Before too long, Mr. Poe drove his car down a narrow alley lined with houses made of pale brick and stopped halfway down the block. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z

The birds are still making a lot of noise, but whatever was following us seems to have stopped. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

"We don't print stamps of living people. So we stopped the run immediately and recalled the stamps, but thousands were already sold." The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

In this state of ease, Pauline stopped doing day work and returned to her own housekeeping. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

They probably expected me to keep walking, but I stopped. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

Abruptly, the engine stopped, and an oppressive calm replaced the previous cacophony. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

The man who had been protesting stopped and dropped to his knees. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Miss New Mexico tried scooping a handful of sand into her mouth, but Adina stopped her. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

He stopped short, as if surprised by his own outburst. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

He stopped at Lola’s Café on the far side of Main Street for a coffee one day. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Lyra had stopped crying and found her thumb, and she lay in Malcolm’s tight grasp quite happily, interested in everything. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

He stopped before me, never taking his gaze from me, and lunged. Bunnicula 1979-03-01T00:00:00Z

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

Indeed, the point at which schools stopped teaching traditional rhetoric was around the point at which they started teaching women. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

He caressed the shell respectfully, then stopped and looked up. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

They obeyed and ran until they reached the water, where they stopped long enough for Ivan to tear a canyon in it. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

His hand stopped in mid-air, at the point where the metal of the gun had met the bone of the skull; stopped, frozen, still, as though again about to lift and descend. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

My breath stopped but my hands kept moving. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

You could probably have seen it in the eyes of Mrs. Windermere, except she never stopped typing while I put her groceries away. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

A few minutes later, the distant screaming of the dogs and the calls of the three men stopped. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

The dragon crept forward until she looked back at it, and then it stopped. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

He's nice-looking and has twice stopped to help me pick rocks in my field. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

So she was really glad when everyone had stopped clapping and cheering. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

“I have tried once or twice, but she either evaded my questions or looked so distressed that I stopped. I never force my children’s confidence, and I seldom have to wait for long.” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

She beeped defiantly in response, stopped, then pulled without signaling to the side of the road. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

I stopped dribbling and held the ball in my hands. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

And then, abruptly, the torrent stopped and his face once again regained its brooding stare. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Silas began to call the boy back, then he stopped, and stood there in the night alone. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

He heard the door start to close—long breath out—but then it stopped and opened again. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z

“There’s no place to go. There’s the ocean to stop you. There’s a line of old men along the shore hating the ocean because it stopped them.” The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

I even heard her humming at one point, but she quickly stopped when she realized I had noticed. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

You’d think the members would have tried to comfort her, or at least stopped asking about him, but they just ignored her tears. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

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

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

It was unbelievable that the Brotherhood had stopped its work, and yet he wasn't lying. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

A serving girl came through the door and the talk stopped. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

When we got to a big old tree, we stopped. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

They were moving purposefully, all together, straining to stay near one another, and the doctor’s flashlight swept the hall and stopped at the great front door, which was standing open wide. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

Even before Tally’s heart had stopped pounding, her stomach growled. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

When Mr. Turner handed me my diploma, he stopped me for a personal word. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

I am sure my heart actually stopped for a second when I heard it, and again writing it down. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

The two men that was following stopped slouching in their saddles and watched me sharp-eyed. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

We stopped a distance from it, maybe the distance from home plate to the left field fence in a regular stadium. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Yet once there was work to do, the horseplay stopped. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

Eventually, my laughing turned into the occasional chuckle, and then it just stopped. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

“The sooner we move, the sooner we can sort her out. It’s stopped raining, at least.” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

“Is it likely,” I said, after hesitating, “that my patron, the fountain-head you have spoken of, Mr. Jaggers, will soon—” there I delicately stopped. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

Claire pouted, but she had stopped crying, so the tale had served its purpose. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

Runt rested often, and whenever he did, the other two stopped and flanked him. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

He had stopped going to work; as much as he hoped anything, he hoped Little Lou would come and find him. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

We stopped by the toolshed for a freshly charged car battery we’d use to power the electrified fence. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

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

She stopped in the snow, staring at the possessions outside the barn, evaluating the contents and whom they might belong to. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

They stopped for a picnic at the side of a meadow, under a crab apple tree. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

The fighting around me stopped as the combatants’ eyes and mouths opened wide in amazement. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Braking quick, I stopped beside the tracks and blew the horn at her. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

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

Penny stopped singing and stood there blinking at me. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

She hesitates for a long moment, then adds, “The rain’s stopped. Why don’t you go out for a walk while you can?” The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

She ran her finger along the volumes of military history, lingered at The Second Punic War, and stopped at The Reason Why. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

Then, right before she finally stopped, she poked her tongue out at me. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

She stopped then, because Dr. Malone looked as if she was about to faint. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

He stopped deep in the campus at the cottages provided for the faculty and we went in to meet Dean Sam Gandy. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Gus stopped in the middle of the clearing with the bones right in front of us and slipped his backpack off one shoulder, then the other. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

When we stopped to rest in a copse, we did not all sleep, but one at a time stayed awake to watch the Serjeant and make sure he attempted no act against us. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

She stopped at one of the towel bars and straightened a washcloth. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

Suddenly it stopped raining and a wind began to blow. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some of the ARVNs had just stopped where they were and were holding their hands to their heads. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

But as soon as the 10:50 bus from Chicago parked itself, everything stopped. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

She rested her cheek on the smooth wood until her head stopped swimming. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

The rain might have stopped, but the compound was still a morass of shallow lakes and slippery mud. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

He stopped and asked her for a drink. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

The bells above the door jangled madly and Bo, fascinated, stopped in the doorway to stare at them. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

When he stopped, he took off his spectacles and wiped his eyes. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

All the time he was pacing, his shoulders kept twitching forward, one or the other or both—a sure sign—and every minute or two he stopped to scratch his head hard and fast. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Finally, early one evening, with Andras and his father there, her breath slowed and stopped. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Her hand stopped in the middle of his back. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

I rocked her for several minutes before I realized the awful grating sound had stopped. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

Harry said loudly, and Ron and Hermione stopped bickering to listen. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

The alarm finally stopped after blaring for a full two minutes. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

She's stopped about two feet from me in the entry hall. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then I stopped reading the letter because I felt sick. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Henry candy bar when he suddenly stopped munching and listened to the tune the radio was playing. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

Leona walked up and down the aisles between our seats, and stopped and hovered over me. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

He stopped at this river and stood hesitatingly on the bank. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z

I awoke several times to gasps and flights of movements and murmurs that it had happened again, he’d stopped breathing. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Nick began to bark, then Lottie, and the wagon clattered into the yard and stopped by the steps. Sarah, Plain and Tall 1985-04-25T00:00:00Z

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

She stopped going to school, filed for incompletes in all her classes. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Mariam sat there, watching, until the baby stopped moving and began snoring softly. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

Then he stopped and said, “That’s not it. Start one over there.” Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

All six of us boys stopped at the corner to watch these ladies glide by. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

Often on Sunday after supper she came for a hot cocoa and stopped for a while at the table where Singer was sitting. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

I stopped writing for a sec and thought of my parents’ story. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

Augustus Waters died eight days after his prefuneral, at Memorial, in the ICU, when the cancer, which was made of him, finally stopped his heart, which was also made of him. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

I stopped, still straddling my bike, and at first all I could hear was the river, its waters churning out an eerie lullaby. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

In Montgomery, students stopped one another at bus corners and by their lockers, saying things like “Have you ever heard of Claudette Colvin?” Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

She first had noticed the new tenant on Saturday, September 29, when a furniture wagon stopped in front of the rental house. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

When the music stopped and we faced forward again, Larisa leaned over to me and pointed. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Mother was delivering a baby, which she was doing more and more now the migraines had stopped. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

We stopped dancing but we couldn’t stop watching. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

She stopped and sat back on her haunches. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

“I found nothing on that exact quote, but I did find this website on . . .” She stopped, shook her head as if she couldn’t believe that she was about to go on. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

“How did you—” I started to say, but Kazi stopped me. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

The ten front seats went quickly, and soon riders were standing in the aisle, keeping their balance by clutching poles as the bus stopped and started. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

I brushed the snow off of it and we crunched snow and slid along until Fern stopped. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

So one morning, as the girl was rushing out the door, the aunt stopped her. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

Presently Mr. Hodges stopped in front of a big, square house. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

We stopped at the hot-shop, through the narrow shutters of which flowed, in cracks and rays and arrows, the yellow light we had seen across the hills of winter. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

I heard a screen door slam behind me, and my heart thumped as I heard footsteps, but then they stopped. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Robert and Tayo stopped on the bridge and looked into the riverbed. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

The forebear stopped on an elevated platform right in the middle of the mountain floor. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

When she got near this nest, she stopped and faced the owl, who had turned from the light of the doorway and was peering at her with his great yellow eyes. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

Seven years after composing his Pathetique sonata, Beethoven stopped sounding like Mozart or Dussek or Haydn and started creating music beyond what they had imagined. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

He stopped talking and the dogs began to cry again. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

But when he opened his eyes, he realized the music had stopped. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z

For a moment or two my own heart stopped beating. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

Just before she reached the other side, Doon’s breath stopped in his throat. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

He raised the gun, leveled it, aimed, and shot; the men stopped but no one fell. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

The mother and her daughters are stopped short by the sight of a woman they seem to recognize. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Of course, I would be terribly sad. Just like you would be sad if your mother stopped making her delicious guava pastries.” Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

Chaol Westfall stopped short when he found the assassin dangling from the beam of the bedroom doorway, repeatedly hoisting herself up to touch her chin to the wooden bar. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

The short one had stopped and looked at Rocky in the blanket; he called the tall one over. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

The music had stopped and he could hear the far-off whooshing of the sea’s waves. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Nox, now behind Grave, made to do the same, but Grave started cursing at him, and Nox stopped, lifting his hands in a gesture of placation. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

On the way home, she kept seeing for the first time all these things that most everyone else had stopped noticing because they’d seen them every day. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

He hated that men who had done really bad things could go on living their lives without even an apology when the people they'd hurt never stopped hurting. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

He’s stopped asking about a cat, and there was all that extra light-saber whacking this morning. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

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

Tootie stepped through the door and into the living room, and then she stopped. Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z

At every few steps Napoleon stopped and snuffed the ground for traces of Snowball’s footsteps, which, he said, he could detect by the smell. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

He even hummed a little, although he did not realize it, and would have stopped himself if he had known. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Happy they kept the lid closed on her coffin, because she had long ago stopped looking like herself. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

And maybe this is why Hideo had not stopped the final game when he saw that things were going wrong. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

And perhaps they had stopped having anything to drink, too. The Metamorphosis 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z

This maybe happens more often than I want to admit, though this morning, I’m kinda glad my thought train got stopped when it did. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

Griffin stopped cold, a pink blotch on his chest. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

I twisted the key and the pistons coughed, then stopped, but she instantly filled the silence. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

It stopped and hung in mid-air, hovering like a helicopter, hovering over the factory and over the very town itself which lay spread out below them like a picture postcard! Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z

Jason stopped amidships and leaned against the rail. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

The truth is I’m not sure that the patriarch himself completely grasped who we were or why we’d stopped in. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Woolf stopped off at a betting venue and bought a ticket on Seabiscuit, to win. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

She stopped for a moment, her eyes on the big flower arrangement that sat on the table. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

You did not see, but that Black Rider stopped just here and was actually crawling towards us when the song began. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

His parents began arguing then, but Wash stopped listening. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

We stopped to admire the grapes, dangling in heavy clusters from the vines, fat and purple. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

He stopped suddenly and pointed into the distance. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

On Fridays, when my brothers were home all day with me, the three of us would wait until the rain stopped and the sun broke through the clouds. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

His heart: they fed him medicine to see how low his heart rate could go, and they were probably disappointed when his heart temporarily stopped. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

On my way back up the main strip toward my house, I stopped at a red light and heard the familiar buzzing of Charlie’s bike. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

I stopped dead in my tracks, slewing Estraven around on his skis, for we were both in harness hauling. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

“You son. . . Jan stopped. He walked to the door. “Let ’im go,” said Britten. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

She stopped, unsure for a moment whether she had imagined those words, and then she looked back at the man. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

But now all the singing and talking stopped, replaced with frightened whispers running from the front line toward the back. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

As the wretched pair passed by the company they came to the hobbits, and Saruman stopped and stared at them; but they looked at him with pity. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

Auri came a few steps closer, stopped, waited, then darted forward again. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

At the bottom of the trail he stopped and kicked away the snow until wet sand was exposed. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

But the pole was padded with batting and canvas, and it stopped Azareen’s skull from being staved in. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

I used to jump down from the top, but one fall and a sprained ankle stopped me from doing that again. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

The shadow of the gull had stopped passing over the opening. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

“Then one day they stopped. Today more than ten thousand wells remain scattered across the reservation, but they are generally what oilmen call “stripper” wells, each one generating less than fifteen barrels a day. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

It never occurred to me to ask why Papa finally stopped playing in the orchestra. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

When his breathing quieted and he stopped sobbing, I lifted his face and looked into his eyes, as brown as a shady pond after rain. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

The song abruptly stopped and then restarted from the beginning. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

The ball came in to Ice and he never stopped. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

He was so surprised to see it sitting there, he actually stopped and got out.' The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

The boy on the right side in Ben’s line received the ball from Coach Spinks, took one tentative, almost apologetic dribble toward the basket, then stopped and looked for his partner. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

In Pawhuska, I stopped at the Osage Nation Museum, where I had arranged to meet with its longtime director, Kathryn Red Corn. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

He stopped, raising his eyebrows in blatant disbelief. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

He had stopped by the bathroom to rinse his mouth and when he saw me he laughed. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

Dr. Morales explained this to them that night, when he stopped by the diner. I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980 2016-08-01T00:00:00Z

One day he stopped and asked for her number. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

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

The rain might have stopped, but my worry about how to save Sir Fig Newton hadn’t. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

But as soon as Clayton caught Beat Box’s eye, Beat Box stopped cawing. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

She stopped again, against the wall, looking at me and I cried and she went on and I came on, crying, and she shrank against the wall, looking at me. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

The world stopped spinning and all of creation held its breath, waiting to hear what it was that Miggery Sow wanted. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

Most of my friends' parents drank themselves stupid or yelled too much or had stopped loving each other a long time ago, and that was just the way of things, no big deal. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

“You made it! You—” He stopped short when he saw the teachers. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

Then he stopped and turned his head back to look at me. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

He always stopped by her room and poked his head in. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

When Ugwu took a batch of fronds across to the ladder, he stopped to peer into one of the classrooms. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Farmer stopped on the page with Siobhan and ran her fingers across the photograph. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Then I realized that the explosions had stopped too. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

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

Some blue troops had stopped near the trees above and were kneeling and firing; he saw the rifles aimed at him. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

They did not have far to go before Vikus stopped at a polished wooden door. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Every once in a while, she stopped to dip her hand in a small bowl and sprinkle water over the shirt. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

He stopped two feet in front of him, totally unafraid, and said, “You’re a real funny guy.” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

On the morning the rain finally stopped, they awoke to a world covered in fog so thick it was difficult to find one another in their small camp. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

He stopped skateboarding immediately, kicking the back of his board so he could pick it up by the front wheels. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

They never stopped to think about the fact that someone else had to clean up after them—the unseen people like us at night. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

It was during a pause in this work that Speedwell reported that the digging above the north end had stopped. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Instead she stopped, straightened, and pointed to his books with her broom. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

She walked out about a hundred yards, stopped, and then turned around. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

I carefully turned the fragile pages of the sketchbook with my toes, and stopped on a sketch of a tarantula. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Everyone stopped talking as she passed and headed into the kitchen without saying a word or looking at anyone. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

I stopped crying since there was no chance to get back to Stamps and Momma. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the jeep stopped, the men lifted Shin out and stood him on his feet. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

Suddenly, Anthony was charged the full amount, and the paper stopped publishing Stanton’s letters and articles. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

The old woman’s room had been opened up to allow in a fresh breeze, and the cousins stopped by to pay their respects throughout the morning as they arrived. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

Laura had been watching for him, and she ran out to the wagon as soon as it stopped by the barnyard. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

But the footsteps stopped just when they were loudest, and the keys clattered right outside the door. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Several blocks away I stopped, out of breath. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

I stopped when I had five nice little trout and looked around for a place to build a camp and make a fire. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

Odenigbo had stopped; he was lying next to her and smoothing her forehead. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

I stopped there because of the cardiac symptoms. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

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

Dozens of islanders stopped in to listen while Dave pumped their gas or put on their tire chains and made grim predictions about the weather. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

I wondered why the hanging body had stopped her. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

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

Later that night, Dad stopped the car out in the middle of the desert, and we slept under the stars. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

She stopped halfway out the room and said impishly, ‘But you know that.’ Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Where her hands stopped, down near her sides, are the imprints of her fingers, like little claws. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

The man stopped as if I had hit him and, quick as lightning, raised his arm. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

He wondered how far he would get before the two androids stopped him. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

He stopped working and leaned against the chopping-block, overwhelmed by his own unhappiness. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z

I stopped at last and looked round, peering at the boy who had come up panting, but it was dusk and I did not recognise him. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hazel yelped a little, and the car skidded into the busy intersection and stopped. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

But Rochester stopped speaking, and Gawaine raised himself on one elbow. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

As the crowd swarmed past me, I stopped to take in my surroundings. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

There came a point when Harry stopped trying to fight back, when the blows from the monster were too strong, too many, too fast, when he began begging the monster to stop. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

Under Leon’s steady gaze, Bailey had stopped stroking his cheek, even though a pink welt had appeared, like an evil stain spreading on his flesh. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Norman Bowker nodded, started to speak, but then stopped and got up and moved to the cooler and shoved his hands deep into the ice. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Just as our hated opponent stopped dribbling and prepared for his shot, the Colonel stood up and screamed something. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

They stopped, leaning over a jagged fence made of sea drift, to ask for water. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dad stopped, called to Ethan—not to me—to catch up. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

Only 5 percent of the drivers on the road were African American or Latino, but more than 80 percent of the people stopped and searched were minorities. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

There was a bell pull with a porcelain knob, attached to about six feet of wire when I stopped pulling and knocked. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

As he stopped and looked up, something fell heavily to the ground behind him. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

He stopped and pressed his palm against the wall. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Of the group that was, 10 percent stopped to help. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

It seemed like everything that was alive stopped whatever it was doing and was wondering the same thing: What was that noise? The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

During the next couple of weeks, Saleem made several more attempts before the handkerchief disappeared and he stopped ringing the rickshaw bell. Rickshaw Girl 2007-02-01T00:00:00Z

He began to laugh suddenly and he stopped his eating and sat chuckling for a long time in the dusk of the room. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

She turned away to go back down the road, then stopped. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

My heart nearly stopped from the public humiliation once she spotted me. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

The fourth time, the rustling was still there, and she heard the distinct sound of footfalls on the wet ground before whatever was following stopped along with her. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

But the answer my mind gave—“Leave Thornfield at once”—was so prompt, so dread, that I stopped my ears. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

All at once, I realize the questions have suddenly stopped. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The little bronze girl made a sound of disgust, her contempt for him clear, and the boy at the table stopped doodling, his mouth falling open. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

“It got a whole lot better once you stopped singing,” she said, and skipped out the yard and was gone. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

Brenda stopped talking, but she popped her gum as loudly as she could just to prove she wasn’t going to be put down. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

The boys stopped talking and both stared up at him, as if they didn’t understand. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

They beat him until he stopped being Joey. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Before I could unstick my throat, she stopped in front of me and pulled open the door to the art building. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

“My father stopped dragging his feet about drawing up your contract. You’re to sign it in his council chamber tomorrow.” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

She had stopped talking at the same time; a miraculous coincidence. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was still running; in hindsight he should have stopped at this point, but he was in a rhythm and he continued, with the truck puttering beside him. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

All so still looking, so stopped, the pond and the moose and the trees, as he slid over them now only three or four hundred feet off the ground—all like a picture. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

The clapping stopped and the lights went up and the audience started getting up to leave. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

They stopped the bleeding, stitched her up in back, stitched her up in front, and let her heal. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

“This soon put him right. Why, after a while all I had to say was ‘Kiddie Koop,’ and he stopped fussing at once.” The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

The coughing stopped, and Morrie dropped back into the foam pillows and sucked in air. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

As a result, despite one of the great education explosions in modern history, economic mobility—moving from one income group to another over the course of a lifetime—has stopped rising, researchers say. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

Gradually, Teacher’s breathing slowed and the whimpering stopped. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The man in black stopped and surveyed the situation. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

“But I stopped playing because I... I was not that good and nobody liked to pick me.” Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

