After having fought with his father for almost thirty- five years, Mr. Levy had decided that he would spend the rest of his life trying not to be bothered. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

That week, I spend hours talking with Rabia on Google Hangouts. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

We gasped and fell back in our seats, shuddering at the thought of spending eternity in hell. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was dressed normally, but the practiced eyes of the crystal merchant could see that the boy had no money to spend. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

As much as she hated to spend the money, on her first payday, Lyddie insisted on giving Betsy a full ten cents to help with Oliver’s rent. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

“The owner agreed to let you fix up the room, as long as she doesn’t have to spend any extra money.” A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

I’m not even a crier, but now I’m spending half my life on the verge of a breakdown. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

He knows life is too short to sweet to spend behind bars ever again. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Not to cut the pleasantries short,” Mary says, “but we shouldn’t spend much time here. We can’t keep people out for long before they come sniffing around.” Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Hunter refused to leave; he was more in the woods than in his cabin anyway, and seemed to look forward to spending his last days in the places he felt most comfortable. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Amazingly, the hippie, whose name was Leo, was quite angry that I didn’t spend more time carving mandolin struts or warping boards or whatever it was I was supposed to be doing up there. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

I will spend the next half hour sticking the pieces of fruit with toothpicks, dipping them and laying them on waxed paper. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

“Our father had to work late,” Susan says, “and he told us we should spend some time thinking before the ceremony tomorrow.” Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

He would spend two years as a companion to the captain, a man named Robert FitzRoy. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

As was his habit, he planned to spend the month of August in Normandy, visiting friends and working on his house. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

Taking a lead from me, which is almost always a bad idea, my mother was now spending a fair amount of time holed up in her room. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

“Leaving me twelve, which is not impossible, but not the best way to spend your first evening after three months on brandy.” The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Angel was going to spend the night with Kiara after the show. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was too young to recall exactly when my father left Narewka that first time, but I do remember when he came back to spend a few days. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

Three years may seem a long time for a boy to spend in one room, if he only goes out of it to eat and deep and to practise tilting in the field. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

They spend hours discussing the quality of the light, the heat of the bonfire. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

My parents and sister were leaving to spend five days in New York City without me. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

I was spending so much time on the road that exhaustion felt like my permanent state of being. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

He looks at me as he drives down Vernor Highway, and I don’t even ask where he’s taking me because I’m so glad to be spending time with him. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

“Always looking for ways to spend more time with me.” Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

Once again, he thought, the two children of the depression had fought the misery of past holidays by spending a modest fortune on their own children. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

This meant I had to spend part of each day cleaning up his quarters. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

Maybe I’m already dead and have been paired with a life-changer to spend my last day with as a reward for daring to do something new, like trying the Last Friend app. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

“Take a look at this, baby. How’d you like to spend the evening with that?” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

We'd spend the days swimming, barbecuing, and brainstorming sketch ideas we would later put on video for posterity. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

I arrived in this town yesterday afternoon, and have decided to remain a second night here so as to allow myself this whole day to spend in a leisurely manner. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

“I'll take him with me now. You know he spends the nights in my dwelling.” Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

“Folks come in here to buy a nickel’s worth of postage and think they can spend the next three hours and thirty-three minutes turning the Clutters inside out. Pickin’ the wings off other people. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

I never do any of my classwork, so I spend my time in class sketching on my notebook, handouts, backpack, or on anything in sight. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

“Dammit, that Rose Mary keeps spending money on art supplies!” he muttered, pretending to be talking to himself. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

They spent the afternoon together, Mal and Pauline cooing over the baby, and Mia spending the night, for the first and last time, in their guest room with Pearl beside her. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

When the judges reach their table, they spend several minutes chewing and nodding. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

His idea of luxury was to spend a night in such surroundings. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

His home above Hippie Cove was a windowless hovel, which he built without benefit of saw or ax: "He’d spend days,” says McKinney, "grinding his way through a log with a sharp stone.” Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

It could be one of five, only two of whom she would enjoy spending an evening alone with. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

But to pay for the rest, I had to spend a year answering phones at a Wall Street firm. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

The more time you spend with me and the more information you gather, the better off you are. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

If you spend a lot of time with nature, you inevitably run into the concept, the reality of death. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Despite the sweltering heat of the Equator, Sudanese people spend most of their time outdoors when it’s not raining. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

I didn’t want to tell Ms. Faraci about Charlie and Zooey, so I said, “Yeah. It was all right. You? Tell me you didn’t spend the whole break buried in books.” We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

I have no friends so I spend all my time alone writing cool blog posts and vintage shopping and taking pretty pictures. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

On the last day, Min told Tree-ear to spend the afternoon at the house, tidying the yard. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

On Thursdays kitchen girls and garden boys, dressed in their Sunday best, continued coming to the townships to spend their day off with their families and friends. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

She didn’t like cities and didn’t want to have to spend the night in one. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

Newcomers without friends or family spend their first night in Thailand in the hollow, wooden church. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

She wasn’t about to spend her whole life in hiding. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

Money is very easy to earn but rather hard to spend, because there isn’t very much to buy. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

Every Dauntless gets a certain amount of points to spend per month, and the dress costs one of them. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

When he’s not worrying about Anna—or as she sees it, getting in her way—he’s spending time with his little brother Cor and working on some sermons. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

And here Alex is, spending his one day off from the campaign at Wimbledon, only to get his body next to Henry’s again. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

“The aqueducts will be easier to navigate during the day. Right? So let’s accept the Water Angel’s invitation and spend the night. It’s not like we have to join their little cult.” Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

We were in no hurry, since Lettie and Ruthanne had gotten permission to spend the night with me at Shady’s place. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

Hence fourteen days for Frank and Jim; I thought that was really a very' long time to spend inside the tiny Gemini cockpit. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Despite her personal misgivings, Penelope thanked both of the young servants profusely for their willingness to spend their time furthering the children’s education. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

“Or bait for a striper. No point in spending too long in a trap beforehand.” Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

And I got to know some of the more senior officers better, most of them in B-block, where, shortly, I would be spending a lot of time. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

With hard work White built it into a hugely profitable enterprise, but he didn’t like spending money on himself. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

Pretending, because Babulya was too old to spend too much time in it, especially at night. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

Perhaps the acorns were to be sent to Locke’s father, in the hopes Locke might spend the rest of his life exploring wild places with him rather than be caught up in intrigues. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Despite hiring an investigator, spending thousands of francs, and poring through reams of German documentation, Marie-Laure and Etienne were never able to determine what exactly happened to her father. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

She hadn’t stopped spending occasional nights out of the house, but she was fifty years old now and what lover could she have kept so long? Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Too bad she can’t hear my voice, telling her to stop spending all our money on candles,” I whispered to Muthu. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

I thus welcomed Herman’s suggestion that I go that spring to the Zoological Station at Naples, where he had decided to spend the months of April and May. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

He does try to help himself: he spends time with the other boarders at the Roos house, and he reads and takes long walks, as always. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

As required, Benji got permission before leaving the hotel and spending Veterans Day in New York City. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

Shin made little progress in learning how to manage money, sometimes spending more than he could afford on dinners and airline tickets for friends. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

I spend the next hour pinning edge to edge as carefully as I can, but each time I put a completed one down she grabs it, inspects it hastily, and flings it back at me. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

“But I’ll tell you what I am going to do: I’m going to spend some time thinking seriously about all this. You should, too.” Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You spend five days in a row with them, and now its the weekend and you still can’t get rid of them.” Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

She wonders if Enrique sends his daughter less money because he is spending it on another girlfriend. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

“If you want to be in a really functional room,” I began with false heartiness, “you ought to spend your time in the bathroom then.” A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

She and I used to spend all day at the mall, wandering from store to store trying on crop tops and miniskirts that we were never allowed to have. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

But I don’t think that we spend a lot of time thinking about the importance of these kinds of people. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Theo is overwhelmed with money worries and by his ambivalence about Marie, but at least he has colleagues at the gallery, clients he speaks to regularly, painters he spends time with. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

I was going to have to spend many days on a great boat out on the wide waters of the Pacific Ocean. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

We spend a lot of time together and talk about every imaginable subject. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

How could I spend thirty cents on a kilo of beef roast, when I could get twice as many potatoes for a fifth of that price? The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

We spend most of the day together at school, but not in a way that limits our interactions with other people. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

Or we would cut through the town cemetery on the way home from school so Tateh wouldn’t see us; we’d spend a lot of afternoons sitting on the headstones talking. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

He drove us to Newark because he wanted to spend time with us. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

I spend the late of each night watching repeats of Dukes of Hazzard. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

And ever since then, she’s been spending all her time with the freak. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

And each one of them felt he was more worthy to have the riches than was Wang Lung, because they knew better how to spend it. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

I spend most of my free time at the library now, reading and soaking up what I can from books. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

He is also a musician and a sculptor and spends every minute in some real and meaningful activity, creating and sensing. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Drunk all day and spend all their time beating their poor old mothers." The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

“Mom’s job and spending time with us, both.” The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

“The things you spend so much time on—all this work you do—might not seem as important. You might have to make room for some more spiritual things.” Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

We have to spend them like gold, in single pieces. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I was just messing around. I agree it was probably not the best way to spend first period.” All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Most eight-year-old males begin to spend time away from their mothers, traveling with the big males, learning the sorts of things they need to know when they are grown up. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

Mom, Dad, and I were spending three months in Ghana. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

“You run hard and study harder. Then you’ll not have to go work underground to feed your family. Man was not meant to spend his days in the dark, eh, Vincenze?” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

All this compared to the forty-five seconds we spend downing bioloaf. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

It was Monday, the first day of the week I would spend on the farm. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

My family had no money to spend on anything but necessities. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

What he wanted now was time to spend with his family and for someone else to grab hold of the reins of the city he loved with its daunting array of problems. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

Wish me luck and know that I wish I were spending the summer on Beechwood with you. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

She told me to spend it on my school clothes and supplies. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

She just said, “Children, we don’t have money to spend on French fries! I can buy a week’s worth of groceries for what we’d pay for those fries!” While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

“Yeah...and for once they have to spend their money on me.” Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

In my head, I start making plans about where we can spend the night if the rain is still this bad once it gets dark. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Such pleas, inevitably, were ignored, and members of Congress would gather in wood-paneled committee rooms and spend hours examining in minute detail the Osage’s expenditures, as if the country’s security were at stake. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

She walked to a boarding house and asked for a room, explaining to the clerk that she suffered from tuberculosis and that her doctor had told her to spend some time breathing dry desert air. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

“That’s nice of you. I thought you’d spend the rest of your life holding hands with that in there. How long is she going to stay?” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

He liked the days he could spend with his bees, and the summer svm, and the way night came gentle from the dusky sea. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z

I have ten bucks in my pocket—what to spend it on? Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

Another whose tears could heal any hurt—a beautiful gift, but he was destined to spend his whole life crying. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Increasingly, the nation’s richest are spending their money on personal services or exclusive experiences and isolating themselves from the masses in ways that go beyond building gated walls. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

I mean, Mom is spending her days at the clinic cracking backs, and Dad is meeting with other teachers and professors to ready a makeshift school, beginning with the younger kids. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

I wanted to spend the rest of the day relaxing, but I had more to do. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

To ‘“while away” is to spend time idly. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Agatha and her brood have decided to come north for the summer. And of course she’s going to bring her mother and aunt. So you will get to spend June surrounded by Virginians!” Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

In the time he will spend in Arles—444 days—he’ll make two hundred paintings and one hundred drawings, a huge number for an artist. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

The sky choked on smoke and ash, and the people did, too, spending their days coughing and itching, their eyes turned forever toward the ground. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

She was worth anything it took to show her that I was the only possible guy in the entire school she should think about spending time with. Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I was thinking of making a detour on my way back to spend the night with you guys. What do you think?” his father said. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

“You spend so many hours sitting there every day, Neel. You must be learning something!” Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

So Julie would spend Sunday afternoon sulking and Bri would spend it gasping and claiming she was fine, and Alex would have to act sympathetic, when all he wanted to do was run. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

She wrote, “They are, however, amusing and spend hours in seizing hold of the edge of a cabbage leaf and trying in vain to pull it into their holes.” Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes Mia went out with her camera, but more often she might spend days, or even weeks, preparing something to photograph, with the actual taking of the photographs lasting only a few hours. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Aside from the formal curriculum at the university, we would spend our time learning the language, learning the country, and learning more about ourselves than we ever imagined. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

“Seems to me, with the money I spend with you, you could take time to call me up. Or maybe your dam company’s in a conspiracy with those dam eastern sharks.” The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the mountains and the pines turned into blue oxen, blue dogs, and blue people standing, the old couple asked me to spend the night in the hut. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

She visits us here in Harlem once a month or so, spending a couple of nights on the sofa bed in Mom's office. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I spend long enough away that by the time I get back Mabel has hung up. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

So spending time with friends was one reason the writing went so smoothly. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

He would spend whole hours with Rebeca in the parlor listening to the music on the pianola. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

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

“I said you had a day to raise my money back. Not spend it.” X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Alvarez’s experiment, which involved his spending long hours in the LeConte basement counting clicks on his handmade X-ray detector, set a new standard for rigorous physics at the Rad Lab. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

I figure he must be good at his job, though, because he always has a lot of cash to spend on me. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

“Just so you know, in case you want to spend some quality time with dreamboat over there.” Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

I need to spend some time in my head with this new Simon. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

He is one of the brightest and most perceptive of Volpe’s students, a technophile who spends a lot of time taking apart and putting back together gadgets of all kinds—computers, sound equipment, phones, cameras. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

“Why can’t we just spend the night at our new place?” Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

Now that I’m grounded from roaming the property, I spend a lot of time playing card games with Sam on our patio. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

“I thought I’d call Hulle tonight. I’d like to talk to him about us spending some time, oh, only a week or so, in the Blue Mountains. It’s just an idea ” “The Blue Mountains!” The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Jesus, Daisy, don’t spend it all at once,” I said quietly, so Mom wouldn’t hear. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

And Mother got flu and I had to spend three days with Father and stay in his house. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

It would be pretty weird spending the weekend in the hotel with her hating him and everybody on the tour knowing about it. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

We spend the night holding each other in some halfway land between dreams and waking. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

One by one they would come to Singer’s room to spend the evening with him. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Yesterday, at the Bidding of Capt. Draper, I took Prince to spend his small Sum for Enlistment on a new Shirt and Breeches. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

“I will probably spend several years at the Eye, Ear, Nose, and Throat Hospital having this attended to,” Ignatius said, fingering his ear. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

A very unpleasant way to spend an afternoon Gemini 10 departs. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

They feel they have earned their money, and they are not shy about spending it. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

Meng and I do not speak Vietnamese, so spend our days watching people, and trying to learn the language. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dalgard planned to spend the weekend fixing his clocks in the family room of his house. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Here was the perfect excuse for me to spend a lot of time with the boy. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

“I didn’t know what he was doing exactly, but I could see that he was spending a lot of energy searching for support to make the next step.” Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

“Your PIH-er wasn’t saying you shouldn’t have brought John to Boston. Only that it was a shame you had to spend so much, given what else you could do with twenty grand.” Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

When really, he thinks, it’s a glowing puddle you carry in your hands; you should spend all your energy protecting it. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Then he said he was leaving again in two days to spend a year in the court of Ayortha. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

It is so rare to have a new tent appear that Celia considers canceling her performances entirely in order to spend the evening investigating it. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

He even offered them a place to spend the night: an apartment he sometimes rented out to tourists. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Miep was so excited when I told her I was flying to Dublin to spend time with Zlata and her parents. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

I sometimes considered hanging a shingle outside my cell, because I was spending many hours a week preparing judicial appeals for other prisoners, though this was forbidden under prison service regulations. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

So Curt asked her to spend the weekend in Baltimore. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

She left a note telling me she was going to spend the day reorganizing the food bank. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

Ever since the Riveras had moved in, my mom hadn’t shown as much interest in Quisqueya as she used to, preferring instead to spend her time with Sra. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

It would be satisfying to a closet sniper, this job, because he could spend long hours playing out scenarios of whom he might have to fire at, with which weapon, and under what circumstance. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Not accidentally, these novels coincided with America’s Gilded Age, the era of overnight fortunes and conspicuous spending that followed in the wake of the Civil War. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

“The reason I’m attending Central is so I don’t have to spend my life being somebody’s nanny,” I said in a tone to match his indignant manner. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

And then Will remembered how many times he had thought about spending time with her. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

I wanted to qualify for the National Collegiate Fencing Championships or the NCAAs and I wanted to spend time with my friends. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

We could spend some time together after such a long break, and I could save money for a college that was a better fit for me. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

Will she be able to find a home she can afford in-stead of spending five figures in rent each year? Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

“Well, I feel terrible that we didn’t spend time together. How about I take you to dinner?” Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

I want to tell her I’d spend the night at school hanging upside down in the closet if I could just read. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

Walking and talking—that seemed a very odd way of spending an afternoon. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

She said it was smart to know what the poisonous ones looked like, especially spending so much time in the woods. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

As soon as they start throwing up, they quit spending money. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

After Sunday with my family, I was ready to get in my T-38 jet and fly down to the Cape, climb on board Gemini 10, and spend three days circling the earth. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

I have to be fed and dressed so I can spend another long day in the happy-face room at Spaulding Street School. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

It was better to be meek and lowly, spat upon and abused for this little time than to spend eternity frying in the fires of hell. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

She’s doing the thing she always does when she’s about to spend time with his father: pursing her lips and twitching two fingers of her right hand. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

The less money Mr. Flanders spends, the fewer bills he gets. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Kristina has talked about spending more time at Donna’s dorm room, but her roommate is a douche, and if she knew Donna was gay, she’d probably freak out and call an exorcist. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

Here I am, spending what he thinks is his money on a night on the town. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

June had somehow convinced her mother to let Ivy and Taryn spend the night. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“I am come to see how you are spending your holiday,” he said. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

"That's true, I guess. Do you spend all your money on food?" Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

Probably the one leading straight to the bathroom, so I could spend the rest of my life vomiting. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

When we leave the cemetery, Dad spends the rest of the day with Pop. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

One reason was his rapport with Groves, which helped him fend off any constraints on the Rad Lab’s spending of government funds. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

“There’s lots to do; we have a very busy schedule— “At 8 o’clock we get up, and then we spend “From 8 to 9 daydreaming. “ The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

Then, perhaps because Mother was spending all her time teaching Luke to read, Tyler asked Dad if he could enroll in the eighth grade. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

The first essay is on nature, by a writer I've never heard of who spends pages describing a lake. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Or maybe it’s because I’m spending every minute pining for some boy who doesn’t want to meet me in person. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

Then we would go on alert and send out a few rounds and spend the rest of the night in the trenches. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

I spend the first Saturday of Christmas break at school. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

He should have realized that I could have spent the last few weeks spending time with her, but instead I had agreed to work with him. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

It was not safe to spend time looking back. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

I’d lock myself in the bathroom and spend long hours playing with him. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

The next morning, however, as I took apart a particularly repulsive backbone-centered molecule, I decided that no harm could come from spending a few days building backbone-out models. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

“How come I spend so much time crying myself to sleep if it’s just your problem?” 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

What white kid could hate blacks after spending five minutes in the Beales’ house? Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

I spend the rest of class trying to clean it up. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Why spend so much valuable time writing and arguing about affirmative action? he wondered. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I know it's stupid, and honestly, at this point, I spend about half my waking hours imagining us meeting in person for the first time. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

He would spend nights in the stables, crying over Thunder. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

I want to thank him, but it’ll call more attention to how weird it is that he’s going to spend his entire life babysitting me. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

“It was either that or spend another night watching the Braves with Granddad, and I hate baseball.” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

This was supposed to be the time when I finally got to meet him after all these years, and I was hoping we could spend the day together. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

They impound the car and take him to jail, where he spends the night. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

I’d offhandedly give them each a couple of dollars to just stick in their pockets, to have something to spend. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some of the children couldn’t walk and would have to spend the rest of their lives in wheelchairs. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

This became home, even though we spend every day hoping to get out.” The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Was there some premonition, she would wonder, that made that moment so poignant, some foreknowledge that this was the last afternoon the three would ever spend together in the small cottage? The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

The Americans were taking somewhat shorter strokes and spending a lot less time recovering between them. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

We spend the rest of the session pretty much staring at nothing. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

The temperature plummeted so low that I was forced to spend a few nights at the Catamount Motel. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

"None of them move or do crafts or projects. No one spends time with the Lord." March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

I didn’t need the help, but I knew, without her saying, it was because she wanted to spend a little time with me. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

In addition to being elderly, toothless, and incontinent, it seemed that, for the cost of a few thousand dollars, she could also spend three days a week hooked up to a machine. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

“I think it’s better she not spend too much time near the water right now.” Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

“You live close enough to easily walk to school, and high school kids have so many more activities, and it’s just so nice to see the two older kids finally spending time together.” Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I know what I said, but I’m not spending Saturday night with your little friends, Merci.” Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

I know Patrick will be around, but I’m afraid that maybe since he isn’t sad, he won’t want to spend time with me. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

After he swung down off Ash, he seemed to spend an inordinate amount of time brushing prairie dust from his pants. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

So he said, “I just want to spend more time with you, that’s all.” Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

And Papa needed to look for work tomorrow; besides, they did not want to spend extra train fare for him to go to Kobe. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Perhaps he would spend the rest of eternity here, among the spiders. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Thank you for applying for your new Argentis FreedomCard, the credit card that allows you the flexibility and spending power to pursue your dreams and plan for the future. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

For his part, and quite without knowing, Westley was spending his evenings in much the same fashion. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Since I couldn’t go home, I decided to spend the day in the marsh down the west side of the mountain. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

Despite everything that had happened between her and Chacko, there was nobody in the world she would rather spend Christmas with. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“No. You need to spend it. All of it. But we’ll need rules. Like no accumulation of assets.” Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

It was all you had to wear to spend your days surfing the job ads. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

But if the school opened its doors, I was there, ready to spend time with my friends and learn from the teachers. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

We sort of played them by ear, as Mr. Galanter might have said, deciding during the afternoon whether we would spend the evening walking, or in my house or his, or alone. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

Some schools were spending more on metal detectors than on lab equipment. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

She would have to spend her days pounding mealies and hauling water. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

At a factory egg farm, the laying hen spends her brief life jammed into a wire cage with six other hens. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

She had been careful about her spending for the most part. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

I once read that squirrels spend most of their time hiding acorns for later, but then they forget where they hid them. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

We spend the next few hours being shown all the Miss America memorabilia. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

“Yes, I can see why you would want to spend every waking hour staring at people you want nothing to do with. It makes perfect sense.” Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

We spoke on the phone a few times; he told me his brother was sick again and might have to spend some time in a hospital. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

I had planned on spending between three weeks and a month on the Stikine Ice Cap. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Drs. Reyburn and Woodward measured Garfield's temperature, breathing rate, and pulse three times a day and took turns spending the night at the White House. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

“But colored people need shoes and hammers and nice dresses. They spend their money too.” Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

I spend the next hour helping the redheaded girl clean the room. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

“We have to be careful with our spending right now.” A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

The place had filled me with dread after my whipping, but I forced myself to spend time there to prove to myself that I could. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

We no longer work in the fields but spend the hours learning to fight in combat as rumors spread that Youns have invaded our borders. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I spend the entire school day with my stomach in knots, and its completely pointless, because its not attached to anything real. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

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

I go home to Kenya during the school vacations, and I spend two or three weeks with her, telling her what I’m doing and finding out from her about life at home. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

He spends a great deal of time regarding reflections in mirrors. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

My big sister, Janae, is coming home from her first year of college, after finishing up a school internship, and she'll be spending the rest of her summer break with me. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Among wealthy countries, South Korea ranks first in per capita spending on private education, which includes home tutors, cram sessions, and English-language courses at home and abroad. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

I was hoping she could spend Christmas with the family one last time. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

I’d certainly be willing to spend eighteen months of my life on a trip to find out. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

I would spend my days in your father’s house, up in the study, reading your mother’s old books, listening to the news, watching the commu­nist propaganda on television. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes I caught a boat over to Oakland to spend an afternoon with them. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

As a compromise, I suggested to Lilian that the women spend a fortnight in prison, after which we would bail them out. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was spending more and more of my time arguing with my friends, and all because of that hairball. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

They spend time outside—and in the corner of Theo's room, where they enjoy “such peace together.” Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

In truth, I was tired, for I had been stealing many hours from my rest to spend with Hamlet. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

They’d been best friends from an early age, spending hours together building forts out of cushions and blankets in their Annandale living room. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Why don’t you just spend a few days with Nali and then stay at your father’s?” Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

“Of course I know where he is. If I didn't, I wouldn't be spending all my time and energy figuring out how to free him, now would I?'' “ An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Most of the time at home he spends poking through a huge stack of books and scientific journals. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Was he going to spend the rest of his life looking over his shoulder for the beast? Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

Jermaine went in one direction—staying out more, running the streets—and Steve went another way, spending more time in after-school and art programs. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

“And Gran always made time to spend with us. We can spend time with her.” Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Instead, I planned that we would spend our nearly last Saturday in California traveling across the bay to San Francisco to ride a cable car and see Chinatown, Fisherman’s Wharf, and the Golden Gate Bridge. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We thought since this was the last night you were going to be spending in Flint for a while that you might like to sleep in our room tonight.” The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Then Florida, here we come. How about it, honey? Didn’t I promise you we’d spend Christmas in Miami? Just like all the millionaires?” In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dolley was no wallflower, content to spend the rest of her days living in the past. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

He tried to stop her from spending so much time at church, and one of the most effective tools he used was to stop fixing my mother’s car. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Instead, Molly spends a lot of time at Imani’s house, which has a swimming pool in the backyard. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

She lived in hell because of him, and he would spend eternity in hell for her suffering. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

“Want you to show me this library where you spending all your time.” Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

Maybe I would tell her I just wanted to spend some time with her. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

His good humor disarmed them in the end, and they wound up spending the remainder of the summer on good terms. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

The core group of three hundred would spend four nights at campsites along the way. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

My parents promised they wouldn’t leave me, while my brothers inched closer, determined to spend the night with me wherever I was going to be. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

Since our evacuation of the town onto the ships and transports of this fleet, there has been little employment for us; and having nought to engage us, we spend much time sleeping. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

“It’s such an unpleasant place that I spend almost all my time out of it. Besides, what could be nicer than these grimy mountains?” The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

I missed spending time with my maps, my magazines, my notebooks, my recipes, my world. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

We were to spend three days by ourselves, in teams of two, learning to live off the land. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Maybe. I got the impression she was planning to spend Christmas alone, actually.” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

She says to us, “Contests are silly. Let’s spend our Saturdays for the next year appreciating art and learning craft. Sound good, guys?” I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

He wanted to spend this morning in the library, not in the stable. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

He’d spend half an hour reading a paragraph over and over again and even then, he didn’t know what to do with it. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

“Of course. You can take Justin with you, and I can spend the afternoon studying.” A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

Hagar believed she could spend her life there among the cut glass, shimmering in peaches and cream, in satin. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now he spends most of his time gardening, reading, and writing articles that he submits to the Korean newspapers. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

Nobody seemed impressed with his reasonable advice, given where he was now spending all his time. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

Now I knew why I had to spend time in this quiet, cheerless house. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

“You spend your words as if every one were a golden dragon. I wonder, how much gold do you have laid by?” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

It may be I must spend my life running from sea to sea and land to land on an endless vain venture, a shadow-quest.” A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

She didn’t want to spend any money until they got across the bay. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Could we just—can we maybe just spend some time together?” he said. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

“Anyone who spends a little time with the boy can see that, Ben. I don’t see why anyone would make a point of it. Least of all, you.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Daddy Bailey invited me to spend the summer with him in southern California and I was jumpy with excitement. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Who in the world would want to spend their Saturday night talking about God? I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Or she would spend hours on the phone talking to her friends, about which violin teacher was good and which tutorial was a waste of money. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

"My uncle said I could spend the summer with him. Maybe he'll let me come up to St. Paul early." Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

It takes all of your momentum and you spend a week wondering how that steal slipped up on you. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

My grandfather came to spend Rosh Hashanah with us so as to attend the services of the celebrated Rebbe of Borsche. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

This from a guy who spends his days carving fossils out of sandstone using a chisel and a paintbrush. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

The alternative was horrifying, especially after spending time with her that after-noon, seeing how awesome she was with the kids in the hospital: Nicole was lying. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

He was irritable and no longer content to spend the evenings quietly in their home. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

He kissed his mother on the cheek before picking up the lonely nickel that was left for him to spend as he pleased. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

She has tired of spending Sunday morning, her sole day off, downtown at the storefront Internet store dialing Enrique. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

He wondered if Ellsberg might be expecting to spend some time in jail. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

“No. But what I’m talking about would mean that we still have to spend a few more years with me not making as much as I’d make full time at Floyd’s.” The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

Foraging humans, like foraging animals, have only finite time and energy, which they can spend in various ways. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Patrick and I have been spending a lot of time together. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

Looking into the room, he noticed that the loose monkey was spending most of its time hiding behind the cages. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Just for a few hours then? I won’t spend the night.” Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

As a result, we have much more time in our day to do something else—to create, spend time with our families, play, build and improve societies. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

But seriously, three and a half hours in his apartment with no parents, and this is how he wants to spend it? What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

There were no wolves in the region, but once an animal had strayed during the night, and the boy had had to spend the entire next day searching for it. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

“Why do I need to spend time learning foolish tricks?” Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

“Do Negroes often come here as guests, to spend a few days, Father?” Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Though I loved spending time at the river, I never got any good at fishing. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

“We will think what to do. We may have to spend, your father have money. Not quite sixty dollar anymore. But we will be fine.” A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

He was probably going to spend all summer with the basketball guys. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

Suppose she got there and stayed so long that it was dark when she was ready to leave and Father Franco told her to spend the night there. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

“I doubt if he’s a student. I don’t think students spend their nights delivering pizzas the week before exams. Why don’t we just go back and ask Darlene?” Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I have less than two hours to live and I can’t think of a better way to spend that time than respecting Mateo’s final request to meet his father, but for real this time. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Tutoring my older brother was not how I wanted to spend my free time. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

After spending a few days studying atomic bomb physics, Hall went to work with a team led by the Italian-born physicist Bruno Rossi. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

So I'm going to spend today working on some mad science. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I could use it to read at night. Right now I’m still spending money on candles.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I could now spend the day reading, writing letters, discussing issues with my comrades, or formulating legal briefs. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wanted to rise early and spend the day saying good-bye to the places I loved best. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

“So what’s it been like, spending your turkey day here at the shelter?” The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Abby spends half the night trying to talk me out of sleeping on the couch. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

After that, we spend most of the class hour deciding on costumes and researching. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

There might even have been a voice in there somewhere pointing out that if he were to...spend more time...with any of the girls, it wouldn’t be her. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Maman and Auntie both fussed over me, boiling water to bathe me, chang-ing bandages, spending coins fished from a hole in the mattress for a chicken to make soup. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s nice, now, to see him more than he ever did in high school, since Oscar spends most of his year in DC. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

The girl who seems to spend her life at that puzzle table throws a fit. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

For nine months, she spends night after night patiently listening to drunken men talk about their problems, how they miss their wives and children left behind in Mexico. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

My dad is not a big drinker at all, but when he has to spend time with my mom’s family, he gets “loaded,” as my cousin Tommy says. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

He threw himself in front of the prosecutor, who was spending his time leafing through the typed pages of his speech. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

Each day we were left a dime apiece to spend for lunch and all morning we would dream and discuss what we would buy. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

He couldn’t believe this would be the last Christmas they would spend here. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

The if part doesn’t have to come first, but the scales must stay in balance: He will spend too much if he shops alone. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

After spending three months in Japan, he was about to embark for the Philippines. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Some women did indeed spend their days in rote service to the day’s task, plotting data with blithe indifference, routing torrents of numbers as nonchalantly as the calculating machines they cradled. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

“If it means I get to spend the rest of my life with you.” Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

We have until the end of the day tomorrow to spend the last of it. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

I had no real desire to waste my time throwing balls at bottles to win cheap prizes, but Audrey refused to let me spend another Friday night wallowing alone in my room. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

“You seem to be spending a lot of time with him.” The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

We spend so much time trying to figure out what race a person is when we could just get to know them as individuals. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Then I wouldn’t be any fun and would spend the rest of my days selling The Watch Tower and brushing my long hair into a single braid that dangled down my back. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

There were so many rows and rows of delicious candies to choose from that we’d spend an hour trying to decide how to spend the ten cents we’d each made. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

But he spends his days working hard and comes back to the apartment at 54 Rue Lepic exasperated and exhausted. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

He’d said that his parents don’t like how much time he spends drawing. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

Why not spend a decade or so exploiting nature’s gifts before building an expensive machine to generate the same energies? Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

As long as Dr. van Heerden was away, the cows didn’t have to spend the day in the underground chamber. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I spend the next hour wide awake in bed, anxiously waiting for my parents to contact me. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

Helping Miss Volker cook her hands and type obituaries suddenly sounded like a wonderful way to spend the summer. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Why did I not spend these sweet days of liberty with her? Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

“I thought I’d spend the night here to make sure Rock’s people don’t find you.” Lawn Boy 2007-06-12T00:00:00Z

I don’t know if it’s worse to spend all day in my room, or struggle through my classes and be forced to speak to other human beings. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

In terms of mutual interests, I figured we could spend the rest of our lives discussing how much we hated the aforementioned characteristics. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

It is so pleasant that we spend our evenings talking there when too tired with our day’s work to go out. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

Granny’s customers often had to spend half an hour unsnarling the rust-red yarn from the mud-brown, or trying to fish out the end of a thread from a tangled wad. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

“We’d be spending our night hunting him down if you weren’t.” They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

The sick child got the treat of being able to spend the morning in Papa’s study, curled up on the sofa while he worked. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

“She has heart failure every time a wave knocks her down. What she doesn’t lose in the casinos she spends on the house doctor at the Caribe Hilton.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

We could start spending our fare money on a car and chairs, a stereo. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were a kindly couple, and I got the sense that Peggy in particular spends a lot of her time talking people into not quitting. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

With the war over, neither Congress nor the Army was inclined to spend much money on code breakers, so it was hard to hire another assistant. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Jaime would have liked to do something for them, but his conscience told him it was better to spend his extra money buying food for the hungry than luxuries for his sister and his niece. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hanako could not imagine spending her life bent over, always looking down unless you made an effort to raise your eyes. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

“The place she lives in isn’t very nice and Daddy would rather not spend his Christmas in that kind of a neighborhood.” 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some afternoons we sit in groves carpeted with emerald moss, and other evenings we spend in high towers or up in trees. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

By spending less than a minute with the summary and the introduction, I was soon at the figures showing the locations of the essential atoms. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

“You know that the children and I spend Christmas day with their Papa-Nnukwu.” Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

Afterward, we would organize a small party of tea and biscuits for the men, and they would spend a day or two walking around in blankets, as was the custom. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“This is not how I wanted to spend it.” Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

“We must spend the Sabbath in prayer that God will grant us patience.” The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

“Don’t worry about it. She wants you to visit her this weekend, to spend the night. She said it’s time for you two to try again, especially with Cassie’s death. She’s very worried about you.” Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

All in all, riding the “Wheel” is not a pleasant way to spend your days. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

At last she managed to say, “I don’t have anything with me to go anywhere and spend the night.” The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

I knew I’d been born near the end of September, and each year I picked a day, one that didn’t fall on a Sunday because it’s no fun spending your birthday in church. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

“She spends one year at college and she thinks she knows everything.” Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

“The Monitors were willing to spend their lives on a ship to ensure the rest of us made it to Sagan safely. That was sacrifice!” The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

I went to bed with the Whitman, flipping to the part I’d liked before, where he spends all the time hearing the opera and the people. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

I knew that after my parents went home, I could spend the entire day in my PJs playing Halo, and Grandmère wouldn’t care in the least. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

"My mom's always nagging me to spend my allowance on something useful," she says with a mischievous smile. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Sometime between eleven and twelve every night, he would return from wherever he had been, have a glass of tea, spend a few minutes with me in my room, then go into his study. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

But in between all the good times, both April and Melanie were spending some bad moments worrying about the beginning of school. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

I can spend minutes, tens of minutes, running my eyes over the print: faith. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

His father was working two jobs then, and Boobie remembered spending a lot of time alone. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe Ruth thought we’d be spending hours talking about my future; maybe she thought she’d have a big influence on whether or not I changed my mind. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mom had to spend eight weeks up in Charleston, taking college courses to renew her teaching certificate. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Samantha was Jones and Agnes's daughter, and she'd been so nice to me in the months I lived with them when I was eight and Gramps had to spend some time in the hospital. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

I spend the next 17 minutes answering questions and promising I will talk to a guidance counselor if I have any further issues. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

She let him make every decision about the food and about Baby, spending most of her time on the slanting wooden chair on the veranda. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

I was going to spend the weekend at my best friends house. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

During the next three weeks, we were permitted to spend our days together preparing our case. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“If he follows this path he'll spend Christmas at the ends of the earth.” One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

A few days after buying the volume of Shakespeare, Sissy woke up one morning and nudged her current lover, with whom she was spending the night in a quiet family hotel. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ilse Wagner is a nice girl with a cheerful disposition, but she’s extremely finicky and can spend hours moaning and groaning about something. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

“You’ve never even been to a city, David. You have no idea how coddled they are. They spend their whole lives in a bubble.” Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

She was younger than the other two mamas, and in past summers we would spend hours in the nursery, doing each other’s hair. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

She doesn’t care if he hoards bongs or spends his days in his mother’s basement, learning guitar. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Often she spends this time with Tsukiko, but instead of seeking out the contortionist this particular evening, she sits alone at her table, shuffling her tarot deck compulsively. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

No one who spends a million notes on a power-up can be. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

It doesn’t include the billions the government spends to subsidize corn. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

But seeing the brick building makes it official: Summer is over, and this is where I’m going to spend most of my life for the next nine months. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

“Her husband wrote that he is spending time with many Lithuanian friends.” Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

A few weeks ago I might have found that question offensive, but now I spend too much time with Candor transfers to be surprised by tactlessness. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Emenike was one of the few people for whom “to read” did not mean “to study,” and so they would spend hours talking about books, bartering knowledge for knowledge, and playing Scrabble. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

“Do you know where you’re going to spend the summer?” said Charles. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Lovers can spend five dollars to get a red or pink heart with their initials on it mounted on the wall for Valentine’s Day. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

Whereas chimpanzees spend five hours a day chewing raw food, a single hour suffices for people eating cooked food. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was a free spirit who would go on to spend years moving between Hawaii and Indonesia. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Just as you have decided “Bother the Prime Minister!” and are looking forward to spending another dreamy afternoon with Anton Walbrook, the phone rings again and You Are Operational. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

I’d rather spend a month at the Siege of King’s Port than one day at my stupid school. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

They resented her spending time on those dumb inventions. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

I find the place with no trouble, delighted that the city and my map are in such perfect agreement, and spend an hour with one of my hosts absorbing cockatiel technology. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

For that reason we did not spend a convalescent leave together. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

“And I can never spend enough time with you.” Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

I spend every moment that I can reading. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was getting dark, and the pilots decided to spend the night in the cockpit, sitting on the airstrip. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s better to take it, spend some time crying, then wake up the next day and move on. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

I mean, will it make it awkward when we have to spend an hour and a half after school today filming? From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

But after learning about the fate of those rebels, the princess was spending most of her time in her rooms, and had declined Celaena’s repeated offers to go for walks. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

This was where Tony chose to spend his days. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

I hoped he’d drive right home and not stop in a bar and spend whatever money he had left. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

We look around the grocery store, spending a lot of time in the candy aisle observing how different the flavors are—green tea Kit Kat bars, wasabi drops, squid-flavored gummies, and melon soda. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

While dusting and wiping and fluffing and sneezing, Ophie wondered what it would be like to have people spend weeks getting a room ready for her. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

He spends what little money he has from working in the dining hall on transatlantic phone calls to Ruth twice a week. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

The first guy to spend more than thirty-one sols on Mars. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

I spend all my time enthusiastically telling her about my dual projects. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

Which is why I am spending much of my life today telling the American black man that he’s wasting his time straining to “integrate. ” The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It will not even look like a river. It will look like a big lake. We will spend a long time crossing to the other side.” A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Besides, once she made up her mind to go, she enjoyed the planning almost as much as she enjoyed spending money. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Why don’t you come on over like the rest and spend a quarter?” Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Every day that Germans spend at the Russian front will be a gain for the British." The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

And then there were the times she called home to announce that she'd be spending the night at Lydia's. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

"Besides, we want you to spend more time with Shanti," Baba added. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

He decided it was the last winter they would spend in Springfield. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

Who did all his schoolwork and didn’t spend the period with his nose in the corner. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

His new wife's family had agreed to spend the last few hours with Herbert before the execution. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

But a more massive star will spend its nuclear fuel faster, become a red giant sooner, and be first to enter the final white dwarf decline. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

"You could spend days in there if necessary!" my grandmother cried. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

“Well,” said Dr. Dorian, “I think she will always love animals. But I doubt that she spends her entire life in Homer Zuckerman’s barn cellar. How about boys—does she know any boys?” Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

He is uneasy with this picture of himself, and does not want to spend any part of the time to come remembering having done that. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

He seemed excited to spend the quality father-daughter time together in the car, and waited around in the city until I got out of class. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

I spend the rest of the night on the back porch, rehearsing questions, nervous about what stories Yule May might tell about Hilly. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

We weren’t able to spend too much time together the first six weeks he was home. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

He arrives in Dresden on September 28, and spends the day wandering the outskirts of the city, wondering where the circus might set up. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Claire paused before saying, “Well, I mean, that sucks, but at least you’ll see your dad next Tuesday, right? It’s just a few days. Maybe you can spend more time with him next weekend.” Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

I don’t spend hours staring in the mirror, thinking of all the ways I could be better. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

My brother picked her up at her friend’s house, where she told her parents she was spending the night. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

I'm often told that it's wasteful to live in Paris and spend all my time watching American movies, that it's like going to Cairo to eat cheeseburgers. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

“Why don’t they do something about it instead of spending time blaming people?” Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

They spend more time upside down than right side up. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z

I said, “Golly, Phoebe, are you planning to spend a month here?” Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

“At least there’s someone who wants me. At least I’m not going to spend high school as a frustrated virgin.” Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“And you will stop the excess spending,” his dad said. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

That’s a good thing, because we spend lots of time in there. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

I remember spending nearly three whole days trying to capture Wind Turning a Leaf. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Instead, Santos spends the money on a long drinking binge with a fifteen-year-old girl on his arm. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

In it, Captain Picard gets captured by Cardassians at the end of Part I, and spends most of Part II getting interrogated and tortured. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

As evil as any Mask who spends a lifetime relishing the blood and tears of his victims. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Now he spends half of the summer, every other weekend, Tuesday and Thursday nights and some holidays with his dad. Lawn Boy Returns 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Many Osage, unlike other wealthy Americans, could not spend their money as they pleased because of the federally imposed system of financial guardians. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

“I always thought the kids would spend their entire childhoods here. You know, having the same type of childhood you had. Being supported by the neighborhood. Knowing everyone by name.” The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

She spends a lot of time trying to help me find useful chicken books. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

I was supposed to come home after school every day, and we were going to spend more Family Time together, but somehow that didn’t seem like a punishment. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Sometimes I can spend the night in Harlem between train runs. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

A compelling need for occasional privacy led them to spend some hours alone in their separate rooms, without disturbance. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

Even if a hundred-dollar-bill fell right out of the sky, Eleanor could never spend it on something as stupid as a prom dress. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

“All this money we spend on your party, and you act like this and embarrass us?” I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

“Well, how about this. I’d have thought you’d be too busy spending your thirty pieces of silver to be bumping into us.” The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

On homecoming and prom weekends, she'd spend all day in the garage. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

All fall he had been looking forward to winter break, and to spending time with Joyce somewhere other than in the dreary student cafeteria. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

“If I have to spend that much time on my teeth,” a woman whispered loud enough for everyone to hear, “I won’t get anything done around the house.” When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

“Well,” said Mrs. Fitzgibbon, still not soothed, “then you can spend the money to buy me some new rosebushes.” Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe Dimple ought to spend more time in a state of frenzied desire. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Taken by ambulance to a San Francisco burn unit, Sasha will spend the next three and a half weeks undergoing multiple surgeries to treat second- and third-degree burns running from calf to thigh. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

They were on their way up to spend Christmas with his mother and Sonia. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t want to spend the night here in this dark closet against the hard cases. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

Pushed out of the daily operations at the Zebra Room, my grandfather began to spend his days driving around the city. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Despite their secrets, both men were pleased not to be spending the night alone on the property. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Issue the tavern keeper an Office of Forage certificate. Warn him, Sergeant, he is not to ask the gentlemen for payment, unless he wants to spend this night in irons. They are our guests.” Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

I decided to spend the night there, on the narrow crest, sixteen hundred feet below the summit. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

In October 2004, Shin and Park began spending fourteen hours a day together in the garment factory. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

Perhaps they had arranged ahead of time for her to spend the evening sitting in a chair. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

I’d spend this year with a bunch of other ghosts from other nowhere places until they said I could leave, and then I’d have to go haunt some other spot. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

And also because it took up my Sunday—not to mention the trouble of getting to the bus, buying tickets, and spending two hours traveling. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

I thought, Our Lady is spending the night in the honey house. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

When something had angered Malcolm X during the day, his face would be flushed redder when he visited me, and he generally would spend much of the session lashing out bitterly. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

And I’m sure that’s why your parents were fine spending that kind of cash. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

They may spend prosaic domestic evenings together, him reading the paper while she serves up a casserole. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

He would spend Thursday through Sunday getting drunk. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

He says to tell a lie is a sin, and that any man who lies for his own gain and does not repent will spend eternity in the agony of hell’s flames. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

It was so awkward spending the next two hours in classes with Megan. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

“I’ve traveled the world with my father’s retinue since I was a boy. I know how money spends.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Without asking a single question, the Mother Superior invited Anatole and me to spend our last night together in my little blank room. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Ohhh,” he said, “I see. It’s coming from Grandfather, isn’t it? He’s egging you on, isn’t he? Maybe you shouldn’t spend so much time with him. Really, Callie, it’s so far-fetched.” The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

I wish they could come spend the night here with me every now and then. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

From then on, spending my days at school would feel like a total waste of time. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

I’d only told her that I wanted to hang something in Nana’s room at the nursing home as a surprise, and convinced her to delay bringing Nana back after spending Christmas with us. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

That meant he could not spend time with her any more. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Hundreds of thousands of nonviolent offenders have been forced to spend decades in prison. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Sallie Moffat renewed her friendship, was always running out for a dish of gossip at the little house, or inviting ‘that poor dear’ to come in and spend the day at the big house. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Ashley, one of your foster mothers wants you to spend the weekend. Would you like to go?” Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

Both spend their days on the porch until Mrs. Palmer comes home from making beds at the Hilton. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

“You’ll spend this year developing your own scientific process, and it all starts with one question—that thing that sparks you to life.” The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

But all I really wanted to do was spend time with Art3mis. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

He spends the rest of class looking embarrassed and avoiding any direct eye contact with me, intentional or otherwise. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Lying in bed that night, I think over every conversation, every minute of time I can remember spending with Max. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

“Yeah. Where a man can spend the night.” Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And I spend years studying the phenomenon of justice.” Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

“People spend so much time on trivial things they forget to look at the ocean. Look at it, Mexico.” We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

“If he wants our society, let him seek it. He knows where we live. I will not spend my hours in running after my neighbours every time they go away and come back again.” Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z

“Besides, if I can just spend some time with them, maybe—” She broke off, not able to believe she’d actually been about to tell Rishi her thought process. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

She would spend the rest of her lifetime in its confines. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

It had been accompanied by the words Just don’t think you can spend all your time in the back seat with your girlfriend. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

“But before I go, I need to ask you one last question. How many years did Savien spend with the Amyr?” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Their new, higher rents meant that they'd have to cut back on their spending, to work longer hours, or try to wean themselves off their costly psychiatrists. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

“I will tell him we are going for a drive, so we can all spend time together, especially the children.” Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Thanks to you spending the last two nights massaging my head, much better. I'm heading out to meet a friend for a little while.” Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

“You don’t understand anything! I’ve got all this homework to do, and I just had to spend a whole hour helping that little boy find his lovey so he could sleep tonight...” The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Neylan agreed to extend the contract only after Lawrence pledged not to spend any time on direct management of the Los Alamos lab, though he would have “free run” to consult on its research program. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

I spend the rest of the day waiting for it to be 2:48, so it’s not all that different from school. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

At crowded villages where we sometimes stopped to spend the night, the men stayed up to keep an eye on us. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

They do speak of the circus, but spend most of the meal discussing books and art, wine and favorite cities. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

“Your parents are spending all their money on you. I hope you’re grateful to them for giving you this chance at a new life.” Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

His father doesn’t want him to spend so much time on the guitar, tells him music is a dead-end calling. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

Today’s her day off from the store, and I bet she’s looking forward to spending the day alone painting. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

Leo had made the lounge as nice as possible, since he figured they’d be spending a lot of time there. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Just as most people spend more time in cars than in airplanes, most of us have a lot more experience swimming in pools than shooting guns. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

They spend the next two hours scavenging the Lincoln Building, top to bottom, for food and fuel. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

The nights he spends there, he learns to wake up earlier than he is used to, to the sound of Silas barking downstairs, wanting to be taken for his morning walk. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Dad didn’t stop me from auditioning for the next play, or the one after that, even though he worried about me spending so much time away from home. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

All told, the committee would spend $37,647.19 to combat the sickness that infested their city. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

The best way to learn this skill is to spend some of your practice time trying to play tunes you know and like. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

Days, I spend most of the time in school, in rehearsal with the musical society, or in the crowd surrounding Michah and his maps. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

I’d seen it at my mom’s sanctuary — young bonobos spend years hanging on to their mothers. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

At chapel the day following the heaviest snowfall, two hundred volunteers were solicited to spend the day shoveling them out, as part of the Emergency Usefulness policy adopted by the faculty that fall. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

Father spends his days making rounds through the village, trying to strike up chats with the idle old men, or venturing farther afield to inspect the state of grace in the neighboring villages. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Or did she spend a grip of time doing her makeup in the mirror? We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

These burros were not wild ones, but had saddles on them, and we rode them back up the Canyon wall after spending the night in an inn at the bottom. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Marisol and the twins spend more time at school with extracurricular activities, and Mama cooks way too much food, since our kitchen is much bigger now. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Most students spend at least three or four terms finishing their apprenticeships. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The Maryland countryside, with its smugglers and spies and bandits, is the last place Fletcher wants to spend the night. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

Liver disease in cattle, sheep, goats, deer, elk, rabbits, and various other warm-blooded animals may be caused by liver flukes that spend part of their life cycles in fresh-water snails. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

There were a few other children in the village, but Anya didn’t spend time with any of them. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

And you never had to wade out into the hazard and spend the day searching through the slime. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

If he continued to behave this way, he could easily spend the next five years in the lab without collecting sufficient data to warrant an honest Ph.D. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

For instance, annually, the black man spends over $3 billion for automobiles, but America contains hardly any franchised black automobile dealers. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

I saw people on their long, wild spending sprees, after big hits. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Karl Johnson has since left the C.D.C., and he now spends a great deal of his time fly-fishing for A single Ebola-virus particle with a pronounced “shepherd’s crook”—in this case, a tangled double crook. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

About six percent of the country’s gross domestic product is spent on education, more than double the percentage of comparable spending in the United States, Japan, or Britain. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

Diego is still a mystery, but I enjoy spending time with him. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

It had been grown in the hoop house where the laying hens spend the winter. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

When he described his finances, it became clear he was spending the money we’d secured for him more quickly than seemed prudent. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

“Well, you’ll think of something. There. Let us return to town. We should be in perfect time for our bank robbery, and then I shall have a little spending money.” American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

His team would spend several days with the men in the village, inside the fence made of enormous bamboo stakes or barbed wire. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

He had more money than he knew how to spend, and nothing else. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

I knew I’d never spend the money or listen to the radio, and the electric train would never trundle down its tracks in my room. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Downstairs the knot of impatience would be tightening in the kitchen, while the minutes she was planning to spend alone with her brother were running out. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

“What about Cook and Mr. Henry? Did you spend much time with them?” Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

Drastic cuts in spending and staff were necessary, immediately. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

I used to spend a lot of time thinking about a peculiar thing. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t want to spend a second down here,” said Rita, but she only went a few steps before she collapsed. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

My inclination was to spend the night in the Cape Flats, the bustling black and Coloured townships of Cape Town, in order to show my solidarity with the people. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I didn’t want to spend a minute longer than necessary near the man. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

Once brilliant and vibrant, Bessy was spending more and more time in a fog. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were inseparable, spending almost every moment together from the time Emma was born. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ma and Pa have suggested it, not knowing, of course, that spending time there was not all happiness for Vincent. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

We got permission to ride into town, along with some spending money from Nan. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

They grew too tall, too old to spend their time on fantasies—to believe that the plane held any magic. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

“I like that,” I say, imagining how much I would give to be able to spend just one day a year with Gram. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

She spends all day Sunday, every Sunday, cutting coupons out of the newspaper. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

Mom spends a lot of time arguing on the phone with Dad. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

“So now you’re the savior of the Scholars, after spending years creating the weapons that have destroyed us?” An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

“Been spending a lot of time down in the catacombs too.” An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Amil used to spend hours running around the gardens, playing with friends, skipping and hopping to and from school. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

It would take too much out of him—it would, in Leader’s words, spend his gift—and it would hamper their progress. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

Aureliano put him up several times in the silver workshop, but he would spend his nights awake, disturbed by the noise of the dead people who walked through the bedrooms until dawn. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

Chi-Boy used to carry the rifle, but he and Wab had been spending time relearning bow hunting, so it fell to me now. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

I longed to say that I did not want to spend the rest of my life dressed as a widow, but I knew Sass would be scandalized by such words. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

C.P. also echoed stereotypes about black behavior, saying that after visiting Durham's housing projects he was disgusted to watch blacks spend the time from Friday night until Monday morning drunk. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

I spend the next forty-five minutes standing guard outside Barbara’s dressing tent as she entertains gentleman callers. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

As he could not die all at once, he was allowed to spend some time at it, on the sleeping-shelf. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

It seems to me that if schools spend money on field trips and football equipment, they should spend just as much on something that's a million times more important. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

