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
ASSASSINATE in The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas
WISHES in Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
BLUE in The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas
BREAKFAST in The Hound of the Baskervilles by Arthur Conan Doyle
DARRY in The Outsiders by S. E. Hinton
INTELLIGENT in Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
LEARN in The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas
KILLED in The Odyssey by Homer
EATEN in The Odyssey by Homer
TALK in A Doll's House by Henrik Ibsen
ALONE in Gone With The Wind by Margaret Mitchell
CALPURNIA in To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
COURAGEOUS in The Odyssey by Homer
GREY in Dracula by Bram Stoker
AGAINST in The Odyssey by Homer
ACHILLES in The Odyssey by Homer
HEARTS in The Odyssey by Homer
HEIFERS in The Odyssey by Homer
MENTOR in The Odyssey by Homer
SKY in The Odyssey by Homer
LIES in The Odyssey by Homer
HOPE in The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
SONG in The Odyssey by Homer
CLOTH in The Odyssey by Homer
FAMILY in The Odyssey by Homer
SQUEALER in Animal Farm by George Orwell
BACK in The Odyssey by Homer
THY in Romeo And Juliet by William Shakespeare
DRIVING in The Odyssey by Homer
OMENS in The Odyssey by Homer
CLUB in The Sea-Wolf by Jack London
HORSE in War and Peace 3 by Leo Tolstoy
LIVE in The Odyssey by Homer
VIOLENT in Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
THE in The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas
HOME in The Odyssey by Homer
SISTERS in Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
DAWN in The Odyssey by Homer
LIGHT in A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
RED in Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens
STRUCK in Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte
DOGS in Animal Farm by George Orwell
LIPS in Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
GUN in Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
RICH in Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
MUSTAPHA MOND in Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
DRUMMLE in Great Expectations by Charles Dickens
MR. JONES in Animal Farm by George Orwell
SHADOWS in The War of the Worlds by H. G. Wells
MARRIAGE in War and Peace 6 by Leo Tolstoy
I HAD in The Outsiders by S. E. Hinton
SOUL in The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
LAUGHING in A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
CRIMSON in The Red Badge of Courage by Stephen Crane
KNITTED in A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
EAR in Dracula by Bram Stoker
DANGER in The Odyssey by Homer
EVENING in Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
GOLDSTEIN in Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell
ASSURE in Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
GLUMDALCLITCH in Gulliver's Travels 1 by Jonathan Swift
LAST in Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad
EDUCATION in To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
MERELY in The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne
SUNSET in The Outsiders by S. E. Hinton
UNIVERSE in The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas
OLD BAILEY in A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
SARAH in Great Expectations by Charles Dickens
TWO-BIT in The Outsiders by S. E. Hinton
POCKET in Great Expectations by Charles Dickens
PARTY MEMBER in Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell
STEVE in The Outsiders by S. E. Hinton
THE SOUND in The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
I THINK in The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
QUIT in Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
RESOURCE in The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas
VOICE in Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
MIND in Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
MARLEY in A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
DUST in The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
JUDGE in The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare
SAFE in Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell
FLASK in Moby Dick by Herman Melville
WONDERING in Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
LORD WILMORE in The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas
REBELS in Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell
YOU MUST in Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
FIRES in A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
LOVE in Othello by William Shakespeare
KNOWLEDGE in Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
BUILDING in Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell
SECRET in Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen
AFFECTION in Gone With The Wind by Margaret Mitchell
DEVIL in Othello by William Shakespeare
BROTHERS in The Outsiders by S. E. Hinton
TIME in Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
SING in The Last of the Mohicans by James Fenimore Cooper
STUDIO in The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
MIND in The Aeneid by Virgil
RELIGIOUS in The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne
HOUSE in Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte
MAD in The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
PAPERWEIGHT in Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell
TWO MEN in The Odyssey by Homer
STREET in The War of the Worlds by H. G. Wells
SNOW in A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
RANDY in The Outsiders by S. E. Hinton
SWEET in The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett
GREEN in The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett
STRUCK in Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
FRENCH in The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas
FORGET in Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
WALK in Lord of the Flies by William Golding
KING in Grimms' Fairy Tales by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm
SISTER in King Lear by William Shakespeare
FREEDOM in Anna Karenina 1 by Leo Tolstoy
GRIN in The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett
JIM in Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
MILLER in Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
SAVED in The Odyssey by Homer
BOOK in Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
IMAGINATION in Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
LONDON in Great Expectations by Charles Dickens
HAPPY in The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas
INFERIOR in Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
FEELING in A Doll's House by Henrik Ibsen
THICK in Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
GEORGIANA in Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
MAN in Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
CHENIERE in The Awakening by Kate Chopin
NYMPH in The Aeneid by Virgil
SAVED in The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne
CANDLES in Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
POLITICS in Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
KEEPS in Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
DWELL in The Odyssey by Homer
MEAN in Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
BALTIMORE in The Narrative of the Life by Frederick Douglass
WOMAN in The Aeneid by Virgil
EYES in Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte
NAME in The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas