He had eyebrows so thick that they hung precariously over his eyes, which seemed far too small for the size of his face. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

Was he just an experiment to him, something exotic to try on for size? Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Each fall Petra’s mom bought the same color socks for all seven of them so that, in theory, there was always a size that fit. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

Then heavy breathing like the howl of the wind rushed toward them, and then a paw the size of a small car emerged from the foggy darkness of the valley. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

Even a relatively small increase in the size of a group, in other words, creates a significant additional social and intellectual burden. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

High John led us to the foot of the large sycamore tree, and once again I stood in awe of its massive size. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Others argued that it must be some King of the Giants who was buried there, to account for its size. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Always quick to size up any new situation, he was coming forward slowly, keeping close to the ground himself. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

I sized him up and figured I could take him. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

Reduced to the size of a wandering but completely lucid angel, she was in full possession of her indomitable spiritual energy. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

In addition to restricting the overall size of their virtual environments, earlier MMOs had been forced to limit their virtual populations, usually to a few thousand users per server. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

I'm not sure what flipped her switch, but maybe it's the size of the challenge. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

That they had made a tidy profit was evidenced by the size of their house, which stood apart from the rest of the village. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now imagine trying to estimate the size of the triangle by inscribing little rectangles inside the triangle. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

She seemed to buy not for color or style but for designer label size. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

The reason he is coming so slowly is that he is pulling a wagon, a thing about the size of a big trunk mounted on two bicycle wheels. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

The attention had shifted and Naheed could feel herself returning to her normal size, but she also felt really bad. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

I pretended not to hear him and quickly walked around to the side of the trailer, which was about the size of our cabin. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

It could be the size of an alligator. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

She must be around his age, he decided, in spite of her unimpressive size. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

But now, in eighth grade, my size has become a profit center. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

There were also bundles of colorful feathers, spotted furs, exotic fruits, dead butterflies of unusual color and size, and pouches of what I guessed to be jungle herbs. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

This one was bare too, the same size as the first one. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

My formula has variables for age, color, breed, and size. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

“We were bitten by huge horse-flies the size of bumblebees...The boroshudas were the worst pests; they brought the blood at once, and left marks that lasted for weeks.” Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

Then he shimmered and became the size of a regular man, standing direcdy in front of me. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

It is a silver piece of paper, about the size of his ticket. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

His dark eyes are really expressive, and he stares at us like he’s trying to size us up. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

They are a set of manners, customs, and rules that cover everything from the correct size of a serving to the order of dishes served at a meal. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

And now he was face to face with a furious enemy, little less than his own size. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Judging from the size of the weapons, Reyna calculated that Octavian had enough firepower to destroy every living thing in the valley. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Pebbles the size of houses had rolled to a stop next to one another, and he thought, It’s like a shipping room when all the merchandise has left. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

His own sister was seven years old and this boy was not close to her in size. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

Inside the jar, almost impossible to see, floated a transparent jellyfish about the size of a fingernail. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

He doesn’t say bye or anything, he just looks at me for a little longer, likely sizing me up, or maybe questioning whether or not I’m actually luring him into a trap. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

No feel of space, of size, a great starry roof overhead, a great wind blowing. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Thankfully, they had reduced themselves to human size, so they didn’t accidentally trample partygoers under their feet. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

Half their size, it dove through the scribble of their ragged, stinking wings, driving them back with its piercing cry. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

He staggered backward across his front yard, which was the size of a bathroom mat, and flopped onto his back. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

She stood between us for a few seconds, sizing us both up. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

They were all the same size, and pushed at regular intervals into the soil. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sick as hell but still beating up guys twice his size. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

Even though the universe would have zero size at the North and South Poles, these points would not be singularities, any more than the North and South Poles on the earth are singular. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

He found Shin, wild-eyed and wrench in hand, standing over Gong, whose bloody arm had a lump on it the size of an egg. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

‘Also there is this!’ said Bilbo, bringing out a parcel which seemed to be rather heavy for its size. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

The same size as the one of the Arctic Tern. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

But I decide to include it because anything that can start out floating around defenseless in the ocean that size—and then defeat the odds to grow into this powerful creature—has to mean business. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

“The truth is,” I said, “it doesn’t matter what size you are, Bongo. We grow as we must grow, as our seeds decided long ago.” Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

I guess the dead didn’t have to worry about little hazards like being speared by stalactites the size of booster rockets. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

Her features eradicated, her limbs three times their normal size. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

She would file the post under the tag “race, gender and body size.” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

“Why’d you have to get so tall? We used to be the same size!” A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

She tries on a pair of rubber flip-flops that are just the right size. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bren hates all girls who aren’t at least a size twelve. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

She thought that his disproportionate size was something as unnatural as her cousin's tail of a pig. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

It was the size of a walnut and it was wrapped in thin golden foil. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

Then for a moment, Lillian and her children sat quietly, stunned by the size and majesty of the house. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Fortunately, the supermarket sold kids’ underwear and we bought him a three-pack of boys’ size XL briefs with Pokemon characters on them. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

He'd swapped his old, flabby shape for that of a lion the size of a rhino, fangs the length of cutlasses, and claws that could tear through tanks as if they were tin. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

There was a giantess in the kitchen, cutting up onions as big as boulders and cabbages the size of boats. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

Really big measures, like the size of a universe, are measured in megaparsecs: a million parsecs. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

“Right, and if you can imagine, those big ears on a little puppy. His ears are the same size now as when they brought him here, only his body was, like, half as big.” A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Bottles of every shape and size—but all a glimmering shade of blue—were stuck on the ends of the branches. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Min used sharp tools with points of various sizes. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

But even though it’s raisin-sized, the pain is the size of Mount Everest. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

But it was the size of it that made him gasp. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

I’d never met this new kid, but I already had him perfectly sized up in my mind. Ungifted 2012-08-21T00:00:00Z

The king clapped his hands once more and the waiters reappeared carrying plates heaped high with steaming squares of all sizes and colors. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

It was a tiny wagon about the size of my fist. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

"I need a blouse in my size to wear with these, Anu," she says. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

The resulting hole was about six inches deep, about the size of a washbasin, big enough for a cooking fire. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

Despite their size, Ranzi had trouble getting people to pay attention. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Nyame had shifted to a normal size now—a bit shorter than Granddad—and he wore a cream-and-dark-brown-striped tunic and loose cream pants. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Captain Marvel minced for us in his size 12 shoes, the sides of his gown swaying drunkenly back and forth from his big hips. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was an incredible size even sitting down, with long unkempt hair, bulging eyes, and a shape hardly worth speaking of. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t the size—true, it was large, but so was every house on the street, and in just three weeks in Shaker she’d seen even larger. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

"What about you, Needles? What size you wear?" When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

It was bigger than his pony, twice the size of the largest hound in his father's kennel. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

He didn't have the skills to go up against a guy that size. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

He handed her the damp string bracelet, returned to its original size. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

As was all this poisonous Mercury, as large in jinx as it was small in size. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

“He’s just the right size,” Clay replied, patting the boy on his backside. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

In general, the larger the size and the higher the density, the more complex and specialized were the technology and organization, for reasons that we shall examine in detail in later chapters. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

I bet she could put a full- size basketball in each of her palms and still have room left over. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

In his person, Beowulf was below average size; he looked taller sitting down than standing up, because his broad chest and shoulders were out of proportion to his legs, which were short. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You have the amazing luck to have such a rich aunt and you run away from her as if the devil himself was after you. Your brains must be the size of a pea.” The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

The returnees from the previous year, already assured of a place on the team, shot layups as they glanced arrogantly toward the boys in the bleachers, sizing up the group as a whole. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

This is an interesting kind of problem, made to order for computers if they came in sizes big enough to store in nearby galaxies. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Me with an IV drip in my arm, the bag bursting with butterflies of different shapes and colors and sizes. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

Considering the size of the crowd, we were a quiet group, gathered in clusters, speaking in hushed tones—almost like this really was a funeral. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

As it was, I circled the toilet, studying it like a Klingon Warrior sizing up his enemy. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

He wiped off the blood, but it was still swollen twice its normal size. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

About midway through the first verse, Nathan tested his ability and saw a fish the size of a car swimming near them. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Johnny sat on the magic stool, which turned around and went up or down according to your size, and played. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Vanished states tended to leave visible archaeological hallmarks, such as ruins of temples with standardized designs, at least four levels of settlement sizes, and pottery styles covering tens of thousands of square miles. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

The next morning, I didn’t go to practice because my ankle had swelled to the size of a softball. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

Taking full advantage of all the archived information that was never more than a few mouse clicks away, Jesse had strong ideas and theories about everything—the size of government, genetic engineering, gun control. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

But in addition to his size, Mustafa’s personality fills whatever room he’s in. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

The three mess halls vary only slightly in size and configuration. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The round ball on the dragon’s head was the size of a small melon, just big enough for her to wrap two hands around, and she clutched it as the dragon began to move. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

One day it was the size of a wolf, the next the size of a cave bear, then the size of a great elk. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

At the end of each week, they gave us a little silver disk about the size of a half dollar. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Various unusual objects littered the room—a birdcage, a phonograph, a battle-ax, a hanging scale, a mannequin, a globe the size of a beach ball. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

They were of varying sizes, though none were much larger than a man’s head. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

On Fridays, we would eat vanilla ice cream that I spooned into dishes the size of small, cupped hands or pan dulce that I baked. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

He was large—taller than me, but not quite John Henry’s size. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

The officers who chose it tended to be size large. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her face was swollen to three times the size that it had been. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

They rolled up sleeves and pantlegs which were many sizes too large, and wore dress caps backward. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

The chamber itself was round, about the size of a helicopter pad. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

The end result was a ball the size of a large, ripe grape. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

She takes the cap off a black tube about the size of one of my fingers, revealing a red stick. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

The trick is to make them different sizes, and then crowd them one on top of another. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

She sizes me up and slides over a small guava square, still warm, on a plate. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

She looked again at the kittens, each of them the same size, each of them marked with the same mottles and stripes. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

They are all different sizes and shapes with wide lawns and gates. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

The suitcases are unlocked and unbound and all the gifts are unearthed, admired, tried on for size. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

The hinged lid is ornately carved, and it’s about the size of his school math book. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z

Jinny glanced around as best she could, at all the legs, the dirty bare feet of different sizes, hanging off the benches on either side of the table. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

But it was the sheer size of each one of them that boggled Sophie’s brain most of all. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

It all depended upon the company which he found over at Klein’s and the size of “the game.” The Awakening 1899-04-22T00:00:00Z

They overestimated its size by a factor of six and gave it frightening claws, which in fact came from a Megalonyx, or giant ground sloth, found nearby. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

He sneaked through the woods longing to make his big kill—if only a deer just his size would pass by, or a moose, maybe. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

Finally she gets a good size hole in the tape and starts working it larger, until she can get her hand in and rip a whole flap off the top of the box. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

Even though the dog was nearly half his size, Alex carried him the entire way, moving so fast that Nunu sometimes had to run to keep up. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

Thus, food production, which increases population size, also acts in many ways to make features of complex societies possible. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

If we eat this way every day I will be the size of Illyrio before I meet this dragon queen. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Not an ordinary tiger, but one double the usual size. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Despite his size, he had been too good a prospect to pass up. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

The professor opened a drawer in the little table and brought out a leather box, circular in shape and about the size of the palm of a man’s hand, and three fingers deep. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

The Thicket was burning in a bonfire the size of a mountain. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

At the big bang itself the universe is thought to have had zero size, and so to have been infinitely hot. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

She cannot tell how far it stretches, the size of the tent obscured by cascading willows and twisting vines. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Inside are bags of clothing, in various sizes and American styles, to outfit clients so they no longer stand out. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

Imagine if we could have said, “Oops, this is too hard,” and shrunk in size, returned to a place of being just kids, the way we always had been. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

And from the middle of the misty, domed web, a spider the size of a small elephant emerged, very slowly. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

“It’s fine the way it is, it just needs some leaves. Layer the leaves and make them slightly different sizes and it will look great. You have a great start there.” Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

The spots above my eyebrows, which were the size of pinpricks last time I checked, have now grown into real spots. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

Rocks the size of fists rained down on the prison children. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

“When I couldn’t get crab apples,” Orr continued, “I used horse chestnuts. Horse chestnuts are about the same size as crab apples and actually have a better shape, although the shape doesn’t matter a bit.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

My mom is like, ‘Oh my God, Ashton, please tell me you can’t see this wrinkle by my chin.’And of course I can see it—it’s, like, the size of a river. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

Sophie peered into the jar and there, sure enough, she saw the faint translucent outline of something about the size of a hen’s egg. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Actually, the one on my knee is closer to an orange than a plum in size. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

With twenty years of good eating, my shackles might grow up to be half the size of the sheriff’s. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

One size can fit all because the skirt flares out and the top is ribbed elastic that can stretch to accommodate most anyone. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

It’s about half the size of a shoebox, and lots of colorful stamps surround my grandmother’s address. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

It was a penetrating glare, and Harry had the impression that Moody was sizing him up, wondering whether to answer or not, or how much to tell him. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

His own room was the size of our downstairs, and he had his own bathroom and tile with the grout still around it. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

He felt more than saw the size of the whales, and the deep knowing within them. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

Tents in every size, shape, and color were pushed together, so close it was hard to discern where one stopped and another started. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

"A wall of that size..." one of the ministers began, and stopped in nervousness. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

There’s an awkward silence as we size each other up. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

The Dikoris were from the Nuba Mountains of central Sudan, an area the size of South Carolina, with more than a million people. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

“That’s not what I’m saying. I don’t think it had anything to do with your race or your size. I think maybe she was just trying to do her job. That’s all.” Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

He scanned the bodies for clothing he recognized, for children the right size. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Three Chasers,” Harry repeated, as Wood took out a bright red ball about the size of a soccer ball. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

Recognizing the female by her great size, I stop running to admire the silver gray body streaking through the sky. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was also smiling — rather nervously, it was true — but the reduction in the size of her front teeth was more noticeable than ever; Harry couldn’t understand how he hadn’t spotted it before. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

I focus on making my stitches identically sized and spaced. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

Gradually the wood softened and came free, and Mary was left with the single sheet of clear brown-yellow lacquer, about the size of a page from a paperback book. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

The security guy doesn’t make a comment about my size or look at Charlie funny. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

Rachel’s peepers are sort of stuck on golf-ball size as she stands next to Michael. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

She looked at the paintings in Auntie Seema's apartment, canvases of all sizes leaning against the walls. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

However, to make any sort of measurement, you need a standard, a common yardstick, to compare to the size of the lines. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

The Iron Rod can shrink to the size of a needle, the Sea King had said. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

I’d never understood the size of my father’s task in the world. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Our comparison begins with food production, a major determinant of local population size and societal complexity—hence an ultimate factor behind the conquest. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

The largest shard was the size of his palm. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

They looked around; sure enough, there sat Neville with a bloody lip and several nasty scratches along the side of his face, but clutching an unpleasantly pulsating green object about the size of a grapefruit. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

At the time, Geyer wrote, “I was not able to appreciate the intense significance of the renting of the Poplar Street house and the delivery of a stove of such immense size.” The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

It was a large suit, sized for a big man, and she was five feet tall. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

It itched and never sealed quite right because it was the wrong size, but it was all Nailer had. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

I thought that regardless of the size of my father’s debt, he should still borrow more. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

In hunting he always sized up the territory ahead, he always took into consideration all the factors involved before moving in on his game. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Like a hey, you are on display, and the rest of us are watching you, judging you, sizing you up, deciding where you belong in the hierarchy. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

On her finger was a golden ring with an emerald the size of a pigeon's egg, on her head a matching tiara. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Standing at the fitting rooms and facing toward the main store entrance, we are looking directly at the tentlike, utilitarian plus sizes, also known as “woman” sizes. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was the size of a bread loaf, stamped with a serial number and the Words U.S. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

I remember my size before I was deported. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

But it wasn’t just its color or size that struck him. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Both Harry’s and Ron’s were the size of dragon eggs and full of homemade toffee. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

If a star could collapse to such a small size, it is not unreasonable to expect that other stars could collapse to even smaller size and become black holes. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Pieces were constantly crumbling off—some no larger than snowballs, some the size of houses. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

“Do you have any clothes near my size? I seem to be going through a lot of shirts lately.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“Blue blazer, size fifty-two tall? Said he left it here a week or so ago?” Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

Indeed, a faint hypnopaedic prejudice in favour of size was universal. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had no idea of the size of the town but felt that every citizen was in the park now, waiting. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Being sent to work in rich homes, he wouldn’t be suspected when he sized up their loot and cased the joint,, just running around looking busy with a white coat on. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

It just kept growing until it was the size of one of the pillars from the museum. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

For a moment we’re frozen, sizing each other up, our weapons, our skill. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Five papayas the sizes of my head, a knee, two elbows, and a thumb cling to the trunk. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

Next was a picture of Mr. Forrest on a boat, wearing sunglasses and holding a fish about my size. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

He talked about the weather, a stray dog he’d seen, the pond, the size of a mosquito he’d swatted, and new boots he wanted but couldn’t afford. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

Just sixty-five million years ago our ancestors were the most unprepossessing of mammals—creatures with the size and intelligence of moles or tree shrews. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nanobots the size of blood cells are injected, sometimes even without a person’s knowledge. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

It’s the size of him that concerns me. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

Tiny Gold orbs the size of cherry pits sat nestled in the blossoms. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

He had a spot on his lungs the size of a dime. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

He was wrapped in a black robe that must’ve belonged to Geryon, because it was three sizes too big even for a grown man. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

I cut the bottom out of one and the remaining canvas was the right size and shape. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

“They had a few small mines, yes. But not enough to justify a population of that size. That, I guess, is the only thing we know for sure,” says Twill. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

In 1941, Leningrad had a population twice the size of modern Manhattan; Moscow was bigger than Los Angeles is today. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

In the second half, the Seventeens took advantage of their size and experience. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

It was now the size of a rambutan. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Doris looked at him for a moment, sizing him up. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

With not a lot of time to spare, Volpe asks me to rush into downtown Lincoln, find a hardware store, and purchase a caster the same size as the one that broke. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

A monstrous spider the size of a small car was trying to climb through the huge hole in the wall: One of Aragog’s descendants had joined the fight. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Is it Gulliver or the Brobdingnagians who are the wrong size? The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

They are one of the larger land-animals of Winter, about the size of a fox, oviparous vegetarians with a splendid coat of gray or white fur. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

‘About like any other place the same size.’ The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

I was relieved to see the cut-tail had come in moderately sized glasses, with one for Stanchion too. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Sula copied her, and soon each had a hole the size of a cup. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Papa didn’t show us the painting, but I know all the sizes. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Ek, who had grown to the size of a respectable town house, laughed. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Estraven had had to guess my size and the snow-boots he got me were a little large, but extra socks filled the discrepancy. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

Here on the lower ground the buildings were nearly as imposing in size but housed a separate family behind each of their many grimy windows. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

From the opposite side of the pavilion, Clarisse and her buddies ran in with another banner, of identical size, but gaudy red, painted with a bloody spear and a boar’s head. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

He drew from inside his cape a small heavy box about the size of a schoolbook and handed it ceremoniously to Milo. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

My head snaps from side to side as I examine the pack, taking in the various sizes and colors. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

He was being followed by a kid with spiky hair and glasses the size of welders’ goggles. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

Students at that black school had been protesting since February 5 a segregated bowling alley in town, with demonstrations growing in size and intensity over the next few days. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

The houses on my street are all the same size and shape. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Mohammed Mohammed was proving a tough defender despite his pint size. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

My head is aching and feels twice its normal size. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the front of the room, Ellegua, god of the crossroads, inhabits the clay eggs in nine rustic bowls of varying sizes. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was underwater, in a cave about the size of a two-car garage. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

It’s much worse than it was this morning, not surprisingly, and is swollen to twice its normal size. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

Each one is only the size of an apple, but packs tremendous power on contact. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Linde’s idea of a slow breaking of symmetry was very good, but I later realized that his bubbles would have to have been bigger than the size of the universe at the time! A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Fred found a moon snail with a shell the size of a baseball. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

It was the size of an elephant and just as intimidating. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

She has a closet full of wicker baskets of all sizes that she fills up with groceries for people in need. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Bunny was the smallest of the three, but her temper made up for her size. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

His handwriting was messy, slanting across the page, the size of the letters varying, the color of the pen changing. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

They have rolls of stickers in the back, different sizes because some people's names are longer than others'. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Even Lady Constance seemed to have shrunk a size smaller just by virtue of standing within this vast, imposing space. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

They never considered adding infinite parts together even though Achilles' strides approach zero size; the Greeks could hardly add steps of zero size together without the concept of zero. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

Seymour insisted that his left foot differed from his right in size. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

There were only two rooms of any size, a livingroom and a bedroom. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

They’re approximately the same size as yearbooks, but purchased for their blank pages. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

A five-minute walk through the trees leads us to a huge clearing about the size of two football fields. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

They took turns trying to guess my bra size. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

She turned me onto my stomach and examined the bruise—a patch of deep purple the size of a human head—that had formed a few inches above my hip. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

The glass cases contained dozens of keepsakes: a ruby the size of a man’s fist, a wedge of gold shaped like a sandwich, even the Thunder Gong she’d read about in the book. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Since the doorway was of a normal size, he had to crouch and twist in order to squeeze through.“Everything will be fine,” Grandma said, placing a bracing hand on Kendra’s shoulder. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

The bird was about the size of a pigeon and was grayish brown with a long pointy tail hanging underneath it. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

After all, it was still just one serving, even if it was twice the size. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

Within, they found a pair of iron bars the size of saplings, with post holes in the ground and metal brackets on the gate. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

He then ran both of his hands through his curly mop of hair, and that made it double in size. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

The little boy centaur, who was the size of a second-grader on a pony, caught my eye and waved. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

"No! No, I --" Clove sees the stone, about the size of a small loaf of bread in Thresh's hand and loses it. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

She was our size, with pretty brown eyes and skin. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I think he had expected something the size of when he had seen my castle on Late Christmas. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

He had to buy shoes one size smaller, shorten his trousers, and have a tuck taken in his shirtsleeves. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was about the size of a toaster oven, unmarked, and cold to the touch. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

Soon it was the size of a small car, and reached halfway to the ground. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z

I make myself as small as possible, as if my size could belie our closeness. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

The burn is the size of a cherry. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

The next night a dozen frogs, together the size of a pair of year- old babies, jumped from the ceiling. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Galen and I raked this into a broad rectangular mound about the size of a double bed. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

“Start by putting a good sized lump of sugar on your tongue. Brown sugar’s best. Right on the center of your tongue.” Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

From the size of the Earth’s shadow on the Moon during a lunar eclipse, he deduced that the Sun had to be much larger than the Earth, as well as very far away. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Just after Thanksgiving, the first big snow started with fat wet flakes the size of butterflies. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

But from where I’m standing, slightly better is about the size of the Grand Canyon. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

“You don’t let me talk to any women again, of any size, at least until we get out of the Confederacy. These guys have all got guns down here. You promise?” A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

It was easily twice the size of the El Camino and probably weighed ten times as much. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Immediately a ball of blood the size of a baseball formed in the monkey’s leg. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

As Celia pounds the card table, the head of her hammer finally gives way and flies backward, tearing a hole the size of a fist in the movie screen. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Most kids got bounced off the crew by the time they hit their midteens, even if they starved themselves to keep their size down. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

I tried not to eavesdrop on the call, which wasn’t easy given the size of the place. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

Papa pulled a small mirror, the size of a powder compact, from his pocket. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

Two children, pink skinned and of the same size, laughing together. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

"The size of his host does not matter, sweetling, so long as they are on the wrong side of the river. Stannis cannot cross without ships." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

He was the first person accurately to measure the size of a planet. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Wesley was carrying a sack about half the size of his slight seven-year-old body. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

It raises a lump in my throat the size of a bowling ball, and I start to wonder if I’m going to be able to mumble a whole bar mitzvah past it. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

First we sorted the dogs; that was fairly easy, for we could remember the size and color of most of them. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

The clearing was about the size of the first floor of Hazel’s house, and at the very center of it was a clock. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

Liam’s mom always makes food just right: the pancakes are the size of silver dollars, the eggs are soft-scrambled, the bacon crispy. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

I’m fat, but Millie’s the type of fat that requires elastic waist pants because they don’t make pants with buttons and zippers in her size. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

He was the size of a normal man by this time, and all the other children made his life miserable. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Sturdy, with double walls and an attached lid, it was exactly the size to take the vases and padding tightly packed. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

His blue-feathered bronze helmet was falling in his eyes, and his breastplate was about six sizes too big. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

Plus, a mosquito the size of a small bat has found its way around the screen, too. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

His workboat was three times the size of my skiff, and twice as fast. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

The pods had swelled until they were the size of hen’s eggs and ready for harvest. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I realize that the colors are not so important after all; it’s the dot and the growing size and faster spin of the clouds. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

We ridicule their piety, their small economies, the size of their feet, their rubber plant, which sums them up. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Farid folded the note until it was about the size of a coin, then put it in his pants pocket. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

“What do you mean, you don’t know? It’s the same size as his.” The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

The CSS Birmingham captains quarters were about the size of a walk-in closet, but still much bigger than any other room on board. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

In the womb, the minihuman was expanded to the size of the fetus. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

A normal monkey spleen would be about the size of a walnut. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was just a weird hand-ship the size of a yacht, sailing without a captain, roaring across a burning sea toward us. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Almost at once there was a thud and a hole the size of a big fist in the plexiglass. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

You must be prepared to change everything about yourself–shape, size, color, species affiliation, everything–and to do so repeatedly. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

Before, I had always felt like a giant next to her, but when I lay down next to her on the bed I saw that we were almost the same size. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’m the size of an ant compared to these trees, but I don’t feel insignificant. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

“I want you to get it out of here. That’s a moth, for pity’s sake. Imagine what something that size would do to the woollens!” The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

The size, texture, and colors inform us that this is not to be interpreted as a real target. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Finally he came up with a bound pad of paper the size of his hand. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

If the church stash is low or lacks a needed size, he gives away the few shoes and clothes he owns. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

She was about the size of a gumdrop. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

What came out was a teeny-weeny, old, old, old woman that looked just like Momma would if someone shrank her down about five sizes and sucked all the juice out of her! The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The size of their database on Halliday is unreal. His whole life is in there. They’ve collected interviews with everyone Halliday ever knew. It could take months to read through them all.” Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Unfolded, the poster was about the size of an ordinary kitchen window. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The goddess slid down from her throne and turned to human size, a young auburn-haired girl, perfectly at ease in the midst of the giant Olympians. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

A snap: I wait for a slow moving person of considerable size and slide through the doorway right behind his behind. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I watched as Noodles sized up the yarns to see which black was the best black for Needles. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

Within a few days, Joe had mastered the froe and the mallet and could size up a log and split shakes from it nearly as quickly and decisively as Charlie could. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

The size of the chambers of the nautilus and the number of clockwise grooves to counterclockwise grooves in the pineapple are governed by this sequence. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

No matter what I put on, it felt backward, inside out, and two sizes too small. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

He lifted his shoulders as he stood there, like someone proudly wearing clothes that were not his size. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

I didn't see a weapon on him, but just the sheer size of him matched with his unnatural state made him a danger to us all, especially for RiRi. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

A large, bulbous creature the size of a cow but with no distinct shape twisted and seethed along the ground in the corridor outside. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

There, the surface was about the size of Snowberger’s big front parking lot, only, unlike the Snowberger’s lot, the top of Listening Rock gently rolled and sloped. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

For Epicurus and Lucretius, what matters about atoms is their size, shape and movement. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

It startled Ifemelu, how much a relaxer retouching cost at Aunty Uju’s hair salon; the haughty hairdressers sized up each customer, eyes swinging from head to shoes, to decide how much attention she was worth. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Its size and shape reminded me of the lightsabers I owned. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

He couldn't actually see their holes but could tell by the size of their dirt piles. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

Their shapes and sizes made it impossible to mistake them for anything else—they were obviously human remains. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

Despite their small size they play an important part in breaking down the residues of plants, aiding in the slow conversion of the litter of the forest floor to soil. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

So I drew a blobby version of me, a fraction of my real size, fingers and toes accounted for, stones in my belly, cute earrings, ponytail. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

He definitely took after his dad in size, and some days, it was another reminder that Morris was no longer around. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

“Ai-ya!” she cried, because there it was, the same black mole, the size of a fingertip, just as I had always seen it these past five months of sleeping as sister and brother. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Basically, the idea was to take several pieces of plutonium, about the size of a grapefruit all together. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ishmael never saw Ernest Testaverde get hit; later he found out, on making inquiries, that Ernest had been found with a hole in his head roughly the size of a man’s fist. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

It looks about the size of a raccoon, but it hangs from the bottom of a branch, swaying ever so slightly. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

“I can’t believe that guy bought us the root beer,” Irene said, chewing hard, attempting a bubble; but it was too early, and she barely made one the size of a quarter. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

Tia eyeballed my feet, and even though I knew she was trying to guess my shoe size, I couldn't help but think she was looking at my chewed-up dogs like, What the? Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

Mother buys everything to make egg rolls for a coming holiday when Americans eat a turkey the size of a baby. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

His bedroom—he finally had his own room!—was about the size of a closet in Benji’s house, but Felix never complained, because the landlord allowed pets. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

It was heavy wire, with holes about the size of an acorn, and it was set in a steel frame. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

The size of a Shire horse it was, a full nineteen hands or more. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

A village in China of fifteen hundred people might support itself entirely with 450 acres of land, which in the American Midwest would be the size of a typical family farm. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

He’d seen how the duke used his size and title to win allies on the king’s council and keep opponents from challenging him. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Within an hour they had taken Alice to the hospital and the doctor had removed from her a tumor almost the size of a newborn child. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Richard Parker’s tongue, the size and colour of a rubber hot- water bottle, retreated and his mouth closed. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Thus, farmers selected from among individual plants on the basis not only of perceptible qualities like size and taste, but also of invisible features like seed dispersal mechanisms, germination inhibition, and reproductive biology. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Using a gun like Guiteau’s, he shot into human cadavers that were about the size of James Garfield. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Water must be different for them, she thought to Pantalaimon: imagine drops the size of your fist! The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

After a few minutes, he blew a glistening, perfectly round bubble, about the size of my palm. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

She has dark brown skin and eyes, but other than that, she's very like Prim in size and demeanor. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Their gravitational attraction would thus curve up the universe to infinitely small size. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

One of them is cracked, and a small piece, about the size of my hand, is missing from its bottom corner. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z

Ogres weren’t dangerous only because of their size and their cruelty. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

It melted into a rectangular pool about the size of a parking space—bubbling red liquid like blood. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

Eight, maybe nine at most, judging by her size. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

“He’s causing such a lot of trouble. All right, but they would have to be birds of the same size, not a pound less. Bring him to me, and I’ll tell him.” The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

Working in a small wooden cabin, he assembled test bomb cores that were about the size of a basketball. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

It took some inspired deductions by the astronomer William Herschel to work out that they were nowhere near planet sized but much smaller. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

It was about the size of a raisin and slick with his blood. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

The first thing I noticed about this woman was her size. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

About the size of a three- bedroom house, this space station, called Skylab, orbited the earth for six years on a journey that covered nearly one billion miles. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

He described it as an eroded, hard mass about the size of a nickel. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

Their size and ferocity might make the difference against a cornered direwolf. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Through smaller class sizes and more intense attention given to lagging students, it managed to claw its way into the middle. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

It had a lid and was the size of a shoebox for kids with wide feet. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

All my friends wore them, and I had at least a dozen pairs in various sizes and thicknesses. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

It was about the size of an adult, except its head was tall, and rather square. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z

His kindergarten photo was blown up nearly to full-page size, and beneath it, there was a statement in neat black calligraphy: “All proceeds from tonight’s concert will benefit the Jeffrey Alper Medical Trust.” Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had been a scrawny, starving boy of fifteen who was the size of a ten-year-old. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

In a crowd this size, it’s easy to be briefly lost. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

The smallest are the size of a walnut, the largest are the size of a fist. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

It was a package, about the size of a deck of cards, wrapped in white paper and tied with green ribbon. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

Nhamo had not heard of caracals attacking people, but their size and strength made it possible. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh, sure. Take me to a beer hall for lunch. Some birthday party this is! Look at these people. Steeped in sin. Brains the size of walnuts.” The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t think I’d ever seen a dude his size look so happy. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

The members decided to fund two machines of different sizes, each optimized to produce different particles; the only question left was which lab would build which machine. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

If you’d-a put a smock on him and shrunked him down ’bout eight or nine sizes, they was one in the same. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

Less than a minute had passed since they’d vaporized their friend and the violent thugs attacking her, but the crowd milling about in the yard and street seemed to have doubled in size. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

It’s hard to see against the wine-colored fabric of the jersey, but there’s a light purple splotch about the size of my fist just below the team crest. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

The old lady would pick out the purple brinjals and yellow pumpkins, the shiny green and red chillies, feeling them with her wrinkled fingers and complimenting me on their size. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now here they were, spread out in a lazy line, about ten kids of various sizes. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The comparison seems fitting; at the time, the realm of Tiwanaku was about the size of modern France. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

“It’s so nice how the buildings are all the same size,” she said. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

The entire Ryan Dean West universe instantly collapsed to the size of a five-eighths-inch metal cleat stud, and everything I knew, everything I would ever know, got sucked into that pinpoint of agony. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

The size of the carriage, and of the horses, was im-mediately explained. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

On the other side of the desk, League staff sized up the migrants, trying, as an Urban League report explained, “to fit the workers to the jobs and the jobs to the workers.” A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

"Is that wise? You are strongly placed here. It's said that the old Kings in the North could stand at Moat Cailin and throw back hosts ten times the size of their own." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

But at a bigger size you have to impose complicated hierarchies and rules and regulations and formal measures to try to command loyalty and cohesion. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Two: Ivy’s bedroom door flew open, and her dad stumbled in, his eyes the size of dinner plates as the beam from her headlamp hit him in the face. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Such size differences in other plants go back to the very beginnings of agriculture, when cultivated peas evolved through human selection to be 10 times heavier than wild peas. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

They are more commonly referred to as CroMS: cockroaches of mighty size. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

Still low and quiet, the boys crept past the mirror emporium’s display window, catching glimpses of their own reflections dozens of times over in mirrors of various sizes, shapes, and mounts. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Despite her size, she walked noiselessly, and they followed her to the kitchen. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

The size of the room was so ridiculous, it took me a moment to notice the decor. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Mrs. O’Leary saw me before I saw her, which was a pretty good trick considering she’s the size of a garbage truck. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

But Master Watson did not give arithmetic problems to boys Nat’s size. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Paint peeled off the cinder-block walls in chunks the size of potato chips. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

Liyana wondered if the person who could let it out, the same size it was to begin with, was luckiest. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

Because of Garfield's size, this required the efforts of several people. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

We went downtown and the clerk showed us a pair two sizes too big. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

It ends in a large antechamber, nearly the size of a concert hall. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

A central fire burned in a bronze brazier the size of a bathtub. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

The small population size of tribelets explains not only why they can’t sustain epidemics introduced from the outside, but also why they never could evolve epidemic diseases of their own to give back to visitors. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

They continue the increase in size from bands to tribes to chiefdoms. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Celaena and Chaol didn’t speak as they strode down the hallway, quickly moving from the throng of competitors and their sponsors, who lingered to speak with one another—and size each other up. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

But the oxford button-downs he wore underneath the blazer were all two sizes too big because his mom couldn't afford to buy new ones every year. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

“Look at the size of the man. Why, he barely fits in the car.” Lawn Boy 2007-06-12T00:00:00Z

There were people thrice her size on the Trenton platform and she looked admiringly at one of them, a woman in a very short skirt. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

The size did not disturb him so much as the face . . . the mouth especially, no simple carved slash, but a Jagged hollow large enough to swallpw a sheep. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

She’s got black, black hair and a tight white little face, as if her skin’s a size too small. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Evidence Against Him or Suspicious Circumstances: None, except that he is the only man the right height or size to have worn the Wagon Lit uniform. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

The cities were abandoned, and shrank to a fraction of their original size, all their considerable wealth sold off to pay for seeds that didn’t grow, for land they couldn’t water. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

The large flowers are the size of human heads. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

It looked like a packed crowd of people of assorted sizes, standing umbrella-protected in the rain. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It wasn’t me, I swear,” he said, though as he stood there, he sized the boy up and realized he shouldn’t be so terrified after all. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Ruined walls bordered a square courtyard about the size of a tennis court. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Stanley remembered being surprised at Clyde Livingston's small shoe size. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

Solitary confinement at Apalachee means living in a concrete box the size of a walk-in closet. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Though they were relatively small—the size of puppies standing on their hind legs—they took up a lot of space and couldn’t seem to stop knocking into one another. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

He dominated a room not just with his size, but with an almost electric presence. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

Before they left the ship, Leo had given each of them an emergency flare the size of a birthday candle. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Instead, she slid her shades up onto her avatar’s forehead—a blatant affectation, since sunglasses didn’t actually affect a player’s vision—and looked me up and down, making a show of sizing me up. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Styx seemed impressed by the size of the fire, and even more impressed by the full spread of hot dogs and fixin’s on the picnic table. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

“My feet are killing me. I hate these boots. They smell disgusting, and they’re too small. I’ll have blisters the size of oranges once this is over.” The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Of course, at his size, JP was almost twice as strong as me. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

She turns, holding up a multicolored necklace the size of a magazine page against her chest. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

Everything appeared in simple black outlines, and it looked as if someone with a set of paints the size of a house and a brush as wide could stay happily occupied for years. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

In the center of the space stood a cauldron the size of a claw-footed bathtub. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Driving up to the village, Rafik and Nadine, who were smallest in size, huddled on the floor of the back seat, laughing. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

Hunchbacked, he dragged himself over to me, and despite his size, we were eye-to-eye. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

“For a house of this size, I mean.” The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

A me-ball is made by rolling up dung until it’s the size of a small apple, then letting it dry. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z

He stands over you like this little mountain, and he’s got this dark beardy shrubbery all around the peak, and arms like pines, and legs like oaks, and feet the size of small lakes. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

If the two ships had been of equal size, Hunt would have sailed with a crew of about twenty-two. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

They were all different sizes and shapes and they welcomed me to join them. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

By this time she seemed to the watchers to be rapidly diminishing in size as she forged upwards. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

It was another turtle, a homed turtle of enormous size, its dark green shell mottled with brown and overgrown with water moss and crusty black river molluscs. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Pressed against the windowpanes were cardboard snowflakes the size of the moon. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

But nor was this figure invisible, and its size and manner of moving were familiar to her. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

If you double the size of the chips in chocolate chip ice cream and say on the package, “New! Bigger Chocolate Chips!” and charge five to ten cents more, that seems honest and fair. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

“If you were the size of a book,” Akimi said sarcastically. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

The second car was crushed to half of its size. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

In front of them, orbs of every size were arrayed in tidy rows along the wall, largest to smallest. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

I asked, somewhat confused, for the two phone booths were exactly the same in all respects—colour, size and shape. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Imagine a million really weighty cannonballs squeezed down to the size of a marble and–well, you’re still not even close. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

Actually, the king of water pythons—that thing’s head is the size of a car. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

After Vajra had revealed its true form, it seemed reluctant to revert to the size of the ball. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

The giant rectangular room they entered was the size of the Grand Ballroom. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

‘They got little electric chairs there—just your size. And when they turn on the juice you just fry up like a piece of burnt bacon. Then you go to Hell.’ The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Moreover, it was a house that because of its size and expense seemed somehow inappropriate for a leader of the people. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

There’s a purple knot the size of a golf ball above my right eyebrow. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

But Humphrey, despite his size, didn’t last for long—only for eighteen months. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

She holds a stack of black clothes the size of her torso, which she offers to me with a proud look on her face. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

Grabbing the scarves, we pick up the wood, now the size of our bodies, and carry it horizontally on our backs. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The silk slippers would have been perfect, but he didn’t know what size to get, and Kaira pointed out that slippers weren’t like T-shirts; they had to be an exact fit. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

Could it have been the stones, each of a different size? Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

I had neither the size nor the strength to frighten him, especially now. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

“I had to guess your size but I think these will fit.” Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Tiny little thing he was when he hatched. ’Bout the size of a Pekingese.” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

I sprang out of my chair and twisted the knob on the stove and the flames doubled in size. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

He kicked, pounded, twisted, pushed, using his lack of size to confound and exasperate Elisha, whose damp fists, joined at the small of John’s back, soon slipped. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

She kept chopping a mound of herbs the size of a basketball. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

It looked like a giant Hershey’s Kiss, about the size of his fist. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

There were three others with us—Phineas in those days almost always moved in groups the size of a hockey team—and they stood with me looking with masked apprehension from him to the tree. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

These are thin disks about the size of a quarter which are stuck on your chest with a special kind of glue and then covered by adhesive tape. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Both—she has sized them up as well—are strong and quite capable of catching her if she makes a run for it. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

There are two little discs about the size of checkers. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

As the water expelled, the water monster shrank in size. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Tents were spread out over an acre and a half of ground; all colors, shapes, and sizes. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe smaller in size, the family, not the house, but still a family lives there. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

One piece of his chest was missing—a clean black hole about the size of a bullet wound, right where his heart should’ve been. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

Four floors down, her doctor, shrunk to child size, sits on the lawn. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

It looks to be about the size of a jewelry gift box. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

I let go of one handle, and the bag unraveled quickly, reaching the size of a soccer net and then doubling every second. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

“Well, let me know what size leotard I need to join you.” Monday's Not Coming 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Each was the size of a large boulder. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

He was accustomed to sizing up other rabbits and deciding what they were good for. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

From the size of her, I quickly suspected twins and urged her and her husband to go to the hospital in Staunton or Harrisonburg for the delivery. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was about the same size and shape as Mendel’s garden—and in time it would become an equally iconic site in the history of genetics. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

“Stop that! Let me see what size it is.” When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

Fisk had sold all of his size D batteries and all but one of his snow shovels. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

When he’s finished taking pictures, we wander to the food court and get giant cinnamon rolls the size of our faces. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Still, he is a man of intimidating size, with large hands and linebacker shoulders. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

She pulled up the right side of her blouse and there was a patch of skin missing, about the size of a large walnut, from her side. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

But size doesn’t tell you anything about how important something is. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

It flew straight down from the sky in drops the size of coffee saucers and hit the hot sidewalks with a hiss that sent clouds of steam writhing up from the gleaming, dark concrete. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

My military garrison cap was intentionally a size too big, forcing me to keep my head up, walking taller with every step. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

Piles of bear scat on the trail and, at one point, a set of fresh grizzly tracks—each print half again as long as a size- nine boot print—put me on edge. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

With his fur puffed up, he looked twice as big as normal, almost the size of a panther. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

Fauzia moves down the line with a small scanner the size of a phone. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

Kino opened his hand and held it out, and the priest gasped a little at the size and beauty of the pearl. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You’re always believing what those Ghost Teachers tell you. Look at the size of the jaws!” The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The convexity will cause some distortion. The reflections size should be off by a factor of—” “Would you speak English?” The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

As she sized me up, her eyes narrowing, the cigarette hung aslant from her mouth. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

But most of all she remembered a piece of fabric, about the size of a pillowcase, which hung from a wooden dowel at the bottom of the stairs. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

Her and Mister Leefolt’s room in the back be a fair size, but Baby Girl’s room be tiny. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

In spite of their minute size, the total weight of this host of bacteria in the top foot of a single acre of fertile soil may be as much as a thousand pounds. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

She had eaten them, of course—it was required, and there were no alternatives—until the report showed that her size was under control once again. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

This was the view of most scientists: Einstein himself wrote a paper in which he claimed that stars would not shrink to zero size. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Where one was allowed to live and work could rest on such absurd distinctions as the curl of one’s hair or the size of one’s lips. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was about the size of a person’s thumb and was made of clear plastic so that you could place it in a microscope and look into the flask. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was digging in a small hole about the size of a big apple. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

“What size are these?” she asked, holding up the sneakers. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

By their size, it was hard to imagine them even leaving this room. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

But what stood out on this gray day was a bright yellow pyramid the size of a circus tent pitched near the base of the elevator. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

I heard nothing, but Nero’s back rose and his tail puffed to twice its normal size. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

“We cut these scraps and lengths of wire into small pieces. About this size, you see. Copper in this bowl, silver in this, and gold here.” The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

It looks like at some point the buttons were ordered by size or color, but now they’re all mixed up—every conceivable hue, shape, and ornamentation. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

Cover it with a carpet of size 1/2. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

If a company grows to twenty times its original size, the relative proportions of its departments will not stay the same. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

I pictured a baby the size of a small doll. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

I held the Breathalyzer in my hand, a sleek, silver gadget about the size of a small remote control. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

The actual time on the way from Chicago was short, but the overwhelming size and variety of the land, the many incidents and people along the way, had stretched time out of all bearing. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some were very small—barely the size of her hand, tiny humanoid beings with butterfly-like wings in riotous shades of gold and orange. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

It’s small, about the same size as the notes you left me, and it’s wedged under a metal seam so that it stays flat against the bottom of the box. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

Finally, after days of danger, they saw land, but they had better have stayed on the stormy sea for it was the country of the Laestrygons, a people of gigantic size and cannibals too. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

Brown-skinned people of all sizes and ages sat among woodland creatures. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

He was fragile, half the size he should have been, and he wore oxygen tubes because his lungs had never fully developed. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Only this crocodile was bright blue and the size of a three-story house. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

If you plot the beak sizes of finches, the points fit on a continuous curve. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

In the other, hunks of stone, all different colors and sizes. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

Sam gave up halfway through her chocolate cream pie: the slice was half the size of her head. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

“How many dogs will it take to kill a thing that size?” Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

But what is the optimum way, given severe constraints on size, cost and power requirements, to search for microbes on Mars? Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

There are all kinds of lights hanging from the ceiling that are different sizes, shapes, and colors. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Ozobia was half his size and wore a wrapper and headgear made out of the same blue fabric. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

He was six three and weighed 190 pounds and had once been clocked in the forty in 4.37 seconds, an astounding time for someone of his size. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Don’t tell me. I don’t care. It doesn’t matter if you help me or not. Everyone knows that a soul is the same size as a beach ball.” Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

The Rule of 150 suggests that the size of a group is another one of those subtle contextual factors that can make a big difference. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

That’s a fivefold increase in the size of the group, but a twentyfold increase in the amount of information processing needed to “know” the other members of the group. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

We had glass in our windows and their barn wasn’t the size of ours neither. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You know the Iron Rod can shrink to the size of a needle.” When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

First came a blessing, given by a blind chaplain to an audience made deaf by size and distance. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

“The basement is approximately the same size as my parents’ entire house,” Jim Link said. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

It was the exact size of the coffin. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z

Immediately Vishnu takes on his full cosmic size. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Judging by its extraordinary size, I had a suspicion the owner was just as extraordinary. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

Soon a small hole the size of a dime appears in the sheet. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

At last check, she was wearing a size one and a half, and she just has to get down to a size one. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

Prized by perfumers and alchemists, a piece the size of your thumb was easily worth gold. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Okay, I was not expecting our emergency backup plan for saving the world to include a gardener, even one the size of a house. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

There was something intimidating about a bird that size, this close. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

“Why don’t you go see what else the armory has in your size? We still got a whole bunch of dead to face.” Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

Nelson says yes, everybody has figured out that He is a right good size. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

And there were many the right size and length. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z

What I end up with is a wad of paper about an inch wide and two inches long, the perfect size to stick up into my left armpit—gross and uncomfortable, but effective. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Boys who are two to three times my size. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

I didn’t say anything; I couldn’t get over the size of the movie screen. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

A dam the size of a football stadium stood in our path. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

The next child was the right size and coloring, but she wasn’t Lyra. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

The stage was half the size of the Globe's, which drove us to distraction. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

Never before had the sheer size of the Maze truly hit him. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

It seemed disproportionately heavy for its size, but my arms were trembling slightly under their own weight, so it was hard to tell. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“C’m’ere, you dreadful little rogue! I’ve got the very thing for you. This is a leveret dagger. All young hares carry one. Here, let’s try it on you for size, young buccaneer, what, what!” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

The bathroom door was off its hinges and had three splintery holes of different sizes. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

The Lord dwindled in size until he was only about twice my length. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Holes of different sizes dotted the hull, and burning seawater flooded out like lava. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Helpfully, the middle C key had a full corner missing, a wedge about the size of my fingernail, which got me centered every time. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

To my left I see the waiting room, just like the nurse said, a huge space packed with people sporting injuries of all shapes and sizes. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

Crossing a single street transformed the way people talked, determined the size and condition of the homes, the dimension and character of the dreams. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Not her coaches or directors or counsellors or the inventors of size 0 and 00. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

The remaining one-third—49 million acres, or an area roughly twice the size of Ohio—is available for logging. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

I hate to kill a tree, especially one as grand as this that has taken many years to reach this size. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

And maybe I could have found something secondhand, but those places never have bigger than size two. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

And while Durham had one of the largest black middle classes of any city its size in America, Fuller knew better than to count too heavily on this group for financial support. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

By the next morning, Ron’s bitten hand had swollen to twice its usual size. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

Sayle laughed briefly and followed the butler around, already sizing up the next shot, a fairly tricky black into the corner. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

A young buck, probably a yearling by his size. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

I’m reaching Union Square, a promenade of Halloween vendors and restaurants and a Barnes & Noble the size of a brick cruise ship, all for the gawking. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

There were a number of these and they were in no way inferior to the others in size and strength, but they were not purely destructive. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Gifted,” I said a little louder, as if trying it on for size. Ungifted 2012-08-21T00:00:00Z

His bald spot, which used to be no bigger than a quarter, is now the size of a baseball. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

A human being, hearing from a distance the noise of a crowd, can form an idea of its size. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

The lump in my throat was the size of a full ball of yarn. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

They were in a place the size of a cathedral with the appearance of a city, its towering walls built of objects hidden by thousands of long-gone students. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Shiny, bright blue shorts are not a good look for me, especially since I had to get a size small on account of me being so skinny. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

Beings of many forms and sizes sat against the stone walls. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

“It’s the jumbo, three-hour size,” he said as the sand started trickling down. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

It was a diamond the size of his knuckle, with a dark core. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

Finally, from the back of the room, a student said, “It’s the wrong size?” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

As it continues to shake, the edges of the book expand to twice its original size, and it gets thicker too. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

Following that 911 call, his silence was not just a different size of the unspoken. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was the size of a broom closet: tall enough to stand in or to sit in, not wide or deep enough to He down in. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

At Benares station, Sonia asks her father to buy her a slice of jack- fruit, which makes her lips itch unbearably, then swell to three times their size. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

“We wear about the same size jacket, right?” Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

The size of the order makes it worth the farmer’s while to deliver, in Joel’s case sometimes as far as Virginia Beach or Bethesda—half a day’s drive. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

“You need this one. Give her only a few drops. She cannot handle more at her size.” Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Her aunt had lent her some pajamas—they wore about the same size—but Eleanor put Park's shirt back on as soon as she got out of the shower. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

Miraculously, Arnold had regained his previous size and composure. Lawn Boy Returns 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Each monster was about the size of a cow, with a bowed back like a broken-down horse, matted gray fur, skinny legs, and black cloven hooves. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Serving size is based on your age, height, body type, health, and amount of physical labor required by your schedule. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

The whole floor was covered with toys: bowling pins, balls, swords, a whole herd of rocking horses, dolls in every shape and size lying around with their arms and legs twisted. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

There are more than eighty beds in this room the size of Maria's sitting room at home. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

This produced the correct values for the exact sizes of the candidate inorganic ions, but nothing that could help push the problem over the top. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

He was too weak to walk and was so old that he had shrunk in size. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s good that somebody has finally cut me down to size, has broken my pride, because I’ve been far too smug. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

Lamps and electric poles look half their size. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

The serval was a spotted animal about the size of a jackal. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

There had to be at least fifty of them, their clothes smudged and sweaty as if they’d been hard at work, all shapes and sizes and races, their hair of varying lengths. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

“But Uncle Jim’s land is the same size as your land,” I said. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Three turtles each the size of a footstool came in a wooden pen. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I woke the next day I felt surprisingly good, considering I had slept in my clothes and my bladder felt stretched to the size of a sweetmelon. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Last winter, Stella’s foot swelled to twice its normal size. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z

A third girl held a basket of apples and the fourth held a five-cent pumpkin pie which was the size of a small saucer. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dinos of all shapes and sizes should’ve been trundling down the throughway, skittering across intersections, hauling cargo along for a late delivery at some grocer or apothecary. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Mami took in a long, deep breath that doubled the size of her chest and cleared the flush from her cheeks. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

They were so small—truly less than half my size-—and so gaily decorated, I thought for a long time they were children. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

The raft jerked to the right just as a polished rock tower the size of a skyscraper appeared in our path. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

They had carried home armloads of the seed pods, the size of peas, full of fluffy cotton when they split open. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

The tall one looked menacing because of his giant size and his scar. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

Ophie was once again struck by the man’s size, his suit jacket straining against his massive belly. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

A room about the size of his, she said, "minus the waterbed." Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

Her days of pulling up railroad ties soon paid off, the jack tearing a hole the size of a doggy door. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

All this in one hundred square feet, the size of some people’s luxury bathrooms. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

Call’s eyes were the size of clam shells. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

The exam room was the only section of the ship I’d ever seen, and its true shape and size were obscured by the darkness at the edges. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

I was trying to size Angela up, wondering how good she was but also wondering if we would become friends. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

I didn’t think Josephine could have looked more shocked than if a tarantula the size of a horse had trampled through the room. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

I straighten up the magazines and sketchbooks, making sure they are in order by size, and as I do, a piece of paper falls out. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

“Just let me know when I need to focus on the thing with a hand the size of a car.” Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Marcus steers around potholes the size of a person and parts from broken-down buses. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

My face was swollen to the size of a melon. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

The constraints on the size and power of the cyclotron came from something other than physics. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

She opens up a silver closet the size of my living room. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

And then from behind the workshop came, in a sort of lurching limp, a shape the size of a large dog, but hunched and heavy in the shoulders, which stood and stared at them directly. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

In a wild fly species named Drosophila pseudoobscura, for instance, Dobzhansky found multiple gene variants that influenced complex traits, such as life span, eye structure, bristle morphology, and wing size. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

While the hot dogs cooked, I followed the path from the gentlemen sign down a sharp ridge, over a dry streambed, up another ridge, and behind a boulder the size of Camillo Junior High. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

At about ten or twenty thousand million years ago, it would have a minimum size, which was equal to the maximum radius of the history in imaginary time. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

They measured other sizes and found a two-year-old size that was just right. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Fizz takes a seat in front of happy-face lollipops the size of my palms. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t help the size of it, either. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

It was a pile of sticks, about the size of a heaping plate of spaghetti. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

With no one using it, he was lending it to Isa until she went up to a new size. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

He was staring and trembling and his great size seemed only to add to his air of stricken misery. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

The old sheep spoke to him about his size one day. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

The most wrenching thing, however, was our shrunken size: three days earlier, when we had ascended this terrain we’d numbered eleven; now there were only six of us. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

The rest of us are still poised around the plain, sizing up the situation, and she's got hers. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

"I wouldn't have believed anyone in the world could eat the whole of a cake that size." Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

"The Bionics Unit is building a whole new body just my size." Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

She was practicing killcraft with knives of different sizes and weights, trying to remain balanced and graceful. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

What did change was the size of my brother’s family. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

Gobstoppers, costing a penny each, were enormous hard round balls the size of small tomatoes. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

To Carla's bafflement, those cars had names beyond the names of their color or size. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

Pollsters often use plus or minus 4 percent for this sample size because of nonrespondents and other difficulties. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

For half a century people had been trying to work out the size of the Earth, mostly by making very exacting measurements. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

Luckily, the jacket is about thirty sizes too big for me, shielding me from trauma. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

And not just regular bulls—bronze ones the size of elephants. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

Charlie gasped, her eyes became the size of plates, and the chess piece fell out of her mouth. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

It was about the size and shape of, shall we say, a turkey’s egg. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

He is a little guy, but when he’s drunk, his size doesn’t matter. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Little soft rimmed cups of various sizes and a wheel, most likely, and another object that could turn out to be either a lever or a stick; it was hard to tell. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

So when I heard the door creak inward, it felt like all my guts knotted down to the size of a grape. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Suddenly he stooped over and picked up a round rock the size of a bowling ball. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

Lee said softly, “Aron, did you ever have to fight a little man, a man half your size?” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

"I want some cupcakes right now," a girl whose hair was spun into a tight bun the size of a biscuit on the tip-top of her head said. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

The island was about the size of two tennis courts side by side, and no part of it rose higher than the height of Malcolm’s waist above the flood. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

The wide frame made it an awkward size to carry. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

“I mean, seriously. My balls are so big that when you order french fries from McDonald’s, you can choose one of four sizes: small, medium, large, and my balls.” Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

They were exchanging inanities about the size and terrors of New York, but my body knew that the conversation was about something far more threatening. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

In front of the legionnaires, like a line of giant dominoes, stood their red and gold shields, each the size of a refrigerator door. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

Knives of all shapes and sizes were stacked haphazardly all the way to the top. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

I could see that the bottle was made of dark-blue glass and that it was very small, about the same size as the ones you can buy at the chemist with nose-drops in them. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

We had all gotten better at shooting, and our size gave us an advantage, because we could hide under the tiniest bushes and kill men who wondered where the bullets were coming from. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

A human heart is the size of two hands clasped together. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

For characters like Skeezie and me, a town this size is a perfect fit; at least, that's the way it feels to me at the age of twelve. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

If I had been reading a book, each page would have been the size of a Kansas wheat field. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

She needed time to wrap her mind around the idea of doubling the size of her family. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Illuminated by light cast from a few all-but-guttered candles in wall sconces was a room of vast size. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

His ears flared out and were very red, and though he was just out of high school he wore a size thirteen shoe. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Once inside the building, Stanton and the other organizers were overwhelmed by the size of the crowd. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

I get the feeling she’s displaying herself, giving me a chance to size up the competition. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

The blood was oozing from a hole the size of a golf ball in his forehead. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

The disks are exactly the right size to slip through the slats. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Consequently, the town remained the same size for over 150 years. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

There were needles of all sizes and cutting tools laid neatly in a row. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

And while the size of the system alone might suggest that it would touch the lives of most Americans, the primary targets of its control can be defined largely by race. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

One of the gang picked up a piece of ice the size of a baseball. I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912 2010-06-01T00:00:00Z

How can you be sure anything is ever its real size? Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

The flower quadruples in size, and the petals lengthen to catch her. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

The bag shrunk to the size of Edgar Allan Toad, and Mr. Dimblewit picked it up and stuffed it in his pocket. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

But sure as hell whoever was doing the sharpshooting from over there had sized up his situation and knew which way he would be breaking. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Our only handicap was our size; people gave us orders because they were bigger and stronger. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

The forests were of all shapes and sizes, and many of them bordered one of the schools. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

About his neck he wore a chain made of linked coins of many different sizes, shapes, and metals, and his horse was one of the strange black-and-white ones. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Working with her new husband, Pierre, Curie found that certain kinds of rocks poured out constant and extraordinary amounts of energy, yet without diminishing in size or changing in any detectable way. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

His foot and toes were swollen to twice their normal size. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

At the Transonic Dynamics Tunnel, Thomas Byrdsong got a head start on the long road to the Moon by testing a model of the Saturn rocket, a launch vehicle the size of a redwood tree. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

There are a surprising number of places to hide something that size even in any ordinary modern house; you don’t need secret panels and extensive cellars in order to make something hard to find. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the early 1970s, when Joy was learning about programming, computers were the size of rooms. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

Nowhere was the awe-inspiring scale of the Manhattan Project—in spending, in manpower, in physical size—as evident as at Y-12. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

Coats hung from polished brass hooks in the foyer, and his father’s books, arranged by size, stood neatly along the glassed-in shelves of two vaultlike oak bookcases. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Rémy holds the hand of a little girl a quarter of his size while two others fuss over him. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

I started with a bead the size of the last digit of my little finger, my guess as to how much resin Denna had actually swallowed. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“I’d say the site is about a half-kilometer total size. The trees were coming down pretty fast. There must be a big group or large equipment or both to be moving at that pace.” The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

In 1991 the Ministry of Tourism charged $2,300 for a permit that allowed a team of any size to attempt Everest. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

Always the same color, always the same size. Watch Us Rise 2019-02-12T00:00:00Z

Pollux knows details that would lead to disaster for a newcomer, like which offshoots might require gas masks or have live wires or rats the size of beavers. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Each was nearly the size of an infant bonobo, and a few breadfruit were enough of a meal for the whole group. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

Inside the walls there was only a series of ramps and a great tumble of boulders and stones of all sizes. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

The library was the size of a village. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

But Carroll sized him up and in that instant decided he looked suspicious. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

It looked the size of the planet Jupiter to my dazed senses. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

There was something about the size of his fists that made the people drift sullenly away. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

He was about the size of a mature buck, with fur that contained all the colors of the rainbow. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Woods has guessed that terra preta might represent as much as to percent of the Amazon basin, an area the size of France. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

The counterman emerged from the kitchen at the rear and sized them up expertly. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

It would be very difficult to fit a woman of her size into the canoe under normal circumstances. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

I could size up a horse by the time I was eight, and a good thing too. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

But they communicate with color and shape and size and texture. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

These “Kerr” black holes rotate at a constant rate, their size and shape depending only on their mass and rate of rotation. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

The tennis shoes belonged to Grandpa and were several sizes too big. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

White women of all sizes and shapes, in bright puffy gowns that spin gracefully as they step and twirl and rock their hips. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

“About dragons bringing rain to men? And about their being able to change their size and shape?” Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

The place was the size of Madison Square Garden. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

In her hands, it’s about the size of one of her father’s cigarette boxes. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Giants lumbered amongst them, forty feet tall, with mauls the size of oak trees. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Boys around Barnaby Terrace like David Hunter, who at ten years old wore a size ten shoe. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

“Dad, Phoenix is five times the size of Seattle — and I can read a map, don’t worry about it.” Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Now Cabot spent his days not looking for jobs, but pretending to as Alma served complicated coffees in various Italian-named sizes down the street. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

“I didn’t get to carry the ball” was how Don Billingsley sized it up. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Something roughly the size of a mountain, but considerably more mobile. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

But for size and Frightful’s almost black head and cheek straps, Frightful and Chup looked alike. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

The Brobdingnagians, we would say, but that is only because we know that Gulliver’s size is our size. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

“Regulation weed size is only six inches high,” he informed her. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

The one being greater in both status and size, so it was that Skathis himself, the god of beasts and high lord of the Mesarthim, had dubbed them the greater and lesser Ellens. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

“Always had a mouth the size of Texas.” How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

But much more extraordinary than his color is his size. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

She pointed a finger the size of a salami at the child's head and shouted, "You look like a rat with a tail coming out of its head!" Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

“What if I should frighten people? With my remarkable size. What if they flee in terror?” The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

“We haven’t got any, and besides—look at the size of this guy. He’s too big, anyway We’ll need a bloody crane.” I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

The size of big rats, they hang limp and lifeless in his hands, their fur matted to their bodies. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He’d been cool with us at first, but Stan had warmed him up fast, telling him what we were up to, stressing our desire for the cheapest shirts available—any color, any size, any vintage. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

But there was a stillness about Ralph as he sat that marked him out: there was his size, and attractive appearance; and most obscurely, yet most powerfully, there was the conch. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

“You can tell how much someone loves you by the size of the present,” he often told Matt. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

After the claustrophobic tunnels, the size of the warehouse took Reyna’s breath away. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Ernest equipped the garage with bunk beds and a kitchenette for Chromatic technicians, and soon doubled its size to accommodate a full- scale electronics shop. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

Frank had turned—clothes, backpack, and all—into a koi the size of a teenaged boy. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

It is easy to recognize and grasp the form of some things, because they are small and simple, like a grain of salt, or repetitive, like a wall made of bricks of the same size. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

Though scarred and cracked, they were sculpted from years of hammering, chiseling, and fishing, and were twice the size of the foreman's. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

Anyway, we were crammed in groups of six in these tiny cells each the size of a refrigerator. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

And it was going to be worse at school, where every kid would feel duty bound to do his or her part in trimming the new kid down to size. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Its eye, the size of my head, was looking directly at me. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

The minute I got inside Bannon’s, I saw all kinds of equipment made for just my size—low beams and low bars and floor vaults that I was eager to try. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

“I doubt they have a shroud my size.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

My father's study was the same size as my room, but it had no windows. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

They’re these spiny, brightly colored caterpillars the size of your finger. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

I’m lucky, too, because it’s a size 10 and it’s on clearance. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

The foundation was by all measures a complete success, with the city surpassing Athens in size relatively early in her history. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z

Roughly the size and color of a Band-Aid, the amusement floats on a shallow, muddy puddle of sauce and is topped with a sprig of greenery. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

I didn't want to come straight out and ask for somebody several sizes larger than Frankie. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

"It's amazing. Orbs everywhere—every color, every size, millions of them! And food and music. And the best part..." A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

He sounded like a Moses sizing up the promised land, which was not too far from the truth. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

“My little daughter was tussling with her father and accidentally crippled him. Bull will be all right if he only learns to pick on someone his own size.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was the same size and shape as the retaining pond in his own neighborhood. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

I look around the bedroom, sizing up the job. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

The man he was fighting was his size with the same slender build, but in spite of the black man’s slenderness, he looked wiry and strong. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

Tess stared him down and sized him up in that way that meant she either wanted to punch him or kiss him. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

So it seemed: there were all ages and sizes here; but we were at a loss where to begin. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I didn’t even know children had sizes,” Johnny says. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

Tobias lifts a hand and points at a cluster of buildings, so far away they are the size of a fingernail. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

The ground for the new section was so big it would double the size of the camp when it was finished. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

This time, I studied carefully everything in my size on the racks. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was about twice the size of a living room rug and—to Kate, at least—about half as interesting. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

"Perchance later you'll tell me how a nine-year-old girl the size of a wet rat managed to disarm you with a broom handle and throw your sword in the river." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

His increasing size was matched by his increasing appetite. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Hell was and would always be as far as she was concerned, a lake of fire exactly the size of Maycomb, Alabama, surrounded by a brick wall two hundred feet high. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

It was grayish white, twice the size of Coraline herself, and it was stuck to the back wall like a slug. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

It was less and less easy to keep the size of the warren under control. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Other than these small businesses, there are more shingled houses, the same shape and size and in the same state of mild decrepitude, painted mint, or lilac, or powder blue. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Jellyfish are really mysterious to me. The most poisonous one in the world is the size of a gnat or something.” Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

He was the size of a fully grown sheep. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

The box is the size of a shoe, but it’s really light. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

Oddly enough, removing 0 doesn’t change the size of the set at all. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

The sheriff was staring at a picture of three cherubim—just heads, curly-haired, limpid-eyed, with wings about the size of pigeons’ wings growing out of where their necks would be. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Instead of the usual display of gold-embossed spellbooks the size of paving slabs, there was a large iron cage behind the glass that held about a hundred copies of The Monster Book of Monsters. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

The audience size on October 30 was, therefore, probably much smaller than the six million estimated by the Princeton study. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

It may seem very big now, but in time it will become a small thing, like the difference in the size of his hands and your hands. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Judging by its size I think that it was lamb. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Those advocating emancipation, then, need to confront the intractable dilemma posed by the sheer size of an African population that, once freed, must be removed to some other location. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

She whispered a soft, musical phrase and the raft shrank down to a size she could carry on her back. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

I got up, stumbled to the tent, and that’s about the size of it.” Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

He raises a pair of trousers against the light and seems disappointed that they are not remotely his size. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

If that other one was the size of a full-grown elephant-platypus thing, this one was more like a kid elephant-platypus thing. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

My feet were a size eleven in third grade! The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

Balls of ice the size of grapes were matted to his hair and eyelids. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

I kept putting my feet next to them to compare sizes. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

The ear itself, which was about the size of a large tea-tray, was full of the same channels and crinkles as a human ear. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Trying not to appear eager, I rooted through the box I was kneeling beside, pretending to check sizes, but covertly I kept an eye on my mom. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

We compare the size and quality of each army’s arsenal. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

In that instant, as Daugherty sized up Harding, an idea came to him that would alter American history: Wouldn’t that man make a great President? Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

When he glanced back over his shoulder he saw them coming, great wolves the size of horses with the heads of small children. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

It was a second-class one—chosen presumably because of its slightly larger size. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

The snails were the size of my thumbnail, and their swirling, multicolored shells were soft to the touch. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

Boy21 offers me his hand, which is twice the size of mine. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

At the different stores we visited, we couldn't even try on clothing to see if things were the right size. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

We settled on a dark, mossy green, same two sizes but with no ripped seams this time. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

Her avatar lost its human form and dissolved into a pulsing amorphous blob that changed its size and color in synch with the music. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Did they even make prom dresses in her size? Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

The miles of relays and photocells had given way to the spongy globe of plantinumiridium about the size of a human brain. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

She could not look straight down—that was Jeremy’s back—but off to the right, and a bit behind them, she saw a gray-brown square the size of a postage stamp. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

He had never seen a wolf and the size threw him—not as big as a bear but somehow seeming that large. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

These good souls worked with people whose legs were swollen to the size of tree trunks, whose numb limbs had become as twisted as jungle vines. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

On careful observation, I see his tongue has been pierced, too, and he wears a stud with a silver ball the size of a marble. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

In its shape, size, and smallest detail it was like the vials of poison I had seen in Mechtild’s cabinet. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

The world was full of burning of all types and sizes. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were all the same size save one, which was the farthest from me and partly hidden by a rock. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

