To his alarm Frodo became aware that the ridiculous young Took, encouraged by his success with the fat Mayor of Michel Delving, was now actually giving a comic account of Bilbo’s farewell party. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Yet even if Elizebeth shied away from disclosure, she refused to become isolated. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

In the space of three heartbeats the little breeze became a howling gale. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Even the simplest melody became a full concert—like a music video—when Angel danced to it. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I did what I had become best at doing: I tended to my work, even while my dying professor waited on his front lawn. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

A Scottish writer of the late 1700s noticed that tea had “become an economical substitute to the middle and lower classes of society for malt liquor,” which they could no longer afford. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

Senate race and was locked in what would become a tight race in the general election. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

In the four years since his divorce became final, it’s fair to say that the conductor has become something of an unbeliever. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

I think it was from an old student intern, some short girl from Montana, but it became mine and I loved it. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“He’s become too cheeky around my house,” my father railed. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

If we held the spacecraft in any one position, the side facing the sun would become too hot and the side in the shadows would become too cold. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was to become the center of learning in the Eastern world—and one of its first scholars was the mathematician Mohammed ibn-Musa al-Khowarizmi. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

At her dock on the River Thames in London, Endurance became a major tourist attraction. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

He became the most fervent sort of convert. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

He became something other than himself that afternoon. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z

“Certainly he should not. Unless he wants to get rid of the friend,—and then it becomes a question how much portable property it may be worth to get rid of him.” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

They always explained in school about how uglies who didn’t have the operations eventually became infirm. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

Early on, supplies became so short and the fighting so chaotic that many Red Army soldiers were reduced to wearing rags and going barefoot. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

The more I thought about it, the more disoriented and provoked I became. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Once the crop had become available, there was no further need to gather it from the wild and thereby set it on the path to domestication again. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

As Elizebeth put it, she and William “became the learners, the students, the teachers, and even the workers all at once.” The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

When you fill it with pressure, it wants to become a sphere. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Just sort of squint at the room so it becomes blurry.” Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

I concentrate on that short expanse, where something becomes nothing. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

My stomach would tighten up, and I would become so nervous I could hardly read at all. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

The light drizzle has become hard rain and I cover my face as I cry. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

They are hard enough to break your teeth when they are dry, but in the pease porridge they will become soft and chewy. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

I remembered Uri’s story of my beginnings, of becoming a slave to farmers. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

Over time they have become more frequent and more extravagant, eventually turning into something of an underground sensation. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Bombings became such a regular part of our daily lives that we fell into a routine every time we heard a blast. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

He had a couple of good friends, but he avoided becoming part of any one clique at school. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

"Three weeks is plenty of time to become an American." You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I was just becoming aware of the history of racial oppression in my own country, and saw the struggle in South Africa as purely racial. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The rest of her became a part of the brown road and the gray earth. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Starting around 1150, the six Champagne fairs became the one place where Europeans could buy and sell products from the surrounding world—a first step in connecting them to the riches and tastes beyond. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

Badly has now become an adjective in its own right, meaning “sorrowful” or “regretful.” The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

The water shook and became just water again. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Besides, ever since his time on the island of Ogygia, he had become fond of camping out. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

He had tuned out the conversation around him to become lost in thoughts about his family. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

Prisons are big business and have become deeply entrenched in America’s economic and political system. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

And the longer I stood there, the more I became like—sorta hypnotized by the slick whistlin’ of the cars as they rushed beneath us. Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

As we approached the town of Saint-Denis, the road widened, the traffic increased, and I saw Jacob becoming increasingly nervous. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

And Bertha Jorkins, who might have ruined all, proved instead to be a gift beyond my wildest dreams ... for — with a little persuasion — she became a veritable mine of information. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

As he gazed Frodo became aware that there was a great stir and movement on the plain. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

A Zulu from Durban, he had become the leader of the Natal region of MK. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

By accepting the CBS deal, Welles became the program’s host, star, director, and producer. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

Fisher excelled at math as a secondary school student, but his poor eyesight became a liability at Cambridge. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

“When things get larger than that, people become strangers to one another.” The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Had he left all these in order to become a Kamaswami? Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z

I focused back on the spectral woman whose voice was becoming more strained. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

The farther they rode into the Wood, the warmer it became, until at last it was summer again, and they could strip off their furs and pack them away. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

When his mother became ill in the mid-1970s and had to stop working, he took good care of her. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

The trick was to observe everything and every person without becoming the object of anyone's negative attention. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

With each step that he took his burden grew heavier, and his breath became slow and harsh, and, of a sudden, cold sweat stood out on his brow and drenched his back. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

From his own experiences in Vietnam and his reading of the German military theorist Carl von Clausewitz, Van Riper became convinced that war was inherently unpredictable and messy and nonlinear. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

The families of the oligarchy forgot all about the barrel organ, and Marcos became the star attraction of the season. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

The old man suddenly became a little more attractive. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

In life, the minute he seemed like one thing, he’d change and become another. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

“He is terribly ill. His fever is so high he has become delirious. There is nothing for it—I will have to go and see Mr. Ages. Timothy must have medicine.” Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

As I sat there watching Dad tidy his paperwork, empty his pencil sharpener, and blow the dust off his glass paperweights, I vowed never to become a heartless, blind-eye hypocrite like him. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

Flis wife, Peach, became increasingly concerned about his immersion and the way climbing robbed their family of his presence. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

Her wings were keeping her up, but then up became down and she tumbled, exactly as Lazlo had planned it, right into his arms. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Steamer crossings to Europe were resumed, after being suspended during four years of war, and new routes, this time to North America, became the rage. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Despite their background or their past, all of them went on to become very successful. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

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

It soon became apparent that this stretch had to be different from the rest of the trip. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

After that, standing in a crowded train became a dreaded ordeal. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t want to tell you this, Mary Anne. But you’ve backed me against a wall,” Lillian said, her voice becoming a whisper trembling with the promise of conspiracy. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her voice became as shrill as fingernails on a blackboard. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

That had become the worst thing for Tayo: they looked too familiar even when they were alive. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

Winston became aware of silence, as one becomes aware of a new sound. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

In his thirties, Liszt became music’s first international star, embarking on a merry-go-round of European tours, where he was known, and treated, as ‘The King of the Piano’. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

The most gifted among them, who might possibly become nuclei of dis-content, are simply marked down by the Thought Police and eliminated. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

With more people dying and fewer trips to the crematorium, the corpses were becoming part of the city landscape. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

Then it became a habit, and by the middle of February, frindle was just a word, like door or tree or hat. Frindle 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

This man, Lee, had become a legend, a fearful one for the North. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

These confessions were numerous, since I had become convinced there was some sin embedded in me, a sin I was desperate to root out. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

In her disappointment she had let her mind wander, and only now became aware that one of the Recruiters was peering into the darkness in her direction. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Well, between the 16th century and the present day, it became a kind of scary grammatical sheepdog. Eats, Shoots & Leaves 2003-11-06T00:00:00Z

“I knew this would happen. I could feel how hungry it was to become real.” Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

The cold store cellar on the edge of the property became my favorite place. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

I got Ponytail by a nose—second place—then collapsed, people cheering all around me, jumping up and down in the stands quickly becoming a wavy blur of color as the tears rose. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

We had almost every class together that summer, and we managed to become close friends in a short time. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

DRACO: We haven’t become anything—we simply are as we are. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z

With that word the heat seemed to increase till it became a threatening weight and the lagoon attacked them with a blinding effulgence. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

The farther in the past such an event is, the more powerful may be its influence—because the longer the lever arm of time becomes. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

But soon fists were swinging without making discreet distinctions of rank, and a simple desire to throw a memorable punch and to survive the melee became the common standard. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now they had their own territory, their own gambling hall, and that run-down house had become the Slat, a dry, warm place to get a hot meal or hole up when you were wounded. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

But little by little he began abandoning him to his solitude, for communication was becoming increasingly difficult. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

Harry suddenly became aware that Fawkes had left his knee. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

With time and experience I became a better hunter. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

That bothers him—that she might regain consciousness and become something more than his own dark purpose. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Fact: Companies pump the bag with nitrogen gas to prevent the chips from becoming potato crumbs, proven by my experiment in the third grade. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

Thirty-five years old, divorced, a mother of two teenage children, she quickly became close to McCandless. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

The one Laika found was dried and flat, an old rattler that had become an S-shaped band of snake jerky. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

It seemed impossible that he would have become a lifeless thing in such a short time. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

This reproach of my dependence had become a vague sing-song in my ear: very painful and crushing, but only half intelligible. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

Their profound silence became broken by a conversational gabble. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

The constant clash between the Exposition Company and the National Commission had become nearly unbearable. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Then the muffled roar of the battle becomes a ring that encircles us, we creep in upon ourselves, and with big eyes stare into the night. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Richard Parker started growling that very instant, as if he had been waiting for me to become a worthy opponent. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

He lumbered out of the room, and Nhamo’s breathing became regular again. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

The box filled with water, became heavier than the stone, fell, and the stone went up in the air. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

The lower he sank, the wilder and more irresponsible he became, the more splendid she and her task became. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

People are supposed to aspire to become their fathers, not shudder at the thought. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

The result was that the original hymn style became the purview of the shape note singing schools, mostly in the South, where they flourished for many years. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

Mr. Ray, who became like a big brother to me—well, maybe more like an uncle—was worried about me staying in the house by myself. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

He says nothing, keeping his arms around her, but the breeze begins to settle, the waves pounding against the ship become calm. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

“I was scared last night, Charlie. I thought you flipped. I’ve heard about guys who are impotent, how it suddenly gets them and they become maniacs.” Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

This was all the more remarkable, since mulberries only became popular in the days of Cromwell. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

He became a primitive killer lusting for the blood of his enemy, and up to this moment he had had no enemies. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was not like my parents fell in love—in Zimbabwe, if a woman becomes pregnant, our Shona tradition requires that she get married or else she brings shame on both families. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

His skin became ragged and dry, sagged into pathetic folds on top of itself. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

Then he became aware of the light by which he was seeing the shaman, because the fire was long out, and the darkness of the forest was profound. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Osborne grew up in a wealthy household in Auburn, and, after attending prep school and Harvard, became mayor of Auburn, a newspaper publisher, and a manufacturer. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Glow-worm became the light inside the torch on the Statue of Liberty, and thus saved a grateful City from having to pay a huge electricity bill every year. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z

As hard as he had tried to adjust, he couldn't accept the nightmare his life had become. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

The capsule that is higher than yours becomes lower than yours and the capsule that is lower becomes higher. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

Wyatt had hired Terryl and had watched her become a tenacious victim’s advocate. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

When he became an interpreter, do you know how many converts he helped win? Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

Now that he’s made his statement, he becomes silent. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

I was becoming stubborn now that I was sixteen. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

Had Señor Aguilar become angry about something Mamá had done and taken her job away? Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

It was during those long and lonely years that my hunger for the freedom of my own people became a hunger for the freedom of all people, white and black. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

An ordinary, straightforward statement like I was taller becomes quite another proposition when we insert one little word: If I were taller. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

His arms stretched into wings, and his sight became a thousand times sharper. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

He didn't sit by me in class, his workshop poems became unaccountably straightforward and affectionate, out and out love poems. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

This does not mean that its rightness was always apparent, although careless historians and scientists often imply as much; it does mean that its rightness becomes incontestable, at least for a period of time. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Roundtree, who became a deputy sheriff, was shot in the head by a rich landowner. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

The law became what the lawyers and lobbyists said it was, with little or no input from the people whose fate hung in the balance. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

Overcrowding was becoming a grave problem, and this despite the fact that many of the does were re-absorbing their litters before birth. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now the shell was no longer a thing seen but not to be touched, Ralph too became excited. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

Humason and Hubble, it gradually became clear, had discovered the Big Bang—if not the origin of the universe then at least its most recent incarnation. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

He shoved the dory out stern first into the New Meadows and noticed how choppy it had become, with even some whitecaps tumbling between him and Malaga. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

“No smoking pot” became “no smoking pot in the house," before it finally petered out to “please don't smoke any more pot in the living room." Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

Her house became the refuge of young men puling in puberty, mourning over lost virtue, and aching to lose some more. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Tears brim at the edges of her eyes, and it becomes very obvious that she is not wearing waterproof mascara. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

I became Alice Evans’s regular bathroom partner—we worked out a secret signal so that she wouldn’t have to do the Mexican hat dance anymore. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

But his addiction just got worse, and the physical, mental, and emotional abuse he unleashed became more intense. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

Writing becomes boring, so I draw over my words. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

White tried to learn more about another suspicious matter: How had Hale become the beneficiary of Henry Roan’s $25,000 life-insurance policy? Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

This is when she became really furious about it. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

My brothers became very creative in the black market. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

The day had become warm, and it was made warmer by the crush of bodies on the south side of the old bridge. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

Was that the signal for Mirjam to run—or did she just see this greeting from her old friend, become overwhelmed by emotion, and decide to leave at the last minute? Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

EST, a boat off the coast of Maryland becomes trapped in ice. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

Didn’t Elsie become my friend because we gave each other a chance? Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

But my daughter’s eyes and her smile become very narrow, the way a cat pulls itself small just before it bites. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe Ivy felt all wobbly when she and Taryn first became friends, and she just didn’t remember. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Then it becomes a diamond, definitely a diamond. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

In the minute or so when it was coming closer, the light became fiercer and brighter, and he saw the witch’s face, quite calm, almost amused, and utterly fearless. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

During the run Brian lost twelve pounds, mostly in fluids, though he drank river water constantly to make up for it, and his hands became infected from bacteria in the water. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z

We march up, moody or good-tempered soldiers—we reach the zone where the front begins and become on the instant human animals. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

They didn’t seem concerned about spending hours lying in the sun, because their olive skin only burnished and became more radiant, while mine either freckled or fried. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

The dog barked and then became silent once more. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“His construction business. I could invest, become his partner.” A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

Thanks to him the Street of the Turks, with its dazzling display of knickknacks, became a melodic oasis where one could forget Arcadio's arbitrary acts and the distant nightmare of the war. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

He also became prone to sudden fits of hilarious laughter over nothing, which, while disconcerting, nevertheless made him entertaining company. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

At some point early in the summer, he pumped out a thirty-page memo about corporate governance that was evidently so thorough and cogent it became instantly legendary. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Unless a wheat- or cornfield is left fallow every few years, the soil becomes exhausted. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

All Southern California waterways have become like phantom limbs. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

“Both you and I thought then about becoming painters, but so deeply that we didn’t dare to say it straight out then, even to each other,” Vincent will write later. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

When she came back at midday and found nothing to eat, she would become furious and beat her son with a hoe, a shovel, anything close at hand. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

A few minutes later Hermione, who had become so tired of Ron’s recent unpleasant behavior that she had not come down to breakfast with them, paused on her way up the table. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Even now, she still became giddy whenever he approached. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

It was a little while before Harry became aware that the voices of Katie Bell and her friend, which were being carried back to him on the wind, had become shriller and louder. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Breech-loading repeating rifles, which became available in the North in the winter of 1862, greatly increased a shooter’s firepower. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

But as the kids became more comfortable with her, they would reveal details about their experiences that showed Luma how the trauma they’d experienced was still affecting them. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

It is dehumanizing, for it forces one to adapt by becoming more self- contained and insulated. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The odyssey became more than just a routine or a habit. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Social class, once so easily assessed by the car in the driveway or the purse on the arm, has become harder to see in the things Americans buy. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

The one-sidedness of that exchange of germs becomes even more striking when we recall that large, dense human populations are a prerequisite for the evolution of our crowd infectious diseases. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

In the camps, he became accustomed to hitting prisoners who did not meet work quotas. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

Yet as the words became audible, the procession reached the steepest part of the mountain, and in a minute or two the chant had died away. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

Galaxies would become ever more distant from one another, and the star stuff that drives all the energetic reactions in the universe would become more rarefied. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

It thrilled him, and as his father slowly sat down, Dorian wondered if the king was considering whether he had become a genuine concern. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

We jumped in and broke them apart before it became a fight. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

Either way, most of the students in that university survived, while the one where we go to school became a bit of a slaughterhouse. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

On good nights, our deli's sizzle would become a blaze, and it felt like the whole city was in there with us. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

At lessons, the knives remained Celaena’s favorite, but the wooden staff became dear; naturally, it had to do with the fact that she could freely whack him and not chop off an arm. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Eastern U.S. farming became greatly intensified, and densely populated chiefdoms developed along the Mississippi River and its tributaries. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

When the cardboard becomes too wet, they get another. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

All his life Kyril Montana had cultivated the habit of leaving his job at the office: once home, he relaxed; he became a family man. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

For both of us, home became a place that hurt us, that took away the person we love most. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I became a deserter four years ago, when I fled from Lithuania. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

If I were to lie down on top of myself in the bed, would I become one with my body again? If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Soon after the battle began, the warriors became trapped on a ledge. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

He could tell now; her depression this time had become too vast for her even to hear him. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

Zinaida had worked in a textile factory for five years before joining the 122nd Air Group, and she was assigned to become a parachute packer for the 586th Fighter Aviation Regiment. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

The two fawns were still young enough to have speckled coats, but as the summer went on they would lose their spots and become as brown as their mother. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

The novel became required reading for all Hitler Youth and later was turned into a successful film. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

Circuit Judge William Bradford, after hearing a number of stories about Rush’s bravery and cures, wrote, “He is become the darling of the common people & his humane fortitude & exertions will render him deservedly dear.” An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

Method acting emphasizes the need to “become” the character. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Faeries are twilight creatures, and I have become one, too. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

This soon became the most divisive issue of all. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

He became an expert at branding, dehorning, castrating, and selling stock. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

And what would become of her job as a domestic? The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

The trip, the Confederate truck, the harassment from the guard, and now a request for a milkshake—this was becoming a bizarre day. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

“Ah, that’s the ram that became the Golden Fleece that Jason and the Argonauts stole?” Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

As I walked into the last remains of the might, leaving Mohamed standing on the verandah, I became afraid. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

“We were just talking about what it would feel like if we became actors. What sort of life it would be.” Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

My own mental state became more fragile when I went to the bathroom and saw blood on my underpants. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

He had become much chattier since our overnight stay at Wahid’s house. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

You could spend quite some time in the school and never hear it mentioned; but all the same, its existence became known to everyone. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

When we’d done something great, we received just enough praise to know she was happy with us, but never so much that it became the reason we did what we did. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

"I was beginning to wonder what had become of you." The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

Dad put on a happy face and tried to be NormalDad, and Mom disappeared into that dark bedroom and became Not-Mom, and “Give your mother some space” became Dad’s favorite phrase in the whole world. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

How we loved him then, when his frown wrinkles reversed their field and became a wide grin. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had finally become a preacher to hold her till his death. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

By the time Walter was eight or nine, he became too valuable for picking cotton to justify the remote advantages of going to school. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

This animal’s eyelids had closed down slightly, and they drooped, so that the iris had become a squinting oval. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Besides, as Cyrus became more military, his wife learned the only technique through which a soldier can survive. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

He became more circumspect in his work as a result of the visit from the second C.I.D. man. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

On a warm summer day in 1881, the lives of these two men became violently—and forever—intertwined. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

And Sarai had become the weapon Minya wanted her to be, and punished humans in the only way she could: through their dreams. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

The old woman, however, became weaker and weaker, although she was still able to tell her daughter how happy she was that she would soon be joining her new husband. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

“The boys have become infected, Cochran. Infected by a disease we could call apathy. A terrible disease. Difficult to cure.” The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Even Polgar and Spassky, both World Champions, understand what I’m talking about,” he said to no one in particular, becoming more strident as he went on. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

She waited for that terrible breeze, or to hear someone cry, or for it to become cold and damp. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

What followed was a series of messy, arduous, and complicated attempts at becoming US citizens. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

When Father told me I’d understand by the time l became king, I said I didn’t want to be king if people threw tomatoes at me. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

Following South Africa’s declaration of war against Germany, Hertzog resigned and Smuts became prime minister. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

When Viju’s father was in Chennai, Neel could remember watching their friend’s hair become straw-colored from hunger. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

The house became gloomy; no air, no light. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

One thing he failed to see was that if a neutron star shrank enough it would become so dense that even light couldn’t escape its immense gravitational pull. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

Sticking with my plan to be a strong, educated woman became much harder when I got to be fourteen or fifteen. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Different caterpillars developed on different timetables, however: some became adults within weeks, some pupated the entire winter. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Twenty days later, Horatio Nelson Jackson and his bulldog, Bud, arrived from San Francisco in their battered and muddy Winton, becoming the first to accomplish the feat in an automobile. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

I kept thinking of all that had happened, trying to make sense of what had occurred, of how I had become a wolf’s head. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

The storm still postures on the horizon, but we get no closer, and the captain becomes increasingly frustrated. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

Indeed, 'developing' tunes like this soon became essential for composers of orchestral music. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

Outside the hum of the room, the hissing becomes more distinct. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Big domestic mammals further revolutionized human society by becoming our main means of land transport until the development of railroads in the 19th century. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

The gold stamping still obstinately showed through the layers, but the deep red had become a dark burgundy. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

His breakfast was about to become fish food. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lincoln’s breathing becomes harsh, then ceases altogether before starting again. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

It seemed like the longer I sat there, the quieter my head became, the more the aches and knots in my body worked themselves out, leaving me as soft as the dirt under us. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Will managed to glance upward and saw the clouds stirring and swirling, and that gleam—something immense—growing more powerful, as if the clouds themselves were becoming luminous with energy, like plasma. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

He also talked to Leanna about how he could become an elementary school teacher. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

There’s Rose, one of the other black girls here, who I thought I’d become friends with because on my first day we talked about our braids and swapped ideas for styles. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Once I got a taste of winning, I could admit I liked the feeling, and it became a part of my being. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

Mile after mile after mile after mile, and everything became grayer and more monotonous. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

She remembered that as she mounted the stairs with John’s heavy weight in her arms, and as she entered the door, she heard music, which became perceptibly fainter as Florence closed the door behind her. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

To the Nazis, Herbert Norkus became a martyr who sacrificed his life for his Führer, Adolf Hitler; he was a hero who died for the cause of National Socialism. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

So this blunder, Either Mrs. McCormick is angry or amused, becomes Mrs. McCormick is either angry or amused. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was unwritten law in China, so my informant told me, that when one man saved another’s life he became responsible for that life to the end of its existence. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

He’s just a guy who left home and became a student. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

His rage was dreadful and yet Harry’s grief for Dobby seemed to diminish it, so that it became a distant storm that reached Harry from across a vast, silent ocean. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

It became so bad, Principal Jenkins said he would give detention to any student caught littering on school grounds. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

Following this advice, my teacher said, the colonists grew so much maize that it became the centerpiece of the first Thanksgiving. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

When I announced to Mom and Dad that I was going to become a cellist, they both burst out laughing. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

A boulder shifted to their left, and stood, and became a man. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

When the seconds became minutes, they started to get antsy, and before ten minutes had passed, they were zooming off in search of somebody to terrorize. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wanted to laugh and laugh and laugh until I laughed myself into becoming someone else. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

But it was becoming clear that there could be a high price to pay. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

We waited for her together this morning when Dadi and Papa became absorbed in their reading. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

And because the pig, with Pacheco gimping crazily after it, had become such a familiar sight all over town, sayings had grown out of the situation. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

But then a less arrogant individual than Tycho would still have had his nose intact and might never have become such a great astronomer in the first place. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

Only when I sniffed again did I become sure of the woodland smells and cloying air. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

In so doing, he became the supreme example of the leader who could be trusted with power because he was so ready to give it up. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

For a time it seemed the girl might be fine, but eventually her wounds became worse, and she died, just nine years old. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

He got locked in once for a few hours, the panel becoming stuck somehow, and we heard his wails all the way from the kitchen in the big house. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But...if they’d been embraced instead, and raised with love,” he said, “they wouldn’t have become tormentors.” Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

He had once been keen on English and Shakespeare, but after the separation he seemed to become apathetic about learning. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“On the very last page,” Mom tells Jude, “it says in case of her untimely death, it becomes yours.” I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

What if he became lost in the mountains? The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

And the odor of the animals became a bit more tolerable. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

But as Aureliano’s hope abandoned him, she was becoming less visible, as if the light on her were fading away, until she sank into drowsiness. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

Then one day it is finally determined that I have become one with the real world once more—or at least am within striking distance—and I’m released into the loving arms of my family. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

Yes, after decades in America, now that she's old, Ranee has become friends with a young man who lives in the apartment next to hers. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“I have worked very hard to become so.” The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

When social animals are gathered together in groups, they become qualitatively different creatures from what they were when alone or in pairs. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

This bird, boasted the market vendor, was once a duck that stretched its neck in hopes of becoming a goose, and now look!—it is too beautiful to eat. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He might be from Byzantium. He’s such a nice man. He’s not that much older than your papa. When Papa gets back, maybe he and Father Drozdov can become friends.” Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

When Hoover met with White, his grip on power remained tenuous, and he was suddenly confronting the one thing that he’d done everything to avoid since becoming director: a scandal. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

She stopped hearing the crowd, and her mouth became dry as he stared at her. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

The trip became a triumphal procession as the slow-moving van was rocked by the crowd. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

They incorporated Western dyes into their weaving, became silversmiths and ranchers, and now drive trucks while continuing to live in traditional dwellings. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Winky was sitting on the same stool as last time, but she had allowed herself to become so filthy that she was not immediately distinguishable from the smoke-blackened brick behind her. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

He was a yanqui citizen, and by marrying him, she had become one too. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

Soviet women “were frustrated by contradictory messages: become aviators, but not in the highest levels of the military,” said Adrienne Marie Harris in her PhD thesis about women soldiers in the Soviet Union. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

“Well, you’re guaranteed fine dining when you becomes one of us, young lad,” said the Emperor of China. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

I’m becoming more and more independent of my parents. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

It soon became the leading model for prisons in the United States. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nobody grows up hoping to become a maintenance engineer. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

Two days after leaving Ento, the road narrowed and became packed dirt instead of paving stones. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

He was working with Bryson, a little boy who refused to make anything except vases that would eventually become pencil holders, but his parents seemed to be thrilled with each and every one. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Yet she rose to become one of the most formidable code breakers in the world, the scourge of gangsters and spies. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

The python had become a boa, strangling him. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

The night Charlie hit me, I became Mrs. Kahn for a split second, in a vicarious body switch I had always feared. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

In the morning we look at his face, it has become sharp and yellow, whereas the evening before he looked almost healthy. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Creole Bill—naturally you know he was from New Orleans— became another good friend of mine. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

What was threatening to be an all-out war becomes a war council, with our parents strategizing what the principal can be told, especially about the running away. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

According to an account by Blood, while in a trance she told the attractive colonel that his destiny was to become her husband. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

Open that the Americans entreated him to become permanent director. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Why had she been allowed to become gradually less than human and at last ... Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

The nearer we drew to the theatre, the more dense the crowd became. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

He did not see ideas, but shapes that became letters that he sounded out into words he then had to look up. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Yes, but you do. You’re afraid of becoming your dad. You don’t want to choose the wrong thing, so you don’t choose anything at all.” The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

On winter days it swims with the odor of roasting chestnuts; on summer evenings it becomes slow and drowsy, full of sleepy conversations and the scraping of heavy iron chairs. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Halfway down he became aware of a small animal running at lightning speed towards him. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Through her years of using Book Scavenger, she’d become accustomed to keeping an eye out for the odd detail. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

But now, as we were stepping back into reality and moving forward with our lives, it became difficult to focus on the relationship. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

In bed that night, I became more and more uncomfortable as the moonlight crept up my sheet. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

Realizing that I was alone on the beach I became frightened. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

I can rise out of this prison hole to become a man of my own choosing. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Not unless he wanted to become Dr. Frankenstein’s monster,” she replied with a laugh. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

“He was wandering and became lost,” Bear said, not mentioning the attack. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

“Nope. I bet he became a detective because he likes dressing up. He hasn’t got any files.” The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

A leaf had become entangled in the fuzzy hair of a floppy ear. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

His face became filled with a look of sad, aching brooding, as if he was thinking about something that only he could understand and somehow resolve. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

But when it is in its proper place it becomes weightless: when you swim in the ocean you cannot feel the weight of water on you. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Morbidly interested in genetics and medical research, Mengele rose to become physician in chief at Auschwitz, where he unleashed a series of monstrous experiments on twins. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

As the preparatory examination continued, the state became increasingly desperate. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

But as he was taken up in the universities of medieval and Renaissance Europe his works became a textbook of acquired knowledge, not a project to provoke further enquiry. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

It was about a robot who had bad breath, who became popular after his halitosis was cured. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Everything becomes a blur, the stars above stretching into glowing streaks. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

I had to become a fool again in order to find Atman in myself. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z

Like any other performance skill, it can be learned with practice, and it is a skill that will help you become an extremely versatile instrumentalist. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

I wrote a letter to Andrius, but it became smudged with tears. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

The stadium became absolutely quiet as everyone tried to gauge where the ball was going to land. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And that will be our secret that we won’t even share with her. She’ll be the only woman in the world to become a grandmother with never becoming a mother first.” From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t necessary for the Federal Government to become involved in any of those States. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

I didn’t know how familiar with Roseland I was going to become. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Behind these and other proximate factors, I saw an “Optimal Fragmentation Principle”: ultimate geographic factors that led to China becoming unified early and mostly remaining unified thereafter, while Europe remained constantly fragmented. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Long before my father could or should have shown me the way to become a man, she had held me in her arms in silent definition of what it meant to be human. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

Also, I really wanted to witness Hillary Clinton become the first female president. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

The less he says to our classmates, the more popular he seems to become. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

To become the Mockingjay . . . could any good 1 do possibly outweigh the damage? Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

To learn to express my thoughts and feelings effectively in y I English became my main goal in life. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

However, the epidemic dies out for any of several reasons, such as being cured by modern medicine, or being stopped when everybody around has already been infected and either becomes immune or dies. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Because once there was an admission of guilt, a murder became an execution. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

I started experimenting with drugs, and became involved with a gang in a nearby town. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Or she might have changed and become the kind of woman who waited four whole days so that she would not seem too eager, a thought that dampened him even more. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

She joined him and they went a little apart, talking too quietly for Lyra to hear, though Pantalaimon became an owl and turned his great ears in their direction. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Joseph pressed play again. “. . . and soon she became pregnant...” The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

The top-down goals become swamped, overwhelmed by the primitive bottom-up system aimed at warning us of opportunity or threat, playing to our deepest social needs. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

My mother became even more distant than she had . been before—more removed from the world, and more removed from us. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z

The fact is, Father has become increasingly infirm. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

In a flash, the kitten became a ghostly skeleton, as if it had stepped behind an X-ray machine. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

For a minute, the sound becomes so overwhelming that my brain flips a switch and somehow all goes quiet. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

After a last kick they became rigid, and the blue lids rose half over the eye. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

As he sat in front of the chessboard, often at the kitchen table, with a chess book spread open, the pieces became his companions, the book his mentor. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

This became the backdrop for the montage of nostalgic childhood memories that played in my mind. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bod said, “I become one of you? You mean, I’ll turn into you?” The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

“The cruise business has totally evolved,” said Oivind Mathisen, editor of the newsletter Cruise Industry News, “and become a business that caters to moderate incomes.” Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

Farmville, the town that Dorothy left behind in the 1940s, had become in the 1950s a microcosm of Americas struggle over integration in its public schools. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

Mr. Lasher had convinced me that I was bright, and by the time I approached the ninth grade, education had become very important to me. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

Early in the twentieth century the fair became a source of heated debate among architects. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Hesiod says that only when men have finally become completely wicked will Nemesis and Aidos, their beautiful faces veiled in white raiment, leave the wide-wayed earth and depart to the company of the immortals. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

They include, notably, sorghum and pearl millet, which became the staple cereals of much of sub-Saharan Africa. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Robben Island itself was becoming a sustaining myth in the struggle, and they wanted to rob it of some of its symbolic import by removing us. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Your mom and I met in a group for people that have lost family. That’s where we became friends.” Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

Behind this screen there gleams an astonishing promise: One can become a public person while still remaining a private person. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

A dog with an experience like that could become a pariah in the truest sense of the word. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Whatever I have done since then, I have driven myself to become a success at it. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

When this time comes, ex-addict Muslims will arrange to spend the necessary days in around-the-clock shifts, attending the addict who intends to purge himself, on the way to becoming a Muslim. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

And if not a writer, I wasn't sure what I might do, but I certainly had no interest in becoming a criminal. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

“How the normal cells become cancerous is still a mystery.” The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

During the spring of 1955 many of these growers undertook a large-scale program to control the strawberry root weevil, whose larvae had become abundant on the roots of the hops. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

The only problem is that the carrot dumping became a weekly event, and it’s really not funny anymore. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

By tradition, this new flag would not become official until the Fourth of July. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

As the past, present, and future became one, the droplets on Cole’s cheeks dripped to the ground, melting into the landscape to which they belonged. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

The boys, on the other hand, had become more friendly, more outgoing. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

She put her elbows on the table, so close and so helpless that Aureliano heard the deep sound of her bones, and she became interested in the parchments. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

“The law. I hope to become a barrister.” Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

In fact, as the minutes went by, the music seemed to become louder. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

Was there some way I could become white? March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

She felt as if they had no control over what they were or where they were going or what they might become. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

More unbearable they became, not less, at each new cry. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

His pockmarked face became feral, and he charged, aiming a direct blow to her heart. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

“No, stupid. We’re trying to save the whales. They might become extinct.” Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

In May 1944, Hitler ordered that all Jews in Hungary be deported to the camps, crowding them so much that conditions became even more intolerable. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z

And most important, with the window closed on a hot summer night and no one answering their taps on the pane, they might well become more suspicious than ever. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

It soon became clear, however, that these local people were perturbed by my presence, feeling something of a need to show hospitality. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

But none of us had thought to follow the woman, and as the seconds kept ticking on, it became like we were agreeing, without speaking, about how we now saw the situation. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

When had Ocean become the kind of guy willing to defend my honor? A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

I didn’t understand how Penikese could suddenly become a bird sanctuary. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

From what I could tell, Dad was on track to become the best-funded lunatic in the Mountain West. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

I paint a girl with wings instead of arms, flying along the border where darkness becomes light, unsure of where she's supposed to be. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

If, in the moments I and my pupil spent with him, I lacked spirits and sank into inevitable dejection, he became even gay. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

What had seemed to be very surreal now has become vividly, luridly real. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

As a result, what are now the shallow seas between Asia and the Indonesian islands of Sumatra, Borneo, Java, and Bali became dry land. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Cabin eleven was too nervous to have sword class with me after what I’d done to the Ares folks in the woods, so my lessons with Luke became one-on-one. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

How many other people had become black in America? Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

The prospect of a general and permanent lowering of environmental resistance becomes grimly and increasingly real with each passing year as the number, variety, and destructiveness of insecticides grows. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

As the boys rowed up the course toward the starting line, it became clear just how challenging the weather and their lane assignment were going to be. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

I smiled at this and he became angry that I was not taking him seriously. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Another fifteen minutes and what had seemed like a laugh­able dream that morning had suddenly become reality: It was just me and the other guy. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

It is not just that the idea has been forgotten; it is as though it had become unmentionable, an embarrassment. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I became thirsty, I went around the house and drank water from the hydrant in the back yard rather than venture into the house. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

If we could listen to them all at once, fully orchestrated, in their immense ensemble, we might become aware of the counterpoint, the balance of tones and timbres and harmonics, the sonorities. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

This was true before they came for her baby, before the Tower—one measure of wheat would become two; fabric worn thin as paper would become thick and luxurious in her hands. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

Beyond these important, admirable goals, it also had a more immediate purpose: it would undoubtedly reduce the school’s notoriously high failure rate, which had become an embarrassment to the school and to the school board. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

And just as she became more adept at her work, the winter came in earnest. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

As they moved slowly North, through Camden, Dover, Smyrna, Blackbird, she became aware of the heavy brooding silence that hung over them. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

The gently rolling sea of grass became a grid of steel fences as far as the eye could see. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

In that short window between eleven p.m. and four a.m., instead of getting good rest, I would spend my time drinking copious amounts of water to make sure I didn’t become dehydrated during practice. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

Every part of her body, her fingers and hands and arms and head became suddenly as stiff as a marble statue. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

He coughed quietly, gingerly, and dabbed the pads slowly at his lips with a distaste that had become automatic. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

He did not know what he was to become. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

The female child in them, who had been me, stopped being a child and became something else, something threatening and ruthless, something that would consume them. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

And that became my mantra as an athlete. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

Johnny, smaller and leaner, became a proficient and scrappy fighter but never achieved his brother’s success. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Trees became sparser, and Tristran stared up at the mountains in front of them, and he gasped. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

But in reply Alkinoos observed: “Friend, my child’s good judgment failed in this— not to have brought you in her company home. Once you approached her, you became her charge.” The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Perhaps they had filaments of memory of feudal Europe where great families became and remained great because they owned things. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

They were solitary individuals who no longer believed in things, and didn’t understand that shepherds become attached to their sheep. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

We support them, so they can go to school and eventually become independent. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

In that moment, I became aware of how I had put myself in this unimaginably dire situation—this man now had control of my body; even my own hands had become useless to me. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

Annabeth couldn’t see far in the hazy air, but the longer they walked, the more certain she became that the entire landscape was a downward curve. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

I would like to have discovered what had become of Mr Graham, for although we had not known each other well, I would say we had got on on those occasions we had met. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

And so it came to pass that the normal, happy event of dividing food after a hunt became a war of insults and rage and starving bellies. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Still, more than half thought it unlikely that they would become wealthy. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

And so by the 1700s, sugar was becoming a standard ingredient in England, Holland, and the North Americas for everyone who had a bit of money. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

But soon her questions became more advanced, sending him to the copy of Photographic Techniques he kept on the bookshelf. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

You become sparkling clean, but the water never gets dirty. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

After leaving the military, he went into the engineering and construction business in Colorado before branching into other industries, and eventually became a multimillionaire. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

After two days of travel, thirst became intolerable, as did the heat. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

I could have developed the first two virtues, but becoming a boy was sure to be difficult, if not impossible. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Guareschi’s long ambition had been to become dictator of a small country. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

When Uncle D came home from Vietnam, he became like a ghost rattling his chain and moaning in the night. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

In the close quarters of an American nuclear family, their mother's prodigious energy was becoming a real drain on their self-determination. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

Though psychologically incapable of seeing himself as a party leader, in truth that was what he had become. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

Why, if they follow this conformity business they'll end up by forcing me, an invisible man, to become white, which is not a color but the lack of one. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

He doesn’t seem to have become outspoken about demonic possession until Nathan’s story hit. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

The idea of Chester Arthur becoming president alarmed many American voters. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

She said it just became more precise—every minute, hour, day mattered that much more. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z

But that wasn’t the reason I became a reader. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

The speaks also introduced fancy lavatories for women, which quickly became known as “powder rooms.” 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

It was so quick, becoming a family again. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

Suddenly it became a squirt bottle with a rag. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Until the 1950s, when it became a civil service post, the job was a political appointment, often bestowed on men who knew nothing whatsoever about running a prison. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

She hated removing ticks, and claimed my father was no good at it and would leave the heads under the skin to become infected. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

But it was also becoming clear to me—through his courage, his humor, his patience, and his openness—that Morrie was looking at life from some very different place than anyone else I knew. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe become a ship captain—that always seemed cool. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

He wore a blue suit and yellow tie, his hair close-cut, the sideburns slightly long as had become the style. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

Everyone at court knew that she preferred the company of her lover, Lady Zurie Pelletier, but securing an heir had become her cabinet's top priority. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

He would vow to become a new person. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

We become them so that we can move as they would move. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

But she became so involved in helping the boys out of their coats that she didn’t take him at all. Bunnicula 1979-03-01T00:00:00Z

In the night the Bad Lands had become Good Lands. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

After Dad became a foreman, he convinced his father to quit the Gary mine and move to Coalwood, where there was no union and a man could work. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

So they watch to make sure you don’t become your own next victim. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Don't ask me why, but the rec room had become the camp’s informal headquarters for war councils. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

As the broadcast continued, the inquiries became more fearful and mentioned Martian heat-ray attacks, explosions, and mass casualties. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

Outside, the world had become a formless, swirling mist with no shapes or shadows behind it, while the house itself seemed to have twisted and stretched. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

Trout, which became lost in the muddy streams, suddenly found themselves being plucked from the water by curious horses in alfalfa fields. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

And, I thought, clutching the play book to my chest, if that one proved to be Falconer, then what would become of me? The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

It was closed for a couple of years, and then out of nowhere, it seemed, it became a fancy restaurant. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

“But in chess there is such a thing as pawn promotion, where a pawn can become a queen. Bobby-san is my king and I will become his queen.” Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Parts of the South Side had become desolate as businesses shut down and families continued to move out. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

At one point the streams that crossed Highway 3 became so swollen I worried they would engulf the ambulance. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

It was no surprise that Sarai had become the Muse of Nightmares, a vengeful goddess to haunt their dreams. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

His heaves echoed in the locker room as if he was choking, the sounds more horrible and violent than usual, but by now they had become reassuring, an encouraging vital sign. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Everyone understood the nature of a machine, and the experience of making and using such things had become part of the general consciousness of European man. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Grandma hugged Zed and then Zed hugged Joey, and bam, faster than one of Joey’s knockouts, Zed had weaseled himself into becoming part of Joey’s family. Lawn Boy Returns 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

I see Devon’s Eagle Scout project in my head and think about how much he wanted to finish it and become an Eagle Scout. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Thus the students already at risk, already suffering, have become suspects, linked in various thoughtless ways to mass murder and—consequently—more alienated than before. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

At that point it became pretty clear that Noodles was going crazy. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

She had been our second mother for so long—would she now become the one to grieve us? X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

The grandstand became an undulating, endless sea of earth-tone fedoras and ladies’ spring hats. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

As early societies developed, those acquiring centralized power gradually established themselves as an elite, perhaps originating as one of several formerly equal-ranked village clans that became “more equal” than the others. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

He became handsome in your eyes, and you thought him your best friend. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

The black bars on their sides made them look as if they had been grilled, and these also could become darker or lighter. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was becoming sleepy and was not sure she could stay awake until supper. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

In my era at Truman, many graduates did go on to achieve high levels of success—they became doctors, lawyers, college professors, engineers, business owners, high-ranking military officers. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

As dose as we stood, I could see how dilapidated the prison had become over the decades. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

‘I customarily killed old women. I used to kill my aunts....The women were afraid of me....Now, here with the whites, I have become weak.’ Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I hear those words, I become undone. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

The next day his grandfather drops him off at Erin’s house and he becomes my silent shadow once again. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

He laughed at how chatty I had become now that I was more alert. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

They become agitated, excited, and then they begin working, like artists. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now, grandchildren, when I say we were proud I do not mean that we became self-important. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was deluded by obsession; his logic and reasoning became corrupted, irrational, and increasingly dangerous. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

He hardly dared to breathe, and yet the desire to get it out of his pocket became so strong that he began slowly to move his hand. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

This is a singularity, a concept that became very important later in the history of science—but at this early stage, mathematicians knew little more than the artists about the properties of zero. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

And she had worried about that, but...it hadn’t become less effective over time. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

I see the bakery window... reach out and touch it... cold and vibrating, and then the glass becomes warm... hotter... fingers burning. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

There may have been elements of luck in the emergence of chloroplasts, but once these things were on the scene, the evolution of the sky became absolutely ordained. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

It all came together and became a single thing in his mind. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

He answered in a whisper too, as if his writing had become something hallowed and had made the room itself sacrosanct. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Let’s get Harry and set him back before he becomes so mean people will hardly recognize him any more! Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z

He evaluated my game this way: I had potential to become a decent player provided I was prepared to work hard to unlearn the numerous bad habits I had taught myself. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

She got closer, and the bundle of books under one arm and her flour sack under the other became clearer. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

The prisoners became even more distrustful of lawyers, even the ones who claimed they would help. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

The Christian church became infected with racism when it entered white Europe. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Our next-door neighbor, a janitor, decided to change his profession and become an insurance agent. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Though he wasn’t yet forty, he was in danger of becoming a relic in a Wild West traveling show, living but dead. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

‘He says he joined the storm above to take revenge on you, but had he known how strong you’ve become since the Grand Canyon he never would’ve approached your ship.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Students can learn to feel, hear, and perform the multi-part music from a very early age, and become progressively more advanced as they grow. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

Nonetheless, the streams of fleeing slaves became rivers of newly freed southern blacks entering Chicago each day. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Then she wondered when she had become such a mean person. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

One reader became so furious when journalist Nelson Dunstan switched his allegiance from Seabiscuit to War Admiral that he threatened to attack him. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Do you know that you have become quite a theoretician?" he said. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

The fire ant suddenly became the target of a barrage of government releases, motion pictures, and government-inspired stories portraying it as a despoiler of southern agriculture and a killer of birds, livestock, and man. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

Subjunctives also turn up with certain prepositions and subordinators that specify hypothetical situations: Bridget was racked with anxiety lest her plagiarism become known. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

And it was in this way that Despereaux became the only mouse sent to the dungeon whom the rats did not reduce to a pile of bones and a piece of red thread. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

Not even at a notion as ridiculous as Miggery Sow becoming a princess. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

His second chance, I thought Maybe he’d live and grow big enough to become a keeper one day. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

I thought David would be able to help me somehow, and instead he wants us to become informers? Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

As soon as Boukreev found the group, it became obvious to him that he could bring only one climber in at a time. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

Mom’s eyes became like two chocolate-brown lasers, slicing through us from our bedroom doorway. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

This does not mean that Homo sapiens and human culture became exempt from biological laws. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

In order to do this I became reckless, I took stupid chances. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

This guy already is well on his way to becoming a black ace.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t until Aflatoon startled me with a bark that I realized how quiet the room had become. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

In the spring of 1996, Quotesmith.com became the first of several websites that enabled a customer to compare, within seconds, the price of term life insurance sold by dozens of different companies. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

Meanwhile, Jaime and Nicolas were growing up apart from the feminine dyad, adhering to the then common belief that “we have to become men.” The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

“Everybody becomes upset from time to time. You know that.” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were a classic bunch of overachievers who had become living proof of all the perceived values of white working-class and middle-class America—desire, self-sacrifice, pushing oneself beyond the expected limit. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

How like her to talk as if she’d become one of them. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

No, and he, Govinda, did not want to become any of these, not a Brahmin like ten thousand others of their kind. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z

The different ways language becomes metaphorical, the different ways it performs, are given names. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

The purpose of these visits quickly became clear. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

It felt as though his feet were glued to the grass, which had now become the ceiling. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Each day she unloaded her countless privations upon us, until it became unendurably apparent that Bibi wanted a man. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

Roosevelt’s notebook became filled with detailed descriptions of the physical characteristics and habits of the wildlife he observed. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

The sanctuary ironically became a poor refuge after the local health authorities undertook a campaign to wipe out the salt-marsh mosquitoes. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

She did seem to take Lyra in a steady and competent way, and when she patted the child’s back, a gigantic burp emerged, which startled her little dæmon into becoming a turkey chick. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

Suddenly the kingfisher screams his alarm note, and the forest becomes still. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Black elites found they had much to gain by positioning themselves as “race managers,” and many poor African Americans became persuaded that perhaps their degraded status was, after all, their own fault. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

In fact he became so absorbed he often forgot about her altogether. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

The London dialect became the standard of education, government, and business, and it was also the dialect of better-educated and more affluent speakers throughout the Anglosphere. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

I knew that when my letter became public knowledge back in America, many would be astounded—loved ones, friends, and enemies alike. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

It is a sign of how successful Newton was in rewriting history that this phenomenon became known as ‘Newton’s rings’. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

Food was eaten, mead was drunk, and they caroused and joked and talked and boasted and laughed as the fires became glowing coals, until the sun crept up above the horizon. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

Earlier in the year Fischer had become the U.S. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

But even after several months, the chimps had not become used to us. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

Human sacrifice is such a charged subject that its practice by the Triple Alliance has inevitably become shrouded in myths. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

As if this was not enough to make me worship my secret formula of success, I became the number-one player at my school. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

A few of these lifelong female code breakers became friendly with Elizebeth. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

I decided this was what I was going to do: I would get my slice of the pie by becoming a singer. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Just as his movements became automatic, she threw another star at him. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

And the subsequent political history of the United States then became an oscillation between new versions of the old tension, which broke out in violence only on the occasion of the Civil War. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

The inflammation round his wound, he sensed, was growing, and the skin was becoming tighter, harder, with something, not blood, leaking out of it onto his shirt. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

When it became obvious that he wasn’t moving, Twig grunted and slid our materials over to him. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

In other words, they were the forerunners of the Death Eaters, and indeed some of them became the first Death Eaters after leaving Hogwarts. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Suddenly, around the edges of the pool, the other ghosts became restless. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

“They performed a great public service in showing the people who did become frightened that they should not be so gullible.” Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

After a while she said, “Remember when you said being a rat was the first step to becoming a man?” Fourth Grade Rats 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Although Officer Delinko liked the town of Coconut Cove, he had become bored with his job, which mostly involved traffic enforcement. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

In 1667, Newton was elected to a minor Fellowship at Trinity, which would automatically become a major Fellowship when he became an MA in 1668. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

Then one day a new girl moves in next door, tells us her name is Diana and becomes me and Maria's Second Best Friend in the Whole World. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

When the reality of the injury set in, when it became apparent to Boobie that there was no magic wand, the grueling regimen of rehabilitation became more frustrating and futile. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Such ships could not travel close enough to the speed of light for special relativistic time dilation to become important. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Years later, it was the shady dudes in that same gang that had recruited Jermaine to become a “street pharmacist.” The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

What became known as the “residency question” was a logistic nightmare. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

My notes piled up during these months, and my journal of birch bark became a storage problem. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

Perhaps she was becoming a Stark at last. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

As it turned out, my breakdown had become a breakthrough for my family. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Not many young people can pinpoint the exact date, time, and place they grew up and became an adult. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

What he didn’t realize—what he couldn’t see because it was almost inconceivable—was that the entire spleen had become a solid clot of blood. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even Wilkins became speechless, and his face smoldered to a deep red. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Edna laughed and Olanna laughed along, but already she was thinking that perhaps she did need to talk to somebody, somebody neutral who would help her reclaim herself, deal with the stranger she had become. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

And even when they became discontented, as they sometimes did, their discontent led nowhere, because, being without general ideas, they could only focus it on petty specific grievances. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

I became angry that we had to rest, and I sat on a big rock away from the group. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

So Fremantle came to Gettysburg, saw the bodies unburied in the fields, beginning to become offensive in the heat of the morning, poor chaps. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wanted to grow up to become just like Grandma India, because she was always so certain she could do a good job. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

So Abel became our only transport, and he would refuse to take us places. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

And so it becomes possible to figure things out. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

For us, the island had become the locus of the struggle. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wasn’t surprised that he did because it kind of became a legend. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

All this information we get in gory detail until we too become desensitized to the violence. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Easily, quietly, Suicide Day became a part of the fabric of life up in the Bottom of Medallion, Ohio. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

It’s becoming normal now, so I don’t go into it. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

After a while, the game became as deadly as sitting on the rocks. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

‘He seized power and became emperor,’ Mike rumbled. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

The truth casts a shadow over the kitchen—people like us in situations like this become hashtags, but they rarely get justice. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

But after that, I became fascinated by them. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

So they proceeded after that as if they were climbing a dangerous mountain, until the rocks became an uncompromising cliff, overhung with impossible jungle and falling sheer into the sea. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

In i960, seventeen former colonies in Africa were scheduled to become independent states. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Given the abundance of evidence against Hale and Ramsey, White believed that the verdict would depend, in large part, on whether the witnesses and the jury became tainted. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Everything after that became a series of steps, a dance that she had to execute perfectly or else she’d fall apart right there in that tomb and never get up. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

She really hadn’t responded to most of my letters, and Mama said Ivette had become the leader of the Jovenes Rebeldes group in addition to recruiting new kids for the brigades. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

“You see, I have become what they call the snob! The first-class, I feel it should be attended to before the second-class. Next, I think, we will interview the good looking Colonel Arbuthnot.” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

I can never ignore it because if I do, I will only become part of the problem, or I will become the next victim in this undeclared war going on in our streets. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

The match became still faster, but more brutal. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Stone tools became common around 2.5 million years ago, but they were merely the crudest of flaked or battered stones. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

A deathly silence became the music that reverberated throughout. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

However, if Brunelleschi had mastered the geometry of perspective as early as 1413 it becomes a little difficult to explain why there are no surviving paintings which embody these principles before 1425. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

He had become, she would remember, “very, very silent.” Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

Even the bricks of the house are softening, becoming tactile; if I leaned against them they’d be warm and yielding. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

But as soon as we swung open the steel door, Ben’s face became a mix of excitement and panic, like he’d just been picked out of a crowd by a magician for the get-sawn-in-half trick. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

The true scope of her achievements was finally becoming visible. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

By the morning of this second day he had become an amusement to the newspapermen, who smiled to themselves each time he cleared his throat and at his awkward attempts to stand or sit. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

J. J. Joe, the highly touted Viking quarterback with an arm that was even better than his name, became rattled by the deafening, frenzied sounds enveloping the stadium. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

I even began to think that maybe I could become a singer. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

He initiated Aureliano José in the use of firearms, gave him early military instruction, and for several months took him to live in the barracks, with Úrsula’s consent, so that he could become a man. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

How can he be so calm when I’m halfway to becoming an Amari popsicle? Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

Charles used his inheritance to become a member. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Thinking about that for a moment, he realized that it could be the other way around: that it was he who had become accustomed to their schedule. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

After a last, long-sustained stillness which allowed the great dog to close in on his quarry, the voice would burst forth so fast it overflowed itself and became a melody. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had become more who I was, too, locked up, as I said, with Mam* and the children my only company. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The ground was sloping downward now, and becoming more and more like a rubbish dump. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

She’s become a disaster herself, ever since the theft of the bus. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

The paper chain is complete, and this once-unknown town has become a household word around the world. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

Her father would become the brave senator who continued to work to make sure everyone else in the country could be protected the way his daughter had not been. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

They set off for home, but they got lost; and then they had trouble with an owl and became confused over their direction. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

The grass below my feet becomes black pavement and little stands line the winding road ahead. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

But he couldn’t find the plant to become human again. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

This is the man whose name has become both praise and curse at the University. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

But she became only more cross and said: “An-mei, sit still. Do not look so eager. We are only going home.” The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

As Patterson increasingly became a liability to his institution, the school trustees were repeatedly pressed by lead industry officials to shut him up or let him go. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

The rumors that had been filtering down the backstretch, whispered in confidence between dockers and horsemen, suddenly became noisy public accusations: Something is wrong with Seabiscuit. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

He tells her that although they had become estranged, he often thinks of Vincent, “so often volatile and so impassioned, yet for his noble mind and artistic qualities, always worthy of admiration.” Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Little did I know that stoners would soon become my relationship kryptonite. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

The hues became more luminous as the fairies competed against one another. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

By this point, my fencing career on Team USA had become a mental game. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

Marine models were essential in the early days of research on muscle structure and function, and research on muscle has become a major preoccupation at the MBL. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

With a ball in his hand, the park handyman became a professor. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

If most almanacs were designed to last only for a year, even a perpetual almanac would soon become grubby and dog-eared. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

I feel I should perhaps return a moment to the question of his lordship's attitude to Jewish persons, since this whole issue of anti-Semitism, I realize, has become a rather sensitive one these days. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

Though the American republic became a nation of laws, during the initial phase it also had to be a nation of men. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

I was astonished to see how popular she is, how much of a woman she’s become. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Indeed, the village had become visible some way below us. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

Not my mother or Prim, obviously; they’d only become sick with worry. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Hans and his friends would become haunted by their war experiences. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

While over a dozen major infectious diseases of Old World origins became established in the New World, perhaps not a single major killer reached Europe from the Americas. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Then processes of change and variation took place in the organisms, so that one kind became different from all others. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

How am I supposed to join the Bureau’s official search if I can’t become a Junior Agent? Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

His speech became slow and slurred from the cold. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

For a moment, the rain became intense and the sound against the window grew loud, like pebbles being flung against the glass. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

He never became a genius, but Hodel did manage to become infamous: he was quite probably a serial killer. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

He became alert to the integers that appeared in his dreams. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

But we are becoming able to detect the gravitational influence of an unseen planet on an observed star. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Things that had been so familiar just days before my last visit to Stuyvesant became strange, and I felt I was losing the mental faculty for making sense of the world around me. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

Thus their energy is counted over and over again and the energy density will become very large. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Not far now, Hlao-roo, not far now,” he kept muttering, until he realized that what he said had become meaningless, a mere refrain. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

He wasn’t big, five seven and 132 pounds, but he had become the Paul Bunyan of Odessa, no story about him too tall, no feat too outlandish. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

She also tells me the story of a man named Santos who left Los Ojos many years ago with the dream of becoming a dancer in Los Angeles. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Regular bronze would have corroded and become unusable long ago, but these were Celestial bronze—the handiwork of a demigod. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

It then became clear, from straightforward Greek geometry, that the stars were light-years away. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

We talked about our past friends and why those people had become our friends. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

After only two or three months in the reading room of the British Museum, it became clear that I had joined a lonely community. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

But if something, such as HIV, wipes out our immune system, it becomes so uncontrollable that it can cause a deadly form of pneumonia. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

His eye becomes glassy, I knock his head against the wall—”You cow”—I kick him in the ribs—”You swine”—I push him toward the door and shove him out head first. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Men we had known as kindly, generous fathers suddenly became strangers with clenched fists and wide eyes, shouting into each other’s faces. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Pretty quickly I became an expert at falling down, shoving my hands in front of me so I didn’t smash my already ugly face into the ground. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

The gaps in pay, education, and health have not become a major political issue. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

I saw how my mother was already beginning to change, how dark and angry her face had become, looking out over the sea, thinking her own thoughts. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

But as the weeks went by, Desdemona only became more depressed and withdrawn. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

He was haunted by what he did not have—a postgraduate degree, an upper-middle-class life—and so his affected words became his armor. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

I thought about the botched execution of Horace Dunkins a month earlier and became even more distraught. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Junior wasn’t chosen, and I stood facing him on the other side of the crowd, on my way to becoming a rebel. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

The talk was more likely to be about becoming a postman or working on a farm. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Men became eligible at twenty-five, women at twenty-three. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

As the days passed he lost condition and became listless with misery. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

But the more she talked to him, the more Mrs. Frisby became convinced that he would produce no solution to her problem. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

No one had gone into the room again since they had taken Melquíades’ body out and had put on the door a padlock whose parts had become fused together with rust. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

He trusted his clients until further trust became ridiculous. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

But it looked as though no Philippine monkey workers had become sick either. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her hands, well calloused from years of harvesting, were stripped of their toughness and became soft in the wash water. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had been submissive, willing to mimic my teachers, willing to reform myself in order to become ‘educated.’ Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

The ground now became damp, and in places boggy and here and there they came upon pools, and wide stretches of reeds and rushes filled with the warbling of little hidden birds. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

All of a sudden the ellipse becomes a parabola, and all of the lines that converged to a point become parallel lines. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

The hide shrank and pulled joist and rafter tight together, and the leather ropes became hard as iron and nearly imperishable. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

He had worked for an entire year to make a dream come true, and that dream, minute by minute, was becoming less important. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

It had become hot now; evidently time had passed. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

It became possible, for the first time in human evolution, to develop economically specialized societies consisting of non-food-producing specialists fed by food-producing peasants. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

That is how the content of a passage of text becomes integrated into the reader’s web of knowledge. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

It was imperceptible, but they did still leak, and on long journeys their labels became oily and transparent. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

After his first letter to his brother in over ten years was mailed Adam became impatient for an answer. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

As the pregnancy advanced they were becoming a single being, they were becoming more and more integrated in the solitude of a house that needed only one last breath to be knocked down. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

But once the threshold of “several hundred,” below which everyone can know everyone else, has been crossed, increasing numbers of dyads become pairs of unrelated strangers. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

She explained that we might very well become young ladies while we were at school this year. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Long before becoming a judge, Josie-Jo Ford had decided to stop smiling. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

The warm welcomes and instant paternal relationships became an essential component of his cleansing and rebirth as he traveled throughout Europe, Africa, and the Middle East, culminating in his great pilgrimage to Mecca. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

For the purposes of the state, colored people became the almost-whites. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

“My husband was an important man, and I am pleased that you remember his films with such fondness, but he’s become so fragile. It’s not a good idea to dredge up the past for him.” The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

By the time we were ten, it became apparent, though, that Caroline’s true gift was her voice. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

So in the end our work became generally accepted and nowadays nearly everyone assumes that the universe started with a big bang singularity. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Everyone becomes happy and appreciates the moon in their own special way. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

There was no echo or answer though the wood seemed to become more crowded and more watchful than before. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

The air moved a little faster and became a light wind, so that leeward and windward side were clearly differentiated. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

And the procession became even grander as deer and raccoons and birds and all kinds of other animals joined in. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

“Books became our language. Books became our home. Books became our lives.” The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Training becomes even more intense, and you have to take extra care to nurse every ailment. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

There was something relaxing about the steady drumming, so constant that it almost became inaudible without ever decreasing in volume. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

Technological advance required the freest possible pursuit of knowledge, so Holland became the leading publisher and bookseller in Europe, translating works written in other languages and permitting the publication of works proscribed elsewhere. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her skin became so hot it gave Xan blisters, or so cold that she made a frostbitten imprint of her body on Glerk’s chest when she gave him a hug. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

What if she became a bat mitzvah and got her magic then and he missed that, too? Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

Brian was glad he wouldn’t be here next year, particularly if Leon became permanent Headmaster. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

As it was passed from ragtime to early ‘Dixieland’ jazz bands, though, syncopation became more sophisticated: now, instead of the right hand cheating the left, one instrumentalist was playing against another. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

When he offered us the opportunity to create our own roles, we became even angrier. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

The gate became a landmark that endured into the twenty-first century, long after the last hog crossed to eternity over the great wooden ramp called the Bridge of Sighs. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

The more questions that were asked, the more Bobby became belligerent. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Johnny was the apple of his eye, and he wanted more than anything for his son to become an oarsman. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

I told him that after my hand became infected they had taken me to a secret clinic where they send the prisoners they don’t want to die. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

In a very few hours the bridge had become her aerie. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

The sage became dotted with a few junipers in a landscape that seemed almost African. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

We weren’t quite back to how it was when I’d first become his carer and all the Cottages stuff was still hanging over us. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

At times, they even took comfort in baby talk, where “Billy” became “Biwy.” The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

As I bent down for the last handful I became aware that someone was watching me. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

As the years went by, Kay became more difficult He always used a bow too big for him, and did not shoot very accurately with it either. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Chattana had become the City of Rules, the City of Order. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

At the firm, I had become closer to Gaur, much to Mr. Sidelsky’s exasperation. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

What worried her was the possibility that if she became ill, she would not be allowed to travel abroad. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

But as I am now, I am well on my way to becoming one of the wolves. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

The American system of higher learning seems to have become a great equalizer. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

The school was named after a pioneering doctor who also became the first female mayor elected in England. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

My arms became fighting sticks, my legs became weapons. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

He rode past waiting men, gradually began to become annoyed. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘I hope there are not many more hobbits that have become like this. It would be a worse trouble than all the damage the Men have done.’ The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

The night suddenly became enemy territory, and I knew that if my brother was lost in this land he was forever lost. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

If he had become employed by their enemies, they would have had no defence, and if they had kept him on, they would have been obliged to obey him. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z

But there’s also something more primal, something more defensive in their disgust. l am what they fear becoming. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

Deborah, who became after the death of Esther more friendly with Esther’s people, reported to him from the very beginning how shamefully Royal was being spoiled. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

“I see the futures. There are a thousand endings to every story, and only by the telling does the ending become clear.” Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

The question of bridesmaids’ dresses became moot when the engagement was broken. noisome. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

To finalize their training, the saboteurs took field trips to become more familiar with the type of targets in their planned sabotage. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

That’s all it takes for my fantasy to become another fool’s dream. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

With a secret like that, at some point the secret itself becomes irrelevant. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

The bicycle tire shot up out of the tracks, rose upward, balanced for a second in the air, and then became horizontal as the cart turned over loudly on its other side. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I think this is my final test, Moon Shadow: the final and truest measure of whether I’m worthy to become a dragon again.” Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

As the judge spoke about Mr. Caston's decades in prison, the courtroom, for the first time in my multiple trips there, became completely silent. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Thereafter, to learn the Zhaganashimowin letters and sounds became a source of amusement, for the evenings were still long. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

The giant axon of the Woods Hole squid became the apparatus for the creation of today's astonishing neurobiology. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Upon noticing this, I become so self-conscious that I can’t stay on the dance floor, so I gravitate toward the edge, where people are standing around drinking, talking and watching. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

Disgusting, yes, but definitely better than becoming dwarf kebab. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

But when the river dried up, and the prince plucked it out, the goddess became enraged. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

I talked about the fears I’d had early on about raising our daughters in the White House and how proud I was of the intelligent young women they’d become. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

But as I got older, and as she realized her days of hard-core parenting were com-ing to an end, she became more than a mother, she became a friend. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

Nothing else happens, but our arrangement quickly becomes a subject of gossip on the train. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

The scene would be reenacted countless times on the racetrack in the next few years, and it would become Seabiscuit’s trademark. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Over the years that followed, many of the men and women on his team became my colleagues and friends. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

The softer her voice became, the greater the danger, but Nigel wasn't to know this. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

If you become so excited about your new vice president job that you drive home at eighty mph, you get pulled over by the police and fined $ 100. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

Teachers began forecasting great things for me: some said I would make a good teacher, others maintained that I had the brains to become a doctor. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

It became one of the most decorated combat units in American history. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

But by eleven-thirty I had received no word and I became worried. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Soon, it was this idea—of my becoming Tommy’s carer—that came to stand in for all the rest of it. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

And in the larger society, too, the cost of repression becomes another factor weighing against the expansion or restoration of needed services. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

But when they became hidden by forest cover, it was time for me to flee. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

Then the sound changed to a quiet crunch of snow and creak of timber, and the dogs began to step out eagerly, and the motion became swift and smooth. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m so glad my French print is clean, it’s just the thing and so becoming!” observed Meg complacently. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

But to find yourself in a strange land and learn that you have become someone’s chattel, property to a white stranger, was unbearable. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

It was becoming frustrating and he had a momentary loss of temper—as he would have done in the past, when he was the other person. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

Freed from his gaze, my thoughts came together and became my own again. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

She also became the first black vocalist to appear as a soloist with the Philharmonic Society at Philadelphia’s prestigious Academy of Music. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z

I play on his vanity, and so, perhaps, become his creature like all the others. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

And indeed, introducing classical music to the masses became something of a mission for post-war governments. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

On reaching the bottom they stood awhile to let their eyes become accustomed to the gloom. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Today it’s possible for scientists to immortalize cells by exposing them to certain viruses or chemicals, but very few cells have become immortal on their own as Henrietta’s did. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

“Whatever it is, we have to become something different to get it,” Reynie said. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

My narcolepsy had become such a consistent problem during my first week that I was now being issued two little red pills each day to help me stay awake. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

One can only speculate about why Franz became so attached to McCandless so quickly, but the affection he felt was genuine, intense, and unalloyed. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

She smiles at you as you watch the white flames in her hand become, with the deft movement of her fingers, a boat. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

She became the first girl in our class to really need a bra. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

He understood what it was about: whether the thirteen American colonies should stay a part of England or become a country of their own. I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z

But there was an arresting fascination in his voice, like the movement of wind and light on a meadow, and as its rhythm entered into his hearers the whole burrow became silent. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

With the passage of time Kelvin would become more forthright in his assertions and less correct. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

Then he became a mouse and scuttled to her neck. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

Except this has become the quietest karaoke room ever. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

And my thoughts, too, became cloudy and confused. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Others teamed up to open training centers, preparing their not-yet-married Irish sisters to become teachers and nurses and their Irish brothers to prosper as electricians, carpenters, and butchers. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

The engine noise changed, becoming quieter, and then stopped altogether. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

He's become hysterical; if I had a paper bag, I would make him breathe into it. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

The variety selected for preferentially reproduces; it eventually becomes abundant; the variety selected against becomes rare and perhaps extinct. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then, when I was still a baby, she decided to go back to school to become a teacher. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

I’d just turned thirteen when I came here, so I started thinking about myself and realized that I’ve become an “independent person” sooner than most girls. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

Instead, holding that tiny warm body, she had felt a conscious serendipity, a sense that this may not have been planned but had become, the minute it happened, what was meant to be. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Poppy said he became a doctor because he grew up with such superstitious people. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

He must have become that way while he was locked up with the other prisoners of war. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

During an eight-year career playing for seven major league teams, he became known as one of the greatest base stealers the game had yet seen. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

The name stuck, and eventually, the symbol for the square root of –1 became i. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

It was as if she had become merged — Sosieandjennifer — and she missed being herself. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

A dark cloud formed above my head and became my constant, unwanted companion. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Would she not be forced to seek welfare, and food stamps, and school lunches, would she and her child not become a drain on the community’s resources? Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Because for the remainder of the afternoon, the rumor had become different. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

He went through extensive training and jumped through many bureaucratic hoops to become his adoptive parent. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

The moon smiled on him and guided him, and his golden body burned with such beautiful brilliance that he became a new sun in the heavens. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sea became rougher, and every few minutes a wave splashed into the boat. I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912 2010-06-01T00:00:00Z

Mass funerals for the victims of state violence became national rallying points. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

She would sometimes become so distraught and ill that her sisters would have to find a relative to take her to the hospital. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

With this, we were off to an explosive developmental stage in which great varieties of respiring life, including the multicellular forms, became feasible. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

To do once, is the fulcrum whereby child-brain become man-brain; and until he have the purpose to do more, he continue to do the same again every time, just as he have done before! Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

It started when Ellie moved to London and decided to become English. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

But after a while it became loose enough for Matt to slip his hands free. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The morbid thoughts were becoming harder and harder to push from his mind. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

Within minutes, Miele was on a table in the cardiac catheterization laboratory, awaiting angioplasty to unclog his artery—a procedure that many cardiologists say has become the gold standard in heart attack treatment. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

But then I see the eyes become determined. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

“I could take it with me, and if I became homesick, I could bring it out to remind me of you. Put in all the things we have done together.” Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

So the word ‘fact’ in its modern sense becomes respectable in English only after 1661, while in French it was at first a word particularly associated with Jansenism. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

What about her acting, what became of that? Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Thus, not only is China not a melting pot, but it seems absurd to ask how China became Chinese. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Finding them becomes the quest for the Holy Grail. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

The coup was a huge, fateful step into the quicksand that Vietnam was rapidly becoming for the United States. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

However, Penelope did become very adept at drawing squirrels. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

This had become my favorite word over the past week. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Soon it became brighter than Venus, and was briefly visible even by daylight, and then it slowly faded away over the course of sixteen months. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Immediately our conversation became a road- trip to hell with me riding shotgun. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

