Search Classic Quotes by Word or Phrase

Simple words can express big ideas - learning how great writers made excellent sentences with familiar words just needs a few clicks. We list the most frequent words searched on this web site; however, you can input your words to search on demand.
Stories of USA Today
Materials for Reading & Listening Practice
 Search Panel
Word:
You may input your word or phrase.
Author:
Book:
 
Stems:
If search object is a contraction or phrase, it'll be ignored.
Sort by:
 Helps
  • Step 1: select a word, or input your word;
  • Step 2: select a book;
  • Step 3: select a search method, and do it.
Note: if the searched results are more than 17, we will show the first 17 sentences for non-VIP users.
Quick Search by Books
(Hot books, sentences only)
Brave New WorldThe Catcher in the RyeFahrenheit 451A Farewell to ArmsTo Kill a MockingbirdLord of the FliesOf Mice and MenThe Old Man and the SeaThe OutsidersThe Wonderful Wizard of Oz
(Sentences and contexts)
The Great GatsbyNineteen Eighty-FourAnimal FarmFrankensteinThe OdysseyPride and PrejudiceGreat ExpectationsThe Picture of Dorian GrayEthan FromeAdventures of Huckleberry FinnA Doll's HouseThe Adventures of Sherlock HolmesThe Adventures of Tom SawyerThe AeneidAlice's Adventures in WonderlandAndersen's Fairy TalesAnna Karenina 1AnthemA Portrait of the Artist as a Young ManArms and the ManA Study In ScarletThe AwakeningBetween the ActsThe Call of the WildCandideA Christmas CarolThe Count of Monte CristoCrime and PunishmentDavid CopperfieldDead SoulsDiscourses on the First Decade of Titus LiviusDraculaDublinersFathers and ChildrenGone With The WindGrimms' Fairy TalesGulliver's Travels 1HamletHard TimesHeart of DarknessThe Hound of the BaskervillesHouse of MirthThe Importance of Being EarnestThe Inspector GeneralIvanhoeJane EyreDr. Jekyll and Mr. HydeJulius CaesarThe JungleKing LearLady Chatterley's LoverThe Last of the MohicansLes Misérables 1Little WomenMacbethMain StreetMansfield ParkThe Memoirs of Sherlock HolmesThe Merchant of VeniceMetamorphosisA Midsummer Night's DreamMoby DickMy AntoniaThe Narrative of the LifeNorthanger AbbeyNotes from the UndergroundOliver TwistOthelloPersuasionThe PrincePygmalionThe Red Badge of CourageReturn of the NativeThe Return of Sherlock HolmesRomeo And JulietThe Scarlet LetterThe Sea-WolfThe Secret GardenSense and SensibilityThe Souls of Black FolkA Tale of Two CitiesThe Taming of the ShrewThe TempestTess of the d'UrbervillesThe Three MusketeersThe Time MachineTreasure IslandThe TrialUncle Tom's CabinUp From Slavery: An AutobiographyWar and Peace 1The War of the WorldsWhite FangThe Wind in the WillowsWuthering Heights
 100 Latest Quote Searches
Latest Quote Searches
EYES in White Fang by Jack London
SEASONS in Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
LIGHT in Othello by William Shakespeare
ACQUIREMENT in Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
WRETCHED in Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
THE MAIDS in The Odyssey by Homer
QUALITIES in Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
BEAUTIFUL in Andersen's Fairy Tales by Hans Christian Andersen
DON'T KNOW in The Outsiders by S. E. Hinton
BEAUTIFUL in A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
TWO in Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky
EYES in Dracula by Bram Stoker
LOVED in The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
PAVEL in My Antonia by Willa Cather
FRIENDS in Persuasion by Jane Austen
COLORED in The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
DESPAIR in David Copperfield by Charles Dickens
BREATH in The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
WEENA in The Time Machine by H. G. Wells
GIRLS in The Outsiders by S. E. Hinton
GONE in Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
PHOTOGRAPH in The Return of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle
BOYS in Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
THANKFUL in Hamlet by William Shakespeare
SHOE in Grimms' Fairy Tales by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm
GIRL in My Antonia by Willa Cather
LOVE in To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
SODA WAS in The Outsiders by S. E. Hinton
FIRE in A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
LITTLE in Lord of the Flies by William Golding
DIVIDE in The Odyssey by Homer
THREW in The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
RED in Moby Dick by Herman Melville
RASKOLNIKOV in Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky
ASCANIUS in The Aeneid by Virgil
HENRY FOSTER in Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
JERKS in The Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger
HUMAN in The Time Machine by H. G. Wells
ARRESTED in Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell
WORDS in To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
FRIEND in The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle
NOBLE in King Lear by William Shakespeare
CHANGE in Dracula by Bram Stoker
ANYTHING in To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
SOMEBODY in The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
STRANGE in Anthem by Ayn Rand
PART in The Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger
SUCCESS in The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle
GROW in The Jungle by Upton Sinclair
THE CITY in Les Misérables 1 by Victor Hugo
HAPPINESS in Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell
BURNING in The Outsiders by S. E. Hinton
LOSE in The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
CARTHAGE in The Aeneid by Virgil
END in The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
PAST in The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
RUN in The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
HOUSES in The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
LIGHT in Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka
TREES in A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
LOOKED in Animal Farm by George Orwell
ROSES in The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne
FOUND in The Narrative of the Life by Frederick Douglass
DEEP in A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway
SCARES in The Outsiders by S. E. Hinton
MACHINES in Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
FAIR in The Outsiders by S. E. Hinton
WORK in Othello by William Shakespeare
BEFORE in The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne
FIVE YEARS in The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
OWN in The Outsiders by S. E. Hinton
DARK in Notes from the Underground by Fyodor Dostoevsky
DREAMS in The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
EYES in Dubliners by James Joyce
SECRET in Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
LONGBOURN in Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
I in The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde
LITTLUNS in Lord of the Flies by William Golding
PRIVATE in A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
CRYING in Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
GIRL in David Copperfield by Charles Dickens
QUIET in Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
CLOUDS in Great Expectations by Charles Dickens
ANIMALISM in Animal Farm by George Orwell
ALWAYS in Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
THOUGHT POLICE in Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell
MISERY in David Copperfield by Charles Dickens
LINDA in Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
SILENCE in Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
SILENCE in Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
JUMPED in Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
FEAR in Grimms' Fairy Tales by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm
CAVE in Les Misérables 1 by Victor Hugo
RADLEY in To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
SUSAN in Mansfield Park by Jane Austen
IMAGINATION in Gone With The Wind by Margaret Mitchell
EGGS in Animal Farm by George Orwell
HELD in Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka
BANK in The Trial by Franz Kafka
DON'T in A Doll's House by Henrik Ibsen
SOUL in Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
MOTHER in The Aeneid by Virgil
HOME in Lord of the Flies by William Golding
FORTNIGHT in Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
OVERCOAT in The Return of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle
RABBITS in Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
KICHE in White Fang by Jack London
PAIN in A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
CANDIDE in Candide by Voltaire
SCIENCE in Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
BROKE in A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
DEATH in Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
STOP in The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
DIDO in The Aeneid by Virgil
NAME in Persuasion by Jane Austen
CARE in Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
EPSILON in Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
DOOR in Tess of the d'Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy
OUTSIDER in The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
KIND in The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas
WITHOUT in Lord of the Flies by William Golding
MONEY in Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka
SHERLOCK in The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle
ENGAGED in Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen
KILLED in The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
BID in Grimms' Fairy Tales by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm
LOVE in Macbeth by William Shakespeare
KNOWN in The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
NEED in The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne
ECHO in The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
CLEAR in Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen
CHAINS in Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad
DELTAS in Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
SLEEP in Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte
DEATH in Return of the Native by Thomas Hardy
COME in The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
ACTUALLY in Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
WIFE in Anna Karenina 1 by Leo Tolstoy
TREE in Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad
SHADOWS in The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle
SPIRITS in Dracula by Bram Stoker