“It’s got to be a pretty boring life, hasn’t it, being a hat? I suppose it spends all year making up the next one.” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

He spends the rest of the class going over the answers. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Straight people, he thinks, probably don’t spend this much time convincing themselves they’re straight. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

But my family doesn’t have random spending money. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Many workers were transient, intending only to spend a few months in the country before returning to their families. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

After open gym, it was officially the weekend and time for spending serious money. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

How much time do you spend listening to music through headphones? Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

Maybe I’m spending too much time thinking about Sahil when I need to be thinking about his brother instead. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

“Bed rest? Should he perhaps spend tonight in the hospital wing?” Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

One of her most familiar lectures is on the sin of wasteful spending. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

A rare wild rhinoceros on the brink of extinction is probably more satisfied than a calf who spends its short life inside a tiny box, fattened to produce juicy steaks. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

She talks about working so much and not spending enough time with us. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

Mr. Ram’s son pays me abundantly for this and the other times I spend “elder-sitting.” Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

And then spend two hours working on my hair. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

It sometimes happened that someone would ask permission to spend an evening with them in order to listen to the river. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z

He viewed the delays as an opportunity to spend time detailing the map. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

I had planned to offer him my two-dollar bill as a partial payment on the ticket, but now I could spend it on myself. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

On the armed forces: “The important thing is that we’re doing the right thing by our troops. And that’s why we’ve increased the spending on equipment dramatically over these last few years.” Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

By the grace of God, the courts sentenced me to spend the next year in rehab. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Mama had started to spend time with some of the other women her age in the village, swapping recipes for fish and bread and soups. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

“We re not spending the night anywhere. We must drive straight.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

I just want to spend more time with him. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

It’s mostly spend, though, and honestly, mostly spent here. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

She no longer begs Madame Manec to take her to the train station, to write another letter, to spend another futile afternoon at the prefecture trying to petition occupation authorities to locate her father. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

“He needs to spend time with his family. I hear the wife has a new baby.” A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

He’d spend a few days at the farm and then head north. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

“Oh, good. So that means you will be spending time in Nsukka?” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Since Nancy didn’t have time to cook during the week, she would spend her Saturdays cooking. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He said he hadn’t long to live and he was going to spend all his time preparing to meet his Maker. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

She's like the guy who spends sixteen years in jail, and then gets out, and hates having to make all the decisions of regular life. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“There are worse things than spending a day on a boat. I hang over a hot stove.” Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

“You fool. I refuse to spend the remainder of my life in a wheelchair.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We have to cut back on all unnecessary spending for a while.” A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

I spend lunchtime in the library at the computer. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

Better yet, folks could spend an afternoon dodging and diving in the icy waters of Lake Michigan, at one of the eight beaches that lined the city's eastern shore. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“The Oakland Police Department has access to stuff I never knew existed. They claim that they get a lot of it from the federal government. Surplus from all our country’s military spending or something.” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

She kept dreaming that she was being eaten by rats, and she used every excuse she could to spend the night at friends’ houses. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Then, seeing the look on my face I failed at hiding, he added—And I’ll be back every single Sunday to spend time with my most favorite person in the world. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

The future, McKissick and a few others realized, lay not in seeking the right to spend money, but in the ability to earn it. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

She told me stories about riding her bike miles in the snow just to dig up turnips and about the time that Anne convinced her to spend a night in the attic. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Then, if you have any liking for the road, go over the ground covered by the book, spending a few days in Chicago, Detroit, and Indianapolis. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

He better not call the cops though, or I’ll be spending my End Day behind bars, or maybe find myself on the wrong end of some officer’s club. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

After lunch, we would go together to the library, where we would spend the early hours of the afternoon. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

You’d spend a good five minutes looking at her face, getting to know her as a person. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, I am. Do you know how hard it’s been to just believe that you want to spend time with me?” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

He rose and ran with her, faster, neither of them spending breath in conversation. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

I weaned him off me by spending half an hour at a time out of his presence, then an afternoon, and finally days away once he was comfortable with his new friends. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

We can hardly pride ourselves on being the world’s preeminent democracy, after all, if large numbers of citizens spend half their waking hours in what amounts, in plain terms, to a dictatorship. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

An Yi had been sent away to spend the summer with her grandparents in Shandong, away from Shanghai’s turbulence. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

They didn't want to spend too long inside—we were wandering in and out of shops—but everything was beautiful and I couldn't imagine leaving empty-handed. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Someone who was supposed to spend this Christmas with me, plus lots more Christmases! The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

He told Shin that he did not have to spend the night in the dormitory. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

They were going to spend another long, boring day locked up in the house. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

Not only was Cap borrowing the Claverage books, but he was spending hours studying them. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

In 1987, forced to spend a night in the open while descending from the 28,169-foot summit of Kanchenjunga, he froze his feet and had to have all his toes amputated. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

Part of me hopes that she won’t spend the rest of her life crying over boys, or men, who break her heart. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

“She spends more time with the principal than in the classroom!” she yelled. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

As a rule, I don’t do slumber parties, unless you count spending the night at El’s. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

“I do not like to dwell on the past. Life is ahead of us. If we spend too much time looking backward, we can’t see where we are going!” Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

‘I think that none of us will wish to spend another night in Moria.’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

We could spend the night with any family. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

He avoided our company, preferring to spend his time with his drinking companions, mostly hired men from the less reputable theatre companies. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

If today were not Today, I would spend all day here. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

These people spend three billion dollars annually for licenses, tackle, boats, camping equipment, gasoline, and lodgings. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

The day was too fine to spend it all on lines. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

How else can I spend time down there? A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

To make money, I spend weekends planting for Alfonso and Mariana, who pay me a few sucres, a tiny fraction of what I need. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

We spend the hour preparing for our first stop. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

That I could spend just one day with you, so I’d know what your skin looks like up close and the sound of your voice. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Then Wang Lung set himself robustly to the soil and he begrudged even the hours he must spend in the house for food and sleep. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

If it was up to me, I’d probably live with Sneaky, instead of just spending the weekend with him, which I had to beg Mama to do. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

There is mechanical drawing and calligraphy, and each student spends four hours a week on freehand drawing. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

“Kasigi’s such a jerk. He spends the week partying at some fancy convention, and then comes home to pull the plug on anybody else having fun.” Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

A few lessons in that sort of dancing and a pretty costume to match would have been a perfectly pleasant way to spend the afternoon. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

“Why are we spending so much time on this side of where we left them?” The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

“Oh a fine way to spend six months!” she shrieked. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

I wasn’t thrilled with the idea of spending the evening surrounded by my peers, most of whom I imagined whispering “Space Boy” as they passed. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

Many rabbits spend all their lives in the same place and never run more than a hundred yards at a stretch. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

I says you always talking about how much you give up for us when you could buy ten new dresses a year on the money you spend for those dam patent medicines. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’d been put in charge of the spending money, so I went up to pay. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Kugler came upstairs this afternoon with the news that starting Monday, Mrs. Broks would like to spend two hours in the office every afternoon, just imagine! The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

You didn’t sit in Sam’s and not spend some money. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

One of my friends in Kakuma got to leave camp and spend some time in the nearby country of Uganda. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Yes. First off, neither of us is Christian. Second off, spending the summer chasing after idiotic roadside attractions is not going to fix anything. Third off, crucifixes remind me of her.” An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

“Okay. So spend time with me. See what you find out.” Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Over his shoulder Fishtail carried a blanket, meaning that he had much to say and planned to spend the night. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

At home we listened to aguinaldos, songs about the birth of Jesus and the joys of spending Christmas surrounded by family and friends. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

Now I spend my days helping Lelia with her speech kids, then nap for a few hours after an early dinner until I leave at nine for the nightly work with John Kwang. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Do I need to spend more time with this patient or turn my attention to someone with a more serious problem? Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

Instead, he invited me over to his town house to spend Saturday afternoon with his girlfriend and him, which sounds like fun. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

She doesn’t spend as much time by the window of the Vista Lounge anymore. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

It was this extra attention to detail, a supernumerary zeal to approach perfection that led him to spend part of each weekday morning at Hobie’s Grill. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Also, when I write letters, I spend the next two days thinking about what I figured out in my letters. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

AC was the one luxury she didn’t mind spending money on. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

The woman whose hair she was braiding in tiny, painful-looking cornrows said sharply, “Come on! I’m not spending the whole day here!” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

“We’ll spend the next ten minutes getting to know your neighbors. Then when time’s up, you’ll introduce the person on your left to the entire class. Let’s begin...,” Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

Sometimes Mr. King let her spend her hour reading. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

Maybe Finn should get a stomachache, just so he could go home and spend every moment possible with Mom, until she had to leave. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

She spends a few hours poring over them and jotting notes. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

Then we spend the rest of the lunch period talking about what Dad told me about Gram’s childhood and what I found in her closet. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

I take a breath and realize that hiding in the dumpster would have been a better way to spend the day. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

It seemed unlikely, Mr. Ferguson said, that the trustees of the club would approve the spending of thousands of rands for the creation of facilities to serve one black tennis player. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

It would be nice, after the rough afternoon, to spend a little time with Ess, alone. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

“Now go on your way. The day’s too bright to spend it fighting with an old lady.” Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

A chain of El Gallos is going up all over the island with attendants in rooster-red uniforms and registers that announce how much you are spending. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Papa had given each of us two dollars to spend however we chose. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

My roommates are cordial, but they're best friends from the same school, so they make it obvious they plan to spend this week together. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“The five of us together in one room. Who says we never spend quality time together anymore?” A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

Pérez, who was an important and busy man in his country, continually chose to spend time with Farmer rather than other the conference. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

And I'm being too adversarial, considering they spend all day working on how to save my life. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s because I provided him with the opportunity to spend a full day in the field with one when he was about your age. I hope he provides your brothers with the same experience.” The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

“Sandwiches. Probably the best thing here. But it’s so popular you’ll spend most of the lunch period in line.” Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

The jury found that the district attorney, Harry Connick Sr., had illegally suppressed evidence of Thompson’s innocence and had allowed him to spend fourteen years in prison for a crime he had not committed. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

He was spending most of his time inside writing. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Camel spends his days hidden behind the trunks, lying on blankets that Walter and I arrange to cushion his ruined body from the floor. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Terryl dropped out of the Bank of America management training program so she could spend time at the hospital. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

I pocket the bloodroot serum—it will have to wait—and spend the next two hours attempting to keep the Combat Centurion from beating me to a pulp. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

“I notice you’ve never had any hesitation as to spending the bounty money I bring home on whatever momentarily attracts your attention.” Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

He would spend the day in the rear of the store writing wild notes, which he would send to Amaranta with flower petals and dried butterflies, and which she would return unopened. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

I wondered whether she had family or if she was going to spend her vacation preparing lessons and grading tests. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

I also know she usually spends it all on gifts for other people. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

I told Mrs. de Roo how I'd heard Eskimo kids spend time under artificial sunlamps to stop them getting scurvy, 'cause at the North Pole winter lasts for most of the year. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

“So she offered us a challenge to spend over five million dollars in a month, but we couldn’t tell anyone, and there were about a hundred other rules.” Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

He wears glasses but spends a lot of time looking under them. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

If I miss it, I'll spend the rest of my very short life here. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now that they’re out of debt, they’ve been wiser with their investments and have even saved extra money to spend on clothes and toys for the children. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Just think about the amount of time you spend surrounded by music in your day. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

“Sergio says it’s the only time he gets to spend with his daughter anymore. She’s leaving in the fall to start school in Florida. He’s very emotional about it. Don’t bring it up.” Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

You will recover to spend the next seventeen years consumed in a battle with him—a battle you will lose. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z

He would rather spend his time worrying about more important things, such as the number of owl hoots he’d heard in the night or how many spiders he’d sighted scurrying across his path. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

Though, in truth, she was only to travel with him, there and back, for he would be spending the day at his City office. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

But if there was one benefit to being unemployed, it was that she had all the time in the world to spend with her favorite person. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

To a man in his prime such as Eratosthenes, there would have been no reason to avoid spending his time under the open sky. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z

“Now he can spend day after day marching in parades. If it hadn’t been for my grandfather, he’d have to work like whitefolks.” The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

He decided to spend the winter of 41 BCE with her. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z

But, like all farmers, he had to contend with high taxes, high freight rates, and land so worn out that he might spend more for guano than he could get for his cotton crop. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Still, it’s not fun to spend all my free time watching him. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

She had to spend two nights at the vet’s until she pooped it out. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

He offered to help out with the bills instead of spending his earnings on himself. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

"I'm prepared to spend thousands of spintria for the trouble. And you don't want to run me off to the Silk Teahouse, because I will go and take all my rich friends with me." The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

I watch him leave, struck by how very much I don’t want to spend any time with him—and by how very much I’d like to spend time with Marlena. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

You can spend the next five hours or five days beating me to dust, but I don’t feel it. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

I asked Vega if he would be spending summer down in DR—his favorite subject—and he didn’t say nothing. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

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

Then she says, “Putti, why don’t you put on an apron? Otherwise, I’ll have to spend all day tomorrow trying to get the spots out of your suit!” The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

I spend a good chunk of time for the next two days writing a proposal for an interior garden at our building. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

Part of me could picture settling down, even having my own wife and children and spending my whole life right there. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

In town, Hilly and Elizabeth spent all weekend going to and from each other’s houses, while I was only allowed to spend the night out or have company every other weekend. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

After spending a lot of time with her for the past months, Vincent has decided he wants to marry her. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

With my profits I buy lollipops and bananas from Otavalo and spend weekends at soccer and basketball games in nearby communities selling my sandwiches and candy and bananas. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’d never met a man I would rather spend time with. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Dad spending less and less time with them, and how this hurt but was also somehow easier. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Mother complained that spending all day and night with us in a tiny room was giving her gray hair even though she was only twenty-four. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

The fog doesn’t stop me from spending most of my time outside, though. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

There was no problem persuading her to spend a Saturday afternoon this way, for we told her that she was participating in perhaps the most famous event in biology since Darwin’s book. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

Whenever my father isn’t off on a drinking binge, he spends most of his time in his bedroom, alone, watching TV. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

Wyatt says of her: “She thinks: Why spend all of our time fixing problems when we can perhaps devote a little time preventing them in the first place?” A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

Now, though, we were headed for the woods to spend some time together. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

That was how we came to spend two hours every afternoon slaving for the Captain. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

As Anya understood it, someone could spend several lifetimes wandering the lands to the east. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

She gets me my drink du jour—water—introduces me to her children, and explains that it’s her husband’s day off, which he is spending upstairs in bed. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes a party would come for beer and scrambled eggs and spend five or ten dollars. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

It was regarded as a fairly good post in that you generally didn’t have to spend a lot of time telling people what to do. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“At base, we spend years studying the same thing.” Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

For the next few months, Maria Isabel spends hours at a time silently sitting on a rock in front of her aunt Gloria’s house. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

"Yeah, Donna. You can come over and spend the night. Watch Matt, eat pizza, talk on the phone ... It will be the easiest ten bucks you ever made." Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

We gave every indication that I was going to testify so that they would spend their time planning their cross-examination. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Justin was now spending his mornings with her at the hospital, his afternoons at school, then running to basketball practice and back to the hospital. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

The place had probably been intact for two thousand years, but she decided she’d rather not spend too much time here. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

What I was learning, too, was that in the eyes of a campaign operation, any minutes or hours a candidate spends privately with family are viewed basically as a waste of that valuable time. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

This place in Mount Vernon was where Rose was now spending her afternoons in classes and learning. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

We spend a couple of hours quizzing each other on military terms. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

At forty-four, Mollie could finally spend her money as she pleased, and was recognized as a full-fledged American citizen. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

I spend Thursday floating through classes in a fog. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

How would I spend the hours I now commit to combing the woods for sustenance if it were so easy to come by? The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

He discovered that being rich was terribly annoying because it was so easy to make money and so difficult to find an incentive for spending it. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

She dismissed his efforts, saying that she could spend an amount equal to 60,000 pounds of gold on a single meal. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z

“You claim to be fighting oppression, but you spend more of your time fighting each other than in fighting your avowed enemies.” Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Why? Why spend so much time and energy fighting something that isn’t really a problem?” Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

She told me about her summer wedding and honeymoon trip she took with her wife to Europe, and I told her about spending the summer with my grandmamma. Monday's Not Coming 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Why was she spending so much time chipping away at the wretched boat when she could burn a hole into it? A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Every night for a month, when I came in from the junkyard, I’d spend an hour scrubbing grime from my fingernails and dirt from my ears. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Maybe it wasn’t good for him to spend all his free time doing that. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

“Ten annas is only a little over what we usually spend. The change will do us good.” Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

The boys spend that entire first morning in their new white outfits, filling out questionnaires on clipboards. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

“It seems, with mere hours left in the challenge, the court case was conveniently dismissed, and you were free to spend the money again. The timing felt motivated.” Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe that’s because at Whole Foods I spend a lot of my time reading—not books, but labels. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

I was praying Vince wouldn’t grow impatient waiting for me and leave, or, worse yet, allow himself to be talked into spending the evening with one of the other girls. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I spend the rest of the night slipping in and out of a doze, imagining the cutting remarks I will make to Peeta Mellark in the morning. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

As they would soon have a powered boat out to come finish me off, I could not spend any more time hunched over my oars gasping. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

Sekani wants to spend another day at Uncle Carlos’s, so Sunday morning we return to Garden Heights without him. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

How many hours can one person spend locked in a bathroom, looking at skin, hair, eyes. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

He didn’t want to spend the rest of the night and the next day looking over his shoulder. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

The F.O.I. spends a lot more time in lectures and discussions on men learning to be men. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

We did not see much of him in those final weeks of the year; he was busy finishing his manuscript, and we went to Philadelphia to spend Christmas with friends of my parents. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

They spend their money as fast as we do. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

“Do you mean to spend your whole life running away?” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“The business is rolling. We got more than we can spend!” Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Maybe he has—he did spend a lot of time running simulations. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Ah, yes. Well, believe me when I say that you do not have me to thank but rather Lidewij, who is exceptionally talented in the field of spending my money.” The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

Soon I left Cambridge to spend a week in Paris. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

And maybe it’s all those people who are spending their whole lives up on dry land—never once going into the water to see what it feels like—who are missing out. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

