In the past that sight would have reassured Neel and made him feel safe, but now he wasn’t sure, couldn’t be sure, and he didn’t try to stop the tears. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

They would stop, turn around, and look at me. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

In a traffic stop, for instance, the officer is trained to park behind the car. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

“Yes, but this is the door to my—” Mini stopped and stuttered. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

It was a distinct sensation: she felt her heart stop and squeeze into a ball. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

“He’s gone now. You can stop being upset.” Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

I run to catch up to her, and she stops. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Also, even though I stopped drinking Bluefin a few hours ago, I still feel exceedingly twitchy. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

First, they stopped by the park office at the 200, where Grayson told the Superintendent he just wanted to work part-time for a while, in the afternoons. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

And then I started crying, and couldn't stop. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

But this particular argument just would not stop. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

“For heaven’s sake, Charlie,” she says, “stop having such a pity party.” Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

After a few minutes we stopped, chests heaving, to listen. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

The walk downhill was easy, but Matt found he had to stop and rest frequently. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

If we happened to miss two or three days, people stopped by on our return to ask about Mr. Myles' health. Seedfolks 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

He stopped, knowing it must all sound absurd. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

The bus finally pulled to a stop in front of Alex’s school. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

He was aware of his ugliness, his gracelessness, a bundle of bones in filthy underclothes sitting weeping in the harsh white light; but he could not stop himself. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

He drew terribly, but it never stopped him. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

“We are not going to stop demonstrations in this nation until we have good housing and political power. There is something about demonstrating that does something for you, for your dignity; it tells the truth.” The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

“You can stop craning neck like hopeful goose,” he added. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

The truth, however, is that most people stopped and searched in the War on Drugs are perfectly innocent of any crime. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

And then before I can stop myself, I blurt out, “Well, that makes sixteen instead of seventeen I have to decide between, doesn’t it?” Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

Every time they stop at a home, one soldier pounds on the door while a second stands next to him with his gun drawn. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

Lark stops her twirling to listen to this. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

The way he looked carried so many powerful connotations that it stopped the normal process of thinking dead in its tracks. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

Even now, years later, years after the injections were stopped, we seem scarcely any older than we were then. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

I’d stopped crying; I felt cold from head to foot, my teeth were chattering. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

When we arrive, she says, “All you have to do is climb one step. That’s it. Then stop. You think you can manage that?” Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

I’d stopped using the word fascinated to describe the way he engaged with me and my life, because the pejorative iteration of the word no longer seemed fair. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

He came about and let the Frog sail closer, came up into the wind and stopped about thirty yards away, rising and settling on the waves and swells. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I wish you would come over here and make me stop.” Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Then the smile stopped and he looked grave once again. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

A car screeched to a stop, its horn blared, and Moss didn’t even look. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

A teacher stops me to ask me where I’m going. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

God, he was humoring me and I couldn’t stop myself. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

He came closer to me, then stopped about ten giant steps away. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

The Berg stopped up ahead, its blue thrusters pointing downward now as it hovered fifty feet or so above the Town Square, a roughly square-shaped area they’d left bare when building the settlement. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

It means stopping to think about him, is all. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

Told my parents I had a stomachache, which has never stopped me from eating before. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

I jammed the lawn mower into rabbit gear and went storming up the driveway, screeching to a stop in front of Zed. Lawn Boy Returns 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

The conductor got out and tried to push people away, but there were too many and he couldn’t stop them. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

So eventually, I stopped going out to the city. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

The rest of us on the court stopped running around. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

He walked from the hall, and none of the gods tried to stop him. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

I was so glad to have a purpose that I stopped thinking about the reality. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was sort of afraid to stop, I think--I don't remember, to tell you the truth. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

It stopped often to dance, wiggling this way and that, so that the string of beads around its waist swayed and rippled. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

It never occurred to me not to fast, just like it never occurred me to stop training during Ramadan. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

She stopped talking long enough to say hello to Evaleen Murdo, who was sitting by the window with Poppy on her lap, and then she began again as Lina led her into her bedroom. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

At the bus stop, her twin brothers don’t pay any attention to her. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

“Oh, stop joking!” the first man said, and burst out laughing. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes he asks us a question with no warning, and tells us to answer quick, without stopping to think about it. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

He knelt by his mother's side and tried to stop the bleeding. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

“Then do your work and stop minding grown folks’ business.” The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

I start folding up each letter, neat as I can, but stop when I get to the next to last one. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

A hush fell over the soldiers as everyone stopped to stare at the small group of men that had gathered near the pitcher’s mound. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

And having to stop and correct myself, remind myself that I was in an alien, dangerous place. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

I may not stop for food or drink. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

“A little. She looks so pretty in her picture. I bet she would have been different from—” but he stopped talking. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

The ground was a long way away, at least twice his own height, but that wasn’t going to stop him now. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

Instead of making his fifty-sixth move, Fischer stopped the clock and offered his hand in resignation. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

I didn’t realize that my feet had stopped moving until Martin’s round shape appeared on the other side of the trees. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

But it followed along, ten feet behind my board, and when I finally stopped across town, it plowed right into me, practically knocked me down. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

But the studied detail did not stop there. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Celia wanders past the desk and stops in front of the fireplace, watching the miniature pages turning through time on the clock upon the mantel. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Someone pushed something soft into his mouth, to stop him crying out, and taped it into position: easy, practiced moves, like a butcher gutting a chicken. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

He was having difficulty breathing—and then his breathing stopped. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I just saw a cow on the tracks. This will be a short stop. Remain on board.” Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

If the Sea King could calm the waters, the monsters would stop coming to shore. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

But again that passionless cold little voice stopped the words on his lips. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

I sniff hard—a trick Maria taught me to stop the tears from falling—and look away, folding my arms. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

I grab on to a seat back to stop myself from falling. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

I stare at her, realize I'm staring, tell myself to stop staring, and then keep staring. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

After the rain stopped we’d do the drill a few more times. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the noise stops and the dust clears, all the students start clapping. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

Arion stopped by the yoke, and Percy set to work with the reins and harness. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

And now he couldn’t stop staring at her...and she was staring at him, too. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

She stopped short, unsure where, exactly, the invitation had come from. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

The bus stops at the O’Connell Monument and Uncle Pat goes to the Monument Fish and Chip Cafe where the smells are so delicious my stomach beats with the hunger. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

“I don’t like Mr. Flux. I want you to stop him.” The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

He was not reluctant to explain to Yolanda that this is the hour during which a Dominican male of a certain class stops in on his mistress on his way home to his wife. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

I didn’t raise my hand anymore in Mrs. Verne’s class, and after the first time I didn’t bother answering even when she called on me, she stopped calling on me. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Papa was never coming home.The old miner gets off at his stop somewhere in Pennsylvania. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

They managed to put an hour’s slow walk between themselves and what remained of their attackers before Con insisted they stop to tend Shae’s wound. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Then he stops by the Ayemenem Temple, he and the others with him, and they dance to ask pardon of the gods. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

He stopped and his mind said it again, very loud. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

But before Harry could answer, Madam Malkin said, “That’s you done, my dear,” and Harry, not sorry for an excuse to stop talking to the boy, hopped down from the footstool. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

We walked past the fish market, the wig shop, and Everything Sports, before I realized that I had to make one quick stop. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

A couple of hours in, Sasha had requested a bathroom stop, which was why they were now parked at a gas station off Interstate 5. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

After a few minutes it coughed and bucked and stopped again. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

So he picked up the pace with a few Civil War hymns, but even so, she finally waved her hand and told him to stop. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

He stopped on the bus steps and looked back at all of us. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

She stopped and put her hand on her heart. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

Our spider escort stopped and curled into a ball. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

I traveled more than thirty hours without stopping to eat, not even noticing my thirst, and 1 managed to reach the del Valle home before the funeral. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

That didn’t stop her from taking Fern’s flyer and taping it up in the window. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

He slept heavily for several hours on the bus, woke and daydreamed, napped a little more, woke again at a rest stop and ate a bowl of pea soup. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

The doctor stopped with a jerk in the middle of his sentence. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

Dr. Finch said, “Hmph. Melbourne said— “If you tell me what Melbourne said I’ll stop this car and put you out, right here! Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

Her body ached by the time they stopped for the night. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Around the camp, Coach Hedge had rigged all sorts of trip wires, snares and oversized mousetraps that wouldn’t stop any self-respecting monster, but they might very well bring down a senior citizen. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

I returned to work, stopping occasionally to examine the teeth marks; they were swelling. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tally clenched her teeth to stop them chattering, and dipped her head under the water and out, whipping wet hair onto her back. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

But that August we haunted the midway like ghosts—stopping in front of the Tilt-A-Whirl, then the fishbowl game, watching like we’d already seen everything there was to see but couldn’t quite pull ourselves away. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

It rained for only about an hour, but even after it had stopped, we continued sitting outside all night on the wet sponges that were once our mattresses. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

Alec held up his hand to stop Mark behind the last house on the block. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

Her back relaxed and her shoulder stopped aching. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“See you later, Tyler,” I say firmly, to stop him from following me into the girls’ locker room. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

The proud, ambitious man who had brought his family to Kraków for a better life was powerless to stop the Nazi brutes who dared break into his home. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

I stopped only at streams to drink water. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

Such odd glimpses of his past had almost stopped surprising him. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

The other talk was about what to do if a cop stopped me. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

Then he caught on and he stopped hitting and started trying to grapple and wresde me. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

The reason he wasn’t able to stop Natasha's deportation is that he missed the court appointment with the judge who could’ve reversed the Voluntary Removal. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

“See that!” he said, pointing at the kitchen floor, but I couldn’t stop thinking about his eye. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

Lyra had to stop herself crying out, and Pantalaimon fluttered his wings so sharply that the other girls noticed. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

“That never stopped me from getting back into the saddle.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“Remember, just because it’s summer doesn’t mean you have to stop reading,” Mr. Shephard says. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

She stopped scrubbing and blew a hair out of her face. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

I knew that I was violating regulations, but I hoped the warders would be so surprised by the novelty of my action that they would do nothing to stop me. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I stopped reading and writing letters for migrant workers, but still helped them in other ways. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Just two blocks away, we stopped in front of that gray trailer with the men out front and the Reverend jammed his car into park, waving for me to get out. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

The period is the stop sign at the end of a sentence. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’m not trying to guilt-trip her, I’m just trying to figure out how we’re ever going to stop being such strangers to each other. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

They stopped and looked around for a moment. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

He couldn’t stop trying, though, and each time was worse than the one before. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

When they got to the bus stop, Beatrice hooked up with one of her soccer teammates and they started talking about the previous night’s game, which Beatrice had won with a penalty kick. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

She took out the wipes and began to rub down the emergency brake, then stopped. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t respond or even stop to listen to her. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

However, as quickly as it had disappeared, the serene black sky reappeared, and I stopped worrying and began to enjoy the ride. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I only stopped to see if. . . last time we met . . . how is your daughter?” Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

He stops me after two or three pages. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

She says, “See that? I tell it to stop listening so it won’t think I’m still writing when I’m talking to you.” The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

“Please stop it. I don’t want you to get Scotch and crazy tonight. We won’t be together much longer.” A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

Mr. Jenkins also reminds me that I have to stop collecting money for my various business ventures. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

NORTON'S door I stopped with my hand on the knob, mumbling a prayer. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

I stop at the sliding glass doors and look him over. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

I see a flicker of movement in the mirror, and before I can stop myself, I stare at my reflection. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

If all noises abruptly stopped, it meant the animals—all of them—were suddenly on alert. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

Finally, they stopped and she offered them cheese and eggs, my favorite. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Pretty hard for a strange Indian to walk down there without getting stopped every five miles. Nobody’s going to bother a boy.” My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ekman stopped the tape, rewound it, and played it back in slow motion. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

She started to place her hand over her mouth, then stopped herself. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

Then she’d have to say “rutabaga” so Cotton would stop drawing on the wall with markers. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

After that, the man stopped up the hole that Scabious had come out of. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ethan finally stops at a dark, moldy niche holding a statue of a watchful saint that is streaked with years of weather and grime. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

At the stop before Bruce’s house, they would stop playing, wrap a rubber band around each pile, hold the stack under each other’s chin and spit on each other’s deck saying, “Thou shalt not shuffle.” From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

He ran his fingers along the face of it, the knobs like eyes, the row of buttons—play, stop, rewind, pause, fast-forward, eject—like teeth. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Ranofer stopped in a nearby doorway and stared after him, bewildered. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

Ahead of me, people would be talking and laughing their heads off, and then they’d see me and stop talking. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

I stopped worrying about that this year now that Charlese lends me clothes to wear. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

I stop for a moment outside number twenty-three and think about ringing the doorbell. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

To her dread and dismay, the girl stopped before her and removed the blindfold. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

I’d stopped on the Bunker live feeds, but no one was doing anything interesting. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

It was true—his parents had seen so many birthdays by the time Rowan was born, they had stopped celebrating them. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

Thomas stopped drinking, sucked in a big satisfied breath, then burped. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

The doors slide open, and I step onto the platform of the Copley Square stop. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

“And I tell myself that every Tuesday afternoon, after class is over, I get to stop there and have some ice cream.” Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

The man had stopped at the comer of High and Seventh, in front of our coffeehouse. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

So when I dip too low, I stop dicking with hydrazine until I get the 02 back up to well above 25 liters. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

What he saw made him stop in his tracks. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

He wheels his bike down the aisles and stops when he finds the bargain toys. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Near the Eagle Mountains, Mom made Dad stop the car. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Because we could see you, if Mom and Dad would stop being so stubborn. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

We stopped a minute to watch it, and he rested his hand on my shoulder as he had on the gatepost. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

If he doesn’t pick up soon, I’m going to stop calling his mobile and call him at home. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

The audience, which had been yelling and stomping impatiently, suddenly stopped and applauded, glad that at last something was happening. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

Stone Fox brought his sled to a stop alongside little Willy. Stone Fox 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

On his way to work Rick Deckard, as lord knew how many other people, stopped briefly to skulk about in front of one of San Francisco’s larger pet shops, along animal row. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

Scabbers emerged, thrashing desperately; Ron had to seize his long bald tail to stop him escaping. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

And once the traffic stopped, he yelled for all the waiting students to "get on 'cross the street." Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

My dad had regularly received strange calls from work at all hours of the night, but that had stopped after the accident. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

The words are out before I can stop them, but I don’t feel particularly regretful. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Harry kept checking Ron’s watch, having finally discarded his own, but Ron’s was moving so slowly he could have sworn it had stopped working too. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

The racket stops, the door opens and the man is there, white hair, thick glasses, white sweater, a stick in his hand. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

The horse stopped when she came to the far end of the pasture. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was the knife you’d choose to experience a slaughter, to feel the blood running down your hand the moment the heart stopped beating. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

But he couldn’t stop thinking about that ship, and the sea. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

It stopped just inside the circle of firelight. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Always elegantly dressed, he would meander across the room, stopping to chat with men working at different stations. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

It bounces along, stopping just at the girl’s feet. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

The whimpers stopped and were replaced by a low growl. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

When he began, he couldn’t speak in complete sentences without stopping to breathe. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

He seemed about to say something, and then stopped. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

The words are almost ahead of my thoughts, but I don’t stop. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

Late in the despairing afternoon I stopped my truck and approached a majestic Maine state trooper. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nan held a hand up to stop me from saying more. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

They all laughed and Bigger laughed with them but stopped quickly. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

She touched him, but he did not stop. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

He should never have stopped speaking to her because of an army officer he did not know. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Finally, I let out a long breath and vowed to stop thinking about graves, and undertakers, and dead people. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

When he reached the platform and saw that the painting was safe, he stopped to rest. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

We stayed that way until the bus stopped and the driver knocked on the door. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

The twins laughed, almost immediately followed by one telling the other to stop. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

No one ran to the docks to stop them. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

He took a sharp left, racing forward, blowing through several stop signs without a pause. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

His insults never stopped, although they became more lovable, but that didn’t matter, because he grew into a reliable dealer. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

He had been working on the machinery of the swings and had stopped to get a glass of water. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

The Berg had come to a stop, humming as it hovered in place. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

Tasty little things; a pity the cart hadn’t stopped yet, he thought. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

I glance back and see that he has stopped moving. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Finally, he stops and looks at my face. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

He said, “Use your sneakers to slow down, then stop. Just drag.” One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now what Pechvarry and his wife and the witch saw was this: the young wizard had stopped midway in his spell, and held the child a while motionless. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

A folded dollar bill holding down the switch, stopping the alarm from blaring and letting everyone in the hospital know some crazy guy with cystic fibrosis and self-destructive tendencies is hanging out on the roof. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

When it’s time for me to leave for school, I sit on the curb half a block away from the bus stop and the other kids. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

Usually in Pátzcuaro someone—either my mother or else one of my friends—stopped by in the morning. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

A small boy, not more than four years old, wandered around to the back of the huts, saw me, and stopped still. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

They stopped at a pair of wrought iron gates, which slowly swung open to admit them. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

I stop midway and put my arm down, leaving it awkwardly dangling by my side, wondering how quickly I can say I’m thirsty and need to get a drink. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

“If I get stopped I’m going to jail!” The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

He doesn’t hesitate, doesn’t stop to question what I say, doesn’t even wonder why I didn’t tell him right away. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

When I stopped hating them it was like I stepped out from under a dark cloud and saw the sunshine again. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

She was standing at the bus stop, so Milkman waited in the shadows until the bus came and she boarded it. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

"I think we should also maybe practice stop, drop, and roll with Mrs. S," Maddy barreled on, rolling her hands in the air. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

When the donkey did finally stop, it was so abruptly that my hermanitas lurched forward and caught themselves against the rails in order not to fall off. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

The unicorn stopped fifty yards from the inn and would approach no closer. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

Like the first bull, he came blaring out into the clearing, then stopped, to snort and sling his wicked horns and paw up clouds of dust. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘And who please is going to be stopping them?’ asked the BFG. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

We stop before a grimy storefront filled with mannequins in furry underwear. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

He stopped at the 1920 Victrola, looked at it blankly, and barked, twice, for his own amusement, into its megaphone speaker. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

They stopped at a house in Middletown and spent the night and part of the day. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

He stopped and lay quietly for a time. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

But when he saw who they were he stopped short, and the black scowl on his face changed to wonder and delight. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

Her breath guided him in the darkness; he stopped where he thought her head must be. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Tam Lin said, stopping at the edge of the firelight. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The bus stop was about five minutes away—we had to walk up a small hill to the top of our street, around the corner, and then up another small hill. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

Whatever the Abnegation were about to show everyone before the attack, it was enough to make Jeanine take drastic and terrible measures to stop them. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

I turned and hurried back to the house, dashing inside without even stopping to take off my boots. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

I start rolling my pencil back and forth between my hands to get them to stop itching. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

The ball stopped, and the North Atlanta player fell forward onto the turf: a perfect tackle. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

Maybe when he stopped caring about her altogether, he'd stopped caring about that, too. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

Are they moving to stop drinking, running to stand still? The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

This had to be stopped, no matter the risks. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jeremy stops the car at the entrance to our cluster of buildings, and we get out. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

When I could curl up on your bed and watch you do homework, then casually ask how to stop a boy from liking me. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

What if he stayed here all night and no one stopped to ask him what he was doing? Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

“But just because you have a bad season doesn’t mean you stop planting.” Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

She stops her giggling and uses her hand to fan her face. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

“Did you stop to think about what school was like for me last week?” Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

We were walking toward the exit of the campus, but I stop dead in my tracks. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

When we find a store called Paper Tokyo, we walk down separate aisles that stop right below our chins. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

The reporter stopped smiling, lowered her microphone, and yelled, “Cut!” The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z

She stopped abruptly, staring at the smooth bronze surface. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

A few days after the Bay Meadows Handicap, Seabiscuit’s train clattered to a stop at the Tanforan siding for the long trek east. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

She grabbed Beetle’s arm and cried, “I no longer want this child. It was a mistake. Make it stop. I will do this no longer.” The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

We were at a rest stop off Highway 101, sitting at a picnic table. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

We stopped outside a convenience store while the man in her front seat got out and bought a loaf of bread. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

Their cold, clinical stares make me want to run and never stop. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

If that stops working and I can't fix it, I'm a dead man. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

“That’s partly what the row with G. was about. He thinks I take ridiculous risks on the bike or in the past with drugs but won’t—” He stops when he sees my face. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

Robin Hood is so excited when David puts his leash on, he can’t stop barking. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

She stops suddenly, putting her hands to her face, pressing her white-gloved fingers over her eyes. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

I turn page after quiet page, but I’ve stopped seeing the letters, stopped understanding the words. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

“Why have you stopped that man with the lorry?” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

If I had been there to stop Thread, he wouldn’t have stepped forward to save Gale. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

The guys stopped and both gave me questioning looks. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

In real life, the Physiological Response to Fear in Unexpected Situations is a feeling that your heart has stopped altogether. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

The gears in Violet’s inventive brain seemed to stop. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z

The men stopped the minibus and got out and tried to chase us, but they didn’t stand a chance. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

In a way it was like a nightmare, in which you might continue to consume huge masses of putty without being able to stop. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

I turn from him and retch right there, at the door of the infirmary, not stopping until there's nothing left to get out. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Then Hazel stopped so abruptly, the guards behind her stumbled. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

I'm immediately taken to see the queen—still covered in Prince Alfred's blood and Belle-rose tea, still angry from his disgusting advances, still shaky from almost stopping his heart. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

But as he holds me, I can’t stop wondering, just what am I supposed to think? A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

Maddie’s prediction came true: the engine stopped and the smoke drifted away, and now the pilot was clearly planning to put his damaged rig down in the field right in front of them. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

Sometimes he throws up into paper bags, or beside the road if my father can stop the car in time. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Between those events, school often stopped or flowered as routine bowed to the sacred. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

They had slowed to a stop and idled in a line of cars. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Something was slipping out of me, slipping away, taking my strength and my sanity, and I could not stop it. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

“I can’t stop thinking,” she begins, “of the night you got so angry at me and said that you don’t have a real family.” Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

Edwin stopped in his tracks, and turned so suddenly, Cole nearly ran into him. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

A few feet ahead a vehicle had stopped on the side of the street and the driver was pouring water from a jerrican into its overheated engine. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

So I stop where I am and just look at her. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

I stop talking because suddenly the girl put her fists before her eyes and lean over to bury her face on the edge of the bed. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, think about it for a while and keep quiet. I’m tired. When I went into town today I stopped at the company. That always makes me depressed.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

They stopped between the pillars in front of the main entrance. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

Once I started, I couldn’t seem to stop. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then she touched me, and then I did stop dead. Absalom, Absalom! 1936-01-01T00:00:00Z

"A thousand lovely knights," she said, "but not the sort my enemies need fear. And my bullocks cannot carry me across the water, I—why are we stopping?" A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Chubs stalked past us, only to stop and turn back again. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

The music for “Goin Up Yonder” starts, and I see TJ stand up from the tenor row and stop at the soprano row. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

But something he did not understand had stopped him and he stood, breathing gendy through his mouth to keep silent, letting his eyes and ears go out and do the work for him. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

Two guards drew their swords to stop him. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

Among other things, scientists involved in the case claim that the practice of gene patenting has inhibited their research, and they aim to stop it. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

The familiar buzzing sound of the fence stopped. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

The gold dotted line stops in front of the gates of a warm, well-lit estate with a curved wall and carved lions outside its doorway. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“You didn’t try to stop us? But—” “Return my helm now, or I will stop death,” Hades threatened. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

The mugs settled, and my pulse rate stopped heading toward a heart attack. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

Her laughter stops, and her voice gets louder with each word. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

We couldn’t stop laughing, didn’t want to stop laughing. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

When I finally unhooked myself and turned around, the guy opposite stopped mid-toot to stare. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

Twice before she got to Darling Street she had to stop to retrieve her purchases from the ground. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

I stop short and drop my camera to my side. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

Actually, he was a very warm, compassionate man who never stopped feeling sorry for himself. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

That was probably why her friends had all stopped talking to her. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

I chuckle a little, then shuffle my feet in a little dance, and the cops stop laughing. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

She had stopped in her tracks and gone home. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“To see what they are eating, and after seeing they are boiling the same leaves and giving their children to drink. It is stopping kwashiorkor.” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

He is mad, stark, raving mad, and it’s no use my trying to stop him. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

I just took her porch steps in one leap and was off, not stopping till I ended up with skinned knees and elbows in the alley beside the post office. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

It was important, and I knew I had to stop acting like such a...uh, Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

He told tales of hate crimes and atrocities so horrid that I couldn’t stop reading. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

One day at a bus stop, an older woman approached Sasha. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

But it still helps me to stop x crying. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

They were too big, too quick, too fast as he dove in front of them, flinging his body in a vain effort to stop them. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Can you explain to me why this one day of our lives will not stop haunting me?” Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

I was too old to be held, but that didn’t stop her. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

The word "sensuous" had the effect of further disquieting Tom but before he could invent a protest the coupé came to a stop and Daisy signalled us to draw up alongside. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

I touched her arm, and she stopped rustling around the kitchen long enough to look at me. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Back at home, I played hostess to family and friends who stopped by our house to make small talk and help pass the hours. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

And though part of me wanted to hurry—there was no telling if or when the rest of the floor might collapse on my head—I couldn’t stop myself from studying them. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

“Geez, you have got to stop springing up on me like that!” The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

On the rare occasions when the army stops to rest, men simply crumple to the ground and sleep. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

Even if all the clocks in the station break down, thought Hugo, time won’t stop. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

Before I could say a word to stop him, Georgie turned and ran. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

A few years ago, in whispered conversations that stopped as soon as I walked into the room. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

When we finally stop at a light a half mile from the bridge he says we’re going to the Upper East Side, on Park Avenue. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Beverly stopped occasionally to beat Ida Nee’s baton against the small rocks and gravel on the side of the road. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

Of course, I did not stop to listen, but I could not avoid hearing his lordship shouting: 'But that's not your business, my boy! The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

When we stopped in front of the synagogue where my father and I prayed, he muttered his “Good night,” turned, and walked slowly away. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

The kindest of my many stops along the way, she gave me the gift of certainty that my parents had loved one another. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

With this he plugged the seam and stopped the leak. Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z

I have to find a way to stop him first. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I began to lift, but he moaned and went rigid, so I stopped. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

For these were the first two stops on the Underground Railroad—going North, from the Eastern Shore of Maryland. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Pretend you’re a spotlight, Obie told himself, a spotlight sweeping the place, stopping here and there, and lingering at other places, picking up the highlights of the thing, this momentous occasion. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

So furious, she might just stop talking to me for all the rest of time. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

I was going to retort with an inquiry, and had got as far as “Why—” when Joe stopped me. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

That is, she lied to him to make him feel better, but sometimes she thought about how ridiculous some of her lies were, and she wondered if she should stop. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

She stops, puts her hand in her hair. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

I expected her to say something normal, like “I’ll tell him you stopped by,” so I don’t know how to respond. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

When she comes back out with my water, I stop thinking about how to say it and just start talking. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

They coasted to a stop a few feet from the pair. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

I might be telling her a joke and she’ll stop and say: The moon is beautiful like a balloon. The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even if every repetition made her body scream for her to stop. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Camp authori-ties frowned on mess hall hopping and tried to stop it, but the good cooks liked it. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Mr. Adam stopped the work. He thought the hammering might disturb his wife.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

The car screeched to a stop on the side of the road, and I flipped the gearshift into park. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

Now and then she stopped to memorize her surroundings. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I half-wake each time we pull into a garage for fuel or stop to let passengers on or off. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

When she got almost to the other side of the wide bed and into the circle of the candle’s glow, I saw that it was Rose, and I stopped breathing. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

The only way to stop it is to burn it to the ground, start over with something more honest.” The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

But just before he reached me, Rob’s voice barked over the radio Mike carried inside his jacket, and he stopped climbing to answer the call. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

And since the failure of the witches’ spell to stop his bleeding, he thought they were regarding him with fear, too, as if he was marked by some curse greater than their own powers. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Leaflets were distributed in factories and shops, at railway stations and bus stops, in beer halls and hospitals, and from house to house. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Albert’s arm stops dead on the way to his mouth with another Dorito. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

He stopped, confused, as his companions walked ahead and left him standing alone on the steps. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

None of this will stop me from telling much of my version of the history of science in terms of the people involved, including Newton. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

She gave George a baseball cap and sunglasses to wear and took pictures until George couldn’t take it anymore and begged her to stop. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

The car stops in front of a large brick building that looks deserted. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I recognized it immediately and the memories of the attack rushed at me in a torrent I couldn’t stop. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

I thought she stopped breathing when the voice echoed in the night air. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

When Nataraja brings this foot down, they say time will stop. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

At some point it seemed like the two adults had decided to stop worrying about people keeping their distance from each other. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

“A lot of people run into problems when they, y’know, stop taking their medication.” It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

I ran, without stopping, all the way to the other end of the township where Granny lived. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

I stopped short as soon as I stepped foot inside. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

When the streetcar stopped, the father and his son made a run for it, all the while bombarded by stones. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

But finally I told myself that I had to stop being scared, I had to stop just standing there in the middle of the road. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Abruptly, as though the tree had been turned to marble, it stopped moving. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

Once again I stopped men on the street and asked directions to the French Market or to some church, and once again each gave me courteous replies. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I have some friends before me gone,” he sang quietly, but the sound seemed so lonely and lost that he stopped before the chorus. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

As the first prayer ended and I closed the first knot, the rain stopped completely and the rest of the lechuzas screeched in pain and flew into the barn. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

His fingers crept over her knees, then stopped. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

The elevator passed three floors with a click each time, then clicked and stopped. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

“We cannot stop to play, Master Bod. For soon enough, tomorrow night comes. And how often can a man say that?” The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

It was hard to tell where one stopped and the other started. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

The words come out before I can stop myself. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

All I wanted was my ring, and to tell the old man he could stop carrying on so. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Reb Saunders had stopped inserting deliberate errors into his Shabbat evening talks the week we had entered college, but the memory of it still rankled. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

He wouldn’t stop until he reached the crest of his imaginary Montana mountain and coasted downhill into the coolness of the valley. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I sit there until the tears stop, and the light begins to change and fade, and the soft, pink glow of dusk fills the chapel. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

We were all swept up in a greediness we couldn’t stop. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

And the thing that stings most, to me, is that I'm so helpless to stop the madness. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

But somewhere, beneath the liquor and the music, he can’t stop noticing that Henry has disappeared. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

The mate saw one of the oldest trees in the grove topple, groaning, branches grasping at its neighbors as if they could stop it from falling. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Jax appears, but he stops when he sees me like a clog in a pipe. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

He would stop for about a minute, and then resume kicking, softly at first, until Ms. Davis yelled at him again. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

Mark finally stopped struggling when someone punched him in the face, sending a burst of pain through his cheek. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

The horses stopped at the wire and rumbled a little, but apparently decided not to barge through the flimsy barbed strands and trample him to death. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Billy stopped chopping and waited for Sister Redempta to open her eyes. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

My heart had nearly stopped—three men, white car—but then the details registered. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

There was something in his gaze—a miles-away fixedness—that made me think for a minute that he had stopped altogether, but he went on. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

My green suit’s coat sleeves stopped above my wrists, the pants legs showed three inches of socks. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

It stopped falling on Aru and Mini, perhaps drawn by how much more potent his memories were. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

“Is that why you ran away? You know, if I tell my mom—she would help. She’d figure out a way to get him to stop.” King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

She decided that they must have got tired and stopped chasing her. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

They lined up to board the bus while the scene in my head began to go off on its own, to stop taking my directorial notes. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

I stopped for a moment to stand up and wipe the sweat from my forehead with the back of my wet hand, and maybe, I thought, I was dizzy, because everything around me moved. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

It is clear to me that they wanted to stop Crouch from seeing Dumbledore and you were probably feet away from them in the dark. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

He stopped when he couldn’t remember any more. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

She stopped running as soon as she heard him cluck to the horse, and when the hoofbeats started again, she turned and walked purposefully toward the plantation, back straight, head held proudly. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

“As your fellow soldier, I have to strongly recommend you stay with your squad. But I can’t stop you from coming, can I?” Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Like a story, a piece of music can come to an end by simply stopping, but most listeners will react to such abruptness with dissatisfaction: the story or music simply "stopped" instead of "ending" properly. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

He stopped at a Giant Food supermarket and bought her a bunch of cut flowers, carnations and mums. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the elevator stopped again, one of her ankles twisted painfully under her weight, but she managed not to fall. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

Father Mike was going much too fast to stop in time. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

The man on the horse stopped to talk to a group of warriors along the river. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z

Several times work stopped altogether, for what reasons I do not know, while Kenny and Selvam strode about the deserted site in exasperation, dark as thunder, unapproachable. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

When at last they were right in among the animals, the animals all stopped talking and stared at them. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

I saw them glance back at me, whisper something to each other, and then stop. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

When she saw his confusion, she stopped, but Luke could tell she didn’t want to. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

I thought about going around back, but the sound of cars behind me made me stop. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

When we reached the forest’s edge, Gasemu stopped and waited for us to catch up. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

It kept getting darker and darker, and we could hardly see the ball any more, but we didn't want to stop doing what we were doing. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

Now, in the mess halls, after a few weeks had passed, we stopped eating as a family. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her hands trembled and she pressed them together to make them stop, for Kapugen had taught her that fear can so cripple a person that he cannot think or act. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

We drove along dark, narrow streets, then stopped in front of a big, worn house. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

We scoot quickly down the little passage between the buildings before he passes, circle around the back, wait, and come right back onto the street behind the German’s back like we never stopped walking. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

If I ever get out of here — Let’s stop there. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

Finn slowed his movements and stopped some feet away from the beehive and keepers. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

He stopped for a few moments to let Sophie have a better look. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I love Chill, but he needs to stop drinking. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

And then she pulled to a sudden stop. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

“Never stop dreaming,” the old king had said. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

It didn’t move, made no sound—even the haunting groans had stopped completely. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

He had on nothing but the sweater and the souwester outfit over that but there was little warmth to it and he could not stop shivering. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

The twins stopped warring against heaven and Poseidon felt pleased with himself, but the fact was that the two had turned to other plans which interested them more. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

I went over and pushed the stop button, breathing a sigh of relief. Doing Time Online 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

So wasting no time, my father pushed his way to the front, but was stopped at the door by a policeman. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z

“For an hour! And stop changing the subject.” Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

In time, we stopped trembling, and the cold was gone from us and the day and my world and maybe hers too, if only for a while. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

Do you remember Mr. Evans's testimony that they stopped for a "quick bite" after committing the crime? Monster 1999-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ford stops crying when I point out a butterfly. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

On the days when the heat stops your breath, he comes up the block pulling it out of his pocket. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

When he saw me he stopped, and waited until I came down into the hall. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

He couldn’t stop to find out, and the sheer terror of what was coming from behind kept his feet moving. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

From where I caught this one, the bus will drive by Courtney’s house, turn left a block before Tyler’s, then stop. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

After about a half hour, with another half hour in front of me, I decide to stop at a playground I’m about to pass. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

Rocks were crunching as the man in the black hat walked a couple of steps up the road, then stopped again. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

“It would be something of a tragedy if it stopped there,” I admitted. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

My instinct was to kiss her, but I stopped myself. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

She began to walk the long way around to the store to avoid the playground, the elementary school, the bus stop. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I open my mouth to remind her I’m not nearly as good at everything as Quinton is, but I stop myself. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

She was about to flick the small piece into the trash bag hooked over a cabinet door but stopped when she saw the Bayside Press logo on the building. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

The voices stopped, a chair scraped across the floor, and the door opened, spilling warm naphtha light out on the damp step. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

“This mysterious box thing: It’s got to stop.” Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

"You think I ought to stop him. Kill him if need be." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

She had to stop to check the laces on her shoes. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

And Genie was just listening and listening until Ernie finally stopped. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

“If you do not stop molesting me, I shall christen the prow of your broken Plymouth with the bottle of wine in the oven,” Ignatius snorted. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

If I didn’t start acting like it, I thought, she’d never stop treating me like a baby. Monday's Not Coming 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

I don't like her being alone back there, with so many strange men in the house, but they stop me trying to go to her. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

When I got home, I watched TV with Mom, but I couldn’t stop thinking about Davis looking down at my finger, holding my hand in his. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

If Cardan were to try to stop her lesson, she looks like she would eat him alive and crack his bones for marrow. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

I think I will stop putting quotation marks around Nothing’s name because it is annoying and disrupting my flow. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

He stops, then rolls up the sleeve of his denim shirt. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

Alex’s mouth starts and stops several silent sentences before he points to the door. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Bod was breathless, but he could not imagine the dance ever stopping: the Macabray, the dance of the living and the dead, the dance with Death. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

Once the train stopped, I entered the third car and took an empty seat at the back. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

After stops in Switzerland, Italy, and the Netherlands, I went to England, where I spent two days visiting with Oliver and Adelaide. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

And waiting and waiting and waiting until one day, they walk into the classroom, almost call me Odel—then stop remember that I am the other Woodson and begin searching for brilliance at another desk. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

Each day I stopped at a sidewalk shoeshine stand near the French Market. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

The elk stopped suddenly, and the ranger vaulted lightly from his back to land in knee-deep snow. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Monique never did admit that she was aware of Jordan’s abuse, but she did stop calling the children liars. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mattie and Chase stopped by after school most days, and Rooster Jim had deepened the path from his shack to mine. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

The only stop he would make was a moment’s pause to light his lamps. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

“And another thing. I have a sneaking suspicion that young Artemis Fowl wanted us to stop time. After all, everything else we’ve tried has played straight into his hands.” Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

We took the bus home, and I showed Calista the cord to pull when she wanted the driver to stop. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

In the morning, the throbbing had stopped and in a few days the arm was normal again. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Presently it stopped, as though cut suddenly in exasperation. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

So it was a Butterfinger Blizzard and then a stop at the shed for bottle rockets, for roman candles, for Black Cat crackers and cherry bombs. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

He stopped at the next-to-last sheet—which was of a slightly different color than the rest—and idly turned it over. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

“We knew,” her mother said, with a full stop that barricaded any further questions. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

I was afraid anything might stop Papa from talking about you. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

When the sun went down, I put my smoking pamphlet on the page where I stopped reading and started driving home. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

Certain that Pond had stopped singing, Nathan reached out to grab a falling flake. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

I was holding Maureen, who for some strange reason had stopped crying. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Ryan said there’s a bus stop at the end of the street?” Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

“That’s never going to stop being weird,” Redemption muttered, and Jam nodded in agreement. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

Dicey wished she could stop breathing and give herself entirely over to the movement and the being still. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

He ordered the hens’ rations to be stopped, and decreed that any animal giving so much as a grain of corn to a hen should be punished by death. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

“None of our work or service matters if we are not alive to reap the benefits—” Glish stops abruptly. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

A whole bunch of police cars come onto the freeway, blue and red lights flashing, and they use that lane that’s just for emergencies to zoom by all the stopped cars. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

If he wanted to prove himself brave, after all, he had better just stop worrying. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

She spoke quietly, because Will had told her to stop pointing out so loudly the things that were wrong. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

He began to speak, faltered, took a breath, then stopped. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He wrote and wrote without stopping, filling sheet after sheet of paper, tearing up what he'd written, beginning again, putting one sheet aside and starting another, frowning, crumpling up the paper—and starting once more. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

He led them down a second corridor and stopped, right outside the staffroom door. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

He stopped by a large door set between two elegant bay windows, and knocked loudly. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

“You see, if the y coordinate and the x coordinate change, the point they describe changes too. Then if you change the time period—” He stopped in midsentence. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

I have no idea when I finally fell asleep last night, because I couldn’t stop thinking about how Zoey and Ben-Ben know each other from robotics. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

I stopped to rest my aching legs and sat down on my trunk along the roadside. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

“So there is no reason to stop you from doing as you choose.” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

She stopped at the intersection of the lane and the main road, waiting for a truck to pass before she turned. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

When Mary stopped by the department’s office, someone pointed out Mrs. Moss. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

All the cryptographers in the room stopped tapping their laptop keys so they could hear what Jake had to say. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

And I wanted to close my eyes, but I couldn’t stop staring at her extreme hotness. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

On the way out there, out to Holcomb, I wanted to stop and buy some black silk stockings to wear over our heads. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

It came briskly round the corner of the barn, saw the rabbits and stopped dead. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

It seemed like every animal and bird and bug in Bir-mingham stopped making noise for about two seconds. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Because of the way the stalls are constructed, I can’t check on him until we stop and unload the other horses. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

We collected half a jug before the rain stopped. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

The thrust had struck next to his throat-bole and been stopped by his jaw. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

A taxi passed, some one in it waved, then banged for the driver to stop. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

“Until just before she ran. She had stopped hating me. I wonder how long it will take you.” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

Finally, after Thanksgiving, the talk slowed and then stopped. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

When her parents separated, her mom stopped attending, though Candice still went with her father sometimes. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

From the window over the sink she could see them: they would stop, one of them would point, they would move on. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Coraline was too close to stop, and she felt the other mother’s cold arms enfold her. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

I had to stop hanging out with Aaron. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

When I got to the edge where the seagrass met the water, I stopped. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

I made a point of stopping at the entryway so he could see the fresh flowers under the portrait. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

When they came to town next and the carriage stopped before Mr Coldfield’s house, one of the negresses came out and said that Miss Rosa was not at home. Absalom, Absalom! 1936-01-01T00:00:00Z

After a minute, he stopped walking, faced us, and, newly energized, exclaimed that this incident — the assegai striking the wire — symbolized the clash between the culture of Africa and that of Europe. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You’re hurting me,” she gasped, but he would not stop moving until they were well removed from that place and she could no longer hear the intoxicating music. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

His laughter stopped and he almost turned white under his brown skin. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

“I wouldn’t fancy having to go and tell the Irish they’ve got to stop celebrating.” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

And I need to get away, so I can stop feeling guilty about what happened between my parents. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

The moment work ends, I launch out the door of the building, skidding to a stop next to Morrie, the doorman. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

A campaign was orchestrated to erase from the face of the earth the good name of the former President, in the hope that the masses would stop mourning him. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then he stopped, and a shadow came over his face, and he closed his eyes. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

With his left hand, Wes held a wet paper towel to his lip, trying to stop the steady flow of blood. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

When there was no answer I banged on the door, thinking maybe the bell had stopped working. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

But for some reason tens of thousands of those people suddenly stopped committing crimes. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Which will do nothing to stop a thousand fools from digging up the rest of the island once they hear what he was after,” Miss Maggie said. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

Finally, a man with a donkey cart stops. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

He was only too glad when people stopped noticing him. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z

“That was only because—” And then I stopped, because I didn’t have a good reason. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

Flora realized that she was going to say something to William Spiver that she hadn’t intended to say; the words were out of her mouth before she could stop them. Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z

Gurfein then asked if the Times would voluntarily stop printing for a few days, to give him time to study the case. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

I pull David up our porch steps and into the house, not stopping until the front door bangs closed behind me. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

When she passed the place in the cove where the boat sat up on the sand, beside the bell on its hook, Jinny stopped. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Turner and the corporals stopped to watch, and everyone nearby saw them too. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

When she stopped to watch and listen for a moment, Tagganaro glanced at her without recognition, but Casso barked and clapped his flippers. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“I started to stop loving him that day at the circus. He’s cruel, and the things he does, and allows, are terrible and wrong. I can’t love him now, even if he is my father.” Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

When he had finished all the operatic numbers, he stopped. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

The three voters stopped in front of him, held their hats in their hands, and waited. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Don’t you want it to stop? the body asks. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

“Although how she expects me to stop seeing stuff in my sleep...” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

He was bleeding, but there was nothing I could do to stop it. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

SCORPIUS: We had to go with the Time-Turner, we had to try to stop her. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z

He stopped eating and stared at me with small black eyes. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

He wraps the tie once around the back of his hand and reels Henry in and kisses him like he never has to stop. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Out here in the waste its terror was far greater: it pierced them with cold blades of horror and despair, stopping heart and breath. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

“Will you please stop talking like I’m not here?” Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

TimeStar said, “When Petey stopped his younger self from creating Mr. Flux, it must have sent a ripple through time so none of the terrible things we left behind ever happened.” The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

When it stopped, there was no sun to dry them off, and they were still damp when they arrived at the hostel they planned to sleep at that night. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

The bald man with the long nose hurried by the children, then stopped himself, looked at Violet in her wedding dress, and smirked. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z

Squeezing through the railing before either parent could stop her, she dropped lightly to the floor a few feet below, and ran toward her Robbie, arms waving and hair flying. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

When she realizes that I’m standing there, she stops crying and wipes her face with the back of her hands. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

He closed in one of his favorite ways, by quoting a peasant: “You want to stop HIV in women? Give them jobs.” Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

“That’s just what I was imagining. That’s what had me laughing. Thinking on being Hercules, flying down to stop the fence cutters.” Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

The noise seems to shock him, because he stops. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Nightmare and fear and the delirium of hunger tangled together so that she stopped being certain of what was real and what wasn’t. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

“Yeah. But...how do you get yourself to stop?” From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Then the attacks stopped completely and David went back to the captain’s bunk to sleep the rest of the night without awakening until the morning sun baked the inside of the cabin. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Emily practically bounced in her seat, she was so excited, straining to read every street sign the bus approached in hopes that they would reach their stop already. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

She stopped her hands and looked at me. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

I headed to the kitchen and stopped at the closet with the aprons. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

When it became clear there was no way to stop the execution, the family turned their attention to what would happen to Mr. Dunkins's body after his death. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

When he stopped swishing and fell asleep they came down and I blew them away and finally covered my face with my hands and slept too. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

The barrage lasted for fifteen seconds, then stopped abruptly. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’m so in awe of the floating dust particles in the air, I don’t notice that Courtney has stopped dead just inside the doorway until I smack right into him; he doesn’t budge. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

With all the stops the bus was going to have to make along the way, we could probably get there quicker if we walked anyway. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

She wished the slaves would stop whispering about it all the time. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was just an observation, but it tipped the scales, and Rufino stopped to offer the boy a ride. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Yes. Your friend wanted to see it. Miss Long. I handed it to her but I forgot—” Milkman stopped. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

But it was the roughly braided loop of red, black, and blue leather that made Gregor’s heart stop. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

One day I heard a sucker stop and offer him forty bucks—that’s forty more than it was worth. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

I worked all this morning, stopping from time to time to cool off in the sea. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

They stop to admire baubles and necklaces, then enter a dress shop. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

"Here!" the man said, stopping his frenzied digging. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

It reminded me of a fact from Jenna’s presentation—that a mother dolphin does not stop swimming for the first several weeks of her newborn’s life. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Those who did stop to talk spoke in low voices, then hurried on their way. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Tasted so good, I didn’t stop eating till I felt sick. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

By its own law of noninterference in scythe affairs, it could do nothing to stop the purge. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

When her uncle saw that she had stopped, he moved his horse closer and pointed. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Even when Buttercup was awake again, at dawn, with fifty-seven days to go till her marriage, she could not stop gasping. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

“The thing about dead people,” he said, and then stopped himself. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

Enoch rolled his eyes but stopped short of saying what he was We were tired and hungry, every one of us, but finding the loop had given us a burst of new energy. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

I stop moving, the bravado retreating on seeing the hand holding the book. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

Micho stopped by and told us a story about a buddy of his who got shot in Afghanistan and survived. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

Everyone in the kitchen has stopped to look at us, except David, who pushes back his chair. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

It got crushed in the middle, and whoever tried to peel the labels off stopped because the red and gold paint came off too, leaving silver scratches that rust. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

At the washroom door I stop and listen. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

He felt that familiar buzz again, but he couldn’t stop to look lest he attract his mother’s attention. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

He longed for the music to continue, but Adaon stopped, almost abruptly, and with a grave smile handed the harp back to Fflewddur. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

Jeanne has been screaming—but she stops when she sees a dark shape, storming out of the stable. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

My first stop is Edgar Street, where the lights are on and I can see the mother and her daughter eating. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

Their publication of new discoveries had been halted during the war, but they had not stopped thinking—or absorbing the knowledge gained from work on the physics of the bomb. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

But when we got to this part, Sinita kept on stepping forward and didn’t stop until she was right in front of Trujillo’s chair. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then he stopped sounding so mean and said, “And there ain’t no such things as magic powers, neither.” The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her words were always tinged with apology, like she knew she was saying the wrong thing but didn’t know how to stop herself. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

A watchman at the gate stopped us both and said he needed to search the bag. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

His hand caught mine, to stop me, as he asked. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

“We stopped by to talk for a moment. Sorry to interrupt supper.” The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

She stops cleaning for a moment, and watches the crawl of secondary stories at the bottom of the screen. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

Through breakfast and then bathing in the onsen, Du Barry's words drum through me like a vibration whose ripple won't stop. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

I stopped at the high school after school today. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

When she left, my pa tried telling me to do the same things, but he didn’t have a smile for me at the end of it, so I stopped doing what he said. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

When Gulliver stopped chirping, a strange sound filled the well—a wail mixed with a gasp and a hiccup. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

Jeff bounces his leg so much, I want to put my hand on it and make him stop. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

Poppy spoke rapidly to Sitti in Arabic, but she didn’t stop right away. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

Following the song to the parlor, as if Miss Love was a Pied Piper, I stopped at the door in pure amazement. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

I had stopped eating, not because of Arnold, whom I had long forgotten, but to be fashionably anorexic like all the other thirteen-year-old girls who were dieting and finding other ways to suffer as teenagers. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

C. J. hurried forward and stopped the man and asked him what he was doing. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

All this way, just to be stopped by something as common as a broken ankle? The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

She stopped the wagon, and watched Harriet for a few minutes. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

The dogs gasped on their leashes, but no one tried to stop us. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

At last Arion stopped at the top of a wooded hill. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

Two hundred metres down on the main road, past the Barracks, and then—She stopped. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

These shameless corporate sleazebags wouldn’t stop until they found someone dumb enough or desperate enough to give in and sell them the information they needed. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

With shells exploding all around, the bus sped to a military airbase and stopped in front of a complex that had once been General Westmoreland’s headquarters. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

I stopped spinning and stumbled to the ground, right on the double yellow lines. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

Nick drove down the left side, stopped, and went up like he was going for the short jumper. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

“Yeah. But I think maybe he made all this and got in over his head a little. Like he can’t keep track of all the bad stuff that happens or stop it.” The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

She was bigger than me, but not by much, and I figured that since I was a boy I could break away from her and run if she tried to stop me. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bod said, “You’re missing the point, I’m afraid. You two need to stop this. Stop behaving like other people don’t matter. Stop hurting people.” The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

Around midnight a truck stopped to give me a lift. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sitting alone in my room, I couldnt stop thinking how Governor Faubus would for certain have to be in that courtroom. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the midst of the crowd, our wagon passes the Khmer Rouge village without stopping. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The only light in the room was a standard lamp beside the fireplace, so the shadow was clear and definite, but it never stopped long enough for Will to make out what it was. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

We stopped at Minerva’s bed, rolled up the bags, and folded her faded star blanket. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

She stops winding, leaving me with my hands still garlanded with animal hair, and takes the cigarette end from her mouth to butt it out. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had to stop the takers from walking away with his grandpa’s treasures. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

FOREMAN: All right, let’s stop all this arguing. Twelve Angry Men 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I followed them to the mall, they stopped outside Zimmerman’s Pet Store and all thousand of them got out, holding hands and two-dimensional, like cutout accordion dolls. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

He rode to the farmhouse and stopped in a crowd of horses and sat there. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You don’t have to tell me if you don’t want to,” she says, stopping to face me. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

We stopped at this bodega a block from her house. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

Truckers stopped for diesel and Cokes, and businesspeople stopped for cigarettes. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Malcolm couldn’t keep the canoe steady: all he could do was stop it from tipping over and hope that they’d find a calmer patch of water near Broad Street and Jordan College. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

When the bus pulls over at Sam’s stop, she walks to the back door. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

I told her how I had stopped off in Chicago for a day on my way east and how a dozen people had sent their love through me. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

My elevator stops to deposit four tributes before I am alone and then find the doors opening on the twelfth floor. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

He pulls to a stop and asks, “Is this good?” The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

Whistles blew around the square and the chanting stopped, the marching stopped, and everyone began to lie down on the ground. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

The scuffling weakened, the scraping stopped, a last pathetic squeak—like a miniature champagne cork—was ejected into the darkness. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even when I was the most furious at him, I’d never stopped thinking he was great at music. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Relief from blood came when we stopped going to Mr. Green—the cattle killers began demanding payment even for blood. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

“She always complains, though, when I give her a tight hug: ‘If you love me, stop squeezing my old bones so I can be alive longer.’ A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

He gave a gasp, and his loud breathing stopped momentarily. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

He swung off the bus before it had really stopped and ran back toward the sign. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

Through the town, over a bridge, on for a couple of miles, and he stopped at a low, rectangular building with an illuminated Pabst sign, and a Coca-Cola machine by the door. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

“Well, if you’d speak properly I might understand you,” she snapped, then stopped walking. have to be afraid of me,” she said. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

He began to reach for it, but the abbot, who was watching William carefully, stopped him. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

Rufus stopped, began a deep breath, caught himself and grimaced in pain. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

Several of them stopped, grabbed their own shoulders and chests with exaggerated gestures, and pretended to be hit. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

The man comes to a stop before me, waving me back down when I rise to greet him. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

She tried to sneak past her mom’s door, but her mom stopped her. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

The rains had fallen without stop, and the Song Tra Bong had overflowed its banks, and the muck had now risen thigh-deep in the field along the river. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes he would make it stop dead, right on his forehead. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

How was I supposed to stop this thing? Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

Ms. Jacobs should really stop acting like just because I’m Black, I’m the only one in class who has an opinion about Black stuff. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

One doctor, noticing inflammation under Dr. Philobosian’s eyelids, had stopped the examination and chalked an X on his coat. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Osh told me how I stopped cawing and lay silent as a mouse when a hawk-shadow comes—I blinking up at him and he down at me—that morning when we first met. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

“To save more books? To stop the burning altogether?” The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

The lift stopped; the grilles opened once more. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

The giggling continued at several Charleston bars and had not stopped completely when Rock Troy left Ben off at his house in Ravenel. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Cain teased her—breaking not only her body, but her will...He had to stop it. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

He pulled the knife out, and we continued kicking the boy until he stopped moving. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

Neither did the public learn that the Central Intelligence Agency was warning Johnson that even a large American ground force would probably be unable to stop the Communists from eventually taking over in Vietnam. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

My heart did not pound or stop or stutter. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“And by the way, Daddy, you gotta stop ironing your jeans! Nobody does that!” Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

I had long ago recognised the necessity, and begun to take off my coat, but he stopped me with a warning hand. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

Twenty minutes later, I arrived, soaking wet and shivering, at my stop. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

She stops looking at me; she’s squinting at something behind me, and her hand drops. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

The door’s nearly shut when I stop it with my hand. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

He carried all three portraits to the front counter and was about to stamp his embossed gold Hofacket’s Fine Portraiture seal on the lower left corner of each one when Granddaddy stopped him. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

Once the cells in a biological machine stop working, it can never be started again. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

And, as if by magic, the conversation stopped. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

When one of the Oldsmobile’s windows stopped rolling up in Oklahoma, we taped garbage bags over it. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

The penguins all loved to climb the stairs that led up to the kitchen, and never knew when to stop unless they found the kitchen door closed. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z

“My wife and baby are healthy. Let me just drive through so I can get to Bethlehem by nightfall. We won’t stop for nothing.” Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Once they exited the southern end of the valley, she’d be more open to stopping. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

I stopped beside his bulk as if I were in a dream. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

The Iroquois Indians used the leaves and roots of this plant to stop bleeding and purify cuts. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

I stopped my fiddling and turned to Big Sue. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

Still, I kept thinking she might stop by during the daytime, key in to the apartment, peek inside. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

If a child stopped before you, you received the blessings of the god and the small gift the child carried as a symbol of the god’s favor. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

The noise virtually disappeared, the slamming stopped, and the Frog surfed down the long swells and waves so fast she sometimes showed close to ten knots on the speed indicator. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

She stopped the car and pulled over onto the side of the road. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

Mr. Griffiths holds up his hand, like a cop stopping traffic, but I continue. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

Richard envisaged somebody young and alert like their houseboy, Ugwu, but Harrison turned out to be a small stooped stick of a man, middle-aged, wearing an oversize white shirt that stopped below his knees. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

It was all Jon could do to stop himself from walking out. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

I stopped complaining to my friends about being treated unfairly. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

‘He is not dead, and they will burn him alive, if someone does not stop them.’ The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

“Maybe you’d better stop making it for a while,” he said. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

She start explaining, but I stop her talking by saying, “You want me chopping the onions and celery and measuring out the ingredients and such as that.” Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

But what if V could have stopped it all if she’d only said something? A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

So I stopped thinking about the layers and the warmth, muted the TV, and focused on Decapitation. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

Before Dad could stop me, I sprinted into our greenhouse, took the eggs out of the carton, one by one, and slammed them into the dead plants. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

The package had been thrown to the floor when she stopped short. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

A few miles away, he stopped to rest. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

When they stopped outside the garden gate she tried to dismount hastily and he had to catch her hand, wrenching her arm back painfully, to prevent her from falling. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Not everyone learns to read this way—memory taking over when the rest of the brain stops working, but I do. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

I had hoped that the morning rain would make the courtroom more bearable, but the rain stopped early, and the humidity it left behind only made the air in Sumner hotter and heavier. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

Because in Dad’s mind, nothing can stop him from pursuing Mental Health. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

He slept and woke and the rain slackened and after a while it stopped. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

His eyes cast over the sky garden again, then stopped. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

He did what he could to stop crying. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

August and I both stopped chewing and sat up. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

They had stopped the ride to let people off and on down below. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

I’m early, so I sit on a bench with Lisa’s copy of an Alice Hoffman novel, stopping every now and then to watch a jogger push by. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

Once Juan stopped them, sent an uneasy glare across the empty floor, and then grudgingly motioned to keep moving. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

Erik stopped by the door, turned, and looked at me through his swollen eyes. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I opened the front door to the shack, I stopped. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

The sound of his bullets bouncing off the door was deafening—but somehow reassuring—but after about a dozen shots he stopped. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

She stopped checking her face in the mirror. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

“But I won’t stop going to the meetings. You can come if you want.” Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Her ambitious heart almost stopped beating as this notion occurred to her. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

With the wind I went more slowly and had to stop more often because of the water spilling over the sides, but the leak did not grow worse. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

The pianist stopped what he was playing and started something new. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Pa always stopped telling the story here, and waited until Laura said: “Go on, Pa! Please go on.” Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some word from him that would rekindle the dream and stop the death they were dying. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

But just before the truck rolled over my body and crushed me like an ant, it skidded to a stop. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z

Annabeth was in favor of breaking the cages and freeing them on the spot, but I pointed out it wouldn’t do much good until the truck stopped moving. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

“Count Threpe, actually. He plays here all the time, has for years. Great patron of the arts. He stopped trying for his pipes years ago. Now he just plays. Everyone loves him.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The commuter shuttles ran only a few times a day, so the residents lucky enough to have a job would already be waiting at the bus stop by the highway. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Everything changes at the 4th stop when a girl falls into the seat next to me. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

When they got to the bottom of the hill the man stopped and looked at him and looked back up the road. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

It took me a long time to stop feeling those regrets. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Finally she stopped sobbing and looked up at Gerald, who had wrapped his arms protectively around her. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You think you could stop talking long enough to give me a hand here? Man the harpoon.” Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

I stop at my locker to get my books, and sitting on top of them is what looks like the Hoosier Hill rock. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

When Isa realized he wasn’t next to her, she stopped and turned around to face him. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Or maybe nothing had happened yet, maybe Pet was there to stop something from happening. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

He stopped opposite the fence and looked at Winnie with a friendly swish of his tail, and then he saw the toad. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Wicked One held an arm out, to stop the assault. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

‘I had a funny dream an hour or two before we stopped, Mr. Frodo,’ he said. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

After a while I stop fretting and settle down. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

Those closest to us stopped their work and stared. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

After a few months, we would sprinkle a handful of sand along the corridor so that we could hear the warder’s footsteps and have time to stop talking or hide any contraband. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

His voice stopped as he stood, tall and black and disk-eyed, huge. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Basta picked it up carefully, holding it together like a sack, went over to Meggie, and stopped in front of her. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

She did not stop until she came to the beach. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

What if we could stop being different colors, different backgrounds, and just be in love? We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

She walked away from him, stopped, turned back. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I stopped by his table on my way upstairs. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

Even after we returned to class, the buildings continued to shake; the rumbling didn’t stop. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

I wanted to do something, stop him somehow, but I crouched back and watched Azar pick up a tear-gas grenade and pull the pin and stand up and throw. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Please forgive me for not stopping by sooner,” Justice Strauss said, as the Baudelaires stood awkwardly in the doorway. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z

‘You know, you couldn’t have stopped Leo. There’s nothing you could have done differently. He knew what had to happen.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Meg looked around her, realizing that she had been so breathless from the journey and the stop on the two- dimensional planet that she had not noticed her sur-roundings. A Wrinkle in Time 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

The only person who insisted on visiting regularly was Garvey, the stocky youth probation officer, who stopped by the detention center almost daily. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

We discovered early that in order to stop stealing we would, for a while, have to steal more than ever. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

“Regina,” Mr. Wright said, but Mrs. Wright did not stop. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I went to the bank and deposited the check and the money order and the other ten, and stopped at the telegraph office. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Gallup was that kind of place, interesting, even funny as long as you were just passing through, the way the white tourists did driving down 66, stopping to see the Indian souvenirs. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

I laughed, and he stopped, caught my eye. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

Ofttimes I’d find him reading a book; he would stop and in a joking, wistful, and cynical manner ape the antics of the white folks. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

The truck stopped in front of the hospital. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

I stopped, my dim spark of curiosity smothered by my common sense. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

It was only when a couple of them broke and started to bleed that he thought he’d better stop, since he was not sure how much blood he had left to lose. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

And, I swear, I could not stop no matter how much I wanted to. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

We stop at our lockers so we can cram the useless posters in. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

The wolf started up the steps, stopped, looked back at Jon. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

I wait, watching the shadows move, and when one of them stops, I step up, point my gun, and shoot. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

We stopped near Miss Sadie's place and Shady took my bags. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

This now needed another outlet, and soon after the warren had been stopped from growing he introduced the Wide Patrols. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

The terrorists thought that they would change our aims and stop our. ambitions, but nothing changed in my life except this: Weakness, fear, and hopelessness died. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

What sidewalk preachers stop them in their tracks? Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then, back at my locker, where I stopped to switch books, Kate came up to me. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

“If you don’t stop, I’m gonna call Taylor Swift and tell her you changed your mind and want to go to her Fourth of July party after all.” Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

“I’m not really allowed to stop here,” he explained. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

With no choice but to stop, the camaradas began setting up camp. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

But they were not allowed to stop by the piles, simply pushed closer to the boxcars. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Omakayas looked around for a heavy stick to club it, to put it out of its pain, and then something stopped her. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

My mind had practically stopped on the word Mummy. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

“Go in, go out—no stop. Now I see you leg. Maybe ’urt you, not long.” Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Toby, please. I promise I—” She stopped and rubbed her temples. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

My heart stopped thumping, and I felt a flood of relief through my chest that tickled my throat and made me laugh. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Then Nora stops at a door in the hallway that leads to the laundry room. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

Ghost stalked beside Jon’s horse as the rangers and recruits formed up, then stopped and sniffed, his breath frosting in the air. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The rain had stopped and 1 stepped out of bed and across the floor to the window. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

When she sees the second set of plastic flowers and the poster, weather-beaten and faded, Always in our Hearts, Annabelle stops right there. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

His eyes rolled up and they looked me straight in the eye before they suddenly stopped in a frightful glance, as if caught by surprise. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

Sometimes she would ask me simple questions, like what did I think the weather would be the next day, and stop whatever she was doing and wait for an answer. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

The kid obviously had not seen Kyril Montana: he stopped, silhouetted against the sky, and waved downhill at the horseman riding up and at the other man farther below. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh, Milord Octavian,” said my mother, “stop breaking my crayons.” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

They sat huddled together wrapped each in a blanket over their coats and after a while the rain stopped and there was just the dripping in the woods. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

They all stopped and turned around, Thorn lifting her chin up like Valley had taught her to. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

We stopped at Gina’s cousin’s house and picked up an ice chest full of beer and Cokes. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

He did not stop nor look at her, but charged with a clatter onto the road. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

The Professor didn’t know what to make of her, and stopped at last to ask with an air of mild surprise that was irresistible. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

That was his way of letting me know that—even though he was almost never there when I came home from school—he knew that the kitchen was always my first stop. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I forged myself a note from my father and headed off for school, stopping in at the Clarion on the way. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

A few other soldiers drinking coffee outside of their tents had stopped talking to observe. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

The snow stopped, but the temperature really dropped the next few days, so that getting up to zero seemed kind of hopeless. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z

And even when I had assured myself I was on the right road, I felt compelled to stop the car a moment to take stock, as it were. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

When they stopped, Louisiana threw herself down on the ground. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

Eleanor wouldn't try to stop her, no matter what; she was a guest in this garage. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

Father said, “The fighting has stopped, but they haven’t settled the peace terms yet. That’s what John Adams and some of the other men are doing in Paris now, talking over the peace terms.” Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

See, he’s got some great gals, like Holly and Liza, but there’s a certain number of malcontents and he just wishes they’d stop their complaining. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“What about the police? Why didn’t they stop them?” The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

He had never really stopped to consider why the pieces from the old man’s toys fit so well into the mechanical man. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

