Not stricdy speaking an orphanage, the Foundling Hospital was a place of refuge to which poor or destitute mothers could bring their children to be sheltered and educated. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

Outside, voices were speaking in a tongue he did not know. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

He had been so brave for speaking out. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

I also wanted to examine the shamblers in the daylight after speaking with Mr. Gideon, to see if there was anything different about them than the ones we'd faced back east. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

‘Nay, there was no change of counsel,’ said the Lady Galadriel, speaking for the first time. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

That Hirohito’s father was in prison for speaking out to the people. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Students are speaking around Kalinda loudly, buzzing with anticipation, and whenever there’s a break in the noise, I can tell even from where I stand, it’s because Kalinda is speaking. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

As one of her admirers observed, “She has plenty of nerve and is as sharp as a steel trap. She moved her base up north and continued speaking out in cities around the country. “ A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

It’s not easy to keep up a conversation with somebody you’d rather not even be speaking to. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

She was supposed to be with him, not eating tube cookies and speaking in fairy tales. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

He had hardly finished speaking when they were summoned to the hall by the ringing of many bells. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

My mom said that people didn’t like being put in the uncomfortable position of speaking to us. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

She loved me, in some mysterious sense I understood without her speaking it. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Missis,” returned the gallant sergeant, “speaking for myself, I should reply, the honour and pleasure of his fine wife’s acquaintance; speaking for the king, I answer, a little job done.” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

Kamala was speaking seriously, and grief and weariness were concealed behind her words. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z

What about the fact that proportionally speaking, there are more people of color living in poverty than white people? Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

There were four of us kids still young enough to be living with Mama, plus Granny, her mother, sixty-five then, speaking no English, and nearly blind. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was speaking to Jasper Jr. Who, to my complete surprise, immediately let me go. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

At once, without speaking again to Kehaar, he took a few hops in Chervil’s direction and began biting busily at a patch of clover. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

As Candice searched her dresser for a more suitable pair of jeans, she heard her mother in the kitchen, speaking on the phone in hushed tones. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

“You said, speaking for your friend, that you could tell me how to do something useful and good. Something that you would like done, is it not?” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Levy didn’t feel like speaking with the crying woman again. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

The campus has become a place for ‘making it’ rather than a place for those who, relatively speaking, ‘have it made.’ Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

When she came, we were invited to the Croatian Hall where she would be speaking. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

And speaking of being found, that’s what happened to Lieutenant Baker, too! The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

One of the men was speaking, while the other drank from a bottle of water, the glass ignored on the table. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

We had enough food on our table, but emotionally and spiritually speaking, I felt like I was desperate, begging for sustenance. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

It got trapped in a burning city and escaped, speaking bad French. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

My face gets warm, and I swallow instead of speaking. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

Reverend Hunt is very happy that Namontack is now speaking English so well. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

“She’s my own daughter. It’s just that it’s been so long. And she was hardly speaking to her father and me in those days. What will we say to each other?” The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

Without speaking, Naomi set a chair by the heater for him. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

I am speaking specifically of the new child with special needs who both Jack and Julian were asked to “befriend.” Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

He paused before doing so, and said quietly, almost as if he were speaking to the door itself, “Thanks, Mama.” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

He extended his age-old exercise regimen from ten minutes to an hour and trotted in place while speaking on the telephone. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

“There’s a squirrel,” said her mother, speaking more slowly now, as if she were pointing at each word as she said it. Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z

Back home, I used to feel worldly being able to understand the American movies and songs, but now I just felt silly speaking in English. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

He had a slow soft way of speaking. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

I am not now speaking of the popular idea of regimenting people’s thought; I’m speaking of the implicit, almost unconscious, or pre-conscious, assumptions and ideals upon which whole nations and races act and live. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

My own speaking would sometimes take on an edge of combativeness. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

And speaking of getting it wrong, Reynie’s eyes now fell on Constance, sound asleep with her face on her desk. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

As Strider was speaking they watched his strange eager face, dimly lit in the red glow of the wood-fire. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

He popped a chip into his mouth, chewed, and swallowed, while holding his free hand in the air to let Audrey know he wasn’t done speaking. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

Twenty years after Joe and Violet train-danced on into the City, they were still a couple but barely speaking to each other, let alone laughing together or acting like the ground was a dance-hall floor. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Horatio, who stood nearby as always, bowed to me and surprised me by speaking. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

At first, everyone stood around uncertainly, speaking in tense whispers or silent with fear. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

His mother, who usually answered without fixing her words first, hesitated before speaking. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

When I speak of love I am not speaking of some sentimental and weak response which is little more than emotional bosh. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

“Teleologically speaking, ABCDs are unable to answer the question ‘Where are you from?’” the sociologist on the panel declares. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

I settled on a tone I thought matched my speaking voice but couldn’t hold it for long. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

His speaking voice, a gruff husky tenor, added to the impression of fractiousness he conveyed. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

She turned and stared at him, not speaking. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Shirley opened her mouth then quickly thought better of speaking, and just shook her head. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

We are speaking of the collective white man’s historical record. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

She taught me the proper rules for reading and speaking, the French language, and how to sew. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

He flipped through a file while speaking to Mother. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

“Is this your wisdom cookie speaking, or you?” Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

My mom finishes speaking to whoever she called and hangs up the phone. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

But before he had finished speaking, the stone was rolled aside and a fifty-foot giant, more than twice as tall and wide as the BFG, came striding into the cave. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Without speaking, the two left camp and hiked to the stream in the shadowy dawn. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

Herb would have told them that he was speaking the truth, convinced them that he, Paul Helm, was a man who “said his prayers and earned his bread.” In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

Only a minute or two after we settled in, I heard voices speaking in Arabic, along with gunshots and laughter. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

But he could smell unfamiliar spices on the air, and hear men and women speaking to each other in a hundred tongues, and he gawked and gazed unashamedly. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Lilliput is an island in Gulliver’s Travels,” I say, since no one else is speaking. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

Things began to come together, and I went from speaking like an evil baby to speaking like a hillbilly. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

“Anna, I’m speaking on behalf of Mr. Nixon,” Mitchell told Chennault. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

I explained the situation to the chief at some length, and he listened without speaking. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He thought for a moment or two before speaking. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The soft and beautiful West Indian accent and way of speaking weren’t always dear. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Instead I asked her, speaking Bengali for the first time in America, if she was hungry She hesitated, then nodded yes. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

I spoke African languages and loved speaking them. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

At the sound of voices speaking Spanish, I straightened up, alert. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

What was worse, she was speaking so quickly that I had no idea what she was saying. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

She didn’t have any words, so there was no sense in speaking. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Candy’s face had grown redder and redder, but before she was done speaking, he had control of himself. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

There is something about the mere act of him speaking that is vaguely pleasurable even though I wish it weren't. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

I knew it was a mistake to say anything more, but I heard my voice speaking. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

He bit hungrily into his bread and swallowed a couple of mouthfuls, then continued speaking, with a sort of pedant’s passion. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

He was growing exhausted by the effort of speaking, and confused by what he was hearing. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

A speech impediment, which she'd had since childhood, had led to a dislike of speaking in front of others. Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z

I could hear two young black men speaking in Zulu, but I could not see them, as the curtains were drawn. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Forgive us, folks,” he said in his funeral director’s voice, speaking above the wail. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Alex, speaking for the Ministry of Justice, insisted that the prisons were the core problem; they had over half of the TB cases in Russia and certainly most of the drug-resistant ones. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

An Osage, speaking to a reporter about the guardians, stated, “Your money draws ’em and you’re absolutely helpless. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

They stood together for long moments without speaking, breathing in the cool night air. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

The seats were so hard that I was pleased Judge Davies moved things along swiftly, pounding his gavel, denying motions presented by the governor’s attorneys, all the while speaking sternly. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

His voice quavered now, like someone speaking at a funeral, choked with emotion. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

Ben said as he wrote, speaking the words aloud. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The person I’m speaking to doesn’t know anything about Puerto Rico, but he’s sure there’s someone there who’s heard something, so he’s checking.” The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

But speaking my mind right then would have made Ella mad. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Generally speaking, Americans like their presidents to have no more than two vowels. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

“His hair is quite gray,” said Taran, who could not bring himself to believe these strange creatures were indeed speaking of his old teacher. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

“What's more," my grandmother said, speaking with a touch of relish, “to a witch you'd be smelling of fresh dogs' droppings." The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

On the eve of battle, he said—and he spoke with some authority—you want to hear your commander speaking to you in your own language. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

She is in the laundromat speaking to a customer from behind the counter. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“Ye Gods!” is a simple example; it’s also seen when someone speaking at a funeral turns to address the departed. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

And once everyone was milling around and chatting, Roz began speaking in her perkiest voice. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Mom and Dad and Sarah and Daniel and I have been speaking very quietly and walking very lightly; I’m sure bomb squads train this way. Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Three thousand,” he said, speaking over Winston’s head to the man in the white coat. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

Nor could he see himself speaking of the thieving. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

Even though he was speaking quietly, the other kids finishing the test could hear. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

She spoke without the desire or envy she used to feel when speaking of the wealth of others. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

“If he’s rich, maybe he’ll bring some money into the state,” I offered, speaking of old Joe or John F. Kennedy, take your pick. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Right — these dragons,” said Sirius, speaking very quickly now. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

“I dreamed about Kweilin before I ever saw it,” my mother began, speaking Chinese. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

I meant tactically speaking in a war where there was some movement a succession of mountains were nothing to hold as a line because it was too easy to turn them. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

Soon thereafter Guildenstern called, bringing a love token and speaking honeyed words. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

Unfortunately for them, it’s the part that felt any hesitation about speaking out. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

He went on toward the chapel, speaking to Robin over his shoulder as they went. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z

The voice was one I didn’t know, and it sounded like speaking was hard for it, like trying to walk through the knee-high mud in the marsh. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

“Tons of things. Hard to remember all the names now, you know. Was speaking the lingo like a native by the time I left.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

That entire volume of space was nipped out of the System, practically speaking. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

Vivian was speaking slightly above a whisper, but Margaret’s kitchen is right next to the add-on living room, so I could hear practically everything. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Too ably, according to my campaign advisers, for they chided me for speaking too slowly and not aggressively enough. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Keep each to his own kind, speaking his own language, and everyone would stay in his place. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

They were speaking English, although they all seemed to be from different countries. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Presently he heard voices speaking low, and he saw dim half-shrouded lanterns passing through the trees. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

“Your mama,” Jonathan repeated directly into the boy’s face and speaking very slowly. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

That’s because most of us don’t put unessential information in the middle of our sentences, especially when speaking. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I was born, I remember two voices speaking. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

Though, on other occasions, for example, when I would hear my mother busily speaking to women, it would occur to me that my attachment to words made me like her. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The angel touched the man’s shoulder, and they were both projected far into the future. They were in an immense setting, surrounded by thousands of people speaking a strange language. “The man wept with happiness. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Chemistry was, generally speaking, a science for businesspeople, for those who worked with coal and potash and dyes, and not gentlemen, who tended to be drawn to geology, natural history, and physics. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

“I am speaking on behalf of my wife, Debbie ——, and our child, Sasha ——. Thank you for the opportunity to have our voices heard,” he began. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

“Be good to the children on this trip, Bull. You hear me. They’ve been looking to your coming home. Don’t spoil it. I mean it too. This is your lover girl speaking.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was a tiny creature, smaller than Winston, with dark hair and large, protuberant eyes, at once mournful and derisive, which seemed to search your face closely while he was speaking to you. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

His manner of speaking is so calming, so reassuring, it makes me like him again. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Prison debating had been my only experience speaking to anyone but Muslims. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

And she was right: I had been speaking out against injustice since ninth grade. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

“Please. I am speaking,” her son told her. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

A few minutes later, Mameh followed him out and spoke to him—they were rarely speaking by then—and the next day he came over and gave me the money for my cap and gown. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

She speaks with such conviction that for a second, it’s like she’s speaking some old truth, like she is telling me the color of the sky. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

‘I saw him, Mr. Butterbur,’ said a hobbit; ‘or leastways I didn’t see him, if you take my meaning. He just vanished into thin air, in a manner of speaking.’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

“Father,” William began again, speaking more quickly now, as the knocking grew louder. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

“You know, I feel the same way,” she said, and she was speaking to them. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Her voice had the tender concern of a healthy person speaking to an invalid, and her plain statement rang thrillingly true: “I’m thankful.” I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Certainly I could,” Sparrow replied, a tartness in her tone that had not been there when she was speaking with Sarai, “if my gift were conjuring seeds from thin air.” Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

But when you’re used to speaking as one, it’s hard to stop just because someone is under your roof and says stop. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

As we began the long walk to the Levee, I waited for Frankie to continue speaking. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Those thorny old barbs of guilt bore into me once more, as if speaking his name had broken a spell, set them free to torment me anew. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Young fellow,” he said, speaking in a deep, slow, scornful voice, “I have never been a pest in my life. I am a musician.” James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z

At that point, she knew he was speaking more to himself, and when she didn’t respond, Nox stopped talking. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Then suddenly, she sprouted curly hair the color of a new penny and started speaking nonstop. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

At the end of the war, life returned to normal, and Shackleton began a world tour, speaking to audiences in big cities and outback villages about Endurance’s doomed voyage. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

He was well known by sight to all the warren, for his fur was entirely gray, with patches of near-white that now caught the moonlight as he sat scratching himself without speaking. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Both he and Big Ma were frozen, not speaking, but looking off and upward. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

In Gym, Mike was speaking to me again; he wished me a good time in Seattle. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Her brother was standoffish, and even speaking to her mother was awkward. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

When a proper amount of time had passed Mr. Rodriguez began speaking with Mrs. Colon. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s awful. All those math classes I signed up for...well, I don’t have the foggiest idea what’s going on. The professor’s talking in the lecture hall, and it’s like he’s speaking another language.” The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tayo stood watching all this time, and except for smiling or laughing or speaking when Harley spoke to him, he wasn’t doing anything. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

Eventually, she stopped asking or speaking to him. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

He always seemed to be speaking to the empty space over your left shoulder. Ungifted 2012-08-21T00:00:00Z

It's not just the cut of your clothes, nor is it even the fine way you've got of speaking. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

The pauses in the conversation are not awkward, though they struggle to find the same rhythm in speaking that was already present in their written exchanges, often switching from one language to another. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

They’ll get their speaking in tongues and Holy Spirit and laying on of hands to heal the sick. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

Most of the time I heard someone speaking at home and didn’t distinguish his sounds from the words people uttered in public. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

As she finished speaking there was a sound from the bush beside the path and out of it there came a large lion. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

It’s what the people who were forced to be slaves—my foremothers and forefathers—ended up speaking after they were first brought here to the Carolinas hundreds of years ago. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t hear that I was speaking badly, and I wasn’t sure that the other kids did, but I knew they often laughed when it was my turn to speak. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

Sometimes when she was speaking fast, she put her cup down and her hands waved and danced in the steamy air. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

The man closed his eyes and continued speaking. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

He began speaking in a loud, rather domineering voice. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

A pale adolescent speaking with the authority and vocabulary of a powerful adult. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

Miss Scalapino started speaking to the class and I did not understand a word she was saying. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

Rasheed used his size to push and shove past the onlookers, and led them to where someone was speaking through a loudspeaker. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

He felt silly, speaking to them, but then thought they might feel silly speaking over him as well. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then a few minutes later, when I’d forgotten all about Miss Lucy and was laughing my head off at something, I suddenly realised things had gone quiet around us, and that Miss Lucy was speaking. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sister and Brother were terms I used in speaking to my teachers for twelve years. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jonathan pushed himself to his feet, then took a tentative step toward the one who had been speaking to him. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

"Much better. Dignified, yet not too stuffy. Now, if you'd said 'Robert speaking,' that would have been too much." Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The king continued, again, speaking more to himself than to Minli. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

But he refused to back down from his beliefs, saying, “If I am the last, lone voice speaking for nonviolence, that I will do.” Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

Almost as though Abigail were speaking to her, only her, from long ago and far away. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

The four of them, not speaking, sat and waited, listening. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

His voice sounded muted and distant, like he was speaking with a pillow against his face, but she still heard him. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

Kainene was speaking, something about one of her employees, but he felt himself receding, his mind unfurling, rolling back on its own. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Even in Spanish, he wouldn’t know the words for newspaper interview or modem etiquette or public speaking. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

The policeman looked at me for a while without speaking. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Most of us couldn’t like the Mexican girl on account of Miranda not liking her, which made it downright dangerous, socially speaking. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Franny saw that he was irritated, and to what extent, but, for the moment, with equal parts of self-disapproval and malice, she felt like speaking her mind. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

I had previously booked speaking engagements and appearances. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

She was speaking now to the restaurant attendant in a clear, courteous but completely autocratic tone. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

Kaede knew she was taking a risk by speaking so forcefully to the Mistress of the Academy. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

It’s a game with us: the older generation speaking one language, the kids responding in another. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

I pictured how much more comfortable she’d be with me than with a sleeping porch full of children and with grown-ups who might or might not be speaking to each other. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I see that he’s alive and breathing, even if he isn’t really speaking. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

If I hadn't made him watch so many episodes of Days of Our Lives, he wouldn't have developed a nasty habit of speaking in the vernacular of a soap opera villain. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

Lyra was about to tell her one of the bloodcurdling stories she’d made up to frighten the Oxford kids with, but the man was already speaking. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

The voices are still speaking, but they haven’t slept either, so now they just grumble nonsense. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

And, of course, besides these there was Katie Nanna, who doesn’t really deserve to come into the book at all because, at the time I am speaking of, she had just left Number Seventeen. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

“I’m a utility program,” the Librarian continues, speaking over me as if he has a script he must complete first. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Shin had come to Torrance with the understanding that he would help LiNK by working with its volunteers and speaking at its events. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

“Didn’t stop you from speaking to me at the bayou.” King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

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

He could prevent anyone from speaking to me or writing to me. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

The sound of the onstage actors speaking their lines fills the darkened backstage area. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

She hadn’t even gotten fully to the porch but she was already speaking. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

“I followed you to Port Angeles,” he admitted, speaking in a rush. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Truly, sometimes Penelope felt as if the wise founder of her alma mater were speaking directly through the ages, just to her. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

Jaime comforted her by speaking to her in the same secret language he reserved for animals and for the smallest children in the hospital, until she gradually relaxed. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had had to clear her throat before speaking, it had been so long since she had said anything at all. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

He was speaking directly to your grandmother about you.” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Then he closed his eyes and began to ramble, speaking softly under his breath. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

The following morning, we started speaking to each other as if awakened from a nightmare or a dream that had given us a different take on life and the situation we were in. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

Even being beaten did not stop John Roanhorse from speaking Navajo. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

If they have any thing to say of their masters, it is generally in their masters’ favor, especially when speaking to an untried man. Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass 1845-05-01T00:00:00Z

Her expression sent a message so clear she might have been speaking in his mind: Thank you, demigod. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

His manner of speaking was infecting me, making me pompous. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

Strictly speaking, it was purely the king’s choice whether or not to extend Kingsguard protection to others, even those of royal blood. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The king sprinkled a pinch of salt in his cup before he drank; Davos took his water straight, wishing it were wine."You were speaking of your council?" A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

All of them were still speaking Swahili, and so was Jake. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

And he will be living in a different culture, speaking a new language. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

“I feel like a whole new world has opened up to me. Between you being so white and not speaking Spanish I keep forgetting you’re even Puerto Rican. Your last name always reminds me though.” What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

The days of back-channel negotiations—with moderate, middle-aged, wealthy black men speaking for poor residents of Hayti—were over. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

And, the other: when I had read enough to know something, I began to enter the Prison Colony’s weekly debating program—my baptism into public speaking. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

—The school’s only medium of instruction was Tsonga; therefore anyone speaking any other language had better leave before it was too late. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

The mental effort of speaking to her was already straining—he felt a headache forming like a bulge in his brain. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Then I hung up the phone, and speaking a language I didn’t know I knew, I ordered the hollow to stand. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t until the final word left his mouth that I realized he hadn’t been speaking in Yiddish, even though the words had sounded like Yiddish when they passed through my head. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

This voice coming to my ears was neither a wind with an accent nor an animal speaking up. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

His mouth moved as though he were speaking, but she couldn’t hear a word. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

While we waited for Cecile to finish speaking with Pa, a white man came by and said how cute my sisters and I were in our matching outfits. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was not an Igbo woman; Ugwu could tell from her name, even if he had not once run into her and her housegirl at the market and heard them both speaking rapid incomprehensible Yoruba. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

And speaking of taste, had anyone else remarked upon that dreadful, dowdy number that so-and-so had worn to the such-and-such ball...? The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

"There is another reason, a reason more important, more passionate and, yes, even more sacred than all the others," he said, no longer seeming to see me, but speaking to himself alone. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was still outside, speaking with a teacher on the steps, but as soon as he noticed Javi, he began to lead the conversation into the building. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

I noticed them conferring over the dead, naked turkeys on the back porch, speaking low in Spanish. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

“I suppose you could say I am, in a manner of speaking.” Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Nothing. Only the subject we were speaking of,” said I, “was rather painful to me.” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

Strictly speaking, Brahe and Kepler weren’t quite the last mystics—but they certainly were, in astronomy at least, transitional figures between the mysticism of the Ancients and the science of Galileo and his successors. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

I pause expectantly, but she just bites her lip without speaking. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

She had, likewise, a fierce and a hard eye: it reminded me of Mrs. Reed’s; she mouthed her words in speaking; her voice was deep, its inflections very pompous, very dogmatical,—very intolerable, in short. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

“She knew something, Harry,” said Ron, speaking for the first time since they had entered the wardrobe in the staffroom. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

She came to the edge of the porch and pointed down the road, speaking. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

"There must be one more," he said, though whether he was speaking to her or the woman in the bed she could not say. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

He was proud his father was speaking to him as an adult. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

Even ten years, technologically speaking, meant so much. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

Those years were just an anomaly, historically speaking, the Commander said. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her second wish was that she’d have a nice speaking voice like Mama and Evy and Sissy, and her third wish, for when she was grown up, was that she’d travel all over the world. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And when it spoke, it was like a dozen voices speaking together, but all off-key and awful. Ugh.” Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

He was in the midst of speaking when a stocky fellow named Lieutenant Pretorius walked in. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The three of them sat in front of the roaring fire, slowly turning the pages of dusty volumes about famous cases of marauding beasts, speaking occasionally when they ran across something relevant. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

The stillness was broken by Van Helsing’s voice speaking in a low level tone which would not break the current of her thoughts:— Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

When I passed by their apartments and saw them sitting together in a circle, hunched over their work, speaking a language I didn’t understand, I felt a sharp pang. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

Then he gets closer to me, speaking quietly. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

When he stopped speaking, I struggled with the enormity of his words. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

We were surrounded by white men in suits speaking in frightened tones. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Eventually he and Bouguer stopped speaking and refused to work together. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

I manage to get through the whole lunch period without ever speaking to Tyler directly. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

None of the Lacks children could hear much unless the person speaking was nearby, talking loud and slow. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

But he could never become used to speaking with his lips. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

He had only a little while, he was so pressed, he said; he had to leave that afternoon himself for a speaking engagement which had come up. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Basically you’ve got two groups here,” he explained, speaking with increasing urgency. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

Ms. Brenda stood on the third step speaking sweet things to Needles, but I'm sure he couldn't even hear her over his own screams. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

Then at a great distance, as if it came out of memories of the Shire, some sunlit early morning, when the day called and doors were opening, he heard Sam’s voice speaking. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Also, speaking the first morning were two district presidents, and their wives. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

She took a few deep breaths before speaking. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

“I’m on speaking terms with the valedictorian and the salutatorian, if that makes you feel any better,” I said. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

Otis had barely finished speaking when Percy’s missile-launching contraption spit out one last sphere of Roman candle fire. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

“I’m saying that I have...people...who interest me,” Henry says, turning his body toward Alex now, speaking with a fumbling pointedness, as if it means something. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

“I don’t think so. But they gave her a few speaking lines.” I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Kira asked, remembering the sound of Jamison’s voice speaking to the little girl. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

My voice felt thick and speaking was difficult. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

"Oh, Sam," she would say, speaking into the vast emptiness. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

I wonder if he read that notion in my face; for, all at once, without speaking, he struck suddenly and strongly. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

Now his snoozing became shallower as he heard a man and a woman speaking German in pitying tones. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Only by clenching his fists and speaking through gritted teeth did he manage to tell Kate the truth. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Other germs take matters into their own hands, figuratively speaking. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Reading is the act of listening and speaking at the same time, with someone you’ve never met, but love. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

Four young porkers in the front row uttered shrill squeals of disapproval, and all four of them sprang to their feet and began speaking at once. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

The grannies were chanting and murmuring and swaying back and forth, speaking in tongues. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

My brother thought it was something to be ashamed of—if he’s here, watching out on the swamp, he’s probably embarrassed to see me even speaking to Sandy right now. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

“Hmm...I mean, you do have a beautiful speaking voice, so it makes sense that you’d have a beautiful singing voice.” From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

“Very odd! but one never does form a just idea of any body beforehand. One takes up a notion, and runs away with it. Mr. Dixon, you say, is not, strictly speaking, handsome?” Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z

The little man in black had stopped speaking at last and resumed his seat. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

As I head downstairs, I hear my parents speaking in the kitchen. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

Without speaking, the girl handed her a schedule. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

She gave Ron a very cold look and swept past him up the marble staircase without speaking. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Sammy Valdez kept talking to the baby, while Leo’s mother, Esperanza, looked on with a pained smile—perhaps a little worried that Leo’s bisabuelo was rambling, a little sad that he was speaking nonsense. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Now, oddly enough, speaking Quichua is what I need most to have a chance at being queen. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Not speaking to your family for all that time, treating them like dirt!’ Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had heard men speaking compliments in the direction of women, but I’d never been aware of them going to my mother. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

“He’s shy about speaking English in front of folks he doesn’t know well,” Perilee told me to explain his silence. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

“Kam, I really appreciate you speaking up for me,” he said in earnest. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Passing relatives in the hallways of the crowded home and not speaking. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was as if he were saying, You are speaking for the Biafrans? Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Nali turned up the music louder and the DJ was quickly speaking in Navajo like an auctioneer. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

He is both brilliant and problematical, and it is fair to say that his towering legacy has had more impact on the worlds of literature, philosophy and politics than, strictly speaking, on musical development. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

Sometimes Jason stood in the underground temple of Epirus, the giant Clytius looming over him, speaking in a chorus of disembodied voices: It took all of you together to defeat me. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Even though I was disappointed at first that I didn’t get a speaking part, now I’m glad. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

He stopped himself and changed subjects, speaking of court affairs. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

The opposite, actually—since Tucker and I were no longer on speaking terms, Miles was the easiest person to be around. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

“We’re Lithuanian,” said Mother, first speaking in Lithuanian arid then in Russian. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

We drove for at least a mile without speaking. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

They walked up the street without speaking, their arms brushing a few times. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

Finally, Justice Strauss began speaking, and Klaus saw that she was reading directly from the legal book. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z

“Sometimes God calls them home, and there’s nothing anyone can do. But if it happens to a midwife—” She turned, speaking directly to me. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

He always responded in English to her Igbo, as if he saw her speaking Igbo to him as an insult that he had to defend himself against by insistently speaking English. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

He wasn’t mad; he just didn’t feel like speaking to anyone today. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

“Of course,” said Bod, and before he had finished speaking the girl was coming through the hole on her hands and her knees. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

The Party prisoners seemed terrified of speaking to anybody, and above all of speaking to one another. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

I’d been speaking hypothetically about moving to New York a year early. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Dell thinks that he's going to take me right back to Jamison, but Mai puts her foot down, metaphorically speaking. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

Along with his other challenges, Mr. Dill had enormous difficulty speaking. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

When she saw it was only me, she turned away without speaking. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

The men were speaking roughly to Sounder s master. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

John Kikulski was particularly effective, speaking in Polish and Lithuanian to capture the hearts of the eastern European workers. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“I must have fainted after they started speaking.” A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

For newborns and very young children, speaking a rhyme and wiggling toes connects sound to a pleasurable and intimate act, as well as introducing the idea of rhythm and phrasing to newborns and young children. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

We sat for a while, and then stood up together without speaking and waded through the knee-deep water until we got to the river’s edge. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

He came back into the house without speaking, in fact, he did not seem to notice she was there and fell heavily into the bed and slept. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

“I listen closely to the sound of a man’s voice when he’s speaking. I can hear sincerity.” The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I was looking forward to speaking with you,” I said. Lawn Boy Returns 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

He slowly learns other languages, though he has difficulty speaking them. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

A precise voice, fussy and exact, was speaking to him, in his dream, but he could see no one. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

Onstage that night, John Edwards took a shot at Clinton, speaking in veiled terms about sincerity and trustworthiness being important. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

“I’m sorry, little baby girl,” my mother said in bed, touching her belly and already speaking to me. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

“I suppose the moral is,” said Arthur, “that you must not commit mortal sin, even if twelve lives depend upon it Dogmatically speaking, I believe that is sound.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘Body language’ is a form of communication, like speaking English or French or Chinese, but it has no words, only gestures. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

“She ...” Kvothe’s head was bowed so low he seemed to be speaking to his hands laying in his lap. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Imam Malik is standing aside speaking to a police officer and a reporter. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

She set up her easel under the stovepipe, right next to the back window, because she said it got natural sunlight—which it did, relatively speaking. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

In the beginning it was good to have repetitive tasks that didn't require speaking much English, but I knew I didn't want to spend the rest of my life doing this kind of work. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

I was training, competing, and showing up for speaking engagements. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

“You just don’t understand what’s going on,” he said, speaking to himself as much as Chronicler. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

They went on for a week, speaking only of the precautions they needed to follow in order to avoid the battles between the tribes. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Later I saw him mimicking me; he would recline on the sofa with his little legs propped on pillows, speaking intermittently into the recorder as though he were taking drags on a cigarette. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“No, not really. Just healing and speaking tongues.” The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

If you think about it, the public perception of funky brain chemistry has been as varied and weird as the symptoms, historically speaking. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

The sounds were slow and unclear, as if people were speaking through a tunnel. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

I think at first that Cook is speaking to Izzi, only to look up and find her regarding me. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Over the speakers, with no virtual overlays, she switches to speaking English. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

We together on a huge hall’s speaking platform, and that vast audience before us, miraculously manifested, as far as I was concerned, the incomprehensible power of Allah. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

We ended up not speaking through the whole entirety of Cameroon and most of Gabon. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I should have insisted on speaking. No one seems to have made any effort. Is Maxim very upset?” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Dave knew only a little Yiddish and no Polish, so he did more pointing than speaking as he directed us from the port to the train station. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

She studied history written by Herodotus and Thucydides, which included political and military events of the past, and memorized the speeches of Demosthenes to learn the fine points of public speaking and debate. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z

“In the next few weeks, I will be speaking with all of you and showing you how this building, Pipo Place, will be the cornerstone and future of this community!” The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Five minutes doesn’t sound like a whole lot, unless you hate public speaking. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

Those we had been speaking with ran off to see the horror, the women crying out “This is the work of a Slovak!” Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

‘Glad indeed I am to see you safe back. But I’ve a bone to pick with you, in a manner o’ speaking, if I may make so bold. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

It’s for stories, Holly said, grabbing the recorder from me, turning it on and speaking into it. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

“If my visions really are messages from God, I don’t want to pretend God is speaking to me when He isn’t.” The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

Adam waited for her and Dub to leave the room before speaking again. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

“I’m in a story conference, Helen, and we’re speaking tonight at suppertime. Why are you calling at lunch for?” The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

But this may be only his way of speaking. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

She looked very nervous, speaking up in front of all these Ministry wizards, yet determined all the same. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

After several seconds she parted spangled nails, speaking through her fingers. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

If it bothers her that we’re not speaking, she doesn’t show it. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

She hovered on the peripheries, speaking to no one, always smoking, raising the cigarette to her lips with a rapid, hungry movement, and pulling it away in agitated disgust. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

“Of course,” said my dad, speaking through his barrel chest and mustache. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

Dorian had no idea what she was speaking about, but he held her tighter. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

They do not need to be heard; they only need to be speaking. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

They are generally speaking as mistrustful of wizards as they are of Muggles and indeed seem to make little differentiation between us. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’m surprised he can stop himself from responding, after speaking his mind all his life in Candor, but he does, his cheeks red. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

I wondered what he would say if he found me speaking for such an inappropriate length of time with his daughter. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

I heard Edward speaking softly at the counter. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Carrie doesn’t seem to notice this; she’s just giddy that he’s come by, that she didn’t dream the whole IM exchange, that chatting has escalated into speaking...and who knows what will happen next? Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

She was growing weaker and weaker with the effort it took to continue speaking, but the story inside her was bubbling up again. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Standing five foot nine in his cowboy boots, tipping the scales at one-forty-five, he had a bland, regular, and slightly good oP boy face and a bland, regular, slightly good ol’ boy way of speaking. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

He waits for a couple of kids to disappear up the steps before speaking. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

He stood up when he saw him, walked over and clasped him on the shoulder, without speaking. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

I jump at the beep, my voice slurred when I start speaking. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

“For both of us? Is it by force? Why are you speaking for me?” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

He noted them for a while, not speaking; and finally, when he spake, he said, “1 am sure that it is best you rely upon your memory.” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

His voice sounded almost too mature, as though he were putting it on a little; he sounded as though he were speaking through a tube. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wonder what it’d be like if I hadn’t told him we needed to stop speaking to each other. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

“Miss Teen Dreamers! This is your team captain speaking. It is time to get our Rumpelstiltskins in gear and run for higher ground. Ready? Okay!” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

I had heard a young girl speaking in an awed voice about a storyteller who spent all his time in a Dockside bar called the Half-Mast. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I don’t even hear much speaking from anyone walking around us. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Bull had mostly listened that first day as this stricken, energetic man paced the sitting room of his rectory speaking with a mellifluous basso profundo voice that demanded and received unwavering attention. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

He stared at her school uniform, speaking English smoothly. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

They were dark, but they were speaking too low and in English, so I couldn’t grab an accent or slang to place them. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

She was speaking faster and faster in her effort to persuade James not to give up. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

He seemed to be speaking directly at me, right out of the television set. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Frank droned on, speaking to an empty hall. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

Fujiko did her best not to give in to her discomfort by speaking of it to her daughters. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

“But please don’t be alarmed when you see him. Because of the stroke, he’s having a hard time speaking.” Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

Maxine is open about her past, showing him photographs of her ex-boyfriends in the pages of a marble-papered album, speaking of those relationships without embarrassment or regret. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

“But it isn’t quite the same thing, is it? We’re speaking of some of the world’s poorest people. The doctors have a responsibility as Africans,” Alexa said. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t imagine standing up and speaking in English to an audience of adults. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Almost before Min had finished speaking, he was flying down the road with the cart careering crazily before him. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

Only thing, what if never giving up means not thinking smart or speaking true? The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

Tuve upbraided Lawrence with all the authority of his six weeks’ advantage in age and with all the frank liberty afforded to one childhood friend speaking to another. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

“Well, I don’t know for sure,” Shady answered, speaking as one with a few shadows of his own. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

Well, in English we have a special way of speaking wishfully. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Statistically speaking,” the Erudite boy next to me— his name is Will—says, grinning at me, “you should have hit the target at least once by now, even by accident.” Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

“And speaking of hitherto unsuspected skills, Ronald,” said George, “what is this we hear from Ginny about you and a young lady called — unless our information is faulty — Lavender Brown?” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

"But that's not my name, madame," I said, speaking as precisely as I could and stepping away from her. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

White board members were speaking to convince the parents of our community not to send their children to white schools. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Jonas,” she said, turning to him, but speaking in a voice that the entire community could hear, “the training required of you involves pain. Physical pain.” The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

When he returned to the rosary Lillian was speaking the first part of the angel’s greeting to Mary. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

I loved drama and giving speeches at school, but I was worried about speaking before a huge crowd. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

“And you have a boyfriend. Which, speaking of—have you talked to Bram yet?” Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

They walked through the Wood without speaking, but their steps seemed as loud as an advancing army. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Andrew and León looked at Gene and they knew he was speaking the truth. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mother grabbed the officer and began speaking in Russian—pure, fluent Russian. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

There was a brief silence, and then the judge asked him if he was sure I was the man he had just been speaking of. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

I could have sashayed out the door without so much as a howdy-do, since technically speaking we were only married in the Biblical sense. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mark Antony had studied public speaking in Athens as a young man and had developed a keen appreciation for the Greek customs practiced throughout the region. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z

Again the priest offered interpretations, which were as meaningless to me as if he too were speaking in tongues. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

A minute passed without either of them speaking. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Unseen in the pit, the monstrous thing was speaking, but this time it wasn’t addressing me. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

“Things will be all right,” I told him, speaking slow. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

He clutched at his head and continued speaking, much more softly. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

They hurried down the dimly lit streets toward the Concord boardinghouses without speaking. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

I raise my hand again, but Mr. Griffiths calls on Justin next, who saunters up to the front of the room and crinkles the edges of his paper as he starts speaking. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

Many migrant men had learned in the South to be wary of speaking to white women. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

The goose dæmon was speaking directly to Will. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

And she did her work alone and spoke no more than she could escape speaking with the wife of Wang Lung’s uncle, and she never spoke at all to Cuckoo. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

She watches me for a moment, her mouth opening and closing, like she isn’t sure if she should continue speaking or if she should wait for me to say something now. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

I wish she hadn't talked about it—maybe speaking it made it true. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“My father has not been on speaking terms with my uncle for some time.” The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

The Savage looked down at him and still without speaking pushed him away. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It had to be done,” Rumfoord told Billy, speaking of the destruction of Dresden. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

The students spent the entire hour speaking in French about suntanning. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

They weren’t speaking to each other at the airport. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

While the cops were still speaking to witnesses, he told her where the gun was. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

At once he withdrew from me, holding out his arm to prevent my speaking. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

Presently he rose, and, completely under the influence of his own thoughts and language, began to pace the room with short strides, speaking to himself in a low voice and with great emphasis. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

Well first of all, I'm speaking Vietnamese, which is not my "native tongue." Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

Should he return with his burden, home, to where already the hot wires were flashing, speaking, rattling the mournful message? Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

It included a list of specimen arguments, explained how an audience could be swayed, and discussed everything from how to discredit a hostile witness to how best to modulate your voice when speaking. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

“But, technically speaking, Suquamish villages were built on both sides of the Sound. So their reservation is across from us, but this whole region counts as our ancestral territory.” I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

In the library, Ophie discovered a finely dressed white man speaking with an unseen partner about the rights of the African. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

Violet stares at him like he’s speaking an alien language, then turns to me. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

“Lucky for you, Sully,” Harry said, speaking for the first time. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

While I’d been speaking, she and several others had seen the headlines start to come up on their phones. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

But my father was not shy, I realized, when I’d watch him speaking Spanish with relatives. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was almost as if someone else was speaking—a ventriloquist, maybe, using my voice. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

Each stone was a mouth, speaking for a family, for some man who had beautified his doorstep. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now, behind those two inches you want to hide Aristotle’s ninety-nine cubits and, speaking only of my tiny error, remain silent about his enormous mistake. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

All at once, Lady Constance resumed speaking in her customary sweet tone, as if it were the only voice she possessed. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

Before speaking, I have to translate in my head. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

“Certainly,” he replied with alacrity, and stood up to put it in train for speaking. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

Crick presses the end of the wand, speaking into the tip just like a holotack. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

But for the Augurs, it could be Darin he is speaking of. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

She ran her fingers through her hair again, and then held her hand up to her mouth, as though speaking into an invisible walkie-talkie. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

“Yelling is rude,” Shawn said, again speaking to the kitchen. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

I have to sit on a window ledge by myself because they aren’t speaking to me. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

The blond scarecrow-looking kid, Octavian, was speaking to the mob, shaking his fist. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Mister Brother gives me a nod of acknowledgment, but then Zohra takes over, speaking for me. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

When she went away to live in America hardly any of the family was speaking to her. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

But she still lets me know with her eyes when I’m speaking up too much. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

He said, speaking more quietly than before, “I will show you a treasure that will change your mind, great Hrothgar.” Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

Good writers often use very long sentences, and they garnish them with words that are, strictly speaking, needless. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

“I am not a fool,” I said, speaking in a low voice, pleased by the commendation in his eyes, a little hurt by it as well. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was never clear to her, even then, whether she was speaking to the baby, or to her belly, or to herself. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Excuse me, Your Excellency,” she began, although clearly she was speaking to the entire assembly, not just the High Blade. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

“I would like that very much,” he said, speaking to me now as a grown-up friend, not a child. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Already his two colonels were barely on speaking terms. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

“People of District Two, this is Katniss Everdeen speaking to you from the steps of your Justice Building, where —” The pair of trains comes screeching into the train station side by side. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

“Last night,” he repeated, as if they were speaking in code. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Had Smith known he was speaking to a reporter when he called the stewards’ office that afternoon? Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

As soon as he started speaking, the students murmured to each other. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Most people would have termed her a splendid woman of her age: and so she was, no doubt, physically speaking; but then there was an expression of almost insupportable haughtiness in her bearing and countenance. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

“Do not be afraid of your visions,” Mona said to Taisin, speaking as if she were addressing a small child. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

We went on playing, sipping the wine between shots, speaking in Italian, but talking little, concentrated on the game. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

My people had been brought here against their will—without the advantages of speaking English, understanding what democracy meant, or knowing anything about how people lived here. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Papa asked, speaking Igbo for the first time. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

I wince as soon as I’m done speaking. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

They traveled the rest of the way without speaking, but this time the silence between them wasn’t heavy, like it had been during those troubled meals. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

He pored over it for some time without speaking. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Sohrab’s silence wasn’t the self-imposed silence of those with convictions, of protesters who seek to speak their cause by not speaking at all. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

I turned around as I said it, speaking too loudly by accident. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

Finally, just before noon, one of the attorneys, Tom Harper, speaking for Governor Faubus, asked if preliminary matters were taken care of. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had only just understood who he was and why he was speaking when I was told he had been murdered. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

“What? His only mode of speaking is yelling, and sometimes he barks orders in French and I have no idea what he’s saying.” We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

She wonders if she is the only Indian person in the hospital, but a gentle twitch from the baby reminds her that she is, technically speaking, not alone. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Maxim waited until Frith had gone behind the screen and through the Service door before speaking again. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

“For days she has been wandering the streets, speaking to strangers,” another reported. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

“It’s Maxim. I’m speaking from the office. I’m with Frank.” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

I shouldn’t interrupt, but my mouth is speaking before I can decide not to. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

He also said that Barling stayed up all hours of the night, usually in the kitchen, flipping through books, listening to audio recordings of birdcalls, and speaking his notes into a handheld tape recorder. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

The reason for my going to Asia was to change my method of speaking. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

When I finally watched the news, I learned that a spokesman for Fazlullah said the Taliban had been “forced” to shoot me because I would not stop speaking out against them. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

It is a program that seeks to permit non-English- speaking children, many from lower-class homes, to use their family language as the language of school. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

And likewise, I assumed that my mom and dad would always look for Gabriel, both literally and figuratively speaking. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

“It is a way of speaking. The papers are only to record Hari’s death.” Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

It almost seemed to be speaking to him—whispering to him all the way over here. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

She looked into the distance without speaking for a while and then continued on. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

I’m trying to convince myself that I’m searching for the best shots, empirically speaking, but I’m not. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

He closed his eyes and folded his hands together on his stomach and started mumbling under his breath like he was speaking in tongues. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

“No, Master,” pleaded one of those from the cabin—clearly a black man speaking to whites. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

The tin porcupine was to be used as a sign, a way of communicating without speaking, when they secretly met, indicating that everything and everyone was all right. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

He now made his living speaking at gun shows. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Wyrdmarks stared up at her, their intricate curves and angles speaking a language she couldn’t yet begin to decipher. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

She insisted on speaking English with him, so much so that when Bloom tried to speak Spanish she accused him of wanting to mock her, make her angry, upset her days. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

And it reminds me of a line from a Walt Whitman poem my dad sometimes whispers to my mom: There we two, content, happy in being together, speaking little, perhaps not a word. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

“Hey, speaking of names, isn’t Belle the real name of Snow White?” The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Instead of speaking, however, he closed his eyes for a second and then went into the bedroom. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

The parents noticed that their children were talking less, and that rather than speaking to one another in the language of people, they were beginning to use grunts. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

With the feeling that he was speaking to O’Brien, and also that he was setting forth an important axiom, he wrote: Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

When speaking to me directly, the Secret Service agents almost always called me “ma’am.” Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

He looks around as if I was speaking to someone else. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

When I arrived, he was speaking through the screen of a high-security cell to a tiny Dominican named Colon, who had decorated the cell with a carpet of shredded pieces of magazine. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

No one was speaking when I came outside, but I recognized a look of outrage on my mom’s face, and the familiar stance of Patrice trying to calm her down. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

But here, finally, speaking to those girls, I felt something completely different and pure—an alignment of my old self with this new role. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

He puts his arm around her, speaking softly, the way he speaks to me when I’ve had a nightmare. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

Her voice was sugary and sweet, as if she was speaking to tiny children. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

I realized at once that she hadn’t been speaking to me, she’d been answering Jasper’s question. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

He is clearly as spent as the woman, the circles under his eyes and the lines of his forehead speaking of days of no sleep. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

He took my hand, and we kept walking, stepping over May’s wall, walking into the woods without speaking. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Do something!” someone says, but in my delirium, I can’t tell who is speaking. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

I cringe a little, but he’s speaking the truth. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

Anatole and I were speaking English, and it seemed no one else was there. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

We sat there a minute not speaking, the sounds in the truck magnified. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Apart from seeing his son, Roosevelt was looking forward to going on a hunting trip through the interior of South America at the end of his speaking tour. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

“That’s unacceptable. You’re the ones who sent the postcard and you must have known how unreliable the mail is. I insist on speaking with my sister.” The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

Generally speaking, writers avoid using the word genocide in history and textbooks about North America and the United States. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z

Generally speaking, Ekon preferred not to meet the eyes of gods. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

While he was speaking, the friar had been caring for Robin, easing his tired muscles, and making him clean and comfortable. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z

The woman was young and beautiful and seemed nice, but when the marriage got into trouble—and with her speaking only Portuguese it didn’t have much of a chance not to—she changed. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

Miss McDaniels opens one of her folders and starts speaking as she looks through the papers inside. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Sometimes she thought she had become nothing but a voice speaking in the darkness, cajoling, urging, threatening. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You will now divide,” Snape went on, “into pairs. One partner will attempt to jinx the other without speaking. The other will attempt to repel the jinx in equal silence. Carry on.” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

As part of the job, she toured the country, speaking out against slavery. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

Public speaking, like writing, is in many ways a confidence trick. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

Oh, and speaking of Brij—he completely captivated us with his acting! From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

He pointed to the one where Mom was speaking to the students in Vern’s class. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

Others had had laryngectomies, or else defective hearing, or learning disabilities, or for an unknown reason had begun speaking much later than was normal. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Statistically speaking, how often has that strategy paid off, in your vast experience?” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

It was, after all, a job that promised to exercise my talent for public speaking, and if the pay was anything at all it would be more than I had now. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

As Merry entered he was speaking to the king. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

Since the old lady wasn’t speaking to me, I didn’t speak to her, either. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

I realized I was the only one speaking now. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

It was a crowd speaking; a swirling mob that swept through and past and over him with a rapid, headlong motion, that left drifting tatters of words behind them. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

The “vacation home” I was speaking about was the parsonage my grandparents had moved into when my grandfather came out of retirement to lead a congregation. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

No. Like it was speaking down into me and reminding me that I'd said it, and it meant something and I could say it again and I would probably have to. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

In my mind I eliminated any job that might involve public speaking. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

Then Gaily was speaking again; the Griever pulled back its arm, as if it needed the thing to be able to observe and listen. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

I told them all, “I disobeyed Mr. Muhammad. I submit completely to his wisdom. Yes, I expect to be speaking again after ninety days.” The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sana’s speaking too softly for me to hear, but whatever she’s saying must not be working, because even through the screen, I can see the Tribesman shaking his head. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

The noise of the surf seemed to be their voices speaking. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

Farmer says to them, speaking of the old woman in the house, “You love her a lot? Do you tell her? Don’t lie to me now.” Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

She understood now that Doon had been speaking the truth on Assignment Day. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Past time,” in contrast, is a semantic concept referring to an event that took place before the moment of speaking or writing. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

They jumped to their feet in alarm, speaking rapidly to one another, then ran off into the jungle. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

With his long dark hair and hooded white chaulnot, riding a spectral with panache and speaking Unseen as though his smoky voice were made for it, Lazlo could almost pass for one of the Tizerkane. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

More pain, and black edges on my vision, but I hear Caleb’s voice speaking again. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

“The men in green all forsook England a hundred years ago,” said I, speaking as seriously as he had done. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

Daddy made sure we obeyed his rules, but I don’t remember his ever speaking about Birmingham’s Segregation Racial Ordinances, let alone bringing a copy into the house. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

To my surprise there was a relief in speaking. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

A man wearing a cowboy hat and a sheepskin jacket plunged into sight a short way ahead and waved, then veered out of sight again speaking rapid-fire Spanish into his walkie-talkie. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Finally, as soon as all of the white men had stepped outside of the building, the black man switched to the Ashanti language, speaking quickly and softly. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was soon speaking at rallies, giving interviews, and meeting with reformers all over the country. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Annie shook her head, speaking as she fixed her hair and checked her face in the glass of the window. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

“The answer to your first question is yes, technically speaking, I am R. M. Wildsmith. Or as close as anyone alive could be. The answer to the second is more complicated.” How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

That whole week Baby Kochamma eavesdropped relentlessly on the twins’ private conversations, and whenever she caught them speaking in Malayalam, she levied a small fine which was deducted at source. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The coastguard was impressed by the quiet strength of this stranger's speaking. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z

Playfully she ran through complex sentences, calling the words alive with her voice, making it seem that the author somehow was speaking directly to me. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Alex saw that she had stood up again and was speaking into the mobile phone, perhaps calling for help. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

Then he heard the hideous voice speaking again. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

Sam stared at his master, who seemed to be speaking to some one who was not there. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Mom's mouth doesn't close, even when she stops speaking. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

“Indeed,” said the gray goblin, speaking just as loudly. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

“Leastways, not in an ordinary manner of speaking. Yet I feel somehow, if I may make so free, as ’ow we’ve met before.” The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

Maybe that's part of the reason I have such a hard time speaking up. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

They were speaking about a young man who had lived in the Middle Kingdom, not a man who had endured the hardships and loneliness of living in the demon land. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

The pulsing sound of people speaking Spanish around me, or the music that would surprise your ears as you passed by an open window, was missing. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

Within a year she was dismissing servants, ordering about his household knights, even speaking for his lordship when he was indisposed. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Anthropologically speaking, the trailer park would be preferable, but here I have a gleaming white floor and a firm mattress, and the few resident bugs are easily vanquished. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Temperamentally speaking, Penelope was more of a pencil sharpener than a yacht buyer. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

It was not the man’s brain that was speaking; it was his larynx. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

They moved on with the flood, speaking to anyone they could find, asking about the canoe and the boy and the girl. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

It sounded as if Aunt Gloria was speaking in her sleep. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was speaking softly, and Lord Roke could just make out his reply. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

The pieces of string are so small that “colors” is only a manner of speaking. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

He held the reins tight and moved closer to her, slowly, speaking softly. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

The stranger was speaking of things that very few people knew about. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Okay, now you’re speaking my language. What do you want? Money? Don’t say drugs because I don’t have any.” Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

“I know exactly where I am. I am speaking to a young man who does not have the good manners to be polite to a lady!” Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

He should never have stopped speaking to her because of an army officer he did not know. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

She looked over at Moss before speaking, and a wave of affection swept over him as she smiled. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

All the way to Dr. Guarino’s office they avoid speaking to each other. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

“None I can think of. ’Less you want to call dirty looks a way of speaking.” Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

He remembers his father sitting unshaven on a chair, staring through them, speaking to no one. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

And the Holy Ghost was speaking—seeming to say, as John spelled out the so abruptly present and gigantic legend adorning the cross: Jesus Saves. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

She had felt clever to have thought of this explanation but Blaine shook his head even before she finished speaking and said, “That is so lazy, to use the Third World like that.” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

I nodded, sighed, and backed away from my father, all without speaking. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

The chocolate sale was postponed for a week and Brother Leon, speaking at chapel, gave a weak explanation. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Slowly they passed through the short heath and upland grass, speaking no more, until they came to the king’s pavilion. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

Annabeth stared at him like he was speaking a foreign language. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

He took the brief case abstractedly, without speaking. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

“Hey, speaking of. Can you put the AC on? You drive like my mom.” Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

“Will the candidates please refrain from speaking to each other and face the conclave,” said Xenocrates. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

I and all my comrades could no longer be arrested for being a member of the ANC, for carrying its green, yellow, and black bainner, for speaking its name. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We were speaking about something else,” he reminded the chaplain cuttingly at last. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

They sat silently all day in the darkness of the house, and they could hear the neighbors speaking of them. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You are speaking of letters of business; mine are letters of friendship.” Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z

He said it as if speaking to a puppy. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

‘Welcome!’ the Elf then said again in the Common Language, speaking slowly. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

It said one word: ‘Clytie. ’ like that, that cold, that still: not Judith, but the house itself speaking again, though it was Judith’s voice. Absalom, Absalom! 1936-01-01T00:00:00Z

But now he’s wheezing, like he was having a hard time speaking. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

These unconscious gestures, like their bodies were speaking to each other—Yes, you are here and I am here. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

And speaking of pink, he sampled blood candy in a tiny shop under a bridge. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

I was elated to be on speaking terms with a tiger. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes I hold her hand—which, strictly speaking, we’re not supposed to do. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

The people ran up and down the streets speaking French to each other. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

A surge of joy lifted Tree-ear’s heart into his throat, so that he had to cough politely before speaking again. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

Strictly speaking, such men were the only citizens. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

But there was, properly speaking, no us left to watch. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

I was the only person in the kitchen, so Charlie had to have been speaking to me, but he’d never offered me a ride to school before. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

After all, King himself was speaking, first and foremost, as a preacher, fulfilling an emerging mission of religion: preaching the social gospel of justice and equality. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

Wilcox's power is that you think it's not him speaking but Public Opinion judging you through him. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

He realized then that she wasn’t speaking French. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

The voice of depression is speaking to me again, getting louder. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

If I’d once met with twenty people at a time at low-key house parties, I was now speaking to hundreds in a high school gym. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Mother’s face is frozen like I am speaking babble. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

Their task seemed so impossible that, figuratively speaking, they were like people attempting to put out a huge fire with their saliva. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Leg in its senses of gathering, choosing, and speaking gave rise to the Latin legere, and thus words like “lecture” and “legible.” The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I know I don’t have a choice, so like my mom and Lee Lee keep telling me, I start speaking. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

With her head still bent she said, “No one was speaking to you, Marguerite. It is rude to eavesdrop on other people’s conversations.” I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

As happens sometimes between two people speaking different languages, the demon had begun to shout at Father as if Father were deaf and the demon could make his words better understood by being loud. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

There were people speaking languages other than English: next to us was a tour group of Italians; across the way was a group of Germans. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

The feat surely made Richard Parker the largest stowaway, proportionally speaking, in the history of navigation. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

I'm trying out my motivational speaking skills here. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Dad dropped us off in front of Ari’s Cakes twenty minutes later, and Trevor and I got out of the car without speaking a word to each other. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

“A rock is a good thing, too, you know,” he said, speaking less gravely. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

By the time he had finished speaking, there was no doubt as to which way the vote would go. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

For months he stopped speaking to me again. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

He watched me for a second, and I knew he was saying, without speaking, that I could tell him what was on my mind. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

They tromp into their room, dripping and without speaking to me, not even one look that might mean “I saw a crazed Jewish woman yelling in your courtyard.” The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

One was going to confront Old Qian, a stern and frightening man who stalked our alleys speaking to no one. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wanted to lie down with those words and rise up speaking a new language. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

"It's cool, man," I said, now speaking for Noodles, who was still cooling off. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

I could hear her speaking to someone but couldn't make it out. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

“Mind your tongue, sellsword. You are speaking to a prince of Dome.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Having felt the relief of even that much speaking, I want more. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Aye, in a manner of speaking,” the other said with a grin. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

Only Clover remained, and Benjamin, who lay down at Boxer’s side, and, without speaking, kept the flies off him with his long tail. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

"That's what this shell's called. I'll give the conch to the next person to speak. He can hold it when he's speaking." Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

I said, laughing, as I imagined myself flanked by six burly men in dark suits and sunglasses at my next speaking event. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

I note that he has managed a much better coordination of shirt and tie today, although the jacket slung over the back of a nearby chair is a disaster, haberdasherily speaking. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

They resumed walking, waiting until her footsteps had vanished from their ears before speaking. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

As a doctor, with his finger against a pulse, is able to feel the heart rate, when I am up there speaking, I can feel the reaction to what I am saying. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mig held the tray with the one small candle burning bright, and she listened as the rat went on, speaking directly to the wish in her heart. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

When her voice trailed off, she feared he might kill her, but after a moment the Hound took the blade from her throat, never speaking. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

He was speaking from the inside twin bed—the bed farther away from the porthole. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

It is the first day of November, nearly dusk, and he is speaking in morbid riddles again. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Instead he's been very solitary, speaking to no one, showing little interest in training. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

She wishes Marco had accompanied Chandresh, though she doubts he would answer any of her questions, if he consented to speaking to her at all. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

I would like to stay around for the speaking in tongues, should it occur, but the mosquitoes, worked into a frenzy by all this talk of His blood, are launching a full-scale attack. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

I looked at the tape recorder, feeling guilty, as if I were stealing what was left of his precious speaking time. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

This required speaking in the auditorium to all the students at each grade level. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

They were all leaning close now, speaking softly. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

Someone was speaking softly just outside the door... Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

My uncles would kill me and Grandmother Baxter would stop speaking, as she often did when she was angry. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

She tried not to laugh when he grimaced as she began speaking again. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

With eveiyone speaking Spanish, it almost felt like we were in a boarding school back home. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

And even longer ago Matt remembered Tam Lin speaking to him soon after his rescue from Rosa: I’ll tell you this: El Patron has his good side and his bad side. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

They worked through it by talking, speaking, shouting and screaming, in every language on earth. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Yeah,” I said, speaking up on Augustus’s behalf. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

Later that evening I overheard my parents speaking. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Am I? Certainly, in a manner of speaking,” said the stranger. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

I look around, like he’s actually there, speaking to me. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Here everyone was, speaking English out of consideration for him, and he was too occupied to listen. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

I began speaking Zulu, Sotho and Tsonga, the languages of my friends. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

We can be reasonably sure that Abigail was speaking for her husband as well as herself in this brief volley of letters. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

“Isn’t that the cutest name?” says Mary Lou White and Hilly’s so proud of herself, she doesn’t even bang the gavel at her for speaking out of turn. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Some women had gathered a little way away and one of them was speaking to Kill And Go’s partner. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

When she was done speaking, her heart was hammering and her mouth felt parched. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

The voice of Mrs. Fairfax, speaking to a servant in the hall, wakened you: and how curiously you smiled to and at yourself, Janet! Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

He could not understand what anyone was saying, especially Louise, who spoke so quickly that at first he was not sure she was even speaking English. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

He waited for silence to descend over the stands before speaking up again. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

He looks at his chewed-up cuticles and imagines Henry there under his fingers, speaking into only inches of distance. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

“So, speaking of dead owners,” Mom said, “what’s going on with your top-secret investigation? Find any more clues about the Cavanaughs?” Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Ancient Greek parents were no more prone to call their sons “Crow” than modern ones—and would anyone called “Crow” have the brass neck to teach the art of public speaking for a living? Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

I would fain exercise some better faculty than that of fierce speaking; fain find nourishment for some less fiendish feeling than that of sombre indignation. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

The angrier he got, the steadier his voice became, until it seemed as if he were speaking words etched in stone. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

He had turned from me and was talking in that colored-to-white way of speaking that we used. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Finally, the only book left was the Potions book, which he looked at very carefully before speaking. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

He then told them many remarkable stories, sometimes half as if speaking to himself, sometimes looking at them suddenly with a bright blue eye under his deep brows. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

The way he asked it was like he was speaking directly to her heart, as if she was not even participating in the conversation. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

She glanced at the king, who was still speaking with Perrington, and found Dorian watching her instead. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

They were speaking in low tones, but gesturing loudly at each other. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

For example, we may say: Generally speaking, pigeons mate for life. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her voice sounded funny still, tinny and far away, as if she were speaking from the bottom of a dark well. Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z

Lyra imagined the Chaplain speaking loftily, listening to the star daemons’ remarks, and then nodding judiciously or shaking his head in regret. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

The father had stopped speaking to me during my fourth month. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was speaking rapidly, he wanted to tell me so many things. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Strictly speaking, Mom was gossiping, but who was going to tell her? Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

“How long ago was it?” he said, speaking more to himself than to Bernard. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

He stared at his Air Flights, embarrassed about speaking to an adult that way. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

She still wasn’t speaking with her parents, and her desire to prove her independence to her family in Jordan drove her to work even harder. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

And speaking of my savior, where was she? Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

While my father and I were busy crisscrossing Swat, speaking out on behalf of the girls of our valley, my mother had started working with one of the teachers at the Khushal primary school. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

But the other half of me was proud for speaking out. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

I probably should have gotten around to speaking to Martin about that. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

She was in her pajamas, speaking on the phone while smearing pale green cream all over her face. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

They might’ve been speaking the truth, but they didn’t look serious. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Whether it’s natural or from years of practice, I don’t know, but there’s something in her manner of speaking that suggests a cat’s purr. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

“Don’t forget you owe me one for speaking up for you a few days back.” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

He took another step forward, cutting off Clancy before he could start speaking. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

From where she was standing she could see the window of the library, where her grandfather was speaking with a man. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

It didn’t even occur to me to wonder what language we were speaking. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

We never stop speaking out, but we begin to hope that our words won’t be heard: we don’t want people to suffer because they don’t follow their hearts.” The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had a surprisingly compelling speaking voice for so small a man, an instrument that he wielded like a rapier when he addressed large crowds in person or spoke on the radio. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Friends called to thank my father for speaking up. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

But she did not know the fay were speaking her name, so she was spared the burden of becoming their hero, when in fact she still felt like a murderer. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Ten days later, Judge Cox announced his sentence, speaking directly to Guiteau. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

He did not tell Gandalf, but as he was speaking a great desire to follow Bilbo flamed up in his heart — to follow Bilbo, and even perhaps to find him again. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

It was like we were speaking in two different languages. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

After speaking with “Little Phil” Sheridan, who enthusiastically agrees to Grant’s plan, the two continue on to the headquarters of Major General George G. Meade, the commander of the Army of the Potomac. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

I think I could be speaking blindfolded and after five minutes, I could tell you if sitting out there before me was an all-black or an all-white audience. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

They praised her for her precise way of speaking and her clever gestures when she danced and her lovely singing voice. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

I have also enjoyed going around the country and globe speaking to people about these stories—and then hearing back from all kinds of audiences about the Weses they’ve known, or even been themselves. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

But he’s using his own cultural language, speaking as a subordinate would to a superior. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

He also seems able to throw it so it feels like he’s speaking into my left ear. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

At dinner, I sat bookended by my parents at the table, moving peas around my plate, trying to ignore the fact that neither of them were speaking—to each other, or to me. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

“Sacrilege and lies! Grover Underwood, I will have you exiled for speaking thus!” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

"You are speaking of our beloved brother, your king's own blood." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Digory never spoke on the way back, and the others were shy of speaking to him. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

“You don’t have trouble speaking your mind, do you?” Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

I likewise bobbed in the direction of the gentlemen and waited for them to draw out of earshot before speaking again. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

I could tell he didn’t understand, which made me feel guilty for speaking English, for some reason. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

To live is to be marked, she said without speaking. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I turn to face the older man speaking in a soft voice behind me. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

She had momentarily forgotten that I was there or that she was speaking aloud. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

“My fellow Americans,” Johnson began, speaking from a podium in the White House. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

It’s not like he’s speaking to me anyway, right? Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

After speaking a few words that Hazel could not catch, he was evidently called inside. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I have been speaking to Mrs. Hubble, and I am going to her to-morrow. I hope we shall be able to take some care of Mr. Gargery, together, until he settles down.” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

He began speaking with the peculiar grave courtesy that differentiated him from the majority of Inner Party members. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

Over the next forty years, giving as many as 250 speeches a year, speaking to more than one million people, he did just that, holding his audiences spellbound with his fire-and-brimstone style of preaching. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

It’s remarkable how little time passes before she starts speaking again. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

For the last ten days Dussel hasn’t been on speaking terms with Mr. van Daan, and all because of the new security measures since the break-in. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

The patrons are mostly businessmen from Korea, but there are others, some whites, and then some young Korean-Americans dressed in conservative suits, speaking perfect English, red-faced, drunk. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

This time, when her grandfather was speaking, she stopped the tape. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

Up on the screen, Mom opened her mouth and began speaking into the microphone. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

They could hear the firefighters speaking gently to Natalie: “Young lady, can we call someone for you?” The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

“My sister named her. I wanted to call her Darth. Actually, technically speaking, her full name is Darth Daisy, but we never really called her that.” Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

But she went on, needing to dump the contents of her mind in case all the pieces somehow assembled by speaking them aloud. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

She began speaking in the same expressionless voice as before, with lips barely moving, a mere murmur easily drowned by the din of voices and the rumbling of the trucks. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

Maybe that girl in the mirror, that girl who imagined speaking to the world, was the Malala I would become. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

I pressed zero and followed the prompts, first dialing Marcus’s number, then speaking my name into the receiver, and, finally, waiting. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

In the weeks that followed, I discovered that the reasons for his not speaking were layered. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He wasn’t, technically speaking, supposed to be wandering around in such places. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

“You two have been speaking for a long time already,” Ma said; “What were you discussing?” Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

And yet there he was, Raymond Something, walking right up to her—it came out later that his date had suggested it—and speaking to her, and then they were dancing. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

Both my parents are focused on their tasks, speaking to each other in hushed voices. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

“I want you to feel you can talk to me about anything,” the talk-doctor says, speaking with a calmness to his voice, and a deliberately slow cadence—like a snail might, if snails could talk. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

With a swift glance around the room, he at once laid out our plan of attack, and, without speaking a word, with a gesture, placed us each in position. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

This leads to people throwing themselves in front of trains and spending all their money and not speaking to their relatives and never going home for Christmas and never eating anything with chocolate in it. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

By contrast, all of Europe has just 4 language families—Indo-European, Finno-Ugric, Basque, and Turkic—with the great majority of Europeans speaking an Indo-European tongue. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

I stood at a podium in a room filled with people who didn’t relish my speaking to them. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

She spends the rest of class writing on the board and speaking to the flag about our required reading. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

McManus had just begun speaking into the phone when right in front of his eyes the top of the molasses tank blew straight into the air, then fell with a roar to the ground. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

I hadn’t heard that weird accent from him since the first day, but I knew he and Jetta had been speaking German. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

They remained to trouble me after I’d leave the library each afternoon and feel myself shy—unsteady, speaking simple sentences at the grocer’s or the butcher’s on my way back to my bed-sitter. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

The way she was speaking reminded me of the way Mom used to be, even though they aren’t related—bubbling up with laughter and stories, hands dancing in front of her. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

He continued speaking, even though I didn’t acknowledge his words. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

We must have looked two fools, me speaking English, her talking Dutch, both nodding our heads and wishing we had the right words. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had lapsed into his phony way of speaking when he wanted to be fancy or sarcastic. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

But the practice of speaking a rich, tonal language to my neighbors has softened his voice in my ear. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

He noticed how pleasant it was to have someone to talk to instead of speaking only to himself and to the sea. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

It is easy now to admit my wrongs, even to this proud sister, for I no longer fear the consequences of speaking truth. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

The two of them were speaking sometimes, as the words came to them, between spells of listening to the evening. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

In fact, he had trouble speaking his native language. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

They were holding down somebody to the side of where John had been speaking. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Kapasi found it strange that Mr. Das should refer to his wife by her first name when speaking to the little girl. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

An agent sits at a desk at the front of the room, speaking in the most boring monotone I’ve ever heard. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

Compared to Bob’s simple way of speaking, Koios sounded like he was reciting Shakespeare. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

They gnawed off the hard green peels and chewed the juicy white pulp, speaking Hausa and laughing. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

He lay silent, frowning at me as though I were speaking a foreign language. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

Maryam and an older woman wearing a brown hijah—presumably her mother—were speaking in low voices and pouring tea from a kettle into a pot. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

He was no less memorable for speaking plain. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

It was strange to see them written down like a poem, each name on its own line, and each word speaking an immensity. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

I remember Evelyn’s voice, speaking in the shadows in the factionless safe house: “What I am suggesting is that you become important.” Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

He had a beautiful way of speaking—sentences and whole paragraphs just seemed to flow extemporaneously, organically. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

The moment I began speaking, he paused, and by the end of my speech, he was staring at me with astonishment. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Gardiner’s caution to Elizabeth was punctually and kindly given on the first favourable opportunity of speaking to her alone; after honestly telling her what she thought, she thus went on: Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z

Few of the ancient sources are very specific about these matters, as we would expect when speaking of one of the most visible and famous institutions of their times. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z

Ellen stopped her work and stood for a moment without speaking, her rough brown hands resting on the handle of the hoe. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

She stands at the ironing board, her tone easy because she is speaking to me. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

A round of gunshots echoed in the distance, signals from the night guards who had no other ways of speaking to one another. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

Jacqui goes back to eating her pastry, speaking with a full mouth. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

“What do you want from me, my son?” he asked when Esteban had finished speaking. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Many of the writers on the project were members of the Communist party and they kept their revolutionary vows that restrained them from speaking to “traitors of the working class.” Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then he tried other spells, one after another, speaking now faster and louder, now soft and slow. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

At the beginning of each session, Dr. Legs asked me just one question: “Would you prefer silence or speaking today?” The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

After a few hours had gone by, Saidu spoke in a very deep voice, as if someone were speaking through him. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

The meeting had been postponed twice on account of Lander’s speaking engagements. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

By the way, speaking of Jews, I saw two yesterday when I was peeking through the curtains. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

Anyway he related long pointless anecdotes of his undergraduate days, speaking familiarly of dead and departed professors by their first names, usually incorrect ones. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

“With whom do I have the pleasure of speaking? ” The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

“My lord,” said the officer who came in, “an angel has just arrived at the western gate—wounded—he insists on speaking to you.” The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

“Now for the hitch in Jane’s character,” he said at last, speaking more calmly than from his look I had expected him to speak. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

She said she was going about her work as usual but she was not speaking to anybody. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

They pointed and flipped credit cards, speaking a language Liyana couldn’t identify—Danish? Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

“What you done?” said his aunt, but Malcolm didn’t know whether she was speaking to him or to Andrew. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

At the counter, Nick—who usually refrained from speaking to Herbie because he wanted the skunk smell out of his store as fast as possible—had an idea. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Being a human belonging to the wallflower genus, I’m kinda used to swallowing my words instead of speaking them. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

During the wake, the men wandered through the sitting rooms and hallways of the house, speaking softly of business. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Are you ready?” he asked Maribel and me a little too loudly, as if speaking at such a volume would scare the boy off. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

The voice of Webster’s stopped speaking in her head. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

For ten miles and more, the three men ride without speaking. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

A few moments after he starts speaking, I realize my jaw has dropped and my mouth is actually open. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

They forged on, mostly speaking Mandarin, saving their English for impersonations of certain professors. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Others distrusted Jews who lived apart, speaking Yiddish—which was the traditional language spoken by Eastern European Jews— and following ancient customs of dress, culture, and education. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z

He understood immediately she was a gypsy who was not fooled by his speaking French. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Billy is speaking before a capacity audience in a baseball park, which is covered by a geodesic dome. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

We headed for the main office without speaking. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

He was speaking to me in a low, gentle voice. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

I kept seeing my father standing at the rostrum in front of a vast empty hall, speaking to seats made vacant by the snow. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

I reported this to Malcolm X, who snorted, “He must think I’m nuts! What am I going to look like going speaking with a devil!” The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

His wife looked at him for a long time, not speaking. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

Had she forgotten to whom she was speaking? Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

I struggle to understand her, especially since she’s speaking math—a language I’m already having trouble with. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

More and more he caught himself speaking aloud when the house was empty. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

People that in real life wouldn't even be speaking to each other can talk on a train. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Miles’s got a plan, but I don’t see how it can work,” said Jesse, speaking quickly, his voice almost a whisper. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

He has heard Laura in the living room speaking with two men, one of them with a ripply, tricky voice, the other with a coarser voice, a thicker laugh, a big man, no doubt. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

“These cultic movements and AA can achieve dramatic and rapid transformation,” he says, speaking very broadly of religious movements. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

“Son, I told you about speaking that name in the house. Next time, go out to the manure pile and say it as free as you please.” Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

His body seems easy, relaxed, but it’s his eyes that are speaking, daring me to quit, to give up. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Then he looked straight into the camera, and I felt as if he was now speaking directly to me. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Strawberry waited politely for him to finish speaking and Hazel could not help feeling pleased that he must have heard. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s in there,” said the Corporal, speaking softly. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

His is the wildest circle, although he has always been perfectly composed and sober when speaking with me. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

And so the knife brushes by his sleeve, and comes to rest instead in the chest of the man he is speaking with. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

I gathered that the singing part of the rehearsal was over, and before the coach’s dissonant speaking voice could entirely break the spell the children’s singing had cast, I got up and left the church. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

In their terms, I was speaking for Western education, which was against Islam, in their opinion. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

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

And, while his heart was speaking, he found himself before his mother. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

Gandalf was speaking to the men that barred his way, and as he listened Pippin became aware that he himself was being discussed. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

He felt that even in speaking in that way he would be indicating how hopeless he felt, thereby disrobing his soul to more shame. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Chaol had warned him to watch his mouth when speaking to his father, but when he spoke to him like that, as if he were a pampered idiot... Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

I want to warn her, but Glish is already speaking again. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

I saw myself speaking with intensity and conviction and never letting up. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

By the time Mr. Ali had opened the door and ordered me to come out, I was so deep-thinking that I barely noticed him standing behind me, speaking at the back of my head. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

He waved his hand back and forth as if to indicate he was speaking about all the prisoners on the hall. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

He tells Louis the family “acted extremely imprudently by speaking to her as they did.” Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

And in speaking of her, they said that she’s not one to get into a fight with. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

H. G. Wells was visiting the United States on a speaking tour to encourage American support for Britain in the war against Germany. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

I wonder why I’m so nervous speaking to my own father. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

“I am extremely busy. Explain this interruption,” the ghost said, speaking directly to Ophie. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

More than once I was told I had a really nice speaking voice. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

What you’re doing now is listening to me, in the parlor of your mind, but also speaking to yourself, thinking about the parts of me you like or the parts that aren’t funny enough. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

He was speaking firmly to her, and Claire could see that she was trying to decide whether to argue. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

I am stupid for speaking up while Eric is here; I am stupid for speaking up at all. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Abuela Celia and I write to each other sometimes, but mostly I hear her speaking to me at night just before I fall asleep. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Look, fellow," I said down the bar, "that's our way of speaking. I meant no harm in calling you brother. I'm sorry you misunderstood me." Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Every eye, living and dead, was fixed upon Professor McGonagall, who was speaking from the raised platform at the top of the Hall. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Somewhere above him, the voice of a young man starts speaking in French about coal. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

My dad starts speaking, but it’s a whole mess of words, and almost none of it makes any sense. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

Some evenings, Lita’s friends were over, speaking Polish and smoking cigarettes. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

We listened to him, never the other way around: when he was not speaking, he required silence. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

This was like someone speaking from within me. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

An icon of a silhouette speaking into a phone flashes. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

He makes mistakes left and right, but nobody notices because they’re caught up in the Holy Spirit, and the walls also vibrate with the exalted and chaotic glossolalia of tongue speaking. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

One sister became a commercial artist, another had a management role in a hospital’s mental health program, and the third turned to motivational speaking. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

It’s as if he’s speaking the words again. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Soon after the first issue was printed, the Revolution’s benefactor, George Francis Train, went to England and ended up in a British jail with a one-year sentence for speaking out in favor of Irish rebels. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

“So, then,” he said aloud, speaking to and not to Derek at the same time. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z

The Others, they call us The Wags for our Raillery though the Negro is hardly a Wag, him never speaking. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

"One last thing," Jack said, placing his hand on my shoulder and speaking quietly. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then all at once speaking aloud he called the magewind strong and sudden into his white sail, and his boat leapt across the grey waves straight at the lowering thing that hung upon the wind. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

She was curled up into a ball, speaking in an odd voice, though it was too low to make out what she was saying. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

“My dear Emma,” said he at last, with earnest kindness, “do you think you perfectly understand the degree of acquaintance between the gentleman and lady we have been speaking of?” Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z

He paused again, as if he were speaking to everyone in the school’s auditorium and leaving time for the groans and jeers. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

“Lee, my comrade, I have never seen this before. You are dead—what am I speaking to?” The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Zooey seemed to be speaking both too slow and too fast. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

‘You remember?’ said Frodo, speaking his thought aloud in his astonishment. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

“Octavian,” said he, “have any voices presented themselves to you — speaking in remote quarters — which you might not, in other seasons, hearken to?” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

They were mostly men from Osskil, speaking not the Hardic tongue of the Archipelago but a dialect of their own, and they were dour men, pale-skinned with black drooping mustaches and lank hair. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

Without speaking, he wrapped himself around me and gave me one of his long, sweet hugs. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

Imam Malik advised me to go first when I’m speaking in public, so I have less time to get worked up about it. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

Carole carried a small Bible in her pocket whenever she went to church and was involved in most of the Sixteenth Street programs, usually with a speaking part. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

I could tell from the way they started to laugh even before he finished speaking. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

His boldness in speaking of such delicate matters in the presence of Dr. Wellington and other whites seemed utterly astonishing to us. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I enjoy my time there, which we mostly pass without speaking. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had become more thoughtful as well, and from that time on he would think slowly about something before speaking. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

But if a grownup American of indeterminable age asked her for directions, invariably speaking too quickly, she merely shrugged and smiled an inane smile. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

“So at Marcus’s party, when you asked me about saving the world, you weren’t speaking hypothetically?” We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

The boy must rehearse his thoughts and raise his hand before speaking out in a loud voice to an audience of classmates. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was having trouble finding modest clothing options to wear to the speaking engagements now filling my calendar. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

A family speaking another language talk among themselves. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

Because of my color, they thought I was a colored person, but speaking the same languages meant that I belonged to their tribe. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

If he was speaking the truth, he had had wits enough to escape the destruction of his warren and survive a long journey through open country. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

It is as though the sound had been swept from his lips and up and away, speaking back to us from an immense distance of exhaustion. As I Lay Dying 1930-10-06T00:00:00Z

They had emerged—loosely speaking—because an ancestral antelope had produced a long-necked variant that had been progressively selected by a natural force, such as a famine. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

“We need you,” she replied, and it was her mind speaking, too. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

All of us knew enough by now to follow along and do what we were told without speaking. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

Frank’s voice had too much reverb, like he was speaking through several layers of plastic wrap. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Microphones made me feel as if I were speaking to the whole world. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Mr. Bolkestein, the Cabinet Minister, speaking on the Dutch broadcast from London, said that after the war a collection would be made of diaries and letters dealing with the war. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

I ache for my father to bless me; I hear Lev weeping, speaking the names of everyone who should be here but is not. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

They sat there like that for a while, Stephanie not speaking, not even asking questions. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

Or is there a third category that, ethically speaking, is not so clear-cut? Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

He spoke as loudly as he was capable of speaking. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

I got three swats and had to write Familiarity Breeds Contempt twenty-five times for speaking out in class and for providing Cooter with bad information on what it meant. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

After lunch we went back to our routine, with Theresa only speaking when she introduced me to a teacher. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I often found myself among pilgrims, men and women both rich and humble, speaking many languages like the builders of Babel. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

The explanation of the miracle was this: Billy had taken a course in public speaking. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her voice wasn’t exactly strange, but she was speaking very loudly, in the sort of voice she’d use to announce something to the lot of us, and that was why we’d all gone quiet. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was as if my subconscious was speaking to me about everything that I kept penned up inside of me. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

“Oh! no—none in the least. I never saw Mrs. Weston better in my life—never looking so well. Papa is only speaking his own regret.” Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z

Because even without a speaking part, I’m apparently God’s gift to theater. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

“That would be fun. Hey, speaking of purple leggings: After school today, who wants to go to E Motions?” Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Wickersham, instead of speaking to Robinson directly, had radioed down to the Officer in Charge. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

We invented an American-feminine speaking personality, except for that one girl who could not speak up even in Chinese school. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

And speaking of consequences, the same evening that Despereaux stood inside the castle hearing music for the first time, outside the castle, in the gloom of dusk, more consequences drew near. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

He, Ron, and Lupin walked all the way back into the entrance hall before speaking. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

Julius stared at her without speaking for a moment, and then turned to leave. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

One is speaking to him, too low for us to hear. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

Strictly speaking, it might be said that Cleopatra lost ground, because now her empire was divided between her and her children, and Judea remained out of her reach. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z

No, she said to herself, it was because he was speaking to her! Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You may try,” Lady Meng said, speaking the words as if spitting poison, “to marry my corpse.” When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

That’s Farsi for “How are you,” but only if you are familiar with the person you are speaking to, or older than them. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

“How this situation arose, we do not know,” said Dumbledore, speaking to everyone gathered in the room. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

He heard Sir Charles speaking to the servant, dismissing him, coming into the study, closing the door. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Matt has hardly finished speaking when Lydia whacks him on the head. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

Bull never understood how Virgil accomplished the same results; he could not fathom the mystery that Virgil speaking quietly but firmly could inspire a quality of fear that men who yelled could never approach. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

When speaking to her, Calpurnia’s voice was always a mixture of grudging affection and mild disapproval. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

But before I could call that out, Maddie was speaking again. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

As he stood his ground, Bigwig could hear Blackberry just behind him, speaking urgently to Hazel. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Miss K stood without speaking at the front of the room. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z

He was speaking, but we couldn't hear him over the thick shriek of the van’s horn. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

It was like they were constantly speaking two different languages, each trying to convince the other in an alien lexicon. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

I think maybe he is the one who was speaking Spanish. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

It is in these moments that I wish for John Kwang to start speaking the other tongue we know; somehow our English can’t touch what I want to say. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

As they walked to Grandfather Mandelbaum’s house, Jack noticed everything—all the tiny shops and all the Jewish people dressed in black and speaking Yiddish. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z

There was a short man who was speaking superfast to a few women and blinking a lot. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

“How about this,” I told Trevor, standing closer to him and speaking even softer. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

Minnie sat close to me, almost leaning on me as she continued speaking softly. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

“When you dance, it’s your heart and soul speaking. You don’t need to think. If you saw the Spirit Bear, you go first.” Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

This is our third game, and miraculously we’re still on speaking terms. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

“In my travels around the world, I’ve often seen people speaking of love and looking toward the heavens,” the wind said, furious at having to acknowledge its own limitations. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“As Aquilla isn’t speaking with me, that might be a bit difficult.” An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Making more and more friends outside my house, I began to distinguish intimate voices speaking through English. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Edwin continued speaking calmly as if nothing had happened. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

His voice sounds like he is speaking through a tunnel. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

Almost everyone agreed that the new name was a big improvement, logically speaking. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

She was effectually prevented, but she wasn't on speaking terms with her family for several weeks. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t until Skarpi stopped speaking that I noticed how lost in the story I had become. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Oh yeah, incidentally, speaking of Stargirl: “Did you happen to get a card?” Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

Specific tactics included motorcades, parades, banners, billboards, transcontinental automobile trips, and speaking tours—all designed to educate the public about why women deserved the vote. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

“However a woman who carries a knife is ready for trouble. Generally speaking, it’s easier to appear harmless. It’s less trouble all around.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Next day Will and Lyra went out by themselves again, speaking little, eager to be alone with each other. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Julia, who was pretending I hadn’t just walked in, seemed to be in the middle of a long speech about how American cheese wasn’t even real cheese, strictly speaking. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

I was not speaking or writing against them. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I was done speaking, we sat for a few minutes. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

She was speaking faster and faster in her effort to persuade James not to give up. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

When the moon was full I would talk in my sleep, speaking a strange language no one could understand. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Their speech had a lilting cadence that made me think of singing more than speaking. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

When the story finished, we turned the radio back on and found someone speaking French. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Hattie has five and a half trunks, Mother. And I have only—” Olive stopped speaking to count on her fingers. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

Dewey, speaking of his encounter with Perry Smith on this particular day, remembered that he had been very surprised when Perry refused to sign the statement. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I mean is she good to you practically speaking?” A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

“We are grateful that you have come to see us,” I said, speaking for the group, “because we have a number of problems which I am certain you will be able to sort out.” Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The pigeons aren't the ones doing the speaking, naturally, and no one would make such a connection. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the past few days Clara had reverted to her visionary tasks, speaking with apparitions and spending hours writing in her notebooks. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Strictly speaking, it isn’t even part of the world. Look here.” The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

He seized the white hand so as to press it, speaking with confusion. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Um, speaking of inheriting,” Grace said, and Maya looked over at her, suddenly still as a deer. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

When I got out, the guards at the embassy door, speaking Krio, asked me for my passport. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

At that moment, the President was speaking on the phone with the head of the uprising, who was offering him a military plane to leave the country with his family. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

For the breadth of a river we stared without speaking. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

As he was speaking, he put the lamp on a bracket on the wall, and stepping out, took my luggage; he had carried it in before I could forestall him. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

The voice belongs to a man, speaking in giddy Dutch with a heavy German accent. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

My dad would never have asked me to quit speaking out, but he also wanted to make sure I took the right precautions. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

My mother looked at my father and communicated something to him without speaking. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

It was, after all, a job that promised to exercise my talent for public speaking, and if the pay was anything at all it would be more than I had now. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had completely forgotten that after the wedding ceremony Arabella and the medical prince link arms and, speaking in unison, step forward to address to the audience a final couplet. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

While they had been speaking, the window had been open beside them. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Tucker was already at his cellphone, speaking to a 911 operator. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

“By the way, was that your mother you were speaking to? Do you still live at home?” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

There was her face, her body, with an unfamiliar voice coming out, speaking whimsical words that had nothing at all to do with her. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

And there was Sookie on Channel 7, wearing his mirrored sunglasses and speaking into the reporter’s microphone. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

He was bedraggled and exhausted, but it was he who was speaking. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

The woman in the blue dress was speaking again. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

She looked away, worried that the crush of emotions she had felt while he was speaking would now converge on her face. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

“If he were here now, and heard you tell of waiting a little longer before speaking, what do you think he would say or do?” A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

“It wasn’t speaking our language,” Tali said, scrubbing a hand through his gray hair. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

“Articulated,” for instance, first indicated a division into small joints, then, effortlessly, signified the speaking of sentences. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

During that three-day period where there was no other news to be heard except relating to the murdered President, Mr. Muhammad had a previously scheduled speaking engagement in New York at the Manhattan Center. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Despite the steady musical undertone in his speaking voice Finny couldn’t carry a tune, and he couldn’t remember the melody or the words to any song. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

Yossarian asked sharply, staring into her eyes to see if she were not speaking to him from a coma. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Hollows was simple and square, with stained glass windows showing Teccam in a classic pose: standing barefoot in the mouth of his cave, speaking to a group of students. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Goldwater as a man, I respected for speaking out his true convictions—something rarely done in politics today. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

I, who always preferred silence to speaking, actually started the talking. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

The man was speaking the language of alchemy. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Aunt Chipo had often scolded her for speaking without thinking first. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I crouched down and crawled with Halinka, speaking to her in Polish. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Aesthetics is, strictly speaking, a branch of philosophy which has occupied thinkers from Plato to the present day. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Recruiter 1: ‘You have to be more confident about yourself when you’re speaking. You’re very nervous. I want you to work a little on that and then get in touch with us.” The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z

Jay had been staring at Susie for the last minute without speaking, quiet anger on his face. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

To Bigger her face seemed to be capable of hearing in every pore of the skin and listening always to some low voice speaking. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

He seems indifferent to most of what I have to say, alive only to the possibilities of my body, though he watches me while I’m speaking. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Metro Gnome does make speaking easy, as easy as singing, but I can hardly carry one around with me, can I? Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

“Well, I reckon it’s all over for me now,” Bigger sighed, speaking as much for himself as for Max. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

When he finished, he remained standing beside the fire without speaking. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

Behind her, the trackers began speaking again, their voices more subdued, and as she hiked into the shadows, she glanced once over her shoulder at the Assassin, who smiled back at her. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Tactically speaking, the Plaza wasn’t the best place for a headquarters. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

He must have been joking, or speaking through a sudden uncontrollable anger. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

"In a manner of speaking. Our vet sent them over for Ginger, but since Arnold is performing today, I gave him some. We both use the same vet." The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

Once I made the mental commitment to share my story, more and more speaking opportunities came my way. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

She had said, “God’s speaking. You’re merely the instrument he chooses at this time. God is a wonderful speaker, so you have absolutely nothing to be nervous about.” Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

And we were all speaking Latin because, apparently, I’m fluent in Latin in my dreams. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

With a great effort he checked himself and, without speaking, turned away and sat down again by the bed. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

All I saw from the corner of my eye was that someone had walked in wearing street clothes, and that Ms. Platt was speaking to him at the entrance. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Now, just mere feet from entering, they recognized it as the low roar of many voices speaking at once. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

It came with paying Booker, speaking proper, and polishing his father’s shoes. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

This may seem surprising—not because spanking it self is necessarily detrimental but because, conventionally speaking, spanking is considered an unenlightened practice. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

She scorned pretense, and she believed in plain speaking. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

But I didn’t have time to think about them, because the presiding judge started speaking. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

“Getting into one is easy enough,” he said, speaking slowly, working to control his breaths. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

She keeps her eyes on his cuticles and I can see her speaking. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

Though, technically speaking, Ekon noted that they still hadn’t determined their exact plan or path yet, he found he didn’t mind. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Joinville stops speaking and looks up, as if woken from a dream. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

I don’t know if we’ll be friends again, not the way we were before, but I’m relieved that we’re speaking to each other. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

Peeta holds me on his lap, speaking soothing words, rocking me gently. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

This had the immediate effect of dispelling the slight tension that had built in the room while Mr Harry Smith had been speaking. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

Captain Smith begins speaking strange words and using hand motions to communicate. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

Jack and Connor are still way ahead of us, laughing and speaking in pirate voices—off on a mission to find some gold in this gray landscape. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

“I’m sorry,” she says, and I don’t know if these are the last words she ever plans on speaking to me, but now I don’t think I would mind if they are. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

According to all Janie had been taught this was sacrilege so she sat without speaking at all. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

Broadly speaking, the data tell us how parents see themselves—and, more significantly, what kind of expectations they have for their children. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

Black men and women who walked freely and laughed loudly, speaking in languages she did not know. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

She makes a face at me but smiles, clearly grateful I am speaking of something less dire—and yet both of our thoughts went from one dead mortal girl to her beloved, also mortal. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Now, sitting behind the headlights, Bull speaking easily and unself-consciously, Ben in a sudden blaze of perception realized that Bull had forgotten, at least for the moment, that he was addressing a son. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

But no matter how it panned out, I knew I’d at least done something good for myself in speaking up about my needs. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

But he wasn’t just interfering with health care and speaking out against girls’ schools—he was also threatening barbers who offered so-called Western haircuts and destroying music stores. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

The son greeted his father, but the old man didn’t recognize him and vanished without speaking. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

I’m not actually sure he will this time; Tao and I haven’t been speaking lately. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Still, I felt mad at myself for not speaking up. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

When Ms. Washington gets all excited about a lesson, she gets real theatrical and starts speaking in this dramatic, booming voice like she would if she were on a stage. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

Usually the mental effect for him was of speaking into a telephone and hearing his own voice in the receiver. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

After speaking to him once or twice and receiving no reply, Hazel thought it best to let him alone. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

She remembered the teacher who had told her to write her lies instead of speaking them. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

If you’re black in South Africa, speaking English is the one thing that can give you a leg up. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

She was, strictly speaking, still conscious, but she wasn’t accessible to me as I stood there beside her metal bed. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

He could read her just as clearly as if she were speaking aloud. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

He led Serret through the one, across the untrodden snow of the forecourt, and then, speaking a word of Opening, he led her through the gate of the wall of spells. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

For some reason I felt exactly like May’s spirit was hovering in a corner of the ceiling hearing every word, even though I wasn’t speaking out loud. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“If you hear anything speaking to you—in the wind, in your ear, whatever—just ignore it. And tell someone. Don’t leave the camp alone.” Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

It plays out in my mind, as Brick is speaking. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

After nine years of suffering, I finally decided to take the step I feared most—speaking out. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

She’d been speaking of marriage proposals, of course, but I decided to take her advice anyway. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

She sits alone at lunch and hangs her head down in class, barely speaking, even to teachers. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

I don’t know what good it is to say I told you so to a dead man, but it makes me feel a little bit better, especially after being humiliated for speaking out. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

Whether he’s lying or speaking truth, I don’t have time to consider. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

He welcomes us with Mr. Brady's confident smile, speaking slowly, enunciating each word clearly. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I averted my head and continued my labor, and directly he walked away without speaking. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Whenever he spoke of his house he always said “we,” and spoke almost in the plural, like a king speaking. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

Because if I didn’t have her support, it would be like speaking with only half my heart. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

I put away the sword and started speaking as calmly as I could so the hippocampi and the cow serpent would stop panicking. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

I loved seeing Africa again, speaking Swahili, not having to think about whether I was using the right words in English. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

“What is it?” said the woman’s voice, speaking to the monkey, and then the cave darkened as her form came into the entrance. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

The words came out in a river, one flowing after the other, and he couldn’t stop himself from speaking. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

They giggled to each other as though they understood without speaking. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You are not without riches, as I have said before,” he said, speaking half to himself. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

The wood was damp; and this was the third time they had lighted it Ralph stood back, speaking to himself. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

I must be delirious; he is speaking nonsense. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

I began by speaking about the increasing repressiveness of the government in the wake of the Defiance Campaign. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was hearing the lords bannermen speaking with her son's voice, she realized. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

“He’s lying,” I say, my voice so quiet I’m not even sure I’m speaking at all. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

Dedd realizes she is speaking to the picture of Minerva, as if she were assigning her a part, pinning her down with a handful of adjectives, the beautiful, intelligent, high-minded Minerva. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“No, Madam. Just that he had arrived safely. It was the porter speaking.” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

A voice, speaking English with an elegant Hausa accent, announced that the passengers from the London flight should proceed to board the flight for Lagos. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

I kept staring, waiting for her to break, but she kept speaking, smoothly and confidently. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

I heard her speaking Polish, talking to herself. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

“Deed you see her that night?” she asked, speaking into my collarbone. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

I maintained a code for myself, though, when it came to speaking publicly about anything or anyone in the political sphere: I said only what I absolutely believed and what I absolutely felt. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

“Nothing,” I heard him say, speaking away from me, moving away from me. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Gay and I stared at each other without speaking. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

While she was visiting colleges with her mom, during the time she and Dill weren’t speaking, he’d weighed heavily on her mind. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

Then I remembered I was speaking to a king, so I quickly bowed my head, dropped to one knee, and added, “Your Majesty.” Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

But now, as though she hadn’t noticed Angeline’s remark at all, Ten Snow’s hand was stroking Omakayas’s arm and she was speaking. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

He felt good, speaking so well; usually around Mr: Sloat he stammered. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

He looked more like a cowboy than a West Virginian, with his horseman’s gait and his lean leathery face, but as soon as he started speaking, his voice was pure up-hollow. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Truth is, I have enough trouble speaking the right words in English and not having crews like Eddie, Snap, and Mike picking on me, saying, “Stuck-up.” Ghost Boys 2018-04-17T00:00:00Z

She and Warren were still not speaking when her mother called, very early in the morning, to tell her about the accident. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“I am quite capable of speaking for myself.” The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

Finally, without speaking or looking at me, Miss Norris swung her feet in their high, black, buttoned boots over the other side of the bed and walked out of the room. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

I guessed the smudges were to keep him from seeing out, just as his silence was to keep him from speaking out. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

"No one speaks to him. He does the speaking —" Suddenly he broke off. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Elves spread for them a pavilion among the trees near the fountain, and in it they laid soft couches; then speaking words of peace with fair elvish voices they left them. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Generally speaking in the universe it doesn’t, so far as we can tell. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

Youths sauntered by insolent of eye and manner, speaking loudly and with exaggerated clearness to each other that I might hear. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

The crazed cackle suited her haggard appearance much better than her speaking voice did. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

It’s not so difficult to pretend that I’m speaking to Jeanine when I speak to my own reflection. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

I remembered that I was not speaking to her. Louisiana's Way Home 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

There was no sound but the swishing of the women’s robes and, from far off, what sounded like a voice speaking or praying. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

So Fleur was part veela, thought Harry, making a mental note to tell Ron . . . then he remembered that Ron wasn’t speaking to him. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Instead of speaking again, he shook his finger at me, turned, and swept out of the room just as my brother entered it. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

The OIC downstairs told me to quiet down whoever it was that was speaking so loudly on X—a silly request, I thought, so close to midnight. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘I don’t mean in the face or in any kind of looks. I was speaking about the shape and color of your souls.’ The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

It was, technically speaking, against decorum to address one of the Six directly. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Other people could stand up and speak to an assembly, apparently, without that dreadful feeling of the pressure of personality; could say what they would as though they were speaking to only one person. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

It might be dangerous to ask whether she remembered speaking to Holly. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

My youngest brother was at that moment on the Experiment in International Living in Berlin and speaking German like a native. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

When Selena had rung her apartment bell, the girls were admitted—or rather, the door was drawn in and left ajar—by a colored maid with whom Selena didn’t seem to be on speaking terms. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

Whilst he was speaking we were startled by a knock at the hall door, the double postman’s knock of the telegraph boy. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

The images were confusing at first, until she finally understood that she was experiencing the lives of each of the ghosts speaking to her. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

She was speaking to a customer, her head slightly bent toward the short woman, a polite smile on her face. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

We stay that way, not speaking, for what seems like years, but the clock ticks only minutes. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

Ugwu wondered if it was because he did not want to admit that his hometown was about to fall, or if it was because Olanna had not been speaking to him. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

He leaned over and kissed her lips, and Ugwu felt a buoyant relief that they were speaking normally again. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Maybe speaking her name would have reminded him of his guilt, of what he had done so soon after she had died. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

To work through the Tower of Babel of software and hardware speaking different languages that evolved in the 1980s and early 1990s, however, required another big breakthrough. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z

“You have to focus. Concentrate on what you’re speaking about, and learn control.” Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Again, in speaking about his secret plan, Hazel had aroused their curiosity. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lander traveled with one of the new abolitionist societies in New York, on a speaking tour of New England; they kept him busy. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

As far as I could tell, Wilson recited all of this without taking a single breath, speaking in the flat monotone of someone who repeats the same sentences all day long. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

As usual, policemen were clustered around the perimeter, armed with both guns and pencils, the latter to take notes as to who was speaking and what the speaker was saying. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He rose to shake hands, then waved them to sit on two rickety wooden chairs, speaking to Liyana in a careful, formal voice. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

It was as if one was speaking German and the other French. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z

The Director continues to stare out the window, speaking with his back to me. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

“You know he didn’t. He’s not speaking. That’s what I’m trying to do. I’m trying to get him to speak. The tape,” I said. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

But all those other languages must have disappeared—either because the people speaking them survived but lost their original language, like the Pygmies, or because the people themselves disappeared. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Yes,” I said, “Charlemagne’s coat of arms was an eagle—” I stopped speaking, for I suddenly knew what William had meant. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

John Edwards, Kerry’s former running mate from North Carolina, had launched his campaign a month prior to that, speaking in front of a New Orleans home that had been ravaged by Hurricane Katrina. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

His queen, acted by a boy speaking in a high voice, vowed never to remarry, while the king doubted her resolve. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

When they began speaking the angel language again, they looked around as though they weren’t sure what might be lurking in the darkness. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

They ate without speaking, first wolfing it down, then savoring each bite, chewing on the narrow bones, eating every scrap of potato. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

This was not, strictly speaking, true, but Harry decided against reminding her that Gabrielle had never been in real danger. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

The stupid, endless truth speaking out of both sides of its big, stupid mouth. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

My gaze goes to Madoc, but he is on the steps, speaking in low tones to one of his commanders, a troll who has eaten at our table, has teased Oak and made him laugh. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

There was something about speaking English that carried him away. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

For three days they rocked in each other’s arms, voracious and inseparable, speaking few words, but knowing all they needed to know. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

They answered in chorus, speaking together solemnly and without difficulty. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had been speaking for half an hour when something happened that had never happened before. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

“You are going to become a rabbi,” he murmured, speaking more to himself than to me. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

I could be speaking French in another universe. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Much of the rest of it began to come to me in bursts of understanding, as if Patrice Lumumba were speaking in tongues and my ears had been blessed by the same stroke of grace. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even while he was speaking to O’Brien, when the meaning of the words had sunk in, a chilly shuddering feeling had taken possession of his body. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

So they were forced to go, trudging slowly out of the conservatory and down the path, one behind the other, watched by Mrs Kingshaw, not speaking. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

The most famous flu epidemic of all — the pandemic of 1918 — was first spotted in the spring of that year and was, relatively speaking, quite tame. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Franny absently, yet like a guide, placed her hands gently on his back, and went on speaking. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

If, because of my schooling, I had grown culturally separated from my parents, my education finally had given me ways of speaking and caring about that fact. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Harry pressed the Extendable Ear deeper into his own: Over the murmur of the river he could make out more voices, but they were not speaking English or any human language he had ever heard. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

They all stopped speaking at the same instant, like sparrows. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

And again it came to him clearly, as a voice speaking, “Money—the child saved—the land!” The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

Upcars flashing past, their prices speaking to me in my head. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was like she was speaking to a child. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

As they worked, Min grumbled about the problem of transporting the vases, speaking more to himself than to Tree-ear. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

Without speaking to each other, they split into three groups and charged toward our drawers, cabinets, and chests. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Of the higher brain functions, some—reading, writing, speaking—seem to be localized in particular places in the cerebral cortex. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

He said this, in his peculiar, subdued, yet emphatic voice; looking, when he had ceased speaking, not at me, but at the setting sun, at which I looked too. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

Which makes you wonder, are they really speaking real words, or do little kids just start out naturally understanding each other before the prime of life sets in? The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’ll be speaking to Chief Deacon about you first thing tomorrow,” Mr. Muckle hissed under his breath at the patrolman. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was speaking as though he’d already decided she wasn’t a threat to him at all. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

I remember Dr. Mable Jones, Prince’s mother, speaking of her son’s death as a call to move from her comfortable suburban life into activism. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

We walk for a while without speaking, not knowing where we’re going, or why. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

My travels on the speaking circuit took me to different corners of the United States. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

“Indeed. Say, speaking of hieroglyphics, where might I find a book about picture languages?” Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

“Is that a man speaking or is it a dog?” one of the boys next to me whispered in Navajo. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was speaking, his face down as if addressing the white chalk line, which now looked yellow. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

And maybe the universe is speaking through my dad right now to encourage me to do the same. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

“So we must climb the logs for the privilege of speaking with you? How about we talk from down here?” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

Then quietly, more as if speaking to herself than to him: 'But the healers would have me lie abed seven days yet,’ she said. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

It lent an added timbre to her speaking voice. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some of Vaughan’s children, including Martha’s father, went to live with Osage families, where they grew up speaking Osage and learning the traditional dances. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Perhaps you can best contribute to animal welfare by learning about their behavior and sharing what you have found out—by speaking, writing, painting. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Statistically speaking, a black woman living in the United States is most likely to die at the age of seventy-eight from heart disease.” The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

I am speaking of that force which all of the great religions have seen as the supreme unifying principle of life. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

“You won’t have to sit through the other students speaking,” he explained. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

But it burned away before he finished speaking. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

Her voice was louder than necessary, as if she were speaking to a deaf person. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

The moderator, a slim guy with hair that looks like it has been glued into place, brushes a speck off his tuxedo, adjusts his red-striped tie, and begins speaking right on cue. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

He was speaking slowly, as though each word had to count, and as though he were listening carefully to his own words. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

Since I had grown up speaking mostly Swahili, one of the languages of Congo, I was impatient with this slow-sounding language of Burundi. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Art has been called a visual dialogue, for though the object itself is mute, it expresses its creator’s intention just as surely as if it were speaking to us. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Max tried to continue speaking, but the judge stopped him. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

“What is real?” asked Gaea, speaking through her mother’s face. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

I could not apply myself fully with their speaking; I lifted my hands to my ears and pressed my fingers in. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

“Now,” said Diana, speaking into Lyddie’s ear, “make sure the shuttle is all the way at the end of the race—always on your right here.” Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

The woman sat without speaking until he was finished. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

He left immediately after speaking and drove straight home, doubts howling in his ear the whole way. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

He was speaking Lingala, but his accent sounded like a Swahili speaker’s. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

“As am I to see you, Ekon. I admit, I didn’t expect a visit so soon. If my information is correct, I’m now speaking with an initiated Son of the Six. Congratulations.” Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

We went to English class together, speaking to each other in those new words and sometimes taking out a piece of paper to write a Chinese character to show what we meant. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

O, let my books be then the eloquence and dumb presages of my speaking breast!’” Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

“So you must be raking in the speaking fees from that blog,” Michael said. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Whoever got there first summoned up a super-snooty English accent: “Walls residence, the butler speaking, may I help you?” while the rest of us cracked up. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

They crisscrossed the country for eight or nine months of the year, speaking about suffrage, as well as other feminist topics. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

Leon gave him the creeps, the way he could change the atmosphere in a room without even speaking a word. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now they sat cross-legged or sprawled on the floor, speaking in hushed voices. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

The different languages were never a problem for me: I had grown up speaking Swahili and knew it well. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Without speaking, Marguerite ushers me into the room and withdraws when Mother Ermentrude nods her head. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

His voice was oddly muffled, as if he were speaking from a great distance. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Even more remarkable were those instances when, for no special reason apparendy, I’d become conscious of the fact that my companion was speaking only to me. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Morally speaking, the vachette arena felt a lot less muddy than the carnival midway. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

Yet, culturally speaking, today men with big butts are considered less desirable than a man with a potbelly, which is no doubt wrong from an evolutionary point of view. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

Hermione frowned at the floor while he was speaking; he felt irritated at her, afraid that she might give the game away. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

But speaking those exact words just as we were going onstage? Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

In some ways she was his most vulnerable target—through no fault of her own, but simply because in Greekdom, generally speaking, women are lesser creatures, better seen than heard. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

While Major was speaking four large rats had crept out of their holes and were sitting on their hindquarters, listening to him. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

Because I am a piece of her, wearing her hair and speaking with her voice. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Not even Dr. Bledsoe, who had but to look around him without speaking to set the teachers to trembling, had such assurance. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were practically whispering themselves, speaking as quietly as they could under the rain. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

The person, whoever it was, gave a small cough, evidently as a prelude to speaking. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

The phone rings constantly, and their ears ache from speaking to all these people, their throats turning weak from explaining again and again. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

He nods, like he’s speaking to himself more than he’s speaking to me now. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

Even the effort of speaking a few sentences had exhausted him. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The men are speaking of hope and are confident of victory as they wonder where and when they will fight the Yankees once again. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

I knew he was lost, for as I looked down the platform I saw him approach several people and turn away without speaking. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Every afternoon since school had started she had fun speaking the new Spanish words and sentences. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

He remembers the sustained isolation it had demanded, speaking to no one for days at a time, and so he doesn’t say anything. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

He stopped speaking for long enough that I asked him if he was still on the line. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Agitated people swirl around us, speaking of rebels and hunger and me in their affected Capitol accents. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

But they were speaking so fast that I missed the next few words and could only try to catch up as they continued on. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

The judge looked at him a long time before speaking. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

The Chancellor gave me the same look Hemme had earned before for speaking out of turn, but I bulled ahead. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Her speaking voice, deep in pitch, slightly husky, was more beautiful than ever. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Since the terrible night of the ants, Mother had been creeping her remorse in flat-footed circles around me without ever speaking of it, wearing her guilt like the swollen breasts of a nursing mother. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t want to go back to living with Mom, existing alongside my brothers without ever really speaking, never going anywhere because Emery isn’t there to go with me, and occasionally seeing my dad. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

The man speaking had tribal marks all over his cheek; there seemed to be no area of skin free of the ingrained lines. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

Whole bright days of spring and early summer they spent out in Roke Bay in light catboats, practicing steering by word, and stilling waves, and speaking to the world’s wind, and raising up the magewind. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

I can barely get over the excitement, the thrill, of having someone walk beside me willingly, with a smile on their face, speaking to me as one friend might speak to another. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

The voice is primary, and singing songs and speaking and creating poems should be mastered before playing an instrument, which is seen as an activity that extends the body. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

He was a head taller than Davos and three stones heavier, with slate-grey eyes and a haughty way of speaking. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I hear Amar’s voice, speaking to the armed guards, but I don’t know what he’s saying. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

He hung his head and stood motionless, without speaking, waiting for what was to be done to him next “Perhaps he is Sir Lancelot” There was a great laugh at this. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I thought your name was Renee,” said Gen, speaking for both of them. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

“I told you I would help you solve your murder. But you have to help me. Please, tell me what you remembered just a moment ago, when we were speaking.” Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t the idle chat of servants, but someone speaking rapidly, almost chanting. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Belatedly, it struck Sarai that he was speaking the language of Weep. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

We go on walking without speaking, all the way to the end of the block. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

He shook her hard, speaking as loudly as he dared. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

“I was speaking to the dragon,” the fish said, “but you must not be Aunt Jin either.” Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

From a distance, I film my father speaking to the window repairman. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

In the pub's taproom the regulars sat in awkward proximity to the visitors, speaking so: "It's only every nine years." Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

“The red priests light their nightfires at sunset. The High Priest will be speaking. I would avoid it if I could, but to reach the Long Bridge we must pass the red temple.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“I will be speaking for myself, Madam President.” The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z

Bobby asked him to bring foods and juices to the hospital, which he did, and often Skulason just sat at the bedside, both men not speaking. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

“All I need be here,” she had told Kira, speaking disdainfully of the village and its noisy life. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

We're not allowed to roll our eyes or look away when my mother is speaking to us. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

And the voice I’d heard the day before, saying, Lily Melissa Owens, your jar is open, speaking as plain and clear as the woman in navy speaking to her daughter. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wrote names and phrases that I thought would jog him into speaking again. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Moody was speaking again, from a great distance, it seemed to Harry. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

While he chatted, speaking primarily to my parents, gaining their confidence, Luce was nevertheless making mental notes. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

I like her speaking voice; it’s younger than I thought it would be, but then the song is pulsing, her pain right under every word like always, and something else, something stronger. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

It’s always amusing to catch one of the burly suits speaking in code over their earpieces: “Black Bear has requested extra banana peppers.” Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

I turn to him and have to clear my throat before speaking. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

Even now, speaking of the terrors we have experienced would result in our death. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

This is Michael Williams speaking to you, Lloyd’s father. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Strictly speaking, Hamilton’s concession should have been the end of it. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

They looked at me like I had a second head growing out of my neck, baffled that a teenaged person was speaking to them. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

He didn’t wait for an answer, but as quickly went back to speaking to his soul. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

After a minute, Minerva picked up the tale again, speaking in the heavily accented voice of her grandmother. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

“It’s been a while since I’ve been out like this during the middle of the day,” Mark said, the effort of speaking making him thirsty. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

One woman was speaking vigorously against the city’s housing policies when the church’s PA system went out. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

Before he could think about it any longer, he heard himself speaking. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

“I do not even know,” said I, speaking low as he took his seat at the table, “by what name to call you. I have given out that you are my uncle.” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

The meanings were dreadful, but there was an attraction in speaking the words. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

“My life is a double-edged sword,” Howie says, not speaking of his life as if it’s already over as other defeated Deckers do. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

“I don’t even have a speaking part in it!” Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

Gomo says speaking English all the time makes her head hurt. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

“An idea, moron,” Lana answered, holding her cigarette before her lips and speaking through it as if it were a director’s megaphone. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

They are clannish and they stick together, speaking a specialized language. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

He glares at David the whole time he’s speaking. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

“I found a magazine, tucked in with the books the missus likes to read,” Ophie said, speaking slowly so that she could see how each word landed. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

I know what it feels like when people laugh at you walking down the street, or snicker when they hear you speaking Yiddish, or just look at you with hate in their eyes. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

We walked hand in hand, neither one of us speaking. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

Sounds came to me dully, as if people were speaking through their handkerchiefs or with their hands over their mouths. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

“No,” the girl said immediately, almost before he was done speaking, pushing those oversize glasses up on her nose. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Noodle gets up and starts speaking—there's a surprise. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

He's speaking so softly I can barely hear him. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

He was pointing his finger at me, speaking of Hitler. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

In the din of different languages echoing in the room, she hears a voice behind her speaking words she understands. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

Mercifully, when Brundage stopped speaking the athletes were ushered back outside, where a light rain was falling and the crowds had begun to disperse. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

When the gloves were bought, and they had quitted the shop again, “Did you ever hear the young lady we were speaking of, play?” said Frank Churchill. Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z

After speaking with Darnell, I thought about refiling his assertions before the case went up on appeal and maybe, just maybe, we could persuade local officials to retreat from the case against Walter. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

He paused suddenly, as if he had become aware that he was speaking his thoughts aloud. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

There was this way she had of speaking with certainty that he found entirely convincing. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Mentally I prodded myself into remembering that I was speaking to a member of the Communist International. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It means, ‘Call me when you start speaking Spanish’!” The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

“Who’s out there?” he called, his voice shaky and hollow—it sounded as if he were speaking inside an insulated tunnel. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

She wasn’t sure which option was less awkward, but before she could decide, Father Drozdov took a deep breath and began speaking a language Anya couldn’t understand. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

And, of course, in the shape of sermons, Christianity provided regular formal occasions for public speaking. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

Chubs and I sat on Liam’s bunk, not speaking, not moving, not doing anything but watching the cabin door. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

He was speaking now in short, jerky sentences. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

To this very day my dad has trouble speaking. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

He felt a horror grow within him, and he was crying openly when she started speaking again. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

I ask stupidly, because I know exactly of what he is speaking.Skeezie squeezes his eyes tight and nods his head back and forth, like he’s in pain or something. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

Soon afterward a man wearing a suit came in, speaking effusively in Korean. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

She is listening to two other women, who are speaking in a very urgento way. The Unfinished Angel 2009-09-22T00:00:00Z

As he was speaking he reached into his bodice and took out a small gold fish. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

No. That was the pit speaking to him, sapping his resolve. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

“Kenya called me a coward for not speaking out.” The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

Outside, strange voices were speaking in a tongue he did not know. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“What were you guys talking about?” he asked, speaking even faster than usual, as if he was concerned—or jealous. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Just like at my first session, we sit there, not speaking. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

“I got to keep an eye on you. And as for you,” he added grimly, speaking to Tuck, “you better hope that feller don’t die on you. I’ll be back soon as I can.” Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

They walked behind them for about twenty minutes, not speaking, listening hard for noises other than breaking twigs and rustling leaves. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

“If you continue speaking like this I will have to handcuff you,” Rousseau said threateningly. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Without speaking, we huddled on the sofa, wet and cold and shaking. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

All day, the two siblings had wandered around the house, doing the assigned chores and scarcely speaking to each other. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z

Six blond boys all speaking Fjerdan, clustered on a cliff above the shore. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

I was still getting the hang of speaking in front of large audiences, but this would be one of the biggest assignments yet. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

He drove without speaking through a thundershower that crinkled the windshield and raised the hum of his tires an octave. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Chancellor glared at Hemme, chastising him silently for speaking out of turn, then turned back to me. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Called it geo-something or other that made it sound like they were speaking in a foreign tongue. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

In that single exchange with that young man, I was speaking the personal language of my people. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

“How could I be better for any of this?” he asked, horrified at how distorted and liquid his words sounded, as if he were speaking through the blowhole of a whale. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

I know it’s a big deal, but hearing it again is making me feel like I am going to be speaking in front of the whole world. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

He thought a fire was heating his toes, and out of the shadows on the other side of the hearth he heard Bilbo’s voice speaking. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Not speaking was the only weapon he had. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Peacefully, but forcefully, assert your right to be different by speaking out against fear and oppression. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lelia says there are certain mental pathways of speaking that can never be unlearned. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

After staring at Olive for a few moments, Henry looks at me and says, “And speaking of big fish—Delsie! You should have seen the whopper we pulled in today!” Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

It’s beginning to feel as if I’m speaking to stagnant air—the spirits are just standing there without delivering my message to God. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

A teenage virgin, the Oracle told the future, speaking the first metered verse in history. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

As she was speaking, there was another violent explosion. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

The general turned his red face toward her and wet his lips quickly, “Why, in a manner of speaking we have located it.” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

"I've been alone. By myself I went, thinking what's what I know what we need. An assembly to put things straight And first of all, I'm speaking." Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

Patrice Lumumba had stopped speaking for a moment to take off his glasses and mop his forehead with a white handkerchief. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

The right half of his body, all the way down his leg and partway up his face, has been paralyzed ever since, so he has a twisted and slow way of speaking. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

As far as Dimple knew, she and the Aberzombies weren’t even on speaking terms. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

There was no use in speaking small mouthed. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Father and I stood without speaking for a while. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

Nevertheless, without openly ad-mitting it, he was devoted to Boxer; the two of them usually spent their Sundays together in the small paddock beyond the orchard, grazing side by side and never speaking. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

“Then the poisoner didn’t know Slughorn very well,” said Hermione, speaking for the first time in hours and sounding as though she had a bad head cold. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

“Are the classes like a three-channel television set? What will I do when they’re on the other channels? Will they think I’m a dunce for speaking only English?” Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

It could lead to speaking of other things. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

But the idea of him—or anyone—speaking ill of Koffi while she lay asleep just a few feet away was something he couldn’t abide. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

“All creatures serve a purpose. If it weren’t for the boy, you wouldn’t be here now, speaking your mind, showing you have thoughts other than how to hide. He has given you courage.” The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

He's speaking English, and his accent is almost 100 percent American, like Starry's. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

She stopped before him and took a moment to steady her voice before speaking. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

“Yes. I do apologize for the wait. To whom am I speaking?” The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

I really thought he was still speaking of the fowl, until he added, “Because I have got an aged parent at my place.” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

She got up when the Doctor and Johnny entered the room and left without speaking. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

If Jeanine is speaking through Max, she had to be able to see him in order to know that he was grabbed. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

The men looked up without speaking, without moving their heads. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Crouched next to her, in the light of the flickering candle and one oil lamp, was the small German speaking wireless operator. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

What I should have feared was the damage unseen, what she wouldn’t end up crying over or even speaking about in our last good year. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Minho had taught Thomas that speaking only wasted energy, so he concentrated on his pace and his breaths. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

I realized he had probably been speaking with it the entire time, and I hoped my interruption hadn’t troubled him. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

The vision rippled again, and Mr. Pepperhorn was speaking to a shadow of a witch, who the Witchlings could not see. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t quite achieve a normal speaking voice. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

The officers were scrutinizing every one in the column, sometimes speaking to each other, going forward to flash a light in some one’s face. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

As she stopped speaking he leaped to his feet, almost tearing his hand from hers as he spoke:— Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

Whenever he found two men who had quarreled and were not speaking to each other, he told them, “Stop and forget it,” and made them shake hands. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

I am speaking, of course, of the struggle at the boxing and weight lifting club at the Donaldson Orlando Community Center where I trained almost every evening. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was Sourmelina’s belief that the soul didn’t enter the body until a child started speaking. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Mr. Keller says, beating everyone else to speaking first. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

But her voice was thin, had a sound like something thin that would break if you touched it and he felt bad for not speaking to her. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

It did not sound like any language I had ever heard before, not even the English that everyone around us was now speaking. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Conrad’s voice sounded like he was speaking through a booming mi-crophone as he burst into the room. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

All he could recall having heard about Communists was associated in his mind with darkness, old houses, people speaking in whispers, and trade unions on strike. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

He wanted to shake her, to stop the crying, and that way of speaking to Mr Hooper. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

I heard voices, too, speaking with a hollow sound, and as if muffled by a rush of wind or water: agitation, uncertainty, and an all-predominating sense of terror confused my faculties. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

And speaking of sentiment brings us very naturally to the ‘Dovecote’. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

Of course, the man had been speaking figuratively, but it is rather interesting to see his words borne out so immediately at the literal level. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

Suddenly, she stiffened, for just off the path she heard soft voices— a deep male voice, speaking in hushed tones, then a female’s whispered reply. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

I don't even try to provoke Ma into speaking. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

We practice public speaking and how to converse with top government officials and important businesspeople. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

It seemed so close that his nose almost brushed mine, and yet I could tell that his eyes were soft, that he was speaking and crying at the same time. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

Once, incredibly, an elf owl landed atop a saguaro not ten feet from where she was speaking. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

But even before Ruth paused, almost as I was still speaking, Tommy made a sudden laughing noise, a kind of explosion, a noise I’d never heard him make before. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Half a century later, he would still be speaking of it with the same shudder and the same sense of urgency. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Peering out the window as the bus rounded the comer and the front doors flew open, I noticed that Mommy stood apart from the other mothers, rarely speaking to them. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Malcolm felt that, nice as the old nun was, she didn’t know the best way of speaking to a baby. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

‘I imagine we have more food in the Palace,’ the Queen said, speaking to the BFG. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Once when me and my mom were walking down the block speaking in Spanish, this guy yelled at us, ‘This is America! Speak English!’ Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

The unemployment rate, technically speaking, was “lower” in South Africa during apartheid, which makes sense. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

He was speaking in an auditorium in Mountain View, California, answering questions about his life from people who worked at Google. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

Directly after he finished the interpretation, two other women began speaking in tongues too. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her voice came from everywhere, like the well itself was speaking. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

Voldemort, however, seemed to be speaking more to himself than to any of them, still addressing the unconscious body above him. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Mr. A. H— lowers Herr Thiessen to the ground, speaking a constant string of words over him in tones too low for anyone to overhear. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

And speaking of dilemmas, I was about to face another one. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

After some time a shape began to form out of the clay; it was almost as if the clay was speaking to him, telling him what it wished to become. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

Bridge heard her mother telling her father that Emily’s “growth spurt” made her think of those silent four-year-olds who suddenly start speaking in full sentences. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

Her enunciation was flawless as she spoke with such reverent clarity that it seemed like she was speaking the words for the first time. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Before they reached the bench, Lyra was on her feet and speaking to them. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

In fact, Big Ma placed her hand over Mr. Lucas’s lips to keep him from speaking. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

Nor, according to her, did he show any signs of the eccentricities the press kept referring to, with the exception of his speaking too loudly. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

One group was all for pushing on zealously, and talked openly about reporting Mr. Hawkins himself for speaking like that. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

His dad was from India, and he had a calm way of speaking that made everything sound important. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

"I said," the nurse raised her voice, as if speaking to a deaf person, "seven years' bad luck." The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

We might as well be speaking two different languages. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

She saw his childhood, before his sight was taken: the rocky Everican shore, an old woman laughing, the tangy smell of mulch, and trees, trees, trees whispering and creaking and laughing and speaking. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Ernest was now engaged in an unceasing circuit of meetings with foundation boards and speaking invitations all over the country. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

Grunt, who had lost his tongue for speaking carelessly in Lord Roose’s hearing. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

William no longer controlled his throat or his tongue or any other organ used for speaking. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

Even though the old man was utterly incompetent with regards to the rudiments of writing and speaking, the teacher was never less than polite and indulgent. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

“Here you are, then,” said the driver, a surprisingly short while later, speaking for the first time as he slowed in Charing Cross Road and stopped outside the Leaky Cauldron. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

We don’t turn on the TV, so we can eavesdrop, but they’re speaking in angry whispers, impossible to decipher. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

Then he said slowly, “Sir, I think General Ewell defers too much to General Early. He is . . . uncertain. I regret the necessity for speaking, sir. I would have preferred not . . .” “I know.” The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Where were those spellbinding speaking talents and uncanny political instinct being put to use? Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We were speaking of a hypothetical case,” I reminded him frostily. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

“I thought you weren’t speaking to us?” said Harry. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

When she first came to America, her English teacher had admonished her, not for speaking too much, but too little. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

It felt weird, like I was speaking a foreign language. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

We stood quite still, not speaking, looking down upon the clear white faces of the flowers closest to us, and Maxim stooped, and picked up a fallen petal and gave it to me. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

But she looks more cheerful—as cheerful as Lynn gets, anyway—as Tori begins speaking again. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

He willed his eyes to adjust as he squinted toward the light and those speaking. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

He looked lost for a moment before speaking again. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Even when we have an inkling that we are speaking in a specialized lingo, we may be reluctant to slip back into plain speech. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

Walter enjoyed the travel and the attention, even though he didn’t much like speaking in public. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

It annoys her that the waiter, perfectly attentive, looks neither of them in the eye as he describes the menu, speaking instead to the bottle of mineral water positioned between them. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

I try to hear as we approach them, then realize Heather’s speaking to me. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

Kvothe had stopped speaking, and while he seemed to be star- ing down at his folded hands, in reality his eyes were far away. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

No one should wonder if, in speaking of principalities that are completely new as to their ruler and form of government, I cite the greatest examples. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z

A woman’s voice was speaking, and I strained to hear. ... if you’re as stubborn as your husband, we may have to take stronger actions. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

And I knew in that instant that it wasn’t me, Malala, speaking; my voice was the voice of so many others who wanted to speak but couldn’t. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

He sleeps for five minutes straight before he starts speaking again. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

That was how I was finally able to visit Rosa, but the day I entered her house and was within speaking range of her, I couldn’t think of anything to say. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was speaking slowly, because I wanted to make sure I understood the implications of what Mom had just told me. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Even her ordinary speaking voice bubbled up from inside her, rich and melodic. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

I’d hear strangers on the radio and in the Mexican Catholic church across town speaking in Spanish, but I couldn’t really believe that Spanish was a public language, like English. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Let me introduce —” Now Janis, in the living room, was speaking English. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

“That is what Bartolo said we were to listen for—someone speaking Spanish,” Salvador said. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

Civil rights leaders speaking at the Howard Johnson’s protest, August 12, 1962. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

Song Po-po added, really speaking to Grandma rather than to us. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

He called himself Shelley the Playboy, and speaking in code on the radio, he kept us abreast of the plans to march. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Afterward he threatened to cut out my tongue if he ever again heard I wasn’t speaking Venda. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

She did not like Alfredo; something about the man's overfriendliness and his speaking to them in English even though they all knew Spanish made her feel uneasy. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

He’s back on autopilot, speaking to the room, not to me. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We are speaking of music, madam,” said he, when no longer able to avoid a reply. Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z

She wasn't speaking to him in any sort of "slow" way. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

‘He has been so kind to us, darling. You must try very hard not to be ungrateful, or impolite to him. It is only a question of a little thought before speaking.’ I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

“What happened to not speaking ill of the dead?” A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

‘Of course you were cheating! Why else, may I ask, would you be speaking to Dobson? I take it you were not inquiring after his health?’ Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

“If I could only get myself to fall in love with you,—you don’t mind my speaking so openly to such an old acquaintance?” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

For the entire trip I think the three of us were all on speaking terms for only one complete afternoon. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

All you can think about is what he was really thinking the whole time he was speaking to you or walking the beach with you or swimming laps or playing fetch with your dog Ginger. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

Salva leapt to his feet and was running even before his friend had finished speaking. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even children speaking to other children used these terms. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

They came up to him without speaking and began to nibble the short grass nearby. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Instead of being concerned that a young woman was speaking for the community, they saw that I was developing a voice that could help people understand our experience. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

He was speaking in the past tense even though she was still holding the gourd. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

If she approached when someone was speaking of him, people immediately changed the subject—and here was Grandmother revealing the secret to a whole crowd of strangers! A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was good to hear men speaking Valyrian once more, and even the Common Tongue, Dany thought as they approached the first ship. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

I was burdened with a leaden fear as I kept speaking engagements all over America. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You can't turn tail at the prospect of public speaking your whole life through, Taylor.” Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

Harry wondered for a moment whom he was speaking to, but then realized “Mad-Eye” could hardly be Moody’s real first name. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Even he could not always make sense of the mongrel Ghiscari tongue the slavers spoke, especially when they were speaking fast. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

After I finished speaking, the group sang a hymn to end the session. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

The man speaking looked like his mentor, their voices were the same, but...none of this sounded right at all. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Populist candidates, black and white, campaigned together throughout the South, speaking from the same podium. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

The animals listened first to Napoleon, then to Snowball, and could not make up their minds which was right; indeed, they always found themselves in agreement with the one who was speaking at the moment. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

I was speaking at so many events, but I felt that my height got in the way of being authoritative. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

“But some love you. I’m speaking of Maria and, of course, Celia.” The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

He stood with his back to her, as if he were speaking to the trees. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

Always smirking, or frowning at something I couldn’t see, outright laughing before he mumbled and turned over, some nights even speaking to me. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

Then her voice seemed to wander off as if she was speaking to herself and maybe to us at the same time. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

Lately we’ve been speaking a lot on the telephone that came with the house. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

At perhaps ten, we heard a great number of militiamen approaching, speaking in accents boisterous and jocular—and so we quit our position and crouched some several rods away, in the grasses by the shore. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

It disoriented me to hear the two men speaking, their voices overlapping in a low din. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Perhaps, he thought, because he was speaking for Gwydion. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

He was speaking, and she felt the cold glass pressing against her lips. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

The policeman in the front passenger seat had got out and was speaking to her, and then took her by the elbow. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Lu looked at me like I was speaking a different language. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

There is no way they can punish me for not speaking. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

After speaking for forty minutes, Justice Rumpff said, “The accused are accordingly found not guilty and are discharged.” Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Chairs shifted and scraped against the dusty floor as people took their seats and eyed each other without speaking. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

There was silence and then, quite clearly, he heard Fiver speaking in the long grass. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Yes, Butler. Cover. I thought speaking in primal terms would be the quickest route to your cognitive functions. Obviously I was mistaken.” Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

“Then why do I hear you’re speaking other tongues; are you a prophet?” Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

I turned to Jaja after she left and tried speaking with my eyes. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Ama here got some powder to wake you up,” he said, speaking very quietly, and Lyra turned to the girl, seeing her for the first time, and put her hand on Ama’s shoulder in thanks. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Aunty Ifeoma stopped speaking to Papa after he barred Papa-Nnukwu from coming to his house, and a few years passed before they finally started speaking to each other. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

Indeed, I would have one way of speaking in the North and another in the South. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

When she wasn’t speaking to her cousin, she spoke to her husband, shorter conversations, in which she ended up arguing about whether to have chicken or lamb for dinner. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

Mr. A. H— moves along the periphery, going mostly unnoticed and speaking with only a few of the other guests, including Mr. Barris, who introduces him to Herr Thiessen. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

I made it through homeroom without speaking to anybody and was just settling in for a nice period of off-topic journal writing in Miss Palma’s class when the intercom blared, calling me to the office. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Second,” I say with another clap, “how is speaking up for myself being ratchet? If you saw those videos, you’d know that’s all I did.” On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

There is even talk here of outlawing speaking any German at all. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

Most of the Gladers had remained quiet through it all, perhaps worried that speaking would make everything vanish. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

It was the Tattered Prince himself who did the speaking. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

He thinks speaking Spanish in school isn’t cool. Ghost Boys 2018-04-17T00:00:00Z

The travellers sat still without moving or speaking. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Whispers lay beneath the breeze, speaking to her in forgotten languages. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

He’s speaking into his camera when we get there. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

By speaking one word in our sacred language I had just proved to my teacher that I was as hopeless as the rest of my people. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s Mrs. Danvers, Madam,” said the voice, “I'm speaking to you on the house telephone.” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

I didn’t miss that she was speaking only to him. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

We walked for hours through the city, long meandering walks that took in whole neighborhoods which we would pass through without buying a thing or speaking to anyone. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Just that she was speaking very fast, but quietly, as if she didn’t want me to hear. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

I engaged the Vonnegut’s autopilot, then activated my Ring of Teleportation by speaking the command word, “Brundell.” Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Without looking in his direction I continued speaking to the class in the driest of tones. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I’m so nervous about speaking in front of an audience, especially when I have no idea what the judges will ask me. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

“After five days of mindless training,” she replied quietly, all too aware that very few people were speaking in the hall, “I’m glad for a bit of excitement.” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

I see Balekin move from speaking with a woman I don’t recognize. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“At the nursery door,” Luke said tensely, speaking clearly through the noise. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

Especially since He and I weren’t exactly on speaking terms these days. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

He and his joking partner would hunt the wilderness for months, calling to the wolves, speaking their language to ask where the game was. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

I remembered him tucking me in, and us listening to a person speaking Greek on the shortwave radio, and him telling me a story about New York’s sixth borough. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

Instead she heard her mother, Euphrosyne Stephanides, speaking in this very cocoonery years ago, elucidating the mysteries of silkworms—“To have good silk, you have to be pure,” she used to tell her daughter. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

We were both speaking softly to one another. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

“He was speaking to me very strongly that he wanted to see an increasing and dramatic spiritual revival in a place like Princeton,” Bennett said. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

He whirled, a curse on his lips, but caught himself when he realized he was speaking to a lady. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

My parents wanted us to grow up speaking fluent French. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

As it turns out, chloroplasts are also separate creatures with their own genomes, speaking their own language. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Before practice, he hid within his headphones and juggled a ball, not speaking to anyone. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

Her voice sounded faint and distant, as if she were speaking from atop a high mountain. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Collins listened to her with the determined air of following his own inclination, and, when she ceased speaking, replied thus: Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z

Tucker leaned through the window, holding my hand and speaking softly. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

He could dimly see the grey forms of two elves sitting motionless with their arms about their knees, speaking in whispers. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

The vision rippled, and now Mr. Dimblewit was speaking to Apple Barlow, one of the town council members whose home had been attacked. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

I could hear Father speaking, but I couldn’t make out the words. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

Intellectual familiarity bred a slow, glowering contempt; in a few months, they were barely on speaking terms. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

“Yessuh,” he whispered; not speaking, really; but hearing his words roll involuntarily from his lips. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

She felt like she’d lost about twenty pounds just by speaking. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

“I don’t appreciate you speaking to me that way in front of those police officers. You should’ve let me handle it.” Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

“Oh, no, I’m sure I couldn’t. I can read most languages, but I have trouble speaking anything but English. Can’t get my tongue to do what it’s supposed to.” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Then he cleared his throat at great length before speaking. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

I try to remember what I just said, but speaking in class has made me so nervous that my mind is doing its Etch A Sketch thing. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

When the Professor had done speaking my husband looked in my eyes, and I in his; there was no need for speaking between us. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

Jordan drove them to the hospital, not speaking the whole time. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I have noticed that, it’s true. But if not Constance Contraire, then of whom are you speaking?” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Though Austin was known for speaking his mind, one week before the Royal Ice Cream sit-in he ran an editorial that was outspoken, even for him. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

Poppy whispered back, “Who knows? Maybe they think he’s our next-door neighbor from St. Louis, since he’s only speaking English. I just said he was our friend.” Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

Knowing how wondrous are the works of God, I thought that perhaps He—in His awful mercy— was speaking to me with this dreadful vision. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

When I was done speaking, Miss Corrie patted my hand. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Matt saw people sitting in the shadows and speaking to one another in quiet voices. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Villac Uma was speaking with the guards and pointing to the rest of the travelers. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

When they were in primary school, they sometimes looked at each other and laughed, without speaking, because they were thinking the same joke. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

I looked up and started speaking from memory. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

He spelled out the conclusion—making speaking movements with his mouth, while the rushes tapped and the smoke puffed and the wind howled. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You know, Luce—you know, at a certain point, when a guy is holding up enough red flags, he’s just speaking to you in semaphore.” Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Though he could read and write High Valyrian, he had little practice speaking it. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

It enters a chestnut effortlessly, devours the cambium cells, and positions itself for attack on the next tree before the tree has the faintest idea, chemically speaking, what hit it. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

I could tell by the way he was speaking that it was Grandpa Izzy asking if he would be coming over for the evening's turtle walk. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

Before, he says, it dies out I did not enjoy watching Samuel speaking to either of them. The Color Purple 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

As soon as they started speaking, we would throw bowls, spoons, food, and benches at them. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

Names had power, and speaking them here in Tartarus was probably very dangerous. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Our customers, though, generally were so straight thinking and speaking that they were never hurt by his attacks. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

They took to huddling on the float before and after workouts, talking about what, precisely, they could do to make each row better than the one before, looking one another in the eye, speaking earnestly. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Two of the reporters tipped their chairs back precariously and sat with their hands clasped behind their heads, speaking casually to one another. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

“My children are not of age to be left alone for long,” said I, speaking civilly. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

People passing us were speaking all kinds of languages. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

The priest stopped right in the middle of the prayer and extended his right arm in the direction of my mother, who then started speaking in tongues. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was as though she had directly insulted me by speaking so slightingly of herself. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

She stopped speaking for a moment, but I could tell by the way she bit her lip that she wasn’t done. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

“I was under the impression that I was speaking to Mr. Gaunt,” said Ogden, looking wary, but standing his ground. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

She heard their piping voices — “Uncle Grover! Uncle Grover!” — and knew he was speaking to them all, the whole family; and that they, in turn, were all listening. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

All night long, in all those other strangers’ dreams, she’d heard scarcely a word she could understand, but this one was speaking it without even an accent. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

We were herded into long lines to be inspected, interrogated, stamped, and then set loose among hundreds of other immigrants, speaking languages that sounded to my ears like the braying of farm animals. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

I hear myself speaking in the voice I cultivated as an initiation instructor, but this time I use it in jest. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Harriet’s manner of speaking of the circumstance before they quitted the ballroom, she had strong hopes. Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z

He was speaking loudly and passionately and looked to be on the verge of tears. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

“Excuse me, sir, for interrupting you,” she said, as though speaking to an officer in Efrafa, “but the bird—the white bird— it’s coming toward us.” Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

I began speaking publicly about the plight of the Lost Boys and Lost Girls. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

As Zlata was speaking in front of the people from Croatia, they were all nodding their heads. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

We sat side by side, not speaking, only smoking, facing the interior of the museum. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

My well-trained muscles and bones were speaking to me, ordering me to perform. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

“Are you certain? It’s not all that difficult for a Recruiter to learn one of our languages. He could have just started speaking it when he heard you use it first.” The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

He led the way into the line, still not speaking, though his eyes returned to my face every few seconds, their expression speculative. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

My teacher fasted throughout this time, and my lessons were fewer as he spent many of his days and nights alone speaking with the spirits. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

It can be objected that I am speaking of political freedom in spiritual terms, but the political institutions of any nation are always menaced and are ultimately controlled by the spiritual state of that nation. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z

My brother and sisters were speaking English in another part of the house. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Running for the border with his death three days behind him, and no man speaking to him. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

He was more fawning and would-be friendly; but Sam surprised some strange looks in his eyes at times, especially towards Frodo; and he went back more and more into his old manner of speaking. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

They all stared at one another without speaking until my father rose. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

We clustered around the trunk, speaking in whispers. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

That was how it felt the first time the director spoke to me, like he was speaking from another dimension. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

It was dangerous the way she was speaking out against the government. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

"He was planning to send the boy to Dragonstone for fostering, you know . . . oh, but I'm speaking out of turn." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

He was speaking of the cave you saw today. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

“Don’t you people realize,” said Lockhart, speaking slowly, as though they were all a bit dim, “the danger has passed! The culprit has been taken away —” “Says who?” said Dean Thomas loudly. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

Arawak- speaking groups migrated in from the south and west, sometimes apparently driving Tupi-speaking groups north and east. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

I managed to get through speaking for two whole minutes in front of an audience, which I think is the longest ever. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

He turned toward me and eyed me for a bit before he began to question me, speaking very slowly, in English. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

In the course of the restless night, he had reached his decision, though at present he refrained from speaking of it, still unsure he had chosen wisely. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

Even after my father’s done speaking, I am sobbing. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

Bailey cannot tell which one of them she is speaking to. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Voices speaking Chinese came from the front room, and when Emily peered in, she saw they were from a flat-screen TV perched on a cabinet. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

They lay there a few minutes, neither one speaking. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

“Translating documents, and also speaking with the other Lithuanians who are here,” she said. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

Then out of the blackness in his mind he thought that he heard Dernhelm speaking; yet now the voice seemed strange, recalling some other voice that he had known. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

Dalian has become for Japan what Bangalore has become for America and the other English- speaking countries: outsourcing central. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z

He drew the hood back over his head, speaking quickly. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I take a long shower, dress slowly in the outfit Cinna has left for training, and order food from the menu in my room by speaking into a mouthpiece. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Different worlds. But in my world there’s an Oxford too. We’re both speaking English, en’t we? Stands to reason there’s other things the same. How did you get through? Is there a bridge, or what?” The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

At myself, for not speaking up and letting him know how upset I am. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

And in speaking on these topics from the White House, I’d be offering an implicit challenge to the behemoth corporations in the food and beverage industry and the way they’d been doing business for decades. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

There was an old man speaking to the beast. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

Hermione and Ron, not being on speaking terms with the Minister of Magic, hovered awkwardly in the background. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

“Are you speaking to someone hiding in your desk?” The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

He couldn’t quite translate what this girl was saying—like when he heard Spaniards or South Americans speaking Spanish. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Sidman was running over—though, properly speaking, what she did wasn’t really running. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

It takes me a minute to realize that the parrot is speaking. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

He tipped his hat to Kyril Montana, then moved among the men, nodding, speaking a few words, slapping a back here, pointing to the northeast there, he rounded them up for the march home. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Blaine nodded before she finished speaking; of course she would not move until they had seen Barack Obama through to his victory. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Within a week of the accident he had stopped speaking in sentences. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

All seemed quiet and still, but Frodo felt a cold dread creeping over his heart, now that Strider was no longer speaking. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

During his two visits, the grandfather had stood guard by the crib all day, speaking to little Carlos. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

Just speaking, I saw, was a superhuman effort. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

As Welles stood in front of the curtain speaking to his cast, the photographer took this shot. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

When she turned to see who was speaking, everyone behind her was silent, staring at the floor. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

I poured myself another glass, too, and we sat without speaking for a minute or more. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Anytime the cops asked me questions I started speaking in broken Afrikaans with a thick colored accent. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

The three men sat in their comer almost motionless, never speaking. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

This one, the one they were speaking with their eyes, was saying that they were now even more worried than they had been before, now that they knew Pet had a name. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

Aru’s mother had grown up speaking Gujarati, a language from the state of Gujarat. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

The boy with the deep speaking voice actually sings like a girl. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

“I know, that’s on me. But I am certain. He’s speaking an old Cree I don’t even fully know. He’s way more fluent than me or anyone else I’ve met. And walked his lineage back.” The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z