“No, they actually fit. I’m sure you all dress in sizes that are way too big, back home. This actually looks human on you.” Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

I can tell from the size and shape that it’s a shambler’s cage. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

I looked online yesterday and it says that your baby is the size of a watermelon now. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

The women all wore the same size spacesuit for simulated splashdowns in the sea. Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z

The place smells of wet newspaper, and the entrance is crowded with bags of dog and cat food, old blankets folded and stacked, and empty animal crates of different sizes. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

This was graffiti, scrawled at all angles and in different sizes, the lines overlapping each other, as if the writer had been so filled with fury he couldn't stop himself from attacking the metal. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

Helenwood was the size of a thimble, if that, and the Calliope Inn was a historical landmark. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Because of the size of this body, I must concentrate much harder than I usually do. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

Jimmy poked the roasting meat with his fingers and nudged the coals, prowling around the fire as if sizing up a grappling partner. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

A chunk of gold ore the size of a plum was pushed out of the earth. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

It feels like every day it tries to make my mom feel tinier and tinier, like the size of Perrito’s head in my hands. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

The compound was barely a quarter of the size of our backyard in Enugu. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

Then I crawled in and lay there for quite a long time trying out for size the expensive, confined, strangely new-smelling, entirely novel space that was soon to be my home away from home. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

As regards population size, chiefdoms were considerably larger than tribes, ranging from several thousand to several tens of thousands of people. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

One wall of the garage was studded with every imaginable size of screwdriver and drill bit, wrench head, and plenty of things I didn’t know the names of. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

The left side of Mr. Sir's face had swollen to the size of half a cantaloupe. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

Teams of clever creatures returned with robot parts of different shapes and sizes. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

They rolled the yarn and started again with it, forming new patterns, bright stripes, in larger sizes. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

It was the size of a lady’s handkerchief and had a design outlined on it: a sitting Newfoundland dog with his tongue lolling out. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was the size of a van door, maroon, and leather. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

There were some three-legged chairs and a dress dummy half her size and some coal-oil lamps from olden times. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

It was twice the size of any baseball stadium. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

The truth is, I had no idea what size I wore. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

And that was precisely the difficulty: to break the stones to the required size. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

For several years, the size of the fund remained concealed from university officials. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

It probably depended on the size of the bird. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Sam grabs a skirt in her size and adds it to the growing bundle on her arm. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

A new inn had risen beside the landing, twice the size of the old one, with a lower story of cut stone and two upper stories of timber. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Based on its color and ridiculous size, it had to be a Saturniidae of some kind. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

Hanging from a department store rack was a sleek, sparkly dress in a doll’s size. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

Salpeter and I imagined floaters kilometers across, enormously larger than the greatest whale that ever was, beings the size of cities. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Iceman was the same size and shape as a Coke machine, with blue eyes and hair so blond it was almost white. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

I’m talking about purple felt the size of a sombrero with fake fruit on the back. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

It is the size of a large postcard, attached to the black ribbon the way one might attach a gift card to a present. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

The skull was the size of a house, with its jaw hanging loosely open, easily wide enough to swim inside—not that I wanted to. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

Out of the shadows dash creatures of all shapes and sizes: swift, diving bats and scurrying raccoons, fluttery moths and cunning bobcats. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

They were two sizes too big for him, no doubt handed down by an older brother. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

The print was big enough to suggest that it came from a creature at least the size of a grown man. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

If Pizarro had been amazed by the size of Tawantinsuyu after the terrible epidemic and war, how many people had been living there to begin with? 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

But the problem the animals could not at first solve was how to break up the stone into pieces of suitable size. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

It was like a playground the size of a city, with not a teacher in sight; it was a world of children. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was a blister the size of a pencil eraser on it; someone must have burned him with a cigarette. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

Larger than regular wasps, they have a distinctive solid gold body and a sting that raises a lump the size of a plum on contact. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

One the size of an ox crashed down between Black Betha and Wraith, rocking both ships and soaking every man on deck. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Five, six people, all different sizes, waving white sheets. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

By the fire, in a three-legged stone bowl, was a lump of fresh masa twice the size of a toaster. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Ma closes her eyes again, but I keep my eyes open in case whatever’s moving in the bushes is hungry and sizing me up for a snack. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

Compensating for this possible disadvantage, and its smaller size, the starship would provide one important feature the earth cannot. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Sorry. I don’t...I swear I don’t usually comment on the size of other guys’ boxes.” What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

Inside the storm I could see the giant—just small glimpses of his true form: a smoky arm, a dark clawed hand the size of a city block. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

There were so many trees and shrubs I couldn’t see its size at first. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

The onggi seller’s stall displayed every size of vessel— from tiny sauce dishes to kimchee jars big enough for a man to stand hidden within. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

If I hadn’t been afraid before, the size of this place was enough to make a six-year-old feel overwhelmed. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

He was galloping around his enemy, using sword and shield, while the giant swung a javelin the size of a telephone pole and the crowd cheered. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

“Hallo! You look like a size four,” a big man wearing forehead jewelry says, peering around the rack. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

For once, he was the right size around the middle. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

They make fun of me all the time about my age, my size, my braces, and the way I stick out my tongue when I play. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

It looked the size of Hazel’s house and Jack’s and one or two more put together. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

They make fun of Finn’s size, but it’s clear they don’t really care. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

She fumbled in the water, found a stone the size of her fist, pulled it from the mud. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

There, in the middle, hangs this enormous ball, the size of a small planet. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

“I could write it in one sentence,” and she held up a stubby finger about the size of a Tootsie Roll. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

He got out an enormous empty glass jar that was the size of a washing machine. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

The height requirement was due to the small size of the capsules. Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z

After another half mile or so, we emerged in a cavern the size of a Super Bowl stadium. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

The priest could get a splinter that would make his tongue swell to the size of a turnip and that’s enough to choke you and kill you entirely. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Mine I must improvise to his because of his great size. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was a circular slab of stone, held upright in a vise and pierced with a ring of holes of diminishing sizes. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

It was a weirwood ancient and colossal, ten times the size of die one in the Stone Garden at easterly Rock. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Due to their size, Great Danes generally don't live very long. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

They were all shapes and sizes, mottled with dust and filled with gelatinous-looking things suspended in cloudy fluid. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

They had learned the hard way that the U-boat, which was about the size of a school bus inside, traveled mostly above water across the Atlantic. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

Now he saw that her hands were wrapped around it: a solid silver bust of Christ, the head easily three times the size of his own. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

His face is gaunt, his voice shaky; his once fancy guayabera is soiled and hangs on him, several sizes too large. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I sat up, my vision was blurry, but I had a horn in my hands, a ragged bone weapon the size of a knife. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

Hazel gestured to a small blue building the size of a toolshed. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

Loga picked up her foot and played with her flowery clog, and she was like, “I got a size seven, but it feels more like a man’s size seven.” Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

She figured out how to throw knives and make poisoned arrows from the skins of frogs, to sneak up on prey twice her size and track targets in the dark. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

“No. You have to stay here. Anyway, they’ve just installed a wall television. Cinema size. Wrestling, twenty-four hours a day.” Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

Nothing was available in a size 6 for Felix, but he wasn’t disappointed, because he loved his Air Flights. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

A wave the size of a skyscraper crashed over the forward deck, washing the front crossbows and half the port railing out to sea. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

But even in that group there are people whose social circle is four or five times the size of other people’s. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Our lord of cheese is the size of an elephant, but he has a bladder like a peanut, the dwarf mused. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Lying in her palm was a tiny golden volume the size of a matchbox. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

The girl was curled up near the fire, wrapped in a black woolen cloak three times her size and fast asleep. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

He assumed from Terrance’s eagerness and the size of the bounty that Cora was her master’s concubine. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

After several minutes in the low light I could see a cluster of homes, fairly large in size, all white. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“Oh, well,” said Miss Franny, “perhaps three times the size of your dog.” Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

Its size was supposed to be a symbol of his love. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

She would lean into the open grate of the reservoir and pull out five stones the size of cantaloupes that stopped it up. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

The largest fish, a leviathan nearly the size of Laleh’s hand, only had its right eye. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

For now, there was a wooden cross and a gray rock the size of a dinner plate lying flat on the ground in front of it. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

In literary criticism the critic has no choice but to make over the victim of his attention into something the size and shape of himself. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

The manor-house of Ferndean was a building of considerable antiquity, moderate size, and no architectural pretensions, deep buried in a wood. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

They were the shapes of children about her own size. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

The clothes seemed to be around Joseph’s size. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

The variations among Polynesian societies associated with different population densities and sizes were as follows. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

But it was obvious, both by the size difference and by his cool gadgetry, that this kid was the leader of the pack. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

The sky was suddenly thick with birds of all sizes and descriptions. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

They’d anchored a barge offshore and loaded it with rockets the size of Patriot missiles. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

He tried to help with grading crayfish for size. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Daddy is a big, burly man with a shiny bald head and arms the size of toddlers. Monday's Not Coming 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Arithmetic suggests that if England had been the size of the Triple Alliance, it would have executed, on average, about 7,500 people per year, roughly twice the number Cortes estimated for the empire. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Mother seemed pleased by the skeins of new wool that she pulled from her own bag, which bristled with needles of every size. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

It looked like it was going to be a size too large for me, not to mention the somewhat icky feeling that came with knowing where it had been. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

The people move fast, and they’re all so different, covering every imaginable size, shape, and shade, with skin light as mine to darker than even Papa was. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

If it was up to me there would only be two kinds: the normal size and the cherry size. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

The block was poised and in position; the hole was exactly the right size and shape. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

Investors became more aggressive, and the result was a boom in the number and size of corporate takeovers. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

Photos of bowls in every size in various stages of development, then the final photo of the piece broken and glued together. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

Once I saw Jenkins suspiciously tap one of the jars with his size sixteen wing tip, checking for signs of life. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

She wore the same brown-checked Chinese dress until the Refugee Welcome Society gave her two hand- me-down dresses, all too large in sizes for American women. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

He patted his belly, which was the size of an overinflated basketball. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

Take the third number and cover it with a carpet of size 1/4, and so forth. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

At least my battle with bad skin felt like a disorder I could somewhat control, but there were no over-the-counter creams or prescription pills that could decrease the size of my famously large Persian nose. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

By human standards, it was an ordinary sized book, but it looked like a postage stamp in his huge hand. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

All morning they scanned the ocean around them, searching for open water as their floe was whittled down to the size of a tennis court. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

Hie huge red carcass was suspended over a roaring fire, skewered on a spit the size of a small tree. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

“It’s the same size as mine. Look, we’ll start on that patch over there.” The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

Then, there were indications she was misreading the actual size of the islands. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Asta flew off his shoulder and began to search for a stone of the right size, while he took the rucksack out of the canoe. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

Raindrops the size of bullets thundered on the castle windows for days on end; the lake rose, the flower beds turned into muddy streams, and Hagrid’s pumpkins swelled to the size of garden sheds. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

When they came back, the BFG had a sack the size of a small house slung over his shoulder. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was Maurice, next in size among the choir boys to Jack, but broad and grinning all the time. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

It had a yard the size of a postage stamp and the grass never seemed to grow enough to need mowing. Lawn Boy 2007-06-12T00:00:00Z

He poured it into a baby oak barrel about the size of a loaf of bread. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

The expression on his face alone made my heart swell to twice its usual size. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

She went to end-of-summer sales and bought everything in a size four; six months later she would be forced to donate it all to a thrift shop. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Her skin was sickly yellow, and it hung oddly on her too-thin body, like someone hadn’t gotten the size right. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

All the parts—the stealing, the speed, the size, the rash stupidity—came together to make me the perfect smuggler. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

There was a dark stain about the size of a thumb print on one of the brass handles. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You may be small in size, but your legless little life is a great gift to our understanding of the scientific method. And also our ability to pass seventh grade.” The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Within six months he was the size of a sheep, and at the end of a year he was as big as a colt. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“They’ve got watermelons twice the size of a cow’s head and sweeter than syrup.” I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

When they explode, the bombs make craters in the earth the size of small ponds. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The real problem was that the links were all different sizes. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Cormaci claimed a water bug the size of her hand had climbed out of her bathtub drain, and nobody doubted her. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

The windowless space we had entered was about the size of the cafeteria at my school, but it wasn’t made for tall people. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

In my size humans see a test of themselves. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z

He reared up and, as he did so, realized that the enemy beneath him was crouching in a scooped-out trench the size of his own body. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

My father, who won’t let me go to school with a contusion the size of a baseball, has grounded me and banned me from working to stultify my life. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

The size of him almost made her gasp, and she had to drop her gaze, her heart hammering away. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

It was white and soft and just the right size for chubby baby fingers to pick up. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

I spent today figuring out the exact sizes and shapes of canvas I'll need. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were maybe a Lab-collie mix, black and brown with long hair and of a pretty good size, probably from the same litter. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Soon a hole the size of a small pot grows down. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

Elizabeth looks at him over her knitting, sizing him up with narrowed eyes that remind him of his sternest teachers, though he stands much taller than she does. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

He could still beat him at taekwondo—but only because Josh got impatient with any sport where his size wasn't an obvious advantage. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

The front yards along Palmer’s street were very small, about the size of a blanket. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

As I crossed a narrow ravine crowded with low trees and bushes I got very close to a beautiful red-gold bushbuck—a forest antelope about the size of a long-legged goat. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

A bulky creature with a simian build was marching toward the greenhouse pulling a rickshaw-type contraption the size of a wagon. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

“No. They’d cool off eventually. Maybe six months, maybe more—maybe less. It depends partly on size.” Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

What my little girl lacked in size, she made up in sweetness. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hail the size of golf balls fell from the sky, and Layla screamed, covering her head. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

If a person the size of Joe Louis or Mountain Man Dean would jump out at her and want to fight she would run. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Then the wagon was surrounded by dogs of every possible size and description. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

As a kid, you learn to measure long before you understand the size or value of anything. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Desert Ridge was more than three times that size—a thousand kids who had never seen me before. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

He drew a picture of each customer; then he drew circles and lines of various sizes to represent the amount of money owed. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

The rest of the time, she lives in Aunt Tara and Uncle Amit's Manhattan penthouse, which is three times the size of our apartment. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

The boys were stunned by the size and grandeur of the West End after their background in a one-room country school. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

It must have decided that my size wouldn’t do, and besides, I already seemed to have a mate. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

The new proposal staggered Weaver, who had been bracing for a grant application for a machine less than half that size. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

Finding equipment that was my size and didn’t smell like sweaty gym socks took time. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

We could get a pretty little price for a terrapin of that size. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

The tunnel widened into a huge dark cavern, and in the middle was a chasm the size of a city block. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

We can measure their sizes and masses and so calculate their density, which tells us something about the composition of their interiors. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

The BFG put an arm into the sack and pulled out a gigantic black and white striped object the size of a man. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

She looked about half his size, but the sheriff stayed a respectful distance away from the open door. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Sam thought they were a kind of crow of large size. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

He sees a stone bridge, scattered islands the size of rooms, gracious gray and white homes with pleasant views. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Fritz showed them such special blackberry patches that they could fill a quart without taking a single step, and each berry was the size of Mr. Chris’s thumb. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

Especially if there’s a size or power difference with your attacker. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Wasn’t hard. You leave footprints the size of a horse.” Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was a stiflingly hot August day, and the apartment, a tenth the size of their house on Shogund Street, was sweltering. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

It felt as uncomfortable as walking in shoes a size too big. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

And there’s Arthur, half the size of the dude dressed up as Captain America. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

The hall they inhabited was many times the size of the cottage; the floor was of onyx, and the pillars were of obsidian. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

Seven of the most dangerous convicts—including two Al Spencer Gang members and a bandit who was nicknamed Boxcar, because of his giant size—were attempting to escape. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

“Do you want to see the shrapnel I removed? This big piece is nearly the size of a bottle cap.” Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

In all sprayed streams, young salmon of every size are scarce. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

There’s another map made entirely from seeds, and one made from cut straws of different sizes and colors, too. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

“It’d have to be the size of a volleyball. Your navel is huge. I saw Okra walk across your stomach one time and disappear from sight when he hit your bellybutton.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

It inflated–in effect ran away with itself, doubling in size every 10-34 seconds. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

Clean and delicate, as large as any he had seen, it was approximately the size and shape of a turkey breast carved away from the bone. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Its fragile arms and legs are hooked up to machines ten times its size. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

And now maybe the size of the audience would finally match the scope of what he believed to be possible. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

I want to slap him back, but he is three times my size and could easily throw me against the wall with one swipe of his arm. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

She was in a one-room cabin that was about the size of her classroom. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t so bad looking once you got used to its freakish size. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

The tokens are made of compressed wood fiber, the size of dimes. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

“I did not know your exact shoe size or what you like, so try them on and pick whatever you want to keep. I can take back the rest. I saved the receipts.” Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

He lifted it up—the thing was the size and shape of a rifle—and examined it, turning it in his hands. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

I think that there are facts about people’s appearance—their size or shape or color or sex—that can trigger a very similar set of powerful associations. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

But she winces every time Christopher and Zach have to fold themselves into the size of a bag of groceries to fit into the rear storage compartment. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

Little Fetus being the size of a sweet potato. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

Some of them are closer to the size of thumbtacks. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

For each they had provided a hood and cloak, made according to his size, of the light but warm silken stuff that the Galadhrim wove. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Jemmy saw that the prince was wearing a black cloak and carrying a wicker basket the size of a sea chest. The Whipping Boy 1986-04-01T00:00:00Z

It was about the size of the mattress he slept on at home. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z

Each one of them seems the same size as all the others. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

