| 单词 | behave |
| 例句 | That's not really a surprise, but it's nice to see thermodynamics being well behaved. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z I didn’t know if he was telling me how to behave at the dance or if he was telling me why he and Cecile never married. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z I sat down on the floor to listen to the song’s story, and noticed how strangely she was behaving. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z “She’s the weeping woman. And she comes to steal children who do not behave and go to sleep.” The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z And yet, if ever I don’t like the way someone behaves, out he goes! The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z They did not, in the first place, behave at all like contractors. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z But in the summer of ’46, my father recalls, Rajesh had begun to behave oddly, as if a wire had been tripped in his brain. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z This is precisely the way groups of one size or another, ranging from committees to nations, behave. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “No. You just have to remember that you are swimming in their home. You have to know how to behave when you are the guest.” The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z They were works in progress, malleable, and could be set on the right path if the law behaved like a stem but loving parent rather than as an instrument of punishment. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z I sat there numbly watching the naked prisoners with their hands on their heads being lined up in the yard, poked with rifles, and shoved around by troops who behaved like Nazis. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z But why did Grandma have to behave as though she was praying to God when pleading with them? March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z But this evening there were two emergencies, so Father told me to behave and to ring him on his mobile phone if there was a problem, and then he went out in the van. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z “Tell him I said he better behave. Or I put him on my prayer list.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z Because part of Flo’s attention now went to the new baby, Flint became upset and behaved like a jealous human child. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z Anatole behaved calmly, but his eyes were desperate when he looked at me. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z If she does not trust us to behave at a revel, she certainly will not trust us at a coronation. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z “Winky has behaved tonight in a manner I would not have believed possible,” he said slowly. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z We have seen, in this book, how a number of relatively minor changes in our external environment can have a dramatic effect on how we behave and who we are. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Instead they used a time-out chair, where I would be forced to sit still and be quiet for three minutes when I couldn’t behave. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z She was truly sorry for the way she had behaved. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z "If she can't behave herself here, she goes back with us, period! I'm not going to send them anymore to cause trouble!" How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z In evading and warding off wage increases, employers are of course behaving in an economically rational fashion; their business isn’t to make their employees more comfortable and secure but to maximize the bottom line. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Hoping your face behaves, not letting it betray anything. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z But Rachel began to behave very oddly whenever he came to the house. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Organs and organisms might behave according to the laws of physics and chemistry—but the genesis of life itself could never be understood through these laws. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z The Captain wanted our family to sit with him in the front pew, so we did, even Grandma who, I’m glad to say, behaved herself. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z No one is looking at him, but he behaves as though there is. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Of course, it’s not all right for girls to behave this way. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z Leo promised to behave— and then ignored the warning. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z And even though, as we knew, it was completely impossible for any of us to have babies, out there, we had to behave like them. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z Our class even had a discussion: The government may not be behaving as it should, but could we run our classroom a bit more like a democracy? Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z He urged me to behave in a way that brought only respect to Sabata and to himself, and I assured him that I would. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z "When you stop behaving as one! Drinking and gaming until all hours is not the mark of a man!" The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z Even the white faculty behaved in a servile manner to Reverend Harris, but Mr. Mahlasela would walk into the reverend’s office without fear, and sometimes would even fail to remove his hat! Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Eliza kept her eyes straight ahead, as if she had been trained how to behave in these kinds of situations. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z Ethologists are interested in how animals live their lives and why they behave the way they do. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z When Brittney talks to you, for instance, you get the feeling she is being polite and showing that she knows how to behave around those less fortunate than herself. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z Those who meant well behaved in the same way as those who meant badly. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z In Mendel’s experiments, every gene had behaved like an independent entity—a free agent. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z It had become obvious to me by then, from the way the doctors, the co-ordinator, the nurses were behaving, that they didn’t think she was going to make it. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z That led Americans to an inaccurate view of how their fellow citizens behaved. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z It was, to be charitable, a little awkward, and Turner kept sensing that Mrs. Newton was about to stick the steel point of her umbrella into any of the ladies who didn’t behave. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z “But I'm not, you know. I’m a perfectly ordinary, harmless bloke. And I think you are behaving splendidly over all this, perfectly splendidly. I take off my hat to you, I really do.” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z I could tell I was still behaving like an adolescent and it angered me. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z “She behaves funny. Even Jaja is strange. Something is not right with them.” Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z She says real low, “Betty Dean, I want you to behave yourself today in church, you hear me? Don’t think I didn’t see you and your friends passing notes during service last week.” Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z “You are behaving like a spoiled child, Kaede, which only goes to show that you are not prepared to take on the responsibility that this journey would entail.” Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z That was Grandmother, and no one expected her to behave any differently. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Someone must have talked to them about the right way to behave when somebody’s father died. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z Now, Blanche was in the office “behaving irrationally,” and she implored him to come to the Aircraft Loads Building to help the women deal with the situation. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z And how to behave if you should visit a roommate's family. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z Eleven was a number that was visually even, but functionally not—it looked one way and behaved in quite another. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z The principal problem they faced was that the electron sometimes behaved like a particle and sometimes like a wave. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z Mrs. de Vries is one of those people who behave as if the war is a nuisance happening in the periphery around her. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z As if he’d been a circus beast trained to behave like a domesticated creature, the mammoth dog left the dead man’s side and slipped out of our car through the opposite rear window. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z There were too many barricades, and at every one of them the soldiers behaved differently. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z For that moment, I was the one making decisions about how I would behave. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z He must want to see how I behave on the streets when I am alone. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z And throughout the whole beginning of the service, Ma would peer down the pew to make sure we were behaving, which was hard because we always sat in the row with the stinky Thomases. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z I am the boogeyman parents use to get their children to behave. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z "You tell him, Jake. Tell him either he must behave or get out." The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z He decided he needed to make absolutely sure that the people of the Soviet Union were loyal to him—or at least, that they behaved in all ways like loyal people. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z It hurt my feelings and made me feel as minuscule as an ant to see her behave that way. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z It’s not easy trying to behave like a model child with people you can’t stand, especially when you don’t mean a word of it. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z “Well, he’s here, and you must treat him with respect. Now get in there and behave like a proper señorita.” When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z Although he tried to sound humble, he was soon behaving perfectly naturally, standing over Mr. Lapham with his notebook in his hand, reading off exactly how those spoons had been ordered. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z “Let me first see how he behaves,” said she; “it will then be early enough for expectation.” Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z And now the cake was behaving very curiously for while the bottom was burning and sending out a black smoke the top was rising and falling glueyly with a series of little explosions. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z All of us, I suppose, like to believe that in a moral emergency we will behave like the heroes of our youth, bravely and forthrightly, without thought of personal loss or discredit. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z In other words, if one used equipment designed to examine electrons as particles, they would appear to behave as particles; if one used equipment best suited for detecting waves, they appeared as waves. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Fair coins behave well in a ratio sense, but not in an absolute sense. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Intoxicated, he was behaving as though, at the very least, he were a visiting World Controller. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z I behaved towards both Tommy and Ruth as though nothing special had occurred, and they did much the same. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z He was behaving with the beastly selfishness of Man, taking all he could get from one quarter, and then, when that was used, going to another. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z I don’t like anyone at this school, because all the boys here are plain dumb-acting and behave like they have no home training. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z Even when she behaved herself, the mother threw her daughter off just by her presence. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z “When I came,” he told her, “I was scared. Lonely, too, I think. And I behaved badly. I lied and stole. But look—now I am fine. I’m hoping to get my true name soon.” Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z Even in this situation, they would’ve wanted us to behave perfectly. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z We behave as brother and sister to each other, said Samuel The bishop smirked. The Color Purple 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z In our house on Good Friday we behaved as if a member of our family had died. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z She was supposed to exchange phone numbers, talk for longer, behave in all the expected ways. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Different people dress or behave or look differently. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z They behaved like animals, in that respect; or like women. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z She reminded herself to behave with dignity no matter what the circumstances. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z Byrnes seemed to think it could be used like a pistol, to scare the Soviets into behaving a certain way. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z All day, the elders behaved unnaturally in her presence. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z “I am entirely selfish,” he said ruefully, “and always hoping that someone will tell me to behave, someone will make herself responsible for me and make me be grown-up.” The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z He had a mind to make homecoming hard for them, seeing they would not think straight nor behave, or some would not. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z “Nne, don’t behave like a guest. Come in, come in,” Aunty Ifeoma said, coming out from the kitchen. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z “I don’t want to hear it. You will have no flowers and perhaps you will remember in the future how a lady behaves.” Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z None of them had met her either, but they all behaved as though they already knew her. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z The Agassi tape is a perfect illustration of our inability to describe how we behave in the moment. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z Though Baba wasn’t a clerk, Ammu said he often behaved like one. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z "Go naked for all I care. It might remind the mob that you're men. They're like to have forgotten after seeing the way you behaved out there in the street." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Professor Trelawney behaved almost normally until the very end of Christmas dinner, two hours later. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z I wished Mike would not behave so terribly to Cohn, though. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z They told their Bengali friends that Graham was well behaved, Ivy educated, earned an impressive salary. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z “So where were we, before I behaved so rudely?” he asked in the gentle cadences of an earlier century. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z He regarded the scheme as a perfect example of the inability of Americans to know how to behave. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z “Far as I’m concerned, it’s nothing more than an excuse for grown men to behave like schoolboys.” Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z Seeing that the priest had properly and assiduously observed all the procedures, millions of devout French Catholics behaved as if God really existed in the consecrated bread and wine. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z I was sure that few husbands behaved as strangely as Hamlet was behaving. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Come critique time, most students behaved as if the assignment had been to confine the stories in a dark, enclosed area and test their reaction to sensory deprivation. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z “Much better than you used to be. Someone must have taught you to behave.” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z “My children are very well behaved,” Mom answered. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Which of her four girls could fill in the blank of how they were to behave at the restaurant with the Fannings? How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z I knew that cats behaved in this casual way because they weren't needy. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z You have to know how to behave when you are the guest. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z He had, you see, no idea of how noble and free-born people behave. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z Newton believed, in part because shadows had sharp edges, that light behaved as if it were a stream of tiny particles. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z At the very least it does not behave the way other numbers do. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z I had behaved exactly the way I was supposed to behave. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z Ma Charles behaved as if she didn’t hear and that in itself was funny, but I didn’t dare crack a smile. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z She often told him that her friends envied her, and said he behaved like a foreign husband, the way he made her breakfast on weekends and stayed home every night. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z I’m behaving myself perfectly and I am getting no free tickets. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z Nevertheless, in a given environment, animals of the same species will tend to behave in a similar way. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z The rougher children found Francie too quiet and the better behaved ones seemed to shun her. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z I knew how to behave at a party, and especially one for birthdays. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z “But nothing. Now, you get yourself together, read the Twenty-Third Psalm, and don’t ever let me see you behave this way again.” Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Then again, I couldn’t believe Mama had spent her time with me telling me how to behave. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z With that test, I affected the way you behaved. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z "Do you behave like this with all women?" The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z But Paul Van Riper did not behave as the computers predicted. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z “Now, please try to behave yourself,” he continued, and he bent to softly brush his lips against mine. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z That was the way boys behaved, it was a phase. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z Her general drift was clear enough: we were all very special, being Hailsham students, and so it was all the more disappointing when we behaved badly. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z They didn’t want Josiah to know that the old horse had won, because Josiah always said that if they couldn’t make the horse behave, then they had no business riding it. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z I had never seen him behave this way. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z Bod said, “You’re missing the point, I’m afraid. You two need to stop this. Stop behaving like other people don’t matter. Stop hurting people.” The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z Visitors wore their best clothes, as if going to church, and were surprisingly well behaved. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z They did not behave like men, or ants. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z Tonight’s visitor seemed seedier than most, however, and behaved oddly. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z ‘Mr. Frodo Baggins is a real gentle hobbit, I always have said, whatever you may think of some others of the name, begging your pardon. And I hope my Sam’s behaved hisself and given satisfaction?’ The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z He only knew that they behaved as if they’d been insulted. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z “So, young Harry,” said Fred, in an uncanny impersonation of Percy, “mind you behave yourself.” Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z I used to threaten Ruth May’s life so carelessly just to make her behave. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z And while the great majority behaved properly, fleeing at the sound of Tehlu’s name and keeping their devilry within reasonable bounds, many did not. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z His maxim was, Behave well or behave ill, it is the duty of a master occasionally to whip a slave, to remind him of his master’s authority. Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass 1845-05-01T00:00:00Z They behaved as though they belonged to someone else. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z “Hello, Edward,” I said pleasantly, to show him I was going to behave myself. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z Such a movement is impossible, though, if those most committed to abolishing racial hierarchy continue to talk and behave as if a state-sponsored racial caste system no longer exists. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z The other boys were well behaved, except for staring at me, the newcomer. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z A few days hence he would sit down and write in his diary, “I gave Riefenstahl, who is behaving indescribably, a dressing down. A hysterical woman. Simply not a man!” The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Both men behaved, although they still had not shed their mutual distrust nor resolved their struggle for supreme control of the fair. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z How I wished that the Japanese would behave that way. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z However the man had behaved when faced with the Specters, he was no coward. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z And once exposed, it behaved as though it were itself a plant and flourished into a huge suede-gray flower that throbbed like fever, and sighed like the shift of sand dunes. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z “He’s actually apologized to me for how he behaved back then.” Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z The mockery made him feel an outsider; and feeling an outsider he behaved like one, which increased the prejudice against him and intensified the contempt and hostility aroused by his physical delects. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z The poorer children were, to her mind, often better behaved, less whiny, more creative in making use of their own time, and had a well-developed sense of independence. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z “You did behave very shamefully. You never wrote a truer line.” Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z But what was the point, the purpose, of my salvation if it did not permit me to behave with love toward others, no matter how they behaved toward me? The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z Emily wondered if they were being impertinent, for each twin seemed to behave as though his social obligations were halved. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z “Writing Mistress was the only one who taught anything worth knowing,” I concluded, “although it is helpful to know the proper way to behave, so one can decide whether or not to be proper.” Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z “If I should ever go to Brighton, I would behave better than Lydia.” Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z They couldn't dominate Death inside the hospital, but they certainly made her behave. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z One was the so- called wave-particle duality of nature at the infinitesimal scale: experiments sometimes showed light and electrons behaving like particles, and other times as waves. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z “Besides, I’m not sure I’m going to help you any more at all, after the way you’ve behaved; and calling me those horrid names, that’s like putting caterpillars in somebody’s hair.” The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z Octavia behaved as an exemplary Roman wife in spite of Mark Antony’s appalling conduct. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z “And now you are behaving as if you were.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z “There you go again, encouraging her to behave this way.” First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z She said if we behaved, we could sing Christmas carols. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z So, since we were almost convinced that our race had no culture, no smart people, we behaved even worse. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z Though Dr. Bright received only a mild reprimand from the church, he behaved as though his reputation were ruined. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z The teacher sat meekly behind his desk, a spectator stripped of the desire or power to make them behave. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z If they would behave themselves in captivity, grizzlies would be a fabulous meat production animal. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z “I couldn’t believe any commander would behave like that,” she said. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z “I want to stay. But, if you will sit down quietly for a minute, and listen, I promise to behave like a perfect gentlemen like one of your preux chevaliers, in fact.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z I will never know if he only behaved that kindly because he was a great soldier or a good person or both. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Such a, so well behaved, not surly like some of them, do their job and that’s that. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z Many blacks, having long been told to behave like second- class citizens—or else—simply obliged. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z But the light in front of the house behaved strangely. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z “He got at them, in spite of all that I could do, and they took up with him. They behaved very queer all the time they were here: wilful, you might say.” The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z “Look at the way he behaves as if anything you touch starts smelling like perfume. He really likes you,” Aunty Uju said, and then, face wrinkling, she added, “And even with your hair like that.” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z The letter finished, he tied it to Hedwig’s leg; she kept unusually still, as though determined to show him how a real post owl should behave. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z I had no right to behave the way I did, and want you to know that I am ashamed and terribly, terribly sorry. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z She did not behave in a romantic way toward her husband, and yet she had used the word to describe him. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z Mrs. Finley wanted us to behave like the young scholars she imagined us to be. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z "I can see right through your little plot, madam! And my answer is no! Matilda stays where she is and it is up to you to see that she behaves herself." Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z We didn’t have an upper register, so to speak, but only the middle range of our shared experience and ways of behaving, of joking around. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z I thought that was how a man behaved, so when I got upset, even as a young boy, I would throw things or kick the wall. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z He explained that little girls need to be instructed in how to behave appropriately around men, so as not to be too inviting. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z The week before, we’d all been given a lecture about taking the opportunity seriously and behaving appropriately. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z Even the boring Witness songs sound good to me, the words telling us how God wants us to behave, what he wants us to do, Be glad you nations with his people! Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z Standard Kalahari Desert meerkats do not behave like frogs. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z All the PTA mothers looked forward to sewing dresses, teaching their sons to do the box step, and giving assemblies on how sixth graders are expected to behave at the dance. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z He did not behave this way out of avarice; it was simply that his family no longer interested him. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z “Yes, Beatrice, we shall behave in a manner befitting the crown,” Henry says. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z Why did they have to behave like children when white people were around? March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z She averted her eyes and behaved respectfully around the monkeys, because she did not want a monkey to get a notion in its head to spit at her. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z How does a man learn how to behave toward a woman? Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z “How shall I behave here?” she asked, as they approached the third mansion. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z I visit them daily in their spacious glass dishes, and like any good mother I cajole, I celebrate when they reproduce, and I take special note when they behave oddly. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Reflected light like the glare off the sea was polarized; it might be that the shadow particles, when they behaved like waves as light did, were capable of being polarized, too. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z The fact that he put lots of time and thought into the gift selection made me feel that despite the way he had behaved, maybe he really did love me. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z In the Weinberg-Salam theory, at energies much greater than 100 GeV, the three new particles and the photon would all behave in a similar manner. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Then they looked at one another as if to ask, Why are they behaving so strangely? Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z I hope they start behaving so you can come back soon-I will even practice my finesse and keep pace with you when we walk- And I promise I will be yourfriend. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z I wondered how she would feel if she learned that the Negro before whom she had behaved in such an un-ladylike manner was habitually a white man. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z She said it was to see that we behaved, but I believe she was glad of an excuse to leave the sadness of the house. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z He was even more surprised at how familiarly Major Madu behaved, the way he sank into the sofa, got up to flip the album in the stereo, joked with the stewards serving dinner. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Sansa kept hoping he would tell Arya to behave herself and act like the highborn lady she was supposed to be, but he never did, he only hugged her and thanked her for the flowers. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z To make matters worse, America was behaving strangely underfoot. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z The regent never told me how to behave, and I observed him and followed his example. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Equally, Heisenberg’s uncertainty principle implies that particles behave in some respects like waves: they do not have a definite position but are “smeared out” with a certain probability distribution. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z I’m also capable of behaving sweetly when I need to. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z “I figured you might need some time. But this is absurd. A week’s gone and ... Well, then, as of tomorrow morning I expect you to start behaving like a wife. Fahmidi? Is that understood?” A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z Has he no idea how to behave in an art museum? Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z If he behaved naturally and did nothing to arouse suspicion, all would be well. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z “It is a proper way to behave. You do this and that, so the gods do not punish you,” said Amah as she fastened my frog clasps. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z There was only talk of what white people wanted and how they expected us to behave. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z “Stop behaving as though you love that boy,” Hector says. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z I told Miss Whitlaw about Father’s being mad, and I hinted a little about how he behaved like a dragon sometimes. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z “He knew himself, very well. We’d threatened half a dozen times to leave him at home if he didn’t behave.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Go through the Professional Assessment Rubric, and honestly appraise yourself in terms of how you behave currently as a student in your classes. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z "Over it! Holden, he's behaving like a perfect--I don't know what. . . He's in his room, dear. Go right in." The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z They behaved as though it were an awful sin to overlook even one of those unspoken rules and step out of “their place,” to cross some invisible line. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “Quite so. Miss Carmichael’s business with us is concluded, I hope. But I’m concerned to hear about these children who are being encouraged to behave badly. Why has nobody told this to a newspaper?” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z There was an eerie hush over the crowd, not unlike the way I’d seen folks behave outside the home of the deceased just before a funeral. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z "But you must behave," Mami said, going back to the same old Epistle. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z In the second moment he settled down to behave automatically, in the same way as he had always behaved with the quintain and the rings. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z I’m having trouble paying attention. “—doing some genetic analysis, which is fine, but before, we were developing a way to make the memory compound behave as a virus,” he says. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z He was thinking of his green worm, which had been behaving oddly, refusing to eat and hanging from the side of its box with its chin tucked in. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z I’m suddenly embarrassed about how badly I behaved during our history project. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z Not knowing how girls were supposed to behave on dates made me nervous. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z She began to behave as if she were a little mad. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z In college, then in graduate school, he behaves much as he always has. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Another thing I can’t stand is having them talk about me in front of outsiders, telling them how I cried or how sensibly I’m behaving. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z And Claudius had behaved like a man afraid for his life. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z At first I thought it was because we were by ourselves, so I whispered to Yonetta and Fern to be extra well behaved. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z He loved his son no matter how he behaved toward him, and he knew I could do as I threatened. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z When she stopped behaving in a reasonable way, she took away the only point of reference I had. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Again, if we knew how the Euclidean curved space-times in the sum over histories behaved at early times, we would know the quantum state of the universe. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z A week ago, I was at this house, reminding myself how to behave on a social call. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z They’d behave pretty well right up to the time Dad was going to take the picture. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z They were behaving as quietly and were as obedient to their leaders as those who had been so carefully picked for this work of destruction. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z It identified a group, and apparently it prescribed ways to behave and react. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z Well, by God, you’ll behave yourself before I’m done with you. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z Just as there is a way to walk in a room in order to make yourself stand out, there is a way of walking and behaving that makes you inconspicuous. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Tendai pointed at the front gate, which was certainly behaving strangely. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z To keep faith and understand more of how Gandhi behaved when his life was really hard. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z They saw a young black man, and he seemed to be behaving oddly. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z He was trying to behave himself but still get to me. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z “If I say yes, you two have to promise to behave. And I want you home by dinnertime.” Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z Cavall contented himself with barking wildly, biting their toes, lying on his back, trying to wag his tail in that position, and generally behaving like an idiot. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z In terms of ratios, coins behave nicely: the ratio of heads to tails gets closer to 1 as the number of flips grows. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z He’s the good son, the one they can trust to behave well! Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z “Wait. He’s mighty crippled up, so behave like nothin’ has happened.” Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z So why don’t employees behave in an equally rational fashion, demanding higher wages of their employers or seeking out better-paying 7 “Companies Try Dipping Deeper into Labor Pool,” New York Times, March 26,2000. jobs? Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z “Why don’t you come back when you’re ready to behave like a functioning member of society.” Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z And here at the couch, it should be mentioned, the sun, for all its ungraciousness to the rest of the room, was behaving beautifully. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z I was really upset by Ruth’s remark at the time, but it’s pointless now trying to judge her or anyone else for the way they behaved during those early days at the Cottages. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z For the past few minutes they had forgotten that they were stowaways on the school bus and had behaved as they always did at home. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z We do not like the notion that there can be collective societies with the capacity to behave like organisms. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Will, still watching, saw the cat behave curiously. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z “Now, you promise to behave yourself, or down you go, my friend,” Matthias shouted. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Other hobgoblins were the brainchildren of self-proclaimed experts who cooked up idiosyncratic theories of how language ought to behave, usually with a puritanical undercurrent in which people’s natural inclinations must be a form of dissoluteness. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z The boys who were so well behaved in the American school played tricks on them and talked back to them. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z I grunted, but I took my time despite the pain, remembering how Red Rabbit had behaved that other time. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z “And don’t come back until you can behave properly. You should be ashamed of yourself, Rhonda, a champion twirler like you.” Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z She behaves as though money were the problem. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z He hadn’t been in heavy combat before, and like many of the others, he was scared, not sure what to expect or how he would behave in combat. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z It didn’t behave like fog or smoke at all. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z The horrible conditions of confinement and their constantly being told that they would die in prison no matter how well they behaved meant that most of our clients had long lists of disciplinaries. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Whenever we shopped at the grocery store, they behaved as though they were worried about something. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Again he had behaved rudely to one whose friendship he most desired. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z Now it’s a bit hard to explain this, but some sort of understanding had definitely developed between the two of us about the way Ruth behaved in front of the veterans. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z “I saw him at the party, and what you tell shows that he knows how to behave. That was a nice little speech about the medicine Mother sent him.” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z “Your principal is suggesting a private school for your brother because of how you behaved today.” Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z “You do not need to understand. Just behave, follow your mother’s example. Light the incense, make an offering to the moon, bow your head. Do not shame me, Ying-ying.” The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z “But as long as you drive the cars and behave ” “—and don’t talk so other officers can hear,” Manera finished. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z I clasped my hands in my lap to show I was well behaved. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Bobby had behaved this way in his teen years, displaying unforgiving impatience toward any of his young followers who chanced, inadvertently, to displease him. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Flatnose was so tall and broad that beside him Dustfinger looked almost like a child and, indeed, the man took hold of him as if he were a badly behaved little boy. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z Among the farmhands, though, was a member of the Blackfoot Indian tribe named Levi, who behaved very differently from the coarse miners—being polite, gentle, responsible, sober, and well spoken. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z You may behave like a king at this school, Malfoy, but that doesn’t make us all your subjects. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z “If you three can’t behave, you can just leave right now.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z "He behaved rather well, too. He gets a little dull." The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z Tallow was behaving in too serious and friendly a manner. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z I says I know what you need you need what they did to Ben then you’d behave. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z “He is perfectly well behaved, polite, and unassuming,” said her uncle. Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z My mom had explained to him that the concert was going to raise money for his treatment, that he should thank people for coming, that he should behave himself like a gentleman, blah blah blah. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z In an attempt to keep me off the streets and out of trouble, my mother said one day: “No more streets for you until you behave.” Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Under time pressure, they began to behave just as people do when they are highly aroused. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z Modern quantum mechanics combines both ideas, and it is customary today to think of light as behaving in some circumstances as a beam of particles and in others as a wave. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z It worried Fielding, he was only used to people who behaved as he himself behaved, people to whom things were easy. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z Everyone behaved with complete presence of mind, and that included Phineas. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z "Nobody else would behave as badly. Oh, I'm so sick of the whole thing. And Michael. Michael's been lovely, too." The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z None of them had ever seen anything quite like it, and they weren’t quite sure how to behave in this new world. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Everyone wore wonderful clothes and behaved horribly to one another. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z Sound and light, Doppler argued, behaved according to universal and natural laws—even if these were deeply counterintuitive to ordinary viewers or listeners. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z Also—although this wasn’t as important—Dad did not trust Gram and Gramps to behave themselves along the way unless they had me with them. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z “It seems to me that you are sulking. If the Queen is sorry for what she has done, whatever it was, you ought to behave generously and forgive her.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Dad behaved himself pretty well during the tea, but on later visits he’d sometimes interrupt Mother’s parents in the middle of sentences and go over and pick up Mother from her chair. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z “We’ve always kept an eye on the fringe, which is the nearest genetically damaged area outside the compound. Mostly just research, studying how the genetically damaged behave,” Amar says. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z And the way he inclined his head her way, pressing his chest to the table edge — wasn’t he behaving politely? Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z Consequently, in order to understand how Sapiens behave, we must describe the historical evolution of their actions. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Robert was in high good humor, the Lannisters were nowhere to be seen, and even his daughters were behaving. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Whether because he angry at the way I been behaving or because he do have true respect for me, I don’t know. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z If you want to try it, I’m ready. 3RD JUROR: Well, finally you’re behaving like a reasonable man. 12TH JUROR: Check. Twelve Angry Men 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z He grabbed hold of my shoulders, his thumbs digging into the flesh at the tops of my arms, and told me to calm down, to stop behaving like a child. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z I do this as a tactic, to guess in advance how he may be moved to behave towards me. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z But I could read it every day in class if I behaved myself. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z “You can come, but you have to behave. Mama needs the onions done. She’s already got enough to worry about. She doesn’t need this, too.” Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z He was overwhelmed by their magnificence, and felt no need of Merlyn’s warning that he was to be humble and behave himself. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z “The new Nigerian upper class is a collection of illiterates who read nothing and eat food they dislike at overpriced Lebanese restaurants and have social conversations around one subject: ‘How’s the new car behaving?’” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z “You will sit down and behave like a gentleman.” Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z On a smaller scale, the electrical forces that cause the electrons to orbit round the nucleus in an atom would behave in the same way as gravitational forces. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Of course it wasn’t magic, but simply a way of behaving. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z “Either. Neither. Whatever. Just soak in the water and behave,” I say. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z This time Mr. Chris let her make the miracle happen herself, and she felt like a fairy queen with a wand as she made the high bubbles fall back and behave themselves. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z By looking at the collective motion of groups of atoms, physicists could predict the way matter behaves. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z To understand the global weather you must first collect a great body of meteorological data; you must discover how the weather actually behaves. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Rigorous tree-thinking demands that a complicated phrase behave in the same way as a simpler phrase in the same position. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z “Perrington tells me that you behaved yourself well on this trip.” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z If someone had laid out the consequences of their behavior, they would have unquestionably behaved otherwise. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z Second, cells often behave differently, even if they’re all from the same sample, which means some grow faster than others, some produce more poliovirus, and some are resistant to certain antibiotics. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z Or as Feynman expressed it, "things on a small scale behave nothing like things on a large scale." A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z Here they learn the rest of the lesson begun in those soft houses with porch swings and pots of bleeding heart: how to behave. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z He is behaving much as he does with his parents — he reasons, negotiates, and jokes with equal ease. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z “Perfect. Look at how it behaves in the torchlight. That’s perfect.” Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z The United States will have done something the French don't like, and people will behave as though it's all my fault. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z My grandma said she was behaving like a toddler. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z “If you start behaving like a grownup, the Specters’ll get you,” she said, but she didn’t know whether she could tease him yet or whether she should be afraid of him. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z They were behaving just like the voters did in the 1920 presidential election when they took one look at Warren Harding, jumped to a conclusion, and stopped thinking. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z He behaved well and didn’t once tease or say anything that might annoy Aurelia. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z It was behaving like the fictional Andromeda strain. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The small group of my friends seemed to have the same goals: to behave appropriately and make good grades. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z For once, he wanted War Admiral to be required to behave himself at the post. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z The men talked of nothing but hunting for a while, how they went here and there and missed and hit and how their dogs behaved. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z Frank Churchill’s confession of having behaved shamefully was the first thing to call for more than a word in passing. Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z “Just because something is a certain way, instead of just behaves a certain way, doesn’t mean it’s an ignoramus.” Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z Almost as an aside, he pointed out one possibility that other researchers hadn’t considered: all transformed cells seemed to behave identically to HeLa, he wrote, which could mean that HeLa was the contaminant. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z “They have no mother to tell them how to act, so they behave badly,” explained Sister Claire. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z “I have a motive. I didn’t behave ... I didn’t react the right way when she walked out. I didn’t panic soon enough. I didn’t call her soon enough.” The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z The thought of Henry not behaving made Naomi feel ill. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z In other words, the universe would have to behave the same if one replaced particles by antiparticles, took the mirror image, and also reversed the direction of time. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z “Let the guilt teach you how to behave next time,” my father would say. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z It said, “Your grandfather and I thank you from the bottom of our hearts for all you are doing at our house. I hope Mr. Beautiful is behaving. Yours, Miss Love.” Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z “The way you’re dressed. Your attitude. Do people really behave this way out East?” X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z She tells me behave myself and come home dancing. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z I imagined that he had all sorts of interesting stories about cities he’d visited and how rich people on trains behaved or maybe didn’t. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Uncle Bill replies, “Maybe we’ll make a snowman. But you kids have to behave.” Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z He behaved like a brute because he was rewarded for brutish behavior. after his arrival. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z They believed in dressing well, behaving properly, and being friends with the right people. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z I could read his innermost thoughts, and in his face I saw a look of helplessness and uncertainty as to how to behave, and at the same time a flicker of awareness of his masculinity. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z Finally, she said, “So that’s a good thing, right? Him promising to behave.” Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z Bad enough to be called Horse by Nick; now I was expected to behave as one. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z Many people were under the impression that I owned a badly behaved rabbit.” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z Yet as weird as these singularities behave, they were no longer mysterious to mathematicians, who were learning to dissect the infinite. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z When we are old and ill, and particularly in the coffin, It is no trouble to behave. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z I know that people might behave very differently in the same circumstances. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z You should probably instruct members of your clan to behave in similarly considerate ways. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z The lines were already formed on either side of the confessional, and the kids were behaving and quiet. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z But the moment I faced these three impeccably groomed women, I forgot my English and Mrs. Johnson’s lessons on how to behave like a lady. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z “Yes, dear, I know. Our kids aren’t so badly behaved themselves.” From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z However, a quantum car would behave in exactly this way. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z Around him, I should behave like a daughter, not a girlfriend. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z He behaved about it in his own way. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z You dress them in their best clothes and they behave their best to match them. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Meanwhile, his visits to the palace continued and he behaved impeccably. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z And everyone, he said, giving them each a grave look, should behave as if he carries the real thing. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z The Red Cow was very respectable, she always behaved like a perfect lady and she knew What was What. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z “Some men don’t know how to behave or where to look when women are in the open,” Dayah says. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z His strange appearance, however, was nothing to the way he was behaving. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z If I were an outsider watching this conversation, I would tell myself to stop pushing, that no one wants to help someone behaving childishly. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z He let me behave like a wild boar. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z La Perouse followed his royal orders to behave peaceably but complained that the natives “believed our forbearance inexhaustible.” Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z I do think Mrs. Long is as good a creature as ever lived—and her nieces are very pretty behaved girls, and not at all handsome: I like them prodigiously.” Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z To behave in a way that pleases Mother and Grandma. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Two weeks seemed to me ample time to prepare, but the company behaved as though Judgment Day were almost upon them and they must put not only their parts but their entire lives in order. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z “If any of those Christian white traders behaved the way their Bible tells them to live, they would all go broke.” Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z And now I find myself behaving exactly like she used to: polishing off the hall bottle of red left over from dinner last night and snooping around on his computer. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Her rules on how to behave as we began venturing out more into the world were detailed and always present. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z He made notes as he watched the birds, writing down what they did, how they behaved. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z But when Nailer thought about it, most of those words and ideas just seemed like good excuses for people to behave badly and think they could get away with it. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z “Could we take one last drink at the bar, Captain? If we promise to behave like gentlemen?” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z In the answer to that question is obviously the answer to the question posed by Bernie Goetz and the subway cleanup, which is how much influence does immediate environment have on the way people behave? The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z At the time, the journal preserved her dignity: she might look and behave like and live the life of a trainee nurse, but she was really an important writer in disguise. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z If it’s that important, you’d think somebody would be able to do something to make the Central High students behave themselves. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “Now look. Your brother is home and I expect you to behave like a good sister. I don’t want you leaving until you’ve had a nice long visit with this girl.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z Ma is always comparing us and asking why I cannot behave nicely like her. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z He published a paper suggesting that perhaps “transformed” cells behaved the same not because they’d become cancerous, but because they’d been contaminated by something—most likely a virus or bacterium—that made them behave similarly. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z She had behaved in exactly the same way, before Sister Gladys introduced her to underpants. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z No matter how much they wanted me to behave, to play by the rules of their little, fake Fullbrook paradise, I didn't have to. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z “H-mm, let’s see,” murmured the clerk, who always behaved as if the hotel might be full even though he knew it was not. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z The girl, however, remembered how they had behaved when she had smelled so bad, and so she told them that she would never go back to their house, even if they were her parents. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z “I know enough to know how to behave.” Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z They were both looking at her without expression, but somehow their lack of expression seemed like an expression of warning to her to behave herself. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z “No? I think he’s behaving very strangely. Henry and I were talking only yesterday about how brusque and contrary he’s become.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z “But what,” said she, after a pause, “can have been his motive? What can have induced him to behave so cruelly?” Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z Ess had never, in all those sleeps, behaved quite like this. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z Please, please," said the twins. "Go on," said Dorothy. The girls jumped off their chairs and clattered away. "You men go on inside and behave. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z He had clumsily fallen off Melyngar at the moment when speed counted most; at the oak, he had behaved like a child. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z Consistently do what is right in common situations and know how to behave and dress in normal situations. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z “Come,” I said sternly, “no more of this; we have had quite enough already. Get to your bed and try to behave more discreetly.” Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z Mrs. behaved herself, although I caught her shaking her head woefully when the pastor called Big Ma Mrs. Elijah Lucas and not Ophelia Lucas. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z He kissed his head and told him to behave. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z The two female Scholars sat up very slightly, though their daemons, either well behaved or torpid, did no more than flick their eyes at each other. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z I enjoyed Francis’ words, even though they lacked the casual sense of understatement known to be the correct way to behave in Cambridge. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z Perhaps tomorrow night, I could go on behaving like the runaway this woman thought I was. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z In war the innocence of a child is lost, and though the soldiers feel theirs is a worthy cause, they behave like children when trying to achieve their goals. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z "I hope you don't mind me calling you back to court. Though the king says I'm behaving like a finicky cat, and I should be embarrassed." The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z Her glare orders me to stop swinging my stick and behave. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Her legs had been covered with welts and bruises that Jordan had given her, trying, as he put it, to “make her behave.” Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Our parents demanded that we behave appropriately at home and in public. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z If only he could make his relatives behave. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z My parents behaved like she was really dead, and I wasn’t ready for that. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z But Cronin and Fitch showed that if one replaces particles by antiparticles and takes the mirror image, but does not reverse the direction of time, then the universe does not behave the same. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z “You will not behave like a Red Indian, Michael,” she said, loosening his hold. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z But Morgan’s fruit fly genes did not always behave independently. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z "Yes," she said, "if you promise to behave yourself. Would you like something to eat, my darling?" she said to me. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z As the evening wore on and the matches got really heated, Grandma India and I would behave as we behaved nowhere else. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “That old sourpuss. You’d think the man had a very unhappy childhood with the way he behaves sometimes.” Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z Tefu was always difficult, but from that point on he behaved much better. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “And is he behaving like a man that will deny his child? Aunty told me he’s even talking about coming to pay her bride price.” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z I thought about how my parents would have wanted us to behave in this situation. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z “If you say something he doesn't like, he will stop talking and start humming. Seriously humming, loud humming. How does a grown man behave so immaturely?” it was Monday morning. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z “On the beach? By himself? Does he behave himself on the beach?” Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z If they sometimes behave like actors in a historical drama, that is often how they regarded themselves. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z Bighorn sheep are suitable to us and similar to mouflons in most respects except a crucial one: they lack the mouflon’s stereotypical behavior whereby some individuals behave submissively toward other individuals whose dominance they acknowledge. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Having seen firsthand how loving families behave, he cannot bear the memory of the kind of son he once was. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z Still, if his hands behaved as they had done, what might he expect from his face? Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z How would I want someone to behave while I was talking? Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z “But this afternoon, I was still . . . undecided. I am sorry about that, it was unforgivable for me to behave so.” Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z They behaved as if it was not an honour to be allowed to the for Lothian. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z ‘And the landlord seems to have heard something. Why did he press us to join the company? And why on earth did we behave so foolishly: we ought to have stayed quiet in here.’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z Mo said, “It was him. He started it. If it wasn’t for him...they’d never have thought of it on their own. He’s the one we have to teach a lesson. Then they’ll all behave.” The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z What sort of person would, behave this way? A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z There was Link, seated among my attackers, laughing, joking with them, behaving as though he were a regular member of the group. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Great Ellen had never tried forcing or commanding them to behave or obey. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z If you ever do, you should behave as you would if you met an enraged rhinoceros out in the bush—climb up the nearest tree and stay there until it has gone away. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z She behaved as naturally, with such discretion, that she did not lose her composure, not even when Aureliano dropped the ring as he tried to put it on her finger. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z Once the lawyer had performed all the right rituals and pronounced all the necessary spells and oaths, millions of upright French citizens behaved as if the Peugeot company really existed. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z “We have to behave as if nothing important has happened. Come on!” Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z “And all I can say,” he added, “even if you are my Uncle—is that you’ve behaved like a coward, sending a girl to a place you’re afraid to go to yourself.” The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z They aren’t sure how to react—happy because I’m behaving, or angrier still that they have to be happy about such a minor thing as a kid who goes to class every day. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z He talked about China for more than half a day, explaining where to cross the Tumen and how to behave at the checkpoints near the border. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z If you have a strongly pro-white pattern of associations, for example, there is evidence that that will affect the way you behave in the presence of a black person. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z He delivered the bad news when needed and administered a strict, no-nonsense form of discipline that mainly worked by keeping students so in fear of the threat of getting in trouble that they behaved. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z Initially the dial is set at 1 g' and everything behaves as we have grown up to expect. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Piper and Isaac didn’t say anything but the dogs were upset and behaved strangely, as if the hum and the smell of our skin made them anxious. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z Where Aristotle had assumed that each element behaved differently, the new physics assumed that all heavy objects could be thought of as the same. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z My mom sounded upset, again, which was a drag, because ever since the plane tickets arrived she’d been behaving so well. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z Is he afraid that I cannot behave like a lady? The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z “I know because Aunt Goldie never yells at Peach or makes him behave!” Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Saints and angels could not have behaved any better. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z At meals with the aunts, on the boat with Granddad, even alone with Mummy—I behaved as if those two critical people had never existed. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z “No. You just have to remember that you are swimming in their home. You have to know how to behave when you are the guest.” The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z “I do not recall, in twenty-six years of teaching, feeling this sickened. You have behaved like a pack of hooligans...” Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z The answer to this seemed, almost unquestionably, No. Not only did he behave as if he wasn’t attracted to Bunny, he acted as if he were hardly able to stand him. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z “Go on, Percy. Entertain us. We’ll wait here with your friends to make sure you behave.” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z “What do you think, Cee? Have you behaved even worse than usual today?” Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z If researchers wanted to figure out how cells behaved in a certain environment, or reacted to a specific chemical, or produced a certain protein, they turned to Henrietta’s cells. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z “Now,” Kvothe said angrily, “you’ve both acted understandably, but that does not by any means mean that either of you has behaved well. So, we might as well start over altogether.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z They all behaved as though they were happy, “Take your seat and get out your pencil and notepad, and place your book bag beneath your desk,” the teacher instructed. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z They also behaved as though they were genuine friends with the people of color among their ranks, sharing work and laughter. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I'd never thought much about how Americans were viewed overseas until I came to France and was expected to look and behave in a certain way. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z It was all Jesse could do not to grab them and tell them how to behave in so obviously a sacred place. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z On the other hand, there seemed no point in taking particular pains to get hold of rabbits who were going to behave like Toadflax. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z On this particular Christmas, I was overjoyed to find a place where we belonged, where we could touch the merchandise and behave as though we were free and equal. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z “Mom, Uncle Stanley is behaving inappropriately,” I said. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z I would behave as if I had happened upon him by accident. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z “Well, I can take him out now, if you like. We’ll see if he behaves himself, but I don’t think he will try any tricks while I’m here.” Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z “Please. I have watched how your son behaves, how your wife behaves. I know what people who are stained with violence look like.” Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z How you behave going forward is what matters to us. The Crossover 2014-03-18T00:00:00Z It’s disturbing to see him like this, behaving as though he might have emotions. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z “I was very proud of the way you behaved, Joetta. What was wrong?” The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Henry and Willow are some of Mom and Dad’s old music friends who’d also had a kid and decided to start behaving like grown-ups. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z She looked gorgeous, she smelled great, she behaved well. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z He went to school and he behaved well in class, because outside of his Saturday night fighting he was polite and quiet. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z He behaved like this on four quite separate occasions. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z It had surprised her a little and saddened her a good deal when Nel behaved the way the others would have. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z Lancelot bounding to his feet with about six inches of arrow embedded in his rump, behaved exactly like Colonel Bogey—driven into on the second tee at golf. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 “Just who the hell do you think you are, that you can behave that way? I have never seen such insufferable rudeness in my life.” Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z “Your mother heard that the young man was behaving improperly toward you at the market.” Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “In their youth, mortals behave more like nymphs. Adulthood seems impossibly distant, let alone the enfeeblement of old age. But ponderously, inevitably, it overtakes you. I find it a frustrating, humbling, infuriating experience.” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z “So I was like, ‘You know, the way they’re behaving is the way I’m going to behave. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z If I see Matt now, he will behave. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z Jem dropped to his knees and began behaving like a snake healer. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z At first we couldn’t understand why people behaved this way. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z ‘You got to take it off or you’ll catch pneumonia when we go out again. Now you just behave yourself.’ The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z A great lady knew how to behave at tournaments. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Where specialists argue over the Ptolemaic record, it is over how deliberately and rationally—in other words, how “Greek”—the dynasty behaved in managing these challenges. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z “We should thank you for defying the instructions of your faction leaders? Thank you for trying to prevent one of your faction leaders from killing Jeanine Matthews? You behaved like a traitor.” Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z Lupita trailed the two of them, trying to behave with courage. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z If David Greybeard had been among them, they probably would not have behaved like that, I thought. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z Language, once it comes alive, behaves like an active, motile organism. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Parents who want their children to obey will tell them, “If you don’t behave, I will call the pinching man.” Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z “Just behave as if we were back at home,” said Hazel. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z She was searching desperately for another creature that behaved as badly as the human. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z They were so innocent, so vulnerable, so eager to behave decently. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z “To think we gave you another chance, and this is how you chose to behave.” Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z “What shall we do with that girl? She never will behave like a young lady,” sighed Meg, as she watched the race with a disapproving face. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z Monday, May 27,1935 As the day of Nat’s interview approaches, my mother behaves as if her nerves have rotted and fallen apart like old rubber bands. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z But he did have to behave as though he understood me. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z I’m expected to behave as if nothing has ever happened. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z “Please teach me how I should behave, then,” I said mildly. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z These women were all doing what’s considered to be a man’s job and were forced to dress and behave like men. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z He roared out songs at the top of his voice, some of them highly objectionable songs, and behaved himself in a way that was nothing less than indecent at the time of a funeral. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Treat him like a spirit worthy of my attention, and maybe he would start behaving himself. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “Do all children behave like this nowadays—like these brats we’ve been hearing about?” Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z But his hat behaved itself, and he stood patiently, allowing Ob to say all he needed to say. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z He was only trying to make his pack of pushing, shoving, grabbing relatives behave. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z Once she crossed the threshold of Building 1244, she entered a world of equals, and she refused to behave in any way that would contradict that belief. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z She had spawned one son, Francis, who in Jean Louise’s opinion looked and behaved like a horse, and who long ago left Maycomb for the glories of selling insurance in Birmingham. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z The easy answer is to say yes and wag a finger at those who are behaving badly. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z If the members of a particular “society” never behave cooperatively, their lives are likely to be, in Thomas Hobbes’s words, “solitary, poor, nasty, brutish and short.” Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z He wants Byrd to say more than “Frank can’t make it again” or Aunt Nancy to say, “I remember when your daddy used to behave.” A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z “I trust you will behave for them, Dimple?” When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z Everyone he knew in the camp behaved like a panicked animal at mealtimes. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z It is hard to imagine a solitary, independent, existentialist minnow, recognizable for himself alone; minnows in a school behave like interchangeable, identical parts of an organism. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Your unconscious was simply telling your body: I’ve picked up some clues that we’re in an environment that is really concerned about old age—and let’s behave accordingly. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z Once that line, that Tipping Point, is crossed, they begin to behave very differently. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “You’ve both behaved very well. Here’s some M&M’s for you!” Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z I didn’t know how to behave, or what to say to him. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z And fantasy it was, for we were not strong, only aggressive; we were not free, merely licensed; we were not compassionate, we were polite; not good, but well behaved. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z “Well, let them know. Let white people know. Like the Mafia or the Klan; frighten them into behaving.” Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z “What would she have said? how would she have behaved?” were questions with which she amused herself. Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z Fern and I waited for crazy to come out of our mother, but to our shock, Cecile behaved as if Big Ma wasn’t there. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z Ivy gulped and then coughed, using the time to get her stomach to behave. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z “You know, Julia, maybe if you knew how to behave yourself, to keep your mouth shut, your sister would still be alive. Have you ever thought about that?” I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z Miss Annie’s voice sounded like a teacher’s on a day when everybody didn’t behave. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z He behaved as though he had performed those same tasks many times before. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z At high energies all these particles behave similarly. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z However, experiments with large particle accelerators indicate that at high energies the strong force becomes much weaker, and the quarks and gluons behave almost like free particles. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z The energy of the field in those regions would behave like a cosmological constant. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z We behave as brother and sister to each other, said Samuel. The Color Purple 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z The way he was behaving was entirely new to him. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z ‘Edmund, you are behaving in a very uncivil way towards a visitor.’ I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z But Dewey, and some of the other investigators, seemed not to credit his story, and behaved as though it were a tale he’d invented to mislead them. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z “So behave yourselves and pretend you’re the good, proper citizens you masquerade as when you out and about on the boulevard, okay?” Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z And HeLa cells weren’t the only ones behaving strangely. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z It was the same anger he would show us when we let him down by not behaving, by not doing work or getting in trouble. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z I also have to behave myself, play well with others, refrain from throwing desks, as well as refrain from any “violent physical altercations.” All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z If anyone were ever to witness the moths behaving in such a coordinated way, they would have to grow suspicious that these were no natural creatures. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z "Now, go to your bedroom. The nurses are waiting with the leeches. You've had enough excitement for a week. The toxins in your blood must be high. It's what makes you behave this way." The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z “The factions, the video Edith Prior left us . . . all lies, designed to make us behave a particular way.” Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z Of course, every cat behaved like that, but all the same Will felt such a longing for home that tears scalded his eyes. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z They behaved in a way that defines a word I would learn later—kowtow. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Oh, when I was at home I tap the little ones on the behind to make ’em behave, but not hard enough to hurt. The Color Purple 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z “Very well, Miss Larsen. I will look into other possibilities, and leave you in charge of Dorothy for a few days. Young lady, I trust that you will be appropriately polite and well behaved.” Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z “No. Sometimes if a child is really badly behaved, they take them in. They never get out till they’re sixteen. They never see their parents again.” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z Wretched, in a word, because she had behaved as any healthy and virtuous English girl ought to behave and not in some other, abnormal, extraordinary way. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z Diminishing or augmenting chords does strange things to the way they behave. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z We get the drill about behaving, things being old, and how we’re not supposed to touch them. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z “The factions were our predecessors’ attempt to incorporate a ‘nurture’ element to the experiment—they discovered that mere genetic correction was not enough to change the way people behaved. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z So I got cross, because L don’t like shopping at Christmas, either, and I told you to behave and I tried to pick you up and move yoh. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z He didn’t know how people behaved in the outside world. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Guth suggested that the universe might behave in a similar way: the temperature might drop below the critical value without the symmetry between the forces being broken. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z And on the sidewalk Mrs. Wilson had to whip her to make her behave. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z Joined together, the great mass of human minds around the earth seems to behave like a coherent, living system. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “You must never behave as if your life belongs to a man. Do you hear me?” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z And Tad thought he couldn’t have felt any worse about how he’d behaved. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z That is how the baboons behaved, and the people saw it and talked amongst themselves of the laziness of baboons. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z Or why I always behave very differently when I’m in the company of others? The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z “As long as you behave and do like I tell you.” The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z Meanwhile, Ziggy finishes doing his business and looks up at us, like he’s both proud of what he’s done and confused by how we’re behaving. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z I want to tell him how the stewardess gave us wings to pin to our blouses and shirts and told Mama we were beautiful and well behaved. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z And how well behaved their children would be if they were all made of wax. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z In fact, they behaved a lot like Tam Lin. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “No one expects her to behave like a grown woman yet, but she has to move into her husband’s house,” said Uncle Kufa. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “And you two better behave. No fighting and no being rude.” Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z Nobody presents you with a handbook when you’re teething and says, “Here’s how you must behave as a second-class citizen.” Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Never had Gebu behaved so innocently, never had a man seemed so devoted to his own courtyard and nagging wife as Wenamon. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z I was a fool for behaving so much like myself. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z The country is in mourning and we must behave respectfully, announces the mayor. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z However, my question of “Why?” got bigger and bigger as I saw the way they behaved in the presence of white people. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z They had never seen animals behave like this before, and this sudden uprising of creatures whom they were used to thrashing and maltreating just as they chose, frightened them almost out of their wits. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z We are Sinclairs, after all, and Sinclairs do not behave like I was behaving. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z Some people can not be fixed, if he behave like an animal then he should be treated like one, one wrote. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z “Those little fools. They never can behave themselves.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “But, Papa! I don’t always like to behave!” A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z “That’s evident, by the way you racket downstairs. Come to your tea, sir, and behave like a gentleman.” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z Your grandmother was not teaching me how to behave in class. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z The judge reminded us all to behave ourselves and chewed out a couple of photographers for taking pictures in the courtroom; then the trial began. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z “You may have it, you may! Only don’t stain it, and do behave nicely. Don’t put your hands behind you, or stare, or say ‘Christopher Columbus!’ will you?” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z He felt bad for her—it was hard to imagine living in a house where the grownups behaved so idiotically. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z He said there was no corresponding word that meant to behave like a sister. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z It was more casual, and the children didn’t behave as well. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z Nobody presents you with a handbook when you are teething and says, “Here’s how you must behave as a second-class citizen.” March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z If all those cells were in fact HeLa, it would mean that millions of dollars had been wasted, and researchers who’d found that various cells behaved differently in culture could have some explaining to do. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z That’s my fault, of course, because I behaved stupidly, like a child, because I didn’t like feeling rejected. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z But the great beast was not behaving like a great beast, to such an extent that the hyena had taken liberties. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z Thermodynamics is the study of the way heat and energy behave. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z Dusty had promised to drop the criminal charges only if Dad agreed to behave. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z “I would far rather burn my whole book,” he told Lyell, “than that he or any man shd think that I had behaved in a paltry spirit.” Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Either the students would have to change the way they behaved, or I would have to devise a better plan to protect myself. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z People in the lane say that’s a peculiar way for a dog to behave but then what would you expect from a dog of the McCourts. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z Mr. and Mrs. Das behaved like an older brother and sister, not parents. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z “The first thing was that the fire didn’t behave the way it was supposed to,” Klein says. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z “I am also very embarrassed by how I handled myself in this situation. I give you my solemn vow that 1 will never behave in that manner again.” A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z “Why is your mother’s behavior acceptable because she’s a village woman? I know village women who do not behave this way.” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z “I think you’d better listen to me instead of behaving in this uncontrolled way,” he said. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z We behaved badly at every turn and received more class reprimands than any other class in the school’s history. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z When a teacher tries to make him behave by smacking him with a large ruler, Enrique grabs the end of the ruler and refuses to let go, making the teacher cry. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z The challenge set by Descartes was, of course, that of building an automaton that could behave like an animal. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z She had been a quiet little thing of seven, well behaved and obedient. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z “It’s slanderous. It defames my good name. It’s a shameful way for a member of the Arcanum to behave.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z I said, “You don’t behave like an ambassador, sir. You behave like a politician.” Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z When he saw the mud on his legs, he roared in anger and asked Hyena why he had behaved in so selfish a manner. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z “All right — I only came in here because people outside are behaving very childishly, racing up and down the corridors,” said Hermione in a sniffy voice. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z She could barely think of anything to write on the first side— just that other people would think they were sinners if they did not behave on Sundays. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Corinthians agreed, and the result was a pair of middle-aged lovers who behaved like teen-agers—afraid to be caught by their parents in a love relationship they were too young for. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z “You must promise to behave well, and not cut up any pranks, and spoil our plans.” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z Whereupon Nancy had behaved like one; curtsying in her hoop-skirted costume, she had asked if she might drive into Garden City. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z She ran the Menagerie, procured the girls, made sure they behaved. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z The white reporters wrote my words down and behaved as if what I said was very important. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The men were furious at having been tricked into behaving politely to this insignificant fellow with the unsavoury reputation and the heretical opinions. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z We took both the girls out to dinner and behaved ourselves. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z He’s going to lecture me about how I behaved in group today. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z She behaved as if someone else had already told her, before we got there. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z She kept telling him to sit still and behave himself. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z People behaved much better, were more polite, more understanding when Milkman was drunk. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z But if I could handle it, it seemed like the least they could do was behave during our last days together. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z It seemed about to make another run—at us this time—when a voice from behind commanded it to “Sit down and behave!” Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z It was a tradition in the neighborhood that if a child reported that he had been whipped in school, he would receive a second homewhipping because he had not behaved in school. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Let us so live in this trying time that when it is all over we islanders can look one another in the eye with the knowledge that we have behaved honorably and fairly. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z It was also found that the weak force did not obey the symmetry C. That is, it would cause a universe composed of antiparticles to behave differently from our universe. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z When it came to matters of grave importance, she behaved emotionally and irresponsibly and left it to others to straighten out. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z “But I warn you, Miss Lumley! If they behave like wild animals at my party tomorrow, I will implore my husband to set them loose in the woods again, where they belong!” The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z Though I am only able to show respect now, he thought, to behave towards my father as I should, because he is dying, he is almost gone away from me. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z “You know what I meant. I didn’t want him to start behaving like these people and thinking that everything that happens to him is because he’s black.” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z “Well, maybe you need to expand your idea of how girls behave,” Dimple replied, grinning. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z The adults around me behaved so strangely that their images became a freeze-frame, forever preserved in my mind. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Elizebeth also had to search for signs of hostile actions—anything from a foreign warship laying mines to submarines behaving strangely off the American coastline. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z He tells them in a low Korean as they stand like soldiers before him, You two behave tonight while I’m out. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z So after that she behaved pretty well, only one time she asked to see a statement of the bank account. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z “If you don’t start showing respect, all the little ones are going to behave badly.” The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z I was always quiet and I behaved, so the teachers left me alone. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z They awoke later than usual, which was understandable given their missed bedtime, but in all other respects, they behaved as if it were a normal day. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z Lynn was better behaved than I was, of course, and so was Sam. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z And like any parent with a child, Uncle was hurt and angry when Windrider did not behave as Uncle wanted. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z You get in that bed while my foots behaves. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z As far as Ralph could see, teachers behaved like ordinary people except that, unlike parents, they said, “Oh, dear, school will soon be starting.” Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z “We will let it go this time. From now on,” he said to Lina, “behave yourself.” The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z She behaved as much like a soldier as a wife. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The attempt to tame the wild creatures, for instance, broke dow'n almost immediately.They continued to behave very much as before, and when treated with generosity, simply took advantage of it. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z At first I thought it was because we were by ourselves, so I whispered to Yonetta and Fern to be extra well behaved. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z It seemed to him and his gyptian companions that the inundation had a stranger source than the weather because it had begun to cause curious illusions and to behave in unexpected ways. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z No one knew enough to connect butterflies with their pupae, and neither had they recorded what various caterpillar specimens ate or how they behaved as they grew. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z I am coming to a part you will not like at all, because in it I did not behave well, but I will try nonetheless to leave nothing out. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z And Gaylyn didn’t know the full story—just how the lies tortured Reggie and left him questioning how he behaved when forced to confront difficult truths. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z |
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