Sales had dropped off—fast—and then stopped altogether. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z

Here we stopped and sat down to wait with the rest on the stone floor. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

On the fourth day out, Lefty stopped and introduced himself. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Whoever had started punching the peanut bag stopped, letting it squeak into silence on the swivel. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

But this had not stopped her from taking pleasure in life, it now occurred to Ishmael. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

"Well, you ought to see her. She's----" Tom Buchanan who had been hovering restlessly about the room stopped and rested his hand on my shoulder. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

She stopped walking and stood staring at me with her arms folded. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Montag got up quickly, his heart pumping, and ran down the hall and stopped at the kitchen door. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

She stopped oftener than needed to adjust the baby’s coverlet. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

I scrolled and stopped on a link that said, “Hacks for flat-chested girls.” Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

What's more, Bruno never stopped boasting about how his father made more money than my father and that they owned three cars. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

They saw streams more frequently now and stopped often to drink. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

Then, since I just happened to be in the neighbor- hood, I stopped by the Oaken Oar. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

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

They stopped, and laughing men and boys leaped to the ground. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

I stopped looking at the ground and began watching the black woods. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

She stopped, certain it was Ugwu’s body, until the soldiers walked quickly, silently, past and she realized that the dead man was too tall to be Ugwu. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

“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

When we caught up to him, we saw he had stopped near a group of soldiers carrying assault rifles. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

They stopped running when they realized they had no inkling of where they were headed. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

The deep baying of Old Dan stopped and again the silence dosed in. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

I stopped outside the doorway and looked back in. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

“I stopped long before winter arrived,” the king said. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

“Y’know, he was with your father today,” Mr. Ray continued, “and Matthew, it really doesn’t matter what they were doing, but—” He stopped. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Mr. Dubonnet stopped at the bulldozer and had a word with the operator, who immediately started to scrape off our pad. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

The microwave had stopped heating, but the little green oval halves looked exactly the same. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

“People and”—I started to say animals, but stopped short—“creatures. From stories. How come?” Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

When we were inside the park Mrs. Alexander stopped walking and said, “I am going to say something to you and you must promise not to tell your father that I told you this.” The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

She considered herself a failure for not having stopped the wind bomb from exploding; but the truth was, she’d saved the entire crew from becoming ice sculptures in Quebec. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

And when it was known that the police, or the army, or whoever they were, would open fire almost as soon as any of the marches even started, the marches stopped. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

The lion had stopped eating and was now looking at us. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

On their way from the White House, they stopped by Joseph Stanley Brown's office. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Tabitha had stopped by to return a CD she had borrowed. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

Being careful of the mangled lip, I dug in, but stopped when the Pastor laid his Frisbee-sized hands on the table, took a few deep breaths and started into this long, rambling prayer. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

The rest of us had stopped eating entirely. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

After she stopped teaching, Dottie had kept herself busy volunteering at the library, until Alzheimer’s clouded her brain and left her unable to take care of herself. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

They stopped at a fast-food place, where he ordered a hamburger. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Emily stopped and peered inside through a gap between two books. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

At crowded villages where we sometimes stopped to spend the night, the men stayed up to keep an eye on us. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

On the way to my room I stopped outside Abbey’s doorway and listened. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

The bus stopped at the corner, and before the astonished driver could protest, they had all climbed on and the bus was on its way. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z

Nailer had told her what had happened on Pole Star, and was surprised to find himself crying, and then he had simply stopped. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

Plath was still barking at me and trying to bite my fingers, but I stopped cold. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

The music of his voice faded and stopped. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

They turn onto the street, where the traffic has stopped completely. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

He crossed the track, still following the map, and stopped. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

He stopped himself, fingers tapping against his side in a rhythm. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

He stopped dead in the middle of the sidewalk, turned around slowly, arms extended. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

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

She had stopped checking for updates on how Mr. Griswold was doing because she was afraid the news would be bad. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

The laughing stopped, and from that moment on she did a perfect imitation of a sullen, pout-lipped teenager. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

I stopped to pick up some biscuits and a can of water. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Larson tried to remember when he had stopped being a good teacher. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z

Someone must have stopped by her house to bring her fresh clothes. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

She sat down alone, and eventually the collective caroling stopped. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

So many times in the past weeks he had started to tell her about Ifemelu but had stopped. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

They saw the sign Yard Sale—All Must Go! and stopped their jogging, bike riding, and dog walking. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

On the courthouse steps, when the reporters stopped them, he made a brief, anodyne statement about having faith in the process. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

As I went to remove it, I stopped. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Jonas reached the opposite side of the river, stopped briefly, and looked back. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

Some even run behind the police car as it slowly navigates past gawking people, parked and stopped cars, and limo coaches. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

A few minutes later, after Santa had stopped in the parlor to kiss her mother goodbye, the three of them set out for the theater. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

His feet hammered a frantic beat against the dirt floor, slowed, stopped. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

His paws, throat, and teeth stopped being sore. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

When the train reached Medias Aguas, Veracruz, and stopped briefly, Enrique climbed down and sat next to the track, talking to other migrants. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

The man stopped with his beating and turned. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Bending over with great effort, Ignatius stuck a finger into the valve of one of the tires until the hissing stopped and the tire’s bottom pancaked across the brick gutter. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

I understood why his voice had stopped for a while. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had been so absorbed for so long with setting up and executing the first part of the trip that I hadn’t actually stopped to consider where I would be at this point. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

I stopped on the corner where I live and bought some potato wedgies and a soda from the burger joint. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

On the Monday after the West Charleston game, Ogden Loring stopped in front of Ben’s desk, removed his glasses and began cleaning them with his silk paisley tie. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

She stopped suddenly, her head bent in listening. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

But as Mrs. Larkin stormed in behind Shady and Jinx, all three stopped dead in their tracks. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

When he stopped, he shook his whole body from head to tail. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Two other men had stopped at the table. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

I had groggily surrendered myself to oblivion when the car stopped. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Fay is annoyed that I’ve stopped taking her out dancing, and she got angry and walked out on me last night. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

Then, as if it was being told what to do, the creature stopped moving, and its blind head tipped to one side. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

It was a long way to the top, but neither stopped for breath. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

He watched as three military trucks drove past him to the front of the clinic and stopped abruptly, kicking up a huge cloud of dust. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

They had just dismounted to lead their ponies up the last steep slope, when suddenly Frodo stopped. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

“I was out”—Hangman stopped “skating”—“er...last January, when the pond in the woods froze over. Messing about with some other kids. I had Granddad's watch on. His Omega—” Hangman blocked “Seamaster.” Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

She ran when the men stopped to relieve themselves at the side of the trail and made it a little farther that time. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

The Tuesday after the Halloween party, Mrs. Richardson stopped by the duplex on Winslow Road. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Then the house was gone and I stopped in the green and yellow light and heard the car growing louder and louder, until just as it began to die away it ceased all together. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Wayburns’ youngest kid still hadn’t stopped crying, but Ivy didn’t mind. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“After I finished. I couldn’t stop because there would be nothing left after I stopped. You were right this morning when you said Em nothing but a crude cop with crude cop hands.” Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

All she would remember was Mia holding her tight, so tight that the world stopped spinning at last, Mia tucking her into a low soft bed that, it turned out later, was Mia’s own. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

As the cowboy landed, the needle jumped from the record and the music stopped. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

I stopped asking because he rolls his eyes every time I ask and says, “Albie, I told you.” Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

Jaden stopped talking for a sec, asked me if I was okay, but I just sat there. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

He stopped brushing, sat back, and looked at his wrist-watch again. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

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

About halfway, he stopped at the dusty roadside window of a Tastee Freeze, across the highway from the Veterans Hospital, and bought an ice cream soda. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

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

Vera and I had two fights before she stopped talking to me completely. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

He and his cousin Gerald were on their way over to Cherie’s house to kick it with her brother and they stopped in at a liquor store to get something to drink. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

After the big blobs of tears stopped, he said, “At least they treated us like grown-ups. That letter is full of big words and all.” From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Around midday, with the dead-eyed sun high overhead, the ghouls stopped, and huddled. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

Your loving brother, Charles Worthen She almost tore this letter up, but stopped at the first tear. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

It went on for a moment, stopped, and began again. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The cows came thundering toward Marly and Mother just the way they had before, but way back they stopped like magic. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

If I just stopped there, turned around, and followed along with her, that would make me look pathetic and wimpy. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Since they were reading children and read everything they came across, they stopped and automatically read the list of acts playing that week. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

She prophesied for five minutes or so and then stopped, sweating as though she had been running a marathon, her face drained of all expression. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

He stopped the ball calmly and kicked it into the net. 2-2. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Halfway across the square, however, she stopped dead. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

“Charles,” said Francis, jingling his car keys nervously, “we stopped by because we’re driving out to the country. Thought it might be nice to get away for a while. Do you want to come?” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

With its front door wide open, the car moved past her slowly and stopped to let the policeman get back in. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

On the ridge south of Engine Rock, he stopped to look down at the Acoma valley and the road. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

I thought about going with them and returning to our narrow hiding place in the rafters of the shed, but something stopped me. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

“I saw your f—” He stopped as the figure sprang quickly to its feet, a sword held with both hands. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

When she could make out windows and the dark outlines of houses, she pulled her sled to the second bench above the river and stopped. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

When she stopped, it was as though some momentous change of polarity had taken place inside her mind, one that had an immediate, pacifying effect on her body. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

When Dad’s noisy band saw stopped, I glanced at J.T. and Digger and wondered which way the conversation would go. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

When I came up to the front yard, I stopped, staying in the road, and waited. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

The boy stopped straining against the ropes when he saw the man approaching. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

She was becoming a solitary girl swiping nettles with a stick, and at last she stopped and tossed it toward the trees and looked around her. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

“A’ight, well I’m a head on back down the hill. Just stopped by to drop that stuff off,” Crab said, heading toward his car. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

At the same moment that Anderson’s hose stopped, another steamer malfunctioned and its water also gave out. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z

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

I assumed they had never bothered to check her school records; otherwise they might have stopped her going to the integration. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

About a hundred feet from the store he turned the tractor halfway around and stopped it, leaving the engine idling. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

He is silent, but at least his head has stopped shaking. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

Trolling around Berlin, they stopped across the street from the Reich Chancellery. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z

Everything had been great between us since he had stopped drinking when I was thirteen. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

Movements and the rustle of clothing, the tapping of feet, the ambient whispering, suddenly stopped. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

As she went up the steps, she stopped and looked at me. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

Yesterday, some of the neighbors stopped by wanting to know what Mama Ya-Ya was going to do, believing her special powers gave her special knowledge about the storm. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

Outside the house, he stopped only to grab a bait net and a pail before heading for the tidal pools at the base of the rocks where minnows and sand eels often found themselves stranded. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

He stopped, too, because she was attached to him and he was attached to her. Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z

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

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

I often stopped by the cemetery on my way to work. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

We stopped in a gift shop on the wharf. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

The bus done stopped in the middle a the road. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

On the way back to the kitchen, she stopped at the door of our room and called Jay. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

He started, made a short run, and stopped and looked over his shoulder. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t breathe and my pulse stopped in its tracks. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

The car stopped; he swung off and walked through snow as deep as his ankles, heading for Dalton’s. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Greenish smoke billowed upward and when it had cleared, Harry saw that the bleeding had stopped. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Catherine stopped sketching for a second to get herself a glass of iced rum. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

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

When I read the words, my heart stopped. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

I stopped: I could not trust myself to entertain, much less to express, the thought that rushed upon me—that embodied itself,—that, in a second, stood out a strong, solid probability. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, I don’t—” I stopped and stared at her, then held up my wrist. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

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

He didn’t talk much as they changed into their school robes, and was still glowering when the Hogwarts Express slowed down at last and finally stopped in the pitch-darkness of Hogsmeade station. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Almost at the doors, they were stopped by the king's voice. The Whipping Boy 1986-04-01T00:00:00Z

The steps coming were not nearly as bad as the silence since they stopped. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

Eight monkeys in Room F had stopped eating. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Just when I was about to give in, the roaring stopped and I felt myself break through the surface. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

But the other voice never stopped for an instant, even when the girl was speaking. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

Juanita asked when I stopped the car and poked my head out the window, trying to hear where the soft sound was coming from. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Sharon Stone, struck by a sniper’s bullet as her car was stopped at a traffic light. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

He turned and saw that Frankie had stopped beside Albert, and the two of them were picking up more treasures scattered across the beach. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Her bracelets jingled as the kids stopped chitchatting and took their seats. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

They had gone only a few yards into the woods beyond the creek bed when Leslie stopped. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

Adam the Yeoman came bursting into the Hall, so hurried with ill news that he scarcely stopped to bob his head before speaking. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z

Count Olaf had taken out a bottle of wine to pour himself some breakfast, but when he saw the book he stopped, and sat down. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z

About ten o’clock Mario began to yawn and they stopped playing. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ekon had opened his mouth to say more but stopped suddenly. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

She was still seeing Don, waiting to make sure that Ndudi was “serious” before she stopped, and she hoped, too, that Don would get her the new car before then. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

When he stopped, he grinned, stuck his hand out to her, and said, “It’s nice to meet you!” Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

For an instant, I see myself in the dark pool of her eyes—my heart stopped, my face lifeless. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

“There must be a negotiated settlement even with the Vietcong. The long night of war must be stopped.” Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

At the sight of a stranger, he stopped dead. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

Within another few paces, the corridor stopped abruptly, sealed by a wall of boulders. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

Hour after hour, Elizabeth heard the rhythmic gasping, the silence growing longer between each lungful of air, until, finally, the breathing stopped. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

I look at the blue-and-gray sofa, the sun-faded curtain over the kitchen window, and the small bowl of potpourri that stopped smelling like anything three years ago. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

For the first time since she and James stopped talking, she was kind of excited for school tomorrow. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

They both started to rise but she put a hand out, stopped them. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

He stopped in the middle of the lot and stomped his foot against the tail of the board, flipping it up into his hand. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

She stopped, as did he, at a circular table piled with sweaters, flanked with pinecones and velvet bows. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

In fact, I thought I was doing a pretty good job because she stopped talking and her lips curled into a beautiful smile. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

I was only gone for an hour or so, and she just drove right up and stole my chickens, and no one stopped her. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

An assassin like that never stopped at just killing. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

The detective’s destination was River Valley Farm, but wanting something warm—a cup of hot coffee—he stopped off at Hartman’s Cafe. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

She stopped in the middle of the road, her whole body alight with the thrill of it. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

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

I stopped next to a utility pole for a bit, exhaled heavily, and threw some angry punches in the air. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

Strangely, though, the breeze had stopped, so that the world seemed as lifeless as the neighborhood itself. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

At the bottom of the rock steps on the Southeast Ridge I stopped with Mike to wait for Yasuko, who was having difficulty negotiating the fixed ropes. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

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

Anya stopped off long enough to let Marina pour a warm drink down her throat, and then she and Kin left the Ivanov house. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

The rain had stopped, but the men still hid from the damp, huddled by the fires in their caves of piled stone. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

By the time they stopped, the sun had already sunk between the tree trunks, casting slanted yellow beams and bands of shadow through the undergrowth. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

He almost stopped walking altogether when he spotted Gaily up ahead, arms folded and glaring, but he kept moving. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

He climbed out in a moment, lowered the trapdoor swiftly and silently, and then, before racing to the door and the world outside, stopped. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

Every day for a week I stopped to buckle my shoe, or to drink from the hall fountain, so that Johannes Vélez would have enough time to catch up. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

Halfway up to the border, Abuelita stopped to buy us new outfits before we drove on. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

He stopped me when I tried to hop out of the Jeep. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

Plum stopped crying as the black hard stools ricocheted onto the frozen ground. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

We stopped at a public toilet, and I waited outside while Frankie went in. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

“News flash: I stopped being his friend completely first!” Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

Robin stopped for a moment, then went on thoughtfully, “Think you my mother will know me when she sees me thus?” The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z

He stopped at many beds, checking medications, smiling, and chatting with patients, who were always grateful to see him. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

He had been gently rubbing my head, but he stopped. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

Because the Wampanoag had stopped trading with them, the Pilgrims would not be able to supplement their harvest. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

He stopped then and reached into his jeans pocket and pulled out an aluminum square. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

The social worker slowed and stopped beside a dirty white fence. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

They must have been audible from the kitchen, because the father called out "Perhaps the gendemen don't like the playing? It can be stopped at once." The Metamorphosis 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z

They stopped in front of a three-story building of brick and glass. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

She stood upright, and, hand on the wall, walked down three steps, then stopped and sat, hoping that Bod knew what he was doing, and she waited. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

We finally stopped in a room full of waterfalls. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

Then he stopped scribbling, looked up and gave the correct answer. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

If Galya stopped talking—which was easy to do when she was busy juggling maps and pencils and the flight log—Masha would scold her. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

I stopped playing, and hoped my unease did not show. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

Fences had never stopped the speckled cattle either, but there was no sign they had been there. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

She had her a baby girl with the colic and the only thing that stopped the hurting was to hold her. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Theon stopped so suddenly that Willow almost plowed into his back. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The jeep stopped outside the Museum of the Revolution. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

He had never loved him so deeply as at this moment, and not merely because he had stopped the pain. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

She had finished growing up when she stopped calling her mother “Mama.” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

She stopped and wondered whether she had the courage to keep on to the bridge, cross it, and leave it to go down the steep bank to the island temple. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

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

The robot’s programming stopped her from being violent, but nothing stopped her from being annoying. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

In each house where she stopped, she was. given a cup of hot tea with butter in it, which was the way she liked it. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

I pulled up in front of her block of flats in Hillbrow, stopped the car, and sat for a moment as I tried to figure out the polite and gentlemanly way to end the evening. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

And then I stopped short, about fifteen feet from the hoop, and made a pretty little jump shot. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

“And when she says ‘during,’” Kaisha added, “she literally means that in the middle of it, he stopped and told her it was disrespectful to wear anything on your head during the Pledge.” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

She hadn’t stopped to consider the implications of doing so, it had just felt right, and she hadn’t questioned it. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

He had stopped to buy a sausage from a cart alongside the curb near the ferry dock. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

Alby stopped walking, and Thomas was surprised to see they’d reached the South Door; the two walls bracketing the exit towered above them. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

I never gave the reason why I always declined, and they eventually stopped asking. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

He stopped at a street corner and looked into the purse. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

The rat scuttled across the floor and stopped again at the box and searched quickly for the hole; then it reared once more and bared long yellow fangs, piping shrilly, belly quivering. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

She also stopped making posts to her blog. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

The first rabbit stopped in a sunny patch and scratched his ear with rapid movements of his hind leg. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

I stopped picking at my Danish and leaned in close. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z

One hand went up automatically to wipe the spot, but a look at Trotter’s face, and Gilly stopped her arm midway. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

The Preacher and the conjurer stopped talking and Sir Charles told MaWee, “Go light the candles as if it’s a show.” Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

And an angry feeling rose in her and stopped around her heart. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bodega stopped, and held his index finger in front of his eyes. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

Chuck stopped and pointed to someone in the crowd. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

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

Muff stopped by to bring the girl’s family a cake and found her up to her elbows in laundry—in the bathtub of all places. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

It started again and we went a little farther, then stopped. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

He laughed, but stopped after a few moments when they didn’t join in. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Theon stopped by the edge of the pool and bowed his head before its carved red face. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

If I had doubts about my decision, if I sometimes thought about turning back, running back to my parents and the Clinic and giving in, what stopped me was this private ecstasy between my legs. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Rekh watched him speed back and forth between shop and courtyard, and finally stopped him, smiling. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

When he stopped, he breathed a long sigh that trembled in the night air. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Fang was already heading around the side of the house when the slam of my door stopped him. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

The child had stopped talking and was very still, staring up at him with her huge black eyes. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“No, no,” I answered, “how can you think so, Miss Havisham! I stopped because I thought you were not following what I said.” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

The conductor promptly stopped the tram and hailed a policeman, who arrested us, took us down to the station, and charged us. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

And as the heat rose, the rain stopped falling. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

I stopped at the balcony to get a better look. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Following the bus was a nightmare; it stopped too often, too long, and it was difficult to tail it, hide, and watch to see if she got off. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

His reaction had caught me so completely by surprise that I had quite literally stopped breathing, and now I found myself gasping for breath. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

I stopped: the sound ceased, only for an instant; it began again, louder: for at first, though distinct, it was very low. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

Not sure whether the remarks were addressed to him, he stopped. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

We even stopped at Volksrust, a town along the way, and they allowed me to take a brief walk to stretch my legs. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had returned the hide to its place and was starting for the courtyard with the bowl when the deep, gentle voice of Rekh the goldsmith stopped him. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

Until that very moment she had planned to help Elena; Elena had done so much for her, after all, and anyway, Elena Richardson never stopped until she got what she wanted. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Sure enough, the track soon opened up at the copse, and Dumbledore and Harry came to a halt behind Ogden, who had stopped and drawn his wand. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

A sound you hardly noticed, but would miss if it stopped. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The King stopped to gather them, and the Argo was saved. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

I stopped by the window, breathing in the scents of stale beer and roasted meat. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

The napkin storm abated, the Hesperus stopped sinking, and everyone looked down. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

As they were making a way round the raucous tables Turner saw a naval party coming along the front and stopped to watch. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

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

As we stepped into the dimly lit restaurant with a handful of mostly empty tables we both stopped in our tracks. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

"Because..." said the star, and then she stopped. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

Then the conductor’s baton stopped moving and the orchestra fell silent. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

But it didn’t help any, I was still shut out, and I stopped going to the display store altogether. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

One time, I was reading him a Mullah Nasruddin story and he stopped me. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

When the coal cars were full and stopped beneath the bridge, some of the braver boys would even leap into them, plunging waist-deep into the loose coal. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

On Nissan Island in the South Pacific, for example, spraying had been carried on intensively during the Second World War, but was stopped when hostilities came to an end. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

She’s watching me, and I’m sure her heart has stopped dead in her chest. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

She stopped at the open door and peered in as Yedsha had done. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

“He quite possibly saved both you and Emilia. Emilia also scrambled to Ingrid. I saw it. He stopped her too.” Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

The rush, the roar, the squeak, the whoosh—they all stopped. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

He stopped in front of me and raised his white eyebrows enthusiastically behind the round rings of his spectacles, “Eh?” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

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

When the bus stopped at Seventy-second Street, Stuart jumped out and hurried across to the sailboat pond in Central Park. Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z

Remember that time two years ago when we drove to Disney World and stopped at the farm on the way to Florida? P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

He stopped himself and changed subjects, speaking of court affairs. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

One day he. stopped her as she was going out He was sitting up in a day-gown, and his hands lay still in his lap. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was so depressed I even stopped shaving, didn’t change my clothes, and I don’t think I bathed either. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

He stopped and before answering he felt a keen sensation of excitement flush over all his skin. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

And sound stopped and movement stopped for much, much more than a moment. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had not stopped desiring her for a single instant. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

I stopped in my tracks, looking down the beach. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

Before they reached the street though she stopped and lifted her skirt and dried her eyes on the hem of her topmost underskirt. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

We’d both stopped walking, and for some reason, my feet wouldn’t start again. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

He stopped, and as the visitors approached, his outline seemed to fuse with that of the visitors. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

She started back to her chair, stopped, whirled, and stood motionless, listening. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

When he reached the first rocks that lay littered about the bottom of the hill, he stopped and listened to the sounds which were carried on the wind. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

When they got to the bank of the creek, they stopped. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

Suddenly the world had stopped revolving around me. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

Was the answer such an ingrained, obvious part of the way we lived that no one stopped to ponder the question itself? The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

She led him to a group of expatriates and stopped to chat, laughing loudly, a little drunk. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

“We were walking to town and stopped in to cool off.” The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Conversely, domestic turkeys of Mexico and domestic sunflowers of the eastern United States might have thrived in the Andes, but their southward spread was stopped by the intervening tropical climates. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

The rain stopped, exactly as predicted, and ushers ran outside and pulled plastic covers off four hundred chairs on the lawn. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

I stopped scrubbing and turned around to confront my mother. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

Once inside, we stopped at the women’s restroom in the East Wing. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

“And don’t ask me who or what God is. I mean I don’t even know if He exists. When I was little, I used to think—” She stopped. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

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

The satyr stopped short, obviously surprised by the cloud of salt. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

There was no exact place where the flat land stopped and the mountain began. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

“Yes,” she said, at last, “I been praying. And I ain’t stopped praying yet.” Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

When he thought he was in the right spot, he stopped and held out the knife again, feeling forward carefully. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

A few seconds later the shadow stopped; the light settled to a standstill, casting three unmoving planes of brightness into the room. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

As they jogged to their right and entered the shopping district on Fourth Avenue, people stopped on the sidewalk or rushed out of storefronts to watch them pass— staring, snickering, and applauding. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

On his way back to class, he stopped at the office to get a pass. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

When he stopped the bicycle in the shrubbery and turned to grab Gabe, he saw the small chubby arm pointing toward the sky. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

Only bubbles flew out of his mouth, but he had the distinct impression that the mermen had understood him, because they suddenly stopped laughing. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

But halfway there, two more shoes came into view…and I stopped. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

“What do you mean, when I stopped running?” Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

Dr. Somerset stopped and pulled her daughter close, pressing the back of her hand to June’s forehead. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

He stopped the publication immediately, and the book never was published, although large parts of it were used as the basis for some of Descartes’s later works. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

But that was a hero’s voice, and Jesper had long since stopped thinking he had the makings of a hero. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

I had a few pages cached, from right before the feed stopped. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

They made one long line, then stopped and dismounted. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z

For the moment, at least, she had stopped worrying altogether, for she was soundly and deeply asleep. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

After a while, she stopped worrying about her stomach, and stopped trying to hide it. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

Two small kids came running down the hall, but when they saw Ms. Laverne, they stopped and started walking so slowly, I almost laughed. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

By the time I walked in the front door, I was crying so much that my sister stopped watching television to talk to me. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

One of the bosses stopped Jeer and got the story out of her. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

We drove around the house and stopped outside the Quonset hut. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

We had an electric hot water heater, a shower, tub, all that; but of course they all stopped working. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

A city so young that, in thinking of its short history, one’s mind, as it travels backward in time, is stopped abruptly by the barren stretches of wind-swept prairie! Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

He gave me a look that said he didn’t want to be bothered, but he stopped anyway. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

The hemlines stopped exactly halfway between the knee and the ankle, and most of the dresses were cinched tight at the waist with belts. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

I had screamed before he began choking me, and my grandpa heard it and stopped him in time. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

When he got his hand in her bloomers, she suddenly stopped laughing and looked serious. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

That stopped me cold, because I didn’t know how he learned it. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

When he was a few paces behind Buttercup, he stopped, head properly bowed. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Rahel remembered the incident that made Lenin swim into focus as a Real Person for her and Estha, when they stopped regarding him as just another pleat in his mother’s sari. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The rain had stopped, and there wasn’t enough wind to wake me. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

“He was a sweet man. Always stopped to chat with me.” The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

I was, I recall, leaving the drawing room with an empty teapot in my hand when Miss Kenton stopped me and said: 'Mr Stevens, Dr Meredith is just leaving now.' The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

When it stopped, she would awake and rise. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

“I called you. Every day. The phone rang without answer, and then one day it stopped ringing altogether. Had to wait the longest time before I could get word you were all right.” Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

In any case he soon stopped and stood there, glaring after them, his face scarlet. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

A motor-coach stopped at the corner and two women got out. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Stanley stopped and turned to look at Zero. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

Halfway up the stairs, she stopped and shouted, "And I am not a baby!" The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z

At nightfall, worn to the bone and feeling as though she might fall asleep in the saddle, Kaede was relieved when the Huntsman stopped and told them they could set up camp. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

On the opposite side of the roof, facing southeast, Nyame stopped and stared at the dark, jagged mountains ringing the Golden Crescent. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

But Basel and Muhammad, wanting to help me, followed so close to the wheels that he stopped and turned around, the headlights circling the inside walls of the kitchen. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

And he goes on about how he loves me, what life would be without me but I've stopped listening because his previous words are trapped in my head, thrashing desperately around. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

With the closure of the port, most of the College’s income was stopped up and its investments nullified; and so to anxiety was added penury. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

She was lying there, injured, and he had not stopped to help her. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Curly stopped walking and pointed at a short piece of lumber on the ground. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nothing stopped Gabriel, though he made Heaven roar with his howling, though he screamed aloud, as his mother approached, that he would never be such a bad boy again. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

When the fiddle had stopped singing Laura called out softly, “What are days of auld lang syne, Pa?” Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

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

You stopped talking about where to put the crib and started talking about what colleges you wanted to apply to. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

After the better part of a week, Dad’s delirium stopped, and he asked us to come talk to him in the bedroom. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

People drew away from the gate-keeper, and even the drummer stopped his incessant tattoo. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

“So—” Will stopped what he was doing, which was arranging his rucksack so the heaviest objects were in the bottom, and tried to see the angel. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

For the first time in modern history, major wars of aggression were stopped partly because of the revulsion felt by the citizens of the aggressor nations. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

His mother had stopped singing and was listening. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

She stopped on the only section of color photos. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

There was another long pause, so long I thought maybe the phone had stopped working. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

Joe gave the same alibi Rose did: on the night of May 21, 1921, they had been together in Pawnee, seventeen miles southwest of Gray Horse, and had stopped at a rooming house. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Then the wind drove her again and she hit the next wave and nearly stopped again. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

We stopped in a gift shop on the wharf. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

She shoved the memory down so deep that it stopped hurting. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

The letter ended with one last piece of information: “Germany has actually stopped the sale of uranium from the Czechoslovakian mines, which she has taken over.” Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

When he was small, I more or less stopped working with the chimps. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

Ben had stopped moving, but Luster could hear him whimpering. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the car had stopped, he sat still for a moment to let the road jumps get out of his nerves. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

They stopped at the end of the kitchen and paused, and then crossed the floor again. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

I stopped and tried to pull myself together. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

A rabbit stopped and watched him, and he locked eyes with the rabbit and, for those short moments, only he and the rabbit knew where he was. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

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

Quisqueya stopped talking, her eyes wide, her face nearly as red as her hair. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

The words buzzed in my ears, and everything stopped. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

Mark only realized that he’d stopped, appalled by what was happening around him, when Lana yelled at him to keep moving. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

When he stopped the buggy at her gate she did not offer to get out alone this time. Absalom, Absalom! 1936-01-01T00:00:00Z

The bus stopped at what seemed to be the last prison block, in what was evidently the highest-security section of the prison. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

She stopped for a second to rest, swapping bags from one hand to the other. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

If she stopped for longer than a minute or two, Kekrops and his guards started hissing and looking angry. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Francie turned and went down into the cellar and sat in the dark a long time waiting until the waves of hurt stopped breaking over her. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You stopped three days in Baghdad. I understand that the young English lady, Miss Debenham, also comes from Baghdad. Perhaps you met her there?” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

Of course, Dad didn’t like this idea, but he knew it was a paying position, because I hadn’t stopped mentioning it since the first summer I’d volunteered at the adoption center. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

The south wall eventually moved, closing for the night; he leaned forward until it stopped. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

I had stopped asking for a monthly allowance. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

Baba stopped painting and looked over at me with a thoughtful frown. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

With a regular police escort, our vehicles no longer stopped at traffic lights. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

He stopped short, scowling, then gave a sudden barking laugh. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

He stopped to shift the box in his arms. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Harry Junior would later say of events that fall, “Everything just stopped dead in the water. It was almost as if someone said to God, ‘Go after them!” The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Somehow, perhaps in his watching the Villac Uma, the keeper had stopped listening to his fire for a moment. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

Allegra was great, but when Isa talked to Benny she felt like he stopped everything he was doing and really, truly listened to her. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

The inside of the cabin was getting dark, so he took the package topside to open it but stopped with his head out of the hatch opening. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was a very small cut on his head, but the bleeding had stopped and he was breathing softly, regularly. Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z

He stopped to put down his window and say hi. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

One day, for example, just past Omsk, we stopped in the countryside. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

“As soon as I put the phone down, it rings again. People are complaining about the stink and smoke. I want this stopped. Do you understand me?” October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

But when Claire stopped by, though she was greeted pleasantly by the receptionist, she was told that they had no need for extra help until the numbers increased. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

A few minutes after entering Langa, we stopped in front of an understated white home in the middle of Mshumpela Street. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

The Sorrows stopped spinning and the three voices spoke as one: He has been watching all along. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

Then Bod stopped looking because someone’s hand closed around his, and the dance began. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

Just then Bunny grabbed my shoulder and we stopped walking. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

He was halfway through the first line of the Shema, our holiest prayer, and my head stopped hurting. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

She has not stopped talking about Kareem and his proper Indian manners since I got home. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

He squinted between the partition’s wooden panels, curious, and noted that two people had just stopped mere feet away on its opposite side, a boy and a girl. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

When we were close enough to smell the trees we stopped. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

The way he stopped the man from hurting us and the way he was kind to him after. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

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

Her beatings for the most part had stopped. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

I was out by the chicken coop when Papa pulled up and stopped the wagon. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He stopped there to enjoy the effect of these words. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

“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

Arthur and his father stopped still, right in front of my window, while the rest of the guests and the families squeezed out onto the driveway. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Billy got sick. He ended up at the clinic where Marcus and Frankie’s mother works, and after he died . . .” “The story stopped?” The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

The song irked him and he was glad when she stopped and came into the room with a pot of coffee and a plate of crinkled bacon. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

He stopped, took a breath to compose himself. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

On the way back to town we stopped off at a drive-in burger joint and had a root beer. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

She sprayed directly in front of my nose several times when I sneezed, but mostly she sprayed it out the window when we stopped somewhere that looked particularly unsanitary, which happened often. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

Vonetta didn’t notice, or she pretended she didn’t notice, but Fern had stopped clinging to Uncle D. Fern heard him hollering at night like the boogeyman howling and rattling in the radiator pipes. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

He stopped the bleeding, brought the three up to rejoin their groups and then called a halt to rest and feed, himself keeping a watch round about. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t need little reminders of the person Hudson stopped being while we were dating. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

She stopped in the middle of the living room, looked back at me as she placed her bag on the coffee table, and said, “Let's start with the proper way to sit at the piano.” It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

While I was at it, an inmate porter stopped by and pleaded on behalf of the cooker. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even when the shuttle stopped at a hotel and a man who smelled like old cigarettes sat next to me and said hello, I did not turn to look. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

The train stopped in Vevey, then went on, passing the lake on one side and on the other the wet brown fields and the bare woods and the wet houses. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

At last, he stopped at a secluded spot and began to dig a little grave. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

Of the four dolphins whose tails supported the shell on which the Triton squatted, the one nearest to Cecilia had its wide-open mouth stopped with moss and algae. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

The jubilation was stopped by a group of MPs who walked into the kitchen and asked us to follow them. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

The combatants stopped fighting and glared at each other. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the silence left by the rain that has stopped, he hears hoofbeats. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

I know almost everyone here has stopped menstruating. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The wagon had stopped before a low stone wall, hung with a rail gate. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

She stopped, held her breath, and tried to stop crying. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

There sat Beatty, perspiring gently, the floor littered with swarms of black moths that had died in a single storm Mildred stopped screaming as quickly as she started. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

Avery lay dreaming that the Ferris wheel had stopped and that he was in the top car. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

I was close to ninety when I stopped. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

She stopped by a juniper tree at the edge of the road and set her bundle on the ground. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

Sula stopped and with her toe pushed them into the bordering grass. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Hazel could not believe he had not stopped into her classroom to give them an update. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

I almost stopped when I hit a volume of our encyclopedia, but right beneath it, there it was: The Black Panther. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

And then, finally, as we crossed the reservation border, I stopped laughing. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

“I would sell to him if he stopped smelling so awfully of garlic,” Kainene said. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Cleaning out the wound channel hadn't stopped the body’s relentless release of pus. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

But this woman, this Amagqirha, she never stopped moving to her own rhythm. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

He stopped at the comer of a wide street and waited to cross. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Delphine, go get—” Then, just as I was about to scoot out of my chair, she stopped herself, got up, and went inside the kitchen and came back with the rolls. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

Her face was drawn and pale, as if her heart had stopped pumping. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z

I wasn’t quite sure we had stopped until he reached back and touched my hair. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

We walked on a way and were stopped under a tree. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

We all ducked inside quickly, but I stopped myself at the kitchen door. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I started to follow Mom, but Mrs. Hidalgo stopped me with a hand on my arm. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

“At last!” cried Capricorn as Basta stopped at the foot of the steps with his prisoner. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

When the rain stopped, we marched back to the camp, covered in mud up to our waists. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

Think we’ve stopped bombing Italy since the Allied invasion last month, but now that Italy’s declared war on Germany, things are really heating up. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

The captain started to answer, then stopped and nodded shortly. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

Abuela took small steps toward a group having a business lunch, and they immediately stopped their serious discussion to speak with her. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

“Well, Mr. Van Texel said people were going to think it had stopped raining, but the rain was going to come back and there was going to be a big flood.” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

But I stopped and turned to face him. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Like most young Lackses, Day didn’t finish school: he stopped in the fourth grade because the family needed him to work the fields. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

As we made a lap around the library, a pair of redheaded twin boys stopped us. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

At that Gandalf sat up and gripped the arms of his chair; but he said nothing, and with a look stopped the exclamation on Pippin’s lips. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

While Emma never stopped believing in God and Jesus, her faith seems to have become less intense. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Around the time Jeffrey arrived, they stopped talking to each other. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

She stopped now and then, when she passed a town, to buy bread, peanut butter, apples, to refill the gallon jug in the passenger seat with water at a fountain. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

No sooner had Mrs. Olinski stopped her van than her old friend came rushing out the door. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

The question stopped Oppenheimer in his tracks, for, like every other habitue of the Rad Lab, he knew of Ernest’s ingrained suspicion of anything that smacked of politics. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

Wang Lung stopped, struck by the thought of children running in and out of their three rooms. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

He didn’t notice me until he was almost past me, and then he stopped short. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

I stopped pumping my ideas into Bill’s brain for fear that the fumes of alcohol might send him reeling toward some fantastic fate. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Suddenly the tail stopped and his right paw flew out. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

The sound of him stopped only when he had gone over the brow of the hill. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

John and Mary were stopped along the way, seemingly for no reason other than the color of their skin. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Faster now, since you stopped by and told us what you did.’ Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Police stopped the train near the town of Tonala to hunt for migrants, and Enrique had to jump off Barefoot, he could not run far. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

One afternoon after school, after a snack of ice cream with caramel sauce, she flipped through the cable channels and stopped at a documentary about some guy named Stephen Hawking. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

After a number of laps it stopped short at the stern bench and crouched, directing its gaze downwards, to the space below the tar­paulin. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

‘Beyond all towers strong and high,’ he began again, and then he stopped short. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

The wild dancing and the loud joyous singing and the generally queer behavior of these strangers seemed to him highly objectionable, and to be stopped at once. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

After a while he stopped crossing the bridge. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were stopped at the gates by gargantuan Berber guards with scimitars and chased away. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

He kept his eye on the horizon, because that’s who he is, but he stopped trying to run. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

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

We stopped short at the door to the right of the stairway. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

Aunty Ifeoma stopped then, perhaps remembering that the rules were not ours. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

She hadn’t cried a tall until then, and she really didn’t want to, but when they both stopped crying, the tension was gone and the shaking, and she felt much better. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

When he stopped for a second, she gave him little transitional replies, such as “Yes?” or “Then what?” or “And then...?” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

When he stopped, she stopped also—and when he walked fast she ran to keep up with him. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

He stopped at the edge of town and saw no one. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

“Now—” the doctor began, and was stopped by a little giggling burst from Theodora. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

Mama was going to say something, but then she stopped, her hand flew to her mouth, and she hurried into her room. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

Mark nodded, then moved to resume walking, but Alec stopped him. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

When I was little, she stopped acting and worked in a sports-equipment store. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

He stopped to adjust the lamp’s wick, which was smoking. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

Even with a cowcatcher on the front, the trains often stopped for a cow on the track. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

He stopped talking to give me a look of hurt surprise. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Reynie stopped and stared at the metal chair and the blue helmet, racked with indecision. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Conner stopped to talk to each dog as we walked along the fence. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

He stopped at a tombstone marked with a recently carved name: Tate. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

I stopped, some time ago, feeling for each lost child. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

But what used to feel like a communion only emphasized our grief and eventually we had stopped trying altogether. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

But as they burst upon the figure ahead, they stopped in shock. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

Of the group who knew they had a few minutes to spare, 63 percent stopped. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Finally the air currents stopped dragging her down, and she flew high enough to locate her mountain, but the entire western horizon was swathed in clouds. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

We passed the church and the school-yard, and the bus stopped. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

And at once, while reading that passage, my mind stopped, teased, challenged with the effort to remember, to associate widely disparate but meaningful experiences in my life. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

They stopped a few yards from the Argo II. The leader looked up and studied the demigods. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

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

They stopped their car, and the car behind stopped. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

He went on and we stopped in the hall and Caddy knelt and put her arms around me and her cold bright face against mine. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Osh stopped what he was doing, wiped his hands dry, and came to sit with me at the table. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

Boys were playing among the pillars, the only children that Pippin had seen in Minas Tirith, and he stopped to look at them. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

Then in the entrance to the drawing room door, Armstrong stopped dead. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

The rain had stopped, the mist was blowing off. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

He stopped shooting and looked back at me. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

The boy noticed that his mother had stopped rocking; the loose boards did not rattle as the chair moved on them. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

We passed the bull-ring, high and white and concrete-looking in the sun, and then came into the big square by a side street and stopped in front of the Hotel Montoya. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

The fits of shivering stopped, the stiff limbs fell limp and relaxed. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

On her way home, Bridge stopped by the Bean Bar. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

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

But I guess I never stopped wanting to be the smart boy she wanted me to be, so that she would love me. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

They didn’t have the turnpikes then; the bus stopped at what seemed every comer and cowpatch. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Pearl Harbor just snipped it off, stopped it from becoming whatever else lay ahead. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

He stopped speaking for long enough that I asked him if he was still on the line. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

I thought of machinery—automatic, constant, unable to be stopped. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

Each time he stopped after singing a new piece, the animals shouted, “More! More! More!” The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

Toomer had stopped, hunted for a stick, and with great deliberation had marked a large “X” across the track of the snake. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Most of all, Woody thought about Wes, who had stopped going to school two years earlier. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

Macon stabbed him again and again until he stopped moving his mouth, stopped trying to talk, and stopped jumping and twitching on the ground. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

When Aru stopped to think about it, she had to admit this was true. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

They stopped chanting, and all their eyes focused on Mark and Alec. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

The Community House was too out of the way and even though I had gone back to the English class there only a few times, now I stopped going altogether. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

He shuffled, grew dizzy, stopped for breath, started again, stumbling and sweating but refusing to wipe his temples, still afraid to look at his hands. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

“No, not you—” Then he stopped and grinned. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

But then he stopped hunting and started drinking, and you can’t hold down a job and take care of kids when you’re like that. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

As we stopped, I was almost sent off to one of these. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

He stopped a few paces away and moved the gun to his left hand. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

The movement stopped then, and he heard the metallic creak of the car door opening. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

He had not gone halfway when he stopped short in great surprise. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

“Have a wonderful day, Albie,” Mom told me when the cab stopped outside my school. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

By then the rain has stopped, though water still sprinkles the wall and ceiling panels. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

Had Mendel stopped his experiments here, he would already have made a major contribution to a theory of heredity. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

Looking back, I stopped writing in my notebook when I stopped wanting to know myself anymore. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

She stopped and got out her jacket from her backpack. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

Near the bottom they met Nately coming up and stopped laughing. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

I was all the way down at the entrance pond before I stopped. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I stopped, my heart hitting out wildly at my breast, and then I saw it was Kunthi, standing where the path forked with the moonlight streaming down on her. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

I started toward the tree, but I stopped short as soon as I came around the corner of the barn, and flattened myself to the wall. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

Hen Wen had either stopped running or had outdistanced him. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

Then she noticed that both Joon and Ben had stopped painting to stare at the other end of the table, where Nat was working in utter silence and concentration. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

But then I stopped because it started to make me too sad. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

Then we saw a horse ambulance stopped by the road. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

A wave of gale-force anger slammed into my mind: WHO DARES— The voice stopped abruptly. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

I was dragged the entire length of the block, bouncing along behind the cab, past the sewers, past parked cars, and all the way to the corner, where the cab was stopped by a light. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

But maybe that's better than finding out he stopped caring about us. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

He’d been stabbing his eggs with his fork, but stopped suddenly, as if eating was getting in the way of thinking. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

I stopped moving and looked in his direction. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

He stopped in front of a gray blue house with a willow tree in the front yard. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

I started to step forward, but my friend tugged at my dress, and I stopped in my tracks just as Auntie Fatmata called out the family name: “Suma.” Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the lightning stopped, the First and Second Cohorts were facing one surprised-looking giant and several hundred smoking piles of ash. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

He stopped and continued, in a mocking mimicry of an English accent, “Fantastically desirable bottoms.” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

A little way on, Gwydion stopped, raised his shaggy head, and narrowed his eyes toward a distant ridge. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

Sierra stopped at the door and rolled her eyes. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

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

We flew down the stairs, but I stopped at the landing. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

Grandma jigged just a little minute more, then she stopped. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

Naomi stopped in front of a grave marked only with a thin metal nameplate. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

The taxi stopped in front of the embassy and the driver pointed to the green, white, and blue flag to make sure that I was at the right place. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

It stopped in the center of the river. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

I said as we stopped on the corner. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

He stopped short at the sight of Roza, the bloody cloth she held to her cheek. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

J. T. stopped by a few times during the night but didn’t have much to say. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

After a few minutes, my friends stopped crying. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

A blaze of light illuminated the service station where the truck driver had stopped. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

“Right. And anyway, he stopped having a crush on me because he realized you were the truly adorable one.” From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

June started coloring in a few more glass shards, but then she stopped, staring at the glass girl again. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

They stopped while the major talked to the officer leading them. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

The twins came early in a rush of blood that slowed to a trickle but never stopped. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

His stomach stopped bleeding sooner than it normally does. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

“I, um, I was headed to the school but stopped when I saw you.” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

In the stony highlands to the northwest, the marks stopped abruptly and all trace of Ben Stark vanished. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

I watched her from the den window, and where Montego Drive curves like a kidney bean, she stopped, withdrew a hankie from her bra, and mopped her face. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

Eunjoo stopped her and pointed to the corner, where there was a small pot. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

Both were very hungry and they stopped talking in order to concentrate on the slippery wet food. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had stopped in front of a door that had an anchor with a dolphin coiled around it painted on the white wood. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

When he was less than thirty feet away, Robbie stopped, and seemed about to speak, but waited instead as the inspector and the other policemen approached. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

I looked down at Rufus to see that he had stopped trembling and closed his eyes. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

After an hour or so, Colonel Marx stopped the car in front of a small shop on a quiet street. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Perry, who was chewing gum, stopped chewing; he lowered his eyes, a minute elapsed, then slowly his jaws began to move again. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Why, uh, I stopped off at the supper on the grounds in Prairie Lea the other night. They saw me on the road and invited me to visit for a piece.” The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

Once or twice I stopped off at the church, but that, like keeping up my notebook, I tended to neglect. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

Then he called aloud to the others, and all the company stopped and gathered round. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

The train had just stopped at Princeton station when her phone rang. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Mr. Popper, who had followed the penguins up the stairs, stopped when he saw that it led to the orchestra pit. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z

She stepped outside, and then stopped and stared. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

When he saw Lina, his jaw stopped moving for a moment and his lips curled upward in a very small smile. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Yet when Armpit and Kaira stopped and kissed by the pagoda on Grant Avenue, it seemed to each of them like they were the only two people on the street. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

It was probably before I stopped talking to him. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

And once I got to a place where the growl was pretty much a purr, I stopped writing in you. Sunny 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

“Yes, I was home when Sheriff Edwards stopped by to give me some information.” Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Just when she grew tired of so much walking, she reached the bottom of a set of stairs and stopped. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

By the hatrack she stopped before the picture of Old Dirty-Face. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

He had one of these very raspy voices, and he never stopped talking, practically. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

Day eventually stopped inviting him in, even though it sometimes meant walking past Zakariyya sleeping on the sidewalk. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

On the evening of April 15, the rain finally stopped and the clouds parted. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

He stopped at the garage for a pneumatic mattress that had amused his guests during the summer, and the chauffeur helped him pump it up. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

The front door opened; they stopped talking and turned their heads. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

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

When they came close to the house, they stopped. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

He stopped looking for a woman in the branches of the copper beech tree above him and looked instead at the tree itself. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

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

It was only four when they stopped at a light, waiting for it to turn green, so they could cross the road. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

The horn had stopped blasting, but people were still running every which way, trying to make it to a ride before they filled up. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

They stopped, and from his trouser pocket Grandpa Nyles pulled out a bundle of gray sage wrapped in red cloth. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z

Erin began, but then she looked at me and stopped. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

Or Cassiopeia’s tendency to scamper closely after Penelope and sit at her feet the instant she stopped moving. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

“And because I stopped answering your calls, you think I’m some kind of terrorist?” Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

If it had gone into extra innings, Shirley’s heart would have stopped. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

He leaned back in his chair, and I stopped smiling. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

On Wednesday I find out Piper has given Scout 105’s baseball, and then she’s stopped talking to Scout. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

We stepped through the revolving door into the marble lobby, and whoosh, the silence stopped my tears. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

For Lanning said, “The robots have stopped. Not one has moved today.” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

She stopped trying to clean out her skin for a moment and sat back on her heels. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

It seemed that he could feel the prolonged blow of it sinking through his skull, and suddenly with an old premonition he clapped the brakes on and stopped and sat perfectly still. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

He stopped to put on his jacket and rest the mare. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

And then Marcus might have stopped to talk to me for a minute, and Sal would have seen that it was all okay. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

I stopped short, surprise and hurt churning inside me. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Just not thrilled to hear that I stopped by. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

She couldn’t move as he leaned toward her, closer and closer, the table groaning beneath him, until he stopped, his lips just a hair’s breadth from hers. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

It’s high time I stopped being a slave and became my own boss.” Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

His watch had stopped, so he turned down toward the street where Wilbur Kelly had recently put out his sign as watchmaker. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Nor had they stopped weeping when I took my leave of them. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

We stopped first at the graves where my parents were buried. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

Finally he stopped and looked at them all. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

It was a miracle that nobody stopped me as l walked across the camp toward the gates where those who were going to the sub-camp had assembled. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

He stopped abruptly and held himself very straight. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

The imagination and the spiritual strength of Shakespeare’s evildoers stopped short at a dozen corpses. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

I stopped trying to convince him to call me June—he’ll never change. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

Mr. Ebgard’s voice was calmer; I noticed my hands had stopped shaking. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

The police saw about fifty migrants on top of the stopped train and headed toward the freight cars to arrest them. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

Three men hanging drywall stopped to holler at him, but the boy never broke stride. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s nice to play again. I shouldn’t have stopped.” The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Tuesday, April 18, acting on what was now a stale tip, a cavalry officer decided to follow up on the information about the mysterious strangers who stopped by Mudd’s farm on assassination night. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