Smoke filled the crowded room and the music stopped and the students dancing stopped and the DJ told them to quickly leave the building. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

We pass a small crowd standing near what looks like a bus stop—a tiny glass shelter with a single bench. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

The way she almost stopped living when he died. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

He could hear men shouting, and then the voices stopped. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

Nathan was happy when Mother Water Monster stopped near a bed of rocks that nested on a tangle of seaweed. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

The mother and baby remained in the hospital for several days, and by the time they were released Mother had stopped trembling. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

He didn't think she'd necessarily stop him if he tried, but what if she did? Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

A rusty stop sign riddled with bullet holes. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

Two black men stopped at the newsstand and bought a paper, then walked into a doorway. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

They are silent, but not somber—they smile at the Amity they pass, inclining their heads, a few of them stopping to exchange pleasantries. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

Mama put some cane chairs out there along with a crate with an ashtray so they’d stop littering her yard. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We’re going to talk more about money next time. We have to stop now.” It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

I rolled through the three other stop signs in Casavilla, and we were a mile down Pennsylvania Avenue before we saw a cop car roar past us with its lights on. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

Hoping to find his way back to the board games, he turned the corner and stopped dead in his tracks. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

It sounded like a bicycle bell and I thought there might be a kid on a bike, so I hit the brake and slowed to a stop. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Jason started to protest, but Artemis stopped him with a glance. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Ms. Keaton stops me as I’m leaving English to let me know that my final timed essay has to be on The Tempest. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

Two winos drifted over to see what they could see and a bunch of kids stopped playing and gathered around. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

PPC is a vast and germy pit stop on the highway of life, but you make it a little cooler. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Jule stopped walking and forced the lady to look her in the face. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Schmid stopped the clock, walked to the front of the stage, and announced the first forfeiture of any game in World Championship history. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

When he gets to me, he stops, looks me up and down, and says, “You all by yourself?” X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jinny stopped at her cabin door but didn’t reach to open it, so arrested was she by the power of her memory. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

I stopped still when we got outside the building, right at the entrance to the boardwalk. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It isn’t just townspeople. It’s my father. Do you really think a couple of locked doors will stop me from going?” Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

“If you stop the story there, it’s the end,” I said. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

“She didn’t mean ...” My mouth sped to Fern’s rescue, but Cecile’s raised hand stopped me. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’m waiting for it to stop long enough so I can call Minny. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Enough to stop the spinning as her helpless smithereens scattered. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

When she finally told me to stop, it took everything I had to not punt the basketball over the fence. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

“You stop breaking the rules or I’m going straight downstairs.” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

He stopped and adjusted his baseball cap, surveying the forest. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

But I didn’t hush, and when she went away I followed, and she stopped on the stairs and waited and I stopped too. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Maybe we could just stop by for a second.” Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

They did not stop me as I descended the stairway and left the castle, but they followed at a distance. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

I watch her walk away, and I don’t stop her or follow her. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

We spent the rest of the day in limbo, waiting, not knowing, pacing around the hospital, family members stopping by. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

When she stopped behaving in a reasonable way, she took away the only point of reference I had. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Soon afterward, the new taxes were stopped—except for a tax on tea. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

They stopped at a hundred miniature stores with crooked floors so Poppy could greet the owners, kiss-kiss on both cheeks, introduce the family, and be offered coffee or tea, though he kept saying no. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

“I try, Bryson, I really do, but—” He stopped there and shrugged reflectively, a little helplessly. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

“We have to stop by that black tent,” I tell Elsie. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

“I stopped dining at your table three years ago, Otho.” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

I had just stopped the bleeding and hid the wad of bloody tissues behind my bed when Mom came in wearing a crisply ironed summer dress and told me to put on some “respectable” clothes. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Candice stopped talking because she knew if she said one more word, she would lose her battle with the tears. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

The brothers arrive at a polder windmill in Rijswijk just as the rain stops. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

They realized that she wasn’t with them only after they stopped for a rest at the first village they reached. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

He had held a candle up there for hours, flicking the flame all over the ceiling, stopping often to move the table he was standing on. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

She stops flipping the pages and holds up one of the glossy images for me to see. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

“Let him finish. And you,'' he barked at Victor, “can stop talking in riddles. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

He stops walking and pulls me off to the side again. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

He simply stopped and stood quite still and said, ‘Be so kind as to be letting go of my hair, Fleshlumpeater.’ The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

And I was playing The 11th Hour on my computer that evening when a taxi stopped outside the house. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

"I could have killed myself, but then they would've just brought you here and bled you every day. As long as there are strong Belles to use, it will never stop." The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

Behind me, there’s the sound of a scuffle, but I don’t stop. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

“You have to meet me at Zimmerman’s at seven. You have to help me stop her,” he said. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

I skid to a stop over loose stones. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

Once you entered a gate, you couldn’t just stop and log out. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

“To die. Do you feel it? I know that it’s not the same for everyone, and that you stop breathing and your heart stops beating, but what does that feel like?” The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

I held up my hands to stop him from explaining. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

She had got nearly to the gate when something made her stop, nose up, like a doe with young in the thicket. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

"I don't understand," she says, and stops playing. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

“And you think you could have stopped the shooting?” Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

The horse stopped in front of the coffeehouse, puffing and wheezing. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

So we decided to leave the endless trail and stop pretending we were mountain men because we weren’t. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

An hour or so later, when I made an inmate return an extra helping of bacon that Cueball had bestowed, he glared at me anew and pointed at the inmate I had stopped. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He only stopped at the comer to pick up his flying T, carry it across the street, and lay it back down on the sidewalk. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

He circled the room, stopping at his desk, at the file cabinets, at the book cases. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

“Stop being sarcastic. Motion is possible. You don’t have to be a douche from Unity Valley for all your life. You can stop whenever you want. Up to you.” Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

Our involvement will be so great that we cannot—without national humiliation—stop short of achieving our complete objectives. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

“We put too many logs in the fire pit!” he said without stopping. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Since I had departed that morning for the continent, his next stop was the Philosophical Library, where he could remove his lingering doubts about Chargaff’s data. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

They slowed to a stop at the intersection of Main and Third, where Ivy needed to keep going straight and Taryn needed to turn left. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I wished Dari had stopped making these “tweaks.” The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

He told Nicole to stop rubbing her eye, that she was only going to spread the burn. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

She started laughing again right in my arms, but I stopped it by putting my lips on hers. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

In hundreds of little towns and big cities from coast to coast, kids were using the new word, and parents and teachers were trying to stop it. Frindle 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Flora flipped through the pages of the comic and stopped at the panel that showed the glowing, powerful Incandesto. Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z

I was out through most of Kentucky even though we stopped at some more Ohio-style rest stops. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

The boys who were running from the front of the house to the back alley stopped, following orders from the police car that pulled up behind them. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

I stopped at the barn and picked up a gunny sack. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

“If you have questions, you can stop by at lunch tomorrow.” Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

She groaned in pain, but dared not stop. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

When we get home, I go straight to my room without even stopping to get a snack like I normally do. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

“Well, you started praying when it was night and you ain’t stopped praying till it was morning. That’s a right smart time, it seems to me.” Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

They stopped there to drink and refill their flasks, and to soak their aching feet in the icy water. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

And each time I crossed the footbridge over the river, twice a day, I had to stop and scoop around in the coffee-colored snow at the road’s edge until I found a decent-sized rock. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

“That can be the cheapest kind of self- indulgence. You stop that!” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

I stop, out of breath, like I just won a fight against ten dudes. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

I stopped still and said as calmly as I could, “Look I’m sorry. I don’t mean to mess up your job, but there’s no reason for anybody to show me around. OK?” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the song ended, my mom pressed the stop button, let her arms fall to her sides, and looked at me as if I was supposed to say something. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

"They should create a natural phenomenon . . ." This had better stop right here, I thought. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s only that I didn’t want you to miss your stop—” “And as you can see, I have not.” The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

We all ducked inside quickly, but I stopped myself at the kitchen door. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Two liveries Sam noticed, one marked by the Red Eye, the other by a Moon disfigured with a ghastly face of death; but he did not stop to look more closely. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

She stopped and wanted to insist upon my taking my shoes; but I would not. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

When the Vietnamese got kids hooked on drugs and we had to fight a war to stop it, did we give in? Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

I heard Rosaleen behind me in the kitchen shouting to June that Zach was here, heard June’s music stop in the middle of a note. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

So, the thing about the kiss is, Alex absolutely cannot stop thinking about it. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

“Shoot, nothing there either,” she mumbled, stopping the video. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

“Oh, go ahead and open them. And stop it with that nonsense.” Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

I stopped and listened to it until the chimes ceased. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

And will I ever stop having nightmares about my parents? Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

“I’m glad you told me. Then I won’t walk you all the way, and you can tell me when to stop, yes?” The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

“How do I make it stop? I have to make it stop.” An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Tyson stopped by their couch and wrung his meaty hands. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

It’s hard to read the expression on my friend’s face as he stops short. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

“Oh, you know. Coin’s right-hand lackey. The one who tried to stop you.” Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

On and on the train went, making click-clack noises on the rails, grinding metal on metal, until it came to a stop. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

“Yes, you. You stopped him from coming before. You lied. You can’t do that anymore,” Axel says, bravery filling him from the inside out. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

If the reply should turn out to be Yes, hello, we might want to stop there and think about that, for quite a long time. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I walk to the group and stop behind them, standing on my toes to see inside of the circle. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

“But it was supposed to have stopped! Your scar—it wasn’t supposed to do this anymore! You mustn’t let that connection open up again—Dumbledore wanted you to close your mind!” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

She wore bronze armor that stopped at her waist. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

She kept waiting for all this to just stop, to wake up or for time to reverse or something. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

We stopped outside the door to my first class. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

She stopped, turned to me, and bowed grandly. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

“We might as well just go back and think of something else tomorrow. Perhaps we can stop and see Justice Strauss.” The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z

The doctor threw him a dirty look from the rear of the room, and Yossarian made himself stop. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

As he drove out, he kept turning back to see his mother, perhaps to see if she would change her mind and dash after Aniekwena or wave to him to stop. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Francie, usually dragging Neeley along, often followed the musicians from stop to stop, street to street, until it got dark and time for the musicians to disband. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Yeller wasn’t big and strong enough to stop him, but he kept him slowed down and fought away from Jumper and Mama and Lisbeth. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

When Garfield finished his work on Friday, he decided to stop by Secretary James Blaine's home a couple of blocks away. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Hannah stopped wiping the counter and looked me straight in the eye. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

After the Chinese food stop, Wes decided it was time to head home. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

The ringing doesn't stop because I haven't gotten Max's phone out of the bag yet. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

She ducked out of sight but kept talking, telling me about a hunting trail that skirted the edge of the city and stopped at a riverhead. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Now stop bothering me. Let’s go to the fudge shop,” he says. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

James told her the last stop had been Trenton. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

One of the men walked among the group and stopped in front of Uncle. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Harry said loudly, and Ron and Hermione stopped bickering to listen. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

"What do you think of that? It's stopped raining." The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

They came on in such a hurry that they didn’t see Omakayas until they were nearly in her lap, and then, with comical looks of shock, they tried to stop themselves. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t stop the tears from rolling down my face. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

They all stopped talking as he walked by. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

She wanted to curl up in the corner of her room and press her hands over her ears to stop the whispering. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

“If you ever want a job in my furniture factory . . .” he says, but stops in mid-sentence. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

I stopped laughing long enough to say, “The scent, moron.” Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Something in his voice stops me, sears me. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

He picked up a loose rock and tossed it, watching it absently as it bounced to a stop. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

But, I swear, almost from the first patch I could feel myself winding down like I was on a swing that was slowly stopping. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nothing, this time, was going to stop it from being run. hen news of the deal broke to an ecstatic public on October 5, horsemen were amazed that Howard had accepted the walk-up. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Every person I passed stared at me goggle-eyed, stopping whatever they were doing to rubberneck as I walked by. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

I know I should stop, but it would be wrong to stop for someone else. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Woolf couldn’t stop laughing and was barely able to grunt out his responses. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Uncle Jet stopped and dropped the duffel bag. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

So if we had to drive at night, we were mindful of the speed limit, lest we get stopped by white police. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

“I just never stopped believing I’d get home again,” said his dad. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

“What happened?” said Hermione anxiously, stopping so abruptly that Harry walked into her. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

“I’ve stopped. I wont again. You promise, Jason?” she says, and me feeling her eyes almost like they were touching my face. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Juana willed to stop him; she raised her hand to stop him, and her mouth opened with terror. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

My palms were slipping, but I didn’t stop. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

He said, “Whoever you are, it isn’t working. It doesn’t scare us. We know it isn’t real. Just stop.” The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

Then, finally, she pulled a box off a shelf, flung back its lid, and stopped. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

“What’s the name of that thing that always stops the bomb in the movies?” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

When Bigwig stood up and pushed the top of the door inward, the frame immediately pivoted much further than before, because there was no sill along the bottom of the outer side to stop it. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

He stops to inspect some blueprints spread out on the floor. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

I wipe my hands on my thighs and walk toward the track, stopping a few yards short. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

I was so deeply in the music that I couldn’t have told you where it stopped and my blood began. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“I was pretty sure it led here. Some powerful monster scent... She must’ve stopped here looking for the mystery monster. But we haven’t found anything yet.” The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

I had this idea that if I went slow enough, she would jump in and I wouldn't have to stop. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

He could not leave Chicago; all roads were blocked, and all trains, buses and autos were being stopped and searched. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Occasionally she stopped and squinted and aimed her ear at the piano as if this helped her to listen better. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

They turned to the horse, which suddenly stopped munching on the grass to regard them with deep, fathomless eyes. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

“The truth is . . .” Mama began, but stopped herself. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

To stop this ridiculous bloody detective game And asking about Mr. Shears wasn’t any of these things. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Catholics weren’t supposed to, of course, but that didn’t stop anyone. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

She literally stopped the concert midsong and dragged me offstage to go get a checkup. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

The car’s been stopped for a while now, in the parking lot outside the sanctuary, but Axel can’t pull himself from the back seat, no matter how much he wants to see the eaglet. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

And sometimes we had to stop, just because we were raw and exhausted and still humming humming humming with something we didn’t even have the strength left to do anything about. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Maddie slowed the bike to a putter and finally had to stop. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

I kept waiting for Mother to snap back to her old Everything Is Just Fine attitude, but she stayed blanched out and kind of stopped breathing. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“She waited a minute, rocking on her heels, and then she lit a cigarette and went and stood by the window. She began to laugh. She went on laughing. I thought she would never stop. ‘ Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

She stopped overnight in Cuba and flew on the next day. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

Within only a few hours of the big bang, the production of helium and other elements would have stopped. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

He circled the car then stopped, crouching low, bringing his head level with the passenger seat. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

But when they were on the street later, heading down to the bus stop, she saw Khadim again, leaning against a wall. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

I tried to keep going, but finally I had to stop. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

She stopped cleaning herself, and I took to bathing her in the sink. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

Immediately, before she could stop it, that famous Emily Bronte quote popped into her head: ‘‘Whatever our souls are made of, his and mine are the same.” When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

He doesn’t stop running until he reaches his home, a house I now recognize. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Mum had to drag her away to stop her from murdering me. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

This hasn’t stopped some believers—physicists included—from picketing high-energy laboratories like Fermilab; they believe that a high-energy collision could cause a spontaneous collapse of the vacuum. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

I could have stopped it—end of story. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

“He’s okay. He’s okay—” My mom stops short. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

The offer was generous, and incredibly tempting, but...something still stopped her. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Just before midday, the movement stopped when an oxcart became jammed at a turn inside the tunnel. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

But the soldiers do not stop and pull Geak out of her grasp as they cling to one another, yelling to each other not to let go. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

My breath escaped in a thin whimper before I could stop myself. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

My brother was too much on a roll to stop, though. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

His expression didn’t stop Big Ma from apologizing on my behalf. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

They charged up to us, surrounded us, and stopped. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Without stopping the flow of reassuring words, Taran raised her hoof. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

The next day, the team doctor gave me some medication that would allow me to at least keep water down and stop my head from pounding. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

When Bruce ran that stop sign, he was flouting the law and flaunting his new Harley. gantlet/gauntlet. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

It hurt in a way she had never felt before, and she did not know how to make it stop. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

They came to a stop at a red light. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Mama stopped a kimono-wrapped woman stepping past us with her sleeve pushed up against her nose and asked, “What do you do?” Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

I know almost everyone here has stopped menstruating. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

And Capricorn fell down on his face, and his black heart stopped beating—She couldn’t say it. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Or did their fragile existence just suddenly stop? Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

No doubt rural blacks at that time were accustomed to strangers stopping at their house to use the bathroom. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

He stopped harping on how long it would take to get home. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

On the way from the bus stop, Hazel walked by Jack’s house slowly. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

He tells Question to stop the whimpering and be a man. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

But there were more people behind us on the platform, trying to push into the car, and a few of the soldiers who’d been ringing us had to break away to stop them. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

She turned away to go back down the road, then stopped. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

First they stopped by the alley where Papa kept the gray trash cans and blue recycling bins. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

She was so motivated, she couldn’t stop talking, making offers and taking them back and making new offers. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

I passed by this playground and stopped and watched a couple of very tiny kids on a seesaw. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

Death was a fly that stopped buzzing when the swatter hit it. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

When we came to a point just past the market where the road had narrowed, eaten away by erosion at the sides, he stopped for a while to let other cars go by. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

We stopped for gasoline and coffee and slabs of pie. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

I want to stop and hug her and give her a big kiss on the cheek. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

When she saw the dwarf standing at the end of the gangplank, Ysilla stopped so suddenly that Yandry blundered into her, and the pike almost slid off her back into the river. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

As I opened the door, I heard Frankie’s footsteps stop and looked over my shoulder. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

If I had stopped the night and bears had gathered to my cooking, I dare not think what would have happened. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Pictures of me stop when I was twelve. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

As uberblogger Glenn Reynolds likes to say, blogs have given the people a chance to stop yelling at their TV and have a say in the process. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z

“But I told you, we didn’t have time to stop. If I had stopped, you’d have been late for speech!” Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

She stared at my agonized smile, and her little daughter stopped crying when she saw Otto, her eyes widening in fascination. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

He looked almost as if he were drunk, stopping, moving on, wandering to left and right, stumbling over little ruts and stones on the path his living feet had known so well. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

“I’ll fight you, in single combat,” cried Will, “and if you give way, then the fighting has to stop.” The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Then one night they had stopped again since Sherman had stopped again, and an orderly came along the bivouac line and found Henry at last and said, ‘Sutpen, the colonel wants you in his tent. ’ Absalom, Absalom! 1936-01-01T00:00:00Z

Down here on the benches, there was no one to stop Jon drinking as much as he had a thirst for. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

At this point George and Florah stopped eating and watched with petrified eyes. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

What stopped her from saying more was the policeman himself, who took off his mirrored sunglasses to reveal stark white eyes. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

I don't stop until my lungs threaten to give out. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

The screen scraped the back of his hand and his arm, but he didn’t stop. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

I’m standing by my locker, putting my books away, and she stops right beside me. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

When we came to it, Arturo stopped and stroked his mustache, glancing in both directions. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

I stopped struggling and fell back on my pillow. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Finally they stopped outside a heavy door of iron. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

Finally she stops and puts a hand over her heart and breathes deeply as an embarrassing silence covers the room. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nothing, however, could stop her from keeping busy. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

But the thought of the greeting he would receive from Willis and his crew stopped him. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

I stopped in a parking place to look at her and the necklace bridge over the entrance from the sea that led to her. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

I thought it was abandoning me, but it stopped at the edge of the shadows and, waited. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

People are stopping on the sidewalk to stare. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

"You done stopped it," a young man said, looking down. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Don’t stop now,” he insisted, serving them again, and again, and again, and again, and again. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

After stopping at their lockers, swapping books, packing bags, they burst from the school and gathered at the meeting place. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

A report by The New York Times found that the highest concentration of stops in the city was a roughly eight-block area of Brownsville, Brooklyn, that was predominately black. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

“Strawberry, stop sign, ladybug, Kool-Aid, tomato, tulip....”He slowly raised his arm and reached out, feeling for the bedside table. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

They set to work tirelessly in their shop downstairs, stopping only at night, to sleep in an unheated room above the shop. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

"He will get a job sooner if you stop giving him your money. Be firm, Master-ji." Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

I stay as still as possible: as soon as I move, I’ll start to shiver and I’m afraid that I won’t be able to stop. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

He might as well have told the wall to stop standing there. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

You wear yourself down until your heart stops beating. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

With a final shudder, the jetliner came to a stop at the gate. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

“How about stopping at my place first,” Buddy suggested. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Instead, Lily directed him to pull off at a rest stop a few miles from the city. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

She stopped at the corner of Washington Avenue and St. John’s Place to take in the changing scenery. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

The car turns 2 times and then stops. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

She’d wanted to be very grown up and logical, but she couldn't stop her voice from sounding whiny and childish. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

She thought the heavy cane was going to smash Grandmother’s face, but it stopped a finger’s breadth away. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Frowning, Chronicler opened his mouth, but Bast held up a hand to stop him. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

About a mile to the north, the small beige dot circled a hill and stopped at the summit. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Wherever the trains stopped, the migrants went, gaunt and dirty, plagued by parasites they had picked up along the way, to front doors to beg. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

She stopped short and lost color, when she noticed for the first time the broken gods on the ground, but she said nothing. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

Illness had stopped her giving her children all a mother should. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

After they’d run awhile—Thomas had no idea for how long or how far, but he guessed three miles—Minho slowed to a walk, then stopped altogether. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

On Friday morning, when Eleanor got to her bus stop, Park was already waiting there for her. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

Colonel Korn stopped with an unpleasant expression and took a step back down. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

In Maine I took to stopping the night in these parks, talking to the managers and to the dwellers in this new kind of housing, for they gather in groups of like to like. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dustfinger stopped as suddenly as if a snake had bitten him. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

I stopped my social crusade to fit in among the popular students in my class. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

I noticed there were some Hispanics at the next bus stop where some African American people were waiting. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Macon stopped, as though the mention of illness reminded him of his own frailty, and pulled a large white handkerchief out of his pocket. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

It had rained heavily, and though the rain had stopped, wind still blew, and the leaves of the trees fluttered and revealed their pale undersides. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

If she got an early start the next day, perhaps she could stop by once more at the mill . . . but, no . Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

Everyone within twenty-five yards stopped talking and looked over. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

He couldn’t stop himself from looking around, into the shadows behind him; Voldemort’s voice had sounded so close. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

They stop, perplexed, wondering what happened to the menagerie through which they entered. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

And ‘Return 8PM Wed’ lets him know I’m bringing you home by eight tonight” I said, “What are all of those ‘stops,’ sir?” Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

Miles stopped suddenly, eyes focused on a spot to the left of my head. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

The sheer size of the rig stopped him in his tracks. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

He stopped himself from saying I love you, too. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

I crave to stop bearing all the wounds of this place on my own narrow body. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

As time passed, I began to understand that no one in our community could control, stop, direct, or quiet the white people who surrounded us. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

The wind blew and dry seedpods scampered down the sands and stopped and then went on again. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

The fire worsened, hotter still, but she didn’t stop. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

She pulled into the first empty spot she saw on the road near the hospital, running her car up onto the curb with a thudding stop. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

George watched him push the wagon a few feet down the block, stop, and tape a piece of tablet paper to the front of his wagon. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then—as he had been thinking about the Laphams all the way over from Roxbury—Johnny decided to stop in and see them. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Even when you die, I will still be your mom, Hazel. I won’t stop being your mom. Have you stopped loving Gus?” The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

I didn’t want to stop our conversation, but I also didn’t want to invite her over because we really didn’t know each other yet. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

“That’s not even how you use the word,” I say before I can stop myself. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

Much to Lupita’s relief, Salvador didn’t hail any more automobiles that day, and none stopped for them. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

I wanted to turn around, but my hand moved on its own and I couldn’t stop it from pushing the door open. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

I stopped off at the bodega and grabbed a six of Becks. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

Her voice was so sharp that the roomful of girls stopped everything they were doing to stare. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

He turned a last corner and stopped, his excited daydreams fading. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

"Max, how do you make the seizures stop?" The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

We raced up the middle of the street, not stopping to talk to anybody, not even the people we knew who tried to say hello. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

She stopped and beat some more gravel with Ida Nee’s baton. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

My brother Jalal actually went to fetch his hunting rifle before my father stopped him.” The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Pa stopped the horses, and turned around on the wagon seat. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then she turned as though to go back into the house, and seeing us there on the pavement, stopped abruptly, almost shrinking back. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then extravagance grew frenzied, encouraged by this lapse, and I could not stop myself from taking out two more annas to buy another cart. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

Several times I stop in an alley to gather my thoughts. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

She leaped from behind the statue with a cry, the arm holding her gourd high, but stopped short. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

I did not tell Jaja to stop, or point out that it was his deformed finger that he was running over the painting. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

“I remember now! He knocked me out. Percy, we have to stop him!” The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

Momma didn’t say anything, but I knew she’d have to change her plans if we didn’t stop for the night in Cincinnati. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

And there’s nothing I can do to stop it. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

Just before they had stopped for lunch the drill had found something thirty feet down that had mangled the steel as though it were lead. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

The following Monday on the way to the bus stop, I had mentioned this to Branwell and asked him if he thought you could say the man actually wrote the book. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Once, as I talked, he began to cough, and I stopped and watched helplessly as his thin frame bent and shook. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

I watched her and tried to stop my hands from shaking. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

When we came to Barnet itself he made Maxim stop every few minutes. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

“I never stop to think about it. It might jinx the momentum.” When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

Agent Fiona brings our group to a quick stop when agents come bustling through a doorway struggling to control a ten-foot tall furry creature in ripped blue jeans and a green Save the Trees T-shirt. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

So tonight, when I finally turned off of 125th and onto Eighth Av’, the boys following me had to stop right there. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

And I was saying in my head, “Train coming. Train stopped. Train going. Silence. Train coming. Train stopped. Train going .. .” as if the trains were only in my mind. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Are they asking the president to stop the Games?” Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m perfectly able to do my share,” said Eilonwy, who had not stopped being irritated at him since the afternoon. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

Soon after crossing the bridge, the taxi stopped. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

For she didn’t just breathe; she inhaled, then stopped, then expelled the air in a little burst. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Centuries seemed to pass as Father Olufemi continued forward, then stopped a few feet his opposite. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

And a small, scared part of my mind reminds me that, if I just stop right now, just leave like Hideo had insisted I do, Zero might return my Memories to me. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

His gums bled at the slightest pressure of the tip of his tongue, and he seldom stopped experimenting; it was a little game he played, sometimes by the hour. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

Ellidyr strode into the water while the companions raced to stop him. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

He rode slowly up the road, not really thinking, just moving, reluctant to stop. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Now, stop that, Cassiopeia! Stop it at once.” The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

And stopped only when he got to a house a few blocks before Burman Street. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

Me and Rondell stopped too, bent over trying to catch our breath and looking at Mong and all around us to see where we were. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

These items are power-ups—temporary bursts of super speed, wings to help you fly for short periods, shields of defense that can stop an enemy attack, and so on. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Johnny half-heard the same conversation going on here that he had listened to when he had stopped to buy food at that other tavern. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We need to have a talk,” she said before he even got the door shut, and there was a look on her face that made him stop. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

At the bridge entrance two people stepped out of a guardhouse and waved the car to a stop. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t mind, I said to Amari, pressing the stop button. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

“There she is,” Redd said, finally stopping at the edge of the pier, arms akimbo like a proud father. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

I stopped working out and stopped going out with no shirt, no matter how hot it was. Seedfolks 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was a path surrounded by dense bush, and she knew that it was a place where it was dangerous to stop too long. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

When I arrived, I lunged through the wide doorway and skidded to a stop. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

They were passing through a park with many trees and benches when Palmer saw something that stopped him in his tracks. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

A skull dislodged from the pile and clattered to the floor, where it rolled to a stop at my feet and stared up at me. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

“I must have got off on the wrong stop, I thought this was St. Louis!” Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

He got a few paces ahead of us, stopped, and turned back. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Not sure what day it is Still very weak, but the bleeding has stopped. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The whole legion fell silent as the healers worked—trying to get gauze and powdered unicorn horn under Gwen’s armor to stop the bleeding, trying to force some nectar into her mouth. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

We stop at a diner not far down the main strip. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

I keep it and I press the antiseptic pad on her arm, rubbing the cut, which is pretty deep, till it closes a bit and stops bleeding. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

He saw Faber stop up his own breath for fear of drawing that ghost into his own body, perhaps, being contaminated with the phantom exhalations and odours of a running man. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

Still squinting, he took a few steps and stopped when he was as close to me as his path allowed. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

But when a coward stops remembering who he is... The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

I’d wince and watch, tempted to step in, but always stopping short, always held back by something. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

His voice would echo in the dark forest, and whenever he stopped, the night got quieter. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

With Eveillard, I stopped at a table where a young woman in a red dress had left her chair and was sitting in the lap of the inmate. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

As he stopped and looked up, something fell heavily to the ground behind him. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

Their conversation stops immediately when I walk in. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

I stopped and turned to look behind me. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the midst of his laughter he stopped and said sternly to Adam, “You get that book under the seat and you study up. Hear me?” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“No, Millie, no! Wait! Stop it, will you? You don't know... stop it!” Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

I may stop breathing, but I’m not sure. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

But before I could type words like Sorry I didn’t tell you about the scorecard thing, or Sorry I haven’t shared Every Single Detail, I stopped myself. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

A station wagon full of Matthew’s friends backed into the street, and Emily waved for them to stop. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

They were coming to take the egg, and there was nothing I could do to stop them. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Hungry Joe stopped on a dime when he saw them and shot out of the room. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

He spent more days in jail than the runaways he brought in, snoring in a cell next to the miscreant he had stopped hours earlier. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

When it was over and Cain’s eyes stopped seeing him, Chaol's sword clattered to the ground. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Harry tore from the dining room before anyone could stop him, heading for the cupboard under the stairs. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

I decide it’s time to stop beating around the bush. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

He stopped whittling and checked the blade against his thumb. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

I catch fish in the pond all the time, and eat them; they have been one of my best food supplies except in the middle of winter, when they stopped biting. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

The guests were silent when the music stopped. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

I cranked the window open to shout hello, but the sudden harshness of their voices stopped me. “jBcutta!” The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

What is the limit of something that gets smaller and smaller and smaller without stopping? Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

When it stopped raining in Bologna, it began again in Pianosa. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

“When I’m talking to you, I—” she stops. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

“I’ve spent years trying to put an end to the market in baby bonobos. Slowly, they stopped appearing in Kinshasa. In one moment, you reestablished it.” Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

He stopped in his ragged pilgrimage only to lift his hat to white men who fled past him. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

After Dad had collapsed, I would try to pick up the place, but Mom always made me stop. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Finally the assassin stopped and slapped the three ball into the pocket. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

We give him a round of applause, then quickly stop, remembering where we are. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

When the car stopped for the fifth time I climbed over Paul and got out. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

Another blew face-on into the rat ahead of me and stopped there—it was Jonathan, who had been near the lead. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

Danny Saunders stood on the base line a few feet from first, where he had stopped after I had caught the ball, staring out at me, his face frozen to stone. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

It stopped rolling at the edge of the pocket. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Then last fall happened, and I stopped eating. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

Sometimes the responsibility felt overwhelming, but I couldn’t stop using my voice to fight bigotry. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

He stopped by the entrance to a restaurant and leaned against the wall. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

“A man stole water from another man and cut his arm with a knife. Papa’s trying to stop the bleeding.” The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

He doesn’t even stop to admire the view. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

The cop on their corner stopped them, examined the tree, and solemnly offered to buy it for ten cents—fifteen cents if they’d delivered it to his home. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Not till the first stripes of dawn start appearing down the valley in front of us do we stop to take on more water. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

“Don’t stop. You’ve got a real talent there. Funny, I never thought of El Patron as being musical.” The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

We stopped to wait for a herd of cattle crossing the road, driven by Kikuyu boys holding switches. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

A train hissed into the station and squealed to a stop. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

Holly stopped and fell silent, as though pondering on what he remembered. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mackenzie is currently addicted to a video game that she won’t stop playing until she beats it, forty or fifty game-hours from now. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

Though the tone will be light, we will stop at noon to honor our servicemen. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

Unable to stop him, Smith dug up a copy of Captain Billy’s Whiz Bang magazine and began reading aloud. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

And if the city had been left to die, did that mean the convoys had stopped altogether? The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

The plane bumped on the runway, straightened out, slowed down, and stopped: he cut the engine. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

All the tiny spiders stopped chatting to watch him closely. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

We came in clear-eyed and hungry and stopped to say hi to a man who fished from knee-deep water. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

What he couldn’t stop thinking about was Teresa, the voice in his head, what she’d said. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

We pull into the parking lot, and the lights of the rest stop flicker on in the gathering darkness. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

The man stopped, looked at him for a long cold second. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

As usual, many of the families were behind in their tuition payments, and others had stopped paying when Fazlullah issued his edict. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

After the third try they stopped and looked down for a while. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Arriving at the place, Ranofer stopped a moment to catch his breath. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

When she finally stopped chewing, her jaw ached. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Every day after school, as I walked home from the bus stop, he would stare at me. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

Mabel was pressed against me—she'd let go of my hand but we were still touching—and I didn't know why it felt so good but I knew I didn't want it to stop. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

He stopped talking about the silence between him and his father. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

Mothers and fathers walk among sheeted bodies, stop, move on. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

“They’re waiting for you. So if you get a move on and stop looking as if you’d forgotten your own name, we can go and meet them.” The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

We could not continue our march; but stopped in the midst of the road, and all swayed, as were we confronted with some great gulf or precipice before us. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

In the taxi on the way home, I couldn’t stop talking, telling Delsa about the broad streets, the big schools, the subway train. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

Either way, I doubted we could stop the prophecy. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

"Sure they was—as long as you people was fighting for 'em. But the minute y'all stopped, they started throwing folks out on the street." Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

I remember actually convincing myself there was nothing unusual in all this—that she was simply anxious for the rain to stop—and turning my attention back to what Laura was saying. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

But even while I was getting so much from her, I couldn’t stop thinking about next week, when Renee would be coming over. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

If soldiers stopped you and questioned you, the best you could do was stand erect, take your cap off, and keep your head down. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z

He was ready to get pulled over by police boats at any moment, but so far he hadn’t been stopped. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

“It’s the one day a year they all stop acting so miserable and actually let themselves have a good time,” Nina replied. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

He stopped there, unable to say any more. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

“She probably won’t stop smiling the entire time we’re there. And don’t mention anything about my dad or where I live. I don’t like to worry her with stuff like that.” Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

He backed it up beside the bulldozer, stopping perhaps ten feet from the bush. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

“What would happen if you got stopped? You don’t exactly look like your driver’s license.” The Fourteenth Goldfish 2014-08-26T00:00:00Z

I stop by Lee Lee’s on my way, but she’s not home, so I get on the bus and go by myself. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

He stopped at this river and stood hesitatingly on the bank. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z

Meggie bit her lip to stop herself from shaking, but she knew the fear showed in her eyes, and she knew that Capricorn saw it. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Yet he couldn’t stop thinking ahead to the day when the owl dens would be destroyed by bulldozers. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Don’t try to stop us, Campion. I don’t want to hurt you.” Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’ve stopped twitching, feeling roiling anger in my gut, and my arms, legs always do what I tell them. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Runt whined and backed away toward the den again, and again Bristle stopped him. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

She stops, looking uncertain as she takes the bag from my shoulder and sets it in the carriage. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

With little sleep the night before I knew I should stop. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Don’t stop before you’ve started. The dinner is tonight, not next week.” Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

I stop to rest in an alley slick with sewage. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

I had leaned over to pick up another rock, then stopped. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

When they stopped, she saw that they were at the lookout point above Happy Hollow. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

When she first stopped contacting him, he had worried himself into weeks of insomnia, roaming the house in the middle of the night, wondering what had happened to her. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

If it had been necessary to do so, we would have driven the eight hundred miles from our old house to our new house straight through, without stopping at all. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Science is asking questions and finding answers and never, ever stopping. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

For many refugee families, Clarkston is just a first stop in America, a place to get a foothold before moving on to secondary migration centers in the United States. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

When the music stops, the dancers whistle and clap with their hands above their heads, and none more enthusiastically than Marlena. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

“You really have to stop, right now, and think about how you feel. I want you to remember how you feel the next time you decide to stop taking your medicine.” It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

He stopped, with a sort of choke in his voice. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

One of these days, a virus will get out of hand, and no vaccine or cure will be able to stop it. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

I felt the kind of panic that stopped me from thinking clearly. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The natural next stop is the fields, which are behind the school. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

Or if Joe Pepitone and I were walking side by side trading stories, and then we stopped for a while and threw in the field with the cicadas. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Over at the house, a few Juniors had stopped at one of the upstairs windows and were watching us. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was not certified to teach in Arizona, but that did not stop him. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

A pair of cops got on at the next stop. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

When I looked to the right I heard her breathing stop, trying to swallow the tears. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

So many times in the past weeks he had started to tell her about Ifemelu but had stopped. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

“It’s all right,” I say before I can stop myself. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Inside of three hours he felt his back and arms aching, and knew that if he didn’t stop to rest a bit now and then he would never be able to make it. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z

Still, I couldn't stop thinking about how dangerous and unfair the situation was and how I'd done nothing wrong. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

After what feels like forever, he stops, and I hear his uneven footsteps as he staggers down the hall to his bedroom. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The sun will be up in a few hours. We’U stop here and rest till break of day.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I don’t want to, it’s just gone make it worse for her, but I can’t stop. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

The doctor flips some switches, his clipboard clutched to his stomach, and the machines stop breathing for Uriah. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

We walk quickly down the hallway, and then I stop, pulling my arm back. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

As I staggered dizzily about the kitchen, screaming, not knowing where to go or what to do to stop my spinning head, my mother, now recovered from the bite, came after me. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

He stops in the middle of the trees, looking all around him as if unable to believe that there was another person who had just been here. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I willed myself to stop and after a moment, I did, right on the second step. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

On the other hand, I'm relieved that we can stop the pretense of being friends. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

From a scramble of contenders I got one of the jugs, elbowed off a counterattack, opened it, sampled it, choked, and then went through with my original plan by stopping Brinker’s mouth with it. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

She said once I start talking to them, I may never stop. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

“Put the booze under a blanket. If they stop you, just tell them you got a sleeping baby under there.” Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

She agreed to stop at a store selling Chinese souvenirs because he wanted to buy something for Ginny. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

We’d finish with a short visit to Botswana, meeting with its president and stopping at a community HIV clinic, and then enjoy a quick safari before heading home. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

I say it until Dad asks me to stop. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

The doorbell’s ringing, Hello’s here, time to stop. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

Two men grabbed the woman and, as gently as they could, stopped her flailing. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

The audience all opened their mouths wide for laughter, and stopped short in gaping silence; for the singer disappeared. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

I move closer to the window so I can tell him to stop if I see the ladder slip. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

The traffic does not stop and continues to move, everybody dragging their feet slower and slower. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“First of all, Stella dear, you know Mercedes Rael is much too old to drive. And second of all—” Then she stopped. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I figured I’d stop you from starting a brawl in the dormitory. Calm down.” Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

As soon as Deval enters, I try to slide past him in the doorway to the living room, but he stops me. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

Then I left for a while but couldn't stop worrying, so I went back to make myself tea. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

But I can’t stop this horrible feeling, and it grows inside me. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

She yanked the car door open, was halfway in before she stopped and narrowed her eyes at me. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

I did not stop to think; I stood up and ran after him. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

It's an answer I already knew, but I sit back down and tell myself that I won't stop asking questions until I get in. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Whatever her reasons, she hadn’t gone very far when she stopped short and stared at a familiar figure in the distance. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z

Swinging her legs carefully over the side of the shelf, she eased nerself onto the floor, aware that the bellowing horn had stopped. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

And so she finished eating her eggs and resolved to stop faking the American accent. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

“Why can’t you accept me and stop talking?” cried the boy. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the conductor announced that the next stop was New Haven, Ifemelu felt a stab of loss. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Ranofer stopped so abruptly that a little cloud of dust rose from his skidding feet and he almost lost his balance. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

She took the money she had saved—money the missionary lady paid her for cooking—and she stopped by Emma’s to tell them good-bye. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Tell her to stop ruining your life. Tell her to shut up.” The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Because of your—because of—” Mummy stops, looking for words. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

Slowly I climbed the stairs, stopping every time one creaked. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

I looked away for a second to give my deceitful eyes a chance to stop their trickery, to see what had to be there. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

As I walk back to class, I can’t stop thinking about how seeing her crying in the bathroom is kind of like seeing a fish flopping on dry land. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

I open my eyes to bright light and Chantal’s face standing over me, calling my name over and over again until I stop screaming and realize that I’ve been in bed all along. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

It carried an odor of fresh-turned dirt, drawing my attention to the fields where the tractor had only a few hours ago stopped plowing the earth. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

I thought I might have to perform the Heimlich maneuver on him, but his son smacked him on the back and he stopped gagging. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

I stopped in front of him, pulled the throttle back and killed the engine. Lawn Boy 2007-06-12T00:00:00Z

Alex made no move to stop him, not when they had so little time left together. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

She pressed her lips together to stop a smile. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

I stop and Zephyr barrels into me, grabbing my shoulders so I don’t careen face forward into the ground. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

“Julia, stop. Look, I’m sorry. This has been hard for me. I feel like I’m falling apart.” I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

But after a brief stretch, the tunnel simply stopped with what looked like a sheet of metal barring the way. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

I started to go for the stop but I didn’t want to foul him. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

The startled sparrow shot downwards and stopped with a jerk, only thick neck feathers saving her from strangulation. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

I stop in my tracks and spin around. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

When he stopped to rest, his breath came in ragged gasps. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

"Letter for you. I stopped at the post and they gave it me with mine." The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

The fair boy stopped and jerked his stockings with an automatic gesture that made the jungle seem for a moment like the Home Counties. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

The furnace blower comes on, runs about three minutes, then stops. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

After the church bombing in September 1963, Kirk stopped speaking, except when he felt it absolutely necessary. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

But she knew that nothing could stop her. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

He had stopped over on his way to Brazil, where he was to lecture for a month on biophysics. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

Technically, I’m not doing anything wrong, not yet, but if the police stop me—well, let’s just say they have an uncanny ability to make technicalities disappear. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

My feet move like lead on the way back to the bus stop. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

I made a stop in East London and spoke to a few ANC people. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

On Saturdays, visiting days for the prisoners, she would stop by the house of Gerineldo Márquez’s parents and accompany them to the jail. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

The shock on his face is so genuine I stop struggling. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

He started, made a short run, and stopped and looked over his shoulder. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

“Look, there’s not a day that goes by where I don’t think about what those boys did to Dub and Reggie. What I should have done. How I should have stopped them. Said something.” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

On the way back she stopped for some straw from behind the kennel. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

But the flare of temper that overtook her made it all but impossible to stop the flood of words leaving her mouth. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

He stopped at the kitchen door and held on to both doorjambs as if he was holding up the house, showing us the mustache he’d grown. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

The girl stopped and looked as if she might pull back in surprise, but instead stood regarding Montag with eyes so dark and shining and alive, that he felt he had said something quite wonderful. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

The lady reached over to bring down my window too, but she stopped because there was a loud sound, and it wasn’t the clang of the streetcar. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

She stopped, looked more closely at Shadow’s face. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

We walked for three days more, stopping at restaurants when we came to them, and camping in shelters, which once again we had mostly to ourselves. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

Ever since our car ride home from church, my brain couldn’t stop examining the idea of faith without facts. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

We stopped in a tunnel of wet white rock, like part of a natural cave. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

I want to tell her how I can’t make myself stop thinking about him even though I try. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

If the patient improves, you take credit; if he remains stable, your treatment stopped his downward course. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was overwhelmed by the amount of food in the rest stop. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then the pounding at the back door stops. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

And the words that came to my ears amid the cries made my blood stop in my veins. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

It seems like the .rebellions never stop, in the city, in the compound, anywhere. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Tayo watched the sun for a long time, and at the Acoma road they stopped and he watched it disappear behind the hills in the west. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

He stopped, paused, looked down into the whisky glass, looked up at Longstreet. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mom and I stopped still, the supermarket bags weighing down our arms. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The crowd gasped and the man skidded to a stop. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

And of course, at the top, the elevator stopped a couple of inches below the floor, and we had to pull Lucas’s chair over the lip. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

They didn’t stop running until they reached the portrait of the Fat Lady on the seventh floor. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

I watched him sometimes, unable to stop myself — from a distance, though, in the cafeteria or parking lot. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

“Make him stop saying things like that,” she begged. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Baba comes into the kitchen singing loudly in his extra-deep baritone, but he stops mid-note when he sees us at work. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

He stopped the car, hugged him tightly, and put the terrified boy in the car. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Once we had stopped jostling, Frankie climbed out and offered me a hand. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

We only stopped long enough for me to glance inside each of them. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Something big moved deep in the trees, and I froze, stopping and calling Otto’s name. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

He breathed deep and tried to stop them. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

We keep watching as he gets closer, stopping every few steps and crouching down. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Mr. Corcoran stopped crying instantly, in mid-sob; he held the baby high in the air and looked up at it adoringly. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

I started to sit up but stopped almost right away; I hurt too much in too many places. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

They jumped up so fast to get to him that they practically knocked our plates off the table, but one of the people with the Jamaican sprinter stopped them. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

They would lift their arms part of the way and then stop, as if their limbs refused to obey. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

I could never hurt him enough to make his betrayal stop hurting. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

We were just closing when one of the guys stopped, threw a wild punch that grazed my ear and then shoved me back at Rondell. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

“Let me stop you now. This isn’t one of your computer games. There is no buried treasure.” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

He nodded, looking at the rest of the rebels, who had stopped the game to listen to him. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

That didn’t stop Langley engineers from imagining how the missile bodies and rocket engines and reentry problems involved in high-speed flight research might also apply to space vehicles. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

Then he would just stop and push me aside and order me to get dressed. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

The bus stopped in front of a posada and many of the passengers got down, and a lot of the baggage was unstrapped from the roof from under the big tarpaulins and lifted down. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

“The Taliban came in and made gradual changes. When people finally woke up to what was happening and tried to stop them, the Taliban silenced them with threats and fear. Fear is the biggest factor.” Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

A few seconds later, it stopped moving altogether. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

The car stopped so suddenly that they were nearly thrown into the windshield. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

She stopped talking back and learned to be more patient and forgiving. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

“See that, you stop saying what folks will do and what they won’t.” The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

As the day went on, she stopped thinking alone in the world and began thinking about her new life at Mrs. Murdo’s. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

The turtle stopped at the entrance to the straits and glared at them balefully, but it made no attempt to follow. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

It’s stopping yourself from crying that is more challenging in this place. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

He had stopped sweating and seemed absolutely calm. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Cells believe that it signifies the presence of gram-negative bacteria, and they will stop at nothing to avoid this threat. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

After about half an hour we arrived at a tree-lined hill and stopped. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

“You look at this,” she said to me, not even glancing at Tess who had stopped pounding a pair of Weylin’s pants to watch us. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

Then they stop dividing and begin to die. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

“So can we go up to that and then stop?” The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

Rahel stopped and turned around, and on her heart a drab moth with unusually dense dorsal tufts unfurled its predatory wings. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The group of people from the Institute also stopped. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Tell your mother to stop putting all this pressure on me,” his father said. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t stop reading them, alternating between rage and sorrow; it was like having my skin rubbed off. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

When she got to the far end, though, she stopped, her little dark head hanging a bit. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

“You stop being a baby,” she told me. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Twice Sass gave him water, and still he could not stop coughing. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

But even as we worked together on this home we’d made, I could not stop thinking about who had made me. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

The train shudders to a stop and exhales. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

She stayed late because it was Saturday, and on the way home, she and Park stopped at his grandparents' driveway, as usual. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

He stopped in front of a bulldozer and shielded his brow from the sunlight. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sons of the Six, come to stop them. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

I stop for a moment, hesitate, and continue. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

The train stopped and started and jolted them toward wakefulness, and there was a constant line at the door to the toilet. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

But just as Poppy Cottage came into view, Ivy’s breath caught in her chest and she stopped short. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

According to standard doctrine, there are basically three ways to stop a virus—vaccines, drugs, and biocontainment. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Larry had something in mind and I stayed with him till he stopped. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, well, what you were doing is, too. So suck it up. And stop calling me that.” Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

She stopped and looked around, as if she might see it scampering away. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

Because when the pounding briefly stops, the rest of my body chimes in with nausea. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

After a few seconds, he stopped actively pulling and simply took in the line as they coasted toward him. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was conscious that other officers tried to avoid eating at the same time, and everyone was greatly relieved when he stopped coming there altogether and began taking his meals in his trailer. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

“Thanks,” I say, even though I’m not sure I believe in praying, mostly because Dad, Pop, and I stopped going to church when I was a kid. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I have more news, Mr. Lewin,” I said, stopping in front of him. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Dr. Martin reaches inside the crate, pulls a plastic bin from the inside, and the air stops being overrun with Lark’s words and fills with the little cries of the eaglet. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Will heard a hideous crack, and didn’t stop to wonder about it. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

