USE in Classic Quotes

1  We're gettin used to the idea.

The Outsiders By S. E. Hinton
Context   In Chapter 5

2  "You've got quite a mom," Dally used to say.

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Context   In Chapter 3

3  I used to watch them, too, before I got so busy.

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Context   In Chapter 3

4  I stretched out and used Johnny's legs for a pillow.

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Context   In Chapter 4

5  I used to go all the time, even after Mom and Dad were gone.

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Context   In Chapter 4

6  "Well, we got to get used to it," Johnny said with finality.

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Context   In Chapter 5

7  It belonged to a guy who kept it at the stables where Soda used to work.

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Context   In Chapter 3

8  I'll wake up at home or in the church and everything'll be like it used to be.

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Context   In Chapter 7

9  Or he used to be bucktoothed before he had the front two knocked out in a fight.

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Context   In Chapter 4

10  It's like the term "greaser," which is used to class all us boys on the East Side.

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Context   In Chapter 1

11  I suddenly thought of my long hair, combed back, and the slouching stride I used from habit.

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Context   In Chapter 4

12  One time in biology I had to dissect a worm, and the razor wouldn't cut, so I used my switchblade.

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Context   In Chapter 1

13  He'd have to stay in that house he hated, where he wasn't wanted, and things could never be like they used to be.

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Context   In Chapter 7

14  I used to like to draw his picture when he was in a dangerous mood, for then I could get his personality down in a few lines.

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Context   In Chapter 1

15  He would slap Darry on the back and tell him he was getting to be a man, a regular chip off the block, and they would be as close as they used to be.

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Context   In Chapter 3

16  We were used to seeing Johnny banged up--- his father clobbered him around a lot, and although it made us madder than heck, we couldn't do anything about it.

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Context   In Chapter 2

17  I would have a yeller cur dog, like I used to, and Sodapop could get Mickey Mouse back and ride in all the rodeos he wanted to, and Darry would lose that cold, hard look and be like he used to be, eight months ago, before Mom and Dad were killed.

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Context   In Chapter 3