From then onwards he became the repository of all her womanly feelings. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

So the snake said, “Put your foot through the hole in the seedpod where I was playing, and you will become wise.” The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

That’s one thing that hasn’t changed even after Maddie gave up her groundling membership and became one of the silk feathered hat people. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

The carhops had a strong economic incentive to be friendly to their customers, and drive-in restaurants quickly became popular hangouts for teenage boys. Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal 2001-01-17T00:00:00Z

Separatists pendent their own groups who seek to become independent of the nation that has power over them and to form their own government. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z

Nevertheless, the word “appeasement,” carrying as it did a great burden of historical connotations, became a charged one in the debate over the war. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

Finally he looked toward the border of Village, to the place where the path entered Forest and became shrouded in shadows. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

He said it was “so we could become comfortable with human anatomy.” P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

“Two excellent schools where you can study to become a lawyer.” Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

You had to live— did live, from habit that became instinct—in the assumption that every sound you made was overheard, and, except in darkness, every movement scrutinized. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

And it soon became clear where the federal government stood. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

He could always become a crystal salesman again. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Our breathing became shallow, and I felt sick and lightheaded. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

But Tendai needed an explorer’s badge to become an Eagle Scout. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

As the days slid past the image of my father became associated with my pangs of hunger, and whenever I felt hunger I thought of him with a deep biological bitterness. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

He never pressed his clients, but when the bill became too large, Lee cut off credit. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jerrod had done everything it took to become a starter for the Permian football team. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was becoming a new person, too, just like Lefty and Desdemona, and I didn’t know what would happen to me in this new world to which I’d come. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Beethoven’s genius was to convert their modernity into something that would, in due course, become the mainstream. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

Around the time that ragtime and the Blues were giving way to jazz in mainland America, a form of music called son was becoming popular in Cuba. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

So that was how didn't speak became couldn't speak. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was a trap to make her become careless. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

In mid-December the secretary became ill and was forced to go on sick leave. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

That small circle of earth became a second home to both of us. Seedfolks 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The native territory of the Longhorn has now become the world’s most important dragon reservation, where wizards of all nationalities study a variety of dragons at close range. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

The name of the gallery is Sub-Versions, one of those puns that used to delight me before they became so fashionable. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

And if I become a rich and famous questioner, does that make me a questionnaire? As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

"But the little girl who became a chicken didn't disappear?" The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

If it became a sacrament, Ben felt that he would be a high priest, a cardinal of the upward stroke, a pope of wasted seed. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

The men became excited and craned to get a better look, and indeed, the heavily forested area appeared as though it could shelter a nascent guerrilla force. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was a big task pressing in on us, a big responsibility: to shoulder some power, to uproot the dictator’s thugs, to be effective and thorough with-out becoming vengeful. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then a faint greenish light began to glimmer out of the Glow-worm’s tail, and this gradually became stronger and stronger until it was anyway enough to see by. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z

Gran twitters on for another five minutes, filling me in on mundane news: Heather has decided she wants to become a librarian. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Once the virus enters the cell, it becomes a Trojan horse. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hunger was become general in the city, and sickness too. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

In wet weather the road became one big sea of mud which, according to my mother, would be “worth your life to drive through.” Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Like how much healthy chaos you caused by becoming the first female Saudi director, Haifaa. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Their fingers flew as they chatted together, the pale fibers stretching and uncurling into threads for what would become kente cloth. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

The book was long, and difficult to read, and Klaus became more and more tired as the night wore on. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z

The two became three, and Hazel carefully studied the shift in gravity. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

Somehow, the game had become inextricably linked in Harry’s mind with success or failure in his plans for Ginny. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

It was one of those ridiculous punishments that had somehow become codified in the gangs. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

I can’t let this seed of a thing between those two take root, sprout, and become some sort of full-blown love affair. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

But it was too late now Despereaux's dire situation suddenly became quite clear to him. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

When one knows this about a man, it is impossible for one to hate him, but unless he becomes a man—becomes equal—it is also impossible for one to love him. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z

Meanwhile, in her role of unhappy helper but obedient daughter, Shirley had become quite adept with tools and familiar with the inner workings of the old house. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

This was love: a string of coincidences that gathered significance and became miracles. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

I’ve heard of such folks, deviants who believe that some kind of enlightenment exists in watching the moment a man becomes a monster. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

It was a relief not to see everything in terms of tasteless decline—it easily becomes a habit of age. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

In the case of the girls, one watched them turning into matrons before they had become women. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z

Turns out I will not become a bassist today. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

However, as Mozelle and Onzelle discovered, focusing on the status of the victim became one more way for the criminal justice system to disfavor some people. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

I nodded, noting that his voice became louder when the men across the floor stopped to listen. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

What then does his Joylessness become, when Active? The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Either way, I became an alcoholic like he was, the same as his father was, which my mother told my brothers and me about five years too late. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

He was taking her to the thick eelgrass, where she would shed for the last time and become a grown-up lady crab—a sook. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

It will be perfect for our needs, especially considering how severely limited travel has become. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

“How did you know — ?” “I don’t need a cloak to become invisible,” said Dumbledore gently. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

Between Harry and the soon-to-begin World’s Columbian Exposition, the city became irresistible to her. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

The note Doomed again: and then at his firmer pressure, the note, fluking up an octave, became a strident blare more penetrating than before. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

At the point where they touched the thatched ceiling, they became a line of ants. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was a pretty child and she became a pretty woman. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

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

“But he’s getting so big! Surely large male animals become dangerous as they grow?” Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

The arrival of founder domesticates enabled local people to become sedentary, and thereby increased the likelihood of local crops’ evolving from wild plants that were gathered, brought home and planted accidentally, and later planted intentionally. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

I had seen other girls get married, and their situation became even worse than the one I was already in. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

The tension was palpable; Thomas felt like the air in the room had become glass that could shatter at any second. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Throwing away a big portion of their food had become standard, and the guilt stung every time. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

But he had not yet gone into that whizzing top gear of his, when the ground became blurred by speed and the wind howled and his feet didn’t seem to be touching anything but air. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

When you become an animal, a vulture, in the ghetto, as I had become, you enter a world of animals and vultures. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Pythagoras’s doctrine became the centerpiece of Western philosophy: all the universe was governed by ratios and shapes; the planets moved in heavenly spheres that made music as they turned. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

Instead he thought of how he and Shoba had become experts at avoiding each other in their three-bedroom house, spending as much time on separate floors as possible. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

It was a cheap publication, aimed at minor gentlemen and farmers, the sort of thing that is used for lighting fires once it becomes obviously outdated. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

He became annoyed at Tal's comportment at and away from the board. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s the sextet from Loochy the Murmurer,” announced Tucker Mouse, who had become quite an expert on all things musical during the past week. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

And then Lucy’s breathing became stertorous again, and all at once it ceased. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

Half the population of Epiphany is convinced that Luke Potter will become so famous that his name will become a noun like Kleenex or Coke. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

My sensibilities became sharpened to the point where I began paying singular attention to little oddities that previously I had dismissed without thought, now thinking that they were manifestations of witchcraft. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

The quarry filled with rainwater, becoming a swimming hole. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

He frowned at the water, and the lines on his forehead and under his eyes became more pronounced. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

He wrote that when you name a fear, it becomes defeatable, and he put down some of his fears. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

“His spirit wanders. He has become an ngozi without a resting place, without heirs. He seeks revenge. He is the one who slew your relatives—and that one’s father is responsible!” A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

The image of the monster in Jam’s head became even darker, the corners of its malice shadowed and sharp. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

“And the more plans you made, the more it became like living at home away from home,” I interrupted. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

With a millisecond to spare, he’d summoned the winds and avoided becoming a floating patch of demigod grease on the surface of the Adriatic. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

In a space of a few short weeks, he had shrunk, literally collapsing around his lungs as they became the entire focus of his being. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Like Janina’s, they had become enormous, as if to hold his sadness. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

As I wrestled to make that choice, I entered into a phase that would become famously known in my family as “Simone’s bratty period.” Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

He was educated at the University of Oxford and became well known as a mathematician and surveyor. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

I He stopped writing as he became aware that somebody was reading over his shoulder. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

I watch in fascination as the clear water becomes gray and then black as the detergent does its work. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“At least the Duke from TV. We need to become the dogs other dogs already think we are! The dogs I know we can be.” Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

The furniture had aged without ever having become familiar. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

But with every struggle the task seemed harder and with every strain the glimmering ribbon became stronger. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

We lay still a few minutes until we could hear his breathing deepen and become rhythmic. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the votes were tallied, Stanton was elected president, Anthony was elected vice president, and Stone became chair of the executive committee.Stanton accepted the position but returned to England immediately after the convention. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

But even as we practiced and fought and won cases, we always knew that no matter how well we pursued our careers as attorneys, we could never become a prosecutor, a magistrate, a judge. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the movie, the girls all rock stylish animal print clothing as they try to become music superstars. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

His long-term career goal was to become a detective, and the Mother Paula case was a chance to show he had the right stuff. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Toward the end, the metal became much thinner, and at the very end of the thin bit of metal there was a tiny blade set at an angle. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

These names had become familiar to me, like friends, through Miss Sadie’s stories. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

It’s important to Marv that I play because we’ve both been in it the last few years and he wants it to become a tradition. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

But then, this whole evening had become increasingly unlikely. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

In the century following the death of Dufay, life for composers whose livelihoods depended on the Church was to become both dangerous and unpredictable. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

I became very intent on moving ashes into piles. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

“Where is he?” said Ron, who wasn’t listening to a word of this conversation, but looking through the crowd to see what had become of Krum. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

In the 1940s, Dobzhansky would attack these questions directly: he would eventually become one of the most strident scientific critics of Nazi eugenics, Soviet collectivization, and European racism. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

I was so happy that she had become her usual self. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

That orphan's dream suddenly became a reality for me. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

Dreams became lessons, lessons became dreams, things happened all at once or not at all. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Oppenheimer thought of a line from the ancient Hindu scripture, the Bhagavad-Gita, a dramatic moment in which the god Vishnu declares: “Now I am become death, the destroyer of worlds.” Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

In his maturity, Handel converted this artistic response into action, becoming one of the founding sponsors, alongside artists Hogarth, Reynolds and Gainsborough, of Thomas Coram’s Foundling Hospital in London. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

An entire wall of gears and hydraulic systems loomed beside him, the floor of the ship that had now become a wall. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

The only witness present was his assistant as the Nineteenth Amendment officially became law. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

I become stronger, pacing myself and using the sangsues to keep from fainting. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

In fact, I think I saw him become a man before my very eyes. Fourth Grade Rats 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Loomis obtained other patents, including one for a mechanical horse-race toy, but he was proudest of the Aberdeen Chronograph, which became standard field equipment for the army and the navy. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

In a small way, I had departed from my role as an observer and become a participant. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

If he could not fight little boys, he thought, how could he ever become a soldier and fight the Americans with their airplanes and helicopters and bombs? The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

The idea of becoming a freedom fighter appealed to me, now that doubts about the efficacy of nonviolence had been proven true. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

My destiny was to become a counselor to Sabata, and for that I had to be educated. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I could see by the way my mother shrank back and became quiet that she was angry. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Eric and I still got along well, but I became nervous about our friendship. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

As the Martian invasion continued, they became more frightened. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

How do we change—within moments, the whole form of our habits and dispositions may become alien to us, and we almost cannot remember what we were. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

Each successive bounce, becomes both fainter and faster. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

The other half is convinced that Luke Potter will become a verb like Xerox or fax. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

So when it became obvious that the outside world was less perfect—as Brown v. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

After the war, Serber had become a valued member of the Berkeley faculty, recruited by Lawrence to succeed Oppie as its chief theoretical physicist. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

But it became increasingly clear to many who followed after Newton that however it started, once the Universe was up and running it ought to need no interference from outside. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

When the bell rang, the room became even more noisy with people shoving chairs, finding their books, and rushing toward the exit. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Either they became stupid and arrogant, failed to adjust themselves to changing circumstances, and were overthrown, or they became liberal and cowardly, made concessions when they should have used force, and once again were overthrown. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

Z would rather sleep in a ditch than become slave labor for anyone. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

I was frequently too busy to talk to him, so Michael had been fielding most of the calls and had become increasingly worried about Ralph's unique perspective on the world. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

A woman who leaves her daughter behind becomes someone else to hide the shame of it. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Her mind was racing with memories of that night, and she did not expect to become tired. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

“You’d be surprised how much people are willing to reveal when they think you can’t understand them. But with each day that I pretended to not know anything, being around you became harder and harder.” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

"You become used to it, in time," said the woman. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

"I realize how you feel," he said, becoming an actor who'd just finished a part in a play and was speaking again in his natural voice. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hotels and restaurants became mobbed with patrons enjoying the first legal drink they had had in what seemed ages. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

Sometimes Malcolm became so interested in the latter sort of conversation that he’d rest his armful of empty glasses on the table and join in, but only after having listened intently. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

In this case, it was pretty even until Brad’s buddies got involved, and it became five on one. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

In just the few hours since the storm broke, the parched road through our village had become a gushing stream of mud, blood-red, throbbing like an artery. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes after a storm it became turbulent and dangerous. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Sometime tomorrow Kara’s and Locke’s futures will be cemented, and I will become something less than genuine, like the first in a numbered series of art prints. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

It hadn’t been easy to frame, and the answer wasn’t easy to interpret, but then they never were, though she was becoming more sure-footed among the levels of meaning than she used to be. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

The earth has become, just in the last decade, too small a place. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“They wanted me to be a priest, but I decided to become a shepherd.” The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Rather than being pleased, Vincent became annoyed by his mother’s enthusiasm. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Reyna’s voice boomed as if projected from the statue itself, like the Athena Parthenos had become a stack of concert speakers. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Mr Shepherd says it’s a good idea to laugh when others do as it means you can fit in and become friends. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

Afterward she became an actress, though Curly couldn’t recall seeing her anywhere except in the pancake-house commercials. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

In France the young girls have a dull time of it till they are married, when ‘Vive la liberte!’ becomes their motto. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even though Coach Mustilli told me he believed I had what it took to make it all the way to the Olympics, my path to becoming a world-class athlete didn’t suddenly materialize. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

The American fliers turned in their uniforms, became high school kids. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wonder what became of the others, the Italians. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

We’d form a deep personal bond, and slowly, without realizing it, I’d become a character in her story, and she in mine. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

By the time the Pendejo affair was resolved, Carlos had become a very rich man, who subsequently sired a line of the town’s most hated patrons. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

His hand became see-through; his black suit lightened to gray; from the stage you could see rows and rows of burgundy velvet seats right through him. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Vincent begins to feel so good about his life as an artist that he starts a campaign for Theo to become an artist, too. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

I intend to become a science teacher, not a preacher, but I don’t mind being called one. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The days had always been silent, but now, even the nights—when the travelers were accustomed to talking around the fires—had also become quiet. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

I realized then that I just had to become a professional ballerina. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

She tickled him on purpose and the kiss became a laugh. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

“So am I. Forget it. No one’s ever become a Runner in their first month, much less their first week. Got a lot of provin’ to do before we’ll recommend you to the Keeper.” The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

I had never seen him before, and I wondered how he had become chairman of a committee like this. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

“We’ll take our chances of becoming ‘contaminated’ with a hundred thousand ‘aliens,’” one reporter wrote, “if they produce only one William Frederick Friedman in a generation!” The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Collecting natural wonders became a mark of wealth, knowledge, and good taste. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Freed of football, Wayne became a fully committed theater kid. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

“Because I would come to this bakery every day and become the fattest person alive. I never knew how delicious this kind of food was.” Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

The Guardians left the meeting resolved to act, but the results demonstrated how completely disorganized the city had become. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

The Secret Service agents became aware of him only when he starting firing. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

Even the lowest-born Plebeian can marry high, if he becomes a Mask. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Conversation trailed off, and the room became silent except for the monotonous thwacking of J.B. riding his rocking horse in the corner. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

“Oh, I’m sorry! I didn’t realize you had become my therapist instead of my girlfriend. That’s a surprise. Do you take insurance?” Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

When she speaks again, her voice has become an urgent hiss: He is here. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

“She was not rising to the oncoming seas. The weight of the ice was having its effect, and she was becoming more like a log than a boat.” Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

It stung her, the rub of Shan’s dismissal, and then it became a prickly resentment directed at Blaine, because she wished he would not agree so heartily with his sister. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Food had become so scarce that I was no longer stopping to collect it. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Before prison, before the war, before the sight of a corpse became a banality. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

When she released me, I ran into the bathroom and rinsed and rinsed and rinsed, but the pain only became worse and worse and worse. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

I don’t expect us to all of a sudden forget the past and become home-girls. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

When I pressed him about the rest of the poem, these were the only other lines he would give me: Come to the crossroads, to the crossroads come Where the powers converge and become one. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

Surveillance in the courtyard had become careless and sporadic. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’d always been fine with my mom dating this guy, but I’d never considered the possibility of him becoming a permanent addition to our family. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

My dad introduced Sookie to my mom in high school and the three of them became close. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

“Yes, he is terrible, isn’t he?” he said, his eyes becoming bright and excited. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

The Men and Dwarves were mostly talking of distant events and telling news of a kind that was becoming only too familiar. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

But the more letters you wrote to me, and the more of yourself you gave, the more daunting my task became. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

He wanted to, for surely Village had also become his true home, and saved him, but he felt a little shy. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

He didn't see the skin clear, its dark spots fading, or how the thickened, discolored nails became shell-like and translucent. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

At the same time, he became aware that the machines had started again and he could no longer hear the men. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

This ‘brute’ fact has become a brute fact for us; but that is because the process by which the mountain was discovered, measured, named and made famous has become invisible to us. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Fifteen years of regret at not having a son had become the bitterness of finally having one in the most revolting circumstances. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

He became quite quiet, and went and sat on the edge of his bed resignedly, and looked into space with lack-lustre eyes. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

Soon even the speeding up became automatic and again Francie’s mind was free. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

We girls were reminded that we could look forward to becoming teachers, nurses, wives, and mothers. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’ve made up my mind to lead a different life from other girls, and not to become an ordinary housewife later on. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

The audience seemed to have become one, its breathing and articulation synchronized. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

On the contrary, decisions like the one the Court makes today will support the conclusion that this Court has become a loyal foot soldier in the Executive’s fight against crime. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

I’d studied them so often they had become private treasures to me. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

“Do not leave until you have prayed long and hard. Pray to curb your temper. Pray for humility—you will need that desperately if you become the servant of one of the gentlemen.” Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

Her voice had become lighter and her body language friendlier. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

The only person who didn’t seem to like the good news or the bad news was Principal McCoy, who only became more short-tempered and irritable after Celia was gone. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

So he took a bus to Istanbul, telling his mother that his intention was to become a doctor. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

With nothing to really aspire to, life had become about maintenance. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

But the brutal truth was that he’d become mired more and more deeply in an unending, bloody conflict. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

I understand he is off traveling and becoming richer, I imagine. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

The roundness she remembered in his cheeks had gone, and the childish bow of his lips had become elongated and innocently cruel. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

“Sometimes, Winston. Sometimes they are five. Sometimes they are three. Sometimes they are all of them at once. You must try harder. It is not easy to become sane.” 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

Twice her bare arm touched mine on the armrest, and both times the fear that she would become annoyed made me pull back. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

“I personally would like to see you become a member,” he said. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Japanese area became San Francisco’s Harlem in a matter of months. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

After three days of the headmistress depending on us for everything, we had suddenly become extraneous. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

The western edge of the city has become a holocaust of crimson and carmine from which rise multiple towers of smoke. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

It’s working—the amount needed to kill fifty percent of the population is increasing, meaning it’s becoming less effective. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

The wasp became widely established in this area and is generally credited by entomologists with an important role in bringing the beetle under control. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

“Thank you, Miss Muldauer, for all your help. Thanks to you, our lovely new library shall soon become a true library. With none of Mr. Lemoncello’s lunacy.” Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

His voice began to be heard often on the radio and his name became known. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Since the teacher said we were to be together for the rest of my elementary school year, it would become even more uncomfortable to me as time passed. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Staying calm is becoming less and less of a possibility. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

In one way, this became the most dangerous music ever written, because, despite being motivated by a devotion to self-denial and compassion, it undoubtedly inspired hatred. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

Of course by now the bear has become thoroughly habituated both to human beings and to their food. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

It seemed that no sooner did he roll in the pasture with a girl than she became pregnant. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Please, any information at all? What became of my waters?” Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Gaines and the other Permian coaches were all too aware of the role that high school football occupied in Odessa, how it had become central to the psyche of thousands who lived there. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

It became a curse when it was all that I saw around me and before me. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

Prose becomes stuffy when an insecure writer hammers the reader over the head with redundant indicators of a connection, as if unsure that one would be enough. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

It was his third and he had become looser and louder. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

And once it became clear she was completely set on going, I told her I’d come too. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

To be perfectly honest, I felt it last semester when he went off to become the GSA president and I fell into the Group of Friends. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

Once, when the children made a noise, the father became angry. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

The air in the room became suddenly heavy. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

But when the Nazis had come to power in 1933, he refused ever to play again in Germany, became a French citizen, and moved to the United States. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

El Patron had become so forgetful, he repeated the same sentence over and over again. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Booth’s father abandoned his first wife and two children in England and fled to America with eighteen- year-old Mary Ann Holmes, who became Booth’s mother. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

We have landed on an island called Guam, which no one can pronounce except Brother Quang, who becomes translator for all. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

And since Tsar Kazimir had made magic use illegal ten years ago, magic training had become extinct. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

Pumpkin was amiable to every horse he met and became a surrogate parent to the flighty ones. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

I inhale dramatically as Officer Khan tries to become my friend. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Maybe Mecca is the place Leftie goes to in his mind, when the memory of losing his arm becomes too much. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

It’s like the only topic in the world becomes his girlfriend, and I don’t ever feel like I can get a word in about what’s happening with me. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

“There might still be some in a tank. I’ll go and have a look,” said Malcolm, seeing a small bathroom, and becoming suddenly aware that he badly needed to relieve himself. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

In consequence, boundaries between groups were becoming more formal. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Everything became quite unreal finally and it seemed as though nothing could have any consequences. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

It is, of course, not only the groundwaters that are becoming contaminated, but surface-moving waters as well — streams, rivers, irrigation waters. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

“No? I think he’s behaving very strangely. Henry and I were talking only yesterday about how brusque and contrary he’s become.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Which, Magdalys figured, it pretty much was if you hadn’t watched your only home become a charred wreckage and seen someone you cared about swinging from a noose just a day and a half ago. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

You didn’t need a college degree to become an Ally. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

I came to this conclusion after becoming personally involved in two specific incidents. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hear and attend and listen; for this befell and behappened and became and was, O my Best Beloved, when the Tame animals were wild, she wrote. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

What if they became like Bill and Fleur, and it became excruciatingly embarrassing to be in their presence, so that he was shut out for good? Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

He becomes jealous if there is competition and he fails “to drive away rival.” Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even the hot pain in my side had become lukewarm, the throbbing in my head had lessened. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

Three pieces of toast must become twelve, and so on. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

If it turned out that such crops did not become adopted for cultural or other reasons, we would be left with a nagging doubt. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

She had plenty to worry about, too, because the more cramped we became the more noise we’d make. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

He worked patrol for five years, then became a detective in vice and narcotics, then made sergeant. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Right before Popo became so sick she could no longer speak, she pulled me close and talked to me about my mother. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was understood that water evaporates from the oceans and becomes rain, and that the rain feeds rivers which flow to the ocean. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

They became horsemen, caballeros, men whose daily life was wrapped up in the ritual of horsemanship. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

With each passing generation, the sheep became fatter, more submissive and less curious. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

With coaching from his mother, Brightbill was becoming a truly exceptional flier. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

“Slowly this time. Maybe the words will become familiar to the ear.” Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It is time those of the prophecy became of one journey, of one purpose, of one mind. All, are equal here.” Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

By nature or by exposure he had become like them, in their understatement, their blunt assertion of will. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

All the gods became aspects of an all- encompassing god, Brahma. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

Just as he decided to back out of there, the dirt under his hands became stone and light hit him so hard he flinched. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

One day, appraising himself with severity in the bathroom mirror, Lefty realized that he had become one of those older men who slicked their hair back in allegiance to an era no one could remember. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

The cattle became thinner and thinner as they nibbled at the last shreds of vegetation. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

She joined a church where shouting was frowned upon, served on Stewardess Board No. 3, and became a member of Ladies Circle No. 1. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

By mid-May, it had become glaringly obvious that I needed a job. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

At first I became enthralled and then, finally, obsessed. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

The negotiations became more and more tense, and the Carter contingent changed its mind. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He’s growing up. They’ll attack him soon, and then his life will become a blank, indifferent misery. He’s doomed.” The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

By the time of Christ's birth, two of these early polities had become dominant: Pukara on the northern, Peruvian edge of the lake and Tiwanaku on the opposite, Bolivian side. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

The fact that patients recovered quickly and became immune to further attack helped the new disease die out quickly. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

It was an awkward system, and it took me a full year to become reasonably adept, and another year before I could set down every word without begging him to speak more slowly. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

Like most of the farm’s work buildings, the older log cabins bunched on the eastern edge, put up in a hurry before they knew how big the community would become. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

“A few. I met a few when I went up north last year. Aren’t they women who never passed the tests required to become sages?” Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Sitting there in just a bathing suit, not really thinking about anything, Cade became curious about the emoticon scar along my spine. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

But as I became more familiar they became more friendly and at ease, and I joked with them that I would handle any of their legal problems. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

And then Weary tied in with two scouts, and they became close friends immediately, and they decided to fight their way back to their own lines. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

It is time, sirs, madams, to become part of the world. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Would it become everything Stick had wanted it to be? The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

The National Research Council, which had been founded in 1916 as a conduit of government funds to academic institutions but had been hobbled by political infighting and academic mistrust, became revivified in the postwar years. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

Time became a sliding board, at the bottom of which awaited his tenth birthday. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

Up on “the Hill,” as Los Alamos became known to its residents, Oppenheimer asked Charlotte Serber to step into his office. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Thomas sprinted after the scurrying spy, and in a matter of seconds he entered the thick copse of trees and the world became dark. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

That was his belief, and if he were ever to doubt it, his life would become meaningless. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

George Blake's assignment from MI6 was to recruit Soviets to become double agents for the British. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

This is what fresh expressions are becoming. food for thought. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

But before she hit the water, she became a butterfly and flew up to perch on his hair. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

It is an extraordinary fact that the deliberate introduction of poisons into a reservoir is becoming a fairly common practice. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

“Then, because the book is a tragedy, Heathcliff becomes what they think of him, you know? He becomes a brute. The evil in him comes out.” We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

And it was then, as she stood there, her shoulders rising and falling with her breathing, that Tommy seemed to become aware for the first time just how frail she was. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

A caterpillar becomes a butterfly, a bird raises its brood in the forest, and a greenheart tree will only grow from a greenheart seed. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

The cooking and baking become a group effort, with Siunek and Max and even Schillinger sometimes lending a hand, since he had always been the one to peel the potatoes for his wife. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

I started becoming a man the day I turned ten years old, and men aren’t supposed to cry. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

Crumbley had become a desiccated cast of himself, so fragile that a strong wind could blow him apart. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

When he acted he became as unreal as she had been, pretending to be a virgin for the unicorn. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

This is a route you take to become a legal resident of the United States when you’re escaping persecution in your home country, and when returning to said country could put your life at risk. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

Nathan sang the words a little louder and the ice became thicker. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

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

But it quickly became apparent that Hassan and I were better kite fighters than kite makers. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Otto was getting heavy on my back, and wherever his weight rested my muscles were becoming tight cords. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

It would probably be accurate to say that by becoming continuous war has ceased to exist. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

Somehow I had become an obstruction to Germany's goal of world supremacy. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

Gomo was always so proud and dignified and wore Japanese pearls her son had bought for her when he’d become police captain. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

Erin didn’t respond and the car became silent again. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

We became angry and went to look for Poppay, the man in charge of storage. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

Alba began to wonder what the hell she was doing there; the pain in her abdomen was becoming unbearable and the need to take a bath with running water was beginning to obsess her. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

One by one he returned the scattered chunks to the fire pit, each piece becoming a part of his dance and a part of his healing. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

“I believe that. But you won’t be with me at home. Just my parents and my sisters. They all think medicine should be magic, and they become mad at me when it’s not.” Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

Joon kicks the seat a few more times and then becomes quiet again. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

Because of the Emergency Regulations, consultations between the accused and our lawyers had become virtually impossible. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

And they became more palatable when folded into a total debt package produced by a war for independence. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

But even had Florence been able to find a language unmistakable in which to convey her prophecies, Elizabeth could not have heeded her because Gabriel had become her strength. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

It takes a while for me to make friends—Samantha and Elsa and I were in class three together and we didn't become close until class seven. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

My school, Dunbar, was to become a junior high school only. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

The church buzzed with whispers of concern, and some said the meeting was about to become “an abolition affair.” Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

One morning, after almost two years of crossing, they became the first mortals to see the western slopes of the mountain range. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

And as she read, America’s mythologies began to take on meaning, America’s tribalisms—race, ideology, and region—became clear. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

They were sure, of course, that they wouldn’t “become wild” here in America, where there was “no one to control them.” Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

She became best friend to everyone in the house. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

With those kisses, he was saying that he loved me with his whole heart, that he was proud of the woman I’d become. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

You let any of these bitter, seething ghettoes all over America receive the right igniting incident, and become really inflamed, and explode, and burst out of their boundaries into where whites live! The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Others hung, suspended from a twig, in a tiny, motionless J that became a hardened cylinder. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

She became annoyed if I lingered too long, and I quickly learned to remove myself immediately after any eating or drinking. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mercedes was about ten years older than I was and became a dear friend and mentor. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Despite those regulations, in February 1940 the British ATA became the first organization in the world to officially allow women to fly aircraft in wartime. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

She became woozy, but forced herself to stay alert. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

What had I done, other than become an insomniac? The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

“I just don’t want it to become a habit,” she said. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

It became a chant that beat with the engine. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

So I became ill of affirmation, of saying "yes" against the nay-saying of my stomach—not to mention my brain. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Their dwellings were apt to become rather crowded with mathoms, and many of the presents that passed from hand to hand were of that sort. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Some of them become pets who entertain children, children who learn to love and be kind to animals. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

It was when she said this that the vague idea I’d had before became something more substantial. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

If he’d wanted wide open spaces and silence, he would have stayed on the frontier and become the farmer his father had hoped for. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

He untied the dogs’ leashes and hauled them to the motel room that would soon become their hideout. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

“I guess. Are you excited to become a mom?” We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

Conventional big classes have become so diverse—in income, lifestyle, political views—that they have ceased to be classes at all, said Paul W. Kingston, a professor of sociology at the University of Virginia. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

He pulled a small lunch cooler out of his backpack and became completely engrossed in pouring out individual portions of raw almonds and golden raisins into cereal bowls he’d wrapped in plastic. Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

The longer he knew us, the more of a kid he became. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

The Seattle strike took place when, for many American workers, joining a union was becoming increasingly important. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

Every day, every hour that passes I become more certain. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘Turn from arrogance. Commit yourself to God, become a monk, be as pure as you can be. Every day of your life fight the evil of the Devil.’ The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

At night the hyena might become active again and maybe Orange Juice too. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

In an act of pride I told her that I was determined to change all that by becoming the first black South African to win Wimbledon. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

My siblings descend, and the distant stillness around me becomes a warm, chattering flurry. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

That night, she was silent as his thrusts became faster. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

When one of my shoes came off, I realized my feet were actually dangling above the floor, and four mousetraps became a definite five. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Back in 1960, I had felt a surge of hope when John F. Kennedy became president of the United States. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Lawrence’s questioning had become more pointed, almost accusing. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

“Yes?” he said, after it became clear Joseph wasn’t going to speak first. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

The white flew up to become the sky, the yolk descended into earth. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

I would become so choked up that sometimes I would walk in the streets until late into the night. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

I am really trying not to think of her that way, which is becoming increasingly difficult. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

The crowd was determined to drown out the poor announcer, who became progressively more frustrated. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I play shortstop when I seven year old. I play one season. Pretty good too. Maybe would have become professional one day if I have time.” A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Why did people of the Fertile Crescent wait until 8500 B.C., instead of becoming food producers around 18,500 or 28,500 B.C.? Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

The very first words I heard them interchange as I became conscious, were the words of my own thought, “Two One Pound notes.” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

Cupid became visible—a lean, muscular young man with snowy white wings, straight black hair, a simple white frock and jeans. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Because of the constant agitation that reigned in the big house on the corner, no one, except Nana, noticed that Blanca was becoming a woman. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes, when you were older, you became someone younger. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

Whenever the fist that beat in her chest became that pointing finger, when any contact with him at all was better than none, she stalked him. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

I figured that since we belonged to the same family, maybe I would become one, too. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

My only plan after graduation was to become a full-time gunter. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

I had discarded my presumptions that graduates automatically became leaders and that my connection to the Thembu royal house guaranteed me respect. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Huddled in the furthest corner, they sipped at the heady crimson liquor, wondering when they’d become drunk, and how they’d tell when they were. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

I was sure that any moment she would become the worlds largest Milkbone dog biscuit. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

My mind was learning to work in different ways, becoming stronger. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Somehow we became so completely hysterical that we were still having what Mom calls fits of help- less laughter when we got to school. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

A couple of hours ago I would’ve said that her face was expressionless, but I’m becoming a Natasha expert, and her face is only trying to be expressionless. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

After a while I became aware of a sly, leaking noise. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

In small spoonfuls, it went down smooth with a glass of milk and it made me feel full, which had become a foreign concept. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

My questions lead to more questions, most urgently how becoming the leader of an Empire I loathe can possibly result in my attaining “true freedom—of body and of soul.” An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

In the process of becoming such an industrious cobbler, the sheepherder neglected his animals, his fields, his house—everything had fallen into disrepair. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I became impatient; I hurried my strokes and I made one unforced error after another. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Of Liszt’s many gifts to the musical world, arguably his most significant is what he mostly unintentionally taught this man who would eventually become his son-in-law. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

He became a huge colossus; his head touched the skies, his feet were lost in the abyss, and his arms stretched from one pole to the other. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Nobody knew how all that stuff got there, just that every so often it became more instead of less. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

The middle class fell into poverty, and people became so desperate that the crime rate went up. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

He immediately regretted it, because the moment those names had faces, they became people instead of parameters. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

As time passed, the fabric of space continued to expand, the radiation cooled and, in ordinary visible light, for the first time space became dark, as it is today. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

They would soon discover their mistake, for every one would be opened, until the place became impossible to defend. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

In each case he became satisfied and moved on to verify that another interatomic contact was reasonable. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

“My objective is to do a good deed. And also to become Little Miss Central Florida Tire so that my father will come back home.” Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

I became afraid of things I had never been afraid of before, and driving was one of these things. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

Away from Farmer, her interest in becoming a medical doctor waned. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

When it rains, the flat lands fill with standing water and our villages become like swamps. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

It now becomes your duty to try and separate the facts from the fancy. Twelve Angry Men 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes, when the weight of my job becomes overwhelming, I begin to lament all the things lost when we conquered death. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

As the match drew nearer, however, Harry became more and more nervous, whatever he told Ron and Hermione. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

And since the accident, those traits that I loved had given way to something darker—seriousness had become gravity, sensitivity had transformed into melancholy. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

In the late afternoon, when the deluge finally let up and the thunder became a distant echo, they descended from the branches with deep shuddering breaths. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Olmsted talked it over with his sons and with the newest member of the firm, Henry Sargent Codman—“Harry”—an intensely talented young landscape architect who had quickly become a trusted adviser and confidant. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

The hall had become the school’s focal point. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Every animal stirred and lifted its head and became excited to know that one of his friends had got free and was no longer penned up or tied fast. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

Oppenheimer’s dissembling would be exploited by Strauss and Robb to discredit virtually his every word, becoming a linchpin of the campaign to destroy him. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

But that single strobe of an instant caught the moment that his worry became relief. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

That is why my mother dreamed of me becoming a priest, because there had not been a Luna priest in the family for many years. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had become tired of waiting for the man who would stay, of the men who left, of the countless men who missed the road to her house, confused by the uncertainty of the cards. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

“Cecilia is baking for you and your sisters. You have become her special pets.” Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

Shifting shadows started at last to coalesce, and after a while my eyes became accustomed to the gloom, and I could see. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

The story I heard was that Arman became a governor of a town near Tabriz. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

Needles twitched and grunted, as if his clothes had become full of tiny, invisible knives, shanking him with every tug of a pant leg. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

By sixth period the whole school knew: Stargirl had been invited to become a cheerleader and had said yes. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

The town ahead, squashed, became all broad, bright horizon; and when the clouds went gold, it seemed to Ralph that the buildings kindled violently. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now I can walk about and talk and answer questions without fear of having suddenly to lean against the wall because the world turns soft as rubber and my veins become brimstone. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

But among intelligence circles, Riverbank was becoming famous, not only in the United States, but also farther afield. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

It wasn't feigned but true, and so after more than two years of wondering what had become of him, Azareen found out. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Rush became a hero, and his fame soon spread beyond Philadelphia. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

I first became interested in flying when I was about nine years old. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

And then they started getting smaller again, becoming a baby again. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

As was becoming my habit when I was confused or hurt, I made my way to my dad’s. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

One day I would become ill or another storm would rage against the island. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Since his sons avoided the hardships of military service, they became private citizens after having been dukes. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z

Only then did Percy realize how quiet the other kids had become. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

“Many here in Chicago consider you a self-made man, the kind of immigrant they strive to become.” The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Blissful unconsciousness became foggy awareness which transitioned into painful reality. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

What would happen if she became stuck in her transformation? The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

The blob of jelly has become a solid Jell-O popsicle. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

Looking back, I can’t believe that those same unteachable kids who refused to speak to each other are today’s Freedom Writers . . . the same Freedom Writers who became a family. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

As I grew older, it became clear that the church was the center of our community and the headquarters of everything good among us. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Her muscles felt like they'd become wood and she imagined her bones were splintering and growing bones of their own. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

As he went by the cave-mouth he saw that the Curtain was now become a dazzling veil of silk and pearls and silver thread: melting icicles of moonlight. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

In two years, the British post would become the penny post, which meant that a letter would cost a penny per half ounce no matter where it was going in England. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Because the Sicilian had a dream: with his guile plus the Turk’s strength plus the Spaniard’s sword, they might become the most effective criminal organization in the civilized world. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

With that as background, we shall finally return to the question of how a simpler society actually becomes more complex as the regional population increases. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

The essential contradiction between the operational methods of research laboratories and industrial factories became excruciatingly clear. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

They also became convinced that George Gey and Johns Hopkins had stolen their mother’s cells and made millions selling them. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

There is no soap or shampoo, and as a result my hair becomes very sticky and knotted, and it is painful to comb. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

As I become stronger, I can think—a little—and when I take the soup, a glorious color, I consider my golden insides. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

She was gently confident and highly accomplished and would become a lifelong friend. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Wandering from room to room has become a nightly habit fueled by insomnia and boredom. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Gradually we became accustomed to Desdemona’s retreat from the family sphere. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

She had not washed since the day her father died, and she was startled at how filthy the water became. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Little Walder had become Lord Ramsay’s best boy and grew more like him every day, but the smaller Frey was made of different stuff and seldom took part in his cousin’s games and cruelties. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

There was never any point when the eyes became adjusted to the dark so that she could see. Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z

It all became official when my mother and father married in a small ceremony in Washington, D.C. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

Arthur Norris and I became close friends and during my last year he organized an exhibition of my photographs. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

Between 1890 and 1900, even as questions and concerns about human heredity and its manipulation became central to policy makers in America and Europe, Mendel’s name and his work were lost to the world. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

Perhaps we had become a little arrogant with our fine new technique of ice-claw and rubber slipper, our age of easy mechanical conquest. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

Only a consummate politician could have balanced the interests of regents, legislators, professors, and philanthropists to build the University of California into the first-class academic institution it had become. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

Though he was technically now simply a One—every newchild born his year had become a One at the Ceremony—she calculated the months from the day of his birth. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

I need to become someone new, but who? You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

The shirt became a mask that filtered out the ash. I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980 2016-08-01T00:00:00Z

As soon as they have reached their objective, the Middle thrust the Low back into their old position of servitude, and themselves become the High. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

And because it had gotten warmer outside, the snow had become crunchier and wetter: good packing snow. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

I felt that the truck was going east, and couldn’t get rid of this impression even when it became plain that it was going west, farther and farther into Orgoreyn. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

“We’ve been the outcasts of the legion since'.. .well, since the Alaska disaster. Our reputation got better when Jason became praetor—” “The kid who’s missing?” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

She stared ahead of herself as she spoke, and Tristran had the feeling, which became a certainty, that she had conducted this conversation in her head a hundred times in his absence. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

How little his mother had known of the working world to make smocks for a boy who she knew was to become a silversmith! Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Poor Fredrick! He is such a doting and perfect husband in every conceivable way, but now and then his temper becomes quite excitable.” The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

By now, as her headache became blinding and her stomach pain increased, she must have been terribly frightened. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wished for my mother, but I put away the thought because I knew I was expected to become a man. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

And the escape across the field became this whole long adventure through a cornfield maze and into the deep dark woods. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

Even so, it was only that day, in that seafront café, that it really came home to me how important this whole notion had become for some veterans. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Known as Alderman Sugar- Cane, he was so successful that he became the mayor of London and a member of Parliament. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

My worst nightmare is now becoming my reality. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

There was a silence, in which they all three became aware of the witch’s daemon and his fixed stare at Lyra. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

“Unfortunately I have an engagement. Au revoir, madamoiselle,” and Laurie bent as if to kiss her hand, in the foreign fashion, which became him better than many men. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

As with Dutchy and Carmine on the train, this little cluster of women has become a kind of family to me. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

The word Texas becomes a symbol to everyone in the world. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

We kept gliding until the line of smoky white became a cloudy smudge, then a curtain of fog. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Yet the very idea of the oath itself—appearing at the end of that first chaotic year—became the final goad that prodded many once-loyal citizens to turn militantly anti-American. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

My brain was so numb any old thing became interesting. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

Further evidence of nighttime mischief became apparent as she looked out of the hayloft and into the main part of the barn. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

The other words become a muffled background noise occasionally tipped by a sharp laugh. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

Now that she had her way, Paul stayed up at night worrying that her parade would be a flop, especially compared to the New York City event, which had become an annual tradition. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

She hoped that through them he might become less obsessed with the dream of a different life. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

In the records at Vallombrosa Abbey, Galileo Galilei became officially listed as a defrocked priest. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

Wes’s nonexistent relationship with his father probably contributed to his seeming indifference about becoming a father himself. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

As he delivered his poison against the Jews, the Japanese government, and the United States, he was oddly frisky, as if he’d just become aware that he was free. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

The longer you looked and the more your eyes adjusted to the dark, the more stars you’d see, layer after layer of them gradually becoming visible. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

The halls become packing yards, their floors strewn with straw and sawdust and twine. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

What I’d like is to be transformed, which becomes less possible. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

And Gran would’ve told me that maybe I was there as an angel before I chose to become Mom and Dad’s kid. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Bronx streets had become a fixture in my life. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

The novelty of the new world brought forth the adventurer in him—he wanted to see it all, the whole city, what had become of it. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

I think that these are the glory days for that boy, and this moment will just be another story someday because all the people who make touchdowns and home runs will become somebody’s dad. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t become a man without becoming The Man. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

The war that had been simmering in the shell house became a full-on naval engagement. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

After some time a shape began to form out of the clay; it was almost as if the clay was speaking to him, telling him what it wished to become. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

The craziness of my life as a top student-athlete became my new normal. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

Mom stored Ivy’s great-grandmother’s hope chest up here in the attic, which became Ivy’s room a few months ago so the twins could have their own space. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Arthur adored his rose-petalled Guenever for her dash, and had an instinctive respect for Lancelot, which was soon to become affection. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

“If you get too large, you don’t have enough work in common. You don’t have enough things in common, and then you start to become strangers and that close-knit fellowship starts to get lost.” The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

From that day forward swimming became a part of Robin’s everyday life. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z

He just wanted to beat a path away from his parents’ past, which was also their present and which was threatening to become his present as well. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

He should never have agreed to raise to the papacy any cardinal he might have injured or who, upon becoming pope, might have cause to fear him. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z

My parents were rarely consulted on what should happen to me when my condition became grave. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Growing up in this environment, the young Christiaan Huygens became simultaneously adept in languages, drawing, law, science, engineering, mathematics and music. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

It has become her primary mode of communication. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

“Cambodia is fighting a war that I do not understand and that is enough of your questions,” he said and became quiet. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Briony would change her evidence, she would rewrite the past so that the guilty became the innocent. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

The paramount chief’s location may become the state’s capital city. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Mitochondria are widely believed to descend from bacteria that long ago somehow became incorporated into one of our evolutionary ancestors. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

I’d show him that it’s possible to become the opposite of your destiny. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

They stood silent, reluctant to make the final parting, and only slowly became aware that Tom was wishing them farewell, and telling them to have good heart and to ride on till dark without halting. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

It was as if he had become a hemophiliac. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

For years he tried to get Theo to become an artist with him. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

He has become bigger and older, all of a sudden, when I wasn’t looking. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

I tried to fall into a trance state or become an animal. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

And then in Chinese: “Money is a bad influence. You become restless and rob graves.” The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Sadness can become cruelty. Remember that, ketzele. We do not know what happened to them in Germany. We should pity those women.” The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Other hunter-gatherers, in Palestine, coastal Peru, and Japan, became sedentary first and adopted food production much later. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

We had a big yard and a garage in the back, and that became his new workshop, essentially. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

The stylistic parting of ways that started to become evident in the early twentieth century, though, was on an unprecedented scale. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

Then his burns became infected and he grew quieter. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Gandalf was speaking to the men that barred his way, and as he listened Pippin became aware that he himself was being discussed. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

Within one year, cancer becomes little more than a nuisance—curable with one treatment and no side effects. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

Will he do the proper thing and become a doctor after all? The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

Mars has become a kind of mythic arena onto which we have projected our earthly hopes and fears. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Fischer later implied that this was his favorite game of the match, and many grandmasters, such as Larry Evans, have indicated that the game was so beautifully executed that it became the match’s turning point. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

The photographs these new cameras created were fast becoming known as “snap-shots,” a term originally used by English hunters to describe a quick shot with a gun. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

And Leah’s decided to pay for it by becoming the Bride of Africa. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

A wild whirlpool began to spin, its white waves becoming a herd of longma—dragon horses—racing to herald him in. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

And she’d felt it so much it had become like a constant presence in her life, curled up against her like a sleeping cat. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

I’ve just finished a fellowship at Princeton and for years I wrote an anonymous blog about race, which then became how I made my living, and you can read the archives here. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

In time, I became fearless about standing up and singing a song on stage. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

I had thought that the Paqo wanted me to go on this journey so I could heal my scar and become a true apprentice to him on my return. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

And the incident became a thing of legend among the smattering of Black softball players across our city. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

During one particularly wet winter, Uric became convinced by the moaning of his Augureys that he had died and was now a ghost. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Pa would then lift me from my chair and plop me on his lap so that his body became my chair, his arms my armrest. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

In that moment, reading those passages, I understood completely how some of the Lackses could believe, without doubt, that Henrietta had been chosen by the Lord to become an immortal being. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

Bobby was furious when he saw the issue and became more incensed when he learned that Lilienthal had been paid for the photo. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

It was easy now to picture what this place would one day become: that sad and desecrated wreck I had first discovered weeks ago. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

I would become the family’s quiet and not-too-bright cousin from Alsace, whose parents have been bombed out and who has come here to be looked after and help with the farm. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

And my thoughts became more urgent, more strange. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Although many poor African Americans rejected the philosophies, tactics, and strategies of the black elite, ultimately moral uplift ideology became the new common sense. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

When she saw our faces, her own became as pale as death: for a second or two her eyes were closed as if she were in secret prayer; and then she said cheerfully:— Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

At this point, I became very angry, Hazel, but I did not yell at him. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

In just the short time it takes to cross to the edge of the jungle, I become aware of the change. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

But it was becoming such a profound personal experience, it haunted even my dreams. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mama’s right that this closet had become a mess; some of these papers are years old. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

As more and more people arrived that morning, the house became crowded and sticky, and the sound of people wailing became too much for Geoffrey to handle. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z

It was said, and repeated, that children nursed by the same woman would instantly become siblings and must never marry. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

He doesn't offer to have tea with me, which I was hoping would become a habit. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

Around this time, I set my sights on becoming a television journalist. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

He was brought here from Gettysburg with serious wounds which became gangrenous before his arrival. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

But I see I have become somewhat lost in these old memories. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

I liked the Jalazone school even more after Mother became pregnant. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

I became more tactful, careful to keep separate the two very different worlds of my day. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some entomologists believe that the ant’s food habits have changed as it has become more abundant, so that observations made several decades ago have little value now. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

So much so that, not long after notation became generally available, we start seeing the names of composers attached to pieces. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

She became as restless as he was, more unreasonable, and much more cruel. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Introductory phrases like these have become so familiar that they have earned the right to be exceptions to the rule. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

For a moment, her breath stalled, and then she laughed, a dizzying, exhilarating laugh, because her life had become a charmed film in which people found each other again. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Dede had looked at her husband, a long look as if she could draw the young man of her dreams out from the bossy, old-fashioned macho he’d become. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I love that Joy is helping me to become so smart! Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

And that became a delighted, breathless, Rumpelstiltskin-like dance among the rubber trees. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Huygens became one of the first foreign members of the Royal Society on a brief visit to London in 1663. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

“Exactly. Those were Billy’s words. They became the house motto.” The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Over time, his demands for her had become weaker, until she had become only a foggy memory. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

It became more and more apparent that the state was gathering — often fabricating — evidence as it went along, to help in what seemed to be a lost cause. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

But in the meantime, that yellow house became home. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Mabel and Ana and the man Gramps would become or perhaps was already. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

From bears of the sea they would become bears of the mountains, for as long as it took the world to settle itself again. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Wonder of all wonders, I do believe we are becoming friends. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

A whole generation of teens was anticipating having to become soldiers. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

I wish I could crush the phone in my hand until it becomes dust. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

I had become an accomplished beggar and thief. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

His ego was so wounded when the shadowshapers didn’t embrace him as their leader, his vision became clouded. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

“He’s becoming a man. Men act strange from time to time, and I am worried about what the hole in the ozone layer is doing to the plants in the rain forest.” Lawn Boy 2007-06-12T00:00:00Z

Those boys were older and bigger than he was, and anyway, he wanted to play with the boys he’d become close to over the past two years. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

She became in the end more than their equal in all the arduous feats of a hunter’s life. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

She imagined it becoming as tiny as the period at the end of a sentence. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

It had a record of practically every human interaction since the moment it became aware—but unlike in mortal days, that knowledge was never abused. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

“Still, they made me promise that you would not become a burden.” Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

They played video games and watched TV, and Kathy tried not to think about what had become of their home, where Zeitoun might be at that moment. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

Whether Blanche died as a result of treatments designed to cure an illness that would eventually become known as schizophrenia or from suicide or another cause altogether was known only to her doctors and family. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

Wood and stone and brick and the very earth became fluidlike. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Young woman in my custody about to become a problem. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

Breakfast had been eaten and cleared away, and Professor Rumfoord was reluctantly becoming interested in Billy as a human being. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

I became afraid, since I could no longer tell the difference between dream and reality. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

The Puerto Rican jíbara who longed for the green quiet of a tropical afternoon was to become a hybrid who would never forgive the uprooting. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

He spends a good deal of time at their house and becomes interested in one of their daughters, Caroline. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Some mutant hermaphrodites lost their self-incompatibility and became able to fertilize themselves—a process exemplified by many fruit trees such as plums, peaches, apples, apricots, and cherries. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

But Kennedy would go on to become a self-described “dissident at large,” writing numberless articles and several books that railed against bigotry. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

As I creep down the hall, the odor becomes overpowering. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Though maybe he shouldn’t have—his classmate went on to become a well-known lichenologist and botanist, and he said that Charles had roused his attention and curiosity. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Just as Bobby had fairly leaped into—and established residence at—the Manhattan Chess Club the previous summer, he soon became a regular presence at Collins’s salon. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Nonetheless, he quickly lost heart when it became apparent that I was the only one joining the conversation. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

But it was too good a word to waste, and that’s why the particles became known as Dust.” The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

In a mere 20 million years, the continent was covered with ice, and the environment had become too hostile for most living things. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

In Lincoln, Nebraska, the Nebraska Savings Bank had become the favorite bank of schoolchildren. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Summertime riots had become an annual event in America’s inner cities, starting with the Los Angeles Watts conflagration in 1965, and the climate in Durham that spring was particularly volatile. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

Her tapping speeded up and its beat became erratic and nervous. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

About this time legend among the Hobbits first becomes history with a reckoning of years. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

I had also become a fanatical bird-watcher by the age of seven. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

In the school of hard knocks where I had become a Master of Dodging, I had also learned to feign injury, as a way of lessening the severity of a beating. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

But when I looked beyond our life on the islands, he became the moon itself, bent on tugging me back, as if I were made of sea instead of blood. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

Holden’s thoughts in The Catcher in the Rye were becoming clearer as we were going through the same things in our own lives, and Celie’s pain in The Color Purple became very familiar. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

My own vocabulary had become somewhat less immense in the face of the majestic mosque. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

When it became apparent that nothing was going to be handed out, most of them lost interest. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Valentina insisted on becoming a fighter pilot, and made her application to a male commander. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

On the former score, Adams had the misfortune to become the first occupant of what he described as “the most insignificant office that ever the Invention of Man contrived or his Imagination conceived.” Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

Suddenly he became aware of Julia’s face a few centimeters from his own, deathly white, as white as chalk. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

Harry distinctly remembered his headmaster telling him years before, “I don’t need a cloak to become invisible.” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

“If all my little chickens go, what will become of me?” In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

But as for me: I must ask the wounded man where he is hurt, because I cannot become the wounded man. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

Muhammad and Mom are becoming united in. my head. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

When someone became aware of their presence, there was panic. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

She had thought she would grow numb—that she would become used to the work. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

My father became shorter and thinner, visibly shriveled; he sat for long periods, without doing anything. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

There would be no need for her and she would become invisible and no one would notice. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

I wanted to leave, but was too ashamed to leave, was rapidly becoming too much a part of it to leave. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Public fact becomes private reality, and the seasons of a Midwestern town become the Moirai of our small lives. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

This is becoming one of the funnier moments in pizza delivery. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

“You must love the desert, but never trust it completely. Because the desert tests all men: it challenges every step, and kills those who become distracted.” The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Isabel attends to me like a sister who expects to become an aunt. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

The exploits of Rambo and Delta Force became confusing to some, who’d never imagined men escaping entire armies, while still managing to kill so many people. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z

It had become painfully obvious that Akhi was no longer able to maintain our same level of training. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

So Will let his mind relax and become disengaged, and just sat there with the knife held loosely until he was ready again. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

But she loved that he’d rebelled against us, or so she thought, and she thought it was something that you rebelled all over again by becoming a classical musician. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Germany dropped away, and 1967 became bright and clear, free of interference from any other time. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It says they can hear us...and when I try to press it, it becomes...well, it becomes sullen. And it’s not supposed to—Whoever heard of a sullen robot?” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

The more his back ached and his muscle dissolved into fat and the fat melted off his bones, the more fractious he became with Janie. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

Bobby studied and practiced his German and was becoming semi-fluent after three months. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

He also served Commodus, who was the son of Marcus Aurelius and became emperor when his father died in AD 180. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

“And I wonder what will become of us. Don’t you wonder what will become of us?” Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

If he became too absorbed in rubbing a particular horse’s nose in his defeat, he risked being unable to regain his momentum when the closers came after him. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

I keep a tight lid on my temper but let my voice become as loud and ringing as my soul wants it to be. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

Years ago it was a warehouse to store coal, but when it fell into disuse, it became a meeting place for illegal trades and then blossomed into a full-time black market. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Now control of the scale has become enormously complicated. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

When he became quieter, not less despairing but too exhausted to keep on, I said, “I’m sorry I brought up Brinker. I didn’t know you hated him so much.” A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

And then the clouds would move just a little and the hills would suddenly become monstrous elephants marching slowly toward me! The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

At that moment Holly began to speak and everyone became quiet. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Increasingly it became the case that albums were for adults and hit-parade singles were for the youth. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

Even more remarkable were those instances when, for no special reason apparendy, I’d become conscious of the fact that my companion was speaking only to me. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had little chance of surviving with her around, and if he died, what would become of her anyway? The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

As Elizabeth grew older, Judge Cady may have become concerned about his daughter’s feminist philosophy. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

At 12:30 PM Moscow time, the Vostok 6 was launched into orbit, and Lieutenant Valentina Tereshkova became the fifth cosmonaut in space. Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z

In my classes several students glared at me, clearly seeing in me the person they feared ever becoming. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

One such hybrid among Fertile Crescent selfers, bread wheat, became the most valuable crop in the modern world. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Perched on the pole, she oiled her feathers, which had become dry at the high altitudes. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

The drumbeat of the rotors became a loud, high-pitched whine as the chopper circled lower. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

After about a year of marriage, I became pregnant with our first child. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Through the window I hear muffled words as he becomes increasingly animated and his hands begin to glide around like Malaysian flying frogs. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

Years later he told me how religious faith was so disdained at Harvard and so important to the poor—not just in Haiti but elsewhere—that he’d become convinced that faith must be something good. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

Everyone was becoming sicker and their wounds were infected. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

He went on letting me ignore him until it became almost comical. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

Under apartheid, the government built what became known as Bantu schools. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

There were so many skills I had to master in order to become a good waitress. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

When it becomes too dangerous for the Malvern to get any closer, Lincoln is rowed to shore. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

My cotton trousers cling to my thighs and my laded blue shirt has become embarrassingly transparent. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sacred dramas of Church thus fitted into a day, never became the routine; rather they redeemed the routine. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

She admitted she had been a little nervous about flying into Peshawar, because it had become dangerous for foreigners. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

But Ron’s tolerance was not to be tested much as they moved into June, for Harry and Ginny’s time together was becoming increasingly restricted. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

This, too, became my position for a long time. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

My dolls were becoming less interesting, and without air-conditioning our apartment got unbearably hot in the late afternoons. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

They march down the hallway, leaving the bloodied form of Baxter behind, prisoners in what has become their castle over the past few weeks. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

Ugwu wanted to learn these things, so he nurtured his friendship with both men; he had become their sponge, absorbing much and giving little away. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

I also became a member of the Spanish Club. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

The magnitude of the Titanic disaster quickly became apparent. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

He later heard the man moved to Worcester and became a cobbler. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

“Send the attendant away. We must be alone with him when he becomes conscious, after the operation.” Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

In just over three years of law practice I had become one of those people for whom such small events could make a big difference in my joy quotient. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Sometimes, in case she became a famous writer, Lynn practiced writing little stories in her diary: Once upon a time a funny witch cast a spell on all the world’s creatures. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

It’s a nice thought, even though it’s unlikely to ever become a reality. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

The beads of perspiration still danced on his forehead but he had become stiff and cold. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

As I read Bernal’s paper, however, I suddenly became enthusiastic about Schramm, for, if he had misinterpreted his data, by accident he had hit upon the right answer. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

“How is it that the Spider became so dear to you?” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Looking at the child, I suddenly became hungry for my country, for its fat bees carrying nectar from apple flowers and for the birds singing in clusters of hazel. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Only a short time after becoming queen, Cleopatra took part in the installation of the Buchis bull—one of the divine animals worshipped by the Egyptians. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z

When Zach became my boyfriend, I hoped I could make him as sensitive as Capricorn Anderson. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

Who would consider for a moment that the more than 3 billion of us are a sort of stupendous animal when we become linked together? The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Kim is on yearbook and has hopes of becoming a photographer. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Roberto, who is four years older than I, became excited every time Papa talked about the trip to California. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

Also, attending class became the requirement for the weekend trips to the city. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

I’m thinking of buying the Parkers old homestead and using the fields for additional corn for the whiskey, since our small distillery has become quite popular. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

Guillaume joined the Social Democratic Party of Germany and eventually became a trusted aide to Willy Brandt—who was first the mayor of West Berlin and then rose to become chancellor of West Germany. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Now and again, when we were out in the open water beyond the chain of islands, the sea became very rough, and that was when my mother enjoyed herself most. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

My arms become aching from this tough work. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

Baba seems to become aware of me and tries to smile in my direction. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

It soon became clear that Humason was better able to obtain high-quality spectra of distant galaxies than any professional astronomer in the world. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

She became sharply herself—bone, wire, antenna—but she was not afraid. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I was asking Headmistress if we could be relocated, and she looked at me and started laughing. We are the last. All the schools in Umuahia have become refugee camps or army training camps.” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

For my brother Alex, who was born small, my mom spun a song that he was kindhearted and genuine and would grow up to become strapping and tall. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

When he had once more laughed heartily, he became meek again, and told me that the moment he began to realise Capital, it was his intention to marry this young lady. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

At first they were still a little suspicious and embarrassed, but when it became clear that he wasn’t going to tease they became more enthusiastic. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

This was the reason I had become a lawyer in the first place, and my work often made me feel I had made the right decision. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

But he was to find, as the prophets had found, that the whole earth became a prison for him who fled before the Lord. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

He was getting detention again—weekly—for smoking and other rebellious acts, and hanging out full-time with the Detentionheads when he wasn’t busy becoming his father. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

Around mouthfuls of rabbit and blackberries she confesses that even the rations for the white folks have become smaller and smaller since so many families have arrived in the past couple of weeks. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

But as soon as listeners started nodding, it became very persuasive. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her round, unblinking eyes made me feel as if I had just become visible, as if I had never been seen before. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

When the sensation became so powerful that Sheed thought he might be sick, it stopped and they were on the stage again. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

He initiated legal proceedings to gain custody of their children and became intent on publicly disgracing his wife by exposing her infidelity and revealing her relationship with a black man. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

With every minute that passed, she became more aware of the full thermos of coffee—almost an entire potful—she’d emptied while waiting. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I could become a drunk, or use an arrangement that has been around for as long as there have been taverns and musicians. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The idea of him visiting my apartment before he goes home for good just became a thousand times more intimidating. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

When she doesn’t hear back from him, she becomes certain, with the surety of the white light illuminating her brain, that El Li'der is to blame. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mark shivers, the chill across his skin a fresh relief from the hellish heat that has become his life. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

It was a time when the unthinkable became thinkable and the impossible really happened. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

With the publication of his novels The Time Machine and The Island of Doctor Moreau in the mid-1890s, he became known for his innovative scientific romances, today known as science fiction. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

It is the first time Werner has heard Volkheimer laugh, and his countenance changes; he becomes less menacing and more like a benevolent, humongous child. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

The closer we got to Santa Maria, the more excited I became because I knew where we were going to live for the next several months. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

"Please," became "with your kind permission," and questions were pleaded rather than asked. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

As they drew nearer, their identity became dear. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

In fact, studies indicate that people become increasingly harsh when a criminal suspect is darker and more “stereotypically black”; they are more lenient when the accused is lighter and appears more stereotypically white. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

But a few became enraged and started throwing rocks, bottles, the very signs in their hands. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

I pretended not to notice his manner, how quiet it had become, how reluctant to speak about these things. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

“The very strange situation was that by coming nearer and nearer to the solution,” reflected the promising young German theoretical physicist Werner Heisenberg, “the paradoxes became worse and worse.” Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

The other passengers became interested in watching the dark tunnel flash by outside. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

I was more and more certainly becoming the best student in the school; Phineas was without question the best athlete, so in that way we were even. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

The German intelligence officer laughed when he said, "The trigger finger of the executing officers became tired." Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

Four boatloads soon became three, and by the end of the month Bolles sometimes had a hard time filling the third boat. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

They had to go through a room that smelled of hamburgers and french fries, and they all became aware of how hungry they were. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

He nodded to himself, as though many things had now become clear to him, and drew on his cigar. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

It needed intimacy, gossip, and the time it took for curiosity to become drama. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

I knew that leaving him in Rome might be dangerous but it seemed every day that things got worse and eventually it became obvious that staying on was no solution. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

She had become a legend on 145th Street. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

She worried briefly, because what if she and Akira became children like that soon? A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

For those at the time it meant that Hamilton became a martyr to the dying cause of Federalism and Burr became the most despised national leader since Benedict Arnold. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

But when war becomes literally continuous, it also ceases to be dangerous. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

When Humphrey was asked what was to become of the unemployed miners, he said they would be retrained, which got a big round of applause from his audience. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

This had become abundantly clear ever since a competition in Seoul, Korea, earlier in the year when for the first time ever, I beat Mariel at a competition. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

“Researchers have become entrepreneurs. That’s boomed our economy and created incentives to do research. But it’s also brought problems, like secrecy and arguments over who owns what.” The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

My heart sinks—a feeling I’m becoming all too familiar with. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

A day later, sitting on the edge of a field taking a break, the guerrillas suddenly became agitated. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

Six and a half feet tall, he towered over lesser men, and when he donned his armor and the great antlered helmet of his House, he became a veritable giant. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Everything faded away into a shadow-world in which, finally, even the date of the year had become uncertain. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

As An Yi grew, the job became more and more difficult. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Since I wasn’t allowed out alone now, days often became boring and I was glad that we’d be starting lessons and I thought my mother must be glad too. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Feynman explained how much uranium could be brought together before it became dangerous, and how to use cadmium to absorb neutrons and stop a chain reaction. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Over the course of the next year Evelyn became involved with the Watch Tower organization, part of the church of Jehovah’s Witnesses. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Widget stares at him for a moment, not quite long enough for Bailey to become uncomfortable under the weight of his eyes, but almost. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

We had become successful students of his method. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was becoming a super-celebrity in the world of chess, but the more fame he achieved, the more unpleasant his behavior became. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

In times of drought it was usual for everyone to become thinner—indeed many feared that they might die. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

Its long ears drooped and its head hung low as it became thinner and thinner. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

The weather became quite warm and it was like spring. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

They will ride across the rainbow bridge, across Bifrost, and the rainbow will crumble as they ride, its once-bright colors becoming shades of charcoal and of ash. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

Finally, all movement and motion in town broke down; the roads became blocked by stuck vehicles. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

If I were carrying a child, it would soon become evident, and Claudius might suspect Hamlet to be the father. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

The rope to the lifeboat tautened with a jerk rather than with a tug, and the rocking of the raft became more pronounced and er­ratic. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

There had been times when his heart spent hours telling of its sadness, and at other times it became so emotional over the desert sunrise that the boy had to hide his tears. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

How each new story I'm told becomes a thing that happens, in some other way to me . Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

In January, the Area Council, 300 members strong, split off from Operation Breakthrough to become United Organizations for Community Improvement, or UOCI. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

Slowly, Papa’s death became associated with our black clothes. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

Around the time that Shin and Park were formulating their escape plan, the North Korean government concluded that the border had become far too porous and posed a threat to internal security. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

As more and more children become “lions,” it gets harder and harder for the remaining children to avoid getting captured. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Do you automatically become a grown-up when you become a mother? P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

It became his earnest wish to be declared the type specimen for Homo sapiens–that is, that his bones would be the official set for the human race. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

Biff Brannon sat on the bed, his knees crossed, his eyes scanning the group before him and then becoming narrow and fixed. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

“That magistrate was my great-great-grandfather’s father. And this city is the city that his son became king of through the marriage.” Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

But as I became a teenager, I wanted the same things any teenage girl wants. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

He became aware for die first time of the incredible variety of sound. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

After a few minutes of chasing after the pig, we become tired and let it go. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

It became a sick sort of game, imagining ways to kill myself. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

The pain in my arm became the only real thing, a sharp point of comfort in the midst of a nightmare. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Thank you for everything. If we had not gone to the hospital abroad, what would have become of my daughter?” Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

The moisture ate away at the wooden stairs leading up to the house, and climbing them became a daily hazard. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

“No one knows he is fortunate until he becomes unfortunate,” my father said quietly. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

So I did what I had to do and became a real-life dance mannequin. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

Things were becoming clear; he would know how to act from now on. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

At this point the two cars had become exactly what cars are supposed to be; they were extensions of their owners. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

But in some way, they hadn’t connected ... it was as if he’d become a different person. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

It became plain that they thought of their life in the hutch as dull but safe. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“So, when does this little deal of ours become mutually beneficial?” he manages to get out, looking across the entire room at me while I pedal away. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

The camp had become a hive of activity. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Slipping into Summer’s skin had become as easy for him as slipping on a pair of breeches once had been, before his back was broken. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Then she realized she hadn’t washed her hands since Brahmasura became a pile of ashes. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

When you cook food, the proteins break down, and the food becomes easier to digest. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

The free time allowed me to pursue what became two of my favorite hobbies on Robben Island: gardening and tennis. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

If he’s a working draftsman, he can become independent and contribute. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

When someone sees the same people every day, as had happened with him at the seminary, they wind up becoming a part of that person’s life. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

He became so used to their lips that he understood each word they said. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Viewed as more sterile and serene, lethal injection had become the most common method for the sanctioned killing of people in virtually every death state. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

And black has become a beautiful color—not because it is loved but because it is feared. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z

South Korea becomes the model for the rest of the world. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

The trees became standing shadows, ominous and tall and pressing. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

The advocates of nuclear disarmament seem to believe that, if they could achieve their aim, war would become tolerable and decent. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

They thought we were stuck in the old ways and unwilling to assimilate, when really, it was just a question of how much we were willing to give up to become American, and how fast. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

In Greek, it became legein, meaning to gather and to speak; “legal” and “legislator” and other such words derived. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Sharpe addressed him directly, asking if the boy were capable yet of ratiocination, or was become dumb. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Almost every rabbi’s home became a house of prayer. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her fingers and palms became damp, shrinking at the ghost’s thick short hair like an animal’s coat, which slides against warm solidity as human flesh slides against muscles and bones. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

The curve, however, was no sooner rounded than Jethro discovered that the vague dread he had experienced in passing the cabin had now become a reality. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

Despite a traumatic childhood and a mother who wanted him to become a farmer, Newton enrolled in Cambridge in the 1660s—and flourished. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

When I first became aware of them, they were all speaking at the same time. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Collins apartment became a home to Bobby in every way, the boy being thought of as part of the family. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

I became too moved about what he had been and what he had now become to be able to stay much longer. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Once, long ago, he had sawed golf balls in half, trying to find out what was inside; but at some point in his life my brother had become fascinated with the interior of the mind. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

So long ago that the mountains of those days have worn away and the deepest lakes have become dry land. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

People in the city became shadows, went into their homes and disappeared. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

From a well-dressed and neat individual he became filthy and ragged. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

And beneath her unzipped hoodie, her black T-shirt had become clingy in the water. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

Each plant population becomes genetically programmed, through natural selection, to respond appropriately to signals of the seasonal regime under which it has evolved. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

I hadn’t needed much time at all to become emotionally distant about Stef’s death. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z