Others suggest that gathering resources for Mark Antony simply took time. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z

If an experiment produces a result which is at odds with the theory then something is wrong; but you cannot simply say that the theory is wrong. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Who wouldn’t want to watch the foam missile soar a hundred feet into the sky, simply from the power of my stomp and a blast of air? Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

So we simply stood and watched in sullen silence while this disgusting old woman stirred around inside the jars with her foul fingers. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

Perhaps it was because he had never simply wanted to go abroad, as many others did; some people were now going to South Africa, which amused him. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

As if her sister had agreed with her, Callie simply turned the page. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

I simply became carried away by my petty dispute over money with the Icelandic chess organizers. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

He simply collected five times the normal rent for his three rooms. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

How could two people who loved her so much simply not get her on such a basic, essential level? When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

The boys’ voices carried the melody up and down, simply but with the richness that is in no other singing. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jason could simply control the wind and float down. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

“The larger issue is that there are simply too many mouths to feed,” the man said. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

There are no lobsters like these—simply boiled, with no fancy sauces, only melted butter and lemon, they have no equals anywhere. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now that I looked, it was obvious that they were all dressed exceptionally well; simply, but in clothes that subtly hinted at designer origins. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

When the bits failed to stay, I looked for a place to hide the damage, but finding none, I simply ate it, bolting the pieces like a hungry dog. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

After a while I tune out the trainer and simply try to copy whatever Mags does. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

One may say that time had a beginning at the big bang, in the sense that earlier times simply would not be defined. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

I simply can’t stand Mother, and I have to force myself not to snap at her all the time, and to stay calm, when I’d rather slap her across the face. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

“I’m afraid that simply isn’t true,” said Grandpa George. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z

This is what a control freak learns inside the compressed otherworld of college, maybe above all else: There are simply other ways of being. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Put simply,Jefferson could not abide personal conflict. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

A list of things she would scan Izzy for over the next decade: Did Izzy simply not notice things, or was she going blind? Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

And if there's anyone who'd simply take it in their stride, who'd just clean up the mess and get on with things, it's the two guys sitting downstairs at the kitchen table drinking their beer. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

Their owners had simply no longer been able to afford fuel for them, so they’d just parked them and walked away. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

He simply takes Natalie from me and I follow him to our apartment. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘Giants appears and that’s all there is to it. They simply appears, the same way as the sun and the stars.’ The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You look simply radiant. Not a day older.” Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

He wasn’t above eavesdropping at a dinner where he wasn’t invited.That was simply getting back at people who’d snubbed him. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

And as I say, there would appear to be some truth in this assertion, for why else would all these people give a spontaneous cheer simply because the pier lights have come on? The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

Traditionally, dynamic markings are based on Italian words, although there is nothing wrong with simply writing things like "quietly" or "louder" in the music. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

Maybe he woke up one morning and decided he simply didn’t want to play a game against people who refused to obey the rules. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

Every meal was simply perfect—only just beyond the reach of my hands. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

In this view, Americans care less about emulating the top tier than about simply having a fair share of the bounty and a chance to carve out a place for themselves in society. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

It was simply, merely there, a whisper of featherwings, reminding him of the moment he dreaded above all others, the moment when the not wanting to be a wringer would turn to becoming one. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

She simply went in the direction that made her fear the sharpest. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

It later became known simply as The Voyage of the Beagle. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

I will simply say a prayer for them, and move on. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

It was almost like a part of me had already made that decision, and Laura’s words had simply pulled away a veil that had been covering it over. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Not to say that the job would be easy, or in need of any less rigor and sophistication than the previous research; simply that it could be done. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The bantustan system was nevertheless instituted; the voters had opposed it, but participated in it simply by voting. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Kepler’s first law of planetary motion is simply this: A planet moves in an ellipse with the Sun at one focus. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’ve got to realize that when they continually admonish me to speak and write simply so that people who read these reports will be able to understand me, they are talking about themselves as well. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

Approximately 500 of the 1,000 people will answer yes simply because the coin landed tails. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

A seemingly colorblind system has emerged that locks millions of African Americans into a permanent undercaste, and it appears that those who are trapped within it could have avoided it simply by not committing crimes. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

It simply reminded him of his best memories—building things with his mom in her workshop; sitting in the sunshine with his friends at camp. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Others simply nodded, as if they remembered it so clearly there was no need to reread. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Have you ever thought about it, about simply leaving? Really, truly thought about it with the intent to follow through and not as a dream or a passing fancy?” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

“They seemed to be doing absolutely nothing, simply standing there on their horses,” said one marcher. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

It is a meditative, questioning kind of music, and I cannot believe that he is simply saying, “thrush here.” The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

In truth, he had simply allowed himself to get caught engaging in the same talk that Jefferson was conveying to friends and Monroe was sputtering out loud to anyone in Paris who would listen. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

But I simply did not believe that this man could stop us. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

But again, she hesitated, and simply looked, without even calling out to the twins. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

I simply said I’d ask the man if he wished he shot me too. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

I, in any case, certainly refuse to be put in the position of denying the truth of Malcolm’s statements simply because I disagree with his conclusions, or in order to pacify the liberal conscience. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z

I didn’t want to hurt her, but there was simply not enough room to get by. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

The new plan involved not simply picketing, but picketing in front of the White House in demonstrations aimed directly at President Woodrow Wilson. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

This wasn’t just about record-buying preferences, either: being a composer in the twentieth century meant making career- defining choices that simply were not relevant to earlier generations. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

He may have simply failed to recall it. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

The people who bought tickets to our Echoes of the Soul fundraising concert did not simply support one hundred and fifty high school kids, they supported a cause. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

She simply leaned as needed when they tried to tip the boat. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

It was simply inconceivable that someone could pull a gun on someone else on the subway and be called a hero for it. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He steps away from the wall and simply falls forward until he’s upside down on his hands. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

There was simply too much damage to repair, too much infrastructure to rebuild. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

It simply was not going to admit any explanation. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

When she came back to the kitchen, Caroline was practically dancing across the linoleum, simply bursting to tattle. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was hard not to feel a bit depressed sometimes, not to feel as though the families who kept their girls at home were simply surrendering to Fazlullah. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Whether it is fair to charge the Gershwin brothers simply because they were white Jews writing about African-Americans per se is a much less clear-cut accusation. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

He simply stood beside me while the moments passed and my anger drained into the ocean. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

If the crosses were meant to intimidate, they had succeeded: Devine simply could not stand the ridicule. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

He could simply wait for Mark Antony’s supplies to run out. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t simply a question of parlors and tea trays—though there was that, too. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

At the time for sharing-of-feelings, he simply said that he felt tired, that his school lessons had been unusually demanding that day. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

He pointed at, Sometimes one simply wants to disappear. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Can’t you simply say turn right or turn left as everyone else does? Who do you think you are? Daniel Boone? I’ll bet no one’s used a compass in Manhattan since Henry Hudson.” From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Did not you know?” she had said, “she simply adored Rebecca.” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Morris was simply bringing to the world of politics the very same notions that guide the business world. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

To me, thinking Marcus wasn’t showing up because he simply didn’t care. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

He identified the most common and most functional uses for bricks and blankets and simply stopped. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

I found it rather amusing that he thought the opening in a woman’s body was simply left out of illustrations. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

“A metaphor, or simply a figure of speech?” he says, also frowning. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

This leads a lot of parents to spend a lot of their parenting energy simply being scared. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

One year, an employer simply split the office into two militarized zones on game day, thereby allowing Permian supporters to decorate their half black and Odessa High supporters their half red. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

We enter the barn not through a door but through one of several gaping holes where the wooden wall has simply fallen away. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

“Water is hard,” she said simply, when someone pointed out that a photo of a waterfall was badly blurred. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

But simply punishing the broken—walking away from them or hiding them from sight—only ensures that they remain broken and we do, too. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

For all its achievements, concluded the report, the movement simply “ran out of goals and then ran out of gas.” The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

I saw a piece of branch go skidding by and simply jumped in after it. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some organic compounds are simply combinations of carbon and hydrogen. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

Perhaps her cry was meant for a nearby neighbor, or was simply an expression of fear. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Most people find it disconcerting being woken in the middle of the night and dragged off for questioning, but I simply could not take it seriously. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

Around the lake ran a gravel path, and around that was simply close-cut grass, in a huge arc. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

This chapter is where my son Jason stopped reading, and there is simply no way of blaming him. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Some, like my mother, simply draped scarves over their faces; this is called niqab. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

“Most simply tell me what they remember. Later, I record events in the proper order, remove the unnecessary pieces, clarify, simplify, that sort of thing.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

He could tell from the whole feel of the place, which simply seemed to sag, as if all hope had been given up long ago—if there had ever been any to begin with. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

The majority of Southern Californians simply assumed William Mulholland must have been someone magnificent because he had such a nice road, which meandered through the wealthiest communities in Los Angeles, named for him. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

Others simply say, “You will receive no reimbursement for donating tissue.” The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

We didn’t know whether she wanted us all to get malaria now, for punishment, or if she had simply lost her mind. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Many African Americans today believe that uplift ideology worked in the past and ought to work again—forgetting that ultimately it took a major movement to end the last caste system, not simply good behavior. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

One straightforward means of going about this is simply to read a few pages of a well- written book during odd spare moments one may have. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

We may be sure, however, that this exportation is transacted not simply for the emoluments of sale, but for the instruction of awful example. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

To defend oneself against a fear is simply to insure that one will, one day, be conquered by it; fears must be faced. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z

But to get things started he simply asked my name and address, my occupation, the date and place of my birth. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

It was simply that Shaker Heights, despite its idealism, was a pragmatic place, and she did not know how to be anything else. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

It also isn’t the case that Jennings is simply someone who has a happy expression on his face all the time. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

But Ben had never studied the features of the black man who was simply a part of the landscape, of no more interest to him than a storefront or a balustrade. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

For a while, he simply looks out into the crowd. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

He did not eat now; he simply forced food down his throat without tasting it, to keep the gnawing pain of hunger away, to keep from feeling dizzy. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

The man Henry remembers is both superhuman and heartbreakingly flesh and blood, a man who encompassed Henry’s entire childhood and charmed the world but was also simply a man. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

I simply couldn’t believe this kind of reception five thousand miles from America! The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was simply this, being passed from one person to another: Seven minutes. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

It was not even that it was called by another name, it was simply not called at all. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

It was as if the stuff of Luna—light, motion, intelligence—had simply vanished. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

But since Peeta’s greatest confusion centers around me — and not everything can be explained simply—our exchanges are painful and loaded, even though we touch on only the most superficial of details. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Finally he simply said, “It changed. I don’t know how, or why. “That’s why I was one minute late,” he concluded, and looked questioningly at The Giver. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

“I was hoping you would simply welt. But I should have known better with your skin.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Their horns were precious metal—silver and gold—so she’d managed to turn them aside simply by concentrating, steering the animals by their horns and guiding them back to the stables. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

I simply wanted my life to start already. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

And all of this conduced to convince not simply Miss Nsia of his superiority to me in every way, but me as well. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

Aisha was simply a true market woman, immune to the cosmetic niceties of American customer service. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

As I fidgeted and paced, they simply grew more still, two statues whose eyes followed me imperceptibly as I moved. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

They had neither refuted nor confirmed Galileo’s claim; they had simply produced an anomaly. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

“I’ll tell you, Doc. I and the boys got to get some dough—we simply got to. It’s for a good purpose, you might say a worthy cause.” Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

After the race, the San Francisco Chronicle’s tough-as-nails sports editor, Bill Leiser, said simply, “It was a great battle. The best race I ever saw on the estuary.” The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Nailer found himself wishing that Tool were big enough to simply pick them up and carry them as he jumped aboard. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

Now he was dressed simply in a hooded cloak of gray and a coarse, unadorned jacket. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

When you are repeating large sections in more informally written music, you may simply find instructions in the music such as "to refrain," "to bridge," "to verses," etc. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

Too anxious to think of doing anything productive, I simply sat and enjoyed the weather, watching the wind tumble a few scraps of wastepaper along the cobblestones. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

It seemed that I simply could not fit into a materialistic life. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the manager was called, she calmly explained that she wasn't stealing, she was simply pretending to be a thief. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

Sometimes an animal simply gave up and let itself be devoured. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Damnedest thing," said the coachman, who wore a long black robe and who Tristran estimated to be in his late forties, "there was no wind, no storm. It simply fell. Terrified the horses." Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Don’t be nervous. This will simply be a conversation between the two of us.” The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

She bore patiently Wang Lung’s look, without embarrassment or response, simply waiting until he had seen her. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

She simply did not know who they were or when she could expect some sign of their return. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

That our misery, confinement, and pain were irrelevant to their lives was simply incomprehensible. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

A person whom one has loved seems altogether too significant a thing to simply vanish altogether from the world. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

He climbed a large water oak standing about ten feet from the river and simply disappeared. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

She never asked for legal assistance; she simply asked about what she'd read and expressed interest in the law and our work. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

I simply said the time had come for such talks and that I would not compromise the organization in any way. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Aristotle simply declared that mathematicians “do not need the infinite, or use it.” Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

A parabola is simply an ellipse with one focus at infinity. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

Alex was startled at how much energy it took simply to walk down a flight of stairs. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

She added that the local policemen had been invited simply as a precaution. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes Nailer wished he could simply step through the pages and escape onto the prow of a clipper. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

Jasper alone neither praised him nor avoided him, but simply looked down at him, smiling slightly. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

“Don’t worry about them. They’ve been simply dying for a good party for months. Come. You must see the decoration that I’ve made.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

He simply pulled away and sat in the corner. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

It doesn’t seem like there’s any right way to simply be in here. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

She would simply sniff or roll her eyes or shake her head at another whopper. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

It is simply that he was hoping to weather the trouble by refining to become conscious of it. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I know both of you probably let this go too far and that it’s a good idea to simply move on from this misunderstanding.” Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

And if she doesn’t believe in me, if she doesn’t feel the enormity, then I will simply seem like one more crazy person let loose on the world. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

Or it may simply be that he humored her and did not think much of her opinions in the first place. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

“I can never repent it, though we hated to kill. Our country owed all her troubles to him, and God simply made men the instrument of his punishment.” Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

I long for grace under pressure, but I simply can’t conjure it. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

For as long as I could recall, my mother had simply called me “Son,” and, since her name was Asta, “Asta’s son” became my common name. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

The doctors holding that the fever had been imported won out simply because there were more of them. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

It occurred to me now that a great part of my mindless indifference to my surroundings earlier on was simply that I didn’t know where I was, couldn’t know where I was. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

If Brunelleschi was simply trying to create an impression of depth, he could have simply shown an interior with a tiled floor. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

He simply asked, in the same weary tone, if I was sorry for what I had done. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

Nor would they be led astray by the packaging for Christian Brothers, or be as easily confused by the difference between something they truly don’t like and something they simply find unusual. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

It simply bent over more and more as the peach got heavier and heavier. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z

The city's action was a crushing blow and many people simply drifted away from the ECC. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

But it is out of respect for your views, Mr Lewis, that I feel one should not simply cast them to one side as though they were uttered by some soap-box eccentric. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

When I asked my father, he simply changed the subject. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

They couldn’t just grab the child They couldn’t simply take him back because he would be in between forever and probably he would die. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

Eventually, then, I decided the best strategy would be simply to stride out of the room very suddenly at a furious pace. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

The arresting officer simply looked back at the group and said, “Enjoy the reception. I hope ya’ll remember where Tony Moore and Wes Moore are. Quickly.” The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

But it would have been so much easier for me, I realized as I sat sweating inside Julia Bishop’s Ford Mustang, if I had simply told my stepmother yes. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

I wondered if she was ignoring my question or simply weighing how best to dumb down the answer. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

The soldiers stood outside the shelters, simply sent the fire in. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

The slope of the hill is simply the height—half a mile—over the horizontal distance you have driven—one mile. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

V followed the stream of visitors in chef’s hats and colored aprons, some toting cake pans under their arms, others simply fidgeting nervously. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

True, I had tried to do teshuvah for my mistakes, but nothing would simply erase the pain I had caused. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

I, too, became wood and every time my mom asked me, “Did you have a good time, honey?” as I’d walk through the door, I’d simply answer “Yeah.” The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

From the very start he took my hand and said simply that I should not worry. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Another put it simply: “Groves is the biggest S.O.B. I have ever worked for.” Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Van Eck winced slightly, but simply said, “Will you accompany me, Mister Brekker?” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

But instead of bringing the whole book in which the game was published, Fridrik simply brought a copy of the few relevant pages so that he’d have less to carry. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

“She felt like she did when we was packing up to go to Ohio,” he said simply, figuring I’d understand. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z

It had been fifteen years since they had seen an owner, and they had simply assumed that there no longer was one. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some of these “light” people, in countries of Non-American Blacks, would simply be called white. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Enthusiasm, in Sprat’s view, by making false claims of divine intervention in the world, simply offered hostages to unbelief. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

He’s not simply a spy; he’s also an assassin. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

She says nothing at all, but simply stares upward into the dark sky and watches, with sad eyes, the slow dance of the infinite stars. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Platt simply moved to a different seat at the dining table each night, was served there, and, without a word, left the plates for some future period. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

Then came a wife for Kobi, named Lettuce, and a wife for Kip, known simply as Mrs. Kip. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

The night Terminator came to the video show was simply shocking. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z

It would be months before they could simply save up enough to even think about moving out of the manor. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

“You lost this life,” the first judge said simply. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

There was only the one egg in all the nests, and she didn’t have a basket, so she simply held it in her hand. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

He simply feels like he’s experiencing a pressure so many people feel in their everyday lives—to keep up, push on, achieve. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

He wasn’t inclined to fight it or change it, he simply had nothing to do with it, blocked it out. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bod simply stared at him, and said nothing. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

“Just to say how that study was painted—quite simply this. Green and red are complementary. Well there’s a particular—red in the apples, very coarse in itself—and greenish things as well.” Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

He had to find an empty apartment in some building where he could get warm; he felt that if he did not get warm soon he would simply lie down and close his eyes. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

“I will tell them everything,” I say simply, and the aunties look at me with doubtful faces. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

He simply sat and rocked the trunk gently. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

At first I thought that in all that chaos they simply hadn’t recognized me and that was why they were treating me with so little respect, but then I realized what was going on. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

The children were disappointed when they discovered that the romantic phrase simply meant that you threw a lump of iron attached to a rope overboard. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I am not your dear fellow. You are simply abandonin’ us to destruction.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Stella put her finger to her lips, trying to shush the twins, but people in the audience simply chuckled, and Mrs. Spencer waved back, happiness splashed across her face. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

She expects nothing of days such as this, simply waits for them to end. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

She and Levi opened their house to them if they needed a home-cooked meal, or simply a place to go when they felt homesick. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

I liked to come here to read, to do my homework, or to simply enjoy the view of the surrounding green fields. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

But China and Japan never developed that kind of oppressive feudal system, because feudalism simply can’t work in a rice economy. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

My brain, and my heart, simply could not face it. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

The comments about him depicted a man who would not simply take the country in a different direction but would threaten its very sanctity, its very core. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

The thought of leaving the children alone while the search party was still at large had been simply unacceptable to her. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

No one can cross the bridge without leave, so we will simply have to swim over to-night. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

But Gale simply says, “I wouldn’t have believed it if I hadn’t seen it myself.” Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

It’s simply a far more delicate matter than she understands. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

On its website, a history of the company makes no mention of lead–or indeed of Thomas Midgley–but simply refers to the original product as containing "a certain combination of chemicals." A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

If he explained anything, he simply said he was testing them for cancer. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

“Kvothe,” he said simply, refusing to be drawn any further into an explanation. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“I do not object to marrying well,” Clara said simply, and looked at Ash curiously. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

If I want chicken curry for dinner, I simply say to the cooks: Chicken curry! The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I have no information about troops or about the movement of the tribes. I was simply acting as a guide for my friend here.” The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

He simply held the vial out, waiting for Rowan to take it. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

When Descartes produced his study of the rainbow he had to start from scratch, despite the fact that he was very largely simply repeating the work both of Theodoric and of al-Farisi. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

And then the island was simply gone, swallowed up by a mountain of fog. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

He told this to the little girl while he was pruning the rosebushes, simply to entertain her, because he adored her and it made him sad that she was mute. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

We simply had to remain on guard and arm our warriors with strength and hope to prepare for the big battle still to come. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Cassius was simply a likeable, friendly, clean-cut, down-to-earth youngster. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

For a while, he clung to the thought that Hooper might simply not have noticed, might have lost interest in the plans. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

“I would not be so certain, Clytius. Hazel’s friends simply needed a little time to reach her—time you have given them with your boasting and bragging.” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

She left the kitchen, and he simply sat there, unmoving. Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z

Miss Kenton, however, simply looked at me sternly and said: 'I still have every intention of handing in my notice, Mr Stevens. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

She was given no choice of hospitals; she was simply taken to Wood- hull, the city hospital Will Wlson had rejected. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t a suggestion, more like I simply told them how my ingenious plan would be executed. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

Racial bias in our criminal justice system is simply an old problem that has gotten worse, and the social excommunication of “criminals” has a long history; it is not a recent invention. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

It simply did not make sense for both sides to lose thousands if not millions of lives in a conflict that was unnecessary. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

They want to see if I’m willing to endure a lifetime of misery simply to keep breathing. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

Czernobog simply stared at him, his gray eyes like points of steel. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

Um, well,’ Leo said, ‘this is quite simply the most amazing instrument ever!’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

That there was simply not enough room in town, not this town, for himself, the guys and a pigeon. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

My plan, I told him, was simply to effect essentially cosmetic changes in order to make the ANC more intelligible — and more palatable — to our allies. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Others, however, simply said, “You’re no different from other schoolchildren. They too have parents who have trouble getting jobs; yet they have uniforms and books.” Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

That had never happened before, and Malcolm was amazed, but simply waited till the two dæmons had finished their brief conversation and went out. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

Hannah simply refused to live without the attentions of a man, and after Rekus’ death had a steady sequence of lovers, mostly the husbands of her friends and neighbors. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

One day the manager knocked on the door and simply told us to get all of our things together because we only had five minutes to get out. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

She would simply wait on the bridge, calm and obstinate, until events, real events, not her own fantasies, rose to her challenge, and dispelled her insignificance. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

I simply couldn’t muster any fear of him. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

He shook his head and simply stood, wanting to tickle her Adam’s apple again but not knowing how to get to that. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

And now, with his bottle and his fountain pen drained, he simply sits, dragging a hand through his hair distractedly, staring across the room at nothing in particular. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

America's spies had simply missed the evidence of Stalin's progress. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

For when I inquired who it was that had arrived, Miss Kenton continued past me, stating simply: 'A message if it is urgent, Mr Stevens.' The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s like walking into a dream. As though it is someplace else entirely and not simply another tent. Perhaps I am just fond of snow. However did you come up with it?” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

“The concept of a safe rate of radiation,” the study declared starkly, “simply does not make sense if one is concerned with genetic damage to future generations.” Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

It seems that this season of sowing is not simply about planting flax and wheat. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

“There are simply no doctors and nurses left on that continent. It’s an absolute tragedy! African doctors should stay in Africa.” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

That simply, she fell in love with her hair. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Weaver assured Lawrence that he himself was “perfectly willing to bleed for this thing,” but “we have simply got to take more time.” Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

The other way is to simply give a name to a form that is very common. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

It may be that our universe is simply one of many fluctuations. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Richardson was quick to hug her—her, Pearl, a virtual stranger—simply because she was one of Moody’s friends. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“It’s all right. If you strike me down, my apprentice will simply bring me to the nearest revival center, and in a day or two I’ll be as good as new.” Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

It is most curious to see that you have so much time on your hands that you are able to simply wander about this house bothering others with gratuitous comments.' The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

Cattle raised on grass simply take longer to grow than cattle raised on com. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

He simply popped into existence, as if he had been there all along and had only now decided to make himself visible. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

So the teacher cut off her own question and simply smiled in greeting. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Absalom simply tortured out a grin and took the poodle for a walk, after receiving instructions to bring brandy, whisky, wine and gin from the bottle store. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Civil libertarians see it as a violation of our Fourth Amendment freedom from “unreasonable search”; most jobholders and applicants find it simply embarrassing. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

It appeared that not simply Dr. Trefusis and I, but also our new hostess, depended upon what work I might find. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

They thought everything about my appearance was a statement, when I was simply wearing clothes, going to class, doing my daily routine. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

The first Everesters were obliged to trek 400 arduous miles from Darjeeling across the Tibetan plateau simply to reach the foot of the mountain. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

Yet Grover drove through the whole grand catastrophe undistracted, as though the torching of a place simply did not matter to him, or as though it were no more than some histrionics he’d ordered up. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

“A few, mayhaps. Most are simply cautious. Some think to cozen him. He is not a man easily cozened, however.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The envelope holds no letter or note, simply a card that is black on one side and white on the other. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

She told me that she could still see him there, looking at the jeep and simply saying, Thank you, Mom. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

If history is any guide, it may have simply taken a different form. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

He was not going to stand for it any more, he told himself, he was simply not going to stand for it. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

He simply wasn’t sure that the United States had the military strength to take on so many formidable foes. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

He could, he knew, simply walk away and be free. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

Or suppose the humans simply cut their losses and abandoned Weep, leaving a ghost town for them to lord over. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Were the rumors true that he had walked on water against the Nacogdoches Dragons and had simply flown across the field like the Flying Nun against the Texarkana Tigers? Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Janice simply ignored them, directing us instead, figuring in her head the positions of the preachers, the crowd, Kwang, paletting their various skin tones into an ambient mix for the media. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

He opened his mouth as if to say something, then simply cleared his throat. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

Suddenly, it seemed, I had developed a new and stomach-clenching fear of heights, and it took all my concentration simply to put one foot in front of the other. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

He turned back to the cabin, moving bent over like an old man, holding his sore arm and shoulder, and he simply could not think. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Besides, it’s only a pet name, not to be taken seriously, simply something to put on the certificate for now to release them from the hospital. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

"Death by poison can seem natural. Harder to claim that my head simply fell off." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

They were not dead and he could bring the pain of life by simply opening and closing them. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was not concerned with whether these acts were right or wrong; they simply appealed to him as possible avenues of escape. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

But once in possession of the manuscripts, Euergetes simply wrote off his deposit as money well spent. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z

Instead, of course, the newspaper simply increased its circulation. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

Slept more than 24 hours, flat out, which is just as well because that was the day when the farm was simply crawling with German soldiers. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

The wedding party simply sat on the ground, late for the reception and, by now, tremendously agitated. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

Infinity and zero are simply opposite poles on the Riemann sphere, and they can switch places in a blink. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

It is almost as if I am somewhere else for the moment and I simply black out the part of me that feels emotion. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

It is remarkable that we have all accepted this, without hooting, as though it simply conformed to a law of nature. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The CIA simply did not want to believe that one of its own could have betrayed its deepest secrets. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

We decided, Call and I, simply to call him “the Captain.” Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

To put it simply—if Byerley follows all the Rules of Robotics, he may be a robot, and may simply be a very good man.” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

“A son! How sweet. Maternal love is such a delicious trait. So you don't want riches, or romance, but simply...your son?” Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

For all they could ascertain, the bandits had turned into ghosts and melted through the upstairs walls; they had simply evaporated. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The second, slightly more optimistic conclusion is that, in some way, our schools are failing poor children: we simply aren’t doing a good enough job of teaching them the skills they need. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

But often, they simply force the prisoners to walk. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

“I’m an atheist,” Chuck said, lying simply to keep from having to hear any more of Cabot Searcy’s theories on the potential of humankind. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

Now that she was asked to speak at roundtables and panels, on public radio and community radio, always identified simply as The Blogger, she felt subsumed by her blog. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Or did he simply mean that they had better hurry up and take a chance on being able to do what he himself could do without difficulty? Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

He simply appeared, as if stepping between one shadow and the next. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Could the Army simply put together a biohazard swat team and move in on the monkey house? The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now we wait simply for Engagement, & hear continual Word that Gen. Gage shall march from out the Town and try to whelm us all. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

“I don’t have any important secret papers hidden away inside it,” he stated simply. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

They—and nearly all the others—had simply trusted Hazel and done as they were told. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Human beings, on occasions of this kind, are usually full of questions, but the rabbits expressed their delight simply by proving to themselves through their senses that this was really Hazel-rah. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mom simply shrugged her shoulders and yanked off my shirt in one swift motion. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

He had no real cleverness or secrets for good business; he simply refused to fail, leaving absolutely nothing to luck or chance or someone else. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

To others, she was simply a legend—only dimly remembered but still discussed. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

One day she simply could not stand the rising tension as night drew near, and she decided to tell Jean about the mummies. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He’s taken quite a fancy to you. It’s just as well. I’m simply not up to keeping crows any more, not up to it at all.” The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

It was a dark period all around, a time that saw several of my father’s closest friends die or go to prison, while others simply vanished. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z

“There was the land, my son,” said the old man simply. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

And all those old photographs from the 1960s, all those films I beheld of black people prostrate before clubs and dogs, were not simply shameful, indeed were not shameful at all—they were just true. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

I simply intertwined my fingers and gazed at him, waiting. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

The words had simply popped into her head. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

But when he explained the details of the operation, I began to see that the idea was simply too preposterous to have been made up. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Once, a few years ago, I tried to get her to call me simply Z, the shortest nickname of all, but it never took. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

I was not sure if Papa nodded or if his head simply moved as he chewed. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

If it comes up tails, the person should simply answer yes. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had simply turned the royal regalia into a device for her memory. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

You have probably already guessed that the $3 fine was simply too small. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

This isn’t a matter of simply needing more precise instruments; it is an immutable property of the universe. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

Now her brother’s friend, Paul Marshall, might believe that the flowers had simply been dropped in the vase in the same carefree spirit with which they had been picked. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

She looked up to see if Teenie had reacted to that, but Teenie simply continued to stir the food in the pot over the fire. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Broadly speaking, there are two schools: one holds that laws of nature are simply regularities which we identify in nature; the other that they are necessary features of the world. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

His eyes locked with mine, and I guessed he was making the decision right then whether or not to simply tell me the truth. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

I liked pretending that I didn’t have a mother, and that my father simply caught me when the stork dropped me from his crisp white sling. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

“That may be true,” said Reason gravely, “but you had the courage to try; and what you can do is often simply a matter of what you will do.” The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Charles is simply upset,” said Mrs. Chiltington, draping a protective arm around her son. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

His father used to tell him, “Being a leader in the faith is about more than simply proclaiming the Word, you must be a student of the Word.” The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

That first day we simply watched the others. Seedfolks 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ugwu watched her and wondered if she had tears in her eyes or if it was simply the glare of the sun. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Some of these musical pauses are simply take-a-breath-type pauses, and don't really give an "ending" feeling. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

In addition, many memories are simply painful, and there is no healing to be done. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Was it possible that the informant was simply lying to get the reward? Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

She simply collapsed when Flint tried to ride on her back, so he had to walk. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

If I stare hard enough, it seems as if the seats were simply floating over the ground, with nothing separating us from the outside. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

He was simply gone, swallowed whole by the desert. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Milo and Tock walked up to the door, whose brass name plate read simply “THE GIANT,” and knocked. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

I like school, anyway, which increases the loser quotient above and beyond what most other kids would calculate, simply based on the whole two-years-younger-than-my-classmates thing. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

The idea of beating a soft, living head with a hammer was simply too much. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

I could simply lie to Falconer, assure him that I'd transcribed the entire performance. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Can I simply look at someone and say, ‘This person is going to buy a car’?” asks Golomb. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

Of this phenomenon Miyax’s father had simply said, “The hour of the lemming is over for four years.” Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

If you simply measure children with a lot of books against children with no books, the answer may not be very meaningful. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

The wooden animal in your pocket will soothe your fingers, which are simply looking for something to touch. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

But the cat made no answer, simply stretched luxuriantly and walked away. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

In our case it was simply a legitimate form of self-defense. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was the only one, she could see now, who did not take a pill each day—and she guessed that it was simply a mistake. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

“I certainly hope it isn’t snowing up north. My system simply will not function under those conditions. And please watch out for Greyhound Scenicruisers along the way. They’ll demolish a toy like this.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

It simply bubbled around each spring and sank into the ground, taking the dung with it. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

“Your mother is simply saying that we should do our best to make a community here. Before you know it, we’ll be back at home.” Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

His chest felt weighty; he did not know why he had ironed the socks, why he had not simply done the safari suit. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

By then, she simply refused to change her habits—refused to so much as enter the Colored bathrooms. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

Each match began simply enough, with a ritualistic strutting around the circle, the two combatants physically taunting each other in a sort of aggressive dance. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

He made arrangements for the sale of his office equipment, broke his lease, and settled the matter of refunds to clients very simply by saying, “Let ’em sue me.” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Without his ever saying anything they were simply a little something shameful between us, like the spilling open of the horses in bull-fighting. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

Like a kid too young for kindergarten, he simply wasn’t ready. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

For reasons he rarely revealed, he was separated at some point from his parents and taken in by his uncle, a stern and demanding man named Barlea, and a great-aunt, whom he simply called Grandma. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

It is simply waiting out there for you to grasp it, and all you have to do is reach for it. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

She simply could not go into that Meeting House. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

They were simply afraid of that which was not familiar. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Death is a part of fife,” he said simply. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

Part of this was simply her tiny frame, but there was more to it than that. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Kanue didn’t snap at Muamer; he simply gestured with his hand to encourage his new teammate to stay onside, to be patient. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

The party had insisted that the appropriate conditions had not yet arrived, and waited because they were simply following the textbook definitions of Lenin and Stalin. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

It purports to see black and brown men not as black and brown, but simply as men—raceless men—who have failed miserably to play by the rules the rest of us follow quite naturally. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

Talk turns to the possibilities that she has been apprehended and arrested, turned us in voluntarily, or simply been injured in the wave of refugees. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

The theory of gravity simply makes possible reliable predictions across a wider field. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

It is not simply the denial of the right to vote but the shame one feels when a co-worker innocently asks, “Who you gonna vote for on Tuesday?” The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

"But look,” he announces, "I simply can’t believe that an emperor has to go to the latrine the same as I have.” All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Unable to say anything, the assassin simply held her—for as long as it took for the pain to ease. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

“I thought you knew,” said Beatrice; “I thought Maxim would have told you. She simply adored Rebecca.” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

“To try to equate them is simply wrong and everyone knows it.” A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

It is easy enough to have lofty ambitions, but without certain qualities, a butler will simply not progress beyond a certain point.' The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

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

That simply made the two men laugh, whereupon Elinor tightened her lips and confined herself to hostile glances. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

He saw a buck rub his antlers on a tree, perhaps to sharpen them or perhaps simply because they itched. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

With a robotic movement of his arm, he simply shoots her between the eyes, spattering her blood all over our bread. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

And then, after a moment, she looked simply like a girl asleep in a lush green bed, waiting for her lover to lie down beside her. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

But Granville’s presence probably did work against Seabiscuit, simply by virtue of the demands that a Kentucky Derby contender makes on his trainer. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Perhaps the Party was rotten under the surface, its cult of strenuousness and self-denial simply a sham concealing iniquity. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

How could elderly people now be considered “unfit” and “useless eaters” simply because they had grown old? Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

My mother simply left me alone, and wouldn’t force me to eat. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

It looked like a pothole; the tissue had simply sunk out of sight. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

She simply shifted her weight and did a hand stand. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

That floorwalker could have simply said that monkeys bite or that popcorn is not their natural diet or something like that—but instead he had to think he was a schoolteacher. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

Maybe they were friends, and Chrissie had simply borrowed the car? Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

Jackboot airplanes were simply flying about practicing for the war. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

August stares at her, baffled, as though he’s simply awakened and found himself here. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

“We do not hunt them,” he said simply. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

But Hazel, who simply wanted to hear talk, had developed a system of making the answer to one question the basis of another. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

She simply asked Ugwu to get Baby ready and, after Odenigbo left for a meeting, she drove off with them in his car. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Or that eating hedgehogs is simply not a civilized act?” Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

I waited for Dad to say something more, to apologize, or simply tell me that I was right, but he did not. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

We don’t go to ritzy places like this very often, so I order prosciutto-wrapped mozzarella as my appetizer, simply because I like the sound of the words. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

Then he quickly adds, “Of course, that was a very long time ago, and now you can simply enjoy it, and then I’ll have you write an essay on it.” Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

From now onwards Animal Farm would engage in trade with the neighbouring farms: not, of course, for any commercial purpose, but simply in order to obtain certain materials which were urgently necessary. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

‘Your cause is lost, Zeus. Even if you defeat me, the Earth Mother shall simply raise me again!’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Or most simply, he is representative, easily drawn and iconic, the idea being if you know him you can know a whole people. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was no need for courtship; they simply met one day and were together after that. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some magical catastrophes or accidents are simply too glaringly obvious to be explained away by Muggles without the help of an outside authority. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wanted to win the match but I was afraid to win: Bobby could simply leave the match and abandon chess forever. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

He made no comment, simply nodded and returned the small piece to her. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The horses were simply standing there, at relative peace—no nervousness at all—and there was something about them that seemed, well, inviting. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Jonas simply smiled and nodded, not ready to lie, not willing to tell the truth. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

They were simply able to give him insights into what was really going on. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sula never competed; she simply helped others define themselves. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

He says he’d rather live without food than without air, and that they simply must figure out a way to keep the windows open. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

He simply carried the buckets to the Locktons’ gate for me, then walked away. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lucas was the only other guy besides Gabriel that I could stand to be around, simply for the fact that I just didn’t like guys all that much. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

The falling of the tree was simply a natural reality, like the passing of another day. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

The road became an endless stone ribbon, the hills obstructions, the trees green blurs, the people simply moving figures with heads but no faces. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

They simply stuffed the dead, waterlogged body into a box and nailed it shut. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Hermione looked simply furious, but just then, Ludo Bagman’s magically magnified voice boomed out beside them, making them all jump, and causing the crowd in the stands to go very quiet. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

He looked more as if his chin had simply dropped away from the rest of his face. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

I simply never felt compelled to subject another human being to our way of life. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

He simply vanished, as if he had gone slap through the floor without leaving a hole! The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

He was wrong—Dr. Fielding simply didn’t take the types of detailed notes on his patients they were looking for. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

When passersby asked what they were doing, one member spoke and answered simply and directly that they were marching in support of women’s right to vote. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

Next to Ida stood Victor, no beard, no disguise, simply the Victor Esther knew. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

Wallerstein tried everything he could think of but found he simply could not get customers to buy more than one soda and one bag of popcorn. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

He simply clawed at the earth, feeling the power in his hands enter, pulsating, into the ruined world. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

For now, she busied herself with simply sleeping on silk, eating on gold and being the single most feared and admired woman in Florinese history. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

As one black minister commented, “It is not simply the shame of Chicago, but of the nation.” A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“Section two outlines additional rules. Number one says you cannot simply give the money away. Not to people. Not to charities.” Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

“The locks are simply to insure The Receiver’s privacy because he needs concentration,” she explained. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

Nailer raised his knife, but instead of coming at him again with her blade, Blue Eyes simply swept a leg under him. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

He carefully oudined the evolution of the ANC’s policy, putting things simply and clearly, and his former positions as teacher and chief imparted an added gravity and authority to his words. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was as though my body until that instant had simply been lazy, as though the aches and exhaustion were all imagined, created from nothing in order to keep me from truly exerting myself. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

Or could the lack of a pinch be more accurately attributed to the fact that the off-duty cops simply pocketed Devine’s dough, parked in a deserted place, and logged eight hours of shut-eye every night? The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

We frequently got calls from people simply seeking an update. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Brenda’s was sent at 9:41 and said simply, Some guy will definitely love you for who you are. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

She, however, stepped over into madness, a madness which protected her from us simply because it bored us in the end. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was reckless, and reminded me of all the low marks you received during your training because you simply ignored the rules. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

What had been true before was true all over again: they would have to master an entirely new set of skills simply to remain upright in them. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

As for Thlayli, he could simply be left where he was and the less said about him the better. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Others are just frigid and a man simply has to take the bull by the horns and almost be rough. That’s why I developed my own personal technique. It’s called the Bohemian Mountain Approach.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Cold, rain, sleet, hail, and snow they simply ignored. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Later I found out from one of them, my first girlfriend, that they simply thought I was religious. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

If things were simply coincidental, or it’s all been a strategy to win our trust to make us easy prey, or I don’t understand what’s actually going on? Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

I wasn’t sure what would happen if I got three strikes in a row, but my guess was that I’d either be expelled from the gate or that my avatar would simply be killed. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

I opened my mouth to say hello, but before I could say anything, a male voice said simply, “Three minutes.” While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

It was simply too risky, he said, and the organization should not jeopardize my safety, especially as I was newly returned and ready to push ahead with MK. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was grateful for Maxie’s willingness to simply be with me and not to pry. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

My hope is that, with no one to explain it to them, the gentlemen simply won’t find out that Powhatan now considers us his subjects. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

“We don’t want you here,” the spokeswoman said tartly and simply. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I thought to be associated with that person, who- ever he was, would be simply great!” Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Like the Whisperer’s voice, the answer was simply there. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

That’s when Leo made his mistake of simply being too good. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

He had nothing to move, so he simply walked out with the orange tom at his heels. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Instead, he simply got into his storytelling position and swung prematurely into a fresh installment of ‘The Laughing Man.” Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

Instead, he said gently, “Remember. A weed is simply another plant.” The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

Is it possible that race really didn’t matter for these white women and men and that they simply never happened to browse a nonwhite date that interested them? Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

He didn’t know if Pocock had talked to Ulbrickson, or if Merton Hatch had simply messed up in some spectacular way, or if Ulbrickson simply needed someone else at number seven for the day. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Some were simply standing, confused, others panicked and ran to the church, hoping to find shelter in the tall stone building or the huge iron wheel that hung there, promising them safety from demons. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The old ideas had too much authority, particularly because they were grounded in the Biblical narrative, simply to disappear without trace. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

“Or perhaps it would be better simply to say night.” Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

You must sentence him simply as an American, equal in the eyes of our legal system to every other American. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

So they simply amputated the arm at the elbow, and for the rest of his life my father had to manage with one arm. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then Enoch said, “I simply have no words. Wait—no—I do! Horace, that is the most stunningly naive and cowardly bit of wishful thinking that I’ve ever heard.” Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

Or were they simply not connected at all? The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

He met the reverend on equal terms, disagreeing with him where others simply assented. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The other three men simply ignored him, but Wolf did everything to taunt or humiliate him. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

In the end, in New York, Bobby Joe’s friend simply up and split with the smack, leaving Bobby Joe high, dry, and very strung out. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I simply fix my eyes on a point far in the distance and pretend, there is no audience, no hysteria. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

And would everyone truly be mad at her if she said she simply had to feed two children? A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

His show-stopping performances encouraged piano builders to adopt iron frames to replace wooden ones, because pianos simply broke under the hammering Liszt gave them on stage. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

It is simply taken for granted that, in cities like Baltimore and Chicago, the vast majority of young black men are currently under the control of the criminal justice system or branded criminals for life. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

Reading it again, however, he realized that it didn’t compel him to be rude; it simply allowed him the option. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

It happened, in this case, that the student had simply gone off to New York City on the bus without telling anybody. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

But such a thing, Yellin knew from long experience, was, simply, rumor. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

He dispersed the crowd very simply by telling them he’d send for the pie wagon and take them all down to the station house if they didn’t twenty-three skidoo. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, if you lot are playing hooky today, no way I’m going to work. It’s simply not right.” If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I didn’t know you needed to study,” he said simply, “I didn’t think you ever did. I thought it just came to you.” A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

He simply had wandered to this spot in the early days following the war. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

Hitler, peering through his binoculars, simply nodded enthusiastically each time a German boat crossed the line in first place. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Nomos is the postmodern philosopher who argues that the entire landscape is constructed—that it has no essential, innate qualities, but is simply a reflection of chance and human action. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Rather than simply ask the company for them, he instead hatched a plan that he thought would be more fun. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Some said the other teams were simply more rotten than we were. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

As for the phone calls, no one knows if they were simply idle bomb threats with eerie timing or if they were true warnings from someone on the inside. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

This led into an even longer argument—hard to follow and, to me, intensely boring—about whether Hesiod’s primordial Chaos was simply empty space or chaos in the modern sense of the word. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

“In my experience—in our experience,” Mae said, casting a fond glance at Birdie, “it’s best for all concerned if you simply go ahead and be what you are meant to be. Saves valuable time.” Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

To impose an anachronism: desegregation simply did not compute. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

It let out a long moo, making the barn shake simply by shifting its stance. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

“But she has been sent to the office for ‘aggressive behavior’ simply for rolling her eyes. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Turning on his side, he pulled the blanket up and simply lay there, staring at the side of the box. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

Achilles runs smoothly past the tortoise because the infinite points are simply a figment of Zeno's imagination, rather than a real-world construct. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

I said things like “I don’t know how Dad got that idea” and “Dad must have misheard me,” hoping that if I rejected their percipience, they would simply dissipate. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

I told the congregation that we can't simply watch that happen. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Climbers, as a species, are simply not distinguished by an excess of prudence. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

He told her simply that if her behavior toward him did not change, if her coldness and hostility continued, he and she would have to separate. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

It isn’t simply the fact that his parents don’t know about Maxine, that they have no idea how much time he spends with her and Gerald and Lydia. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

So when he started jogging, it was simply out of habit. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

When Ash simply stared at her, dumbfounded, Clara said, “It may not be your dream, Stepsister, but do not scoff at those who do dream of it.” Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

These schools offer an environment that is simply not conducive to learning. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

He thought War Admiral simply had more God-given speed than Seabiscuit, and that the Triple Crown winner would surely beat him off of the line. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Those are the best kind,” he says simply. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

We are so resigned to the nearness of our deaths that the question simply becomes, Is it today? What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Some days Angela would come in dressed simply, khaki pants and a blouse, no jewelry. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

I didn’t expect or want a volleyball scholarship, I simply wanted to prove to colleges that I was well rounded and could handle sports and academics year-round. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

He didn’t answer at first; he simply bent his face to mine, and brushed his lips slowly along my jaw, from my ear to my chin, back and forth. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

They wanted very badly to live with this kind and generous woman, but they knew that it simply could not be done. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z

My mother was simply tired of raising me, so I raised myself. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

This view, while understandable, given the sensational media coverage of crack in the 1980s and 1990s, is simply wrong. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t bear the thought of making the same mistakes they made, simply because I didn’t know any better. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

A brief official bulletin repeated every so often said simply that order was being and would be maintained along the Eastern Border. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

The Uncle had simply ripped the magic off them. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

“We don't get over?anxious or mad. We let the fireman keep the book twenty?four hours. If he hasn't burned it by then, we simply come and burn it for him.” Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

It seemed to me that we were simply going over and over the same ground again; and so I took note of some salient point, and found that this was so. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

“I simply use them and return them baggy.” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

“So strong they gripped my own thumb fiercely and would not let go. Feeling that fierce tug on my thumb, I could not let them take you away. I simply told them no.” Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ivy couldn’t help but wonder if, just maybe, they were simply pondering mysteries too. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Elinor was right; there was no point in simply running off at random. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Has he simply set general rules in place, or does he step in on each and every occasion to ensure the rule is applied? The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

When I had mentioned the issuance of the stamp to others, the news simply stopped folks in their tracks. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

To these people the war is simply a continuous calamity which sweeps to and fro over their bodies like a tidal wave. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

“You know he’s been looking after my business since I was knee-high, so I just went to town and explained it to him. I simply asked him for advice.” Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

Billy Ray Gusdorf, known simply as Ray these days, was a lean, quiet man who, in a lean and quiet way, believed in God. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had no idea that simply walking through trees, bushes, on untrammeled ground could be so hard. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Husband," she said simply, "who can have done this terrible thing?" Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z

For her, however, that solitary rite lacked all sensuality and was simply a way of passing the time until she was hungry. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

For her, the European trips were simply pleasure jaunts, during which her husband took the chance to catch up with old friends. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Nor is success simply the sum of the decisions and efforts we make on our own behalf. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

If whites wanted the land or houses of the other groups, they could simply declare the land a white area and take them. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lola was required only to remain silent about the truth, banish it and forget it entirely, and persuade herself not of some contrary tale, but simply of her own uncertainty. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

It was simply a small pattern in the grand design of our lives. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

It seems that because Flo had been too old to force the spoiled Flint to become independent, he simply couldn’t face life without her. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

As things turned out, that particular visit was simply the first of a whole series of such 'unofficial' meetings between Lord Halifax and the German Ambassador of that time, Herr Ribbentrop. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

The author defended the killing of good plants “simply because they are in bad company.” Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

And there was a serenity to her expression which I could not decide on, whether it was the face of someone simply a little tired or quelling a sadness. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

My guess is that Judge Key had already characterized me as misguided and uncooperative simply because I didn't get off the case, as he had directed. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

And so they simply stood looking down at Carl’s corpse, a thing that had silenced both of them. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

I had to read measuring markings on my machine, and sometimes I simply couldn't; the fine lines on the instruments looked like tiny wiggly worms. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

It would never be dismissed with the thought that white men were simply reaping what they have sown. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

He’d offered her a slug of whiskey, then simply hacked away at the skin, leaving a puckered spill of wounds down her forearm. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Young children climbed the tree and passed down the fruit, while the taller adults simply stretched and grabbed. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

But he also found that there were limits to his regret, and beyond a certain point he simply couldn’t feel much of anything for her. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

She simply sank to her side of the double bed and took off the offending shoes and began to rub her swollen feet. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

She felt she was helping her son; he felt she was simply being a pushy stage mother. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

The aim of this chapter is simply to reflect on whether traditional approaches to racial justice advocacy are adequate to the task at hand. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

Finally he gave up trying to decide and simply wrote, “I hope so.” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

The second apparently problematic feature of the historian’s enterprise is that some important developments are quite simply invisible to the participants. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Because many of the tracks had no inner rail, some jockeys simply cut through the infield, dodging haystacks, to win. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Their duty done, they were running—not to hunt, not to kill—but simply for fun. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

She simply shook her head and then laid it on his shoulder and closed her eyes. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Carl would have to say something one way or the other simply because the two of them were at sea together, moored boat to boat but to nothing else, adrift and battling the same problem. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Could he have simply opened a window in front of the wrong one? The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hoagland, who had recruited me, told me once that our job was simply to even things out, clear the market as it were, act as secret arbitrageurs. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t simply that Anning was good at spotting fossils–though she was unrivalled at that–but that she could extract them with the greatest delicacy and without damage. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

Taciturn, silent, insensible to the new breath of vitality that was shaking the house, Colonel Aureliano Buendía could understand only that the secret of a good old age is simply an honorable pact with solitude. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

The Forgotten Chapel had not simply been flung aside—it had been obliterated. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

“Everyone, simply everyone, has rushed out to their country retreats. It is most annoying.” Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

At first I didn’t know the reason why they always hunt me down, but then I figured it out, it was simply because I was of a different race. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

The wind tried to spin the wheel, but it only had three fins left, and it simply swayed back and forth, back and forth. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

As best he could understand it, the world had simply gotten too full of people about twenty years earlier. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Now, there’s one you’ve never seen before!” said the Match-Man proudly, pointing to a painting of a mountain covered with snow and its slopes simply littered with grasshoppers sitting on gigantic roses. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

It’s a happiness, to be so simply pleased. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

I can’t tell if Mr. Byrne really doesn’t notice how dreadful the food is, or whether he doesn’t care—or if his mind is simply elsewhere. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

The trouble was, I had been inadequate all along, I simply hadn't thought about it. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

They simply follow her, shaking their heads and flinging their legs forward like Saddlebreds. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

“I simply learned to get in touch with the power of nature this summer. Zack’s going to help me move my bed around later.” A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

I would simply order “the same thing,” or put on my plate whatever I’d seen others put on theirs. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

It may be that being born prematurely is simply hurtful to a child’s overall well-being. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

The grim finality of it all, spoken so simply, boggled my mind. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

At dinner, when I brought his ale, I did manage to speak, perhaps because I truly had a question, not simply a wish to impress. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

If these students didn’t get help and find a way to succeed in school, they would fail out or simply get too old for high school, at which point they would be on their own. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

He gifted a fortune to Mercy Raymond, on Block Island, just down the seaboard from us, filling her apron with gold and jewels simply because she’d been kind. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

He had simply not believed in it before. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

My skin and bones will not age—my Bio Gel will simply reach the end of its shelf life and cease to operate. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

The process of breaking a man simply takes longer and costs more. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I no longer wonder if I have a right to love Father Amadi; I simply go ahead and love him. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

And again, he stopped often simply to absorb by osmosis the immense grandeur, loneliness, majesty, and both frail and cruel beauty of his surroundings. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

He simply holds out his arms, motioning to his robe. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

The need to simply run out of there and just head south, south, south rose up in a frantic pulse through her body. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Most people simply cannot afford the considerable cost of hiring an attorney. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

The fog wasn’t simply the steamy vapors off the bay caught and penned in by hills, but a soft breath of anonymity that shrouded and cushioned the bashful traveler. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Queen simply didn’t know what to make of it. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I remember when a white man shoved her angrily as she led a group of us onto an escalator, but Mommy simply ignored him. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

So he faltered in his answer, leaving it unfinished, and it was, in its way, simply and perfectly true. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

In fact, I was beginning to wonder whether my fever wasn’t simply a consequence of this, of him, of this whole situation, because the more he spoke, the more delirious I felt. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

So in answer to his father’s question, he simply said, “No, Father, I’m all right.” said his father. he added, and closed the door. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

He had simply melted away into the dark garden. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the house they simply thought that her mind was wandering, especially since the time she had begun walking about with her right arm raised like the Archangel Gabriel. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

She was like one of those remote control cars that zip around a room, and if she hit a wall, she simply backed up, like nothing had happened, and screeched off in another direction. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

But Cara says it so simply I have to agree with her: yes, something has to be done. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

It was also unusual to find teachers who demanded from students their very best, who refused to succumb to the notion that there was no reason to challenge them because they simply didn’t care. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

I settle for simply swinging my legs back and forth beneath the table. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Other times she would simply vanish altogether—for hours, for days. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Since temperature is simply a measure of the average energy—or speed—of the particles, this cooling of the universe would have a major effect on the matter in it. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

The other half were simply shown how to create, on their faces, the expressions that corresponded to stressful emotions, such as anger, sadness, and fear. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

"Are you utterly ignorant or simply perverse? You know as well as I that die Martells have no cause to love us." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

He was simply the one—as a Chief Rabbit ought to be—through whom a strong feeling, latent throughout the warren, had come to the surface. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was so old, I figured he deserved a knighthood, simply for surviving. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

The next time, I thought, it could come up behind me while I was running the machine and simply bite my head off. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Eventually, they fell into a fevered sleep that deepened until they simply let go. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Two more chariots overturned, but the warriors simply leaped to their feet, drew their swords, and went to work. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

Jason summoned another lightning strike, but this time Porphyrion simply deflected it off the tip of his spear. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Not because I love it, but simply because she hates it. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

The augur’s scream faded until he was simply part of the fiery comet soaring skyward. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

“The Witch is taking her. We are simply doing as we’re told.” The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

The rice farmer isn’t simply planting in the spring and harvesting in the fall. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

When she spots me, her mouth is an O of surprise, but she simply lifts the trellis and watches as I climb down. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

He pointed out that these were simply the old story of legalized injustice. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

He simply shook his head a few times and went on grinning. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

They simply left her one day, moved out while she was in the town buying thread. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes I simply didn’t want to have to go through hour after hour of somebody telling me what to do. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Beneath gray skies, I wandered the streets, engaged not simply in my errand, but also in wonder at what was about me. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

The tips of his frozen hair would simply break off. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

And simply because of that fact, he possessed a certain dignity. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes they lay alone, up against the wall of a barrack, as though they had simply fallen asleep there. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

These weren’t simply running or possession charges either. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

And immediately, mixed with a sizzling sound, there came to Shasta a simply delightful smell. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

Their first love-making had been simply an act of the will. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

She’d say to herself sometimes, “Being his wife would have been no bargain. But to be his friend is simply wonderful.” Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

But I agreed with Mac, and the three of us simply ended up having our teeth examined. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

This is simply a chance for you to greet them.” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

The sergeant had no time to be surprised and simply fell over face first into the sand and squarely on top of his own intestines. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Gone is the air of mystery and excitement; now I am simply afraid. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

As the players left the Miramar Hotel to go home to their respective countries or states, Bobby simply refused to check out. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

If someone puts his own needs first—whether he is injured, sick, or simply refuses to cooperate—that person becomes the weakest link. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

There were, simply, times that he saw and times that he was unable to see. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Would it mean that we would simply kill more? Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t help wondering, though, if these peculiars simply knew more than we did about what the wights did with their captives. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

But perhaps it was simply that his mother had a headache and had sent Sarah to the store for some aspirin. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

Most look terrified, or angry, or simply miserable. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

Moody could not tell whether Trip was mocking him or simply thinking about Pearl himself. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

A year after graduating, he realized they had not disappeared— they’d simply returned to Baltimore, waiting for him to come back. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

If you were unfamiliar with the story of Oedipus Rex and I simply said, “Sophocles play story kill Laius wife Jocasta wed Oedipus father mother,” you wouldn’t guess what happened in a million years. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

It occurred to me that perhaps in his mind finding a Jew to blame for the rash of disappearances on Maxwell Street might be better for his department’s reputation than simply ignoring them. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

What if he did dream—should he simply tell his family unit, as he did so often, anyway, that he hadn’t? The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

Jealousy, like many other typical human reactions, was simply not part of Clara’s vocabulary. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s not like a flavor that you can offer and have someone simply taste. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

And yet, the farther into this tunnel we walked, the more I was overcome by clammy, creeping dread—a feeling entirely apart from the one I sensed hollows with; this was simply a bad feeling. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

It’s dawning on me that I live among men and women who’ve simply always understood their whole existence is worth less than a banana to most white people. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

We did not say anything to her; we simply clung to the hem of her ashen dress. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

The trip to Hawaii, I was figuring, would separate both of us from our work and give us a chance to simply breathe. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

She said it simply, as if it was her name. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had half expected he would simply know what to do when the time came. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

For every ambiguity that is inadvertently funny or ironic, there must be thousands that are simply confusing. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

“Then I will tell you,” she said simply. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had the feeling that if he simply touched that red oblong mound with his finger it would cave in and Mary’s body would come into full view, unburnt. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

He feels no excitement over this prospect, wants simply to be done with it. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

The dome was too much—not too tall to be built, simply too proud for its context. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

“It was simply an accident that might happen to anybody,” said Stuart. Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z

The young Jewish doctor simply ignored me with: “Come on. Bring the next dog. I haven’t got all day.” Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

I lean back against the headboard and simply watch him move, all grace and light. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

For a moment, Nina thought he might simply give in and let the wolf take his life. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

“You left cheese dust all over the typewriter. That’s disrespectful. And you simply cannot eat a whole bag of cheese puffs. It’s not healthy. You’ll become stout.” Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z

His motel was a good two miles away, but after spending three years in prison he was relishing the idea that he could simply walk and walk, forever if need be. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

Harry must have had more haircuts than the rest of the boys in his class put together, but it made no difference, his hair simply grew that way — all over the place. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

But it was evident that Vespucci’s information was quite simply unprecedented: it needed to be addressed here and now. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

And the girls I associate with are very sophisticated in ways that you simply can’t learn from a magazine. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

And that’s simply because I’m honest and tell people right to their faces what I think, even when it’s not very flattering. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

“Yours is a shallow performance. I simply...don’t believe you.” Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

Woolf said something about having believed that the horse had simply stumbled. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

But instead of creating trust, Kappe's statement simply raised more questions. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

The trainer told him to demand that the start be made with a bell, not simply the traditional walk-up flag, and without assistant starters. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

And she bore his violence and she looked at him and she said simply, “And to that one you gave my two pearls!” The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

“I’m warning you, mister, don’t get smart with me. I don’t like that, Ben. I simply don’t like it.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

You simply tell yourself that you must not lose. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

The first response is that disadvantaged kids simply don’t have the same inherent ability to learn as children from more privileged backgrounds. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

To him it was simply a waste, for the African was inherently ignorant and lazy and no amount of education could remedy that. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Watney simply slept at night on Mars, while Mindy had to drift forty minutes forward every day, taping aluminum foil to her windows to get any sleep at all. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Soon she simply wished that the ship would be taken by the storm and sunk to the bottom of the ocean. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

In my view, explaining science in terms of common sense is simply to go round in a circle. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

"How 'bout keeping your voice down? I'm simply sitting here--" "I have to go, anyway," I said--boy, was I nervous! The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

“And we simply parked in front of the bank because there were no other spaces,” he explains again. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

The following pentatonic scale, for example, is not simply another transposition of the "black key" pentatonic scale; the pattern of intervals between the notes is different. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

There was never any question of my disliking Mr. Freeman, I simply didn’t understand him either. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I simply cannot drop the writing I’m doing now.” Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

“So my theory was that the only way to escape the time-field was to simply fall asleep. Our own consciousness was all that kept us imprisoned.” Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

Most of the time he was simply irritating: for example, in his ill-informed and frequent tirades against the Catholic Church. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

“Ma’am, I’m sorry, but I simply can’t let you in without a ticket. In any case, the competition is already well under way.” A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

The judge questioned him and found out that although the suspect was trying to follow instructions he simply could not remember what he did, whom he killed, how or why. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Some people were simply too much to bear. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

But the same thing happened—only more smoke came out this time, simply pouring out around every lid. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

He simply supplied the texts, aided with the translations, and rapped my hand when I failed at declension or agreement. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Drivers simply ignored the law until it became customary for blacks to move when the driver told them to. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

These were the hours in which she sang a little; breathed however she wanted; and simply kept quiet — more important now than ever, as she had a hunch she might be pregnant. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

There came many days when we ate nothing at all, spending the long evening hours simply staring at one another, at the empty pots, and at the sun going down. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

She held completely still, as if—she thought irrationally—the girls outside might simply forget about her. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

If you start sinking, you simply fall backward and spread yourself out as far as you can as you try to pull your legs free. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

“It was done in secret. What’s more, your mother begged me not to tell you or anyone. She chose to simply call you ‘Son.’ Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

Someone innocent or trusting or simply troubled might not see through all that, might not see that under all that calm he’s a wolf. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

And Pearl, with the caution of the recently singed, would simply nod. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

"I simply happen to find Eastern philosophy more satisfactory than Western. Since you ask." The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

They simply had to take up the chase. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Jonathan, not wanting to explain, simply walked away. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

He thought Seabiscuit had simply stumbled over a rough part of the track. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Other times, like today, she simply watched the blacksmith’s strong hands bend to their craft. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

I was trapped, so close that simply by nodding my head, I might have brushed her lips with mine. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Of course, the situation was not by any means hopeless; the Ford was not damaged, simply out of fuel. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

Or perhaps Massasoit was simply following a prearranged schedule. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Then he quickly adds, “Of course, that was a very long time ago, and now you can simply enjoy it, and then I’ll have you write an essay on it.” Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

Yesterday before the bubble gum got into it, it had looked as though it simply needed combing. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

“I started over with this house,” he says simply. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

But the more mundane truth is that they never faced and therefore never fully resolved all their political differences; they simply outlived them. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

Maybe my mother did see reality in all its shades and colours, and was simply using organized religion to cultivate qualities like patience, resiliency, fortitude, hope and optimism. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

It is done by simply passing the bits around from mind to mind, until something like natural selection makes the final selection, all on grounds of fitness. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had simply assumed that because we were best friends and our names were so similar, the same family would adopt both of us. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

One of the meet organizers tried to simply lean the check against me for the pictures, but I jumped out of the way. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

I saw the blue sky and green leaves through a window, went toward it, and simply crashed through the wall to get through. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

When he opens his mouth to ask what they are waiting for she simply holds her finger to her lips to quiet him and then continues walking a few seconds later. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

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

These front-loaded modifiers can be useful in qualifying a sentence, in tying it to information mentioned earlier, or simply in avoiding the monotony of having one right-branching sentence after another. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

“Because the gods use heroes as their tools,” Chiron said simply. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

Aristotle just wished infinity away by stating that it is simply a construct of the human mind. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

Or is the wheelbarrow simply red because red sounded better than black? Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

My skin, muscles, and bones feel as if they have melted away and I can simply step out of my body. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Harry knew Aunt Petunia would simply love to be the one to call the hot line number. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

He simply started over at a myriad myriads, setting 100,000,000 equal to one, and counting again, calling these new numbers, numbers of the second order. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

Papa- Nnukwu laughed and said he simply wanted to see his grandchildren when he could. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

Ritchie simply looked at me as if I was speaking in a foreign tongue. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

I thus contented myself by saying simply: it has been my privilege to see the best of England over the years, sir, within these very walls.' The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

When he casually tells the newspapers that ‘it’s getting wild out there in Queens and Brooklyn,’ let’s not simply nod and agree. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

It is simply there, when yesterday it was not. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

I simply slipped my papers into my brief case and left as though going downtown for a meeting. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Neely was the only teacher to assign something over winter break, and his “homework” was simply to keep thinking about our scientific process experiments. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

But if the universe is really completely self-contained, having no boundary or edge, it would have neither beginning nor end: it would simply be. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

If you spilled something dangerous on yourself while working in the hoods, you could simply pull the drench’s handle and rinse yourself clean in a stream of cool water. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

That way they could alert the crew that cops were creeping, but if the cops questioned them, they could simply say they were calling for a friend and walk away unscathed. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

Otherwise, the elves would blame the goblins and the goblins would blame the elves, and the thousand years of war would simply start again. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

Literature and politics, science and religion did not bore him—they simply had no place in his world, and nor did any matter about which people seriously disagreed. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

She thought that perhaps he simply needed to look away. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Estraven and I had simply arrived at the point where we shared whatever we had that was worth sharing. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

I looked at them—were they criminals or simply men who were worked up over the shooting? Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

When tourists complained about the horrible beasts stinking up our village, we learned to simply shrug and say, “When screechers were invented, Mother Nature made them scented.” Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

That saved them—for a brief moment he simply stood there staring at Basta, who was still struggling in Mo's grip. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

In the next few months and years, the Reichstag would add dozens of additional laws restricting every aspect of the lives of German Jews, until, in effect, simply being Jewish was outlawed. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Or we can assume Strabo simply means that the Museum was adjacent to outlying parks, buildings, and so on, that were affiliated with the palace. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z

And one day, I had my own experience of being perceived as “bad” simply because I was black. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

The prosecutor asked Govan why, if he admitted many of the actions in the four counts against him, he did not simply plead guilty to the four counts? Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The cleaning woman, always in a hurry, simply flung anything that was momentarily useless into Gregor's room. The Metamorphosis 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z

So memory, as it matters in rhetoric, is not simply about rote learning any more than oratory is about recitation. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

“Oh, the smell of sheepskin! The elegant feel of the scroll unrolling beneath my hooves. You simply can’t duplicate it in something like that” He nodded indignantly at the guidebook in Jason’s hand. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

She simply refused to let the matter rest where it was. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

Me because I’m really rested, she because she simply refuses to lie down. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

“What you are saying is simply — they are simply tales told to children.” Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

The truth was simply this: he had a head on his shoulders. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

“Potter and his friends may have simply been in the wrong place at the wrong time,” he said, a slight sneer curling his mouth as though he doubted it. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

Did Parr create us, or was he simply a reflection of us? Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

They also represented those forces in nature, those powerful and inevitable forces that cannot be resisted, reminding a man that sometimes he must simply endure that which cannot be changed. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

Whatever happened, she simply must play along with this peculiar giant and smile at his jokes. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Whether he’d intentionally left us an escape route or simply fallen asleep without remembering to lock the touri and her bonobo in, I didn’t know. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

They kept edging out in front simply on the power of their long, slow strokes. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Every time she heard anything to do with magic, her consciousness and her spark and her very soul seemed to simply disappear. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

“That,” I said, “is the crux. Van Helsing is simply frantic about it, and I am at my wits’ end. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

Even the vast sextants and quadrants built by Tycho Brahe were simply enlarged sighting devices. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Thus language-games do not simply succeed, progress, pay, or prove their worth; they can also become unsustainable if the facts change. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

They accepted my explanation that I was from San Francisco, that my name was Marguerite but that I was called Maya and I simply had no place to stay. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

She tried and quickly abandoned trying to teach them how to play charades; they were simply no good at guessing the names of famous people, since they had never heard of any of them. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

They don’t believe that we worship the same God as Christians and Jews do; we simply refer to that same God as Allah. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

Using today’s standards, it is easy to conclude that Washington had simply sold out to white society. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

From then on, whenever the teacher left the room or simply wasn’t looking, Palmer erased what he had just written. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

Normally when he fought, Percy simply discarded the cap. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

As York learned later from General Andrew Goodpaster, Eisenhower’s military attache, his request had prompted the president to reflect that “the whole thing is crazy; something simply must be done about it.” Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

He slipped a hand from beneath the Cloak and grasped the snowy and thickly rusted gate, not wishing to open it, but simply to hold some part of the house. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

And again, perhaps it was not even unorthodoxy that was written in his face, but simply intelligence. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

She had a choice: either she could decide it was her presence that provoked the engineer to leave, or she could assume that the fellow had simply finished his work and moved on. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

He had spent much of the night simply staring at his gold medal, contemplating it as it hung on the end of his bunk. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

The forcible recalling was simply an unpleasant memory. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

When the time was right, he would simply declare war on Egypt, a foreign power and Rome’s sworn enemy. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z

Or probably it was simply the change in the demon’s attitude from being surly to being friendly that encouraged Father. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

How could Stalin simply take something that didn’t belong to him, something that a farmer and his family had worked their whole lives for? Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

“Chaplain, I once studied Latin. I think it’s only fair to warn you of that before I ask my next question. Doesn’t the word Anabaptist simply mean that you’re not a Baptist?” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

At this point, we simply take stock of the means by which the War on Drugs facilitates the roundup and lockdown of an extraordinary percentage of the U.S. population. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

“When they told me it was you out here I simply had to come say hello.” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

“A child don’t simply declare he ain’t a child of his father.” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

And then, Coraline realized, it was simply the noise of the water, and she was alone in the room. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

And he asked for her whole life as simply as he’d ask for a date. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

What if instead of that, someone simply told us they were changing the rules, and that we couldn’t go there anymore, no matter what we wanted? Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

For a moment the boy simply stood next to the bodies. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

His view would therefore have been framed by the porch; indeed, his picture may have simply reproduced the view within the frame, as if he were looking through a window. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

For him, nonviolence was not simply a tactic. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He wishes his parents could simply accept her, as her family accepts him, without pressure of any kind. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

These gross racial disparities simply cannot be explained by rates of illegal drug activity among African Americans. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

“This child was born of parents who can read and write,” she said simply. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

At first I took her as being exceedingly proper, but I soon realized that she was simply executing the language. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

They simply offered me the choice and waited to see what I would do. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

Too often, adults try to suggest that differences in appearance don’t matter by pretending they simply don’t exist. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

“I can’t see him hiding anything at Borgin and Burkes,” said Harry, who had made this point many times before, but said it again simply to break the nasty silence. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

He had never seen a wizard work things out like this, simply by looking and touching; but Harry had long since learned that bangs and smoke were more often the marks of ineptitude than expertise. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Perhaps it was the nervous strain of enduring Dad’s driving; perhaps it was simply that fourteen persons have different personal habits. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

I simply cannot tell you how awful they were, and somehow the whole sight was made more grotesque because underneath those frightful scabby bald heads, the bodies were dressed in fashionable and rather pretty clothes. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

If ending a sentence with than I or than she or than they seems awkward or fussy, you might simply add the missing thought: Trixie loves spaghetti more than I do. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

A world that looked at him with fear simply because he was alive. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

It is simply violet light and a hum. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

At first the few Xi they saw were simply going about their business as usual, but as they descended into the streets, more and more Xi emerged from their homes to watch them ride past. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

For a minute she simply stares at the name centered at the top of the resume, laser-printed in an elegant font. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

In the country’s largest cities, otherwise prosaic services have been transformed into status symbols simply because of the price tag. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

For a while, he simply stood, feeling it and shivering with pleasure. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

This is the real lesson of Blink: It is not enough simply to explore the hidden recesses of our unconscious. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

It seemed to simply fall out of her mouth and hit the ground with a soft thump. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

Instead of a brand name on the label it simply repeated his badge number, 4566. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Governor George Wallace simply said no to the Supreme Court. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

It was like a waking dream and I attempted to transfer it to paper as simply and truthfully as I could. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I simply wasn’t important enough to make such a crucial decision. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

Her dæmon sat up beside her, but she didn’t want to move closer to the door; it was simply the sound of Lord Asriel’s voice she wanted to hear rather than any particular words. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

All that anticipation, and still it had sneaked up on me so simply, so quietly. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

They shouted orders or simply yelled in panic. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

He was certain to flunk English this term, simply because English was mostly reading and he didn’t have time anymore to spend four or five hours every night reading a lousy book. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

He couldn’t bear to have it simply chopped up for firewood, so he had part of the timber made into a wardrobe, which ho put in his big house in the country. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

Dunstan had done guard duty many times before, but hitherto his task had consisted of simply standing, and, on occasion, shooing away children. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

Seven knew they no longer had to simply defeat the Nightbeast. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

A rival possibility is that such knowledge may simply be beyond us. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

However, they are not romantic and it came naturally to Hazel and Holly to consider the two Nuthanger does simply as breeding stock for the warren. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes Mandela simply wandered off in the middle of practice, once for no reason and another time to join a pickup game of older players from the neighborhood at the far end of the field. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

If the Gestapo can’t find the saboteur, they simply grab five hostages and line them up against the wall. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

I figured my teachers must have said something about it to them or they simply forgot. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

I take care to keep out of their way, simply because they are bigger and might knock me over. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Though we lived side by side throughout the South, communication between the two races had simply ceased to exist. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

So she simply chose a direction, picking her way around tree roots and snowdrifts, until finally she came to a small clearing where the snow had not fallen. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

“This is just one of those things that happens, Mrs. Pattillo. It has nothing to do with the caliber of your work. It’s simply that we’ve been ordered to hire a different kind of teacher.” Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the last twenty strokes, and particularly in the final twelve gorgeous strokes, they simply powered past the British boat, decisively and unambiguously. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Apartheid was purely and simply a scheme to perpetuate white dominance, greed and privilege. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Because, dear,” Gloria says simply, “it’s what your gram would have wanted.” How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

But the boy simply blinked, then looked back down at the sea star and tugged again, harder. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

My mother used to say to simply start with “Hello, how are you?” but my mom ain’t grow up in this neighborhood. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

If anything, the game simply proved how talented the team was. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe it was because I could see a future that would be cut down just like those kites—simply because I was a girl. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Others prefer scientific pitch notation, which simply labels the octaves with numbers, starting with C1 for the lowest C on a full-sized keyboard. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

I soon found out this much:—terror can be endured so long as a man simply ducks;—but it kills, if a man thinks about it. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

And another that simply said, Mommy, when am I gonna reach my full potential? All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

“I wish I could fly,” the dragon said simply. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

She had heard of a religious community in the Netherlands—the Labadists—whose members gave up all material possessions to live simply, away from the whims and fashions of public life. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

I could not see myself going to any of the inferior tribal universities run by white apartheid ideologues; it would simply mean more intellectual stunting, anger, frustration and hatred. mentality. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Until now we had simply taken what we needed to eat. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

Tired of broken promises, these Germans simply shrugged their shoulders and went on with their lives. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

I try to get back to simply holding my sign, but I can’t help sneaking looks at him. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

“Finally, a dim light goes on in that head of yours. Yes, Fai Zhang. Your mother was not simply boosting your self-esteem. She was telling you the literal truth.” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

It was no rooftop, simply a flat piece of land in front of the wood. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

Now, when I myself hear that somebody is dead, I simply shrug and say what the Tralfamadorians say about dead people, which is ‘So it goes.’ Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I guess I owe you plenty dough,” he said simply. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dusty, who usually was the first thing to whip out the door, simply lifted his head, then rested it once more on his paws. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

The fact that the giant’s table and chair towered far above the smaller table simply could not be helped. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Delta Mermaid replied that women simply had laws protecting them in America and the divorce rates would be just as high if those laws were in Nigeria. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

A front-page headline in the Chicago Tribune the next day read simply, “The Phenom.” Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Many professors were fired, arrested, or simply disappeared, in accordance with a blacklist in the hands of the political police. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I did not know whether our losses were great, or whether they simply seemed so. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

This simply is not the case, as experiments quickly showed. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

The prisoner was simply another rebel who was responsible for the death of my family, as I had come to truly believe. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

The peculiar feature of his peep-show construction, that the viewer is looking at himself as well as at the painting, simply recapitulates this earlier tension. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

There were simply too many things that could go wrong. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Or had she simply never opened her eyes? Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Or it might have simply been that Tamara’s leg injury was keeping her from flying with her squadron. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

The magistrate knew precisely who I was and I know that if he had asked me rather than Paul, I would have simply performed the errand and forgotten about it. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some children simply ran around, swiping at the aku just for the sake of it. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

These people, of course, were not ready for a revolution; they had not abandoned their past lives by choice, but because they simply could not live the old way any longer. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was finespun in the way that used to make Olanna wonder if she wasn’t uncomfortable, dressing up every day and simply sitting at home. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Where before we Comanches had simply stared at her femaleness, we now glared at it She smiled back at us. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

The old man ignored the passing horses and carriages, the silk brocade and the government seal, and simply continued reading a large book in his lap, placidly fingering a bag of red string beside him. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

Pythagoras did not simply enumerate examples of this theorem; he developed a method of mathematical deduction to prove the thing generally. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bigger asked in a tone that indicated that he was simply mentioning names and not recommending places to go. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Well,” said the captain, “it’s simply that we never thought we’d find a thing like this on Mars.” The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the background, Lexie and Trip babbled and tottered, and it became easier, after a while, to simply avoid it all. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

He simply wanted to get as far from the border as possible. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

At base, though the white brings forth many arguments to justify his viewpoint, one feels the reality is simply that he cannot bear to “lose” to the traditionally servant class. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

He simply floats by them with peculiar disinterest. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

That is: Padre Sinkovich had wanted a bell so badly for so long that one day he simply began to hear a joyful bronze tolling beneath the dirt floor of his humble mud church. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I got ready food: but she would not eat, simply saying that she had not hunger. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

Like the brave sea captain’s daughter, she knew she must simply endure until it was over. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

Or “Well, it was raining during delivery, this added weight is simply moisture, that explains it.” The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

"And inside the Castle I could go snooping around simply everywhere!" The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

Now that she really looks, now that the land is not simply her day’s chore to cross, the fields roll and stretch below the large sky. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

It was simply her validation that all those things had taken place. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was what we called a tanorexic: someone who simply could not get enough. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

It cannot be seen as death; barring mutation, the descendants are simply the first cell, living all over again. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

And his new, heightened feelings permeated a greater realm than simply his sleep. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

He offered to run against the colt for a small purse or simply for a winner’s cup. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Beowulf believed he could put a stop to it simply by slaying one monster. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z

If we asked Mom about food—in a casual way, because we didn’t want to cause any trouble—she’d simply shrug and say she couldn’t make something out of nothing. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Hagrid simply looked at him, the little of his face that could be seen completely blank, uncomprehending. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

I waited for him to invite me behind the glass so we could talk in private, but he simply stood, waiting for me to continue. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

Then she told me she was entering me in another recital—simply called Musical Overtures. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

I think the best thing is simply to wait and see what happens. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

At first, my father simply doubled over under the blows, but then he seemed to break in two like an old tree struck by lightning. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

I hoped that he would simply ignore me when he came, and prove my suspicions false. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

But it simply clamped its huge, flat mouth down on one end of the trunk and twisted its massive neck. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Sidney’s catalogue simply listed the price at which the last transaction involving a raccoon had taken place. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

She simply knew she had to protect her friends. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

She upset Billy simply by being his mother. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

There were the armies of reference clerks whose job was simply to draw up lists of books and periodicals which were due for recall. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

“Most people,” said Shadow, “would simply take it from the ATM.” American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

“The donor was simply attempting to do something good, I think. One of those pay it forward things.” When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Hazel was the simply the next best thing Nico could manage —a consolation prize from the Underworld. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

So it must have simply astonished the dons of Oxford to hear this peculiar Italian, as he dipped and dodged, chucked and chirred, defending Copernicanism as the literal truth. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Still, he simply had to ensure that Eitri and Brokk lost the contest; the gods would still get six wonderful things from the dwarfs, and Sif would get her golden hair. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

He did not behave this way out of avarice; it was simply that his family no longer interested him. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had worked for Lucky Strike and Richard Lopez, had worked for Sadna, had worked to protect him and Lucky Girl, and then had simply walked away when it no longer suited him. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

Or maybe she simply picked up on the truth: that I wanted it. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

He simply unzipped it down the front, pulled it down over his legs and stepped out of it. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

When he finally started walking again, his pace was so slow that Ivy simply stood still and watched him until he disappeared around the corner of the house, bright pink azaleas clouding the porch. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I love you, with a love so great that it simply couldn’t keep growing inside my heart, but had to leap out and reveal itself in all its magnitude. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

If he confronted me, I’d simply tell him the truth: Nothing was going on. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

On horses she walked, simply forgetting to spur them into a trot, a canter, a gallop, having no desire to be thrilled. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The first type is called taste-based discrimination, which means that one person discriminates simply because he prefers to not interact with a particular type of other person. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

“In part I think it is her nature. It could be she simply has wandering blood.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

There was something I was meant not simply to be, but to do—and it wasn’t to run or hide or give up the minute things seemed terrifying and impossible. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

In the end, the standards of decency were simply lowered in order to make room for the candidate’s voice. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

“Or maybe he simply likes Poe and doesn’t care what this Rufus guy felt about him. But I’m not sure how knowing any of this tells us how to play Mr. Griswold’s game.” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

The book simply lay there, looking old and dirty and dog-eared. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

He felt that he couldn’t lie if asked a direct question, and yet if he simply refused to answer, the assumption was that he was hiding something crucial. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

This will probably be a disordered arrangement in which the pieces don’t form a proper picture, simply because there are so many more disordered arrangements. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

She knew it was unlikely, and yet...she could kill him in his cell, put him in a deep, painless sleep, and simply stop his heart. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

That was partly because, instead of simply teaching, the sociology faculty got involved. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

To answer simply: I wasn’t very good at sports. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

It’s that we simply don’t have any way of explaining our feelings about jam. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

A recent centenary conference and festival devoted to him in modern Hungary simply described him, correctly, as 'European'. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

Such a view hardly does justice to artistic creativity, since art is not simply a negative force at the mercy of our neuroses but a positive expression that integrates diverse aspects of personality. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Teachers had courted her and cursed her, but no one before had simply melted her into the mass. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

Often the name of a scale simply reflects what it sounds like to the person using it, and the same name may be applied to different scales, or different names to the same scale. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

Then six of them canceled themselves out and simply disappeared. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

There was no particular day on which I said, From henceforth I will devote myself to the liberation of my people; instead, I simply found myself doing so, and could not do otherwise. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I say ‘more remarkable’, for it is discovery itself which has transformed our world, in a way that simply locating a new land mass could never do. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

For a while I simply stared at it dumbly. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Campion’s suggestion was that they should simply starve the warren out. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

My own stomach rumbled from the morning fast and I simply nodded. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

He brought his baseball bat down with full force, but Michael simply caught it and yanked it away from the coach. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

It happened so swiftly—as if she had simply been swallowed. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

In some ways she was his most vulnerable target—through no fault of her own, but simply because in Greekdom, generally speaking, women are lesser creatures, better seen than heard. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Although these instruments are quite similar, the viola has a noticeably "deeper" and the violin a noticeably "brighter" sound that is not simply a matter of the violin playing higher notes. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

I could simply have ripped the “fruit” apart—I still call it that for lack of a better word—but I chose to satisfy my curiosity in a measured way. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

“What is there to understand? A miracle must always be a mystery,” she says simply. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

The French, Lyndon Johnson—they simply hadn’t been tough enough, Nixon believed. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

But here among my own less inhibited people, I discovered it was simply letting your feet, hands and body spontaneously act out whatever impulses were stirred by the music. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Was he simply being a bureaucrat who didn't like the fact that a name had been crossed out without his official permission? The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

The plant that poisoned him wasn’t toxic, per se; McCandless simply had the misfortune to eat moldy seeds. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

He simply sat down on the floor where he was, legs crossed, one book on his lap and the others beside him. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

He became an American citizen simply by being born in the United States. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

Stalking off, she simply raised her right arm and reproachfully wagged a forefinger in the air. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Most of the young men simply couldn’t stand the biting and stinging. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

Getting it there was fairly easy, for I simply felled the big hemlock at the edge of the pond. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had lost his rifle and simply intended to survive. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

I decided to take a notebook and simply write down words or subjects she liked or disliked and see if there was a pattern. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Maybe some of them were simply going wherever a bus might take them. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

On the rare occasions when the army stops to rest, men simply crumple to the ground and sleep. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

Its goals are rigid and simply drawn, and the minds of the majority of politicians are set, congealed in terms of daily tactical maneuvers. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

A spear that whistled past him—reminding him of his trainer’s proddings—simply enraged him more, so that he pursued the thrower in an avenging bound, and tore out his throat. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

She simply nodded and closed the door quickly behind the little form. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

And perhaps cry out and stare or simply reach down her hand and say, “What's this?” and hold up the hidden book with touching innocence. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

She did not breathe deeply; she did not need to: the air simply floated towards her, drawn by her natural authority, until there was nothing left for others. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Horace squeezed his eyes shut, as if he could simply wish himself away from here. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

They simply cannot remain silent while we die rang in his head. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

I had simply left too much scent around my traps. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It is simply not done!” came Aunt Florences voice from the crowd. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

At the end of the shift, he simply ordered Shin and other workers to dispose of the bodies. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

He simply pulled out the correct tools and quickly cracked open the safe. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

So she simply said, “We don’t have any rice.” A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

But the boys simply took my hand and pulled me inside the building. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Wright was under Baroni’s orders to restrain the horse, but he simply couldn’t. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

One might think that Renaissance authors simply weren’t very concerned with being consistent. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

After a few seconds, he stopped actively pulling and simply took in the line as they coasted toward him. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

And I don’t know why I admit this, except that I simply have nothing to lose. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

“I called them on your father’s cell phone. I never wanted one of those, but now I think I’d better get one after all. They simply cut my phone line.” Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Some in the ANC wanted to make the campaign simply a liberation election, and tell the people: Vote for us because we set you free. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘Sometimes and quite suddenly, a giant is disappearing and nobody is ever knowing where he goes to. But mostly us giants is simply going on and on like whiffsy time-twiddlers.’ The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I try to calm down, but simply cannot. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

At the same time, to simply walk along the pristine Inner Harbor or go see the Orioles in action without understanding that all of Baltimore is not downtown would be equally misleading. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

It was simply good luck that Steven and Emilia liked each other. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was coarse- woven and simply made, without so much as a single bow for trimming, but it was certainly far more suited to the menial work she had to do in it. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

Can a thing like me even be pushed to an edge, or will I simply crash in a puff of smoke? The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

We were simply told to follow the path until we received instructions on what to do next. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

I knew that if I messed up, the punishment would be severe for all of us, simply because a Nazi was watching. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

“I don’t think I was attacked exactly. Nestor 10 was simply trying to do so. What was left of the First Law was still holding him back.” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

Finally, one hot afternoon, after another disheartening interview in Laurelhurst, Joyce decided simply to start knocking on doors. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Whether it came from the game or simply from being with her, I don’t know. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

Having never had a normal childhood, I didn’t miss birthdays; to me they were simply like other days: to be survived. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

But my new friend simply showed me the building, shook my hand, gave a fine bonne soiree, and walked off into the wide open night. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

Surprising how much like a small, begging child she makes me feel, simply by her scowl, her stolidity; how importunate and whiny. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It is simply not done!” came the distinctive voice of Despereaux's aunt Florence. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

There were simply more people in Marc’s grandfather’s life than his grandson could comprehend. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

He simply refused to sing a song done wrong. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

I decide to ignore Boy21 and simply focus on my own goals. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You know that there’s no third chance. The rules say that if there’s a third transgression, he simply has to be released.” The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

The blood was already coagulating inside the wound, and it was simply a matter of bandaging him up and keeping him calm until the plane landed. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Days passed, and then weeks, and we simply walked through our same routines—predictable schedules disturbed only briefly that Sunday morning. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

She was simply gone, sucked under in the Teeth. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

I was thrown off, confused, flabbergasted, and to put it simply—shocked. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

I worried that she might cry, or curse me, or simply turn and leave. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

She reached the conclusion that the son for whom she would have given her life was simply a man incapable of love. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

Or is it simply what they call intuition? The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

A blinding flash, and she was simply . . . gone. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

Dad got up again, looked at them all, and asked simply, “Do you accept our plan for making restitution or not?” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

He could simply make eye contact, and I’d know exactly what he was thinking. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

‘I has told you before that human beans is simply not believing in giants.’ The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Because your grandma told me to,” he answers simply. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

They may simply have needed extra lime for the island’s roads. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

To accommodate his bulging feet, he’d simply asked my mother to buy him a bigger pair of work boots. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

For a few moments she considered simply getting into her car and driving away. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Boys, you understand you aren't simply receiving this money without stipulations. Correct?” Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

He had simply got up to teach one day and left his body behind him in an armchair in front of the staffroom fire; his routine had not varied in the slightest since. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

From someone else, for instance Janice, the contact would simply be casual, friendly, just a kind of parlance, formless, easy talk. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Numbers don’t have colors, they simply have a shape and a numerical value, that’s all.” A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

Met Bong seems to believe the lies, or maybe she simply does not care. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

How could her lull have simply stopped working? Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

It is possible these particular persons are simply united by the anticipation of the evening ahead. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

Instead, she simply chose what she wanted and headed for the door, the article in plain view. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

It simply hung now below the sky, an audible reminder of the existence of agony. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

But nothing I can do right now will increase my security beyond what it already is; there’s simply no time. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Even if Ann had been there, she would not have complied; it simply wasn’t her way. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

They never stop hearing them; they simply stop sending the messages to their brains. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It isn’t simply a matter of calling people by nicknames. It’s a matter of your looking down on working- class people.” Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

As a senior KGB official with colleagues and admirers throughout the Soviet government, Gordievsky could not simply be arrested; the KGB had to find solid evidence of his treachery or force him to admit it. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t believe the war is simply the work of politicians and capitalists. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

“He tried to kill me,” she said simply. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

He talked about himself with an uncluttered simplicity, assuming that she enjoyed his stories simply because he enjoyed them himself. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Of course there had been a bigger plan; Harry had simply been too foolish to see it, he realized that now. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

To practice this skill, simply start playing familiar pieces in a different key. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

When I told her that Max spoke Spanish, she simply repeated what she said in English: “Take him away.” Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

More basically, Jefferson simply did not regard his behavior as seditious or treasonable. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

Explaining the reversal to the Associated Press, Ulbrickson broke cover, abandoned the dance of doom, and said simply what he believed in his heart about the sophomores. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

“At best, her bones are simply broken, but if it’s more than that...” Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

There were no clouds on the horizon, but the air felt dense with moisture, as if a storm was simply refusing to form. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

He simply couldn’t play at that time, he said. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

He stopped walking and leaned toward me as if to hug me, but simply put his hand near the base of my neck and spoke into my ear. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

Scipio simply wedged a rag between his captive's teeth. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

And some had celebrated the victory over the previous night’s blaze with whisky and beer; though, after sixteen hours of fighting a fire, most simply wanted a soft bed and rest. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z

I actually wrote her an anonymous note and simply said, “I feel your pain—you’re not alone!” The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Sometimes they simply stood in front of her in the middle of the sidewalk, like human trees, forcing her to walk around them. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

And they would not simply ask but have to talk- story too. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“This school business was an experiment. Let us simply acknowledge that it was not a successful one.” The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

Any butler with ambition simply did his best to climb as high up this ladder as possible, and by and large, the higher he went, the greater was his professional prestige. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

And would the danger simply move to his sister? Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

“They help each other,” her father explained simply. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

If I am honest—which is not, of course, what Mr. Sorenson is asking of me—I will say that I simply need a warm, dry place to live. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

If his wife had chosen this occasion to have one of her special “I simply don’t understand” periods he wasn’t going to fight her. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was dressed simply: black long-sleeved shirt tucked into black pants; black pants tucked into soft black boots. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“I know. Why didn’t we simply abduct her?” Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

Such was Briony’s last thought before she accepted that she did not understand, and that she must simply watch. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

To him the occasional misfortunes of life were simply part of things. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

The boys from Washington simply sat on the grass and gave him a wave as he passed. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

He was simply as good as he had to be. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some works had a religious theme, others were portraits, and others simply captured the elusive light of daily life with a vibrancy that was missing in post-mortal art. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

Should she jump now or simply wait for her body to give out? Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

They were simply an imitation of his earlier manner, and curiously lifeless and unconvincing. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

She laughs like, Oh, you have no idea, and simply says, “Early.” The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

“If need be, he j could simply take all this at swordpoint. We do not have the men to stop them. The wildlings must be fed as well.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“Didn’t you get the alert? Moreau is free! The person who has the Black Book isn’t simply some apprentice magician. It’s one of the Night Brothers!!” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

To imagine means simply to make an image—a picture—in our minds. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was simply addressing an age-old question: Why do some bodies float and others sink? The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

“Chinese people do many things,” she said simply. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Pappachi would not believe her story—not because he thought well of her husband, but simply because he didn’t believe that an Englishman, any Englishman, would covet another man’s wife. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

For Schubert, the birds, the bees, the woods and the trees came into their own above all in song- writing, at which he was simply unmatched before the twentieth century. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

For Rush, and for other doctors as well, this was simply a sign that the treatment was indeed working. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

Even now it was quite conceivable that he was simply a busy man wondering irritably why he had been interrupted. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

Having waited seven years before I proposed to Janine, I wondered if people my age were being more careful than those who came before us, or simply more selfish? Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Those who shook their heads from side to side as they listened to the editorial — even though they thought they were simply testing headset quality — disagreed strongly with the proposed increase. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

When he’d first crossed the river, sixty-seven, days earlier in the freezing temperatures of April, it had been an icy but gentle knee- deep creek, and he’d simply strolled across it. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

When it was empty, he simply parked the truck and took off on foot. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

Or have they simply forgotten you, because you are not worth their time? The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

I simply wanted to make it through the year alive and uninjured. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Perhaps a lunatic was simply a minority of one. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

He was simply there, like the river and the late-summer sun. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

But form the plurals of others simply by adding s: curriculums; formulas; memorandums; stadiums. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

“General Dreedle simply doesn’t know how to cope with me,” he gloated. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

If they rotted, I would simply grow more teeth. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

Marlena had simply had enough of being on the road—kind of a nesting thing, I figure—and besides, Rosie was getting on in years. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Did he simply sit in the park, a book propped on his lap, pretending to read as the real world passed him by? Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

Dessie did not simply throw up her hands and give up. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

If she wanted to escape, she simply had to turn left at the next hallway and take the stairs down three flights. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

“When I held you as a baby and looked into your face, the Spirit revealed it to me. Your place is here. Working hard, living simply. Living in a godly way.” The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

They were simply meant to force me to see that there was a causal relationship between whether I pressed the button and whether the planet exploded. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

The men I talked to seemed to me not moved to a riot of seasonal slaughter but simply to be going out to kill edible meat. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had spent the day wearily over books, and, simply to keep my mind occupied, went over some of the matters I had been examining at Lincoln’s Inn. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

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

“But we can't do that simply by marching. It sounds like a noble and brave thing, but without some plan to back it up, it leads nowhere.” A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

Salmon are slippery fish, and Loki was the slipperiest of salmon; he wriggled and tried to slip through Thor’s fingers, but Thor simply gripped the fish harder and squeezed it tightly, down by the tail. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

He simply carried on where Dufay left off, thickening and embellishing the polyphonic choral style that you would have heard almost anywhere across Europe in the later fifteenth century. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

If I got to be so indiscriminate about what I ate, it was not simply because of appalling hunger; it was also plain rush. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

‘But can you really and truly tell what sort of a dream it’s going to be simply by listening to it?’ The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

There may be a vast chapter in the development of art here that is largely lost to us simply because Neolithic artists worked in wood or other impermanent materials. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I do not deny it. I simply said there is no winter sport at Mon-treux.” A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

But maybe I can go further back, to a less complicated time when cute was an accurate description of my grandfather and Mabel was simply my best friend. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

The searing sensation in his arms had subsided, and now they simply throbbed and ached. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

My grandmother knew that in spite of America’s social climate, her children would be able to discern for themselves when an act was generated by pure racism, or simply by ignorance. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

His guardian could always be counted upon to explain matters clearly and lucidly and as simply as Bod needed in order to understand. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

Once he learned a game, it took him mere hours to master it, and then he simply couldn’t be beaten. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

I was simply watching a scheduled event alongside other members of the community. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

For she had decided simply to ignore it, this silly, persistent talk about their not being friends. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

But we couldn’t simply walk away—we were surrounded by water. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

It is the graver thing I must seek, the dire constant, which I thought at first was simply John Kwang. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

But he simply ran blindly up the hill, stared wildly around him at the broken landscape, and, not seeing the tiger immediately, ran off in the wrong direction. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

If he were here, he could raise the water level and simply float down. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

The white judges, the intimidating police, the insulting drivers, and the crushing weight of all the years of custom and law were simply overwhelming. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

Or else he had simply made up everything, and not just the Amazons. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Tristran was about to tell his companion all about the encounter with the unicorn, but he thought better of it, and simply said, "He was a most noble beast." Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

She would simply have to sign a release form that allowed them to say she was single while she was out on tour and when they promoted her recordings. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

These are, after all, precisely the kind of lower-income kids who Alexander identified as losing ground over the long summer vacation, so KIPP’s response is simply to not have a long summer vacation. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

“All we had to do was simply go along with your test results, either way.” Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

It truly seemed as if nothing less than fate herself was working against them, somehow had it in for the Bronchos, who simply could not beat Permian no matter how hard they tried. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The sprite. Why didn’t we simply keep the Book and leave her to die?” Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

Journalists’ curiosity about her would simply take away, she felt, from her son’s shining moment. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

You may think that this is simply because Galileo’s law is incomplete: Newton’s theory of gravity provides an explanation both of Galileo’s law of fall and of Kepler’s laws of planetary motion. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

She would tell them simply that as the owl had suggested, she had gone to the rats and asked for help. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

Mr Farraday, however, simply looked up at me and said: 'I beg your pardon, Stevens?' The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

She really did not have any definite vocation, but she had earned the highest grades by means of inflexible discipline simply in order not to annoy her mother. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

Inej knew that ordinarily Nina would have used pigments to alter her own hair color, but there simply wasn’t time. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

He said fasting messed up his carefully balanced diet of simply grilled chicken breasts and staring at his abs in the mirror. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

Bobby simply couldn’t wait until he saw it all. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

I realize now that the several hundred people who had gathered simply came to see the airplane, but at that time we thought they were there to do my mother honor. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

But he was simply the messenger who related the word of God. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

All the cherished question-begging epithets applied to the Negro race, and widely accepted as truth even by men of good will, simply prove untrue when one lives among them. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

She didn’t stop to think, but simply reacted, raising her hands to attack. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

He used the tip of his knife to poke Derek’s hand, again watching the man’s eyes and there was, simply, nothing—even when he poked hard enough to draw a small drop of blood. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z

If only I had paid closer attention to why she was crying instead of simply trying to quiet her. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

But he was bothered every day that he was at Levy’s Lodge by his wife simply because she resented his not wanting to be bothered by Levy Pants. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her efforts to conceal herself were oddly provocative, far more so than if she’d simply gone about the business naked. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Adults who have already had some music instruction should be able to work through this course with or without a teacher; simply use the opening sections to review any concepts that are unclear or half-forgotten. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

Would the city boys have the toughness simply to survive? The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

“Or does your purpose simply differ from my own?” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

One evening the Huntsman came and sat with them, and at first Taisin, Con, and Kaede simply stared at him, for none of the riders ever joined them at the fire. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Thus Digges had not simply translated Copernicus but strengthened his argument at its most vulnerable point. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

She decided that she simply would not learn to weave. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

He said it softly, not as a judgment but simply in an effort to understand. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

“I would,” I said casually, “simply call the wind, and make it strike the bird from the sky.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“But your gran taught me lessons just like your uncle is teaching you and Jay. I simply decided I didn’t want to learn anymore. For reasons I will tell you when you’re older.” Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

“I sometimes find, and I am sure you know the feeling, that I simply have too many thoughts and memories crammed into my mind.” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Once they were discovered, there simply was no scenario in which life went on. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

“All Things — all — are open to you — and you need not deserve, but simply Pluck.” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

He simply likes people, in a genuine and powerful way, and he finds the patterns of acquaintanceship and interaction in which people arrange themselves to be endlessly fascinating. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

A weak container would simply cause a fireball without much concussive force. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

When Newton denoted position with the variable x, he realized that velocity is simply the fluxion—what modern mathematicians call the derivative—of x: x. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

When local conditions deteriorated, Aborigines simply moved to an area where conditions were temporarily better. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Their uniform is simply their hunting-shirts, on which, it is said, they have embroidered the words Liberty or Death. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

She almost wished she would run out of the stuff and be forced to either catch a fish and cook it, or simply starve, losing her ugly-fat the hard way. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

But she knew that in reality, she was simply nervous — after what Lore had said — at the idea of seeing the huntress again. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

She simply liked to feel that she was prevented from leaving, that she was needed. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

The public, then as now, were simply baffled. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

“I was simply standing about, waiting for you, praying that the news from the doctor would be encouraging.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

To some extent, this freedom simply reflected North American Indians’ relatively recent adoption of agriculture. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

It is simply for having been wounded and having survived. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

He did not try any more magic, but simply stood there staring at it intently, as though something extremely interesting was written on it. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

The Art Form simply disintegrated, all at once, like one of those exploding, vanishing faces in paintings by the British artist Francis Bacon. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Why could he not simply surrender to the same logic hundreds of thousands of people had recognized? Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

White Southerners could ignore the groundswell of discontent, but, especially following World War II, blacks were simply not going to tolerate a life separate from and unequal to the American mainstream. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

But it was pretty clear that her deputies had simply lost patience. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

My father had simply run out of money to pay tuition, joining the Army instead. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

But she simply puts a patient hand on Mrs. Shainmark’s arm. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

At first, cane was simply a wild plant that tasted good. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

The box I lived in was simply too small to think that far out of it. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

One of the more incredible feats in the annals of mountaineering, it was known forever after simply as The Belay.* Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

“How could I have friends?” he said, simply puzzled. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

For a moment, or for minutes, for hours, possibly, I am simply happy, here with Gat’s body beneath my hands. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

When the colored crowd showed up for the sit-in trial, the police department simply stepped back and turned the German shepherds loose. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

But many physicians had simply chosen not to show up or had already moved to the countryside. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

Half of the students didn’t even bother to open their books and simply took up the conversations they were previously having. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

It seems unfair not to give credit where credit is due simply because one lacks a certain number of candles on one’s birthday cake. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

State law required credible corroboration of accomplice testimony in a murder case, and there simply wasn't any in Walter's case. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

The soldiers simply call it the Block, but the tattoo on my arm lists it as S.S.C., short for Simulated Street Combat. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

He spoke so simply and eloquently that they rose and applauded him. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

His bed was still unmade; she wondered if her mother would ever make it again, or if she’d simply strip the sheets, strip the room, paint it white, and pretend nothing had ever happened there. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

He simply closed his hands over the tether to create friction. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

The officer’s job was to insist—though, as a fallback position, an experienced officer might simply see whether the fourth inmate in line would take the seat. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He said it very simply and casually, as though he were saying, “Nice day.” A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

Kaede told herself that what she felt was only a little seed; she would simply not water it. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

I heard no signal and no call for silence; it simply stopped, cut off, as if a door had slammed shut on a playroom filled with children. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

The moment I had learned that I was to leave, my feelings had recoiled so sharply and quickly from the home that the children simply did not exist for me any more. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

A butt weld was where the two ends of the steel sheet that made the tube were simply pushed together and welded. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

And if anyone quarreled or complained, he would simply tighten his lips and arrange his shoulders in the correct command posture. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

If I don’t press that button, the sluggers will simply collect a couple of breeding pairs and restart the human experiment on another planet. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

Perhaps it was simply that he had not spoken very well, being new to it, and they felt that he was not up to their fine ways? Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was a whole tribe of men who made a living simply by selling systems, forecasts, and lucky amulets. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

Why would anyone pay such an outrageous amount of money simply to play music? The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

He was simply alone someplace, out of doors, lying down, and the warmth came from far above. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

When that pool’s numbers grew too small to warrant maintaining a section, the laboratory simply distributed the stragglers into other sections and passed their outstanding assignments along to West Computing. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

They moved into the house when they came down from the mountains, as the house had simply been abandoned. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

The straight eight-to- five world simply didn’t have enough glamor for her, and it was twenty years later that I first saw her in a nurse’s uniform. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

“A raisin is simply a desiccated grape, ’’said Uncle Fester. desirable. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had her own set of beliefs, of course, including the conviction that all whites were simply and unalterably bad. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

And the glow she had, it wasn’t simply her beauty, or the deep hue of her dress. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

“Do you think it’s possible that their rules may be different? And so they simply didn’t know what your play area rules were?” The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

Only the cumbrous irony of his tone made her feel unreal herself—made her unable to put her own words simply. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

I hang there, stunned, so tired that it crosses my mind how much easier it would be to simply let go. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

I can’t get my words out so I simply nod, tears running down my cheeks. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

“You are my life now,” he answered simply. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

I knew where the moon was, but in the total darkness, its surface was not visible: it was simply that part of my window which had no stars in it. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

For two days Sergio had recognized him as, simply, the white boy with the red hair. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

“Now, Roz, do you know what tomorrow is? Tomorrow is Swimming Day! The day when all the parents take their goslings out on the pond for the first time. And you simply must bring Brightbill.” The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

The announcement simply said, “Cavalette Club to meet Sept. 15 at 3 p.m.” While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Milkman softened his description of Circe, saying simply that she was alive, and taking care of the dogs. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

At first, these individuals were known simply as “egg hunters,” but this was quickly truncated to the nickname “gunters.” Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Yes, Lore, my main affliction now is simply a malady of eagerness. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

"I was simply trying to find out if she came from a family that loved good literature." Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

Oppression occurred, he saw, when governments and most people simply ignored the poor or, worse, abused them. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

But millions of other Germans were simply apathetic about the news of Hitler’s appointment. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

The houses simply refused to get any smaller. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

I had chosen drama simply because I liked Hamlet’s soliloquy beginning “To be, or not to be.” I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had withered—there was simply no other word for it. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

It was as if her child had simply disappeared. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

If l didn’t know how maladjusted John is at times, I would have simply walked out of that house and not spoken to him again as long as I lived. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

That it was simply a matter of time before something happened to make my dreams come true. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

This kind of interaction simply doesn’t happen with lower-class children, Lareau says. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

My father must have realised the depth of my resolve not to stay in the tribal reserve, for he simply laughed; he never brought the issue up again during our stay. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

She takes my temperature, blood pressure, heart and pulse rates before declaring that I am simply lovesick. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

The guy simply thrust the cat at me, said it had begun failing during the night, and then I guess he took off for work. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

We learned the times tables without understanding their grand principle, simply because we had the capacity and no alternative. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I—I don’t know what to think of you, Jean Louise. Your father will die, simply die, when he finds out. You’d better tell him before he finds out on the street corner.” Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

He did not simply collect die gold and lock it in a treasure vault, no. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

She was simply making a reasonable suggestion to avoid bloodshed. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

What looked like new knowledge was, consequently, simply old knowledge which had been mislaid, and history was assumed to go round in circles. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

I’m content to simply sit next to him in silence, the air between us still crackling with possibility, but Phil is going to ask, and I know I have to answer. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

I must simply remember how to be crafty. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

Until now that ant simply didn’t oast for you. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

This is simply defined as the distance that light travels in one second. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

More likely, language is simply alive, like an organism. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

They assume my family owns a big hacienda with plenty of land, that we simply prefer the country to the bustle of the city. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I simply walked into what was surely the largest colony of meerkats in the world, one of the strangest, most wonder­ful experiences of my life. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

The conventional wisdom at the time held that expressions were culturally determined—that is, we simply used our faces according to a set of learned social conventions. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

Pascal went further than simply insisting on the authority of experience; he argued that our knowledge of nature is capable of endless progress because it is founded in experience, and experience accumulates over time. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

She simply went to the door of one of the low buildings and walked in. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

Beatrice couldn’t make out whether they belonged to an army or were simply common thugs. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

It was not simply her eyes that told her the truth. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

"I didn't want to take the chance," she says simply. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Natural laws are described with equations, and equations, in a sense, are simply tools where you plug in numbers and get another number out. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

You simply placed the Velcroed bag in a hole and pulled the string. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

“Did you hear about Edward Foster? They nearly lynched the poor old man simply because he said too many of our boys are dying in the war. And him a distinguished veteran.” Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

When the jar on the floor was full, the jar feeding his elbow was empty, and the two were simply switched quickly so that the stuff could drip back into him. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

It would be easy, he knows, with that building and so many others, to simply tear them down and begin again. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

He simply emerged from the darkness as if he’d been camouflaged against the wall. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

For the moment, he forgot all his anger and Thyon’s cryptic insinuations and was simply overcome by the significance of the achievement. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

“Peculiarness is determined by genes, not geography. But large portions of the peculiar world have simply not been explored.” Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

It may be that traditional civil rights organizations simply cannot, or will not, change. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

Local farmers wanted to hang dead crows around the town on public buildings to frighten the others away; ornithologists said that it wouldn’t work, that the living crows would simply eat the dead ones. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

Thick around a tall trellis, a vine that had been simply green when he arrived the day before was now profuse with opened blue and white morning glories. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

They had simply grown up together, been children together, and the proximity of it, the closeness of it, had produced in them love’s illusion. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

She vanishes before Marco can protest, as simply and elegantly as at the end of her act, her gown fading beneath his hands. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

"She told us she simply had to get better because she had to look after you." The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

The rich people who back tributes -either because they're betting on them or simply for the bragging rights of picking a winner -expect someone classier than Haymitch to deal with. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

And Katie told her simply and plainly all that she herself knew. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had so far been able to avoid Ucho and was beginning to wonder if his presence was simply an odd coincidence, if perhaps he had his own reason for being there. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

Did she think Capricorn would simply forget her? Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Bodies moved, forces attracted and repelled, but time and space simply continued, unaffected. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

And it was not simply one Tune he played thus, for faith, every Dance he played thereafter was like to set us all a-weeping. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

I thought English would be simply a version of our Korean. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

But Turner simply played more loudly to help her out. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

He liked them in all their shapes and dispositions simply because they were people and not machines. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Lend me your room, Pilar," they would simply say when they were already inside, “Of course," Pilar would answer. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

I felt like setting her straight, explaining things simply the way Patria had explained them to me. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Instead of fighting bad guys, he simply throws up on them. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

They were being headed off, and were simply following a course chosen for them — eastwards and southwards, into the heart of the Forest and not out of it. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

The Americans I’ve befriended don’t hate the United States, they simply prefer France for one reason or another. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

Inigo, at 5:37, was so startled at the Count’s cowardice that for a moment he simply stood there. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

But here’s the catch: much to Braden’s frustration, he simply cannot figure out how he knows. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

All he knew about her was what her brothers told him, and he simply mailed her a check once a month, faithful to the promise he had made to Jean de Satigny. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jesse Little Horse simply grinned in that cocky, mocking way he had. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z

I could not make out what she was saying, except that the voice was simply not hers. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

She’d taken so little time over the past years simply to be with them. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

But at this moment, Mia simply sat down beside her on the nubbly gray couch, where they laid photograph after photograph across the coffee table. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

As the Wrights wrote Father, banking had always been a problem for earlier aeronauts who had tried to do that simply by shifting their weight around inside the aeroplane. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then, looking at me with open eyes, as of one waked from sleep, she said simply:— Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

He made no move to help her with it simply because he wanted to see how her thighs looked when she bent to put it down, knowing that she wanted him to see them too. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Is it simply stopped dead in its tracks, lost in humus, wasted? The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

With no one to tell him what to do, he simply knocked on the headmaster’s door. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

Why hadn't I simply left, I thought with anguish. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

For weeks they continued, festering like an open wound, and I, without an effective way of nursing them, simply withdrew into myself, and shut myself from the rest of the world. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

When it struck the stone floor, the metal was so cold it didn’t simply crack or dent, it shattered like glass. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

He had simply run in a direct line from their holes to his own, passing on his way through the narrow strip of woodland that lay between. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

His smile faded, and for a long moment we simply watched each other, expressionless. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Grand Elder Gherland ordered a meeting with Sister Ignatia just before lunch, despite her protestations that today simply was too difficult. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

Most often though, An said, prisoners were beaten, sometimes to death, simply because guards were bored or in a sour mood. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

His dæmon knew what he should do, and said simply, “Lyra.” The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

He said to her simply that he would not forget this, by which he meant to tell her how grateful he was, especially then, especially now. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

The Hymn is written objectively, simply, without a touch of affectation. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

That was the way her generation thought—simply part of the culture. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

In many cases, whether you lived free or were sent to prison or were executed depended simply on whether the person who tried you was in the right mood. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

Wilbur was what farmers call a spring pig, which simply means that he was born in springtime. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

Gebu had simply been short-tempered that day because he knew the goblet was hidden in his room and his guilt weighed heavy on him. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

“I simply could not keep a single opinion to myself,” she said. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

I walked into rooms where people were laughing, their voices hitting the walls like stones, and I simply stood still—in the midst of the riot of sound. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Zlata looked around, stared at us, and simply said, “I’m a human being.” The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

I smiled my crooked smile and said simply, “Aba.” Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

She’s simply called HeLa, the code name given to the world’s first immortal human cells—her cells, cut from her cervix just months before she died. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

Now I understand that these people I admired weren’t exactly rich, simply better-off than the people of my village, one of the poorest in Ecuador. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Neither of us hobbled by sickness or pain or simply unconscious. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

But Chris, with his idiosyncratic logic, came up with an elegant solution to this dilemma: He simply got rid of the map. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

If Balekin draws a weapon, if he throws away diplomacy and simply charges, the room seems ready to explode into bloodshed. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

It’s possible she needed simply to hurry things up. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

It would not have been proper to take a less senior comrade and put him on the High Organ simply because he was not a Xhosa. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I.begin to think that women I have thought were stupid, or wimps, may simply have been hiding things, as I was. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

He did not resist them, but simply dropped his musket—and a blade ran across him. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

In some cases, he simply would not have enough fuel to change his orbit enough to catch the lunar module. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

If you cut them in two, each part simply grew back to form a whole earthworm. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

León simply looked up at her with his sad eyes. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

There are some questions you simply don’t ask in Bellmont, because no one wants to know the answers. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

They finally came to a point of land located just where the canal known as the Montlake Cut—simply the Cut, in local parlance—entered Union Bay on the west side of Lake Washington. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

The point here is not that real-estate agents are bad people, but that they simply are people—and people inevitably respond to incentives. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

There was an age when you could throw a blanket stoppage over a whole country and the Mud People would simply think the gods were angry. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

But he had a gut feeling that there was nothing he could do to help Annabeth this time, other than simply be there. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

The young man didn’t answer, he simply took my sleeve between his fingers and examined it closely. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

I walked along, munching the yam, just as suddenly overcome by an intense feeling of freedom—simply because I was eating while walking along the street. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had meant, simply: How could I leave you? Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

When the newly created Federal Commission on Higher Education had called for desegregation in 1946, the South had simply ignored its recommendations. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

Right now, I simply want my friend back. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

This simply conformed to the practice of the courts. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Such a book is simply inconceivable within a manuscript culture. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

My skin color was simply a fact about me, like the fact that I like candy. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

He had simply walked down the beach to them and changed their lives forever. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z

“It is simply a guidepost,” Ignatius said proudly. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘The meaning of it, fair people,’ said Frodo, ‘is simply that we seem to be going the same way as you are. I like walking under the stars. But I would welcome your company.’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

In all his dreaming—and indeed, all his despairing—he had never foreseen this: that his impossible dream might simply...ride through the gates. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Yet it seemed strange to him that Luba had decided to do this; why didn’t she simply kill him? Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

Love simply did not come to me that quickly and easily. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was no matter that he later claimed that he had meant simply that they reminded him of sheep, or that there was something fluffy and sheeplike about them. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

He will please observe everything she does, and simply copy her. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

We were different, not just because we were white and had our vaccinations, but because we were simply a much, much luckier kind of person. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I simply snapped them back into place and the vehicles were sharing life support again. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

She is the only woman in a jail containing no provisions for women, and this makes her imprisonment simply torture. Fannie Never Flinched 2016-11-21T00:00:00Z

This analogy explains the orbits of the planets; Earth is simply rolling around in the dimple that the sun makes in the rubber sheet. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

Now I understand what Miep meant when she said, “I simply did what I had to do, because it was the right thing to do.” The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

They also crave specific foods, such as protein-rich foods, fat, salt, sweet fruits, and foods that simply taste good. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

I know the world is ever in motion, but the speed of change in the United States is simply dazzling. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

He was simply in the kitchen, cleaning the floor with a mop and a bucket. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

And, setting aside the question of raw spam, the plain fact is that some information is simply more interesting than others. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

He had simply said, in answer to her surprised inquiries as to the change, “I can’t afford it, my dear.” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

He couldn’t figure out if she was simply ignoring his calls, or wasn’t at home. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Like viruses, they simply take over the molecular machinery of a much larger, well-functioning cell and change it from a factory for making more cells into a factory for making more viroids. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

What if they were simply going in circles? Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

This is a day Anatole and I simply have to get through. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Given up for dead yet again, Beck had simply refused to succumb. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

For him it was enough simply to sit across the room and look at her. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

Even if he wasn’t confused, he might simply have been driven by thirst to try to reach one of those ponds. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

He simply didn't notice that Aslan was choosing one pair out of every kind of beasts. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

His memory was just fine, he explained; he’d simply wanted to make sure that the investigators were who they said they were. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

The cook had simply assumed that it was part of the same gift. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Keep in mind that any lesson can be made into an arts-integrated one, by simply delving in deeper to the art form itself to find structural details and meaning from which to draw. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

“He’ll wake up at daybreak, and I simply cannot bear another day like today.” The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

There simply did not seem to be aeronautical engineers and experienced test pilots who were black or women. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

It states simply that in the long run the difference between the probability of some event and the relative frequency with which it occurs approaches zero. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

It seemed to him quite possible that he had simply made a stupid mistake. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

He’d given me straightforward directions that he simply hadn’t had time to explain: “The Old Man,” I realized, was what the locals called the bog boy, and his grave was the cairn. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

“But you told me you were simply too busy,” Gandy laughed. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

He opened the stove lid and out came the smoke in another huge cloud, simply billowing. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

So instead she simply said, “I respect everybody.” A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

The children they discourage simply with displays of the cudgel. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

A gaelet would simply have you beaten, or robbed, or both. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Or maybe Roz was designed to think and learn and change; she had simply done those things better than anyone could have imagined. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

So each year thousands of crime reports were either downgraded from violent to nonviolent or simply thrown away. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

One day his wife announced that she’d simply stopped loving him. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

She had been terribly grateful that summer for Madame Williams’s indifference; the woman had simply not seemed to see that Elizabeth, overnight, had become an old woman and was half mad with fear and grief. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

If you simply kept your eyes open, it seemed, you just might find something valuable in the most unlikely of places. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

I told her how I found a low place in the wall and simply stepped over. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

A surprising amount of jargon can simply be banished and no one will be the worse for it. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

“I simply called at the school and was told that the headmaster was here.” Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

I simply laughed and jumped into a pond. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

He tried to look ashamed and succeeded simply in looking pleased with himself. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

When I pressed the issue, my mother had simply told me, “We don’t have the money, Carolyn.” While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Others simply remained at the tables and called for more wine. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“I sense no disrespect, Zoe. He is simply distraught. He does not understand.” The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

His attitude was like that of many Afrikaners who simply believed that black tribes had been killing each other since time immemorial. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The boy wanted to believe that his friend had simply become separated from him by accident. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

On Libra, if people felt hostile, they would be urged to put their energies into athletic contests or other competitive events, or simply to let off steam by going flying. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

It must indeed have been most galling for him to be so addressed by one such as I. 'Miss Kenton, it is dear from your tone you simply have not observed my father. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

For the moment, he simply said, “As you wish, esteemed guest.” The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

Tom Paine, for example, claimed that it was simply a matter of common sense that an island could not rule a continent. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

“Songs float up to sky—fly free,” Amari had replied simply. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

DRACO: We haven’t become anything—we simply are as we are. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z

“There were clouds,” she said simply as she walked around the edge of the roof toward the apple tree. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

When she saw the massive dome of craggy black and brown squares, the word turtle simply did not compute. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

I simply let the words bounce right off me! The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

Neylan originally opposed Sproul’s version of the oath, on the curious grounds that it would simply encourage its targets—the radicals assumed to be swarming over the university—to commit perjury. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

Does Maddie really think I’m not a good person simply because I want to tell the truth? From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

And I have found their application simply untrue. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

She simply asks for it from her mother with the too-big heart. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Someday the authorities of our society will no doubt apprehend her for simply being herself. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

We should not see the enslaved people simply as victims, but rather as actors—as the heralds of the interconnected world in which we all live today. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

The importance of an intellectual change simply cannot be measured by the amount of controversy it generates. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

It was simply a day when people were more courteous, looked twice at a beggar in the street, remembered that love was a living thing. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

“That is a very Earthling question to ask, Mr. Pilgrim. Why you? Why us for that matter? Why anything? Because this moment simply is. Have you ever seen bugs trapped in amber?” Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe it comes from the stew in some nameless Ukrainian kitchen; maybe partisans have poisoned the water; maybe Werner simply sits too long in too many damp places with the headset over his ears. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

As his son later said about him, “Gustavus Franklin Swift was never content simply to get on. Always he saw opportunities ahead.” A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Thousands were able to find temporary shelter in other parts of Chicago, while others simply abandoned the city altogether, preferring to start fresh in other cities. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z

“It takes longer to position your cricket to turn the page than it does to actually turn the page on your own. Why not simply turn the page?” The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

I felt that it simply did not apply to me. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

No one spoke after that; they simply turned and jogged down the alley between two different wings of their school and out into the practice fields. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

I simply had no natural inclination for water; cleanliness was a trait I still had to acquire. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Yes,” David says simply, like it’s not a word that changes my entire world. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Not sure what to say, I simply said, “Yes, sir,” my grip tightening in his hand. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

The site they picked was simply the highest ground they came to and it gave views north along the road and overlooked their backtrack. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

But first, the chief of MI6 himself, known simply as "C" inside the service, granted Blake several months' vacation to recuperate. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

When he went skiing during family vacations in Colorado, he seldom bothered to turn; he’d simply crouch in a gorilla tuck, feet spread wide for stability, and point the boards straight down the hill. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

At last she came to a halt a few yards from them and simply stood there in the middle of the frozen road, facing them. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

He wishes he could simply borrow his parents’ car and drive up to Maine to see Ruth after Christmas, or that she could visit him. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

She is simply resigned to stand there, allowing me to futilely attempt to end her life. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

But most people in Cannery Row simply do not believe in such things and then live by them. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

She’d heard the white folks call it a coffle or drove, but to her it was always simply the chain gang. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Perhaps it had been rushed, with the fire starting; perhaps he had simply grabbed what he could with his impetuous, generous small hands. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then she asks, “So what, in a nutshell, is the cause Jessica and Rosa are running for? Quite simply, it’s to have people see them, not their condition.” The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

They coasted in, and the exhausted bats simply landed on their bellies and slid along the floor until they stopped. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

But Mac simply smiled and said the authorities wouldn’t know that; they judged a book by its tide. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The likelihood of punishment was so low—this was the heyday of a liberal justice system and the criminals’ rights movement—that it simply didn’t cost very much to commit a crime. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

The center of the nozzle was simply eaten away. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Here was the radical notion that you might help someone simply because they needed it. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

If we exceeded our five minutes, particularly if someone else was waiting to use the phone, Daddy simply unplugged it. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

We are not beaten, for as soldiers we are better and more experienced; we are simply crushed and driven back by overwhelming superior forces. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

She’s up to something, but whether it’s trotting out loved ones to lobby on behalf of my continuing my earthly existence or whether she’s simply bringing them in to say good-bye, I can’t say. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

To Shay, her new attitude was simply the result of growing up, moving on, leaving all the overheated emotions of ugliness behind. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

A girl like me simply shouldn’t be touching these luxury linens, eating this expensive food, sleeping in this room larger than any home I’ve ever been in. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

It is also foolish to climb a tree because black bears are adroit climbers and, as Herrero dryly notes, you will simply end up fighting the bear in a tree. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

He had, upon seating himself, simply picked up the fork, examined it for a brief second, touching the prongs with a fingertip, then turned his attention to the morning headlines. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

On more than one occasion, if I had to read in front of a class, I simply memorized a passage and recited it. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

“We can’t simply go someplace snowy and look for a prison.” Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

The younger one was shy and awkward and seemed much more comfortable simply bringing her things: bags of ice, glasses of water, tea with honey. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

It would be suicidal; it was simply not an option. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was, he realized, simply that black women were not threatening to her, were not equal rivals. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

These and other letter writers considered the program simply enjoyable entertainment. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

Freezing a cell was like pressing a pause button: cell division, metabolism, and everything else simply stopped, then resumed after thawing as if you’d just pressed play again. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

As it is, I think I shall simply place my thoughts elsewhere while you chatter away.' The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

And so we simply brooded at each other. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Uhmma,” I call as I walk down the hallway, not because I need something but simply to say I am awake. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

She did not try to make her meals nauseating; she simply didn’t know how not to. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

If people had known about the Captain’s wine, they would have simply condemned him as a heathen and prayed over him on Wednesday night. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

She complains, too, but there are also moments when they simply forget that they are supposed to be arguing. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

It had simply been too long of a day. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

It is not simply about how governments, business, and people communicate, not just about how organizations interact, but is about the emergence of completely new social, political, and business models. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z

But when she was done, she simply sat, looking at the blank walls with her timeless eyes. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Von Marsh looked perturbed for a moment, then simply shook her head. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

I remember actually convincing myself there was nothing unusual in all this—that she was simply anxious for the rain to stop—and turning my attention back to what Laura was saying. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Singers, do not, for example, learn opera in their garages or simply by listening to recordings. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

The command was for these bodies simply to be thrown overboard. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

Later I realized that this was simply a technique on the part of the authorities to glean information from us, and I had fallen for it. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

In such cases, they do not simply produce copies in the accepted sense of the word, since they do not try to achieve the effect of a duplicate. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

If so, one might be tempted to simply deliver a truckload of books to every home that contains a preschooler. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

A perfect octave is often simply called an octave. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

“Inverted snobbery, more like. I simply don’t see any good reason for our trooping off to partake of the bounty of the Lady of the Manor. We’re perfectly all right here.” The Dark is Rising 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Charlotte has another cousin who is a balloonist. She stands on her head, lets out a lot of line, and is carried aloft on the wind. Mother, wouldn’t you simply love to do that?” Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

Or one could simply accept that beehives are busy and get on with it. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

No one ever called him by his name in the Tower—he was simply boy. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

The Mollers managed, somehow, in spite of their worldly goods, to live fairly simply. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

You simply take him and shake him . . . and he does the rest. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

If the body percussion is too complex, simply say the rhyme or clap to the rhyme. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

Afraid to go any farther, I sank to my knees, too, pressed my hands together, and simply stared with wonder at the church itself and then at the people. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

He said no brave and reassuring words, he simply sat alone and rocked himself. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

For now, the conductor simply watched through the window as the train pulled away. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

I always thought I was destined to go back home after college—but not simply because I loved home but because I could not imagine much else for myself. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

Then he added simply, “Kira made things change. Things are better now.” Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

Or he might simply have been impressed with how little was truly known about what he saw above him. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z

They let me and another prisoner stay in the dormitory, simply left us there in our sleeping-bags as if by oversight, when it was plain that we could not stand up on our feet. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

I spend enough time thinking about him and don’t have to get you all worked up as well, simply because I’m so miserable! The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

I could simply wait and see what happens, but I’d like to start again, provided I get a new book. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

Less likely to sneer—or maybe that was simply because I would not see the sneer. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

A few of the fellows had extraordinary voices, and I often felt like putting my pick down and simply listening. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

If I had simply asked to miss the game before it started, Coach would have probably let me go spend time with Erin, no problem. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s possible that Bobby was simply given the gifts on his thirteenth birthday, even though there was no actual coming-of-age Bar Mitzvah ceremony. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Economic inequality tore friends and families apart, as did simply the accusation that somebody wanted intentionally to hurt someone else. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

Much of what we are told or read or watch, we simply don’t remember. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Rumfoord simply insisted, for his own comfort, that Billy had it. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

I developed the reputation of having a fine memory, but in fact, I was simply a diligent worker. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Or that plants spontaneously transformed into caterpillars, or moths into birds, simply because the climate was so hot and wild. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

“Whereupon,” it concluded, “I simply told him to go to the Bottomless Past and marched out of the room. And that was that.” Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jim simply had the pharmacy rebuilt, though away from the church this time. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

One room was simply too small to hold the spirit bursting. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

But, as usual, I was simply relieved that nothing awful had happened under my watch. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“To tell the truth, I think I’m beyond help. My brain simply won’t absorb that nonsense, no matter how hard I try.” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Boy21 takes off his space clothes and puts on a practice uniform so that he looks simply terrestrial instead of extraterrestrial. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was not simply that I found a different Church when I went to church; I went to church less often. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

There seem to be many people who simply wish to be told an answer, any answer, and thereby avoid the burden of keeping two mutually exclusive possibilities in their heads at the same time. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I want them,” she said simply, “for as long as they will stay. And in the meantime we must find something else to call them besides ‘Hi!’ or ‘Good dog.’ The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

The assailant had simply walked away in the confusion of the crowd. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

Most of the models simply outlined walls, fences, and doors with loose stones, but some were elaborate constructions complete with plastic model cars, toy animals, and thatch roofs. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Rather than simply lash back at her, he realized that he needed to work to gain her trust, and, after some initial skirmishes, that was what he did. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

Since I didn’t know how to respond, I simply nodded. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

For a moment it felt as if Pearl were simply one of Lexie’s friends, there to celebrate her marvelous daughter: a promising young woman Mrs. Richardson might mentor, and nurture, purely on potential. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

"Jack Franklin is not being tried by the media. He can't be. That's a job for a court and a jury. The media is simply asking questions that law enforcement should be asking." How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

I was thinking that I might have to advise the publisher that I simply couldn’t seem to get through to my subject when the first note of hope occurred. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

That implied eyes, and this thing was simply aware of them. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Spoon Man, Stella noticed, simply sat there and watched the activity around him, sipping from a cup of sweet tea, nibbling Mama’s sugar cookies, and burping occasionally. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

He wanted to tell them what that meant to him, but he simply could not find words important enough. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

The attempt to tame the wild creatures, for instance, broke dow'n almost immediately.They continued to behave very much as before, and when treated with generosity, simply took advantage of it. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

Kaz glanced back in the direction of the boathouse, where a room full of men simply waited to die. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

“You like doing this? I don’t mean simply me; I mean the thing in itself?” 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

She thought of the death of newborn things, lonely roads, and strangers who appear out of nowhere simply to hold one’s hand, woods in which the sun was always setting. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Carolyn, just answer the questions as simply and succinctly as you can,” he had instructed me. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

In my mind’s eye, their faces were simply frozen in a look that I couldn’t read. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z

One way the permits had been reduced was simply by annually upping their cost by about two cents per head. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

He simply waited for me to fork over the cash, as if he knew I didn’t have it in me to say no. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Almost nightly, in fact. That you refuse to accept that your marriage is over—” “That is simply not true!” The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

She simply returns to wiping the boards clean and asks, “Will you be sitting with Rosa?” The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

To their credit, they were simply being honest. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Though realizing I was being put aside, I said nothing, but simply followed Bear. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

David and I simply stare at each other. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

Blaine might have been more forgiving if she had simply forgotten, if she had been so submerged in reading or blogging that the protest had slipped from her mind. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

He may have felt safe where he was in Uptown, but what if there really was chaos, and that chaos was simply making its way to him? Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

When Chestnut finished, Walter was sure that the State would simply announce that they had made a mistake. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

In the end, he simply said that the tone of the letter was aggressive and discourteous and for that reason the prime minister did not answer it. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’m sure the people in Houston didn’t have the vaguest idea what I was talking about, but they didn’t admit that, and said simply that they would pass the information on. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

He could walk down the long, narrow halls, off of which were countless fabulously appointed bedrooms, listen to the girls beckoning in soft Spanish, and simply take his pick. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Instruments that produce sound using strings are called chordophones, or simply strings. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

She would simply smile, nod her head, and continue on with whatever she was doing, knowing that she had saved the bird in some small way. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

He did not usually lie in bed reading his textbooks; that sort of behavior, as Ron rightly said, was indecent in anybody except Hermione, who was simply weird that way. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

It was beyond him; he was simply an enforcer, not a prince. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

To the company's credit, they did not simply thrust the part upon me. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

To Friedrick, it appears she is gazing through the clock rather than simply looking at it. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

I generally considered how nice it would be if I could simply stop myself from hurtling through space so fast, if only for a few seconds at a time. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

First she tried using the lacquer sheet simply as a mirror, but for lack of a silvered back, all she could see was a doubled reflection faintly in the wood. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

For a long moment, Mother and Father simply glowed, as if they were caught in a spell. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

It was hard to believe there was a ceiling there at all, and that the Great Hall didn’t simply open on to the heavens. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

So I told him I would simply write an account of our visit, just as if I were doing a descriptive special article for The Daily Telegraph. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

“And an enormous—a simply enormous centipede!” screamed the Captain. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z

“Chosen to give them time,” said Vikus simply, as if that explained it all. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Sarai, watching them, could see that everything would be better if the faces and hands were to simply...switch places. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Matthew was simply walking home when a van full of gangsters pulled him into their car, drove him down to the railroad tracks, beat him up and then shot him repeatedly in the head. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Rather than alienate his base, he simply added to it. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

Finally he gave up on stealth and simply shouted. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

He was the painters idea of a man, simply daubs of paint, nothing more. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

He would simply pick four or five of the Owsla and take them out to look for trouble. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“My point,” he says, “is simply that I’m here for you. If you need me.” A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

From then on, the nightmares became simply too frightening. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m not your son, Mr. Stonecrop,”Turner said simply. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

“I feel morally and intellectually obligated simply to concede that the death penalty experiment has failed,” said U.S. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

Dad had warned me that Lice Peeking wasn’t accustomed to doing something simply because it was decent and right. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

He was not a man but simply disguised as one. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

The international press was simply saturated with stories of violence from Africa, and this one was particularly bland and pedantic, the deputy editor wrote, but perhaps Richard could do a piece on the human angle? Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

He’d overturned the chariot and destroyed several buildings, but every time he threw off a wave of attackers in his hurricane, the ghosts simply got up and charged again. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

Many blacks, having long been told to behave like second- class citizens—or else—simply obliged. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

These days, guitarists who want to play a well-known pop or folk song can do so simply by reading a chart with the names of the chords. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

“Those are simply the things that I do. My life is here.” The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

It simply did not occur to her that she had hurt him as deeply as she had, because she still thought of herself as an ordinary woman, and him as an extraordinary man. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Throughout Europe astronomers took a keen interest in what Copernicus had to say, but, with only a very few exceptions, they took it for granted that his account of a moving Earth was simply wrong. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

It’s as if Duke Ellington, Fats Waller and Louis Armstrong simply had never existed. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

“I suppose,” I echoed, then felt foolish for simply repeating her words. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Eddington thought it was simply not possible that a star could collapse to a point. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

He explained, stiffly and simply, that he was in kemmer and had been trying to avoid me, insofar as one of us could avoid the other. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

I simply told them that they must tell their people that there can be no peace and no solution to the situation in South Africa without sitting down with the ANC. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Or maybe the angelic tune is simply stuck in my head. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

Without ceasing to speak, Transito opened her legs, casually separating the soft columns of her thighs as if she were simply adjusting her posture. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ben and I were simply walking along and he said, “Did anyone ever read your palm?” Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

“The more powerful ones can do that. She did not die, Percy. She simply escaped. It is not good that the she-demons are stirring.” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

When Malcolm X talked about “the white devil” Mommy simply felt those references didn’t apply to her. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was simply no other conclusion: the kidnapper had dragged his Princess into it. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

But today the most common reason to choose a particular key is simply that the music is easiest to sing or play in that key. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

When I was with my father and his friends I wouldn’t drink, simply so I could avoid it. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

We had little choice, though, but to push the fears away, continuing to trust the structure set up to protect us and to simply live. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

For a moment he had simply watched Claire sleep, marveling at her resilience. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Sometimes it was simply a matter of someone throwing a stray punch, and it would all be over before you knew it had started. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

He seemed taller lying down, occupying the length of the mattress, and I remembered what he had said about simply reaching out to pluck icheku from the tree, in his youth. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

Lines on the plane are simply circles on the sphere that go through the north pole—the point at infinity. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

He just simply could not get used to acting like he ought. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Ordinarily he simply would have recruited someone else to masquerade as Campbell and claim the money, but of late he had become increasingly wary. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Wes looked down at the man on the couch and clenched his fist, almost as if he was going to follow Tony’s advice, but then his fingers eased, and he simply let off a smirk. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

Part of the problem is simply that fungi are very difficult to observe. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

And that crash over the telephone, had that been the beginning, or had Jack simply dropped his eye? Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

In gardening, in cooking, in naval architecture there are lots of culturally specific choices that we can make, but there are plenty of other things that simply cannot be done. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

The anthropologist has never seen people like them anywhere, nor have I. You’d think, if they were simply examples of the common essence of mankind, they’d seem more recognizable. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Their parents, understanding the importance of a bachelor’s degree, spent hours reading to them, researching school districts, and making it clear to them that they simply must graduate from college. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

But she had not had a bold epiphany and there was no cause; it was simply that layer after layer of discontent had settled in her, and formed a mass that now propelled her. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

But I decided that whatever happened on day two of the Grand Prix I would simply remember my mantra, “You can do this!” Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

In similar fashion, no weapons would be permitted on Libra, and Librans simply would not be able to understand why earth people continued to shoot one another. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Was I simply too out of it before to fully register the loss of my world? Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Another confrontation seemed inevitable, and part of him simply wanted to get it over with. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

She fared no better in her next posting in coastal North Carolina, where, in the middle of the school year, the school ran out of money and simply stopped paying her. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

We had simply drifted apart because we had so little in common, except our past relationship. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

They passed out flyers, pamphlets—A Message from City Councilman John Kwang—buttons, ballpoint pens, keychains, lapel pins, every last piece of it stamped with his perfectly angled script, simply signed, John. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was nothing he wanted to do—he simply wanted to be. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

“I mean there are some things I simply can’t do that you can. “And why am I such a privileged character?” Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

“My mother teach me,” Amari replied simply, “and Teenie, too. But I not sure about plants grow here. Some I never see before.” Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

In a few years, without effort, simply by luck, he had accumulated one of the largest fortunes in the swamp thanks to the supernatural proliferation of his animals. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

In the back, beneath the farthest eave, Joseph found three cartons marked simply with the letter B. They were filled with men’s clothing, some covered in dirt and mud, all carefully folded. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Some inherited letters or signs may simply be dropped, when the sounds that those letters represent in the lending language do not exist in the borrowing language. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

People thought I was making a statement, when I was simply wearing my natural hair. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Count Rugen did the actual pain inducing; the Prince simply sat by, asking questions out loud, inwardly admiring the Count’s skill. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

But I did not think it fair to avoid reporting the prefect and mark down the fifteen others, so I simply tore up my list and charged no one. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I decided to throw them away and simply publish what happened to me. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

She also taught me to write, by which I mean not simply organizing a set of sentences into a series of paragraphs, but organizing them as a means of investigation. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

To house his burgeoning staff, Ernest commandeered every vacant room in LeConte Hall and, with Sproul’s permission, completely took over the university’s newest instructional building, then officially designated simply as the “New Classroom Building.” Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

With the bases facing outside, there had been no trouble fitting them: they had simply circled around the central backbone, like a spiral rosette. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

When I went into the room, I told the man that a lady would like to see him; to which he simply answered: “Why?” Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

They were simply colossal, far taller and wider than the Big Friendly Giant upon whose hand she was now sitting. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Anyone at all could simply have walked into my house, done whatever they wanted to do. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

“And frankly, Mila, even if Callum did grab your arm, kicking his leg was simply wrong. Not how we resolve things around here.” Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

It’s not obvious whether this is because it didn’t happen, or because it simply wasn’t something these women chose to talk about when they looked back on their wartime experiences. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

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

He bore it all while the country remained in peril, but once the war was over, and the insinuations simply continued, well, his lordship saw no reason to go on suffering in silence. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

“The ban has been lifted,” he said simply. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

Bigwig looked at him in astonishment, but Blackavar, apparently unconcerned either to stress what he had said or to break off the talk, simply began to nibble the grass. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

For one thing, it was simply a long way off, and that meant all our machinery had to be very reliable. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now he simply kept a tight hold on me and looked at me. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

“We must welcome our guests, then, Amari. We would never judge people simply by how they looked—that would be uncivilized,” her mother told her. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

What can you do, thought Winston, against the lunatic who is more intelligent than yourself, who gives your arguments a fair hearing and then simply persists in his lunacy? 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

He once asked me to tell him about my African trip and I simply glossed over it. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

In Hooverville tin roofs cartwheeled across the sky and shanties were simply shredded, leaving their denizens standing dazed among the wreckage. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Like the floor above, where they lived, this was simply an empty corridor lined with closed wooden doors. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

One reason that Kepler had to go to such lengths was that he could not simply baldly state the facts, because there was no tradition of taking facts at face value. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

He simply did not want contact from anyone he didn’t know, and he made it quite clear, peremptorily, to Jack Collins that no mail—even important, flattering, or personal messages—should be forwarded to him. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

He simply pats my back with a smile. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

What the printing press did, quite simply, was undermine ‘the dishonourable tyranny of that Usurper, Authority’ and strengthen evidence. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

The reference to Descartes is simply there to put Hooke in his place by suggesting that the priority Hooke claims actually belongs to Descartes. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

“The note is from Mother, and the flowers from Laurie,” said Meg simply, yet much gratified that he had not forgotten her. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

She still did not have a permit, but her employers simply overlooked the fact, just like the thousands of other whites who did the same for their servants in similar straits. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the storm passed and the sun came out, Chup set out over the valley, not to hunt, not to check on populations of doves and ducks, but simply to fly. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

But it is not simply a question of weight and brute strength. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

One enterprising rock critic has tried to solve the problem simply by calling his music a cross between the British new wave music of the 1980s and hip-hop. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z