The kitchen was the worst and I guess even army guys like to spend lots of time in the kitchen and the big table was covered with heaps of paper. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ethan doesn’t return, and I spend the rest of the afternoon worrying about him instead of my own problems. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

I would know; I spend a lot of time in the headmistress’s office. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

Not exactly the way I want to spend a Saturday, but I have no choice. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Everyone knew he was serious about spending time with his friends, that’s how dressed up he was. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

“Poor thing was near starving and ol’ boy was spending his money on drink. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

The more time I spend here, the less time we’ll have for clothes shopping later. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t trouble, and it had been worth it, spending the day with Gideon. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

I was prepared to spend my life in a cage as the centerpiece of their intergalactic zoo if it meant never returning to Calypso. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

“Nice way to spend New Year’s Eve, huh?” said Greene, sarcastically. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He explained that he couldn’t spend the whole night at her place, because his wife called every day at six in the morning, from India, where it was four in the afternoon. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

My mother started screaming, “How can you spend money on beer when your children go to bed hungry?” I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Strong would spend the war years overseeing one of the largest scientific construction sites in the world. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

Birds search for grubs and build their nests, but their leisure time is theirs to spend as they see fit. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

She said now she’d have even more time to spend with her family. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I spend all period trying to figure out how she knew just from my face that I wasn’t prepared. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

Why would someone like Ishtar spend her fortune on this? City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

It was to be the room in which this boy was to spend most of his waking hours for the next three years. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Last night’s extravagant spending had left me with exactly three pennies in my pocket, and I was eager to take advantage of my newly earned position. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The authors theorized that the theater students benefited by spending time “reading and learning lines as actors, and possibly reading to carry out research about characters and their settings.” Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

Madeline: I promised her I would spend more time with my mom. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

It had been twelve years since his father had died, and his mother had come to spend two weeks with him and Shoba, so they could honor his father’s memory together. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

I’m certain that if a door shuts between us, it will lock and I’ll have to spend the night without him. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Since it seems we’ll be spending a lot of time together now.” The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

“Well, I’m sorry you couldn’t spend more time with me today,” Miss Pat said, folding her hands in her lap. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Celia has prided herself on guessing occupations since her days at El Encanto, when she could precisely gauge how much a customer had to spend on a camera. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

When he had recovered sufficiently, he resumed spending his days at El Patron’s side, listening to the old man ramble. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

At the end of the day we’d spend it on food and maybe some beers, and then we’d go home and come back and it was: How do we turn ten into twenty? Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

“Let’s not spend our last night together feeling sad,” Dad said. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

The robot and the gosling liked to spend afternoons up there, working on the finer points of flying. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

And when he forgave her and came back—the hours they’d spend just talking, just telling each other everything... The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Thomas had pointed out how appropriate her Lieutenant Uhura costume was for spending the day at the Kennedy Space Center. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

This meant that she was in a good mood; she would not spend the day howling, for reasons known only to herself, allowing no one but her mother to touch her. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

“Some of her friends spend evenings at Red’s. I know they have a few men they see there.” The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

“Well, before. He used to spend a lot of time with her before.” The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

“He avoids leaving the cages indoors overnight. His captured fairies spend at least part of every night outdoors.” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

I love you, Virginia The Doctorita spends most of the afternoon by the door as neighbors come to say farewell. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

After her release from jail, Victoria Woodhull continued to spend time with her sister Tennessee Claflin and Cornelius Vanderbilt. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

What would be the point in spending good money on something he didn’t need? Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

“You two are spending a lot of time together.” All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

It’s a relief to be here after spending all day at school. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

I would instead spend days brooding over my helplessness and the senselessness of the unbroken cycle of pain and suffering searing my mind and sapping my strength day after day. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

After spending a petless year with only one child still living at home, my parents visited a breeder and returned with a Great Dane they named Melina. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

Nala and Scruffy were thrilled to be spending a few nights in New York City. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

No one could have guessed she’d spend the rest of her life with Day—first as a cousin growing up in their grandfather’s home, then as his wife. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

He would skip supper and spend the entire hour searching. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t want to spend my life in this place. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

“Hazel Grace. No. I will grant you that you did spend my one and only Wish, but you did not spend it on him. You spent it on us.” The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

“I’m not spending ten kobo of my money unless I have to.” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

The industrial food chain costs each and every one of us: in government spending, in pollution, in global warming, and in our health. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

We fit better the more time we spend together. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

And flight time was the time he had to spend in airplane flight each month in order to get his flight pay. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

At one point, the boy revealed that perhaps he was spending a lot of time online. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

So it was only when I started spending time in parks with white people and their pets that I realized my mom was training me like a dog. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

I spend thirteen hours every sol just sitting around while the solar panels charge the batteries. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

There were gig flyers taped all underneath it, and Moss wanted to come back, to spend hours reading them all, to see if they’d ever been at the same show and didn’t know it. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

He is a little guy, affable, who still spends weekends coaching youth soccer. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

“Come in here,” he said, “I spend most of my time in here.” A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

You make something, seems like, and spend the rest of your days toiling so it won’t go all unraveled. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Their enemies are now dead so there is no need for the mites to spend their energy in secreting protective webbing. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

Marco spends the first several hours of opening night taking surreptitious glances at his watch, waiting impatiently for the hands to reach midnight. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

“Probably. My dad might spend next summer in Alaska, though, so I don’t know,” Lindsey said, eyeing MaryAnne as she pretended that she had something to say to her coach, some reason for coming over. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

If things got worse in Europe, philanthropic spending would grind to a halt in the United States; even if the war clouds dispelled, millions of dollars would shift to Europe for economic reconstruction. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

We spend our days this way, sitting around, talking, laughing, and loving each other again. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh. It was ... it was nice to spend time with someone so interesting. We were very different, and we disagreed about a lot of things, but he was always so interesting, you know?” The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

The next time Shanti comes to spend the night, she brings her two saris with her. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

He agreed with enthusiasm to spend the feast day with his two friends, from dawn to dark, and thought no more of tombs or goblets until they parted on the thoroughfare. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

“We re looking for a place to spend the night.” The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

The woman at the gate explained that should Hugh and I volunteer to participate, that is, to spend time with one of these angry young cows, our admission fees would be waived. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

I chuckled at that one, only because I spend so much time around boys, I can definitely cosign. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

And telling stories means I get to spend time in a world where the person in charge of what happens is me. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

First, Mrs. Caruthers clearly did not like Ophie, and so having to spend so much time sitting still only a few feet from the old woman was nearly unbearable. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

Could we really spend all the money on this? Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

There were tents and side shows and rides and even wild animals—everything a little boy could spend hours watching. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

Saying it made her feel like 100 percent jerk, but she’d say anything to spend the summer with Park. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

It was an enormous white building on the sea-front and it looked to me like a pretty boring place to spend a summer holiday in. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

Then Miss Lucy had said that since everyone at Hailsham was talking about little else, we should forget the play-reading and spend the rest of the lesson exchanging our views about the tokens. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

If he had to spend another moment sitting in his mother’s court, he’d go mad. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Michael and I decided to spend more time looking into the Pittman murder; we thought it might give us some perspective on the coercion that was leveled against Myers. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

He spends the majority of the evening in the company of Celia Bowen, whose elaborate gown changes color, shifting through a rainbow of hues to complement whomever she is closest to. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

I came to spend days and nights wishing he were dead; wishing he were blotted out of my life; wishing that a better father had taken his place. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her success earned her an offer for a graduate fellowship, but she thought spending three years studying a single medieval poet sounded restricting. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

Rashid Uncle and I won’t spend time together where I could learn real stories about you, not just make up my own imaginary ones. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“Tell that spoiled brat to come and spend a day in the hospital with me. We’ll see if he still wants to waste his time on pamphlets and speeches,” he said to Alba. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Not until he added, “Don’t spend your life hiding under the bleachers, little brother. The truth shall set you free.” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Pouncey spends half his life covered in food, and he never gets dragged to the principal’s office. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

“He’s not picking up. They turn their phones off when they’re with each other, because they think they don’t spend enough time together. Now he wants to spend all this time with her.” Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

Thankfully, he’s over that now and just spends his time hanging out with me. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

It seems Mr. McCracken now spends most of his time welding cast-iron contraptions late into the night, as if he were drilling into the cavity of the gaping monstrosity that is his garage. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

“There’ll be a bunch of kids going down south to spend the summer with folks. A few parents on the bus to keep an eye on things. They’ll be fine,” Pa said. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

She’s not coming back until Monday, and Dad’s not back until Monday either, so I’ll be spending my seventeenth birthday alone in Uncle Milton’s apartment. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

He’d fetched them up himself, after spending half the night searching through dusty vaults by lantern light. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I suppose I do spend most of my life strapped into tiny cramped spaces. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

We spend the morning hanging out on the jetties, collecting things, and having a couple of splash fights with our feet. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

The Garcías could not afford extras, and they did not want to put their hosts in the embarrassing position of having to spend money out of largesse. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

After spending so much time living with the proletariat in the hospital where he worked, he had lost his reason. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

He’d told me I would know when to “spend it,” but so far I hadn’t figured out what he meant. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

He would spend the rest of his life in prison. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

I especially enjoyed spending the night with my grandparents all by myself. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

I ended up spending the rest of my Christmas vacation in retreat, doing research. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

“I’d rather you spend that money on food, or a good movie.” Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

“I don’t spend all my time with her.” The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

But Lexie appearing at her elbow, Lexie asking to come over to her house, Lexie asking to spend time with her—she felt like Cinderella looking up to see the prince’s outstretched hand. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Just let us keep the rest of the money without having to spend it. Benji and I will split it.” Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

The older offspring, even after they have become independent, still spend a lot of time with their mothers, and all the different family members help one another. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

The truth is, I postponed so I could spend more time with her. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

The two of us spend about four hours in the cold digging for those tough old vegetables, planted last summer, until we have a gnarled and ugly pile. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

If you are the sort of person who likes guessing games, you may wish to spend the next few moments pondering which of the preceding explanations seem to have merit and which don’t. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

It’s the strangest thing, to spend all this time in school—forced through all these mandatory lessons—despite the fact that most of these subjects lead nowhere. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

He invited me to go with him to visit Flannery O’Connor the next day, but I told him that since I had only a few hours, I felt I must spend them in the monastery. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It was an awkward business, my dear, your spending the autumn at South End instead of coming here. I never had much opinion of the sea air.” Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z

From Sonia he learns of how their mother spends her evenings, alone in her bed, unable to sleep, watching television without sound. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

The two boys cheer and hope they spend more time behind bars than they did today. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

It's the first day back at school, and I honestly consider spending the entire day in the parking lot. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

“Nuts to you. I can’t spend it when I’m dead,” the driver replied. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

Even though I'm exhausted, I can’t wait to spend another day with them! The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

I hadn’t really been spending much time worrying about how it might affect my prep team. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

She spends too much time breathing heavily, trying to control her panic. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

I spend a lot of time reading comic books in my brother’s room when he isn’t there. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Hello, girls. Guess what! I invited Elizabeth to come spend some time with us on Thanksgiving Day, since Nasreen’s family will be out of town.” A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

At night, after dinner and after my mom and I spend time with each other, Olly and I stare at each other out the window. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

My secret hope of spending the afternoon alone in Central Park died in the glass eggbeater of Ladies' Day's revolving doors. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

It felt as if I were going up and over some kind of barrier after spending too long hitting the thing straight on. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

I began to think it might be exciting to spend my days amid such splendor. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

I had been alone before, but the knowledge that my father would return from his meetings and spend a few minutes with me had made the loneliness endurable. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

It's easy to believe that our audiences spend the day saying nothing, actually saving their voices for the moment the picture begins. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

I leave a note in my room that I’m spending the night at Alyssa’s to help her out until her parents come home. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

They were not at all nice things to have near you when spending a night alone in a strange place. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

I deserve these gummy worms because I do spend all my time considering everything. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

I can’t even get my head around how much people are willing to spend on this stuff. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

Joe found Islam and began spending all his time studying the Koran in his cell. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

Younger fishermen like Dale Middleton were apt to spend considerable time each day—at the San Piedro Cafe or the Amity Harbor Restaurant—rooting for information. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

“No,” Mami said, “it’s worse. If you get polio, you die, or you spend the rest of your life in a wheelchair or inside an iron lung.” When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

After spending the first year and a half of my legal career sleeping on Steve Bright's living room couch in Atlanta, it was time to find an apartment of my own. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Now, she’s the president, and he’s sold his companies to spend his time fulfilling First Gentleman duties. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Helene is a girl, a pretty girl, and I spend most of my time around her. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

She might spend weeks calculating a pressure distribution without knowing what kind of plane was being tested or whether the analysis that depended on her math had resulted in significant conclusions. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

He could be arrested and spend years in the palace dungeons for being alone with me. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

He says it’s not the Mexicans’ fault that the city council would rather spend the city’s money on new arts initiatives and a big, flashy baseball stadium than more police on the streets. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

But I also think that all the kids in that SP class took away something very special, the notion that each of us had intellectual gifts to spend as we chose. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

I’d spend the rest of my days living in fear, looking over my shoulder, tormented by nightmares, waiting for them to finally come back and punch my ticket. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

“I just want to make normal food,” she says, finally arriving at our table after spending half of lunch talking to Stephanie. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

There’s no sign of he valley with a Lake in it, like what Aslan said What about coming down and looking out for a decent spot to spend the night in? The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

I spend enough time thinking about him and don’t have to get you all worked up as well, simply because I’m so miserable! The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

We tend to spend a lot of time thinking about how to make messages more contagious — how to reach as many people as possible with our products or ideas. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Your aunt Janet called from Rhode Island. She wants you to go up and spend a week with them when school gets out.” Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

Although aware of the possible consequences, Bill couldn’t resist the smell of cakes and pies, and began to spend a good deal of his time in the kitchen. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He spends most of his time in the Archives,” Sim said hesitantly, knowing that he was touching on a sore subject. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Once I finished competing in my events, I would spend the rest of the day huddled in the bleachers with my friends chatting and laughing, or at the concession stand grabbing warm pretzels and nachos. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

As a result, they’ll probably both confess and both spend three years in prison. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I say I’m afraid he can’t spend the night here. I’m not running a hotel.” Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

Nhamo realized with horror that they intended to spend the night in the trees. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

He doesn’t me to spend so much time alone. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

I’d choose spending time with him over peanut butter chocolate ice cream. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Drunk for a week, my father must have really wanted to spend those last five dollars. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

Soon after my seventh birthday, my parents took me as usual to spend Christmas with my grandmother in Norway. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

She began to spend days in their bedroom, then the house infirmary, until, finally, when blood showed up in her phlegm, Mrs. Bedlow demanded that she be removed to the hospital. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

Anyway, Kelsey’s idea wins and we spend the next hour copying pictures of dolphins out of wildlife magazines and writing: Freedom for One, Freedom for All! The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

I wondered if they were trying to get me to spend time with Connor, in the hope I’d make a friend at long last. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

The violins alone take forty-five minutes, half of which they spend being chatty. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

“Because there’s still time. And I want to spend it with you.” Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

I also told him that I’d reserved a hotel room for him in Montgomery and that it would probably be safest to spend the next few nights there. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

I tighten my mouth and look apologetically at Elouise, and then spend sixty seconds doodling something that resembles an ugly waterfall. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

As reported in the Chicago Daily News, black leaders believed in black people’s freedom to spend their money “wherever the white man’s money is good.” A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

He would spend his days off stretched out in bed, snoozing. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’d rather live in the streets than be a submissive Mexican wife who spends all day cooking and cleaning. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

‘And I’m thinking that I won’t spend a moment longer than I need, stuck up on this edge with the eyes of the Dark Country looking over the marshes,’ said Frodo. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

We spend the next couple of hours cleaning the rest of the house and bringing out bags of garbage onto the sidewalk. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

"She spends her life up in her room buried in some silly book." Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

His parents give him an Instamatic camera, a new sketchbook, colored pencils and the mechanical pen he’d asked for, and twenty dollars to spend as he wishes. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

People were probably going to rent cars and spend a few hundred dollars on a slick pair of shoes. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

Well, it’s my idea that in all these interludes, whenever Dave became a psychiatric case, he went off into a moronic maze, spending his time twiddling his fingers.” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

“What? God, no. He’s this idiot in my Adolescent Issues class who spends the whole time putting things in his nose. I don’t have a boyfriend. I don’t need a man to be complete.” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

I go with the truth: “I postponed so I could spend more time with you.” The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

She did not want to wake up from that dream, and when she did she turned her face into the pillow, yearning to spend one more moment in that summer afternoon. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

We only spend time together on the bus or at lunch. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Because he'd been away from his office for several days, he had to spend a busy week catching up on presidential duties. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

The embroidery on the neckline is so itchy that I’m tempted to change into the pajamas I brought along in case I spend the night. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

It’s like, one minute Arthur, Jessie, and Ethan were just the three amigos and now two amigos are dating and the other amigo is spending way more time alone. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

“I don't spend all my time on my wardrobe.” The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

But if she didn’t, would that sound like she didn’t want to spend any more time with him than absolutely necessary? When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Before anyone can translate it for me, I say, “School was fine! I did all my homework in class, so I don’t have anything to do but spend time with you.” Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

“But could I still end up going to jail after spending a whole year on some island?” Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

She would spend the next few weeks tracking down the new form, filling it out with all the required documentation, and having it officiated and notarized. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

You would think they would need them, spending their days in the sun as they do. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

I spend a long time cutting up the big turkey into small pieces—throwing out extra fat and rubbing it with lemon down to the bone. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

How could I spend the rest of my days with someone I had never seen? Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

That evening they found a barn in which to spend the night. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

No one told me how I should be spending every minute of every day; I had to decide that for myself. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Either one is better than spending a life imagining what happened to Mom, Dad, and Javier. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

The Pinkerton National Detective Agency was the more dangerous entity, but its operatives of late seemed to be spending most of their energy battling strikers at coalfields and steel mills around the country. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

He had been dating a woman who also worked at Legal Aid and had been spending a lot of time at her house. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

He put wet clay in her shoes and made her spend the entire day walking around in them. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“I’m spending way too much time with him lately.” Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

That doesn’t take too long, so she spends the rest of the time pacing in circles, waiting for bosses to get back to her. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

They say since the store owners don’t want to hire us or sell our products in their stores, we shouldn’t spend our money there. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Once she was sure of her answer, she said, “I’m sure Mom and I will be spending a lot of time here. I bet we could give you a ride the next time we come.” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

“I planned to spend mine in new music,” said Beth, with a little sigh, which no one heard but the hearth brush and kettle-holder. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

Saturday, my last night at the 6, and I refuse to spend it crushed in my room. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

As he described it, it had been two parts frustration to one part reward: He’d spend weeks planning a community meeting, only to have a dozen people show up. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

I can still afford to spend another million notes, and I need to gather as much help as I can get. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

For listening to the Devil, Grommet was made to spend the night in prayer and fasting. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

But having returned to Germany after spending nearly twenty years living in the United States, his command of the German language wasn't very good. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

She knows what he’s up to, that he can’t wait to spend his last few shillings in the pubs. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

He allowed Clara, who was too upset by what had happened, to spend the night in the bedroom of another sister. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Few white people realize that many black people today dislike and avoid spending any more time than they must around white people. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

One word brought on another one and pretty soon he made up his mind to spend some of it. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

“Do not spend your time wanting things you cannot have. Be clean and dress nice and neat. Be polite. Make good grades. You will do well. You are so, so, so brave, hijo.” Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

Even though she says no to me, my mom spends a lot of Saturday morning in her bedroom mirror, picking her own hair into a huge black and beautiful dome. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

I should not be surprised—the Amity spend their lives accomplishing feats of agriculture like this one, with the help of Erudite technology. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

But there we were, spending a lazy Saturday afternoon with our father, eating chicken I didn’t have to cut, clean, and fry. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

Now that we had spending money, we bought the illustrated paperbacks with their gaudy pictures. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Instead, I said, “I don’t understand why everyone is having this conversation with me. If you don’t want your son to spend time with me, maybe you should be talking to him.” A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

I would spend all the hours she was gone asking for her, and saving half of my cookies on a plate in Ellie’s kitchen, for when she got back. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

“I, uh, I was going to ask if you wanted to come over this weekend. Maybe spend the night?” Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

I spend the day trying not to commit him any closer to any of them. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

We wanted to spend every minute of the half hour Papa allocated to uniform washing. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

Sam is driving me to spend New Year’s Eve with Ethan, so I don’t care what he listens to. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

“Did you know that this grocer refuses to hire Negro workers? Don’t spend money where your people aren’t respected and can’t earn a living,” she says. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

He got to go with Mom and spend time with our cousins, my aunt Louise’s kids, all summer. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

Dimple sat on the lip of the bowl and tipped her face up to the sky, soaking up the sunshine and thinking about how she’d spend the next hour. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Alex flags down a waiter and decides to spend the rest of the reception getting systematically drunk. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

The young man would spend many nights away from home with friends; his absence, he said, unnoticed. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

By the time I reached level eight, I was spending three or four hours at the gym every day after school. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Lidia will never know how Mateo is spending his End Day, but she hopes her best friend finds whatever he’s looking for. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

And she had suggested that I might like to spend my summer holiday visiting her in Boston. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

He stopped sleeping, spending his nights pacing around and around his stall. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

We were on our way home, and I thought you might like to spend some time with your family on your big day. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Pretty much all the kids hated me and those who weren’t spending their time hating me chose up sides between the Danvers and the Gantrys and hated each other. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

Despite not really spending any time with PopPop, I do remember crying when Mama and Daddy came to tell Drake and me that he’d passed. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

I wanted to leave right away, but we decided to spend the night in the village. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

First he and Grover put a lock on the door; then Ralph began to spend an hour or so in there alone, every night. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

If I had simply asked to miss the game before it started, Coach would have probably let me go spend time with Erin, no problem. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

I work for myself, and whatever I earn I spend as I see fit. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I spend what must be an entire day listening to Ben shuffle around the room. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

The dad said: “Let him spend the night in jail; it’ll be a good learning experience for him.” A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

They don't work on the Sabbath, but they have a fairly loose understanding of what constitutes "work" anyway and usually spend their free time dancing to jazz records. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

I refuse to spend the night moping in my room or listening to my parents argue. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

The house he had planned to spend a night in, that of his friend Admetus, a king in Thessaly, was a place of deep mourning when he came to it although he did not know. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe it was just that she wanted to spend an evening of movies and ice cream with Ophie. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

Depending on your interests, you may also want to spend time creating pleasing chord progressions by choosing chords from the correct key that will complement a melody that you know. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t understand why the writer would spend an entire book on such a mean, selfish ogre, or why my sixth-grade teacher thought it was a great book. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

For every round of Money they played, they agreed to take a break and spend money. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

Quelea birds swooped in flocks over the water as they searched for a place to spend the night. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

He said, “One thing I can’t stand is a woman who spends money unnecessarily.” Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

So I need to spend more time in the treetops, and sleep up there and observe at night. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

“That seems like a good way to spend your time.” Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

He wasn’t large in any sense of the word—he looked like he could have been an accountant, with thick glasses and hunched shoulders from spending too many hours at a desk. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Speaking of improved work habits, I was also spending a ton of time reading. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

It’s dying, the store is, like the rest of the town and Mr. Phelps spends all his time despairing. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

I fancy going shopping, spending a bit of money on myself, but it’s hopeless with Evie. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Here’s a likely reason: instead of spending the day with his own undereducated, overworked mother, the typical Head Start child spends the day with someone else’s undereducated, overworked mother. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

At another shelter, a woman spends hours each day in the shower, trying to cleanse herself of the attack. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

I spend the rest of the night planning all the ways I can kill them, rolling the ideas around in my head and savoring them, as though I were fingering smooth stones. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

The teacher handed down assignments without explanation, curtly telling students where they would spend the rest of their lives. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

“Wait, did I say something wrong? I wasn’t trying to say nothing like we was going to spend Valentine’s Day together or anything like that, I just thought...” The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Yet we spend money and spend money on roads and dam if it isn’t like trying to drive over a sheet of corrugated iron roofing. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I need you guys to spend at least an hour out here,” says Ms. Oliverio. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

Dublin, June 4, 1996 My dear friends, It has been a while since I was spending that crazy little, but at the same time very big and very special week with you. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Pappachi agreed to let her spend the summer with a distant aunt who lived in Calcutta. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mark Antony may have meant to spend at least some of his time planning the Parthian expedition, but he did not get the chance. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z

Last month Mr. T told us we had to read some stupid book and go spend time with the retards. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

Anyway, they decided instead to spend their time making some things they could use when they finally could return to Egypt. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tree-ear rose before first light now, spending an hour or so in the fields before going to work. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

She pretended that she was spending the penny. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

I agreed with that idea, although I didn’t think that I needed to spend hours a day exercising. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

I would be spending brief periods on a gallery but would also have a lot of time off, accompanying inmates to the mess hall and, later, to the commissary or package room or school building. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I spend a lot of time noticing how my purple paisley bedspread clashes with the oriental rug. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

“It’s nice, and six hundred dollars seems like a good deal. But we can’t spend this much right now, sweetie.” A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t imagine spending twenty-four hours a day, every day with her. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

It was even worse during the rainy season, when I could spend a week or two. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Are you sure you want to spend your money on that, Grandpa?” Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Why do you spend your time in these crazy witch hunts?” Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

I may soon be coming to Warren, to spend the rest of my life with the others... waiting. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

Charles was spending time with—and being courted by—three sisters in one family. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

The idea was that Bobby would spend the summer, or part of it, in Russia so as to train before playing in the Interzonal, which was to be held in Yugoslavia. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Richard went around to the front door and rang the doorbell and imagined Kainene coming to the door and telling him she was fine, she had simply wanted to spend some time alone. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

My father used to surprise us with small gifts, perhaps a piece of paper from the factory, or a pen, or a coin for each of us to spend on a pack of peanuts. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

I’m about to suggest that we spend the morning doing a massive cleanup, but Mom is putting on her coat. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

I reluctantly acceded; I yearned to spend my second night of freedom under my own roof. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nailshed girls were with them, laughing and teasing them, twining slender arms around the men’s waists, urging them to drink and spend. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

I assume we’re going to get lunch, too, but instead he pulls me into a hip clothing store and spends the next hour trying things on, with me giving my outside-the-changing-room opinion. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

Fulvia and Plutarch spend more time studying and less time adjusting me. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

That should have been fun, spending a day like that with Baba, hearing his stories. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

The result was that Tod’s Weep workshop surpassed his Syriza office in grandeur, though he did indeed spend most of his time at the drafting table in the corner. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Bailey begins spending a great deal of time outside of the house. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

While I wait, I spend a full ten minutes trying to figure out how to use the toilet and another ten minutes turning the lights on and off just by waving my hands before me. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“I suppose so. I suppose I would. You spend day after day in this place. Yeah, it’d be good to see something like that.” Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

The only good thing about spending the afternoon and evening with Markie was that I wouldn’t have to think about what was going on with my folks. Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

He could spend all day like this, running his hand down her ribs, into her waist, out to her hip and back again. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

For many years the sheriff dreamed of spending the shining time hunting and fishing—wandering in the Santa Lucia range, camping by half-remembered streams. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“We spend a lot of time deciding what two people have strengths and weakness that kind of, well, fit with each other.” Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

So I spend five more minutes sitting in my parked car staring at my email again on my phone. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

“How would I spend all that money quickly?” Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

He lifted her chin in his hand and said, “Don’t spend too much time daydreaming. You’re a big girl now.” Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Indeed, the affluence of post-war America - and eventually Europe - saw a generation of carefree teenagers with pocket money to spend, and they wanted to spend it on rock and roll. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

I know Jeffrey must appreciate all of the playtime you spend with him, and I could tell when I talked to your mother that she was very proud of how responsible you have been. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

She still managed to bring down the occasional hare or dassie, but she had to spend a long time hunting them. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Our family is together again, but I think spending the summer on opposite sides of the ocean stretched us thin. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

“Did you spend the night too?” he asked Toby, looking around at all of them. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

And I hadn’t been in the school long when Mrs. Swerlin, knowing I could use spending money of my own, got me a job after school washing die dishes in a local restaurant. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

I spend half an hour reading through work emails so mind- numbing that they dull even the pain of jealousy, then I shut down the laptop and put it away. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Was he not, in a way, inviting her to...spend the night with him? Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

I didn’t spend any time arranging my temporary home. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

He was certain to flunk English this term, simply because English was mostly reading and he didn’t have time anymore to spend four or five hours every night reading a lousy book. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

A group from the Dance Theatre of Harlem was spending six weeks at her school, working with talented young people. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

After dinner he would spend a long time combing her hair and humming his favorite songs to her. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

Then they were free to spend their time in Egypt, until almost 5:30, when Caroline and the Rosses came home. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

At supper, a fortnight before Yule, Lady Isobel informed Ash that she would be going with them into the City again, to spend the week at her sister’s house. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Two men and two women, wagoneers, rough from years of being outside and smiling to be spending a night out of the wind. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

He would spend years interviewing Klan leaders and sympathizers, sometimes taking advantage of his own background and lineage to pretend that he was on their side of the issues. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

I never spend more than three weeks anywhere. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

Neat, but no, he didn’t want to spend money on one. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

If this new job meant they would spend more time together like this, like two best friends, like two girlfriends, Aimee was all for it. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

Perhaps I might even ask them to let me spend the night sleeping on the floor there. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hugh O’Sullivan drove a truck and had only a few weekends a month to spend with his wife and his son. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

She figured she’d have to spend the best years of her womanhood hunting up people to tell them that they were right and to thank them. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Why not raise the bounty on pests? Give us something to spend, at least while we wait things out. A lot of us are down to our last coppers.” Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

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

Under the header, I write: “We’ll spend less time watching TV.” A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

He would come home, black from the asphalt of the highway, wash himself out by the windmill, then spend the rest of the afternoon doing small, odd jobs around the rabbit pens. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Okay, so I'm sitting on the train and I fire.up my portable intending to spend a nice intensely focused time installing and playing with Visual J++6 on my slow beast of a laptop. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Estranged, disarranged, we spend our darkest hours staring at those pearls, those coral bones. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

He roasted the langosta over the fire, and later we crawled into the hut to spend our first night on the silent island. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I like it when children spend time with their grandparents,” he said. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

It is the sort of day that seems to end minutes after it begins, defeating Ashima’s intentions to spend it fruitfully, the inevitability of nightfall distracting her. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

We had talked about him spending time with family members in Florida while we monitored the local reaction to his release. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

I spend the next two classes on the verge of tears. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

He spends hours with it, putting doll clothes on it and feeding it on doll dishes. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

And what about the lovers who spend hours staring into each other’s eyes? The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

I spend all night trying to get ahold of Shoji, but nobody will let me talk to him. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

“I insisted we come straight here to pick you up. I didn’t want you to have to spend an extra minute in this awful place.” Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

“You would be surprised to know what this laboratory has been running on in the last few years,” he told Lawrence—“less than some men spend on tobacco.” Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

What I got is right now, right here, spending time with my homeys. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

To keep food in their bellies, she has to spend most of her time away from them, working. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes he can spend whole days at the climbing wall. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

So if you want to learn music theory, it would be a good idea to spend some time getting comfortable with the concepts below and practicing identifying intervals. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

She sings in a salsa duo with her sister, Thaimi, who is fourteen years older, and spends a great deal of time with family and friends across the Delaware River in New Jersey. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

Kind a man I like ain’t the kind that stays around when he done spending all you money. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Colin rubbed his sore neck, thinking he would never spend another night in the car when he had plenty of money to pay for hotels. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

On warm days, instead of going to school, I would go to Central Park and spend the day reading. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

It made me miss my own mom and the time we used to spend together. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

Ten years after trading college for the warehouse, Blevins, who is twenty-nine, spends his days at the same supermarket company. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

“Wouldn’t you consider spending a day here, or longer if possible?” Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

In truth, he works hard, though he doesn’t spend a cent of what he earns. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

I spend the rest of the day trying to figure out what to do about Char. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

We spend most of the day watching movies. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

Anyway, Inigo finishes his speech to the Cliffs and spends the next few hours finding a fisherman who sails him back to Florin City. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

That afternoon, I go back to the dormitory while everyone else spends time with their families and find Al sitting on his bed, staring at the space on the wall where the chalkboard usually is. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Honestly, spending a few days in jail might not have been the worst thing to happen to me. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

After spending so much time in the pine thicket—a lost week—it felt good to be on the move again. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

They would arrive earlier than the others and spend the morning shaving him, giving him massages with hot towels, cutting and polishing the nails on his hands and feet, and perfuming him with toilet water. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

I asked, hoping that my teacher and I would be spending more time together now that he was finished fasting with the spirits alone. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

The boy spends most of his time reading. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

We’d managed to escape school, but we didn’t have a car, and I didn’t want to spend the rest of the day in a drugstore parking lot. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

She spends her off time shuttling Christopher to and from school or to Little League practice in her new Chevrolet sport utility vehicle, an early benefit of her higher paychecks. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

No matter where Hannah wants me to go next, I know where I’m spending the rest of my night. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

You can spend a lot of time in it, or you can spend very little time in it. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s all right, Virginia, you can stay here. Calm down, honey. You’ll spend the night here. He’s not going to touch you. We’ll take care of you.” The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’ve been routed up early all winter and had to spend my days working for other people, so now I’m going to rest and revel to my heart’s content.” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

I could not comprehend that you could spend time with people one day and then pick up their body parts the next. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

I was only planning on spending a few days with Henry—I was back at work for Dr. Roland the following Monday—but I ended up staying until school started again. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

It had come on to snow hard, and I had to spend the night in town, not knowing the roads well enough to want to set off on them in the snow and dark. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

The rest of the year, I wondered if the point of Christmas was just spending money and getting fat and opening gifts. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

"After spending that long on Mars, anything could be wrong with it." The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Exactly how much time did you spend with those goat yoga people?” Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

They then have study hall together, and he spends all of it stroking her and talking to her about the movie they saw last night. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

I’d spend half the night trying not to slide off the seat. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

“It’s not like I have a lot of other people to spend time with.” Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

I’ve been spending so much time with my cousins, and thinking about my mother, that I could use some good laughs. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

“Indeed. Who knew spending time in your local library could be such a rewarding experience?” Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

But when I wasn’t on the road and had the opportunity to be home, my favorite place to be was curled up in my bed or spending time with my family. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

We’d work out our feelings, I figured, when Barack came back to Chicago, when the weather warmed up, when we had the luxury of spending weekends together again. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

My brothers come home with a message—Daddy’s spending the night at the store. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

I don’t know whether to be annoyed or flattered that Henry Not-Roycroft is spending all his mental energy coming up with nicknames for me. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

There’d be nothing remotely special and we’d spend our tokens just renewing stuff that was wearing out or broken with more of the same. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

The marriage and the decision to spend a few months in Macondo to please his wife had obliged him to postpone it. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

Of course, I often forget my role and find it impossible to curb my anger when they’re unfair, so that they spend the next month saying I’m the most impertinent girl in the world. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

“Yes, but I die a hero,” said Aziza, “while you, Rose, you spend your entire, miserable life longing for me.” A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

Vincent in his workman’s clothes spends his days painting, outside if it’s not too cold, or inside the apartment. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

So I went to spend the next year in an adolescent rehab facility. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

I don’t have anything against community college; I just can’t imagine spending another year living at home with Mom. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

They insisted that I spend the night there. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

She was drinking some, maybe more than some, spending hours playing video games. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

I make coffee in the kitchen and bring two steaming mugs back to bed, and we spend hours together in the soft early light. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

He would spend hours by her side doing art projects. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

“You spend more time reading those things than you do taking pictures,” Mr. Wilkinson teased her, but she eventually settled on one—the Graphic View II—and even Mr. Wilkinson couldn’t dispute her choice. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I loved spending time with Dad at the store, listening to records. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

But I do feel like every second we spend standing these inches apart is one that I must impress upon my mind until my entire memory conforms to its shape. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

They would not care to cook with the fresh basil that grows rampant in Gerald’s garden or to spend a whole day boiling blueberries for jam. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

I wasn’t going to spend my last days on Earth as the butt of his jokes. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

As much time as Byron started spending on the couch I thought I was going to have to make room for a bed for him in the World-Famous Watson Pet Hospital. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Today, when everything that I do has an urgency, I would not spend one hour in the preparation of a book which had the ambition to perhaps titillate some readers. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Turtle returned to her calculations, multiplying numbers of shares times price, adding a broker's commission, trying to total the sums to the ten thousand dollars they had to spend. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He’s your brother. He almost died. You should be happy to spend time with him.” Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

