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
NOTHING in The Tempest by William Shakespeare
KURTZ in Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad
WORLD in The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett
EVIL in The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne
KINDNESS in Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
CLASS in Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky
PAINT in Lord of the Flies by William Golding
CHANGED in Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell
CHEEK in The Awakening by Kate Chopin
APARTMENTS in The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
VOICE in The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
SCAFFOLD in The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne
PHOTOGRAPH in Lady Chatterley's Lover by D H Lawrence
ARMS in Anna Karenina 1 by Leo Tolstoy
EXCELLENCE in The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas
PEOPLE in The Outsiders by S. E. Hinton
SUNSET in The Outsiders by S. E. Hinton
PARTY in Persuasion by Jane Austen
WORDS in To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
CHURCH in The Outsiders by S. E. Hinton
DIES in The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne
ILYA in Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky
BREAKFAST in Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
WEDDING in The Awakening by Kate Chopin
LAWRENCE in House of Mirth by Edith Wharton
FANTINE in Les Misérables 1 by Victor Hugo
ULCER in Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell
SIBERIA in Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky
GARMENTS in The Awakening by Kate Chopin
THY in A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare
INTERESTING in The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
TEA in Great Expectations by Charles Dickens
HIGH in The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
HELEN in To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
WOULD in Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen
SUBMITTED in Persuasion by Jane Austen
PIGEONS in Animal Farm by George Orwell
BITE in Great Expectations by Charles Dickens
SCHOOL in Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
NINE in Up From Slavery: An Autobiography by Booker T. Washington
CARE in The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne
SPIRIT in Othello by William Shakespeare
LAYERS in Les Misérables 1 by Victor Hugo
HAPPY in My Antonia by Willa Cather
VOICES in Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen
PRETTY in The Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger
DRUGS in The Odyssey by Homer
RAIN in Great Expectations by Charles Dickens
PAIN in The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne
DOUBTED in House of Mirth by Edith Wharton
ROCHESTER in Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
CONTROL in House of Mirth by Edith Wharton
SNOW in A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
WHIT in Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
THOUGHTS in Anna Karenina 1 by Leo Tolstoy
WORLD in The Sea-Wolf by Jack London
ARRAY in Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
BASSANIO in The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare
WORDS in Return of the Native by Thomas Hardy
DEATHS in Romeo And Juliet by William Shakespeare
RECORD in The Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger
WAR in War and Peace 1 by Leo Tolstoy
NOT in The Outsiders by S. E. Hinton
YOU in The Awakening by Kate Chopin
SHOULD BE in The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne
SYMPATHY in Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
SYMPATHIES in The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne
DOORS in The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame
EUMAEUS in The Odyssey by Homer
CARD in The Awakening by Kate Chopin
HER HUSBAND in The Awakening by Kate Chopin
FALSEHOODS in Anna Karenina 1 by Leo Tolstoy
DAY in Romeo And Juliet by William Shakespeare
MEN AND WOMEN in Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
ART in A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce
HALLS in The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
TOGETHER in The Red Badge of Courage by Stephen Crane
DETERMINISM in Tess of the d'Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy
QUIETNESS in Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen
PURPOSE in A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
CHIEF in Lord of the Flies by William Golding
HE in The Awakening by Kate Chopin
THE PROLES in Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell
WAITING in Dracula by Bram Stoker
DEBTS in Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky
CANOE in Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
LEARNING in The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas
TIME in Othello by William Shakespeare
CLOUDS in Lord of the Flies by William Golding
HOUSE in The Awakening by Kate Chopin
SINGLE in Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
TO in Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell
WIND in The Aeneid by Virgil
MONTAGUE in Romeo And Juliet by William Shakespeare
DISTANCE in The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne
ATLANTA in Gone With The Wind by Margaret Mitchell
QUESTION in Great Expectations by Charles Dickens
PARENTS in The Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger
SELFISH in Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
HOME in David Copperfield by Charles Dickens
SHIELD in The Aeneid by Virgil
MR. GATSBY in The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
MY SON in The Odyssey by Homer
ROSE in Ethan Frome by Edith Wharton
ROBERT in Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen
HOSTILE in The Aeneid by Virgil
ATTRACTION in Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen
AND in The Outsiders by S. E. Hinton
HATE in Dracula by Bram Stoker
I'VE in The Outsiders by S. E. Hinton
KRAJIEK in My Antonia by Willa Cather
FRANCIS in To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
MOUNTAIN in Lord of the Flies by William Golding
TRUST in Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
BETTER in The Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger
LIE in The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
CLASS in Up From Slavery: An Autobiography by Booker T. Washington
CHANGE in David Copperfield by Charles Dickens
CREATION in Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
LIKE A in The Outsiders by S. E. Hinton
TRANSPARENCY in Les Misérables 1 by Victor Hugo
MURDERER in Discourses on the First Decade of Titus Livius by Niccolo Machiavelli
HARVILLE in Persuasion by Jane Austen
GARDEN in The Awakening by Kate Chopin
BED in Hard Times by Charles Dickens
MUSIC in Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell
CECIL in To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
NAPOLEON in The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas
DANCE in The Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger
ALBERT DE MORCERF in The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas
VALENTINE in The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas
GOD in Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare
CUT in David Copperfield by Charles Dickens
UNDERSTOOD in House of Mirth by Edith Wharton
HOTEL in The Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger
HILLS in Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad
DIDN'T in The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
CONSIDERATE in The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain
SUNDAY in Great Expectations by Charles Dickens
EYE in The Last of the Mohicans by James Fenimore Cooper
HAPPINESS in Great Expectations by Charles Dickens