex—announced themselves. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z When Francie, as she wrote in her diary, started to change into a woman, she went to Mama about her sex curiosity. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Alex wonders for an insane second if his brain has conjured up some kind of stress-induced sex mirage, when Henry says, voice lowered, “You looked rather tragic drinking alone.” Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z I didn’t mention anything about using the house for sex. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z “So I'm stuck-up because I don’t want to have sex with anyone? Am I hearing that correctly?” I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z To make matters worse, for the second time that evening in front of Cade Hernandez, I had to reassert my belief that I was too young and too stupid to have sex with anyone. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z The pictures all celebrated women and their bodies, so it wasn't technically about sex as she had understood it up to then. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z “Oh my God. You had sex with him. Was it amazing? I’m still mad at you for not telling me.” Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z He probably already thinks this is a mistake, and I’m a mistake, and sex is a mistake, and also what even is sex? What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z “I don’t want to walk in on your parents having sex.” What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z The opposite sex made Jim extremely nervous, and Kira was the only girl I ever saw him speak to in a relaxed manner. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z The first entry is a book by Nicholas Hill on the sexing of atoms: how can one tell male from female? The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z My father, I remember, made a point of saying that sex was and should be fun. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Out it flies, delighting in its new-found freedom, its dark hooded beak and tiny head drooping like its sex between arching wings. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z Having sex with a college girl has gotta be on mad people’s bucket lists—young people, married-dude people, boys, girls, you get it. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z “Listen, I could’ve told Bob I was taking you back to my house to have wild sex, and he wouldn’t have said a thing.” We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z I didn't exactly advertise this to any members of the opposite sex. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z “I had sex by the time I was sixteen, and your seventeenth is next month. It’s not like it’s unreasonable to assume it’s going to happen soon.” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Maybe it makes me a loser, because all my friends are having sex. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z A few adventurous members of the gentler sex took to wearing ridiculous “windshield hats,” watermelon-sized fabric balloons, equipped with little glass windows, that fit over the entire head, leaving ample room for corpulent Victorian coiffures. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Naturally, I found his fears and insecurities totally irresistible, and the night ended in careful, slow, and awkward sex. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z That year I also discovered a book that alluded to sex. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z Rather, the sexes were assigned to two separate social domains, neither subordinate to the other. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Not because of the drinking or the sex or the hour of the night. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z Kissinger was still shuttling between Paris and Washington to maintain his sex appeal. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z I think that there are facts about people’s appearance—their size or shape or color or sex—that can trigger a very similar set of powerful associations. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z “Angelina cried out and nearly fainted upon discovering your true sex. We were all most astonished.” Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z “The benefit of being the ugly daughter is that nobody uses you as sex bait.” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z It was different from sperm-and-egg sex in several important ways: somatic cells were cells of the body, like skin cells, and their union produced offspring every few hours. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z Their views on sex and drugs are worthy of their own chapter, but there were a lot of other things we didn't agree on. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z In her estimation of it, their sex life had been at the heart of their marriage. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z He’s the guy who kissed me and had sex with me and told me secrets and let me think something serious was going to happen. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z “I hate Ria because there’s nothing going on inside her head besides volleyball and sparkly things. I hate Cliff for the same reason, only football instead of volleyball and sex instead of sparkly things.” Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z And then I found a way out: “I had sex with her brother,” I confessed. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z But I guess this is how every girl in the history of the sexes has been played. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z “You don’t want any of your Anchors being members of the opposite sex you’re attracted to,” Dr. Minerva says. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z I can still hear his upbeat foreign accent advising me to be my best self around the opposite sex. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z “Oh, you know. A little boy’s curiosity about what the other sex keeps inside her panties.” Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z As a result, An said, guards were free to indulge their appetites and eccentricities, often preying on attractive young women prisoners, who would usually consent to sex for better treatment. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z Yolanda often read poems addressed to lovers, sonnets set in bedrooms, and she knew her mother did not believe in sex for girls. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z It can mean “I want to do sex with you” and it can also mean “I think that what you just said was very stupid.” The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Inmates weren’t separated by age or sex, and often included sex offenders. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z You had to be sure and have fresh underwear and socks if you were going to have sex, right? 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z Chapter 29 is subtitled ‘Perhaps the best, and the least read, of this story’—least read because, exceptionally, there is no sex in it. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z George Weston, after all, was only a man—poor thing—and his wife made full use of every device which a clumsier and more scrupulous sex has learned, with reason and futility, to fear. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z I’ve seen ’em both in vids, of course, before they were outlawed, and I see them all the time in the Noise of men cuz what else do men think about except sex and enemies? The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z I pocketed them, and then went over to her dresser, searching through her underwear for hidden bottles of liquor or sex toys or God knows what. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z People who have had sex and don’t think it’s a huge deal. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z Teens are going to have sex, Mrs. Richardson had said then; it’s the age, it’s the hormones, we can’t prevent it; the best thing we can do is teach them to be safe about it. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z El has been “considering” having sex with Tim every Friday for the last year. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z She further offended other suffragists by advocating for “educated suffrage, irrespective of color or sex.” Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z The Tralfamadorians tried to give Billy clues that would help him imagine sex in the invisible dimension. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Then I remembered a line from Ogden Morrow’s biography: The opposite sex made Jim extremely nervous, and Kira was the only girl that I ever saw him speak to in a relaxed manner. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z Strangely enough, my religious friends were the ones who were either doing all the drugs or having all the sex in high school. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z They looked identical to Billy— because their sex differences were all in the fourth dimension. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z The patio is sex segregated—the men sit to one side, smoking their cigars and tinkling their rum drinks. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z She’s interested in only three things that I can see: dancing, painting, and sex. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z “Well, he got suspended for punching Zac, and Cheyenne said that he’s going off the rails. The rich boy trinity: booze, pills, and meaningless sex.” We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z I don’t want to look around too much: The last thing this tree house saw was Jenny Flick and Charlie having sex, and I really don’t want to think about that. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z I think I could have had sex with her before I left. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z The order in which John liked things in the world was supposed to be magic, sex, money, fun, and love. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z In fact, looking back now, I’m sure I would have had sex with Harry if it hadn’t been for this “natural successor” business. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z That’s because of the effect of statistically frequent word sequences: the pair sex with attracts the phrase on the right; the pair on drugs attracts the phrase on the left. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z Big surprise: My mom’s never once spoken to me about sex. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z Was it too early to know the sex? We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z I guess I came on a little strong in my last letter, but it was only because your paranoid fantasy disturbed me, rooted as it possibly was in your unhealthy attitude toward sex. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z But around the spring of the year I’m talking about now, I started to think I wouldn’t mind having sex with a boy. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z For most of the twentieth century, medicine had been using the same primitive diagnostic criterion of sex formulated by Klebs way back in 1876. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z “We don’t accept visitors of the opposite sex,” she told Nicolas. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z She was being extra clever, she knew, changing the sex of the sufferer, just in case the healer had heard of the woman in the cave. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z He bought them jewelry, took them for rides in his Cadillac, got them high on crack, and had sex with them. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z There was old sex in the room and loneliness, and expectation, of something without a shape or name. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z Strict segregation between sexes was relaxed, as boys and girls worked, giggled, and played alongside one another. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z What he says is a trespass: people don’t talk about bodies unless they’re discussing illnesses, or about souls except in church, or about passion unless they mean sex. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Down in the basement are the functions our remote ancestors mainly depended on— aggression, child-rearing, fear, sex, the willingness to follow leaders blindly. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Soon thereafter Waterman ran for the local school board on a platform promoting unrestricted sex for students and the legalization of hallucinogenic drugs. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “I could have my sex waifs deal with my emails.” Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z I can’t believe I’m finally having a sex talk with my mother. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z At age fourteen, by a process of osmosis, of dirty jokes, whispered secrets and filthy ballads, Tristran learned of sex. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z “Well, it’s not a sex parade,” Tab snapped. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z My guess, anyway, is that there wasn’t nearly as much sex going on as people made out. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z Everyone else is either asleep or having sex. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z “At least tell me the sex was good. If you have to get pregnant and have a baby, the sex should be mind-blowing.” Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z “I wouldn’t care, only you don’t know anything at all about—well—sex.” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z He had not been unfaithful to her, of course, but fidelity could not just be about sex. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z “Yeah, but I haven’t had sex either. I’m in the same boat as you.” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z But I’ve learned at least one thing: there are young people, even those of the opposite sex, who can discuss these things naturally, without cracking jokes. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z It was always stuff like that at breakfast; never who you’d had sex with the night before, or why Larry and Helen weren’t talking to each other any more. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z They wanted us to go to dances and parties that included members of the opposite sex. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z I’m glad you found out her sex before you left. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z “Why don’t you think about girls so we can get some more sex in the atmosphere?” Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z “To not having random sex with French dudes.” Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z They have figured out it is related to sex. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z Both Mr. Sloat and Milt Borogrove stared at him as he rattled on, “Give us the specifications of the cat you desire. Color, sex, subtype, such as Manx, Persian, Abyssinian—” Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z As an incentive for enlistment, the Pennsylvania assembly authorized a bounty on Seneca scalps without regard to sex or age. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z "You do? Why? No kidding, they better for sex and all?" The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z Laws were passed prohibiting sex between Europeans and natives, laws that were later amended to prohibit sex between whites and all nonwhites. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z So I returned to my thoughts about sex. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z “Only a few more months and our golden lad will be on his own. Ah, if only our sexes had been reversed! Imagine him putting me through college.” Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z Among those attracted to him were not a few members of the opposite sex, and he wasn’t immune to the attention. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z His eyes went over me like a man sizing up a woman for sex, but I got no message of lust from him. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z And I said, “Was that why Mr. Shears left Mrs. Shears, because he was doing sex with someone else when he was married to Airs. Shears?” The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z The subject matter—the power and peril of sex, secrets and lies that spin out of control—speaks to high schoolers. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z During the entire transaction, which takes place in a warehouse where perhaps thirty people of both sexes are sorting through bins of used clothing, no one makes eye contact with me. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z The next-most-common type of prison sex, after the autoerotic, is certainly consensual. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I had never gone very far with my boyfriend, and my parents had never talked to me about sex. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z There he initiated girls into the mysteries of sex. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z She knew nothing of Freud and her scanty knowledge of sex did not include any of its deviations. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z I don’t know how much Tommy had thought about us having sex before we started. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z But all of that aside, I think the most important aspect of obtaining a girl of the opposite sex is knowing when to pull the trigger. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z She had quite a lot of sex appeal, too, if you really want to know. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z I spend 99 percent of my waking hours thinking about how I’d like to spend 99 percent of my waking hours having sex with Ben. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z All I could think after it was over was that sex was wildly overrated. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z A white hand of no particular sex held another, smaller, blue and yellow bouquet. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z “Why would you call anyone you had sex with ‘Mrs.’? Mrs. Shoemaker? 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z She said that voting in the election meant supporting a regime that sent young girls to be sex slaves in Dubai. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z He also asked if Reggie had violated any tenets, like having recent premarital sex. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z Mom sat me down last year to talk about my “holy body” and how sex was a gift I should only give to my husband. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z One, known only as Klinefelter’s syndrome, involves a duplication of one of the sex chromosomes. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z I also like to imagine you now fantasizing about sex. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z Because there wasn’t any doubt what she’d meant by it; she was referring to something I’d confided in her one night about me and sex. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z Do you think any guy will ever have sex with me or love me for who I am? and all the while I’m thinking about Violet Markey, lock picker. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Jacque and I found out about the hymen, and quite a few other details, from a book on sex education. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z Miss Emily used to give a lot of the sex lectures herself, and I remember once, she brought in a life-size skeleton from the biology class to demonstrate how it was done. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z They do not live a riotous sex life themselves. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Seeing her step so easily into the pantry and emerge looking precisely as she did when she entered, only happier, taught Sula that sex was pleasant and frequent, but otherwise unremarkable. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z The most accepted topics were sex and religion. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z “Why should she wreak revenge on all the male sex? What revenge?” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z “I’m not going to say that’s good. No, that’s just the beginning. I want her to go to college and have a profession. She asked me, ‘What age do you think I should have sex?’ Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z This woman lawyer said the best men wanted to be pure for their wives, and even if they weren't pure, they wanted to be the ones to teach their wives about sex. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z “I have no idea what that is supposed to mean. We need to have a chat about what dude-on-dude sex looks like.” What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z What had I above sex to share with her, and what had she? Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z “I knew Bull Meecham long before he had his sex change operation.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z “Are you so severe upon your own sex as to doubt the possibility of all this?” Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z In these online conversations, the word sex referred purely to biology—the chromosomes, organs, and anatomy that define male and female from the outside. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z “It’s more than sex to me, you know.” We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z Men are sex machines, said Aunt Lydia, and not much more. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z A young woman I had trained as an OJT on V-gallery was fired about a year after I left for having had sex with an inmate in Tappan. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z On the bottom, I put more details about Ziggy—his sex, age, breed, and color. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z Parents, and people in general, are very peculiar when it comes to sex. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z I know that Vfs get wet when a woman is having sex, although I don’t know what they get wet with. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z Many women, she said, “seem to know nothing of the...progressive steps made by their own sex in the last fifty years.” Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z She’d predicted the sex of my brother and of all the babies of her friends at church. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z By and by longing became heavier than sex: a panting, unmanageable craving. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z And those nerves before we had sex for the first time in March, not knowing if it was going to be good or not. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z If there’s one thing I can’t stand, it’s having my mom pry into my social activities, especially on those rare occasions when they involve a member of the opposite sex. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z It Happened One Night implicitly answered the question of what an upper-class woman got in return for trading down: great sex. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z Sam did say that sex things were tricky with Mary Elizabeth since she’s had boyfriends before and is a lot more experienced than I am. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z Yes, there was a great curiosity about sex among the adolescent children of Williamsburg. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z How did bees ever become equated with sex? The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z But women at sex hazarded birth and hence lifetimes. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z “Here, we suggest that humans so willingly self- disclose because doing so represents an event with intrinsic value, in the same way as with primary awards such as food and sex.” A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z “He’s the best sexer in Georgia. He won the national competition in Japan before he moved to the States. He can sex twelve hundred chicks an hour with one hundred percent accuracy.” Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z They talked as if sex were the greatest thing that had ever happened and that it was normal to have sex foremost in your mind. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z “I understand you make more of an art—or maybe hobby—out of your sex than we do.” Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z In my mind, I'm probably the biggest sex maniac you ever saw. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z He knew quite a bit about sex, especially perverts and all. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z Nathan was made feverish by sex, and trembled afterward, praying aloud and blaming me for my wantonness. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Because of certain genetic and hormonal conditions, it was sometimes very difficult to determine the sex of a newborn baby. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z And we finally had sex, the summer after my freshman year in college. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z Clearly, everyone on this wing has just had “fine” sex. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z People change and he did and I did too, but who we were when we had sex still feels right to me. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z He forced me to consider things I'd rather not think about—the sex of my guitar, for instance. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z Think about a place in the universe where there is no such thing as sex. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Then the old pervert would be even more convinced that everything just boils down to sex, I guess. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z It is an odd literary reference for Volpe to make, because the person who discovers this evidence of illicit, unmarried sex is someone outside the relationship, the mother. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z I sit beside him and I think about sex because that’s what happens when your beautiful boyfriend is in bed with you. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z Love, sex, trust, betrayal, pain, forgiveness—all were a mystery to me when Volpe was my teacher. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z So I asked him: “How about you? Have you ever had sex with anyone? Well, I mean, with a girl? And not just with her hand?” 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z Though I knew my parents were generally more traditional about sex, I was still surprised by how distraught she seemed during this conversation. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z The sex hormones are, of course, normally present in the body and perform a necessary growth-stimulating function in relation to the various organs of reproduction. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z “Why did you have to say all those things about me? Do you really think I’m stuck-up because I don’t want to have sex with any of the guys at school?” I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z “You people regard sex as a total experience—and that’s how it should be. Anything that makes you feel good is morally all right for you. Isn’t that the main difference?” Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z “Scrivs spot-check the reading holes periodically to make sure no one’s sleeping in here, or having sex.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z We Americans are titillated by sex, obsessed by it, horrified by it. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z The weather grew colder, but stayed dry and often sunny, and we whiled away the hours in his room, sometimes having sex, more often just talking, or with Tommy listening to me read. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z Yet he could have endured living with her if it had not been for just one thing—sex. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z I suspected she had no high opinion of the bravery of the male sex, and I hadn’t done anything to change her mind. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z I said, “You had sex with our substitute teacher? What is wrong with you, Cade?” 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z “I had sex with Ria Wolf,” he admitted, raising his hands in defeat. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z I was still fat, exhausted, raw, off sex. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z It was being circumambulated by thousands upon thousands of praying pilgrims, both sexes, and every size, shape, color, and race in the world. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z He’d had to have told someone he didn’t have any problems, such as premarital sex, to bar his place on the mission. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z He wouldn’t be so insistent if sex weren’t involved. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z My mom didn’t want my mind polluted by movies with sex and violence. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z To give voting rights to African Americans over women was to endorse what Stanton called the “aristocracy of sex.” Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z For all its focus on sexuality, however, the play is as much about class, privilege, and power, subjects virtually unexplored in America’s classrooms, as it is about sex. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z I learned about their tawdry dreams, their simple hopes, their home lives, their fear of feeling anything deeply, their sex problems, their husbands. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z There was considerable partisanship among the family as to the desired sex of the next baby. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z I’d been having a relationship with one of the veterans, a boy called Lenny, which, to be honest, had been mainly about the sex. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z “Anyone” is the universe, and that includes an awful lot of people I would never have sex with. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z “And then I thought, for what? You save leftovers. My sex is not a leftover, and it is not a Christmas present.” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z It seems to me that he is looking for something specific, and that the something specific is not related to sex, in which case I rather suspect he will not find it here. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z “Oh, I read her biography! Didn’t have her last words in it, though. I was a little bitter. All I remember is that she had a lot of sex. “I know. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z By nature all people are of both sexes. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z The confluence of race and sex was a powerful force in dismantling Reconstruction after the Civil War, sustaining Jim Crow laws for a century and fueling divisive racial politics throughout the twentieth century. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z As we grew, we spoke more about drugs and sex and life choices, about race and inequality and politics. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Curses and sex stories sounded round the clock and blue smoke choked the air. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z As Cosmopolitans editor from 1965 until 1997, Ms. Brown was widely credited with being the first to introduce frank discussions of sex into magazines for women. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z The Sexual Revolution provided new opportunities for the enterprising sex researcher. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z “We had a lot of sex, though, me and her. Does that count?” Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z There was definitely more awkwardness around any talk of possibles than there was around, say, sex. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z When someone wanted sex with you, that too was much more straightforward. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z Like welfare caseworkers, the ones that stare at you and your children and know full well what the answers to the questions are but still ask, “What is your sex? Do you have any children?” Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z He doesn’t care that people think about his body and write about his sex life, real or imagined. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z A round-faced blond with a brisk, no-nonsense manner, she was known as a crusader for the rights of women and children—her prosecutorial priorities included sex trafficking, domestic violence, and child abuse. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z Ever since Ellen lost her virginity, she thinks she’s Dr. Ruth—that old lady sex doctor—and the cure to everything is more sexy times. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z That night when we lay in her bed, talking about the first time she had sex. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z My classmate Dimmie had pulled down a sheet hung across bars one day to find two inmates having sex. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z North Carolina passes the Public Facilities Privacy and Security Act, requiring people to use public bathrooms according to the biological sex on their birth certificate. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z “It’s okay. I don’t know if I am either. But this hasn’t been about sex, has it? You always seemed bewildered that I even found you attractive.” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z We agreed to stay together, but dates to fancy restaurants, thoughtful gifts, and a constant refrain of sweet nothings didn't allay what had now become my irrational fear about sex. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z She also cited the section of the New York Constitution that pertained to voting, which said nothing about sex qualification. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z They were made of small hard things—aunts and uncles, smoke breaks after sex, girls on stoops drinking from mason jars. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z Me and Peewee spent all day talking about whether we should try to have sex with a Vietnamese girl before we got back to the States. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z What pressed on our attention was that it was happening, sex was happening. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z But the thing is that I can hear Sam and Craig having sex, and for the first time in my life, I understand the end of that poem. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z “There’s a hell of a lot of sex in this book.” 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z Today's big story in the Daily Mail’s about whether Cliff Richard the singer's having sex with Sue Barker the tennis player, or whether they're just good friends. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z For some reason, we called it “umbrella sex”; if you fancied someone your own sex, you were “an umbrella.” Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z Then again, he was not convinced that it would make him feel any better to watch other people have sex that he wasn’t having. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z A few, seeing that Grandma and Mary Alice were of the opposite sex, scrambled to hide themselves behind the others. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z Looking back now, I can see we were pretty confused about this whole area around sex. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z “And we could tell them all the stuff we’ve learned about eating grubs and safe sex and vaginas,” Tiara said. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z It is unsettling—and perhaps thrilling—to think that we Sapiens could at one time have sex with an animal from a different species, and produce children together. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z He’s had some experimental sex in his lifetime, but it never occurred to him to consider if such a thing existed, much less if Henry was jetting around with it alongside his dental floss. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z “I know you know about sex. And I know you’re smart. But you’re about to enter a whole new part of life where things aren’t as simple as they once were.” Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z The mating habits of bacteria were admittedly a unique conversation piece —absolutely no one in his and Odile’s social circle would guess bacteria had sex lives. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z I had been careful not to have unprotected sex; I had learned my lesson last time I had become pregnant. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z In all poor and congested city areas, the prowling sex fiend is a nightmarish horror that haunts parents. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z It was the kind of loose smocklike garment that little children of both sexes wore before they were old enough to work. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z I still read gobs of comics and an increasing number of trashy novels that promised any amount of sex content. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z In other words, for all the talk of sex being beautiful, we had the distinct impression we’d be in trouble if the guardians caught us at it. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z He had lied to his bishop about having sex. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z I was doing all right even though I had never had a discussion about sex with a mature woman before. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z To speak frankly, many are sexual deviants, either terribly repressed and subject to explosions of frenzied lasciviousness or openly depraved, in either case regularly affronting management with gross outrages of free sex and incest. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z Then suddenly, with the skeleton in an obscene heap on the desktop, she turned away and began telling us how we had to be careful who we had sex with. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z She mouthed the word “sex” with a visible distaste as though it were part of a most bitter and unsavory language. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z The theory was that men, whose sex instincts were less controllable than those of women, were in greater danger of being corrupted by the filth they handled. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z And in those days, there were no books available for people like Katie from which they could learn about sex in the right way. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z He figured it might be our only chance to have sex with a foreign woman. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z And I thought about Mrs. Shoemaker, our substitute teacher, so I answered my friend with the following: “No. No, I do not think calling someone you had sex with ‘Mrs. Shoemaker’ is hot, Cade.” 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z One thing that occurs to me now is that when the guardians first started giving us proper lectures about sex, they tended to run them together with talk about the donations. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z Put yourself in my shoes, reader, and ask yourself what conclusion you would have come to about your sex, if you had what I had, if you looked the way I looked. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Again: Billy couldn’t possibly imagine what five of those seven sexes had to do with the making of a baby, since they were sexually active only in the fourth dimension. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z No matter how hard I tried not to think about it, I knew he was having sex with Jenny Flick up in that tree house. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z “Listen, you’ve had your first big sex scandal. No more sitting at the kids’ table.” Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z “You two look the same, therefore we must arrange for you to have sex.” Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z “He says it’s like her having sex with another person.” Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z It was an odd thing for Curt to say, the sort of thing Aunty Uju, who thought of sex as something a woman gave a man at a loss to herself, would say. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Scientists are a friendly, atheistic, hard-working, beer-drinking lot whose minds are preoccupied with sex, chess and baseball when they are not preoccupied with science. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z She also tried to ignore the condescending remarks by TASS, the government news agency, about her being of the fair sex. Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z After sex they are always amazed to discover that the bed has moved several inches away from the wall, pushing up against the bureau on the other side of the room. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z He wasn’t sure how long he was sitting there when Annie said, “So do you think we could have sex on this mat, or would that be completely disgusting?” We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z It's also about a dramatic period in our recent history, a period that indelibly marked the lives of millions of Americans—of all races, ages, and sexes—and the American psyche as a whole. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z The slight gracelessness of my walk, which Dr. Luce had commented on, predisposed me to join die graceless sex. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Without ever a pat of the hair, a rush to change clothes or a quick application of paint, with no gesture whatsoever, she rippled with sex. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z I’ve got these rubber models in my office with all the reproductive organs of both sexes that I keep locked up in separate cabinets to avoid a scandal. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z As if Nick and I can’t be in a room together without it turning into frenzied wild sex. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z Volpe gives them a scene from near the end of the play, with Philippi taking the role of the golden boy who has made the sex tape that caused the scandal. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z Never have sex before marriage, and even after you marry, you shouldn’t say you enjoy it, or your husband won’t respect you. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z Every time I see her, I wonder how she and tío have sex. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z Dr. Philobosian delivered the baby, whose sex was revealed in the usual manner: by spreading the legs apart and looking. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Anyway, it really makes you worry about all the hype surrounding sex. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z On the surface, it seems like there are a million reasons to press the button—great movies, books, sex, pizza with everything, bacon, kissing—but those things mean nothing. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z “Ah, well, then I guess I’ll just have to settle for sex in the Vatican!” Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z Fears of interracial sex and marriage have deep roots in the United States. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z I knew that sex would create a rift between me and Ellen. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z Especially not after Jupe gobbled my naked body up with her eyes the way a starved sex goddess would. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z What made her think that I was going to have sex? Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z They do not drink, smoke, or swear, and they still call sex “nookey.” The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z Migrants tell of nine gangsters who hurled a man off their train, then forced two boys to have sex together or be thrown off, too. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z There is a loft bed just inches from the ceiling, so that sex is a serious hazard. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z There must have been a point when the two populations were already quite different from one another, but still capable on rare occasions of having sex and producing fertile offspring. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z To him, if he remembered me at all, I’d just be this daft girl who came up to him once, asked if he wanted sex, then backed off. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z The guy with whom I think about having sex 99 percent of my waking hours? What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z “I’m just here for the white cedars. Mim’s here for the sex.” A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z “True. But they were all searching for belonging. She was, too. Not that it’s an excuse to have possibly mind-blowing sex with a French dude...” Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z And the reason it meant so much—so much more than, say, dancing or table-tennis—was because the people out there were different from us students: they could have babies from sex. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z And, “I was never so ashamed of my sex.” Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z Imagining her free with sex doesn’t fit, though. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Benue was a kindly, solitary man, one of those rare people whose daemon was the same sex as himself. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z I’ve even risked stumbling upon sex stuff in their room by searching all of their drawers. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z “Are you kidding? Most poems are about sex.” The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z Not that I plan to have thirty-six rounds of sex. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z “Do you remember the sex of the child?” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z One naughty night, Dedd left Jaimito sleeping heavily after sex and stole out to the far end of the garden to the little shack where she kept the garden tools. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The Mexican blanket was scratchy, which did not bother me: sex was supposed to be unpleasant the first time. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z “Her secret is good sex,” Grace said seriously, a Korean-American woman who taught African-American studies, tiny and slender, always in stylishly loose-fitting clothes, so that she seemed to float in a swish of silks. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z All the girls in school have but the one topic of conversation: sex and boys. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z “I found him on a sex offender page. Mary Miller and I ran background checks on all your foster parents for Karen Gievers.” Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z Cell sex solved that problem, because it meant researchers could combine cells with any traits they wanted and study how those traits were passed along. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z “She try and make sex in my bed!” It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z Right away, we could rule out a few grammatical shitstorms, along with anything that seemed too technically knowledgeable about sex. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z I could, of course, forget what I had read, thrust the whites out of my mind, forget them; and find release from anxiety and longing in sex and alcohol. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z About that: I pledged my virginity to Jupe when we were in seventh grade after having real sex ed for the first time. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z Which sex was really thought to be expendable? Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z In addition to chromosomal and hormonal factors, Luce had to consider my sex of rearing, which had been female. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z I wonder whose job it was to assign these sexes in the first place. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z I hate that idiot poem about the snowy woods, and I hate it when people say the woods symbolize death or beauty or sex or any old thing you want. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z A lot of snogging and touching up, maybe; and couples hinting they were having proper sex. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z This is the fear I have no solutions for—a boy I like, who wants to . . . have sex with me? Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z It read “Equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex.” Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z Which is funny, because whoever designed the list forgot to mention drinking and sex—which would’ve been the most accurate response for most of our student body. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z The hair between his legs was a darker shade of sand than the hair on his head, but fine as down compared to the coarse black bush around her own sex. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z While we are cleaning up the mess we made, Kira whispers to me, “For real, though, if you have questions about sex or anything Miss Prude Maxine won’t talk with you about, let me know.” Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z It is clear by this that sex of rearing, rather than genetic determinants, plays a greater role in the establishment of gender identity. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z The deejay’s playing some wordless techno song that sounds exactly like robots having sex. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z Why else would Aaron tell me, in great detail, about the first time they had sex? It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z They didn’t argue, they still had sex, and yet he wondered. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z But consensual sex is something that the authors of most novels and scripts about prison can’t seem to acknowledge. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Emma was rumored to have sex for money, to have contracted syphilis, and to drink her wages on weekends. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z Wow, so between Ms. Every Time Including Oral and Mr. Let's Read About Freaking Casanova, your parents are seriously invested in your sex life. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z I hope to God I never, ever hear them having sex, because if I do, I might have to put poison inside my ears. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z We never talked seriously about girls and sex at home. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z But one night, desperate to practice our steps with the gentler sex, we put on our suits, stole out of our dormitory, and made it to the dance-hall. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Oh my God, she just confirmed that they did have sex in here. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z Single men and women slept in dormitories segregated by sex. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z Some crimes, mostly sex crimes, now had to be prosecuted in adult court. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z Never going to get into a fistfight or shoot a deer or kiss a girl or have sex or fall in love or get married or father his own curly-haired child. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z When he heard the news of my sex, Uncle Pete refused to accept any congratulations. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z She learned that there were two sexes, and that they lived monogamously in couples. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z The experience, and another occasion when he was the object of the ‘preposterous courtship of two friars, whose lust makes no distinction of sexes’, seems to have turned him off sex for life. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z And then I asked him, “Dad, how old were you the first time you had sex?” 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z We humans don’t like to have sex under the watchful eyes of others; some potentially valuable animal species don’t like to, either. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z He dies there, on the dirty, burgundy carpet of Pizza Hut, for a few sessions of mediocre sex with a used-up who does nails on the weekend for extra cash. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z "You mean you don't think sex is fun?" How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z Separate entrance, it would say in the ads, and that meant you could have sex, unobserved. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z Not that he ever really said the word sex, even when it was burritoed inside another word; it came out more like “homo-sesh-oo-ality” and even more often simply as “sickness” and “sin.” The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z He likes to imagine me fantasizing about sex! Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z With that decision, the Seneca Falls leaders established that it was a person’s attitude about female equality and not their sex that should determine who was, in fact, a feminist. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z The jewelry owner who was locked in a vault for fifty years is like the panel on sex with four professors and the recommendation of the candidate with no qualifications. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z I had no idea about sex slaves in Dubai. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z We all cracked up at this because the idea of having sex with Mr. Chris seemed absurd, as well as completely sick-making. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z Why refer to Lady Crack Pipe or Good Sir Dishrag when these things could never live up to all that their sex implied? Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z Guards scavenged for sex among the factory’s seamstresses. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z It was fun watching my sister dance the Time Warp on stage, but I don’t think I could have handled her pretending to have sex with a large stuffed Gumby. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z My own cousin was arrested and whipped by police for getting caught socializing with the opposite sex. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z The only thing he ever did, though, was give these sex talks and all, late at night when there was a bunch of guys in his room. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z With the invention of sex, two organisms could exchange whole paragraphs, pages and books of their DNA code, producing new varieties ready for the sieve of selection. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “I’ve met Dr. Morse. He’s interesting, but he’s not controversial. He just studies the, uh, the way that adolescents’ understanding of sex is still changing and growing. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z Only some of this has to do with sex; although some of it does. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Golomb tries to treat every customer exactly the same because he’s aware of just how dangerous snap judgments are when it comes to race and sex and appearance. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z Brad wouldn’t even let Patrick hold him, which seems rather sad to me because if I have sex with someone, I would want to hold them. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z She thought they’d purposely dumped her and were halfway to the boyfriend’s place to have sex, which sounded about right. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z I did not want to dwell on how strange it felt discussing whether or not I had had sex with Father Amadi. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z Around the opposite sex, especially back then, my tongue twisted into knots even a Boy Scout would walk away from. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z Someone with a face erased; someone of no particular race or sex or age or weather. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z But the prohibition on sex meant nothing to the factory superintendent and the handful of favored prisoners who served as foremen. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z I follow him into his bedroom, which feels totally, unrecognizably different from Sunday in a way that I can only assume is due to sex vibes. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z If you knew two students had had sex, you didn’t immediately start speculating about whether they’d become a proper couple. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z What is more interesting is that Poole’s mind can leap from violent imagery to sex to people jumping out of buildings without missing a beat, and Florence’s mind can’t. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z He was stirred by thoughts of sex that made him ashamed. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z I used to think you ought to have sex after trouble; I got Lelia to believe this, get right back and all over each other, reaffirm your presence immediately and directly. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z "Since when does anybody go to jail just for having sex with the president of the United States?" Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z Some guys talked about sex all the time. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z She was the same woman who had condoned premarital sex. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z Part of me can’t help but wonder if Mateo is bringing me home so we can have sex, but it’s probably safe to assume sex isn’t on the brain for him. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z “I timed it and everything. It was at least a minute and a half. That’s not kissing. You’re right. It’s making out. It’s practically having sex in public.” Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z As a cover for illicit sex in the woods. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z Because after all, how many untold times had his children intruded on a good moment of sex like this? The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s often said that bonobos constantly have sex, but this wasn’t erotic; it seemed more of a way to express goodwill and reduce tension. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z Of course, he didn’t specify any precise method for determining which sex did prevail. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z “This one has sex on the brain. He has only got a couple of months to live, and he’s still got itchy fingers.” The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z They stopped becoming people in my eyes; they morphed right into male and female sex organs on a collision course. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z Upstairs his wife was too frightened to have sex, but down in the Zebra Room women gave Lefty bold, hot looks. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z The ‘Interbreeding Theory’ tells a story of attraction, sex and mingling. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z I’ve told you more about myself and my feelings than I’ve ever told a living soul, so why shouldn’t that include sex? The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z People at school kept coming up and saying awkward and nonsensical things like “I heard you got a sex transplant?” The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z In a way, sex had got like “being creative” had been a few years earlier. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z Their sex together wasn’t that imaginative, but it was all right, still satisfying. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “Craig, I am sorry I only have very important beliefs about sex.” It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z We'd had sex whenever we could for at least three months. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z The sex impulse was dangerous to the Party, and the Party had turned it to account. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z “Have you ever talked about sex, you and your mother?” I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z It was a truly feminist approach to sex, and when my mom explained it to me, I thought she was the coolest person ever. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z “Dylan, do not have sex in that bed,” I say. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z They had sex for the first time that night. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z It was like there was some parallel universe we all vanished off to where we had all this sex. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z “Look. You can talk to me if you want. I can tell you what you need to know about—you know—sex, or whatever the problem is.” Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z Before the ultrasound she had asked the doctor not to tell her the sex of their child, and Shukumar had agreed. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z But this is wrong, nobody dies from lack of sex. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z I could almost imagine his parents having sex—which was a little weird. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z My throat knotted up when I thought about how, if Julia Bishop’s boyfriend actually was an airline pilot in his forties, then they most likely had sex all the time. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z I mean, sex is serious business, and how can I navigate her to places I’ve never been? Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z Are we supposed to be having mind-blowing sex in the dressing room right now? Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z By extension, sex has also come to refer to the sexual act. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Blondes, wars, famines, football, sex, music, coups d’etat—they all arrived on the same train. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z His mind leaps from violent imagery to sex to people jumping out of burning skyscrapers to very practical issues, such as how to get a duvet to stay on a bed. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z “I think this is definitely the way to go. It says, I’m ready to have sex’ without putting too much pressure on Tim.” Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z Ferguson twenty years later, the Court unanimously upheld Alabama's restrictions on interracial sex and marriage and affirmed the prison terms imposed on Tony Pace and Mary Cox. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z The kind with no cussing or sex or violence. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z Yes, she indicated, but then he told her he couldn’t wait; they were caught by an officer having sex in a storeroom, and she was fired. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z God, I could smell the sex on her. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z They said that women who had sex with guards in an attempt to get more food or easier work knew that the risks were high. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z What they say about females being the weaker sex is the biggest lie in the world. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z They were doubly disenfranchised by their race and their sex. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z I shall give her sex in politics—and plenty of it! A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “Calculus is as effective a deterrent to sex as castration.” 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z Anyway, they argued about the weather, sports, sex, war, race, politics, and religion; neither of them knew the subjects they debated, but it seemed that the less they knew the better they could argue. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z She also has a boyfriend she has sex with all the time—aka that “cherry” got “popped” a long time ago. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z “Every ten years the United States government collects data to find out who is living in the US. The census takers ask questions about age, sex, and race, to see how the country is changing.” The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z He began making donations to worthy causes; he wouldn’t have sex, because he wasn’t married; he scorned profanity and pornography; and he attempted to follow the Ten Commandments in every detail. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z I don’t have the monopoly on Ellen-Tim sex conversations, but it feels like a betrayal. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z The traits that do draw a big response, meanwhile, will not be a big surprise to anyone with even a passing knowledge of the sexes. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z “I used to think my old friend here was immune to the charms of the fair sex,” said Hallgrimsson. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z The term sex refers to the biological and physiological characteristics that define men and women, while gender refers to society’s constructed roles, expectations, behaviors, attitudes, and activities that it deems appropriate for men and women. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z He would want to have sex and I always told him I wasn’t ready. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z “You know this isn’t about sex,” he said. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z “You got to wonder about a guy who thinks up a story about angels who eat people after they have sex with them, and then puts his own kid in the book.” 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z I’m afraid the bedroom is going to be full of sex stuff, but the grossest thing we find is crumpled tissue on the floor next to the bed and nail clippings on his dresser. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z “Shut up, Tab! Who said anything about a sex parade?” Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z “Not sex—love,” I say, panting as the Duchess goes back to cleaning my wounds. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z She was sitting on Obinzes mothers bed, in the woman’s bedroom, nodding and agreeing to tell her when she started having sex with her son. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z But it became something we made jokes about, in much the way we joked about sex. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z The dark web is where hackers congregate, drugs are trafficked, sex is sold, and assassins are hired. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z She says, “We can help guide our readers into adulthood like Sherpas on Mount Everest. We give them the truth about sex, the truth about college life, the truth about love.” All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z They were all laughing and making sex jokes, and Susan was doing her best to laugh along with them. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z “It’s cool,” I said, trying to think if “be with you” meant us having sex. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z Before I came here, whenever anyone at home or at school talked about sex, they were either secretive or disgusting. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z Perhaps most important, cell sex was entirely controlled by researchers. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z If what I had heard from other kids my age was true, they were all having sex. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z Shannon and Carlos used to always joke about how Mr. Fisher and Mrs. Tracey were probably dating, probably having gross sex after school on Mrs. Tracey’s desk, on top of Shakespeare’s Sonnets or something. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Everything about her oozes sex, sex, and more sex. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z A lot of drinking— weekend nights downing Keystone beer in the foothills—sometimes driving home drunk—a lot of premarital sex and a lot of pregnancy. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z Maybe it’s because of the medication, but sex—anything related to it—is not really on my mind. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z One having the sex organs and many of the secondary sex characteristics of both male and female. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Dries already worries about Theo being so much in the art world, with its loose ideas about sex. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Perhaps we’d have been happy if things had stayed that way for a lot longer; if we could have whiled away more afternoons chatting, having sex, reading aloud and drawing. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z This is as impossible as trisecting an angle with a straightedge and compasses—unless gods and mortals are allowed to have an infinite amount of sex. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z One admiring policeman watched and wondered briefly about the dynamics of dragonfly sex, and what went into what. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z “Of course not! I’ve had sex,” she says, her eyes widening as the words tumble out of her mouth. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z “Or he could be a sex maniac,” Lorraine threw in for good measure. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z Maybe all those times he said he was checking his email, he was actually writing sex erotica. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z So bring on your clubs and parties, your acrobats and magicians, your dare-devils, jet cars, motor?cycle helicopters, your sex and heroin, more of everything to do with automatic reflex. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z I mostly want to complain about going to Mexico, but Dr. Cooke wants to talk about dating and sex again. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z “I’m very sorry. I wasn’t thinking. I mean, the sex doesn’t matter. You could handle either job. I mean, I’m not concerned with sex.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Alas, perhaps I’m not prepared for this: sex noises. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z When we discussed all these things—as we did endlessly back then—we couldn’t decide whether or not the guardians wanted us to have sex or not. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z We were even having sex every now and then. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z Her sex, too, was infected with syphilis and the diseases Hugo brought back from Morocco and other women. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z “Fine is probably the worst word to describe sex,” she said. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z “Seriously, though? I think most poems are about sex. Robert Herrick wrote a poem called ‘To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time.’” The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z With strategic sterilization—first the women but both sexes in time—we could free them from bondage without fear that they’d butcher us in our sleep. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z You are of the fairer sex and for that I am glad. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Secret alliances = treason Illegal weapons sales = also treason Illegal campaign contributions = bad Human rights violations = super bad Killing defenseless Bambi = just plain mean Totally having sex in that hot tub = conflict of interest, unethical, unsanitary. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z To death and destiny Verdi had now added sex. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z “We don’t know the sex yet. The sonogram is next week,” she says. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z In the thick of it one horrified lady manager had written to Mrs. Palmer, “I do hope that Congress will not become disgusted with our sex.” The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z “You can save yourself the trouble, Doctor. Everything reminds me of sex.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z I asked her why, and her response was “We don’t read black literature in this class because it all has sex, fornication, drugs, and cussing.” The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z But there was nothing lame about this poem, and none of it was about sex. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “I saw your pictures of them. The women looked like pregnant Gethenians, but with larger breasts. Do they differ much from your sex in mind behavior? Are they like a different species?” The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z I have no problem learning the words themselves, it's the sexes that trip me up and refuse to stick. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z Renly had chosen a woman to carry his banner as well, though Brienne hid face and form behind plate armor that gave no hint of her sex. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “The fairer sex, Jason”—Dad gave me a crafty nod—“hunt in packs.” Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z “And who is there for me to have sex with? Please, tell me. Am I supposed to just bang any loser I see?” I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z Even though I wasn't having sex, I was religious about taking each dose at the same exact time every day, like the instructions suggested. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z However, we won’t go into that aspect of the fantasy because I know how dedicated you are in your opposition to sex of any sort. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z She was a Quaker, and like other members of her religion, she believed that an “Inner Light” existed within every person, regardless of sex, race, or class. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z Afterward, Salim could not remember where the sex had stopped and the dreams began. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z Whenever my parents talked about bombings or death or sex or politics, they routinely, without fail, asked us children to leave the room. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z At the local coffee shop, hunched in one of the secretive, high-backed booths with hundreds of people's names gouged into the wood, we drank cup after cup of black coffee and talked frankly about sex. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z Given that the average American male is five foot nine, that means that CEOs as a group have about three inches on the rest of their sex. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z “I’m going to be honest, I can’t tell if you guys have actually had sex or if this is an ongoing joke I need to accept.” What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z If normal sex was a great mystery in the neighborhood, criminal sex was an open book. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Kia and Baba went to the bathroom and Maman picked that moment to ask if Slash and I had had sex. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z I think of how she lives alone, just like me, and how she never had any real family, and how she only has sex with people. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z After all, it’s not uncommon for young people to lie to parents or a pastor about their having premarital sex. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z “And maybe I am not so sucky at having sex anymore?” Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z My boyfriend and I had been together for two years before we decided to have sex. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z Marriages are buffeted by more important things, like money and sex and children and jobs and in-laws, in constantly changing combinations. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z “Well, Rae,” Jupiter says, and she definitely looks aggravated now, “did you have to kiss or have sex with a guy to know you’re straight?” Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z I could not undress to swim in a river or even wash my shirt without fearing that my true sex would be discovered. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z He cuts me a look that I assume is meant to intimidate but is really just a reminder of his plentiful sex appeal. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z “You might be surprised, but I don’t get a lot of requests for sex in the back of pickup trucks. Or anywhere, really.” We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z “Stop hitting poor old St. Paul—and give your heaviest raps on the head of every Nabob—man or woman—who does injustice to a human being—for the crime of color or sex!!” Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z “Usually girls tell me that before I get the chance to have sex with them,” Toby said. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z There were five sexes on Tralfamadore, each of them performing a step necessary in the creation of a new individual. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z This will be conducted with maximum concern for your privacy and only peace officer or licensed medical staff of the same sex as you shall be present or participate in the search. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z While the Fifteenth Amendment did not mention sex, she said that because it specifically prohibited disenfranchisement by race, women were included, arguing that “a race comprises all the people, male and female.” Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z In a panel on sex with four professors, trying to keep related words together won’t help: they already are together. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z The order in which I was supposed to prefer these qualities was magic, love, fun, sex, and money. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z If I was going to venture into sex, I saw no reason why I shouldn’t make my experiment with the best of the lot. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Or was Javier just waiting until they had sex, and then Moss would never see him again? Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z They wanted to promote equality between the sexes by granting women property rights, access to education, opportunities for employment, and, most importantly, by giving them the right to vote. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z Today’s lecture was on presidential sex scandals through history, and he texts Nora: numbers on one of us getting involved in a sex scandal before the end of second term? Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z “You letting your friends borrow your room for sex isn’t cute.” Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z He had forgotten the details, but remembered that it had involved sex and death. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Not wanting to replicate Xaviera Hollander’s “Call Me Madam” column in Penthouse, Hefner saw Luce’s contribution as being devoted to the scientific and historical side of sex. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Only hardcore offenders come to Division of Juvenile Justice facilities—kids convicted of violent crimes and sex offenses. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z Most of the boys he knew laughed about what the good sisters and the good fathers had to say about sex. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z “I thought you were supposed to be the sex expert.” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Young people, he says, are impatient, changeable, and appetitive—“and of the bodily appetites they are especially attentive to that connected with sex and have no control over it.” Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z “Wait, you saying that you two had sex in the room that ended up being Bri’s room?” On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z If it were eating it would be the gluttony of the famished; if it were sex it would be a swift furtive stand-up in an alley somewhere. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z If we make a move to have sex while he’s still in New York, it’s going to be his first time. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z Gulley, despite admitting his involvement in some twenty prior burglaries and a prior sex crime, was adjudicated and sentenced as a juvenile and spent only a short period of time in a juvenile detention facility. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Excuse Number Three: Julia, I am too young and too stupid to have sex. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z The neighbors were shocked but Mary knew that marriage was the best thing that could happen to her highly sexed daughter. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z But just like with the sex at Hailsham, there was an unspoken agreement to allow for a mysterious dimension where we went off and did all this reading. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z Of all the stumbling blocks inherent in learning this language, the greatest for me is the principle that each noun has a corresponding sex that affects both its articles and its adjectives. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z “Yes, that’s the word. This hotelier brings him these parts. Now, this fence used to be a doctor, and he knows how to identify a skeleton’s sex based on, I don’t know, measurements.” The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z "Maybe I'll go to China. My sex life is lousy," I said. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z It was not merely that the sex instinct created a world of its own which was outside the Party’s control and which therefore had to be destroyed if possible. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z And the only thing we really have in common is sex. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z Who thinks about sex, and thinks about it with me. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z I used to have the odd one with him, when we were out drinking or after sex. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z For happiness and love and, if you can’t pray for sex outright, the possibility of children. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z And in the end, the dominant factor in Gethenian life is not sex or any other human thing: it is their environment, their cold world. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z She remembers how after her father arrived in New York her appetite for sex and baked goods increased dramatically. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z |
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