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.
Free Online Vocabulary Test
K12, SAT, GRE, IELTS, TOEFL
 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
KILLING in Othello by William Shakespeare
AWAY in Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
CHERRY in The Outsiders by S. E. Hinton
GRATEFUL in David Copperfield by Charles Dickens
HOSPITAL in The Outsiders by S. E. Hinton
EXCUSE in Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
KATHERINE in The Taming of the Shrew by William Shakespeare
CHURCH in The Outsiders by S. E. Hinton
TREASURE in Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson
ATTENTIVE in Persuasion by Jane Austen
MAJOR in Animal Farm by George Orwell
PERFECTIONS in Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
TRIBE in Lord of the Flies by William Golding
RAIN in Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen
ORDER in Grimms' Fairy Tales by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm
THOUGHT in Mansfield Park by Jane Austen
SUFFERING in Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
HORSESHOES in Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
REMORSE in Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
LEARN in The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas
TROY in The Odyssey by Homer
SOCIETY in The Awakening by Kate Chopin
SCIENTIFIC in The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
CORRUPTION in The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
BELLS in A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
MOTHER in Hamlet by William Shakespeare
NIGHT in Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen
WALLS in Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
DOGS in Animal Farm by George Orwell
DUST in Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell
SMILE in The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle
FRIEND in The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame
HAIDEE in The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas
GREAT in House of Mirth by Edith Wharton
BOXER in Animal Farm by George Orwell
INDEPENDENCE in Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
EVENING in Animal Farm by George Orwell
FLAT in Moby Dick by Herman Melville
LINE in Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell
DESTRUCTIVE in The Odyssey by Homer
DEATH in Macbeth by William Shakespeare
SCIENCE in Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
DICKON in The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett
BURDENS in Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
AGE in Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
GIRLS in The Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger
SHALL in Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
SAIL in Moby Dick by Herman Melville
MRS. FERRARS in Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen
GOD in Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky
VAIN in Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
THE SOUND in The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
ORGAN in The Souls of Black Folk by W. E. B. Du Bois
CHEERFULNESS in Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
TREE in Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
WAR in The Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger
GRADUATED in Up From Slavery: An Autobiography by Booker T. Washington
ISOLATE in Tess of the d'Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy
OUTSIDE in The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
ALTERNATIVE in Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens
JUSTICE in The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare
LIKE in Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell
WILDNESS in The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne
SLEEP in War and Peace 5 by Leo Tolstoy
HOUR in A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
MOON in Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
JEM in To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
RUMBLES in The Outsiders by S. E. Hinton
RABBITS in Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
SHOE in To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
MARRY in Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
AMAZE in Anna Karenina 1 by Leo Tolstoy
MISERABLY in Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
THE in Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
STAKE in Dracula by Bram Stoker
TIME in A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
BEES in Anna Karenina 1 by Leo Tolstoy
ESTEEMS in Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen
SUCCESS in Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
DISTANCE in Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
DESIGNED in Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
HEARTS in The Odyssey by Homer
DINNER in A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
KNIFE in Dracula by Bram Stoker
HE AIN'T in Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
GIRL in The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle
BOY in The Outsiders by S. E. Hinton
WATCHED in House of Mirth by Edith Wharton
FORGIVE in Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen
SMILE in Lord of the Flies by William Golding
FATHER in The Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger
NAPOLEON in Animal Farm by George Orwell
NIGHT in Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad
HENRIETTA in Persuasion by Jane Austen
SATISFACTION in Anna Karenina 1 by Leo Tolstoy
AFTER in Animal Farm by George Orwell
ENOUGH in The Outsiders by S. E. Hinton
RESCUED in Lord of the Flies by William Golding
TWO in Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
HOME in The Awakening by Kate Chopin
DEAD in The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle
POWER in Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
NEED in Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell
COUNTENANCE in Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
SAMNERIC in Lord of the Flies by William Golding
DAY in Dracula by Bram Stoker
WOMAN in Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen
MURDER in Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
FAITH in Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe
MATCH in Mansfield Park by Jane Austen
SUITOR in The Odyssey by Homer
MAGAZINES in The Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger
HUMANITY in Lady Chatterley's Lover by D H Lawrence
BENJAMIN in Animal Farm by George Orwell
HOUSE in The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne
MISS SKIFFINS in Great Expectations by Charles Dickens
GOLD in The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
OCCASIONAL in Gone With The Wind by Margaret Mitche
HUMANITY in The Narrative of the Life by Frederick Douglass
LOVE in King Lear by William Shakespeare
INGSOC in Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell
DESIRE in Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
GATESHEAD in Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
CLUB in The Call of the Wild by Jack London
MANNERS in My Antonia by Willa Cather
WILDERNESS in The Last of the Mohicans by James Fenimore Cooper
SLEEP in The Odyssey by Homer
REPRESENTS in The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne
JONES in Animal Farm by George Orwell
MARK in The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas
STAY in The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain
HORATIO in Hamlet by William Shakespeare
OFFERING in Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte
STARE in Dracula by Bram Stoker
CROOKS in Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
CONDITIONS in Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell
TABLE in Ethan Frome by Edith Wharton
WHITE in The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas
WORK in A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce
CARTON in A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
KNOWN in The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald