| 单词 | sooner |
| 例句 | No sooner had he said that than I felt sick to my stomach. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z No sooner had Jasper Jr. knocked me to the ground than I heard Bull cut loose with a spine-chilling wail. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z ‘Dwarves too can go swiftly, and they do not tire sooner than Orcs. But it will be a long chase: they have a long start.’ The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z "And sooner or later a ship will put in here. It might even be Daddy's ship. So you see, sooner or later, we shall be rescued." Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z “Because I knew that, sooner or later, he would come here and beg you to take his place in the Library Olympics.” Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z “No, I don’t. But if it has to be, the sooner the better. The sooner it starts, the quicker it will end.” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z “I’m sorry. I feel like I should have noticed sooner. I'm sorry I wasn't paying attention.” Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z ‘Though I would sooner learn how they came by the wine.’ The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z ‘And do not trouble: no one will ever hear of it. I would sooner walk than sit on the back of any beast so great, free or begrudged.’ The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z The sooner I was through with this Hambro, the sooner I could get started with my work. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z "I'd sooner come to grips with that pig. Robb Stark is not half so tender, and he never smelled as good." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z “He has to come sooner or later," she told herself, “even if it's just to put on those boots." One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z "No, I won't be needing the machine. Business is taking me away sooner than I expected. I leave late tonight." Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Yet the sooner Maria Isabel comes, the easier it will be for both of them to save money and return to Honduras. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z So then he sends Gabriel down to kill the angels, and sooner or later he talks to Noah and sends the flood to kill off all the humans who had gotten too smart.” Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z Suheyla followed his glance, but no sooner did she lift her eyes than she lowered them again and shuddered. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z No sooner did Tyrion lower himself into the hot water and close his eyes than he was fast asleep. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The sooner you here in Europe realize that the better. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z Harry was diligently avoiding contact with any of them; he was sure that, sooner or later, he would be asked again to account for Dumbledore’s last excursion from Hogwarts. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z Maybe they were sailing sooner than they had expected. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z This time she knew better than to say that she'd sooner work in the stables. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z As the birds reproduced Amaranta Úrsula would release them in pairs, and no sooner did they feel themselves free than they fled the town. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z She thought, So the pain will move in toward the center, and sooner or later all the pains will meet in the center and join like rats in a clot. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z As Hercules had sworn to do while he was Omphale’s slave, no sooner was he free than he started to punish King Eurytus because he himself had been punished by Zeus for killing Eurytus’ son. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z “The sooner it’s burned, the better, I say.” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z They brought safety and comfort, and, sooner or later, food. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z “We’d have been here sooner, but I had to stop every minute and a half to find a bathroom,” Pa said. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z But no sooner did I draw near the church than a figure rose up before me. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z Nevertheless, the rancor disappeared much sooner than she herself had expected, and then she continued sending the food out of pride and finally out of compassion. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z I couldn’t call her without a plan—a plan and a really good excuse for not contacting her sooner. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z “What we need,” said Kate, as if they’d never been interrupted, “is for you boys to get your turn sooner. Isn’t there any chance you could be called on tomorrow?” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z If it had to be a fight between him and Riddle, better sooner than later. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z “Perhaps your elephants would sooner be nightingales. Instead of sweet song, Meereen’s nights would be filled with thunderous trumpetings, and your trees would shatter beneath the weight of great grey birds.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “The real question is when. Hopefully sooner rather than later.” A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z I know I’ll be made to pay for the badminton net, sooner or later. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z The sooner I could master it, the sooner I’d be able to move on to harder dismounts and other big skills. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z No sooner have the outside doors been reinforced than van Maaren rears his head again. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z I’d no sooner pulled them on when another explosion made the windows rattle and the walls shake. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z No sooner had he disappeared than the red- dot alarm sounded. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Even so, Tyrion would sooner have used some of his mountain clansmen to guard the manse; Chella's Black Ears perhaps, or the Moon Brothers. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “If they had only brought him in sooner from Mombasa,” the mother said. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “We must stand against them sooner or later,” Taran said, wiping his forehead. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z I’m going to look at the place where you sleep and eat and live and wish I’d known just a little sooner that you were right here.” The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z I would sooner my men die fighting for the Ned’s little girl than alone and hungry in the snow, weeping tears that freeze upon their cheeks. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “The coat’s cashmere. Well, I guess death comes to all of us sooner or later. Just sooner for him. We should do pretty well for ourselves today.” The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z I had the sinking sensation that sooner or later a bomb would go off that I wouldn’t live to talk about. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z There were a lot of smart people working on that project, and I guessed they’d figure things out, sooner or later. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z “I’d sooner paddle out to that storm in a metal skiff with a flagpole strapped to my back than leave you here to watch such a thing.” Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z Though I wasn’t doing anything wrong, it seemed to me that I was sneaking around somehow, leading a secret life which, pleasant though it was, was bound to catch up with me sooner or later. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z No sooner had we left the classroom than the rain began to pour down in huge drops. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z A pregnant woman imagined her baby born blue, and hoped it were the blue of death sooner than the blue of gods. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z “You and your mouse. Mind you, we’d have found the place ourselves sooner or later, but not as soon as this.” Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Riptide, being magic, would appear in my pocket sooner or later, but for now it was stuck somewhere under the wreckage of the crab, and I had no time to retrieve it. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z The general believed that, sooner or later, Afghanistan would be freed, the monarchy restored, and his services would once again be called upon. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Burnt forests for miles along the slopes and snow sooner than he would have thought. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z We are on the alert from Wimpy that our evacuation might be sooner rather than later. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z “I have to face them sooner or later.” Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z He’d sooner die trying to hold the world on his shoulders than running away. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Operating on the assumption that, sooner or later, even the toga will make a comeback, he holds on to his clothing and continues to wear things long after they've begun to disintegrate. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z I would have told you that sooner, but under the stadium lights, everything looked kind of washed out. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z “Are you saying that I could have convinced you much sooner if only I’d dragged you out here?” The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z "I'd sooner she remain. If she wants to feel safe, tell her to bring down her garrison from Stokeworth. As many men as she has." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “We all knew that the boy would be a problem sooner or later. And look. There he goes. Being a problem.” The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z No sooner had Kate replaced the panel below her than the elevator door opened. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z “Thank you, sir, thank you; I am going this moment myself; and I think the sooner you go the better. I will fetch your greatcoat and open the garden door for you.” Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z ‘But I knew in my heart that he really meant to go. He always used to joke about serious things. I wish I had come back sooner, just to see him off.’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z No sooner did she think of her dress than one of the housemaids, a short and plain-spoken girl whom everyone called Susan, came by the nursery with a message. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z No sooner have the strips been cut than fists fight over them. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z The sooner she was gone, the safer they would be. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z As for no sooner said than done, it’s a promise that’s seldom kept. errand of mercy. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z No sooner had my head touched the pillow, I began to fade, exchanging conscious sounds of the television for those of my inner thoughts. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z “Where there’s a will, there’s always, sooner or later, some kind of way,” Bernabe scowled, loudly scuffing his boot heels as he ambled mournfully out of the store. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z But no sooner had they opened the door than they lowered their hands and covered their noses. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z She would sooner glean herself as her first act as a scythe than accept his sacrifice. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z “I’m sorry I didn’t say it sooner,” I said. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z “Indeed. We all want to think that way. But the sooner you confront reality, the sooner you’ll be able to move on. Forward. We must keep moving forward.” Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z It was what her own father had said, but his flock had been much smaller than Cutler’s, so their family had felt the pinch years sooner. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z “Still, we shall soon be with our son and you will be able to rest. Come, we may as well start now—the sooner the better.” Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z No sooner do I get his name out than Grady’s eyes flicker and I have my answer. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z For no less under compulsion do men tell lies rather than the truth, either enduring rather than telling the truth or easily making false accusations so that the torture may stop sooner. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z The GAC had reached the conclusion that the intensified test schedule really was placing insupportable pressure on Los Alamos; sooner or later, Oppenheimer feared, the workload would erode the quality of the lab’s product. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z I kept telling myself that she was safe and that she would return to me once she’d had the baby, maybe sooner. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z “You want her, still? Twice you’ve tried to hold her, and twice she’s got away. If I were her, I’d run, and keep on running, sooner than give you a third chance.” The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z “I’m just sorry I won’t be making a real salary sooner. Then you could buy a place right away.” Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z ‘He has more snow yet to fling at us, if we go on. The sooner we go back and down the better.’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z No sooner would Brother Leon call out a name than the response came immediately, before Leon had time to make a notation in the ledger. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The old r/wr-versus- which problem haunts everybody sooner or later. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z No sooner had I said this than the siren wound down, and apparently stopped on the road at the foot of the mountain. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z Everyone expects me to apologize, but this is not something I can apologize for, because I told the truth, and sooner or later Mother was bound to find out anyway. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z With us they always do, sooner or later. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z The sooner they got rid of Nike, the better. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z “My meeting at the county office is scheduled now. I’ll be talking to them the day before Barrio Fiesta. I wish it was sooner,” she says. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z It’s my life on the line; but that’s where it will be sooner or later, one way or another, whether I do or don’t. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z No sooner had the notes of Gwyn’s horn sunk into the hills than Taran started, as though waking from a fearful dream. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z I've no use for a spear, so the sooner it's gone from the arena the better. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z I knew I’d have to face my family sooner or later, but I was beat and hoped I’d have just one more night of closed doors and silence. Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z “She was sick. With cancer. Your mother thinks I should have made her see a doctor sooner. Nana kept saying she had a backache. Her stomach was bloated out like a balloon....” A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z Modern doctors should be able to spot yellow fever and issue warnings even sooner. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z No sooner had he said this than about fifty other children exploded out of the crowd and came running onto the street. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z Catherine has been by, once, three hours ago, stone-faced and sad, to tell Henry that she loves him and he could have told her sooner. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z It was enough to endure his own humiliating knowledge that if he had started after Gebu sooner, or pursued him faster, or been braver, all the mystery might have been unraveled now. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z He knew that sooner or later the strange animal would appear and that they would then all be in danger. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z And knowing Pita’s loose tongue, Mamá was bound to find out sooner or later. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z All his life he had been knowing that sooner or later something like this would come to him. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z Of course, why hadn’t he thought of it sooner? Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z Inefficient nations were always conquered sooner or later, and the struggle for efficiency was inimical to illusions. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z “Lingering here will never bring it any closer. The sooner we take our leave of this place—” “I know. I do.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z "The sooner this folly is done with, the better I shall like it." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z No sooner had I plunged into the river and, with convulsive strokes, my hand still holding my musket above the water, set out to cross it, than I saw Olakunde following Bono. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z He was walking away from her, and she willed herself nearer—no sooner wishing it than she was right behind him. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z The uglies in her own dorm treated her like a walking disease, and anyone else who recognized her sooner or later asked, “Why aren’t you pretty yet?” Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z He was saying that he knew he should have gone to the doctor a lot sooner. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z There are hundreds of workers here—I never do find out how many—and sooner or later I’ll meet them all. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z To most of them the love act had become a brutality on both sides; the sooner over with, the better. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Gold was inviting, and so was royalty, but they could not match the fever in his heart, and sooner or later she would have to catch it. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z Maybe he's finally accepted the fact that the sooner we openly acknowledge that we are enemies, the better. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z “Sex is nothing to be ashamed of, Henry, and I want you to be informed. We should have had this discussion sooner.” We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z The beach wasn’t very far, but we’d get there sooner that way. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z “The factions are evil. They cannot be restored. I would sooner see us all destroyed.” Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z He knew that sooner or later he would obey O’Brien’s summons. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z Was there some medicine that would make Timothy get strong sooner? Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z All women come to it sooner or later: she has come off perhaps worse than most. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z Now, no sooner did she make for the door than they glided together, preventing her passing. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Miss Peregrine sang out, and no sooner had she said it than another concussion jolted the house, throwing a framed picture off the wall behind me. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z “I’m sorry for not saying it sooner than now.” 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z “You might have spared yourself a great deal of suffering if you had confessed this sooner.” Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z “The sooner we move, the sooner we can sort her out. It’s stopped raining, at least.” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z The sooner I fell asleep, the sooner Sunday would come and I could leave. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z Sure enough, Neville had no sooner reached the shelf of teacups when there was a tinkle of breaking china. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z “By reducing its half-life, you will be able to occupy the planet far sooner,” I go on, hoping she won’t be able to resist. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z 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 “You trounced me these last two terms, I was bound to catch a break sooner or later. I got five talents even this term.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z “I could have spent every night on the island if I’d remembered about witch repellent sooner.” A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Moreover, we all know that the astonishment is transient, and sooner or later our particles will all go back to being random. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z It turned out to be sooner than later. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z "If it is all the same to you, I'd sooner find one to kill for me." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z And the farmer called back, “I would sooner sell my wife than this ox which is but three years old and in its prime,” and he ploughed on and would not stop for Wang Lung. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z I knew she’d get to the hard part sooner or later. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z But no sooner had he touched the ground than he jumped back up onto Seven and into her cloak pocket. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z There were other quiet Chinese girls not of our family, but most of them got over it sooner than we did. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z His stomach stopped bleeding sooner than it normally does. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z "The sooner we get on the stream the better." The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z Cannons are supposed to be loud, that's their claim to fame, and—like it or not—the moving sidewalk is bound to end sooner or later. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z But she still felt guilty, like if she had somehow gotten here sooner... Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z Couldn’t you have shown up and saved her sooner? The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Was it any wonder he would sooner dream his Summer dreams, his wolf dreams? A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The fruit was plentiful, but I knew that sooner or later there would be no more. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z A smaller ranging would reach Hardhome sooner... but what good were swords without food? A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “I am sorry I have not been able to meet you sooner.” All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z "I've been in this church plenty of times for other mothers' sons. They and I all wish you'd gotten here sooner." How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z He hadn’t mentioned Harp and Gully lately, but I knew, sooner or later, just like that miserable winter weather, them boys would return. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z "The sooner I’m through with Elinor’s books the sooner we can go home again." Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z “I’d sooner jump out that window than be forced to do something against my honor.” In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “Why is that a good thing to do? Won’t that kill the trees sooner?” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z “She couldn’t have got back sooner than this, Cynnie. Don’t you remember? The crow said it was a mile to the tree. It might even be farther.” Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z Father disciplined her with The Verse that ends on honoring thy father and mother, and no sooner had she finished it than Father smote her with it again! The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z “I have already exited the stage. Now you must bear this news to him. Tell him that I had knowledge that could have aided his revenge, had he come sooner on the scene.” Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z I should’a been more forceful about it sooner, but I guess I’d been so caught up in my own drama that it had been kind of hard. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z But Cora asked everyone on the farm sooner or later, the farm being its own kind of depot, attracting people who were between places. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z When you got a real game sooner or later everybody peeps it and you don’t show up nowhere like a stranger. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z Your time may come sooner than you think. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z “I thought the ship was going to sink a lot sooner, if you catch my drift.” What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z In past ages, a war, almost by definition, was something that sooner or later came to an end, usually in unmistakable victory or defeat. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z Against all logic, he continued to hope that sooner or later the quiet, awkward little girl who glided through his house would display the Frenchman’s elegant manners and refined charms. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z We talked mostly about the circumstances and personalities at work—often I got gossip from Saline sooner than from anyone else. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z But the spectral seemed suddenly insubstantial, and no sooner did this thought occur than she melted away. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z I no sooner said that than he released me. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z She had a sinking suspicion that sooner rather than later there wouldn’t be an extra ticket left in that envelope at all. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z “Children of our own, quite right, quite right! Bound to happen sooner or later; I had forgotten about that.” The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z It often happened that he had no sooner finished putting someone back together than the same prisoner was taken to be tortured again. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z “You’re going to have to fight the Communists sooner or later,” said Campbell. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Had I turned to go home just an instant sooner or had I been facing east instead of west, I would have climbed down that hill full of peace and comfort. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z Father would sooner watch us all perish one by one than listen to anybody but himself. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z "He will get a job sooner if you stop giving him your money. Be firm, Master-ji." Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z His only suggestion was that the race be held sooner than September, as the form of either horse might tail off before then. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z “Your Grace does not love the noble Hizdahr. This one thinks you would sooner have another for your husband.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z You can order anything living from Western Biological and sooner or later you will get it. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Sometimes, when Pa had walked his traplines quickly because the traps were empty, or when he had got some game sooner than usual, he would come home early. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to figure out that if you tell kids they’re stupid—directly or indirectly—sooner or later they start to believe it. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z But again, the ink was no sooner dry than it was drenched in blood. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “After all, I thought, they probably come from New Canaan or some other nearby town. They’ll have to unpack the basket sooner or later. Little did I know!” The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z No sooner was it up than a diesel truck with air compressors pulled onto the bridge. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z “I don’t know that it matters after all. One has to think of the children some time or other; the sooner the better.” The Awakening 1899-04-22T00:00:00Z Well, they would see me with him sooner or later. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z “The problem is he’s just a fool, and sooner or later he’s going to say the wrong thing to the wrong person,” he said. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z If Kaz managed this job for Van Eck, that day would come much sooner than he ever could have hoped. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z He’d explain about Tyson, or apologize for not talking to me sooner. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z A little suspicion formed in the back of her mind that, sooner or later, she’d find out. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z “We're late. Why didn't you summon us sooner?'' The girl trails us, too frightened to get closer. “There were so many people—I couldn't find you.'' An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z He was let go from the Isolate Tower sooner than those who had come with him, for he had learned quicker; but that was all the praise he got. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z “Arianllyn, my betrothed, waits for me in the northern domains, and the sooner Arawn’s cauldron is destroyed, the sooner may I return to her.” The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z “Could’ve been at the cemetery sooner if a hearse carried us.” They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z It would break apart as soon as it arrived, maybe sooner.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Hopefully that comes sooner rather than later so I can just get this over with and let him win. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z She should go; even with her bedroom door locked, someone was bound to come looking for her sooner or later. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z “That is a problem we all face sooner or later, I suppose.” Louisiana's Way Home 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z No sooner had the stars come out again than I heard Abbey snoring. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z "You'd all expire much sooner if it weren't for those girls." The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z But no sooner was I home than more signs of the flattening came knocking at my door. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z Because the thing about lies was that they always gave way to the truth, sooner or later. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z “I’d sooner go naked than wear one o’ them black rags on my back.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Then if you kept asking: “But is it a bumper crop?” they’d sooner or later smile and say: “Oh, I’d say so, sweetheart. A real bumper crop,” bringing a thrilled cheer. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z “This is fantastic. I knew you’d have to break away sooner or later to preserve your mental health.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “Made by who? Their masters? Perhaps your dancers would sooner build or bake or farm. Have you asked them?” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z I wanted to pound my fists against something, to scream at my mother for getting caught, for not packing faster, for not coming sooner. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z I hadn’t had a personalized death premonition or anything like that, but I knew that sooner or later it would be my turn to go. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z But we no sooner had turned off the gaslight and lain down than we heard a bump at the door. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z The sooner I’ll find someone and get busy making you some cousins. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z Then he explained that he’d heard about Maman’s death but that it was one of those things that was bound to happen sooner or later. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z As things stood now, sooner or later, he would get himself into trouble again and call me. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z “Why didn’t you answer me sooner?” he cried. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z They would be circling and searching, peeping, stooping, and they would come back sooner or later to his covered track. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z Of course, I knew he’d find out the truth sooner or later, but at that moment I just couldn’t tell him. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z No sooner had I sat down on a stump thanI heard someone huffing and grunting up the path. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z No sooner had he settled into his own office, though, than he heard Old Chao’s steps in the hall — a firm patter, deliberate, squeaky. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z The sooner I create Nyla’s defoliant to rid the planet of the dangerous plants, the sooner she’ll send us back to check its effectiveness, and the sooner we can escape. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z "Speeding up the mounting process and skipping inspections buys us eleven days. If Bruce can pull a rabbit out of a hat and get done sooner, Maurice can do some inspections." The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z That if they decide to publish it, it would come out in, my guess is, eight months, maybe sooner. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z The sooner I get out of here, the sooner the ladies will come running. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z Use than with no sooner: No sooner had we begun to cook than the smoke alarm went off. hence. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “I would sooner cut off my right hand than ask the ballot for the black man and not the woman,” she wrote to abolitionist Wendell Phillips. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z No sooner were the words out of my mouth than I could feel my face flushing. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z I miss you, dearest duckie, and write back soon, sooner, soonest! Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z Someone must take his place, and sooner than he would like . A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The Company had no sooner warmed to Miss Whitlaw than other demons proved just how malicious they could be. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z He’d work out something when they got back to the laundry room, but the sooner that happened, the simpler the story could be. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z “Seagulls always go back to the land sooner or later.” James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z In hindsight, it is extraordinary that Liliesleaf was not discovered sooner. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z No sooner had the automatic doors swallowed him up than the first officer stomped up the stairs of the bus. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z “Without them, I think the ridderak would have been drawn to you far sooner.” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z The sooner he got out of here, the better. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z “I'm already going to have to die a month sooner than I planned, with the food this week.” Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z But she’d no sooner finished the first sentence when the men outside fell utterly silent. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z Their chance to look for the camera came sooner than Jess expected. I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980 2016-08-01T00:00:00Z I mingled with the boys, hoping to pass unnoticed, but knowing that sooner or later I would be spotted for a newcomer. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z “How fast you go. You arrive at a conclusion much sooner than I would permit myself to do.” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z No sooner does the exhaust from their trucks clear the air than the commandant starts shouting. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z But no sooner had she put it on than a fearful, devouring fire enveloped her. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z “Come on. The sooner we get to Smitty’s, the quicker I can win his money.” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z That is a lesson I would sooner they never learned. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “That might be sooner than you think,” remarked Tock, looking back at the suddenly trembling bug; and the trail turned again and continued to climb. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z But sooner or later all the kids who moved into our part of town showed up at school. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z Why didn’t I push her to meet her friends sooner? Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z “Here,” he said, pushing it across the table to Harry, “you’ll know sooner or later anyway. That’s their pretext for going after you.” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z The truth was, I could no sooner quit cello cold turkey than I could stop breathing. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z She would sooner sit bathed in the ruddy glow of her red lord’s blessed flames, her cheeks flushed by the wash of heat as if by a lover’s kisses. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z No sooner had this occurred to him than he knew the secret. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z My arms were aching, but moving faster meant switching from one to the other sooner. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z I know, Harry told the music, I know I mustn’t. . . but no sooner had he thought it, than the thing became much harder to do. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z I listened to his directions knowing that I would use them sooner or later. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z No sooner had I said that than I heard the front door slam shut. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z He knew that sooner or later there would be trouble. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z And why...why was I so frightened now—frightened sick at the thought that sooner or later, I would have to run again? Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z Did you ever notice how the more a little kid tries not to tell a secret, the sooner it gets out? Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z Neither Pa nor Miss Marva Hendrix gave me much to work with, but sooner or later, I’d come upon a clue and piece things together. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z “I should’ve said something sooner. But I straightened it out with him.” A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z Yet no sooner had she taken her first step than fear caught Catelyn in its jaws. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z “If there must be a battle, I would sooner fight it from behind the walls of Meereen. Let the Yunkai’i try and storm my battlements.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The sooner she set out, the sooner she would see him. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Night would come sooner or later, and with it, more rain and cold. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z “Because I want the box out of my face sooner.” What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z ‘And if we don’t want to see them again, the sooner we get going the better. Can you walk?’ The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z No sooner had they stopped than the press began to thicken around them, as more and more of the afflicted came limping and shambling toward the wagons. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Her secret would come out sooner or later; paper could not wrap up a fire. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z I’d known my turn was coming sooner or later, but going next makes me think twice about doing this. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z If he had been an anchor baby, then my parents would have had him a lot sooner. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z ‘I was lulled by the words of Saruman the Wise; but I should have sought for the truth sooner and our peril would now be less.’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z Some could be seen plainly, others were but dim silhouettes, and yet still more, only now beginning to stir from their foul places, would be along much sooner than they were wanted. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z “I’m so sorry I didn’t come back sooner. I should never have left you.” Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z No sooner had the glass cleared his forehead than Bucky practically dove into the house, landing with a thud in the middle of our floor. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z They said that holding your eyes open made it pass sooner, and everyone tried to. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z No sooner had this been accomplished than the band started to play the national anthem. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z He should have expected that sooner or later the course of things would bring him to this pass. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z From the looks on their faces, one trying to be proud and cool, the other crumbling, I wished I had told them sooner. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z “And if the Gods are kind it may even be sooner.” Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z No sooner had Bunnicula reached the edge of the salad bowl than the door swung open and Chester bounded into the room. Bunnicula 1979-03-01T00:00:00Z What torment—like a cage door no sooner swinging open than it slammed shut again. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z All three powers merely continue to produce atomic bombs and store them up against the decisive opportunity which they all believe will come sooner or later. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z “Why didn’t you tell me sooner? A start finally!” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z Sometimes he left the other two for an hour or so at a time, but they had ceased to pay any attention to his absence now, as sooner or later he always reappeared. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z It was not as though he was really surprised, thought Harry, as he wrestled with a thorny vine intent upon throttling him; he had had an inkling that this might happen sooner or later. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z “I recommend doing so sooner, since, you know, she’s your mom.” The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z “If you say,” said Frog doubtfully ... ... but for once the gods were listening, and their chance came much sooner than that. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “She’d only ever talk about you. I’m surprised you didn’t figure out she liked you sooner.” King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z But no sooner had she settled into the tree than a tall woman with long strawberry blond hair started knocking on the trunk. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z Whether Sapiens are to blame or not, no sooner had they arrived at a new location than the native population became extinct. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z "These are strange times in Qarth. And strange times are bad for trade. It grieves me to say so, yet it might be best if you left Qarth entirely, and sooner rather than later." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z No sooner had he come in sight of Mount Doom, burning far away, than he was aware of a change in his burden. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z The Italian says, Missus, you always pay your bill sooner or later and you can have anything you like in this store. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z Once Mom told me that she had her three children in three years because she wanted to finish the duty of having babies sooner, so she could devote herself wholeheartedly to the revolution. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z No sooner had he done so than the light in the woods began flashing a message with extreme rapidity: Go at once. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z In case Ratchett had not realized it sooner, this was to make sure that he understood the reason of the threats against his life. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z “No, the puppy is yours, Matty. And the sooner the better. He’s full of mischief, and he chewed my shoes just this morning.” Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z He would no sooner get a clean shirt on than he would discover that it was wet under the arms, from nervous perspiration, and he would have to change it for a dry one. Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z “A toast,” Lefty said, “to our youngest brother, Moon Shadow, the son of the brilliant Windrider. May Moon Shadow work hard. May he become rich soon. May he return home even sooner.” Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z Sooner or later, sooner or later—but no need to think about that now. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z No sooner had the other one done so than he let go of me as though I were contaminated. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z “The sooner we become Messengers, the sooner we find out!” said Reynie excitedly. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z “And Rosamond Oliver?” suggested Mary, the words seeming to escape her lips involuntarily: for no sooner had she uttered them, than she made a gesture as if wishing to recall them. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z Mustafa tries to reassure him as Baba complains that he didn’t stop for long enough at the stop sign, that he needs to signal sooner, and that he needs to take his turns tighter. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z David had wanted to go sooner but while they were running tests Owen had asked him to wait. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z “And by the way, why wasn’t 1 informed of this sooner?” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z She accepted it with fulsome thanks; it was lovely to behold, and all that burnished copper would flash prettily in the sun, though if actual battle threatened, she would sooner be clad in steel. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z It was a worthwhile question that was bound to be raised sooner or later. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z If I settle down on a stump somewhere at the edge of the village square, they’ll forget about me sooner or later, I’ve found. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z I think that the demoness had been waiting for us, because Father had no sooner knocked once than she opened the door. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z “A brooch, indeed? Yes, that might be more interesting. Just the thing, perhaps. You should have mentioned it sooner.” The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z There will come a day when I can no longer face these steps, he thought, and that day will be here sooner than I would like. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z No sooner had Bull reached behind Jasper Jr. to cut the fishing line than the motor gurgled to a dead stop. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z I didn’t hesitate this time, climbing in the passenger side quickly, the sooner to see his face. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z “He raced ahead of all his men to see her face the sooner, only to be left languishing whilst she ate lamb and figs with some dried-up old woman.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z No sooner had this remark passed his lips than a harp string snapped in two. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z All the trees in the world are going to fall sooner or later. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z ‘Once I do get to sleep,’ said Sam, ‘I shall go on sleeping, whether I roll off or no. And the less said, the sooner I’ll drop off, if you take my meaning.’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z It was a wonder they hadn’t noticed me sooner. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z All the same, there were days when they felt that they would sooner have had less figures and more food. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z But no sooner had we gained the Crepuscule than we heard word from one of the topmen of the true case—unutterable—astounding to believe. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z And presently, as was certain to happen sooner or later, King Lune said it was time for young people to be in bed. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z No sooner were they anchored than the ship hailed them, and the master, Captain Riddle, came aboard. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z Both Vonetta and Fern gave out three pages sooner than I had planned. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z “It’s a shame nobody figured that out sooner,” I said. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z It had already landed on Gladys, and there was no use hiding, for sooner or later, it would fall on me too. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z "I would sooner return to my own bed." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “I will, and you must hear me. It’s no use, Jo, we’ve got to have it out, and the sooner the better for both of us,” he answered, getting flushed and excited all at once. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z “I would sooner have mine own weight in gold.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Or: She cant see without her glasses. hardly/scarcely/no sooner. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Nearly all parents are faced with the problem sooner or later, and then the child is lucky if the parent remembers his own childhood. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z And, sooner or later, he was going to tell. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z "And all the more reason I'd sooner bed down in the dungeon." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “They’re going to end up in a kettle, sooner or later,” he said. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z The illness gave me something to attack besides my father, so when Mother asked why I hadn’t come to her sooner, why I hadn’t asked for help, I answered honestly. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z He saw the hills from the map sooner than he thought he should see them. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z Paradoxically, the more fuel a star starts off with, the sooner it runs out. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z “Mrs. Dubicki’s going to have to see the Grim Reaper sooner or later, so it might as well be sooner. Now go fetch it—and hurry! I’ll wait for you by the car.” Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z “You’re married a long time, you know. And women always hear everything, sooner or later. If you skip anything, some kind friend is sure to say, ‘Did your husband ever tell you about the time...’ Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z “But the sooner you succeed the better, yes?” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z But he’d made an argument that sooner or later they would have to answer. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z The words were no sooner out of his mouth than the doors of the Great Hall opened and silence fell. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z "Sophia is involved in everything, and the sooner you realize that, the better." The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z But he had no sooner taken off his cloak than Dannel poked his head through the door to announce that Clydas had brought a message. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z I can’t go on being the kid who keeps his head low, because all that did was rob me of being out there with you all-maybe I could’ve met some of you sooner. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z This is madness, he thought, but sooner madness than defeat. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z I hurried to change afterward, ill at ease, knowing the faster I moved, the sooner I would be with Edward. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z “My mother heard it from Otis. She didn’t want to tell me, but she knew I’d hear it from somewhere, sooner or later.” The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z They grinned and Amah said, “Yes, you should leave as soon as you can. The sooner you leave, the sooner you can return to your parents. That would be for the best.” Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z They all had a terror of him and his gnarled raptor hands, and the bigger boys, sooner than protect the smaller, sent them to his lair in their stead. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z “I know you’re going to let Dante drive your truck sooner or later.” Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z Mr. Curtain threw his silver glasses to the floor, as if without them he would have seen the truth much sooner. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z Dandelion had no sooner gone than Hazel became aware that something else was moving in the hedge. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z She had trusted me to find her sooner. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z I felt guilty that I hadn’t woken her sooner. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z “I do not know, Your Grace, but I would sooner not risk your person to learn the answer.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “I... I would sooner not, m’lord. Please. I have ... wounds, I... and these clothes, Lord Ramsay gave them to me, he ... he said that I was never to take them off, save at his command...” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z As for the slave trade, the sooner that despicable traffic was ended, the better for everybody. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z “I’d settle for any decent, dry bank, myself,” he thought, “as long as there was some grass and no men with guns. And the sooner we can find one the better.” Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z But no sooner had she opened the door than Mrs. Caruthers was on her feet. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z I only wish I'd told him sooner that he had nothing to feel guilty about. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z The season’s first snowfall was light, the flakes no sooner fallen than melted. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z Well, the sooner she got it filled, the sooner the diary-keeping would be over and she wouldn’t have to bother with it anymore. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z The sooner the better, if you asked me. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z But no sooner had rhetoric established itself than antirhetoric did the same. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z No sooner were we in the car than Gramps said, “So what happened to Peebys mother and did Peeby get any more of those messages?” Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z No sooner had Morris closed the door than Margaret said, “Lets eat.” Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “You know, the sooner we get you out of here the better,” Farid said. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z No sooner did we finish eating than he called us into the room behind the store. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z But it was Saturday, after all—our usual morning to have coffee together—and I knew I'd have to get it over with and talk to Dad sooner rather than later. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z If the horsemen had already found the dell, the sooner Strider led them somewhere else the better. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z "Is he—?" "The khal lives," Irri answered quietly ... yet Dany saw a darkness in her eyes when she said the words, and no sooner had she spoken than she rushed away to fetch water. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z “She knows the lawyer is absent and her cause cannot be proved. The sooner I’m rid of her, the better.” Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z No sooner had he returned than I was to lose him again. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z Andrea Hull was a year older than I was and knew about everything sooner. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Which, in some of our cases, seems like a necessity sooner rather than later. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z “Oh, it’s a terrific plan. It could really ramp up our timetable. Get us to our financing source sooner. I just have one concern. One qualm.” The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z He’d survived by staying afloat until the rescuers could get to him—by making it later rather than sooner! Ungifted 2012-08-21T00:00:00Z No sooner had the applause begun than Mr. 13-04, the music- master, bounded out beside the band, held out his hands for silence, and begged the ladies and gentlemen that they should be still. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Then I was no sooner asleep than I was awake again. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z “First, I’m sorry again about not telling you sooner. Second, I want to tell Dee everything so she can come with us next weekend. Is that okay with you guys?” Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z “Or even today. But I do think the sooner we address this, the better.” Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z “Why haven’t you spoken to us sooner?” screeched the owl, from higher up in the tree. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z He was very brave and smart and he tricked the giants and escaped . . . but no sooner was he outside the castle than die Others took him, and drank his hot red blood. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z My loneliness will sooner kill me than the ocean will. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z “The sooner we get some casualties, the sooner we can make some progress on this. I’d like to get in the Christmas issue if we can. I imagine the circulation is higher then.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z And sooner or later a donor doesn’t make it, even though, say, it’s only the second donation and no one anticipated complications. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z No sooner had we shut off the radio, untied it from the tree, and moved, than a Japanese mortar round landed behind us—right where we had been sending and receiving. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z The sooner she gets off the phone, the sooner she reaches the next Decker. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z “Well, I’d sooner have a dirty slob for a mother than a crazy woman. And I’d rather have no father than a drunken man for my father.” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z The sooner we could afford a pony and cart, the better. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z No sooner had the words left my mouth than his fingers cinched tight, severing my breath. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z No sooner did she see them than she longed to try them on again. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z He would call the young man, he figured, sooner or later. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z “This is no time for heroics, Percy. Drop your puny litde sword, or I’ll have you killed sooner rather than later.” The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z No sooner had they begun scrubbing again than the door to the hospital opened and Commandant Breuer emerged, still smiling, but broader this time. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z There were fourteen students in the class, and each one of us, with the exception of Danny, sooner or later tasted that silence personally. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z No sooner had Louella proven itself a success than I had to abandon the day-to-day operations of the company and let my family handle the business full-time. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z Will had known they would drag him into the quarrel sooner or later. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z On the other hand, the black cypress tree by the bunkhouse was as repulsive as the water-tub was dear; for to this tree all the pigs came, sooner or later, to be slaughtered. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z No sooner did he emerge than Pyp called out, "Well, come about, let's have a look." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Koffi had just opened her mouth to ask, for the second time, who they were, but no sooner had the words formed on her lips than she saw it: sparkling particles of light. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z The message will say that I must have patience: sooner or later he will get me out, we will find her, wherever they’ve put her. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z The sooner he was quit of King's Landing, the better. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z If Nan was searching for fun in the silverware drawers, we’d be packing up sooner than I thought. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z The idea being that if you call out the name long enough and regularly enough and literally from the heart, sooner or later you’ll get an answer. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z "I would sooner face any number of swords than sit helpless like this, pretending to enjoy the company of this flock of frightened hens." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z No sooner had she spoken the words than the darkness began to dissipate. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z But the hearing had no sooner started than the prosecutor announced that the prison was withdrawing its case. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z No sooner had they reached the door separating Fluffy from the rest of the school than Professor McGonagall turned up again and this time, she lost her temper. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z “A pity you did not desert me sooner.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z You might dodge successfully for a while, even for years, but sooner or later they were bound to get you. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z All writers wore glasses and the sooner I got into them, I figured, the better. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z “That was different. This is a time-honored tradition. Every boy in town goes to John Eye’s, sooner or later.” October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z “Well, the sooner you’re done, the sooner we can move out of Eagle Point. Good night.” American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z “He knew that he would be detained sooner or later. He told me not to worry too much.” Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z ‘I don’t know. Nothing, maybe. But he’s up to no good, nosing around, I’ll wager. Curse him! No sooner had he slipped us and run off than word came he’s wanted alive, wanted quick.’ The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z No sooner was Lady out of sight than Frightful forgot her. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z I would have given the book to Margot myself, and a lot sooner, if Father and Mother hadn’t intervened and rushed to take Margot’s part, as if she were suffering some great injustice. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z “It’s all going to come out sooner or later. You just wait.” Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z “These things happen. A physical problem. It should have been detected sooner. You should not have been inseminated. Who was your first Examiner?” he asked. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z “It was going to happen sooner or later, in any case,” Eleanor said. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z I WAS to remember sooner than I had thought. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z And it didn’t matter to Mrs. Granger if you weren’t in fifth grade, because the way she saw it, sooner or later, you would be. Frindle 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z ‘Indeed sooner would I bear a horse than be borne by one. I love my feet better. But, maybe, I shall come yet where I can stand and fight.’ The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z When I hesitate, Ma adds, “The sooner you grab it, the sooner we can get back to the transporter.” Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z Because no sooner had Fezzik’s great hands reached out than the man in black dropped and spun and twisted and was loose and free and still quite alive. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z My body isn’t turning out like the exercise ladies’, but it’s growing, and the more it grows, the sooner I’ll be grown up and the sooner I’ll leave this place forever. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “Except without the job satisfaction. The sooner this wedding’s over, the happier I’ll be.” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Professors McGonagall and Moody kept them working until the very last second of their classes too, and Snape, of course, would no sooner let them play games in class than adopt Harry. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z But who knows, maybe that time will come sooner than I think! The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z They had no sooner taken a stride forward than Adaon, with a great cry, urged his horse across the ground. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z No sooner had they been seated than Mors asked for leave to wed Lady Hornwood. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “I think the various police agencies here and in the Soviet Union have gotten them all. The population is small enough now; everyone, sooner or later, runs into a random checkpoint.” Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z Shame had kept me from revealing it sooner. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z “Well!” said the sergeant, “they’ll find themselves trapped in a circle, I expect, sooner than they count on. Now, blacksmith! If you’re ready, his Majesty the King is.” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z If only they had marched farther, gone looking, they might have been rescued much sooner. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z Ghosts, it seemed, were like painful truths—you could ignore them, try to keep them secret, but sooner or later, they were going to come out, for better or worse. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z But—also sooner or later—my namesake, James Donovan, would have joined his fellow Titanic passengers on the bottom of the ocean. Ungifted 2012-08-21T00:00:00Z He could wait for the plane to run out of gas and fall or he could push die throtde in and make it happen sooner. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z I was pretty certain they’d be along sooner or later, after they’d done—done whatever they were going to do with Father. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Whenever the crowds gathered at some intersection where we were stopped by traffic, the inevitable question came sooner or later. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z “In fact, if you and Suesetta help us we can finish sooner.” Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z ‘You’ll get information enough, sooner or later. My dear Pippin, no Took ever beat a Brandybuck for inquisitiveness; but is this the time, I ask you?’ The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z It seems he did make an effort for a while, but he’d no sooner have started on something, there’d be sneers and giggles all around him. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z The probability that this will be sooner rather than later grows more likely with every passing minute. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z He cursed himself for not noticing the current sooner, and not paddling out while it had still been weak enough to let him. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z “I would sooner have a piece of you,” he whispered, “the sweet piece that’s—” Something flew from the brush to land with a soft thump in their midst, bumping and bouncing. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z I wish you would have told me about I wish you had told me about this this sooner. sooner. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z But my father’s radio station wanted to issue a news release about his death, so it leaned on the morgue to perform the autopsy sooner. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z We were inclined to blame the male lover for disrupting the calm of our family life, and it was inevitable that he would have to suffer for it sooner or later. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z All at once—there, at that last moment, no sooner—I realized what my selfishness and Estraven’s silence had kept from me, where he was going and what he was getting into. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z Then I understood why I hadn’t come sooner. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z She would sooner have returned to Meereen on dragon’s wings, to be sure. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “I just...wanted to apologize for not checking in on you sooner.” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z No sooner was Joff off than a runner came panting up the steps. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “You are a difficult case. But don’t give up hope. Everything is cured sooner or later. In the end we shall shoot you.” 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z Her brother would sooner face battle than that sickroom. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z But no sooner were they next to each other than the palace roared to life. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z “I knew this would happen sooner or later. Now what am I going to do?” Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z I cannot keep you here indefinitely, the sooner you go the better. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z ‘Can’t believe I didn’t notice this sooner. Wait till you see!’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z “You know I may be getting out sooner than later, right?” she says. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z By all my calculations it should be over within an hour, hopefully sooner. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z I guess I was going to end up with it myself sooner or later. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z He rolled across the ground in an attempt to escape the buffeting, but no sooner did he climb to his feet than a shouting, thrashing warrior was flung against him. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z The words were no sooner out than she realized that she didn’t mean them at all. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z Elizabeth’s attitude was the complete reverse of her brother’s: she was completely and utterly convinced that her Tao was alive, and that sooner or later he would return. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Hudson gets out of his chair and comes my way, probably to use the back door to get to the bathroom sooner. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z “It could take many years. Many, many years. It will take sooner for some and longer for others.” A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z Some men would sooner die free than live a slave, I suppose. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z But no sooner had I looked at it than one of the lechuzas clawed it out of my hand. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z No sooner had Ernest’s wire been dispatched than horrifying news arrived: the Athenia had been sunk by a German U-boat torpedo, in the war’s first attack on British shipping. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z But no sooner had Jon finished than the Lord Steward said, “Her Grace is wise. Let them die.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “I meant to give this to you sooner,” he said. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z When I suggested it to the teacher, the boys in class agreed—and were convinced that everyone would have died a lot sooner. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z He did not, of course, ask any questions of Gebu; he would sooner have thrown himself into a crocodile’s jaws. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z She had no sooner finished than Constance called to ask a favor of her. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z “Boy, I hopes you enjoyed your brief time on the earth, ’cause it coming to a end a lot sooner than you think.” The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z All of this meant that the sooner I could do the hard skills flawlessly, the greater my chance of climbing onto the winner’s podium. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z I wish I had come to it sooner. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z I could tell that you were going to flip sooner or later. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z You might say it would have happened sooner or later anyway, this sliding apart of such a large family, in postwar California. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z “I would sooner swear an oath on an anvil and do honest work than dupe the world with make-believe.” Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z “I just don’t see why you couldn’t tell me sooner,” she said in a quiet voice. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z The sooner the foxes were scared now, the better, of course. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z He was stunned he hadn’t made the connection sooner. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z Nan interrupted occasionally and said, “I know. I should’ve called sooner.” Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z As we started our journey back, he answered a question that I would have asked sooner or later. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z No sooner had I made polite inquiry as to the disagreement below, than he asked me, “Do you recall what words I spake to you this morning?” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z After his death, there was talk that John might have lived if he could have left Haiti sooner, but almost everyone seemed grateful he’d gotten out at all. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z No sooner had the mournful song run its course than the minister took to the altar and delivered a sermon that in my state gave little comfort. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z But no sooner was he in Milan than he did the opposite, providing assistance to Pope Alexander so that he could occupy the Romagna. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z “Why didn’t you tell me sooner?” she cries into the phone. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z At one point they crossed it, and no sooner had he stepped foot on the other side than the day was adangle with shouts and explosions. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z “The sooner, the better. I noticed a squirrel having an upside-down feast on feeder number eight. We need to put an end to that. A slicker surface might do the trick.-” Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z No sooner had those formalities of greeting been com-pleted than the king had said to his host, "Take me down to your crypt, Eddard. I would pay my respects." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Will helped Lyra up; the sooner they moved away, the better. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z “You don’t have long to wait, S.Q. My modifications have gone much more quickly than I even hoped. I now fully expect the Improvement to begin the day after tomorrow—perhaps even sooner.” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z “My mum wanted Albert to tell you sooner, she really did, but you know Albert. He’s so stubborn.” The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z No sooner had he settled in front of the TV than a Mother Paula’s commercial came on, promoting the weekend special: $6.95 for all the pancakes you could eat, plus free sausage and coffee. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Sansa touched her bps to the metal, thinking that she would kiss any number of swords sooner than Joffrey. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Loss takes up inside of everything sooner or later and eats right through it. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s sooner than either of them expected—only two weeks since the state dinner, two weeks of wanting Henry back under him as soon as possible and saying everything short of that in their texts. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z No sooner had he banged the phone down than his limbs turned so heavy he could hardly stand up. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z “Well, I know something’s got to turn up sooner or later.” Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z The sooner you got your food, the longer you had to eat, play a game of soccer, or hang out. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z It will come for you too, child, and sooner than you like. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “If I had done that, you can be sure I would claim it. Face it, nobody wants you here. It was bound to happen sooner or later.” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z No sooner had Dot disappeared than I heard the rumble of a car. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z If Judy really wanted to, she would talk to Mrs. Granger sooner or later. Frindle 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Ralph had no sooner made this decision than part of the maze must have fallen down, for Ryan said, “See, I told you it wouldn’t work that way.” Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z She believed that the sooner I returned to my normal routine, the sooner I, and everyone else, would forget about The Incident. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z Then he shouts, “You were WRONG, boy! And the sooner you accept your complete and overwhelming wrongness, the sooner you’ll be of use to me, and this mission.” Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z No sooner had I perceived the presence swimming far below than I sensed another one right beside me. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z We left shortly afterward, a little sooner than on the usual visit to Father Benedict. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z But she would sooner have her tongue torn out than confess how bad she felt; limping, tight-lipped, trembling, she kept pace with Will and said nothing. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z “No. Nahlrout, of course. I must be getting old to not notice it sooner. It also explains why you’re not bleeding all over my nice clean table.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z No sooner was he in Milan than the Pope obtained troops from him for the Romagna campaign, and this was made possible for him because of the King’s prestige. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z I think about hollering for a witness, but I’m going to have to face him sooner or later. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z “The sooner we get started, the sooner it’s over.” Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z “She would have coughed up the water anyway, sooner or later.” Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z “Don’t be stupid, Tim. A lot of men will take a chance anyway, especially when they’re drunk. You wait; sooner or later they’ll get into your beef if you don’t watch it.” My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Ferris could not resist tweaking the Exposition Company for not granting him a concession sooner than it did. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z No sooner had she stood than Mama grabbed her arm and broke into a sprint. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z I ain’t hungry now, but sooner or later I will be, and a peanut butter and jelly sandwich always hits the spot. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z “Come on, let’s go. My dad’s probably realized I’m not home by now. The sooner I get out of Louisiana, the better.” King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z But a more massive star will spend its nuclear fuel faster, become a red giant sooner, and be first to enter the final white dwarf decline. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z What Farmer knew for certain was he would become a doctor himself, and the sooner he could return to Haiti, the better. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z “The sooner you get started, the sooner you’ll make the segregationists real happy. They’ll love broadcasting the headlines across the world.” Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “I’d sooner eat dirt,” he said with a look of indignation. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Leon and his friend were arriving in the early evening, or even sooner, and the performance was set for seven o’clock. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z He wished it had been later rather than sooner. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z “There’s another difference between us, Mr. Scoresby. A witch would no sooner give up flying than give up breathing. To fly is to be perfectly ourselves.” The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z I blew on it, I breathed on it, I cupped it in my hands, but no sooner did I add twigs than the whole thing went black. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z I knew Ruth would find out about it sooner or later, but I didn’t want her to find out just yet. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z Really, they’d sooner imagine a tree that could pull up its feet and go bake bread. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z “Perhaps in a bit,” Frankie said, sparing me from having to explain that I had never played pool and would sooner strike my own eye out than hit the ball. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z “If I feel regret,” I say, “it’s that I wasn’t willing to die sooner. That I wasn’t willing to cut my own throat in the Third Trial instead of killing men I’d known for years.” An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z The sooner I get home, he thought, the sooner I'll hear from her again. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z The stark truth is that she will die sooner than later. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z I felt so stupid for not realizing it sooner. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z Mama paused and then said, “You’ll have to see him sooner or later, you know.” Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z I says I’ve tried to keep you from being worried by her; I says far as I’m concerned, let her go to hell as fast as she pleases and the sooner the better. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z The more she practices, the sooner she'll be back into her native tongue, the aunts insist. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z They grinned and Amah said, “Yes, you should leave as soon as you can. The sooner you leave, the sooner you can return to your parents. That would be for the best.” Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z “Why didn’t you say something sooner?” he asks. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z No sooner had he reached the platform, however, than my father stopped cold. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z And no sooner had the men finished digging out the dead men and butchering the horses than another corpse was found. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z But no sooner had I unlocked one of the cells and turned the corner than a gym porter who shouldn’t have been there tried to beat me to it. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I thought sooner or later someone would start saying it had gone too far, but it just kept on, and no one said anything. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z “I would have arrived sooner, but I had...other business.” Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z He always wants things to happen sooner than they do, and now he wants to leave right away, but my mother says he’ll have to hold his horses. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z “The Collective was specific that this needs to occur sooner than anticipated.” The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z “The sooner we can get to Harvard Square, the better.” From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z Nobody as rebarbative as Cicero, in a state as turbulent as Rome during the first century bc, could expect not to run into trouble sooner or later. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z “I don’t know that it matters after all. One has to think of the children some time or other, the sooner the better.” The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z And wherever she was, the boy would be too, sooner or later. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z He felt sure they would smell him out sooner or later. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z "If a man paints a target on his chest, he should expect that sooner or later someone will loose an arrow at him. I have seen dead men with more humor than your Ser Alliser." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z I had no sooner gotten dressed than I remembered! Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z No sooner am I on top than the dog is up again as lively as ever and springs at me. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z His only regret, he said, was that he hadn’t acted sooner. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z I visualized how I would stand on my toes, the sooner to see his face. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z Piper should have understood what was happening sooner, but she’d spent most of her life in Southern California with no major changes of season. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z The hard thing to understand is that I ever left it, that I didn’t go back to the dogs sooner. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z "I knew you'd be here sooner or later, so I already thought it through and decided. Go ahead and tell them." The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z She stared at the limpid, naked sky looking for traces of a cloud, hoping that sooner or later a drop of rain would fall to break the unbearable harshness of that lunar valley. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z "I would sooner not tell you which. She was frightened and wanted help." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z 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 “Only a little sad. Time flies quickly; things always happen sooner than one expects. And yet,” he murmured, almost to himself, “it troubles me. I fear the Horned King may have some part in this.” The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z “Zeus ordained the explosion to destroy the children,” she said, “because you defied his will. I had nothing to do with it. And I did warn you to hide them sooner.” The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z “I’m sorry I didn’t talk to you sooner. I was—” She bit her lip and looked away from Ivy. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z We were no sooner in the car than she said, “He’s lying.” Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z If you grow up in the lanes of Limerick you’re bound to rob the odd orchard sooner or later. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z “The more of us who go into the army, the sooner the war will be over, the sooner you and Mama will be out of here.” Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z It seemed to Bigger that no sooner had he closed his eyes than he was wide awake again, suddenly and violently, as though someone had grabbed his shoulders and had shaken him. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z His horse’s hoofs, however, had no sooner clattered on the cobbles than she came flying from her tower room to welcome him with delight. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z The younger girls formed hopes of coming out a year or two sooner than they might otherwise have done; and the boys were relieved from their apprehension of Charlotte’s dying an old maid. Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z Lyra turned her back abruptly and slammed into her bedroom, but no sooner had she banged the door shut behind her than it opened again. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z I hope this means he’ll move back in sooner rather than later. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z I think if they had been, the situation would have ended sooner. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z If you throw a rotten orange into someone’s face, you can bet the orange will sooner or later come flying back. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z The sooner we are gone from this place, the better. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “There has not been any change made about your own arrangements? You will not be summoned to leave England sooner than you expected?” Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z But no sooner did I than I became ensnared in brambles that caught me in their thorny grasp. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z No sooner were they seated than, from secret places in the room, soldiers emerged who killed Giovanni and all the others. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z The danger was that sooner or later someone might stumble onto the truth, and the story could spread. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z It was a wonder in fact that I wasn’t captured sooner. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z However, no sooner was he stretched out than he sat bolt upright, his head and shoulders suddenly propelled into view, with somewhat the macabre-comic effect of a corpse falling out of a closet. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z Mountaineering, she understood, was an essential expression of some odd, immutable aspect of my personality that I could no sooner alter than change the color of my eyes. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z “This is going to get you out of here sooner,” they promised. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z Every human being held it as an article of faith that the farm would go bankrupt sooner or later, and, above all, that the windmill would be a failure. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z “Myself, I would sooner live to see another spring.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z If the gods wanted him, he would sooner die by drowning than choking on his own vomit. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “Like the new haircut. Sorry I didn’t tell you sooner.” Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z As soon as he saw her, he knew it had been a mistake to come here—he felt like he should have known that even sooner. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z Vincent writes, “Don’t worry about your wanton life, as you call it, just go quietly on your way. You’re purer than I, and will probably get there sooner and better.” Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z “I guess I learned to do for myself sooner.” Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z Jamie extended his arm, which was draped with his striped flannel pajamas, and said, “Lady Claudia, I knew that sooner or later you would get me to that restaurant.” From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z “I would sooner stay with you. On Naath I’d be afraid. What if the slavers came again? I feel safe when I’m with you.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “I would have told you sooner, but I only just learned about them myself, before we went to Penikese.” Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z I think she was telling me, I know you’ve run away—everybody gets the urge to do that sometime—but sooner or later you'll want to go home. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z No sooner had her handmaids retired for the night than he tore the robe from her and tumbled her backwards into bed. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z It was a realization, a passage, that probably would have found a way into the original Newjack if I’d had it sooner. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z If a storm was coming, the sooner they landed the better. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z The list for Richard’s party was ever expanding, and no sooner had they finished readying one room than another needed to be prepared for yet another guest. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z “The sooner we get on the train, the better,” he said. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z He would have come sooner but he was away at a conference taking care of business while Hal was taking care of his own business. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z “I’ll leave when my child is found and not a minute, hour, or day sooner.” Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z A few questions: “Pardon, I’m not crazy, but have you seen any six-fingered noblemen lately?” and surely, sooner or later, there would be an answering “yes.” The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z He was sure that if all the kids stopped buying lunch, sooner or later someone would figure out that it was all Nick Allen’s idea. Frindle 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “How about the Hickock farm? If they’re still in the area, it seems to me sooner or later they’ll go there.” In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z No sooner do I solve one problem than I face another. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z “If you’d let me know sooner—” She began bustling around the huge warm kitchen, which had a stove twice the size of an ordinary stove and a table ten feet long. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z I wonder if everyone who shares a house sooner or later ends up at odds with their fellow residents. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z If he doesn’t see me and know sooner than that. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z I might have to put up with him for a day or so, but sooner or later, I’d find a way to get rid of him. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z “I knew he would find out about it sooner or later,” he said softly, looking very sad. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z And no sooner had he got there than he heard footsteps in that other world, lightly running over the grass, and looked through to see Lyra racing toward him. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z The sooner this is all over, the sooner I can sneak my gifts to John. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z I can tell she feels guilty about not coming sooner. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z He said, “It’s good to hear my name in your mouth, boy. If you’d used it before, I could have found you sooner.” The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z But I also see a few people nodding mechanically, probably thinking we should go along, maybe believing that will get them out of here sooner. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z Soon as I told him, he said he was surprised it hadn’t happened sooner and told me to get on the late bus to Jackson and never come back. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z “Maybe after the Whitechapel Club led nowhere, he decided to search for another lead. He knows more people in meatpacking than I do, so the news could have reached him sooner.” The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z When they finally got home, Grandma had no sooner sent Ernie upstairs—with the beer bottle containing the half tooth—to lie down with a double dose of pain reliever when the phone rang. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z “I should’ve been home sooner. Mama works. I’m supposed to watch him after school.” Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z And the sooner I left Greenwood, the sooner I’d be back in school, the less homework I’d have to make up. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z No sooner had I pronounced Molly’s name than Bram stood up, turned away, and abruptly walked out of the room. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z A puny arrow connects the filler who with a gap right next door, and the reader gets instant gratification: no sooner does she come across who than she knows what it’s doing. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z The road itself, however, had been silent for hours on end, which meant that we were due for some sort of human interaction sooner or later. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z No sooner had I won my right to the school grounds than a new dread arose. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z “He always has someone at the trading post because, sooner or later, everyone goes there,” Rosa went on. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Soon or late he would need to face the red priestess, but he would sooner it was not in the queen’s presence. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z But no sooner had we taken a few more steps than we saw' the barbed wire of another camp. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z At lunch, I ate my lard sandwiches with paralytic slowness, but sooner or later, the janitor started putting the chairs up on the tables. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z No sooner had these words been uttered than America, as one, melted into a puddle of love for Nixon, his wife, his adorable little daughters, and itty-bitty waggy-tailed Checkers. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z She asked him if we could get on a boat sooner, and he said okay. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z If there is a big job, we all pitch in together to get it done, and then we can be free to have fun sooner. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z “To think that if we were still hanging out down there, we would’ve found him sooner.” A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z If he was crazy, the sooner I could get out from under the razor the better. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z “The sooner-—” He never finished what he was going to say for at that moment something happened. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z Her bloodriders would sooner have returned to their great grass sea, even if it meant braving the red waste again. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “Is it so? I wonder. If you would sooner drown in wine, say the word and it shall be done, and quickly. Drowning cup by cup wastes time and wine both.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z No sooner had he bade us all a good evening than Mrs Taylor said to him: This is our gentleman here, Doctor. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z She worked fast; the sooner she finished, the closer she’d be to a chance at meeting Wash in the woods. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z They ought to have come a little sooner to have heard his lecture on dress, for they were splendidly attired in velvet, silk, and furs. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z “Let them come. In me they shall find a sterner foe than Cleon. I would sooner perish fighting than return my children to bondage.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z If they’d stayed open, maybe someone would have noticed a lot sooner that the boat was missing. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z ‘Forty-eight hours, but usually sooner. But from the word go, we take the disappearance of minors very seriously. That’s why I’m here.’ The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z “We are floating beautifully. And sooner or later a ship is bound to come along and pick us up.” James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z Those were the first human words. no sooner had we climbed into our bunks than we fell into a deep sleep. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z “Don’t be ridiculous. Of course they did. They starved, or they died of thirst. Wild animals ate them, sooner or later. That was the point.” The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z When you come across old students from Hailsham, you always find them, sooner or later, getting nostalgic about their collections. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z She was resolved to fight for her life, but the weapon was no sooner in her hand than she changed her mind. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Maudie, who lived a less complicated life, had had fewer sins to confess and had gotten out sooner. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z A big ball of hatred had been born here, she realized, and it would have to be dealt with sooner or later. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z “The sooner we get it, the sooner we can ride,” I said. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z Now that the fog of the nagual’s spell had lifted, I couldn’t believe I hadn’t made the connection sooner. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z Dozens of cities in the United States are now following suit, pledging to use 100 percent renewable energy by 2050 or sooner. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z “And the sooner you quit flapping at the mouth, the sooner we can get out there.” Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z “Three days. I’ve got to catch some fella on the Mississippi Oil and Gas Board. I wish I’d known about it sooner.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z She’d find out sooner or later, when it was on the news, because all the Miami TV stations broadcast to the Keys. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z The sooner I learned, I told myself, the longer my life. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z It was so simple, I felt like an imbecile for not seeing it sooner. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z “I wish you had seen it sooner. I wish you lived here.” Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z She refused, and said she would sooner die than submit to his loathsome caresses. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z “The sooner we leave, the better,” Luke said. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z "It should be pretty hard to find two kids in tunnels that move millions of people. The sooner we get to the subway station, the better." The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z He’d no sooner said the words than I knew he was right. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z In the state he’s in, I expect it would be sooner rather than later. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z Produce protons in sufficient quantity, Gamow suggested, and sooner or later a lucky bullet would find its mark. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Since I don’t plan on making it back alive a second time, the sooner Gale lets me go, the better. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z No sooner had they finished the last morsel than Mzizi and the new wife heard the sound of singing coming from their stomachs. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z “And I have not forgotten,” said Emma, “how sure you were that he might have come sooner if he would. You pass it over very handsomely—but you were perfectly right.” Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z “Well, then, why didn’t thou tell me all this sooner?” asked Jo bashfully. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z No sooner had Mrs. Olinski stopped her van than her old friend came rushing out the door. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z “The more you can disbelieve the things your illness tries to make you believe, the sooner you’ll be well enough to go home.” Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z “No. I’m sorry. I wish I had brought you and Laleh sooner. It’s not fair you only get to see him like this. So tired. And just...well, you saw.” Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z The sooner we are shut of here, the better I will like it, Asha thought. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “Life isn’t fair, Jason, and the sooner you learn that, the better.” Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z “You are, Kiko. And the sooner you accept it, the easier it will be to accept what you cannot change.” Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z Because sooner or later, that stupid letter was going to arrive, and if Zane didn’t have a plan, he was done for. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z She spat on the spectacular pile of coins, put them in three canvas sacks, and buried them in a secret place, hoping that sooner or later the three unknown men would come to reclaim them. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z If only she’d allowed the Assassin to act sooner...If only she hadn’t been so harsh with her...If only she hadn’t allowed herself to be so distracted by that little girl... The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z “I know you old and might”—I tried to think of a polite way to say it—“be pushing up daisies sooner than later. But try not to die on us too soon. OK?” Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Such will, of course, immensely simplify our labour, and the sooner the matter is attended to the better. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z “I should have told you sooner. I wanted to tell you.” We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z To be sure, Cora was not a natural believer, and her education had been terminated sooner than she wished. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z The door closed behind me, and, sooner than should be possible, he was sitting next to me, starting the car. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z Olakunde deposited the young child on the dock, where he no sooner had stood than he began to scream shrilly. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z He wonders if he accepted the dare, in part, to return to the circus sooner. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Had she been born five hundred years sooner, Raphael would have chosen her as a model for his cherubs. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z They had no sooner made it to the interstate than Julian fell asleep. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z I suppose sooner or later in the life of everyone comes a moment of trial. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z No sooner had Remedios the Beauty ascended to heaven in body and soul than the inconsiderate Fernanda was going about mumbling to herself because her sheets had been carried off. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z “I would sooner cut out my own heart than love a Havilliard,” she snarled. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z They say to customers sorry it’s so early, but they have to close sooner tonight. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z His tone suggested he would sooner have his remaining arm hacked off. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z It was inevitable that they should make that claim sooner or later: the logic of their position demanded it. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z “I’m warning you, Tim, sooner or later somebody’s going to get them.” My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z No sooner was she rested than she took off for the one mountain among thousands. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z “Why didn’t you guys talk to me about this sooner?” Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z They would no sooner question the color line than they would the concept of heaven and hell or the fact that man must earn his bread by the sweat of his brow. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z No sooner would an officer become savvy as to which rules were commonly ignored, however, than somebody in a white shirt would appear to shake up his whole understanding of accepted practice. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z No sooner did she say “twitch” than her eye demonstrated. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z I’d agree with anything he said if it would get me away from him sooner. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z But it was not over yet, for no sooner had I gotten into the trees than he was out of the store, the gun under one arm and Faro on the leash. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z "Grayson, are you coming out to me? Because I'm, I mean, don't take this personally, but I would sooner go straight than go gay with you. " Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z No sooner was he all set as the Mayor—post master— landlord—storekeeper, than he bought a desk like Mr. Hill or Mr. Galloway over in Maitland with one of those swing-around chairs to it. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z "He must have been waiting there, knowing I'd turn up to see my parents sooner or later." City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z Some were regulars, unbeknownst to their wives, while others would normally sooner be caught dead than set foot across his threshold. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z Furthermore he claimed he knew who it was, and that sooner or later the kibáazu would get around to all the females in our house. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z No sooner had Sherwood Butler, the laboratory’s head of procurement, set the final brick on a new building than his brother, Melvin, set about filling it with new employees. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z Nearly every business proposition in the county came sooner or later to Will Hamilton’s attention. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z They felt responsible for the loss of the first bird, and they knew that sooner or later they would have to confess to their parents what had really happened. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z ‘I’m sorry we didn’t give it to you sooner,’ Kat said. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z But no sooner were they mounted than the black demon pitched them off. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z This is merely another way of saying what we have known for decades: the development of nuclear weapons and their delivery systems will, sooner or later, lead to global disaster. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “The sooner this nasty little aristocrat goes to the plankton factory the better. That’s all I can say.” The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “You would have to do something eventually. Mrs. Henry is al-ready losing much of her strength. The sooner we operate now the safer.” A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z No sooner had Hodor entered the godswood than Summer emerged from under an oak, almost as if he had known they were coming. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z He was mistaken, for no sooner had he entered the yard than shutters were closed and doors barricaded. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z "I don't know what kind of neighborhood your father picked. The sooner we move, the better." You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z I believed that sooner or later I would catch a glimpse of one coming out of a freshly dead body, or just hanging around, reluctant to leave. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z “We have lessons to do, and—the dress goes on frontward, Cassiopeia, arms through the holes, but please dry off first—and the sooner we get started, the better!” The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z Perry, We got your 2nd letter today & forgive me for not writing sooner. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z No sooner had I apologized for my lateness than Brother Jack struck the table with his gavel, addressing his first remarks to me. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z “The storage locker! I’m sorry, you guys. I should’ve thought of this sooner.” Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z Compounding my anxiety was the one deep longing that far outmatched any material wish: I knew I wanted to have children, sooner rather than later. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z The secondhand dealers had been prowling around for weeks, like wolves, offering humiliating prices for goods and furniture they knew many of us would have to sell sooner or later. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z We’re even skipping the movie so I can get to Saint Augustine’s sooner. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z “Do you know she asked me if I’d like to give you away? I told her the sooner the better.” Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z Mother pointed out that the sooner she got started, the sooner she could leave. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “He doesn’t know what he believes in. No sooner do you hear one thing than he’s switched to something else.” The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 But no sooner was he up and after her than she would be off, laughing at his slow clumsiness as he tried to follow her. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z There will be designated interstellar objectives, and sooner or later our spacecraft will have human crews. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “I could use you both! And the sooner the Improvement begins, the sooner you’ll begin your new life. What better motivation to perform well, eh?” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z “One might sooner scrawl on granite with a lilac than impress rhetorical niceties upon that woman.” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z ‘Those brutes out there are bound to catch me sooner or later and have me for tea.’ The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z “Now you have to come back sooner,” he says. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z “I’m sorry I didn’t tell you all of this sooner.” A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z No sooner did I sit down than the door creaked open. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z “Despite our best endeavors, and we must face its challenges as they arise. The sooner you learn that”—our teacher shot a stare not at Gary Drake but straight at me—“the better.” Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z No sooner had they left than the girls were all over Mamá. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z “We all bite off too much sooner or later. But some students don’t know when to spit their mouthful. They burn out. They quit, or botch their exams. Some crack.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z No sooner had we arrived from Fowler, where we had picked grapes, than it started to pour. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z No sooner had he said this than he pounced on a goat and took a bite out of its leg. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z I had no sooner said this than the chief minister of Uganda cried out: “Give it to them again!” Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z No sooner had the Sunday night broadcast ended than the demands for government action began. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z “The sooner you go, the sooner you’ll be back,” said Uncle Andrew cheerfully. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z In addition, she nourished the hope that if she kept putting ideas into Clara’s head, sooner or later she would ask a question and regain her speech. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z I no sooner had the sentence out of my mouth than Branwell blinked his eyes twice, very rapidly, and I knew he understood the rules of our communication. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z ‘Then the sooner we’re rid of it, the sooner to rest,’ he said haltingly, finding no better words to say. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z He should have punched out sooner and the hell with the civilians some said. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z “Naturally, they’re very upset. The sooner we get there, the sooner that child will be with them again.” Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z All his life he had lived as a failure and now he was going to die as a failure and the sooner the better, he stated. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z He preferred to present his evidence and let the observations speak for themselves, convinced that sooner rather than later even the Church of Rome would have to accept the implications. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z It was a cue, and no sooner had Baaz spoken the words than he was pushing open the Hema’s front entrance flap. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z No sooner did I hear the words than I became my story. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z Dumbledore drank, and no sooner had he finished than he yelled, “KILL ME!” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z And even if we keep our promise to everyone to come again sooner, it could be another four or five years. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z “Listen, we’re all right for the moment, but sooner or later something will have to be done about the battering ram. Has anyone got a good idea? I’m open to sensible suggestions.” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z “Do with us what you will, but sooner or later you shall be overcome. Gwydion shall learn of our fate. And Dallben...” The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z No sooner had he come to that realization than he heard a sudden crack, loud as thunder, the deck lurched beneath him, and he slid back down into the water. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The sooner we put the house back in order, the sooner all of us could rest. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z After a while, he got up to play pool, and no sooner had he left his stool than a man came over and sat on it. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z No sooner had she done so than a chorus of cries issued from the bedroom. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z The sooner she spoke to Renly, the sooner she could turn for home. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z And then it was obvious, so obvious Ekon hated himself for not putting the pieces together sooner. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z No sooner had the final word left my mouth than Frankie’s features darkened. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z No sooner had Ryan sat down at the table than he and the rest of Room 5 stood up again to recite some words about a flag and something about liberty and justice for all. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z When I started this narrative, I knew that sooner or later I would have to have a go at Texas, and I dreaded it. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z “I’m an idiot for not seeing it sooner.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Shawn would think about what Dad had told him on the phone, and sooner or later he would realize that my denial—my claim that Dad had misunderstood me—was a lie. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Because if planets had very elliptical orbits, so that their paths intersected, sooner or later there would be a collision. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “The sooner you learn that nice white folks are few and far between, the easier your life will be, kiddo. At least, they’re not nice to girls like you and me.” Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z She’s going to kill me for not having done this sooner. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z The lieutenant had decided Mudd was guilty of something and he would arrest him sooner or later. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z “The sooner Fiver and I get back to the warren the better,” said Hazel. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z “I would sooner have them dead in the ground,” said Yarwyck. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z No sooner had he stepped away than I said, “Something is not well.” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z The quicker the orders were finished, the sooner they’d be fired. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z This time, the scene shows Hideo turning around a few seconds sooner and calling Sasuke back before he can go into the trees. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z But sooner or later I’d have to return to New York. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z It was inevitable that I was going to be fired sooner or later. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z “Well, she’s going to have to find out sooner or later.” Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z “The sooner every party breaks up, the better.” Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z No sooner had he passed the bucket off to him and refilled the empty one dropped at his feet than another one was coming, and then another. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z "You're going to take us to it sooner or later. So you might as well make it sooner." Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z “I’m in a hurry to start my life, I guess. The sooner I get my bachelor’s, the sooner I can get into med school.” Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z On the one hand, I know college could be one of the greatest times of my life, but on the other, starting my professional baseball career early could help me reach my goals sooner. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z Summer," he said. No sooner had he spoken than a second voice joined the first. "They've made a kill," Robb said as he remounted. "I'd best go and bring them back. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z “My master will buy me some better ones sooner or later.” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z Far as I was concerned, the sooner the better. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z Some of the girls had no sooner come back from their summer holidays than they went home again. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z They knew they would come back to it sooner or later. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z No sooner was the rat in Kevin’s lap than it scampered up his chest and darted between two buttons into his shirt. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z Well, he was an instinctive man; the mind would tell him sooner or later. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Anderson no sooner thought this when the door caught fire and burned McConners’ hand. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z The sooner that lesson sinks in, the better chance I have at surviving initiation. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z His belly outgrew the coat sooner than that. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z “It had to happen sooner or later,” was her answer. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z She darted back there at once, and no sooner had she pulled the door shut then Lord Asriel called, “Come in.” The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z There were more services available in the state’s Division of Juvenile Justice facilities than in the county’s Juvenile Hall, she argued, and the sooner Richard was sentenced, the sooner he could take advantage of them. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z One Tuesday, when no one doubted that sooner or later it had to happen, Pietro Crespi asked her to marry him. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z “I wouldn’t want it to be any sooner,” said Constance. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z Ramo therefore would have to become a man sooner than if we were not alone, since I would need his help in many ways. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z An ANC colleague in Lobatse had recently been kidnapped by the South African police and I thought the sooner we could leave, the better. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z And if I cut the fish loose I can get home sooner. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z “I think the world isn’t always a fair place. The sooner you get that through your thick skull, the sooner you can get on with your life.” Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z “The faster we can clear this stuff away, the sooner we can leave this mound. Maybe we can even get away before the wall collapses.” Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z The sooner the better or he’ll look like an idiot when he grows up with that gob wide as a boot. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z “It’s a good sign that it’s taken this long to hit you. I’d have been worried if it had happened sooner.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z She knew that sooner or later word of her return to Tres Marias would reach the boy and that the call of love would overtake him no matter where he was. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z “I’m going to him. He knew I would sooner or later. But he don’t know how I wish I had the nerve to just kill him!” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z That it's no good loving me because I'm never going to get married anyway and he'd just end up hating me later instead of sooner. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z With Westerberg in stir, there was no work at the grain elevator for McCandless, so on October 23, sooner than he might have under different circumstances, the boy left town and resumed a nomadic existence. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “No sooner do we get out of one trouble than down comes another. There doesn’t seem to be anything to hold on to when Mother’s gone, so I’m all at sea.” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z And bad years were bound to come, sooner or later. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z No sooner had Leon placed the wedding ring on Lonna’s finger than the boy kicked off his shiny black shoes and ran away. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z She still hadn’t said anything about the cream puff, and I figured it had to come sooner or later. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z “Let’s not fight. The sooner we can get this bag of fertilizer out to the shed, the sooner we can hose out the trunk.” Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z “It’s a terrible thing, it’s a pitiful thing, but it’s war. The sooner we make one great swoop, the sooner the sufferin’ is over fer all of us—South as well as North.” Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s less work for the Russians and the British, and it allows them to start rebuilding their own cities all that much sooner. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z But no sooner had they warmed themselves with the milk then the wind shifted and brought dangerous chunks of ice crowding and bumping up against their floe. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z If I hadn’t given myself the willies over the prairie’s nighttime noises, I might have noticed it sooner. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z Proud men might shout that they would sooner die free than live as slaves, but pride was cheap. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z It is a pity that Gandalf did not find out more sooner. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z “We would have been here much sooner in any other house,” Theodora said. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z “As long as I can have my cornflakes, I’ll take the milk straight from the cow. Just get here sooner and stick the bottle in the freezer.” Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z “I wouldn’t hurt a bat any sooner than I would a dove.” Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z “Please forgive me for not stopping by sooner,” Justice Strauss said, as the Baudelaires stood awkwardly in the doorway. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z “So all of us must sooner or later pass,” I am tempted to whisper. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z Ever since last winter, Piper had expected Khione to show her frosty face sooner or later. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z I, on the other hand, expected it to come sooner, and I wonder how much I am to blame for his decision. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z She was never coy, and she would have ordinarily replied much sooner. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z No sooner had the crowd thinned than a black boy with a cigarette jutting from his mouth came up to me. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z We knew from Hector that Ratchett would be coming back from the East sooner or later by the Orient Express. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z No sooner had she learned to smack the ball smartly on the steps, angling it right or left, than the other players revolted. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z Why hadn’t he got to work on the egg’s clue sooner? Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z The sooner he went on, taking his evil destiny with him, the better for these folk. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z But no sooner had the preacher arrived than I began to resent him, for I learned at once that he, like my father, was used to having his own way. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Then he married, as all sons marry sooner or later. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z Philomena said, Our little cousin no sooner gets off the boat than you are at her. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z |
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