In his fright he scrambled over the safety barrier that had been put there to stop chimps drowning in the deep water beyond. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

Antigravity starts up, and the shuttle slows, then stops, hovering at the same level as the ship. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

It seemed to Polly that the slave girl curled in a corner of the wagon would never stop crying. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Finally the rain stopped and the fields dried up and Dad and Matthew and Mark went back to their combine and tractors, acres away from the house. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

First, though, we stop in front of number fifteen. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

I looked up toward the door but stopped looking when I saw the white, white frilly socks standing on the wooden floor in front of my door. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Harry whiled away the hours until dawn in front of the fire, getting up every now and then to stop Crookshanks from sneaking up the boys’ staircase again. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

The first stop we made was at his house. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

She stopped at the big metal tank in the center of the room. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

In through swinging doors I reached a marble foyer, and stopped at the foot of a long white marble flight of stairs. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some buildings still smoke, and though von Rumpel keeps a damp handkerchief pressed over his mouth and nose, he has to stop several times to gather his breath. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Went to school with little pieces of paper stuck on my face to stop the bleeding. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

She notices this quite clearly, the way Geoff stops the joking and laughing and pushing. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

For a moment, I feel a flash of hope when I think about the last line of the poem: “I stop some where waiting for you.” Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

See if they can all still stop on the last beat! Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

Trained seal me, bounce, bounce, up, swish; again, and again, and again, until the guys stop bouncing and everyone is watching. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

We’ve gotten Soheil up and seated on the floor, clutching napkins to his nose, trying to stop the stream of blood pouring out. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

Finally the trees stopped and the field opened up, and I could see the parkway on our right and the moat straight ahead of us. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

I spun around and walked the other way, eventually stopping at a snow-cone place. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Rachel was so fast; I had to figure out a way to stop her, but my mind was blank. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

A sound you hardly noticed, but would miss if it stopped. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

To prove it, he used a trick he had devised to discover whether his children were listening when they begged him to read to them and would not let him stop. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Mama hears it, too, and stops, her fingers poised a few centimeters off the keys. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

She stops and bends down to retrieve her dropped napkin, offering a generous view of her bosoms. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

All those things were true, but I’d stopped paying attention as an idea struck me. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

Harry stopped right above him, his wand still pointing at Black’s chest, looking down at him. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

I stopped talking because Augustus didn’t appear to be listening. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

It takes a long time to stop crying. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

The leg was placed in a black bag filled with ice to help stop the swelling. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Repatriate, if they can get away with it, ’’said my father, stopping abruptly when he saw me in the doorway. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

Though moving out of Ethel’s house had ended the abuse for her brothers, it hadn’t stopped it for her. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

There was a density to the light which seemed to hold them, as if the sudden warmth had stopped them, and they did not move when she and Tayo walked past. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

Why have you stopped? they seemed to ask. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

Since these are herons he introduced us to a few sentences ago, the ones who stop in Cape Cod rather than continuing farther south, I say it should be The herons or These herons. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

But there was no stopping Cap when the subject was the immortal Rain. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

“Almost, great one. Ma Gasket and half her Cyclopes stopped in Napa. Something about a winery tour? They promised to be here by tomorrow evening.” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

I force myself to stop smiling so she doesn’t think I’m a loon. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

“I don’t care how tight you make it as long as it stops the bleeding.” The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

He thought they might stop soon and he wished he’d found a place further from the road. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

“Where are we going and how long will it be before some of us stop running for good and all?” Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had worked with Frightful for two weeks, and he didn’t want to be stopped. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

The man stopped dead at the sight of us, his gun coming up and then, just as quickly, sagging again. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

After what had happened a few days ago, I couldn’t stop thinking about Deputy Collins. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

They waited a few feet away from the stop, toward the back of the group, because the city crowds still made Mama a little bit nervous. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

We stop for lunch, which takes place at the food truck in the parking lot. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

It sank to half its length and stopped with a hollow wooden sound. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

She stopped there, turned to the table next to her, and picked up a badge and a sheet of paper. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

But I couldn’t make myself stop checking the Scoreboard. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Thomas had finally stopped crying; he couldn’t help wondering what Minho would think of him, or if he’d tell others, calling him a sissy. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

She was on her knees alongside Cinders, feeling one of her fetlocks for heat, when Osh and I stopped at the open door to the stall. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

It was also impossible to know how many innocent people picked up the bacteria from the prisoners on these stops. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

This time, I didn’t stop until I was home. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

I say, "Yeah, I'll try to stop by," even though I don't know when the party will be occurring. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

Smiling is bad for T-bone playing, and so we have to break to laugh, slides on their stops, bells down. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

“Will you stop that! Look, your ancestors survived that era—survived it with fewer advantages than you have. You’re no less than they are.” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

She stopped when she saw what I was doing. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then we’ll I lit town and deliver to the grocery store, the bakery, and then last stop, Aunt Naomi.” Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

Her hair, which Henrietta once spent hours combing and braiding, is frizzy, with thick mats that stop just below the five-foot mark behind her. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

The survivors were only a hundred yards away, and some of the brighter ones stumbled to a stop, realizing that they were now within hurling range. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

It was up to Call to stop her. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Because it is an acceptable reason to stop—acceptable because it shouldn’t hurt her pride. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

“When did you stop being a nun?” said Lyra. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

When the man looked up and saw him, he stopped turning the spit and stared, not moving. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

“Either promise me you’ll never fall in love again, or I’m going to stop loving you.” Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

We were stopped in our tracks by a grunt so loud and deep that it seemed to be coming from the bowels of the earth. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

Before she could stop him again, he was off and running, jumping through the vines and out onto the boardwalk. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

Their next stop was at the drugstore at the corner of Proudfoot Avenue and Main Street. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z

Harry tried to understand this but it made his head pound, so he stopped. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

Sawing away at the rim, however, where shell met shell, was very hard work, especially as the turtle wouldn’t stop mov­ing. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

His eyes met the hole in Sam’s chest, and he stopped dead in his tracks. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

After an hour they stopped in a coppiced wood to drink from their canteens and smoke. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

“A dum-dum cart,” cried Puli, and he echoed after the man, “We need not buy, let us only stop and watch,” and he tugged at my sari. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

And when Miss Franny stopped shaking and started talking again, Winn-Dixie would lick her hand and he back down in front of the fan. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

We stop before a grand set of doors carved with Belle-roses. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

The groaning stopped when the bin was level with the trailer. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

When the train stops at the signal, I look up and see Jason standing on the terrace, looking down at the track. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I ... I am afraid. Ladon will stop me. My sisters, if they found out. . . they would disown me.” The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

When they left, half the Pickwell kids followed them, begging Mars to perform his legendary feat of stopping traffic. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even Nathaniel Blackwood quit stopping by except when hearings and depositions required his presence. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

The chief says the country will go through some hard times and not have enough to eat as it stops accepting charities from foreign countries. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sierra stopped at the door and rolled her eyes. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

Then Jessica stopped going, and though I went to Monet’s a few more times hoping one of them might wander in, eventually I stopped going, too. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

He knew Billy was in pain and he also knew that only death could stop it. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

He stopped playing his guitar and the spell was broken. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

Then he stopped and turned his head back to look at me. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

I would stop and never tell her why. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

Whatever it was, it didn’t stop when June released Ivy’s hand and looked down at the sketchbook in Ivy’s lap, ready to create her glass girl. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“Haven’t you ever heard of that? Asian chicks are the last stop. If a guy’s in the closet, he goes for an Asian because their bodies are more like boys’.” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

His eyes blurred momentarily, and he stopped to take a breath. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

We cross through the church, the priest acknowledging our presence with a nod but not stopping from his work. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

When he finally stopped, he found the monster watching him quietly from outside the wreckage. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

Then he came towards the table and stopped, standing to attention before me as though reporting to an officer in the army. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

I'm sorry Burke, I was honestly joking, but I’ll stop for real. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

When people die, she explained, they stop breathing. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

I stopped talking so that I could fight back my tears, but I didn’t put down the microphone. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

I stop flipping pages when I see some words that have nothing to do with “The Beans and Rice Chronicles of Isaiah Dunn.” Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

He stopped in the bedroom for his bathrobe, shawl, and slippers and went back to the kitchen. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

He turned back to the bed, and before Anya could stop him, he tugged on the foot closest to him. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

“Do not stop and think! If you think, we will drown!” shouted Fjalar over the roar of the waves. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

He didn’t dare stop to dwell on them. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Before I could even think of stopping him, he ran to the foyer and looked in our hallway mirror. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

I didn’t mean to say the coconut part, but it came out before I could stop myself. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

“You were the one who said if we believe in something greater than our lives, then our voices will only multiply, even if we are dead. We can’t stop now.” Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

When the tremor stopped, Camp Half-Blood looked like a wasteland after an atomic blast. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

I stop walking, and so does Sneaky, trying to figure out what I’m staring at. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

He stopped when he could clearly see the man’s face. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z

Rounded Cape Horn, the coast of Brazil, stopped for carnival in Port-of-Spain. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Breaking that grip was the key to stopping the German bomb. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

When he had got the man to bed, and stopped his bleeding, and discovered that the wound was not a mortal one, a beautiful lady appeared in the opening of the tent. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hanako gaped—the destruction stretched on and on, only seeming to stop at the mountains rising on the horizon. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

He spun to a stop, flopped into his chair, and guzzled his o.j., draining the glass in three gulps. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

She runs another mile or so away from that awful place, and when it is no longer visible behind her, she slows, and then stops. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

I have a pretty silver bracelet with onyx inlay from Evie, and a black silk teddy and matching knickers from Tom, and I can’t stop smiling. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

You have to talk about something, and money seems to have filled the conversational niche made available when people stopped discussing the Constitutional Convention of 1787. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

She finally stopped laughing and took a breath. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

Inside the hospital, marching purposefully down a concrete-walled corridor of the TB wing, his stethoscope draped over his neck as he prepared to see patients, Farmer suddenly stopped. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

I had to stop watching at that point because I started to feel sick, but it kept going on, and they kept doing other things, and she kept saying “no.” The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

When she couldn’t stop him, she mentioned my story about the TV news sports man talking about my brother. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

She stopped asking questions, drew Poppy onto her lap, and gazed in silence at the glimmering landscape. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

He stopped suddenly and pointed into the distance. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

He said it before he could stop himself. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Then the shower stopped suddenly, like a squirt of machine gun fire. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

He was playing, working, networking, visiting, strategizing—all without skipping a function, getting confused, or stopping to think. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

James stopped and stared at the speakers, his face white with horror. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z

He stopped, because naked greed and excitement had replaced the friendliness on Abanazer Bolger’s face.“And there’s more like this there?” The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

Then she looked over at Park—and stopped frowning. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

Actually, what the hell am I thinking stopping in like this? I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

The tone of my voice makes Malia stop crying for a minute, and she lifts her head off Mom’s shoulder to look at me. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

The ceiling leaks, the floor boards wobble, the mailboxes won’t shut, the light bulbs are broken, the clock has stopped. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

His heart stops when two hands grab him from behind and throw him to the ground. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The truck slowed to a stop and the engine turned off. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

They headed for Central Park, crossing and recrossing it, stopping once for Good Humor ice cream. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then they would stop again a little farther down the road, and the refugees would run toward them again. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had stopped thinking of it as a toy, like a littlie’s balloon. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

The problem, of course, is that whether or not race is the sole reason for a stop or search, it is frequently a determinative reason. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

The vehicle stopped in front of my grandmother’s house, and from where we lay, we could see that whoever was inside the car was not armed. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

“You know, stuff like that. I do like a lot about the program. I’m not saying we should stop those outings, but it just seems like we can do more.” Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

He’s probably just hanging out at one of the shopping malls, waiting for the thunder to stop. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

For a moment she wondered whether she had stopped the arrows herself. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Just thinking about that class made me wish I could just stop and read Alice Walker instead of memorizing formulas and definitions. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

Somehow I’m afraid to stop because my flesh doesn’t seem to be burning and I know Cinna must be behind whatever is happening. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

What I wanted was to stop caring about Mikayla, to shut her out completely. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

They encouraged him to study constantly, to read through their meals together, to stay up late reading, to stop wasting time with his friends. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Mom,” I say, “you have to be careful about letting the —” I stop, midsentence. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

I want him to stop calling that out. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

And whenever they stopped their chanting Wang Lung poured silver into their hands and they took breath again and chanted and did not cease until dawn rose. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

But I can’t stop thinking what the warden told me the first week we came here. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was probably before I stopped talking to him. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

My grandmother and I laughed together and once started, we couldn’t seem to stop. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

The one we get on must be the local, because it stops at practically every floor. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

When he stops in front of me, my insides twist like someone’s stirring them with a fork. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Was there a way to stop being her friend without hurting her? Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

Other rabbits could not stop him and once they went down they seldom got up. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

And then before anybody could stop her, Louisiana opened the warped wooden door and went back inside. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

Three adults waiting at a bus stop eyed them suspiciously. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

He stopped for a moment and looked at us like he was the kid from The Sixth Sense seeing dead people for the first time. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

“We should sit in front and when we get to our stop, we can jump off and run away,” Mambu told us. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

From Monks Mound we walked halfway across the southern plaza and then stopped to look back. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

“The slowing thoughts and—” He stopped and grew rigid for a moment. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

The old woman stopped to count the number of eggs, her lips lightly moving. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

It narrowed again and put a few rocks in your way and a few eddies to swirl you around and then maybe a sandbar to stop you short. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

She hadn’t stopped spending occasional nights out of the house, but she was fifty years old now and what lover could she have kept so long? Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

This will sound mean, but just because Khalil’s not living doesn’t mean you stop living. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

It was a long, slow process with many stops to allow the old man to rest. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now they were speeding along with little hope of stopping or turning, whatever they might meet ahead. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Even though it was a red zone, the car stopped, and a dark-haired woman in a tailored black suit popped out. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

“We have not thought of stopping tests without some kind of package deal,” he said. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

Before the wagons came to the big house with seven gables they stopped in front of a weather-beaten little cottage in a weed-grown yard. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Finally, the train stopped, and as soon as the doors opened, I sprinted off. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

There might have been a whole lot more fights in there, but I stopped going. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

She stopped then, because Dr. Malone looked as if she was about to faint. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

How time seemed to blur and slow and even stop, how the past and the future vanished until there was nothing but the instant, how fear fled, and thought fled, and even your body. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

I only know that everything cascades, and that once it starts it won’t stop. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

They never stop hearing them; they simply stop sending the messages to their brains. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

This is what he does to let us know that in his opinion it’s time we stopped praying. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

His eyes get big, but he recovers quickly, which is good: I’m sure Coach would try to stop whatever's coming if she'd seen it. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

No pointed hood to stop the flow this time. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

He pressed the stop button on his boom box. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

Every time we try to stop, we look at each other and start all over again until the bell rings. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Misha stopped talking so he could put his hand out, covering the bowl. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

She craved a familiar face and decided to brave her regular route and stop by Hollister’s. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

It was time to stop sulking about Shay. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

Barry tried to help keep her calm, but even he couldn’t get her to stop crying. I Survived Hurricane Katrina, 2005 2011-04-01T00:00:00Z

Guiteau stopped by Lafayette Park, where he had spent many hours watching the White House. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

I don’t really want to go into detail except to say that by the end of it, Brad and two of his buddies stopped fighting and just stared at me. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

I know that my father will try to stop me. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Alyssa glowers at me and purses her lips—probably to stop herself from saying something stupid. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

‘We are the Uruk-hai: we do not stop the fight for night or day, for fair weather or for storm. We come to kill, by sun or moon. What of the dawn?’ The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

In desperation the animals began appealing to the two horses which drew the van to stop. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

I’m out of there, and no one can stop me. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

He stops and watches as the birds shoot up, then land simultaneously on two neighboring bare-branched trees. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

The bus stop is on the corner of the local park, so there's a lot of space for all of us to spread out. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

The train seemed to plunge downhill now, only to lunge to a stop that shot me out upon a platform feeling like something regurgitated from the belly of a frantic whale. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

The woman stopped running and put her feet on either side of the treadmill. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

I’m so angry with myself that I can’t stop my voice from shaking. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

This time, when her grandfather was speaking, she stopped the tape. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

As she started downstairs, she considered stopping by for Melanie, but she decided against it. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Time stopped in this small grove of trees, and he wanted to believe he could spend the rest of his life sitting here drinking soda, eating whatever he wanted. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

He stopped to ask the curly-haired girl a question, his voice tilting up at the edge of his words—with tension or hurry, V could not be sure. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

The rain had stopped by the time I got back. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z