Too civilized, they said, and downright unnatural, too, since no town the size of Blythe had any business existing out in the Mojave Desert. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Each morning she measured exactly one half cup of Cheerios, the serving size indicated on the box, using the flowered plastic measuring cup she’d gotten from Higbee’s as a new bride. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

The nearest town of any size was Helong, about thirty miles north of where he crossed the river. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

It was impossible not to notice that each of the holes was about the same size as my father’s fist. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

A butterfly balloons to the size of a house then shatters into a million stars. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Out crawled something glistening black, about the size of my hand. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

“Bulletproof vest. The fringe is not all that safe,” he says, and he reaches into a crate near the doors, sorting through a stack of thick black vests to find the right size. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

They were several sizes too big, but still better than her regular shoes, and as she followed her mother they made a curious slapping noise on the tile of the kitchen floor. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

Dicey picked out a one-quart aluminum saucepan, four ponchos in children’s sizes, a packet of hooks and the smallest, lightest reel of fishing line she could find. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

Still, the size of the place makes us pause for a moment, buckets in hand, before searching out an appropriately humble entrance. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

I could tell he was sizing me up to see if he could lick me. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

The brassiere I had was size 30 AA. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

The overall size of these environments was relatively small, usually just a single world, or a dozen or so small planets. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Across the water, the Crux rode huge and golden on the waves, sea spray sparkling along her gilded figurehead—a wooden woman holding a diamond the size of a cow skull. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

In our drab uniforms, the only difference between us boys was our size. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Miss Larsen’s room is tidy and bright, and about the size of a storage closet—barely big enough for a single bed, a tall oak dresser, and a narrow pine desk with a brass lamp. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

They were made in varying sizes, and the Prince’s looked to be one of the largest, being wrist thick where it joined the handle. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

She was a big woman, twice the size of my mother, with milky skin and freckles. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I can’t leave you like this, Xan,” he said as Luna made a cricket grow to the size of a goat. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

“Why would you want to live in something that size? I already feel squished in here. John takes up half the room when we’re together.” The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

There were little fish of various sizes swimming around everywhere and then the sharks came into focus. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

By the time we reach Pluto, we have come so far that the Sun–our dear, warm, skin-tanning, life-giving Sun–has shrunk to the size of a pinhead. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

Every shape they take looks perfect, and the size of the sky outside the window feels perfect too. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

“The high will last one hour, maybe two. It depends how long it takes her body to process a dose of that size.” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Wildlife was limited to buzzards, raccoons the size of huskies, domestic pets left to run feral, and hordes of cockroaches that had regained the ability to fly like their southern cousins. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

These he covered with plywood flooring, making a large, rectangular platform, roughly the size of his room at home. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

His stomach felt like it had shrunk to the size of a gumdrop. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

The eight teams clustered around their carts to size up their thirty-six titles. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

The host and the victim were each fitted with a thimble- size clip-on mike; the jury passed around a hand mike. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

The tiny terror was barely the size of a football, and answered to the name Plath. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

His thoughts drifted to what Minho had told him at dinner about the size and scale of the Maze. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

A few yards to her left, an outcropping of rock the size of a garage jutted from the sea of grass. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

He paced back and forth in front of a raised platform, examining a bronze jar about the size of Percy. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

A second reason is the growing impossibility of communal decision making with increasing population size. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

The cat got away from them in the tall weeds but they kept the stones because they were perfect in weight, shape, and size for throwing. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wonder about its size and tenderness, whether the lion was greatly disappointed, and whether the bushbuck loved its life. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

They saw the lion—its body the size of a cow—drag his grandmother into the thorny trees, then toss her body into the bush like a mouse. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z

Perhaps he hadn't fully realized the sprawling size of the woodlands. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, that’s true. It was pretty fair size even for them days.” Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

An hour later, your dad came home with your sister to find you alone, crying over the kitten, whose belly had swollen to the size of a kickball. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

It only takes Kayla saying, “This already smells divine, Mrs. Jackson,” and Grandma’s head practically doubles in size. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

I wore a size 26 to 28 and I had no confidence in myself. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Country Joe was shocked by the size of the audience; several hundred thousand people covered the hills as far as he could see, and thousands more were still pouring in. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

But the sheer size of the influx— over 400,000 a year, with no end in sight—creates a problem all its own. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

At this point, about 4.5 billion years ago, an object the size of Mars crashed into Earth, blowing out enough material to form a companion sphere, the Moon. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

When Spider finally returned from the hole, the size of her abdomen had doubled to the size of a golfball. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

I went for one a size too small. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

The clouds soared above, changing their shape, their size, as they passed by. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

Officer Galluzzo, like Goliath standing with his hand already on his weapon, sizing me up. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

She lived in the best field in the whole district—a large one full of buttercups the size of saucers and dandelions rather larger than brooms. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

Assuming a mountain 5,000 feet high with 500,000 million cubic feet of mass—roughly the size of Mount Washington—a single stream would level it in about 500 million years. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

When Poppy told her that had nothing to do with it, she said, “What do you know? Your head is normal sized.” Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Oomph!” he says again as he hurls a rock much farther than I would have figured a person his size could throw. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

My lip swollen to twice its size, face sore. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

Easily twice the size of most black bears. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

This particular crater was lined with oil lamps the size and shape of bowling balls. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

His eyes had rolled shut and his foot was twice its normal size. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

The wooden horse had been made, he said, as a votive offering to Athena, and the reason for its immense size was to discourage the Trojans from taking it into the city. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

She nodded slightly, and very gently, considering the size of the man, he gave her a dipper of water. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

A giant wooden raft the size of a boxing ring floated in the night sky, a rope dangling over its edge. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

He looked around the apartment as if he were sizing it up for sale. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z

Their eggs are the size of a man’s head, their hatchlings notoriously bloodthirsty. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

She is faster than I am, spry and probably smarter, although I am twice her size and that, too, is important. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z

There are many valleys in the mountains of the mind, convolutions that greatly increase the surface area available in the cerebral cortex for information storage in a skull of limited size. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

The crater is the same size as my mom’s body. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

Soon, she was dreaming about candy elephants and cookies the size of pancakes. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

About the size of a baby bear, I guess you’d say. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

“Like a nut. About the size of a nut.” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

Coach even pulled me aside once to ask whether I was wearing the right size cleats. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

His coarse graying hair is matted with salt air and there’s a lump the size of a baseball on the back of his neck. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were about the size of deer or antelopes, and similarly colored, but what made her stop still and rub her eyes was the arrangement of their legs. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

The uncomfortable silence from the car was holding, however, and Faith and I were having only the briefest exchanges, to discuss prices and sizes, to make change or to ask for “The cash box, please.” Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

At sunset, the jailer came back with a cup of water and a piece of foul pork half the size of my hand. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Morning, noon, and night we each get one clump of rice, small, medium, large, according to our height, plus one cup of water no matter our size. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

While it was cold, baskets of all shapes and sizes, some with handles, some not, piled up in all the rooms in our house. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

As a child I feared the size of the world. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

The adaptive unconscious does an excellent job of sizing up the world, warning people of danger, setting goals, and initiating action in a sophisticated and efficient manner.” Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

He lifted the kitten from the straw and tucked it into the bib of his overalls, where it looked at home and produced a rumbling bass purr remarkable for something its size. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

When she spread her hands, her palms side by side, a tiny globe—the size of a tennis ball—floated an inch above her gray-blue skin. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Then he found a sharp rock and dug into the earth until he had made a hole just the right size. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

There they were in a bucket, all sizes. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

As a result, planting these bright yellow kernels that were uniform in shape and size didn’t take long. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Muddy banks covered in tangled water plants lead to large rocks that increase in size until I begin to feel somewhat trapped. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

They were moving wildly—a dozen black-bristled appendages roughly the size of his own arms and with pincers for grasping prey and dragging it toward...its mouth. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

I stand at my door and spot the big room across the hall with decals of Disney characters the size of small children on the windows. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

The results were amazing: Eratosthenes accurately calculated the size of the Earth, mapped it, and argued that India could be reached by sailing westward from Spain. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

The data transfer rate just isn’t good enough for the size of music files, even in compressed formats. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

The boulder, roughly the size of a pickup truck, tumbled off into the fog like it had important business elsewhere. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

They were the same as Sohrab’s, except blue, and sized for my Hobbit feet. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

It occurs to Ashoke that he and his son probably wear the same size shoe. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

But think of a mosquito the size of an eagle. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

They began to increase the size of a bottle of soda. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

Knights twice his size fled from him, or stood and died. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

These Orgota have not the wits nor size of spirit to fear what is truly and immensely strange. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

There was an entire wing in disuse, and marvelous bedrooms that were nearly of a size with all of Aunt Rose’s downstairs. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

Although Seth was much more blubbery, he had not increased in size. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

The skirt I sized down for her is loose around the waist, and when she sleeps, there’s a rattle in her chest. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

We passed carts and wagons of every size and description—full ones on their way into the city, empty ones coming back. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

The apartment is barely heated, minuscule, at the top of six steep flights of stairs, with a bathroom the size of a phone booth. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Turtle, too, complained of the chill, but her mother tugged off her coat to reveal a fluffy, ruffly pink party dress two sizes too large and four inches too long. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was human in shape and size, and was wearing what, now that Harry’s eyes became used to the darkness, was clearly an old pair of Ron’s pajamas. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

It was a drum machine making its lumbering way down the street Wide as a house, it shimmered with the movement of its dozens of mechanical arms, bashing away at every size of drum. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

The abundant self-confidence she felt while in her room had shrunk to the size of an acorn now that she was really here. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

Precious stones of astonishing size and brightness stared from their crowns and hung in chains round their necks and peeped out from all the places where anything was fastened. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

Finn Taylor has retreated from most of the world; his size comes from negligence and laziness, a carelessness that would be pathological if it had any meticulousness to it. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

It’s about the same size as the postcards. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z

Each sneaker was about the size of a small boat. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

Mammals weighing 130 pounds have an average brain size of 12 cubic inches. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

His suite was half the size of Benji’s presidential palace, and he only had a minute to look around, but he knew it was the nicest place he’d ever stayed. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

Five hairpins, an olive, two dominoes, and a sock...A nailfile, four buttons of various sizes, a telephone slug, seven marbles, and a tiny doll’s chair... Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z

Twice the size of Ghost, the creature was covered with coarse black hair, with tusks as long as a man’s arm. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

But keep in mind that these are the most common names of all, and consider the size of the data set. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

Too bad May Belle’s girl came in the wrong size. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

The baby in the first bottle had a large white head bent over a tiny curled-up body the size of a frog. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

But the same little notch must be used for divisions between branches of every size, whether it’s the end of a minor digression, the end of a major summation, or anything in between. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

It felt like my fingers suddenly swelled to three times their size, like cooked sausages splitting their skin, as I tried to flip through them all. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

The flap of the rucksack was quite long and could easily spare a patch of the right size. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

By leveling the entire summit, they created a fifty-five-acre terrace half the size of the Vatican. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

There was a big green turtle, about the size of a football, cruising back and forth in the deep water, and he looked just as slow and stupid as the fish did. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Its front end, the size of a soccer field, looms over us. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

One time a cancer the size of a quarter popped out of her right nipple. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

You start tearing big chunks of clay off until the size looks okay and then you tackle the overall shape. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

From behind tufts of grass and the shacks scattered here and there, I could see faces peeking out at us—furry, most of them, and of all different shapes and sizes. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

Scoob gulps, and that nervous rock reappears in his gut, tripled in size. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z

With his size and his speed and his ability, he was worth the special status at whatever cost and whatever effect it had on the dynamics of the team or his own development. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mama Joe shouted after the woman, “People who have bad stomachs should not spread their bad will to others! You will not find snails this size anywhere else in the market!” Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

In addition to the sweater, she buys him three sable-haired paintbrushes from the Harvard Coop, sizes he’s requested by mail. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Once or twice I stopped to watch, admiring and envious while the stones broke obediently to the right size under their skilful blows and the knobbly heaps before them grew. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

From his own plant hybrids, de Vries could dimly tell that variant features, such as stem size, were encoded by indivisible particles of information. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

It was the size of a plum, but it had legs and arms that looked black against the white of her mother’s hand. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

A black bird the size of my forearm turns its head and focuses one beady eye on me. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Nearby, garden tools hung on the wall and lay on a long shelf, clippers in four different sizes, shovels, hoes, stiff metal rakes and long-fingered leaf rakes. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

My tongue was twice its normal size, and I couldn’t make out the words. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

In fact, for all their size, diprotodons and Australia’s other giants probably wouldn’t have been that hard to hunt because they would have been taken totally by surprise by their two-legged assailants. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her life had a size and a shape now. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Together they are more than double the size of our ship. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

And then I’m twisting and wriggling out of his embrace, returning to my full-grown size and person, my full-grown knowledge and revulsion and hatred. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

He said that two sets of numbers are the same size when one set of numbers can “sit” on top of another set of numbers—one to a customer—with none left over. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

From its size and from the great doors at the far end, Digory thought that now at last they must be coming to the main entrance. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

A scan had found a lump the size of a golf ball in her brain. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

If you’ve ever seen a crab’s mouth, all foamy and gross with whiskers and snapping bits, you can imagine this one didn’t look any better blown up to billboard size. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

“The great dust sea, it’s called in the tales. What else but the Elmuthaleth? And the funeral pyre the size of a moon?” Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

His nose is like a capsized ship, his mouth the size of three, his jaw and cheekbones hefty as armor, and his eyes are iridescent. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

“Viktor!” she shrieked, and dropped her small beaded bag, which made a loud thump quite disproportionate to its size. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Leave it to our town to be named after a wild berry sour enough to change your outlook on life, with a pit the size of a cannonball. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

As he waves me down I size him up. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

Europa is about the size of our moon but its topography is markedly different. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

There were steps leading up to a loft area with floor seating where pillows of mismatched colors, patterns, and sizes surrounded a few short tables. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

A piece of shrapnel, the size of a fist, wheezed past. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Dozens of plain wooden coffins of all sizes lie in a trench surrounded by the small crowd, all that remains of the Jewish community of Kielce, once twenty-five thousand strong. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Jasper Jr. was a vicious punk who wouldn’t think twice about beating up a girl half his size. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

Aside from Ruby, with her clothes that always look two sizes too small, who sits in back of me and can’t stop talking even to me, no one has much to say. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

We line shoes up by size along the benches and make signs with cardboard and sticks. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

“Sheriff, the horde on its way is of remarkable size. We need to leave, not try to save this godforsaken place. Why can’t you see that?” Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

“Is anyone staring at you? Are any of them sizing you up? No. Because you’re not real competition. Because you don’t stand between them and whatever freedom or wealth they’re looking for.” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

As a girl, I had worn size large. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

The sharpness in his voice told her that he was thinking about the chain gang too, and remembering their two little ones, just about the size of Minty, who had gone away like that. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

What she lacked in size, however, she made up for with the size and sharpness of her four teeth. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z

Taken individually, none of the twenty-five Norte Chico cities rivaled Sumer’s cities in size, but the totality was bigger than Sumer. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

He ordered Tallmadge to set up a spy ring that would provide such important secrets as the size and location of British military supplies and “the health and spirits of the army, navy and City.” George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was on his right side, just below his rib cage, about the size of a half crown. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

It shattered and I was left with a thin, curved shard of broken glass about the size of my palm. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Grasse needed his word in order to account for the ability of such tiny, blind, and relatively brainless animals to erect structures of such vast size and internal complexity. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dogs have the biggest hearts compared to their body size. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

“You could look at him and size him up as the weak sister,” White observed. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

It didn’t take long to find it; the little town was clustered around the harbor, with the oratory and the governor’s house the only buildings of any size. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

But though the sheets were roughly the same size, they didn’t all match. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

“I don’t think they will. But if they do, always remember what I told you; run away. Head into a crowd. Your size will hide you.” Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

A quantity the size of an aspirin tablet is enough to kill more than 400 quail. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

A political unit’s population size interacted with its population density to influence Polynesian technology and economic, social, and political organization. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

For its size there was a disappointing amount of flesh, only a little on its chest. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Gifts! I hope I guessed your sizes correctly.” The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

It was quite a large hole, the sort of thing an animal about the size of a fox might have made. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z

Another spider, about the size of a golfball, crawled into the moonlight. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

“Crash through the roadblock? Do you even see the size of the guns they’re all holding?” Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

The size of the disbursements was linked to the number of city or county drug arrests. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

His eyes, round pupils the size of pinpricks, fixed on the light steadily. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Three children, arrayed in size, stood on their stoop in the spring air, eating cakes. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

And in the freezer: family value—size ground beef, frozen pizzas. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

She had always seemed younger than the other mothers, partly because of her size, but also because her face possessed a childlike quality. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

I deflated even more, until I was about half my original size. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

But a debt of that size seems so impossible to pay back it is a dread thing even to start on. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Three red rubber bands in varying sizes and widths. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

But Cal’s hands were very small for the size of the rest of him. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Rowan was half his size, and about twice as strict. I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980 2016-08-01T00:00:00Z

I had no idea moths could get to be that size. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

He calculated that there must be at least a dozen children of all sizes and ages. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

He is the size of Ruth May when last seen alive. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was brightly lit with electric bulbs—here the large sized ones, strung unshaded—and beneath them were rats at work everywhere. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

Whenever there was special press coverage on us, the abuse we later suffered at Central was in direct proportion to the size and quality of the story printed or aired. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

On the rez, you know every kid’s father, mother, grandparents, dog, cat, and shoe size. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

Being mistreated because of the color of your skin, your size, or having to prove that it really happened. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

He was our third baseman, and he was about my size. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

And a black plastic case about the size of a book. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

In terms of the size of assets, the bank’s failure was second largest in U.S. history. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was about the size of a C battery. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