He spends the short time rifling through papers, asking simple questions, but not taking any notes. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

When Ty and Johnny saw me spending time with Annie, they must have figured I didn’t want to spend time with them anymore. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

“I was detained by the way, but I promised to spend Christmas with you, and here I am.” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

We spend the rest of the night in our own little world. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

I spend the weekend at Mom’s store, dealing with all the merchandise brought back by grumpy people. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

We spend the rest of the day de-dustifying—my term for getting rid of all of the icky dust—and mopping the floors. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

“My siblings are way older than me. I’m basically an only child. I spend a lot of time talking to myself.” Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

The girl and her mother made a life in that small house, the girl spending the summer painting the windowsills and doorways a curious shade of blue. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

Is there a minimum amount of time you need to spend together? The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Raji was the only one to whom I could complain, confiding in him that I was afraid I would have to spend the rest of my life in a sea of orange marigolds. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

I remember one time I was over at my auntie’s house spending the night. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tonight is something I owe her; her only son spending time with her before he goes. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

Wang Lung was led aside by this and he thought only of his anger against his son and he said, “No, and he shall not go. I will not spend my money foolishly.” The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

I must have some worth if the Mehtas were spending money for music. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

But his father clearly didn’t want to spend time with Nathan because otherwise he wouldn’t have invited Leandra on their Las Vegas vacation. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Grandma is always telling me never to worry about boys and to spend my time worrying about myself instead. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

After spending the entire bus ride home from competitions studying and doing homework, I’d stumble to my room and fall asleep as soon as my head hit the pillow. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

The remaining Fivers return to Blackcliff, receive their masks, and spend another four years as Cadets and then two more years as Skulls. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

And number nine was that Lakeside was willing to let those kids spend their spring term miles away, writing code. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

Calixte was nearly fluent by now, but she had no intention of spending her time helping “small-minded old men.” Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Zach was spending the day delivering honey to her selling places all over town and picking up money from the previous month’s sales. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Don’t say that. I give them a penny’s worth of candy for each cent they spend here. The pick is just so’s it’s more interesting.” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We will be communicating extensively over the next thirty days. My job is to monitor and approve all spending.” Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

And then we each spend some time in the bathroom. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

I went bade under the shelter, spending a long time rubbing Stew Cat He purred and pushed himself along my body. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Why are you going to spend two hundred dollars if you’re so messed around about the marriage?” 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Why waste time “playing,” as I’d been ordered, when I could spend some valuable time with Granddaddy? The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

My confidence soared; if I obtained an appointment as a regular clerk, I could spend at least five hours a day writing. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Why did you send me to spend the summer with her?” Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

It found that people were spending 26 percent less time in each session. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

Peru had little money to spend on archaeology, and almost all of it was earmarked for the magnificent stone ruins in the mountains. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Him and my brother, Jermaine, used to spend all their time together when they were little, like me and Vega, my mother said. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

“You don’t want to spend the rest of your life in a bed, Jess. Get up.” The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

“Want to spend the night at our place, Hiram?” my father asked. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

I would go on to spend the summer of 2008 moving faster and working harder, convinced that I could make a positive difference for Barack. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Eager, but not wanting to seem eager, I made a slow dance around Denna before finally finding some excuse to spend time with her. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Since Gran’s spirit had come to wish us a happy birthday, I guess there was no reason Mama couldn’t visit her and spend time. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Right away I know that I will eventually spend a lot of time here. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

I spend a big part of every day with her. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

“Today,” he said softly, “we got the whole day to spend together. Ain’t that grand?” Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, or spend all your time in the gym. All I’m saying is that it’s the same thing for guys. We got that pressure too.” Watch Us Rise 2019-02-12T00:00:00Z

I would find a clean or cleanish car and spend the night in it. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

I brought my sketchbook too, in case the portfolio wasn't enough, and he spends even more time looking at that. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

I could spend hours telling you about the suffering the war has brought, but I’d only make myself more miserable. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

She would spend whole hours sucking her finger in the bathroom, holding herself back with an exhausting iron will so as not to eat earth. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

I'm working hard in my acting classes, and I also spend a lot of time reading scripts and monologues alone in my apartment. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

He had arranged to have himself fired because he wanted to spend more time looking for gold. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

At the hut Ma gets us girls up and spends a few minutes with each of us. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Are you spending the day at the Little Club, dear? Good. Your father and I are going out with the Peterses tonight. Beulah will leave something for you in the fridge. Bye, all!” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

“There are worse ways to spend the summer.” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

But then my dad said, “I asked her if it was because you were spending too much time at soccer.” The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

“Yes, and she loves spending time with you. But you have school to go to, and friends to hang out with, and Hamlet rehearsals, and hobby shops—” “Please don’t call them hobby shops.” Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

Whether she was trying to find out what happened to her, or even if she just wanted to be able to spend time with Ophie, like they were true friends...No, Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

I remember crying and running to our bedroom and spending the next hour building a pirate Lego set. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

Dad and I did end up spending hours swimming at the Manly Baths, the Wynnum Wading Pool, and Caloundra, but most of it was building on the basics I had already learned. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

“You couldn’t spend one evening on your own?” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

She quit studying school lessons at night so she could have more time to spend on music. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

“Why would I want to spend eternity next to an empty box?” Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

‘If the giving of information is to be the cure of your inquisitiveness, I shall spend all the rest of my days in answering you. What more do you want to know?’ The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

There was another breakdancing battle happening that next weekend, not long after Ocean and I first started, officially, spending time together, and I was excited. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

Before beginning the mission, Dasch had argued furiously with Kappe that the saboteurs were to spend a few months acclimating and blending in before blowing up any of their targets. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

In the wild, bonobo infants spend the first five years of their lives virtually attached to their mothers. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t stop thinking that we don’t spend much time contemplating the details of what killing someone actually involves. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Why spend all that time downloading a movie playing all over Chicago? Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“What can he spend it on? If he had even a shred of self-respect he’d go down to the employment office and get himself a job.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

The editor was often a visitor, spending hours talking to Matt, staying overnight now and then, and testing Jethro’s progress in the book on English usage. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

The two spend days exploring together and talking, getting to know each other away from the rest of the family, becoming more than brothers. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

“I cannot fly or swim, so I will spend the winter here on the island.” The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

He spends entire weekends holed up in the house, reading books from Gerald and Lydia’s shelves, admiring the sunlight that filters through the enormous unadorned windows during the course of the day. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

I refuse to spend my time with anybody who doesn’t think this is the end of the world. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

We would spend a lot of time working on our technique, practicing a series of footwork or a particular move over and over again, so at game time, we would instinctively be able to execute. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t easy, but the time we were spending together was starting to feel more natural. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

We’d spend the second night with friends of Father’s at their farm near Golden’s Bridge. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Let’s stop the treatments. Stop spending the money. Stop trying. Then what, Will?” Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

Alaska came shortly after, having told the Eagle she was spending the weekend with Jake. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

Unless I was to spend all year in Old Karhide I must return to the West Fall before the passes of the Kargav closed. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

“I should just let you die instead of spending this money on shots and vitamins. Don’t eat. See if I care.” The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

On the other hand, she had another think coming if she expected Grandpa to say “Don’t spend yore money, let me give you the bathroom for your birthday.” Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Papa wouldn’t have wanted me to spend our money where we weren’t treated with respect. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Swerlin had recommended me for it, knowing I wanted some spending money. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

I will spend the whole day finding the perfect dis-guise to wear to the wrestling matches.... Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

And Dimple was put out to realize she didn’t exactly hate the thought of spending more time with him. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

She’d figured out how long we could hold ourselves between going to the bathroom, how much money we’d spend on hamburgers, how much was for any emergencies, everything. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

We settled that he would fly to New Hampshire the next Wednesday, we would spend two days making preparations, and then we’d hit the trail. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

Most of us Marines were spending more time joking and talking about how the war had to end soon than worrying about the impending battle. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Everyone in the honeymoon suite was pretty quiet that morning, which suited me just fine, being completely bagged and all after spending a good chunk of the night wrestling the wrong girl. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

I didn’t have the time or money to spend hours straightening my hair before class. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

‘Good enough to spend the night with him.’ The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

I thought about the buggy I would buy, all the time I would spend in Trotters and at the Early Learning Centre sizing up adorable outfits and educational toys. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Normally, I would have been bored, but I knew I wasn’t going to be in Greenwood much longer, so I didn’t mind spending time with Grampa. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

“A lullaby. And three water monster songs. We think that we should spend half of a moon phase with each song.” Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

She would plan that they were best friends and think about the time when Celeste could come home with her to eat supper and spend the night. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

The exuberant Mr. Hinkley worked a crowd of young boys who apparently had plenty of money to spend. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

“Me either. I usually spend weekends hanging out with friends. Playing video games or watching movies. What about you?” Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

Over the next three weeks, I hardly spend any time with Suesetta. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

When you spend some time in the courthouse, you start to recognize the people who didn’t heed that first warning. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Kim would spend a few more days in Ch’ulp’o, visiting the potters whose work most interested him, perhaps stopping by the kiln site occasionally. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

The ambience is meant to encourage customers to feel comfortable and to spend money; it is not at all like the tiny house in Zundert, not even the fine front room. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

They were now spending lesson after lesson learning how to look after flobberworms, which had to be some of the most boring creatures in existence. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

There's only so much time a day that you can spend being terrified of something before your instinct to feel natural human emotions would kick in. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

“Fine, and how much do you have to spend?” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“You should really get out more, Wade. It’s not healthy to spend all of your time indoors.” Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Frank wasn’t sure, but he didn’t spend much time worrying about it. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

“All the tips you make, you keep for spending money,” she said. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“When you spend your life worrying about money, pretty soon money becomes your life.” Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

I decide to spend the afternoon determining how to kill the stuff that can kill us first. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

I mean, while I was spending my summers doing cannonballs at the community rec center pool, Quinton was out saving the world. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

But if you judge a fish on its ability to climb a tree, it will spend its whole life thinking that it’s stupid.’” Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

I can’t just spend my time gazing up at the stars. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

And I got to know some of the more senior officers better, most of them in B-block, where, shortly, I would be spending a lot of time. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Still, I would have given anything to be back in the village, safe behind the walls of a house, even if it meant spending the rest of my life being scolded by Sass. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

“The next night, after a long evening of mah jong, Second Wife yawned and insisted my mother spend the night. ‘ The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Unlike a regular career where a person earned money, I had to spend money to support my fencing pursuits. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Garner desired nothing more than to spend her final years in comfort. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

She’d often spend hours making sure the designers, colors, and styles we chose paid proper respect to the people and countries we visited. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

“Ask that high and mighty niece of yours where she spends her time!” another woman shouted from the darkness. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

He was willing to spend Russian rubles, and sell Soviet arms, to make allies among the world's developing nations. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

At nine o’clock the whole school had to go to their desks and spend one hour writing a letter home to their parents. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

While Good Boys is in rehearsal, Bobby and Zach spend a lot of time together away from school, just like always—they play video games and Ping-Pong, work out, talk about school and girls. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

Zion and his family were spending two weeks in New Zealand. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

He could probably spend years in the Underland figuring out how it worked. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Every moment I spend with him I learn something new. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Can we spend the fare money on furniture and cars? The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

But when McNeil returned to Greensboro after spending Christmas with relatives in Wilmington, North Carolina, the waiter at the lunch counter in the bus station had refused to serve him. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

When she was at home with me, Maman used to spend her time following me with her eyes, not saying a thing. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

The adults spend at least twenty minutes talking about traffic. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

I try to spend more time with my son and help him read. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Back home in Zundert, he spends his time as he used to when he was a boy. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Washington, DC, where she’ll spend three days meeting her senators and the members of the Gun Violence Prevention Task Force, thanks to Olivia. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

“Sweet,” Roy said, though cruising a mall seemed like a pretty dull way to spend a Saturday morning. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had five tapes from him now—which meant, if her batteries lasted, she had 450 minutes to spend with Park in her head, holding his hand. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t that long ago when spending my summer with Hudson was all I could think about. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

For one thing, she got to spend time with Jason. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

As Kathy was driving to Houston, Yuko was making arrangements for the family to spend the night with a longtime friend of theirs she called Miss Mary. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

I don’t want to spend time with Nita and Tobias together, knowing that her supposed genetic damage gives her something in common with him that I will never have. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Her face brightening, Emeline explained that she was going home to Indiana to spend Christmas with her family. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

—He had the money with him and gave it to me, a solid sum in Royal Karhidish Merchants’ notes of credit, nothing to incriminate me, and consequently nothing to prevent me from simply spending it. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

I spend a long time online choosing a picture of the moon. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

“Mr. Kasigi said spend it responsibly. What could be more responsible than giving to charity?” Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

She couldn’t spend the last weeks of school with the friends she’d always had, so maybe she would spend them with me after all. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

Even though I didn’t have anywhere to go, I didn’t want to spend my lunch period with a teacher. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

Its only fixed manifestation is in the Fastnesses, retreats to which people may retire and spend the night or a lifetime. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

We spend the night there on the way to the release site, leaving the bonobos tranquil- ized and snoozing in their transports. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

Her grandmother’s “failure” led to Candice spending so much time with her. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

She says it's God's day, even though she spends most of it sleeping, not praying. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

We were all spending the night at Morgan’s, and her mom had exiled the boys to the guest room after an illuminating game of Truth or Dare. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

And now she wants to spend five hundred dollars on ready-made clothes? You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Percy, who disapproved of what he termed their childish behavior, didn’t spend much time in the Gryffindor common room. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

He is mute in the brasseries where they eat their lunches, mute in the shops where he gazes at beautiful belts, ties, paper, pens; mute on the rainy afternoon they spend together at the d’Orsay. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

“I am the breadwinner in this family, and I don't think it's unreasonable for me to spend at least a portion of my salary however the hell I see fit.” Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

“I’m sorry. It’s too big. I could spend a lifetime looking and never find you.” The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

I didn't want to go to another hotel and spend all Phoebe's dough. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

They did not get to bed until late that night, after spending hours going over and over their plan until they could recite it, word perfect, to each other. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

“I also like spending time in the garden,” she continued. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

"Lord Renly spends more on clothing than half the ladies of the court." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

That night he must spend with his swineherd, Eumaeus, a man faithful and trustworthy beyond praise. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

He’s not out of breath at all, and probably spends most of his life in the gym on account of his rippling biceps, not that a kid like me would notice them. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

You could spend your whole life feeling bad about it, and I get the idea Mother especially is still moping around. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

He wished he could spend more time talking to me now, he said, but there were so many people who needed to see him. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

You spend your last moments at the circus as you wish, for it is your time and yours alone. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

That evening he invited me to spend the night in a junked step van parked in his backyard. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

The thought of spending the rest of the day copying out the tedious Book of Numbers sobered me deeply as I watched my father go. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

One day Ashima goes shopping in downtown Boston, spending hours in the basement of Jordan Marsh as she pushes Gogol in his stroller, spending every last penny. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

So with passion and perseverance, he spends day after day filling pages of notebooks made of old Dutch paper like the one he bought from the bookseller in Brussels. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

So La Cadette turns to the captain and asks, “Does Etienne spend the whole working day scrapping with people? He might as well be back in school!” Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

We spend the rest of the morning baking my traditional birthday cake of vanilla sponge with vanilla cream frosting. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

“She’s not really the sort of girl who spends a lot of time alone.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Mom wanted to spend as little time in Burundi as possible. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

As for the blue-eyed kid, he stays on the ground, curled up in fetal position, broken and sobbing, which is how I imagine he’ll spend the rest of eternity. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

“How could you spend your money on that!” Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

I was now content to spend a Saturday night reading a good novel on the couch. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

So I spend the first few minutes practicing without a knife, finding the right stance, learning the right arm motion. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

I spend two hours looking through every document on her computer. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

But this day Amari was unusually quiet, having been compelled to spend the previous night with Clay, and he had forced her to do things that made her shiver with shame. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Videogames and computers meant more to me than spending time with my parents. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

‘She’s spending the night down at the cottage, I expect,’ he said. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

But Antain had also believed that he would spend his life alone, and lonely. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

“Don’t worry about that, Cook, I’ll be eating downtown, and I’m sure Mother will spend the rest of the day sleeping.” Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

Do I want to spend all my time left swimming upstream? Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

I’d committed myself to spending three days a week working in my capacity as First Lady while reserving the rest of my time for family. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

“And you can spend a lot of time in the fresh air.” Lawn Boy Returns 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

They told us they planned to spend the afternoon visiting a few old friends, but that they needed to be on up the river before nightfall. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Barack was more content to spend an evening alone, reading up on urban housing policy. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

“It’ll be killed tomorrow, right after your flogging. If I were you, I’d spend the rest of this night making your peace with the Six. You may not have another opportunity to do so.” Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

“I have two dollars and thirty-six cents total to spend on my sisters and my parents.” The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

I was limited in my wardrobe choices because I was stuck buying in the shops my mother let me go to, and my mother did not believe in spending money on clothes. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

I'm rash in my decisions and I spend half my time trying to extricate myself from situations of my own making. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Smith had dropped us off and had gone to spend a few hours treating herself to “retail therapy” at the Fashion Square Mall. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

Maybe you spend the whole day considering new ways to live before finally you fit every window back into its frame and empty your bucket of Pine-Sol into the sink. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

He was still checking the Marauder’s Map, and as he was unable to locate Malfoy on it, deduced that Malfoy was still spending plenty of time within the room. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Everything suddenly felt perfect: an hour set aside, stretching ahead of us, and there wasn’t a better way to spend it. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

So, said he, did he spend long boyhood afternoons; this was his duty. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

On Sundays he spends an hour occupied with his tins of shoe polishes and his three pairs of shoes, two black and one brown. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

But I don’t know how to tell him that I haven’t been spending all that much time with Sam. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

He would go mad as well if he had to spend his days in this grey soup whilst his flesh and bones turned to stone. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Scott admitted that they’d argued and said that he believed his wife had gone to spend the night with a friend, Tara Epstein, who lives in Corly. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

If you want people to like you you have only to spend a little money. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

The only trust fund I have is this story, and unlike a prudent Wasp, I’m dipping into principal, spending it all. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

One of the first questions to be resolved was where I would spend my first night of freedom. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

During their time at Auster’s palace, Jason had watched Piper and Hazel spend hours sword fighting—something Piper had never been interested in before. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Then he wrote a slip for Danny the K and me to spend the rest of the period in detention. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

The thought of someone spending all those years alone makes me feel seasick. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

And ever since the prospect of seeing Miss Kenton again first arose some weeks ago, I suppose I have tended to spend much time pondering just why it was our relationship underwent such a change. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

Spindle didn’t need a mother like Mel did, and he was spending most of his time with the adult males. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

But if I were a doctor poet, I would spend all day with people who could not run past me, and then I would go home and write whatever I liked about their insides. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Colonel Lloyd’s slaves were in the habit of spending a part of their nights and Sundays in fishing for oysters, and in this way made up the deficiency of their scanty allowance. Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass 1845-05-01T00:00:00Z

These were mysteries that Tom might never solve, though he seemed to spend most of his life trying. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

The freedom to choose where to spend those hours had always seemed a wonderful luxury to Jonas; other hours of the day were so carefully regulated. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

A girl might spend her life at play, but she was a woman grown, a queen, a wife, a mother to thousands. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Werfel had dreamed they would spend the days and nights trading stories of history and notes about their different cultures—fellow scholars! The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

Steve, as a result, spends almost all his time on screen talking directly at the camera. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tuesday evening, October 15 What a way to spend my twenty-second birthday! In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

We spend the first half hour figuring out who is who and what they speak. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was to spend the day with her LaGrange College roommate, Sue Lee Gresham, who was now Mrs. Humphry Wright of Athens. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

“He starts in the fall, and they wanted the new students to come spend the weekend there to get acquainted. He’s going to be so upset he missed your visit.” Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

“And twenty years from now, we’ll all go on vacation together, and our spouses, or whatever, will get jealous that we’re spending too much time talking to each other, and they’ll run off together.” Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

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

“You have a strange way about you, Dr. Grumman. You ever spend any time among the witches?” The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

He reaches the first step before Byrd says, “The plan is we spend more time together.” A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

If I weren’t out here every day battling the white man, I could spend the rest of my life reading, just satisfying my curiosity—because you can hardly mention anything I’m not curious about. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was outrageous for anybody to suggest that they were not spending enough on bridges. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

"When you spend your whole life liv-ing in a hole," he said, "the only way you can go is up." Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

Two trains and a bus, because she doesn’t want to spend her whole life in a factory or behind a rolling pin. The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

He gave us spending money for the five-day trip to Los Angeles, California. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

I was allowed to spend two weeks with him there on the wind-swept plain, mostly waiting in the strange vacancy of a cold apartment, trying to compose cordial things to say to the other wives. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

But he wasn't grounded anymore, he was going to get to spend more time with Eleanor. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

As soon as she felt it, she wanted to be alone with it; she wanted to spend hours and days in its company; she wanted it never to be more than an arm’s length away. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

Her tongue went to sleep, but that did not stop them from spending a scandalous honeymoon. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

Newer, faster, or more versatile components were always being released, so I was constantly spending large chunks of my meager income on upgrades. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Besides, I'm going to spend 100 sols with the RTG anyway. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

“That’s good. He’s the last person I’d want to get on the wrong side of. I’m looking forward to spending a lot of time in the Archives.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Well, I spend a lot of time trying to fit in here at McClenton Middle School. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

“I’ve found a way to spend the rest of the money.” Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

I spend about every hour of daylight on Sundays just driving to church. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

My father spends the rest of that evening drinking with his new actor friends. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

“Arranging the hollows’ meals is what wights spend most of their time doing. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

But he kept telling her he didn’t feel good, that he just wanted to be alone and sleep in his spot behind the forest, maybe spend some time thinking. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

“You get to eat lunch in my classroom. In exchange, you have to spend fifteen minutes every day doing math with me.” The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

He wasn’t, but if one wanted to spend money, he was available. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

After all, neither one of us was dressed for an appearance in Lake Forest, after what we’d been through the day before and then spending the night inside Cade’s sweatbox of a camper shell. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

On the fourth day, I make my way to the rim of Lake and Blueridge and decide to spend my time wandering through the bars. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

Pollard dismounted and went home to spend a few hours with Agnes. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

She's in her thirties, with regal features, two irritating twins, and a husband who publishes a ladies' magazine and spends so much time at work that I've met him only once. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

“It’s not yours to spend,” the bird shrieked again, and followed it with the same horrible laugh. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

“When you took a question to him,” one student remembered, “he would spend hours—until midnight perhaps—exploring every angle with you.” Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

That gave Joe a few weeks in which to settle into his engineering classes and spend more time with Joyce when she could get a day or a half day off. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

She boils water on the stove and spends a day at a great tin tub washing our shirts and socks, diapers for the twins, our two sheets, our three towels. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Nothing, however, would induce him to spend a summer surveying it. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

“You can’t make me spend my own money at a thrift shop.” Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

Well, your mother spends a lot of time there whenever Jeffrey is asleep or occupied, so I thought you might want to also. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Why didn’t you go and spend your money at the general store like everyone else?” Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

Garfield tried to relax by spending free time with his wife and children. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

If I’m going to die, I don’t want to spend the last few minutes being embarrassed in the biography aisle. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

At home I used to spend calm, pleasant nights with my family. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

I would spend a week trying to memorize words that, no matter what I did, I couldn’t spell right. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

One week turns into two, and I realize that Mitch and I have begun to spend lunches and almost every moment not dedicated to work or the pageant together. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Modern European and American children spend much of their time being passively entertained by television, radio, and movies. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

If one of those packages broke open on the street, he could plan to spend the next few years in a juvenile detention home. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You must say what you think, or else spend your Saturday with your head in a bucket and not in conversation with me. You understand?” Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

Part of the time I had to spend with my mother, reciting my catechism. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

We believe that we are always better off gathering as much information as possible and spending as much time as possible in deliberation. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

As soon as my mother and sister are asleep, I slip the pearl from the drawer and spend a second sleepless night clutching it in my hand, replaying Peeta’s words in my head. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

“I could never date a man who spends more time on his hair than I do,” she’d say. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

He says, “Mason, so much has happened in the last twenty-four hours. And after spending that time with you, I got an idea. I thought maybe we could start a new dialogue.” The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

Odenigbo had told her how, as children, he and the others, sent to sweep the village square in the mornings, would instead spend most of their time fighting over the fallen udala fruit. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Many people could tell him that Gale and I spend our Sundays hunting. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

No telling how he’d react to spending more money for more tests. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

They just don’t have the patience to spend much time with it. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

Especially being surrounded by the woods and spending most of his time studying the land for clues and traces of their friends. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

The night before going back to school, I spend a long time picking out my outfit, as if I’m getting ready for the first day of classes. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

I said no to the assignment only because I thought it would be unbearably frustrating to spend two months in the shadow of Everest without ascending higher than Base Camp. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

We spend the night in the dark, afraid that any light might signal our whereabouts to the Khmer Rouge soldiers. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Do those hijas de la gran puta know you have children in this Godforsaken hellhole? Do they know your children go barefoot and hungry while you spend the misery you earn on them?” When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

In fact I feel irritated and can’t help wondering whether I could have gotten the same result without spending $30 and three days on detox and bloat. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

You could spend your whole life in them, wandering through dark shelving. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

We used to spend hours playing with our Star Wars action figures and dueling with our lightsabers. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

“Like hell if I’m spending a night in the rain because of your thick head,” the old man said hotly. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

After spending half the day at National, we went to visit a small private college and a big university so we could experience how different they were. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

“I mean, the less time I spend on econ the better.” From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Was he going to spend months—maybe a year—with men who acted as though they had never seen him before? Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

We were the forty-fourth First Family and only the eleventh family to spend two full terms in the White House. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

The hosts of This Morning are agonizingly British—a middle-aged woman named Dottie in a tea dress and a man called Stu who looks as if he spends weekends yelling at mice in his garden. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

“You go back to Clairmont tomorrow. You tell Granddad how much you love Windemere. Tell him you want to raise your own kids spending summers here. You tell him.” We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

I tell her I want to spend the summer with her, not Dad. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

I decide to ask her about it directly, instead of spending the rest of the day wondering. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

She said our mother should spend all his money or at least buy everything she wants because he’s such a jerk. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

"Not all of us want to spend our lives grilling kebabs." City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

I spend lunch period in the counselor’s office pretending that the racist graffiti is still upsetting me, which is sort of true. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

Record companies spend hundreds of thousands of dollars on promotion, trying to get their videos on MTV, and if they can get them broadcast one hundred or two hundred times, they consider themselves very lucky. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

"Only reason I'm taking you to the Quad is 'cause I'm not gonna spend eight fifty on some karate movie or action feature about some outer-space somebody wanting to blow up the Earth." Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z

I spend the rest of lunch talking to Mrs. Medina about oral history projects and good questions, and then I wander over to my next class before the bell rings. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

He asked her to give up babysitting; they could spend more time together if she didn’t have to work every day. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

But I wasn’t looking forward to spending the rest of my days on some rock pile. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Why aren’t you helping? You spend your whole day at the Owl Club. You act like it’s not your responsibility.” The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Now we spend every day from July until the middle of August at Mrs. Hughes's Nursery and Day School. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

He was probably too busy with basketball and school and spending. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

The colored folks ain’t all that different from the white working-class folks, since Tuesday is payday for the cowpokes as well and they're all up in the saloon spending what little they got. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

“Did you spend the day worrying about Harrison and In the Time of Roped Pots?” she asked. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

He said he liked working there because when he got off he could go to the university and spend some time in the library. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

I could spend another night here, he thought. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

By the third day Ji-yong and Ji-yun had tired of spending their days in the park, so they stayed home with our Fourth Aunt. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I sure hoped my parents weren’t spending a whole lot of money for these sessions. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

How she spends her time when not performing. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

By my second year, it was natural for me to spend a typical day mediating between Frederick Douglass’s integration into America and Martin Delany’s escape into nationalism. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

I knew that eternity lasted forever, and a soul because of one mistake could spend that eternity in hell. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was odd to spend the night alone on our island. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

“You just got here. Surely you didn’t come all this way just to spend a few minutes and go back home.” The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

I’d rather make five bucks honestly and spend it knowing it’s all mine than fifty and worry about my back.” Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

And my shadow spends a lot of time walking in circles and staring into shop windows, pretending to look inside. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Since the murders, Harry and Hugo had been spending most of their time in their rooms. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z

He had more spending money than most boys and he knew Julius Caesar backwards, forwards, and upside-down. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Don’t spend more than five bucks and don’t buy anything except for ground beef. And keep the kids occupied as long as you can. I’ll meet you back here.” The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

I’d like an orphan sleeping in my house and spending Christmas with me. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

And maybe it’s just the fact that we loved Aunt Helen, especially me, and this was the time we could spend with her. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

My father expected me to attend an Ivy League university, where I'd make straight A's, play football, and spend my off-hours strumming guitar with the student jazz combo. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

Td also like to spend more time in front of a camera, so that I get used to the sensation of being taped. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

She would go on to spend much of the summer on Martha’s Vineyard, living with family friends until Barack and I arrived for vacation. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

While most of her workweek is devoted to commercial law, Justice spends Mondays in family court, representing families with the kind of problems hers had. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

“Not spending time with you either, is she? Avoiding you...avoiding the other boys... alone...” An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

“I don’t want you spending all that money, Mr. Pignati,” I said. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

Inej pitied the boy who might die alone with no one to comfort him in his last hours or who might live and spend his life as an exile. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

The four men didn’t know what would happen to them, but they knew they would spend the night in the cage. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

I wonder how much it would cost to spend the night here. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

But I could spend the rest of the afternoon, and evening, and night sitting in this car with Kasim. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

The foundation had an endowment of roughly $22 billion, which generated about $1.1 billion in annual income to spend on various projects, about half of it to improve global health. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

Instead he thought of how he and Shoba had become experts at avoiding each other in their three-bedroom house, spending as much time on separate floors as possible. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

After an hour or so with my mother, I left to spend the night at Mqhekezweni. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The family doctor had advised her to spend more time out of the house. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

I asked myself these questions when, after spending nine months in France, I returned to the United States for a five-week trip to twenty cities. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

I spend a lot of time reliving my last race. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

Erlan could’ve gone home, obviously, since he was right across the hall, but his parents said he could spend the night if he wanted. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

It was rare for them to spend their free hours together but she rounded them up from their preoccupations. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

“Can’t we take out a loan? I heard you have to spend money to make money.” Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Cade and I were spending the afternoon hitting golf balls at Vista Driving Range in Burnt Mill Creek. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

You spend time with people, you observe them and interact with them, and you come to know them—and that is what apartheid stole from us: time. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

She’ll spend too much time rosining her bow, and not enough tuning the strings. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

Ghosh told Ashoke that he had recently returned to India after spending two years in England on a job voucher, but that he had come back home because his wife was inconsolably miserable abroad. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Officials and lawmakers now had to balance any spending on science against other burgeoning demands—for social programs, highways, school buildings, and other physical infrastructure. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

“I think maybe you should spend some time in your room. Until you calm down.” Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Usually in summer I do lots of things by myself because my best friend, Melissa, spends the whole vacation in California with her dad. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘Not nearly as much as human beans. Human beans is crazy for sleeping. Is it ever occurring to you that a human bean who is fifty is spending about twenty years sleeping fast?’ The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The boy is troubled, Violet. The boy is unpredictable. He’s dealt with anger issues since he was little. This is not the kind of person you need to be spending time with.” All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Marcus spends his break in the parking lot as he travels from trunk to trunk with a paper Harpy’s bag. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

He was the sort of man who would become a British Israelite nowadays, and spend the rest of his life prophesying the end of the world by measuring the passages in the Great Pyramid. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

They have sketched-out legs and arms at their sides, but that’s the whole point of my brain maps—you don’t need to spend a lot of time on the legs or the arms. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

Instead, we could spend our days in our section. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

If someone bought her from her New York owners and brought her South before the Northern laws could free her, she might spend the rest of her life picking cotton. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

He’s been spending more time away from the house, staying later at school, going out to the bar in the evenings. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

They arrange to meet one day in Boston and spend the day together in Harvard Square. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

“All I could think was: ‘I cannot let Reggie spend a single night in jail.’ A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

The second option is to drop by my house when I’m not there and spend half an hour or so looking around. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

“I’m bad in school. I spend most of my time in ballet. But I’m not tall enough for that. Have you ever been not tall enough for anything?” It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

He would spend too much if he shopped alone. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“If you spend one night in some town, did you live there? What about two nights? Or a whole week?” The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Although Belknap had read much about the world’s fair and did want to see its future home, he did not relish the idea of spending a full day with Holmes. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

My brothers and I would spend days, even weeks, earning the horse’s trust, just so we could touch it. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Sal had a broken arm and three broken ribs, and he had to spend the night for observation. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

“I think we should take a break. Stop spending so much time together.” Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

“But you guys don’t spend any time together. Maybe what you like is some fake idea of who he is.” Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

Basically, we’re supposed to observe something that interests us and spend all year applying the scientific process to our capital-Q Question. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I’ve known Katherine for a long time, and the last thing she wants to do is spend another moment in the sheriff’s presence. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

Only the spending of your own is what does you harm. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z

“I suppose we should spend some time one day figuring out the best phone apps for news and information for you all,” the teacher says with a sigh. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

Know that the blacks who spend money in your store and help put food on your table and send your children to college cannot open their own stores. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’m hoping to spend some time with Cinna now, but Effie whisks everybody out the door and I have to make do with the promise of a phone call. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Strain your mind, spend your free time wanderin’ your thoughts, and think about this place. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Branwell is no better at golf or tennis than he is at basketball, but for the entire month he spends with them, he never gives up trying to be what they want him to be. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

It's a scheme we came up with to help earn some spending money. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

I spend the rest of the night staring into that blank space. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

I could go to the farmer’s market on the Broad; I could buy venison and pancetta and spend the day cooking. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

The men who were walking found themselves on an old Indian path, so they didn’t have to spend valuable time and energy carving out a trail. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

I want to make my own money to spend or save as I wish. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

You spend so much time working with the tiny pieces of a clock that your eyes get to seeing the finest things. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

It spends almost nothing—less than 3 percent of its budget—on research of any type, which is why no one knows how many mussels are extinct or even why they are going extinct. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

I think about spending the entire weekend indoors, and suddenly sledding doesn’t seem so unpleasant. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Instead of spending my days underground, I was studying or working in a law office where the only physical activity was running errands or putting files in a cabinet. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Auntie An-mei had saved two thousand dollars, all to spend on her brother’s family. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

She didn’t want to spend another night alone. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

We spend so much time celebrating the importance and power of family influence that it may seem, at first blush, that this can’t be true. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The only problem with spending time with him in the woods all day is that there’s so much space in there. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

She's so lucky she gets to spend it at the farm. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

And it wouldn’t hurt to spend a little time outdoors to put some color in those prison-pale faces. Ungifted 2012-08-21T00:00:00Z

I put the green outfit back on since it's not really dirty, just slightly crumpled from spending the night on the floor. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Bob the seagull had gotten a little too demanding about his bread, so on Friday, Emily went back to spending her lunch in the library. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Maybe it was his treasure to have wound up in that strange land, met up with a thief, and doubled the size of his flock without spending a cent. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

We would spend our time on the savables, contacting them and trying to win them over to our cause. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t know why they all think I spend the days studying,” she says. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

So even if Haupt had money to spend, there was nothing worth buying anyway, unless he wanted to wear clothes made of cellulose "wool." Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

Audrey hadn’t been happy that Jenna was spending so much time at my house, so I started inviting her over, too. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

Do I really want to spend the rest of my life eating salt beef and porridge with murderers and thieves? A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

It meant the money I made was just for me, and whatever I wanted to spend on Willy. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

So now I make it a point to spend time with her. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

My parents spend all of Sunday unpacking, and the towers of boxes around the apartment begin to disappear. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

I spend half an hour shredding up string-cheese sticks and cracking eggs. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

“I spend a good part of the year after the football season drumming that message into the students and the faculty that we are not second- rate,” he admitted. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Janae pulls out her phone and spends a couple of minutes scrolling. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

I was to spend Thanksgiving, spring vacation, and one month over the summer with Dad. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

I will miss her apple cake, but I’m happy that I get to spend time at Sara’s house. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z