They were larger than when he had come in and had a purpose to them, a rapid movement in spite of their size that almost triggered alarm bells in David’s brain. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Fringed by mountains, the basin was about a hundred miles long from north to south and perhaps half that size from east to west. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Then I saw the horrible thing anchored to the reef just below the waterline—an enormous mouth with slimy lips and mossy teeth the size of rowboats. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

The size of the universe is, to be a little generous, a sphere about 40 billion light-years in diameter. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Gregor didn’t know how long they might have stood there sizing each other up if Boots hadn’t intervened. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

His eyes went back to normal size and got real soft. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

“Well, I know a lot about sharks, but I don’t know anything about sunfish! I thought the fin was weird, but I panicked just based on its size. It’s huge!” Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

Wilbur heard several people make favorable remarks about Uncle’s great size. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

Favonius set them down in the middle of the ruins, next to a broken column the size of a redwood. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

I could see that they were sizing him up, trying to figure out whether he was some sort of opinionated outsider or in fact had something of value to offer. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

His little ears were clean and well set and his eyes were as black as old-fashioned pin heads and just about the same size. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

The barn was twice the size of the house, built on top of a natural cave that served as a root cellar and cold storage. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

He is almost her size now; he’s grown so much these past months. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Twelve thrones, built for beings the size of Hades, were arranged in an inverted U, just like the cabins at Camp Half-Blood. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

Like the skirt, the blouse I’d taken was several sizes too big, but at least both things were clean and neither was torn or stained. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

Three women wheel out a thousand-layer crepe cake with massive strawberries the size of snow globes. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

As each kiss was bestowed, the fairy reverted to her former size amid dazzling sparks and darted away. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

He found one about the size of his own head, but it refused to move. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

Then, trotting daintily, despite her size, she would move to a shady corner of her enclosure and settle comfortably for the rest of the day. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

But the Congo is exactly the right shape and size, in relation to Europe and the Americas. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I teased, after a giant rat charged past us outside her dorm—and its student population, twice the size of Princeton’s, was almost entirely black. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

“Not your size. Have to send to Portland for those. Could phone tomorrow and get them maybe the next day.” Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

She has straight brown hair with bangs and she’s of ordinary size. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

It was the perfect size for the communication stone. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Dr. Busty’s Breast Cream claimed to increase breast size by a full cup. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

About the size of her palm, it was nearly a third of the way full. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

Suddenly, police departments were capable of increasing the size of their budgets, quite substantially, simply by taking the cash, cars, and homes of people suspected of drug use or sales. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

“It’s the biggest size, like the ones Dad uses.” The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

The rack in front of it held five large octahedron-shaped devices, each roughly the size of a soccer ball. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Baugi had nine slaves, giants like himself, and they were cutting the grass for hay with huge scythes, each scythe the size of a small tree. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

Inside, a row of yellow turbines the size of grain silos churned and hummed. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

“No, that won’t do. There’s not a scratch on him. Well, leave him, anyway. We’ve got to get on, and a rabbit this size isn’t going to make any difference, dead or alive.” Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

I would be Alice in Wonderland after she ate the cake and grew twice her size. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was eerie, spine-tingling, unearthly; it lifted the hair on Harry’s scalp and made his heart feel as though it was swelling to twice its normal size. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

With every flap of her arms, her body swelled, till she and the train were the same size, and me caught between. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

“Reducio, ” Moody muttered, and the spider shrank back to its proper size. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

It was a single massive room the size of the chapel at church, with a vaulted ceiling that rose some sixteen feet into the air. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

The kitchen is about half the size of the living room, and warmer. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Ringed by the Oakland Hills, the valley was at least twice the size of Camp Half-Blood. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

“Yes,” I said, because a five-foot-five-inch lady with a butcher knife the size of her forearm was very intimidating. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

“This should be just the right size,” she said, raising her eyebrows. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

Lourdes continues waiting on her customer, an elderly woman sizing up a mocha petit four. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe peace was the size of a teacup. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

Just a random letter-sized envelope, the perfect size for a letter from the dean retracting my scholarship and reversing my acceptance. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

A school district this size, with approximately twenty-six thousand students in all grades, should have eight to ten National Merit Scholars a year, not just one, said Hayes. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

First, it turns out that a large T-shirt in a Georgia gas station is not the same size as a large T-shirt at, say, Old Navy. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

During the inflationary phase, the universe increases its size by a very large amount. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now I have a lumpy, jagged scar that ripples out over a space the size of an apple. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Mendel’s garden plot may have been small—but he did not confuse its size with that of his scientific ambition. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

The size of her hands and wrists makes his head and back look giant. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

My shield was the size of an NBA backboard, with a big caduceus in the middle. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

The prisoner had folded and torn and twisted and fringed paper into thousands and thousands of paper birds, of all shapes and sizes. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

Butter is cut into tiny portions: three times a week, they each get a square half the size of a sugar cube. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

At one time he had and used as legal tender at least forty-five tops of various sizes and colors, from the thick clumsy baby tops to the lean and dangerous splitters with their needle points. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

I turn to the next napkin page, where the letters vary in size. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

Then he tripped over something in the tall grass—a circle of scrap metal about the size of a tractor tire. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

I crouched down beside Gum Baby and tried not to gawk at the size of everything around me. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

I always thought gangsters liked to dress in pants three times their actual waist size with white T-shirts. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

It was the size of a house and decorated with so many angels, it looked like a convention of them. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t easy with fingers the size of lead bars, but they managed. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

In a related exercise, Democritus imagined calculating the volume of a cone or a pyramid by a very large number of extremely small stacked plates tapering in size from the base to the apex. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Instantly Bristle sprang up, seeming to double in size. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

They stood in a vast courtyard several times the size of a football field, surrounded by four enormous walls made of gray stone and covered in spots with thick ivy. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

The atomism of Democritus, Epicurus and Lucretius implied that the universe is made up of building blocks that function through their size, shape and solidity. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Watching them pat each other on the back and proudly spin their turkeys, examining the carcasses for size and weight, I was back to wrenching regret. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

“Now, if the size is wrong, I can exchange them, no problem,” Supreme says as I take one out. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Picking just the right size stone became a kind of competition among us. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Only the strongest, smoothest, wildest hero ever. Rides a crow the size of a Cadillac truck—no, a stretch limo! He even has his own walk-up music—they say drums play when he walks.” Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

But it was maintained that rainfall alone could not explain the size of the rivers or the existence of springs emerging from underground; springs were fed directly, it was argued, from the ocean. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Today the standard size of a Coke or Pepsi is twenty ounces. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

The cutting machine worked like a deli sheer, peeling off slices about this size: The slices fell onto a droplet of water and rested on the droplet’s surface. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

As proof, Meggers pointed to Marajo, an island more than twice the size of New Jersey that sits like a gigantic stopper in the mouth of the Amazon. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

She’s dressed in an ill-fitting Peacekeeper’s uniform complete with the white fur cloak, but it’s several sizes too large for her slight frame. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Once out of sight they seemed to shrink back to their normal size. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

“He’s a tough one, but we could use a kid this size.” Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

She, in particular, was having a hell of a time sizing him up. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

A perfect diamond the size of a pistachio glittered between her feet. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

In half a minute, it was the size of a melon! James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z

The creature was almost the size of a rabbit, but much thinner, with a bushy tail now draped over Dustfinger's chest like a fur collar. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

I felt a hard piece of lead, the size of a marble, swim inside Papá’s knee as he rotated his leg. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

Eastern horses rarely came to the West in those days, but the size of the purse had brought Rosemont over the Rockies. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

A biologically sound zoo enclosure—whether cage, pit, moated island, corral, terrarium, aviary or aquarium—is just another territory, peculiar only in its size and in its proximity to human territory. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Part of the problem was the sheer size of the OASIS. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

When I was in third grade, I noticed I had two red spots about the size of a quarter, one on the left side of my stomach and another on the back of my scalp. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

It’s about the size of a small green apple but hardly weighs a thing. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

The pea pods were still green yet, most of them no further along than snapping size. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

This is one area where maybe I won't be sized up against him. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Every town of any real size held their Friday Festival, closing with the same grim finale. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

About twenty kids of different sizes and ages, girls and boys, were standing with their backs to me, facing a young woman with very short, reddish-purplish hair. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

The power of almost all animals depends on their bodies: the strength of their muscles, the size of their teeth, the breadth of their wings. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Got to be my size or a little shorter. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sprawled out across the yellow plain, they covered an area about the size of a football field. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

In fact, we can remove an infinite number of elements from the set of whole numbers—we can delete the odd numbers, for example—and the size of the set remains unchanged. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

But I could tell it was a man, even though I could not see his face, by his size and the way he moves. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

Beneath the balcony is a tiny square room, exactly the size of the balcony above it. The Unfinished Angel 2009-09-22T00:00:00Z

“I’ll cut you down to size yet, my boy,” my father shouted after me. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

But I wonder where they get their size. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

A tone is a very regular set of waves, all the same size and same distance apart. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

On the other side of the barricade was a chamber the size of a basketball court. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

In site No. 50, a rockshelter near the village of Coxcatlan, the team found maize cobs the size of a cigarette butt. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

The pieces of candy were exactly the same size. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

The size of that hybrid—are they really that scary or was Moreau exaggerating with his illusion? Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

The chupacabras’s mordida had left three ugly lacerations two inches above her ankle, on the outside of her leg, so both her ankle and calf were swollen to twice their normal size. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

The fighters sized each other up in front of the Hollow Log. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

Beatrice had sized up his mother perfectly: Mrs. Eberhardt kept an exceptionally neat house. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ginika was much thinner, half her old size, and her head looked bigger, balanced on a long neck that brought to mind a vague, exotic animal. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

His size, his deftness with the weapon, his scarred and dusty appearance—they are all supposed to intimidate me. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

The ratios of the sizes of the spheres were nice and orderly, and as the spheres moved, they made music. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

There were several pianos, only one of which looked playable, and a television the size of a dining table. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

“There’s two. Both closed. I don’t think they got that size. You going to need bigger tires.” Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Selena handed me a pair of scuffed brown shoes in my size and walked back to where our moms waited. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

It was a pathetically gift-wrapped box, the size of a Band-Aid tin. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

The smallest size, the ones that are only a couple of inches high, are the best; these are easiest to stack neatly in the back of the freezer. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Each seed was the size of a thumb bone and nestled in a flufly white coating. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

He is probably twice Ainsley’s size, so he could stop me if he wanted to. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

Since the power production of the cyclotron was directly proportional to the size of its magnet, this would be a major leap forward. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

“You’re right. A mermaid cut is not flattering on a guy my size.” Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

Regina began to cut the gingham—small sizes for toddlers, larger for small children—until she had forty aprons. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

He didn't talk too much, and if I was his size, I probably wouldn't say too much either. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

The bronze giant reached behind her back, pulled out a giant spear with a broad-leaved blade the size of a windshield, and leveled it at us. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Tribes conquer or combine with tribes to reach the size of chiefdoms, which conquer or combine with other chiefdoms to reach the size of states, which conquer or combine with other states to become empires. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

I can tell that she is looking at an African print dress, contemplating my size. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

Life in the county was deceptively green and quiet—but he soon discovered that the hood came in different shapes and sizes. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

Rusty hammers and screwdrivers of various sizes haphazardly decorated a wall. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

Flames and rods and tubes and circles, not to say ordinary bulbous bulbs of every size and wattage and color, dangled like fruit from an ecstatic entanglement of wire vines. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

The water tank was huge, the size of a spacious living room. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

The strap man looked at the size of the man who called me Clarence and walked back to the end of the line. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

They turned a sharp bend in the river, and there, sailing proudly down the stream toward them, they saw a swan of great size. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

At that scale, with families of five and six people living off a farm the size of two hotel rooms, agriculture changes dramatically. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

I size it up but decide it won’t fit in my purse. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I click each picture to view it at full size. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

So far it was about the same size as a bathtub. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Hooks on the walls held a hammer, ax, pliers, and clubs of various shapes and sizes. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

Where we have hedged fields and parklands, they had village communities, moorlands, fens and forests of enormous size. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

In another was a collection of little clips and fasteners of various sizes. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

We watch as drag queens every shape and size and color give it their all and leave everything they’ve got on that stage in this dingy little bar out in the middle of West Texas. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

If the size and splendor of the king's party impressed him, it did not show on that weathered face. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Juanga is wearing a suit one size too big and a skinny purple tie. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

My tongue had swelled up to twice its usual size behind my clenched teeth. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

We can cover the rationals with carpets that, summed together, fit in the size of half an atom—or a neutron—or a quark—or as small as we can possibly imagine. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

They didn’t, so he accepted the size of the pieces as well. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

She was about the same size as Saleem though, and he managed to turn the pedals. Rickshaw Girl 2007-02-01T00:00:00Z

It had metal bars covering it, of a size that would have kept any unwanted giants at a respectable distance. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

Beckendorf was manning two catapults the size of pickup trucks, already primed and aimed at Zeus’s Fist. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

The rat was swollen to twice his normal size. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

He brought out an object wrapped in cloth, about the same size as a pair of glasses. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

About the size of a melon, the hollow chamber felt unnervingly light in one’s hand, air blowing through as though it were a sun-bleached shell. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Mr. Goldman clapped his hands—really!—and then he leaped upon a stool behind the counter—and Mr. Goldman is not someone whose size encourages leaping. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

Underneath was a scabbed spot about the size of a quarter where someone had, apparently, pulled a handful of hair out by the roots. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

He rose to his full height, as if she, about the size of Mama, were the general of some invading army, and said, “Too young!” Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

His shorts looked three sizes too big and so did his T-shirt. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

And nobody cared about the size of my body. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

She wakes up weak, half her size, but alive. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

And he was always brandishing an oversize plasma rifle the size of a snowmobile. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

They are about the size of ours, but made of rushes woven together. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

It was about the size of a TV remote control. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

He was barely holding on to a ledge the size of a bookshelf. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Over the next eighteen months, this indefatigable machine would produce two thousandths of a gram of plutonium, a quantity about the size of a grain of salt. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

There is nothing that cuts you down to size like coming to some strange and marvelous place where no one even stops to notice that you stare about you. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

She looked at Ifemelu, a frank sizing up that was not shy to be a frank sizing up. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

It was as if he were somehow responsible for her beauty and stature, as if he'd personally designed her spots and trained her to grow to the size of a pony. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

And if it was Ground-Daddy’s, I guessed it would be so big she would need both hands to hold it up and it would have a bullet the size of a hickory nut. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Moreover, its size and shape would depend only on its mass and rate of rotation, and not on the nature of the body that had collapsed to form it. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then it was the size of a house. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

Their lives have a size and a shape now. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

As he hit the ground, his avatar’s body transformed and shrank back to its normal size and appearance. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

All the way across the paper, she drew buildings of different sizes. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

I’ve only seen a handful of folks walking around the town, but the church is easily the size of the First Baptist, the second largest church in Baltimore. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

“Sometimes, being Simply Enormous actually isn’t just about size.” The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

The kind of size where others would usually leave him alone. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

“Some of them can kill an animal thirty times their size. Don’t you think that would be an amazing feeling, to have a weapon like that inside you?” Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

There were nine, all roughly of the same age and size. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Depending on their size and age, the children are given different jobs and training. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

A number twenty times that size still would have been woefully insufficient. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

He fights you with all four feet and every tooth in his head and enough courage for an animal five times his size. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

Well, if you looked at our legs, mine were about half the size of his stilt-like numbers. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

“Ah, maybe later,” she says, wandering over to a case at eye level that has a necklace in it with a jewel the size of a Ping-Pong ball. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z

The burned area is about the size of my hand. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Instead of bookshelves, this wall was crowded with framed pictures of all sizes, some in vibrant colors, others dull monochromes. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

I imagined her on the dock, between us and the shark, sizing it up before figuring out how she was going to lay it out on the ground. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

It is a city park the size of a square block. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

Just as we did with the stain, let’s make the carpet sizes even smaller to get a better approximation of the size of the rationals. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

Each leaf that touched her skin left a tiny wound the size of a paper cut. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

“You always hear white people trying to minimize the size of the aboriginal populations their ancestors personally displaced,” according to Lenore Stiffarm, an ethnologist at the University of Saskatchewan. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

He crossed the room before him, which seemed to be about the same size and shape as his family’s living room. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

The sample size was too small, the haystack too big, and the needle invisible. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

Fred was short and thin, but what he lacked in size he made up for in volume. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

When I can see the bodies, the actual bodies, when I can guess from the sizes and shapes that none of them is Luke, I can believe also that he is still alive. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

She enjoyed cultural events and “all sorts and sizes of meetings and lectures” on temperance, abolition, and other social reform movements. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

When you consider the size of an individual termite, photographed standing alongside his nest, he ranks with the New Yorker and shows a better sense of organization than a resident of Los Angeles. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

A fat glittering diamond the size of an ostrich egg sits atop it. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

The Americas had two empires, those of the Aztecs and Incas, which resembled their Eurasian counterparts in size, population, polyglot makeup, official religions, and origins in the conquest of smaller states. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Imagine a flock of vultures the size of people—with dirty black plumage, gray talons, and wrinkled pink necks. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

He took up a lot of room in the kitchen, and it wasn’t because of his size. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

They range from grains of dust to irregular blocks the size of Nicaragua or Bhutan. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Brother Vu later found a baby papaya the size of a fist clinging to the trunk. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

Miles below me, the children playing on the beach were the size of beetles. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

Their Noise washes down the hill like a flood let loose right at me, like a fire, like a monster the size of the sky come to get you cuz there’s nowhere to run. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

Muddy paw tracks in all shapes and sizes created dizzying patterns on the floor, cutting over sticky patches of red and brown to the shelves of food. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

On shelves around the TV monitor were books of all sizes, and on the wall were signed photographs of actors. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

The air smelled as bad as it was going to get, given her size. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

It feels like there’s a fist inside of my chest, squeezing my heart so hard that it’s shriveled to the size of a raisin. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

The Alster Tower was a separate building, twice the size of my home, that George Boldt had built as a playhouse for his children. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

We skirted around the helicopter and up to two large white makeshift offices the size and shape of shipping containers. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

After Barack’s victory in Iowa, my message on the campaign trail grew only more impassioned, almost proportional to the size of the crowds that were turning out at rallies. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

“And yet twice the size of you, Lucky Girl.” Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

We wore the same size, and although he always criticized mine he used to wear them frequently, quickly forgetting what belonged to him and what to me. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

The drüskelle had existed for hundreds of years, but under Brum’s leadership, their force had doubled in size and become infinitely more deadly. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

He learned that a pigeon’s heart is about the size of an acorn. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

Shades of red, yellow, and brown, different shapes and sizes. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

JonPaul plays football, basketball and baseball and is roughly the size of a half-ton Chevy pickup, but he’s a total wuss about his health. Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

About the small electric chairs that were just his size, and Hell. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

It was the size of an overstuffed duffel bag. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

Hawkers were at every comer, with glass-enclosed cases of akara and suya and browned chicken drumsticks, with trays of peeled oranges, with coolers the size of bathtubs full of Walls banana ice cream. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

She looked as odd as ever, glittering with beads and trailing shawls, her eyes magnified to enormous size by her spectacles. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

He was surprised at the size of the crowd already there. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

Cora slept in her stomach, the size of a fist, when Mabel apologized for what she was bringing her into. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Small Chinese kid putting a guy twice his size on the ground, one shot. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

I mean his pa was purt close to Pap’s size and his ma wasn’t no shrinking violet of a woman neither. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

Exquisite in its size, perfect in its shape, the stone was lovelier than the finest pearl and more gorgeous than the costliest jewel. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

As Obinze shook hands with him, they sized each other up. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

My head felt light, my tongue its normal size. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

If this is all that atoms have, then the qualities that we perceive in the world—colour, taste, smell, sound, texture, temperature—must be by-products of size, shape and movement. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

He went to his car and returned with a stack of square plastic containers about the size of cigar boxes. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

He strokes the cheek I slapped, smiling a razor-sharp smile that cuts me down to size. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was twice my size with dark hair and savage eyes. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

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

He cooed, and the elephant’s mouth widened to the size of a door, its jaw hitting the ground. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

On a side table under a naphtha lamp lay a battered wooden box, certainly the right size to contain the instrument she knew. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

Seeing her pupils shrink and explode back out to their normal size, it felt as though someone had wrapped a line of barbed wire around my brain and was tightening it with every passing second. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

But the real revelation came in one tight corridor when our group passed an inmate group of nearly equivalent size. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Eagerly the two youngsters dropped their bikes and scrambled down the sloping riverbank to watch as the bargelike boat passed, its open deck heavy with wooden containers of various sizes. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

In a comer an old man was boiling hot dogs in a large institutional pot whose size dwarfed the gas range upon which it rested. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t enormous, but it was twice as big as any wolf in the area and more than twice Anya’s size. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

He lifted a honey-colored piece of wood, just the size Pax had been when he’d found him. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

There’s a boy about my size behind the dogs, holding the twisted leashes in one hand and trying to keep a grip on the banister with the other. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

It was the size of a fat cigar and had little levers in different colors circling its top, like a crown. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

The downsides of a growth spurt means that my mom insists on buying clothes that are two sizes too big for me when she’s at the consignment store. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

In Lecheria, train companies sometimes load a large closed container the size of a boxcar into a slightly larger, open container—a box inside a half box. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

This tube ran all the way up to the second-story balcony, where the people that worked there would keep filling it up with loose Legos, all shapes, sizes and colors. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

It was a metal sliver, the size of a toothpick. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

“This is a five. Don’t force it. You need, oh, a nine or eleven, I should think. Please. Don’t force it. Let me see if I have that size.” Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

A pebble the size of a thimble dropped to the path at his feet. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

I had expected to see a carp the size of a river carp, perhaps a little bigger and slightly orange instead of brown. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sabeen said, posing in the doorway with an elegant gown that was about four sizes too big. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

I pictured this prodigy part of me as many different images, trying each one on for size. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

His eyes were the size of tennis balls behind his goggle glasses. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

He felt around the back of the column some more and discovered a square hole about the size of an electrical socket. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

“You’ll come to a place where you must squeeze betwixt two rocks as high as your shoulder. Matched. Same size, like Bryn’s boys,” he had told her. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

He pulled and twisted bits off the trees, packing them in one hand while he picked them with the other, picking and gathering until he had a wad close to the size of a baseball. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Can you stack these in order according to size?” he said loudly and slowly, as if I were hard of hearing and really stupid. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

There were few trees this size in west Austin. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

Her tenacity and size were backed up by resourcefulness and creativity. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Honestly, it went a lot better than I expected. I know a lot of people don’t mess with me because I’m—” He gestures to his size. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

“Uncle Louver says there’s critters of all shapes and sizes out here. He tells quite the tale about goings-on in the woods.” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

Golan swiveled his head back and forth, nervously sizing us up. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

Most men the size of the man in black would have gone down or, at the least, fallen to one hand. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

One or two viruses can become a billion viruses in a few days—a China of viruses in a bottle the size of one’s thumb. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

She leaned forward, holding out something the size of Lyra’s palm, brown and squashed. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

Even though it was about the same size as the first, its horrific shape made it seem larger. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Then, two women carrying a single fish, for they were all of about the same size and heavy, we lifted them up the cliff and brought them home. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

If you can, listen to a percussion player or section that is using snare drums, cymbals, or other percussion of the same type but different sizes. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

The crowd, which by now was at the danger size, slowly quieted. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

They varied in thickness as much as the most common sizes of screws. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

His tongue was half the size of my little fingernail. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

This creature was almost twice the size and clearly well taken care of. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

They were about the size and shape of oranges. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Only an extremely powerful magician could’ve pulled off an illusion of that size without realizing it.” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

If you told me a dude John Henry’s size could squeeze through a tunnel of thorns I had to duck through, I’d laugh in your face. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

These were three: winged sandals, a magic wallet which would always become the right size for whatever was to be carried in it, and, most important of all, a cap which made the wearer invisible. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

The pill was the size of a pinhead, and it had a pale brownish color. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mushroom soup, bitter greens with tomatoes the size of peas, rare roast beef sliced as thin as paper, noodles in a green sauce, cheese that melts on your tongue served with sweet blue grapes. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Next to his chair was a table, and on the table was a brass bell the size of a fist. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

There is some evidence that the size of the average Sapiens brain has actually decreased since the age of foraging. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’d misjudged her because of her small size, but even so, she couldn’t be much older than her early twenties, hardly what I had expected to find. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

What happens here, at least, is that there’s a big room with a lot of wire cages in it, all different sizes for different kinds of poultry. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

“That thing is the size of a bull, with tusks as long as swords. Ghost would go after him if he were loose, and one or both of them would not survive the meeting.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Even as the kite climbed upward, becoming the size of a name chop mark, the string continued. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

Another Marine, close to twice my size, was next to me. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

A particularly interesting problem is the size of the small departures from uniform density in the early universe that caused the formation first of the galaxies, then of stars, and finally of us. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

He went to a doll’s shop, where they had things which were the right size for him, and outfitted himself completely, with new luggage, suits, shirts, and accessories. Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z

The soap blows up to four times its size. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z

A vial this size could knock Peeta out for a full day, but what good is that? The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

I select the right practice gun, the one about the size of a pistol, but bulkier, and offer it to Caleb. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

After three hours of rowing like galley slaves, distance had shrunk the island to the size of an open hand. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

Ergo, if the Great One was a 4 and I am a 0, total size of the Dumper/Dumpee differential = -4. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

“Just the right size,” the owner of the black horse said as he poked Tidbit with his toe. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was the biggest room Mrs. Frisby had ever seen, half the size of a house, with a ceiling and floor of hard gray rock. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

Seems that we always caught something for dinner and some of them catfish were pretty decent size too. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Consequently, the alleyways became a stinking cesspool, swarming with flies the size of rats, and rats the size of cats. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And Mitch! My man. Finally met a lady your own size.” Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

The size of the place must be immense. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Twinkling orbs of every size and color dangled from banyan trees in the courtyard. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

Aunt Amal brought out four plates of different sizes and colors. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

Here were people who packed two hundred pounds of dishes into a single box the size of a doghouse, or even worse, people who didn't pack at all. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

The ship was large, many times the size of our biggest canoes. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

Despite the size and solidity of the building, it feels impermanent, populated by a constant stream of guests and travelers on their way to and from other locations. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Vines crawling all along the walls, and plants with crazy-colored leaves, some the size of paper plates. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

In the center of the trunk, three feet from the ground, was a puncture mark the size of a bullet hole, oozing green sap. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

And it didn’t stop Mrs. L. J. Weidenbach, the banker’s wife, who came leading her father, an ancient codger half her size in full Civil War Union blue. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

They were familiar to him now: Gray’s mate, still big-bellied with kits; Runt, half her size, nearby. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

“I can still make the bunions on your feet grow to the size of boulders,” the Gran said, and the guard’s eyes went wide with fear. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

He moved his ships forward to engage in battle, confident that size and might would enable them to overcome Octavian’s smaller ships. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z

The fourth, northern side opened onto a third mound, larger than the small mound but nowhere near the size of the big one. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Isn’t it so weird how the number of dead people is increasing even though the earth stays the same size, so that one day there isn’t going to be room to bury anyone anymore? Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

And even though Bit was half the size of his friends, he was the biggest when it came to confidence. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

It was a dirty white in color and speckled all over with blue spots about the size of cow ticks. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

Just the beauty of its color, the size of its horns, and how active it is. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

In a few moments the size of Tyrion's command had doubled. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

"They were just her size. Always provides," the mother said, nodding. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

“Just let the guy go and try someone your own size.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

When she heard the word turtle, she thought of a cute little thing the size of a jewelry box, sitting on a rock in the middle of a fishpond. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

The thing was a great bird the size of a vulture, with the face and breasts of a woman. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

There are cartons of varying sizes and a large roll of foam wrap. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

He holds up a glistening, perfect pearl about the size of a pea. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

It was still tiny, the size of a speck of sand, but I knew it could grow as heavy and as mean and as cold as that gun. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

From there the skulls ranged upward in size to the three great monsters of song and story, the dragons that Aegon Targaryen and his sisters had unleashed on the Seven Kingdoms of old. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

“I had two try and pay me with great gold coins the size of hubcaps ten minutes ago.” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Cruising in circles were dozens of huge fish, including two spotted sharks, each twice Percy’s size. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

The person, a man, I could tell from the size of his hand, covered my mouth and held a knife up to my throat. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Ron seized his knife, pulled Malfoy’s roots toward him, and began to chop them roughly, so that they were all different sizes. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

In spite of Teenie's diminutive size, Amari noticed that no one ever questioned her authority in the kitchen, not even the white people who lived in the main house. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

"T'ain't safe at—" And then his eyes grow to the size of apples. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

It isn’t the right season for swimming, but we find a pretty 1-piece that is a size too big on a clearance rack. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Big news from the dinosaur dig: They found a Camptosaurus skull fragment about the size of a paint chip. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

They emerged in a brick vault thrice the size of the winesink above. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

He poured a mound of grits the size of an anthill onto the pine floor. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was taking these steps, making declarations, trying to rebuild herself just as she was remaking the house with the hornet’s nests the size of basketballs. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

And, given the size of his encampment, I can’t even imagine the number of guardians I would have to pass in order to speak with him. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“After twenty years of living in America,” he said, swerving the truck to avoid a pothole the size of a beach ball. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Heidi flips a pair of jeans—miraculously, just my size—over the top of the door, and I emerge for her to inspect me. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

A venerable, old book, the shape and size of a headstone, with yellowing pages that bore marks of the multitudes who had consulted them before me. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

I decided on the size of the portraits, the frames—every little detail. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Small beauty caisses, ranging in size and age, sit in the corners. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

They, too, detected a key role of competition and group size in spurring innovation. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Plaster grapevines covered the heavy beams overhead, and the walls, paneled in rectangles of varying sizes, were interrupted here and there by almost-invisible doors. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

Below us lay the Beni, a Bolivian province about the size of Illinois and Indiana put together, and nearly as flat. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

A phrase comes to me, a remnant left over from boys, from Saturday afternoons, reading the comics: Pick on somebody your own size. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

However, if Venus was further from the Earth than the sun, its size would vary considerably over time, but it would nearly always be a full circle, and never be much less than that. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

I sized them up, gripped both hands together like a club, and grinned. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

She saw Vandara lean down and pick up a rock the size of a tyke’s fist. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I need a size ten, as much as it kills me to admit that. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

Sciron hopped to the nearest chunk of limestone that was the right size for a footstool. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Like all energy, we can only change shapes and sizes and manifestations. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

“I don’t suppose you do. I think a size five will do. I’ll visit the armory later.” The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

Small as a kid my size can be. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

But these are pre-telescopic texts and there are always clues as to who is normally sized and who is miniaturized or gigantized. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

The camera folded down into a valise the size of a briefcase and somehow this made it even more disappointing to her parents: all that money packed away into such a small space. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

They got up and poked around, and soon they came across a plant whose branches were laden with the purple fruits, about the size of small beets, only softer. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

He walks right up to my face, trying to intimidate me with his size and bulk and terrible bad breath. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

Each was the size of an apple, and the liquid inside glowed poisonous green. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

There are glass jars of paintbrushes in all sizes along the edge of the table. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Finally, I grab the cheapest one in my size, but even the cheapest one is almost twenty-five dollars. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

Granted, a motor that looked the right size to run a home aquarium, but a power source nonetheless. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

The Princess Andromeda faded to the size of a white toy boat in the distance, and then it was gone. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

The shells had to be of a precise shape and size. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

The exclamations of fellow passengers as to the wheel’s size and apparent fragility filled him with a mixture of pride and anxiety. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

She pulled the raft from over her shoulders, laid it down, whispered something, and the raft grew to its normal size. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Her eyes, more just open than alert or speculative, reflected chiefly their own size and color. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

She got a white floppy hat on, black-and-white polky-dot dress, clonky white buckle sandals a size too big for her feet. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Nicholas had shopped for him, and most of the clothes were new and in his size. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

She looks so sad and thin, wearing a black coat that belonged to Tía Laura that seems too big on her, even though she’s the same size as my aunt, or used to be. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

There were two pairs of decent jeans in her size, as well as a couple of pairs of leggings and a few cute tunics. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

For instance, the number 2.5 is “covered” by a carpet that includes, for example, all the numbers between 2 and 3—a carpet of size 1. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

Her words echo in my mind: Twice the size of Dauntless. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

He had metallic golden skin, armor made from platinum links, and an iron staff the size of a totem pole. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

Farmers stored vegetables for their own household use in pits the size of a room. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

It’s about half the size of a car engine, wood, four knobs on it. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

There is baseball paraphernalia all over the place: framed posters—all signed—tacked up on the slanted walls, a case full of plaques and trophies, and a rack of variously sized old-school Louisville Slugger bats. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

To the wingless a more arresting phenomenon is their dissimilarity in every particular except shape and size. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

On one of the shelves, Mariam saw a collection of identical wooden dolls, arranged in a line in order of decreasing size. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

It was almost twice the size of my newborn fist. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

I watched his pupils shrink in his hazel eyes before blowing back out to their normal size. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

The crowd was impressive both in its size and in its discipline. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Large parts were unexplored, leaving a blank space about the size of Montana on the map. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

As soon as I climbed out of the DeLorean I cast a Shrink spell on it, instantly reducing it to the size of a Matchbox car. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

It gives me a chance to size him up. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

They hung off him, two sizes too big. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

Something the size of an asteroid is a brilliant, blinking source of X-rays, visible over interstellar distances. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m black,” said David, sporting his freshly grown Afro the size of Milwaukee. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

The size and age of the Cosmos are beyond ordinary human understanding. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sheer size of the crowd makes him nervous, he has never been in a space so full of people before. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

We expanded its footprint to twenty-eight hundred square feet, more than double its original size. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Covertly we regard each other, sizing up each other’s bellies: is anyone lucky? The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

The envelope was small—the size of a credit card. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

She was injured, but she and Finn got away with the help of a dog the size of a horse. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

Jackrabbits the size of small dogs loped awkwardly across the highway. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Handfuls of them in all sizes lay on the table already, scattered across it like confetti. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I don’t really know what they look like, but given how things grow in the Congo, that size seemed possible. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Does that interest you? Big women with long, braided blond hair and gleaming breastplates the size of melons?” Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

They loved this dog in proportion to its size, and soon their hearts had no room for anyone else. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

For reasons unknown, Indians heaved up a ring of eleven irregularly sized mounds, most of them connected by a ridge, on a hill overlooking the course of the Ouachita River. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

I wanted to draw my thighs, each the size of a couch, on his carpet. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

It was to have more than 10,000 magnets arranged in a loop 54 miles around, about the size of the beltway highway that circles Washington, D.C. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

But amidst all these wonders he returned always to his astonishment at the size of Merry and Pippin; and he made them stand back to back with Frodo and himself. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

NOTE: In case you are curious, the size of the whole tone of the "mean tone" system is also the mean, or average, of the major and minor whole tones. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

The Melter was the approximate size and dimensions of a Volkswagen Bug. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z