He stopped kicking dirt and said, “Don’t it hurt?” The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

At the edge of the town he found a filling station and stopped to take on some gas. Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z

The Weird Sisters stopped playing, applause filled the hall once more, and Harry let go of Parvati at once. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

We ate the rest of the dinner in silence, only this time it was the bad kind of silence, and the food stopped tasting so good. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I stopped by his basement often in those first few months, then less and less as time went by. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The phone rang again and Mariama spoke in French, her voice rising, and she stopped braiding to gesture with her hand as she shouted into the phone. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

“You knew right away when a man stopped fishing and started running rum,” a Massachusetts woman later recounted. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

Then he stopped his mending and squinted at me. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

Even Leo had stopped making jokes at his expense. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Our Shabbat afternoon Talmud sessions had stopped; my father spent all of Shabbat resting so as to be prepared for each coming week of furious activity. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

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

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

At this point, things stopped proceeding at such a leisurely pace. Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z

Miles stopped suddenly, eyes focused on a spot to the left of my head. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

After two full years at West Oakland High, he’d stopped noticing how the lunch tables in the quad were splintered and falling apart. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

They stopped me a few times in a row. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

“No, just about life. Race doesn’t really work here. I feel like I got off the plane in Lagos and stopped being black.” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

He crossed the porch, stopped at the railing, and held on a few seconds, then stumbled down the steps and across the yard toward the tent and the wagon-trunk. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

I had invented a quill pen out of a peacock feather, but stopped writing with it when I saw that it waved like a one-eyed slough plant. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

"What do you think we stopped for--to admire the view?" The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

He stopped at a certain page and Jake saw his last name written at the corner. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Aunty Ifeoma stopped speaking to Papa after he barred Papa-Nnukwu from coming to his house, and a few years passed before they finally started speaking to each other. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

Heading back to the pink house, wearing clean shorts and a top, my hair all combed, I stopped to behold everything. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

He walked slowly and stopped every once in a while to make sure he heard the sheriff’s footsteps behind him. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

He was about to run out the back door, but he stopped. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

Before I left Osage County to return home, I stopped to see Mary Jo Webb, a retired teacher who had spent decades investigating the suspicious death of her grandfather during the Reign of Terror. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

He stopped there, unable to say any more. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

I stopped beneath the porthole and listened for a minute. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

As soon as the trolley stopped, Ophie sprinted to the door, running down the trolley steps and hopping the curb to sprint toward Aunt Rose’s house. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

At 12:42 an army green rounded the corner and stopped a few blocks down the road. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

And Luke had stopped trying to fill them in a long time ago. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Halfway to the living room he suddenly stopped. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

He stopped sleeping regularly, complained about hearing voices, and on two occasions ran out of the house naked because he thought he was being chased by wasps. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Halfway down the path toward the river, Burr stopped and insisted on going back. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

We stopped in the post office so Henry could check his mail. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Volleyball players stopped their game and stared in stunned silence at the sky. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

If she really loved Maya and Lauren like she said she did, she would have stopped drinking a long time ago. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

“Your heart is not stopped, or you would be dead.” Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

Guitar stopped to scratch his back on a telephone pole. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

He went directly to the kitchen and there he stopped for the first time at the end of a trip that had begun on the other side of the world. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

She stopped her panicked movements and stared at him. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

Her father joined the American lady's phony laughter, then stopped abruptly when he noticed Sandi's eyes on him. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

One time, when I was leaving the house around midnight, he stopped me and asked me where I was going. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

Approaching the meadow from the forest above, Gray stopped suddenly, nose in the air. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Grandma stopped and picked up a copper triangle, attaching it to a hook hanging from a nail. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

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

By the time we walked to Jimmy’s, the snow had stopped and the sidewalk was just slushy enough to make my sneakers uncomfortably wet. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

She felt that time had stopped and she was inside a not unpleasant vacuum. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

Armpit stopped digging as his boss and a woman approached. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

He never stopped working, even when he was ill. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

The horse made a noise and stopped suddenly, pawing at the ground with its hoof. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

Cyrus walked to the kitchen stoop before he stopped and raised his head. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

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

He stopped when he was knee-deep and wrapped his big arms around his black body like he was freezing cold. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

But the Professor never stopped for a moment; he sawed down a couple of feet along one side of the lead coffin, and then across, and down the other side. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

Brother Ugo had stopped musing and was now staring at him again. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

“Oops, sorry,” he said, smiling in what he hoped was a winning way when she stopped and glared at him. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Sayle was back at the table before the balls had even stopped rolling. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

Buddy Ray stopped directly in front of me, maybe six inches away. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

I stopped thinking about the darkness and depth when I looked up into the night sky. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

He took a step toward them and stopped, another step, stopped, and then suddenly, as though yanked into the air by a giant invisible rope, he leaped. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

When I got back to the district a small group of youth members stopped their joking to welcome me, but I couldn't break the news. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Why should they?” she asked, before she had caught his drift Then she stopped, catching her breath. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

He and Luxa reached the door at the same time and stopped. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

I stopped the oxen up and walked forward a few paces. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

He stopped when he heard the car, and the chauffeur slowed down. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

When I got to the darkroom and saw the red light on outside, I almost turned away, but then stopped. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Lucy stopped crying and went upstairs, still carrying the rabbit. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

And then he put the lid back and reached around to the side of the stove and pushed something—and suddenly the smoke stopped coming. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

He tried to run faster, but his father passed him and stopped the pickup just ahead, then jumped out and ran back. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

The horse knew the route and stopped automatically at each delivery. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Twenty minutes later, when Emily finally stopped shaking, Dad picked up the phone. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Wherever Tehlu stopped to offer men the choice of path, Encanis had been there just before, killing crops and poisoning wells. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

In another minute the roar stopped, the rush of air slowed from a gale to a breeze, and we were able to go forward again. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

They kept talking—apparently, the ideal level of pleat-fatness is a conversational topic to which hours can be devoted—but I stopped listening as I waited in the Pizza Hut line. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

My wife, Margot, who knew nothing about the threat received by the librarian, stopped me as I was about to sit down. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

At the top of the homestretch Woolf stopped, testing the footing. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

If you stopped and calculated the odds, there was no way to survive this. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

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

But Ben stopped my hand, shaking his head. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

It might have stopped this snowball from picking up speed. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

On the way over to Francis’s, we stopped by for the twins. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

But that stopped and then this spot just got piled high with Merrimack Gazettes. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

They clamped their hands over their ears until the lowing stopped. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

But I never stopped feeling sad for Boo. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

At the last moment Holly stopped, looked about him and stamped twice. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

A few feet before Koffi, she stopped to stand over her. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

We stopped and bought roasted ears of com from a woman standing by the side of the road with a charcoal brazier. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

As long as it stopped her from asking questions, I didn’t care. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

Things were not looking good for Paris, which lost valuable points every time the train stopped to accept more passengers. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

Nearly a decade later, in December 1939, the acclaimed newspaper reporter Ernie Pyle stopped at La Tuna prison, near El Paso, Texas. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

When a player made a move, he depressed a button on top of his clock, which stopped his device and started his opponent’s. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Below the line where his ribs stopped were two raised white welts. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

One she stopped and squinted at, the most curious mixture of disbelief, amusement, and wonder on her face. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

He was on a roll and was about to say something else; but then, quite suddenly, he stopped, his face souring as if something unpleasant had occurred to him. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

In the summer, when Mom stopped working, caring, Dad went into a frenzy over the flowers, brimming with energy I’d never seen in him, watering and weeding and watering some more. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Then she stopped and faced Ben, the kitchen light reflecting off one lens of her glasses, and said, “What about Toomer, Ben?” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

I kept twisting my head this way and that to look at the hills until Father stopped. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

He stopped every now and then, and caught one of the boys and threw him over the hedge. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were enormous, pungent, and hoary beasts, and Ishmael and Hatsue stopped to stare at one rubbing his hindquarters against a fence post. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Suddenly, the figure stopped and then, as if she could sense Ivy's gaze, slowly turned her head toward the cottonwood tree. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

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

Then the beating became gentler as they leveled off, and then, to her alarm, it stopped altogether. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

Calder had stopped chewing and was staring at her. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

Then he stopped moving and listened intently, for a man’s voice spoke within the room; it sounded timid and fearful. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

As Minli ran around through the open doors, she stopped and grinned. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

But once I realized he didn't, I stopped. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

And for just that minute I stopped wishing my baby would die. Seedfolks 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had propped up Octavian Nothing, and he only stopped reading when we drove past old First Congregational. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z

The doctor stopped in his tracks with a look of elegant amazement and distaste, and the ward grew still. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

I began to sprint for the exit, but then stopped in the middle of the chamber. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

He stopped going to appointments with the grief counselor. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

She went to drop it on the pile with Lyra’s other clothes, but stopped, feeling the edge of the alethiometer. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

I stopped it by holding it down with my other hand. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

The car screeched and stopped and hit me just hard enough to knock me off my feet. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

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

Kate was just thinking, I wish they'd knock it off now, someone else is sure to catch on, when the horn abruptly stopped. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

We stopped for coffee, and after we left, she said, “Nana seems okay.” We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

Even Miss Meade, the school nurse, stopped me and said she had heard about the game. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

They stopped chasing the rock rabbits and started to eat grubs from the ground. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

“Alter, he was dying. You couldn’t have stopped it.” The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

When I could see the man I felt to be there, I stopped and looked. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was still wringing out her clothes when she reached the end of one street and stopped. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Without waiting to look out through the hinge, he went round the half-open door of the shed and stopped on the threshold. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

But just as I was about to reach her, June stopped playing. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

They stopped in a town one morning, outside a bakery. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

She barely stopped herself from crumpling onto the street as the giant shadow creature dragged itself forward, towering over her. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

The Box was spooky, but I was scared more by the sight of a sergeant who stopped to chat with us in the corridor. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Easy,” said Fred, “concealed door behind a painting of a bowl of fruit. Just tickle the pear, and it giggles and —” He stopped and looked suspiciously at her. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

The driver stopped his horse and lowered the metal sign on his meter. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

The snow had stopped him from wheeling their household over to Mrs. Cobb’s, and so mostly Mrs. Buckminster spent her days sorting and looking things over. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t until Chuck stopped right in front of him, panting to catch his breath, that he finally looked up. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

He stopped when he saw his father’s face. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

That changed when the first king of the City of Bright Moonlight stopped the floods of his city. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

We stopped at the little restaurant-gas pump on the way out of town. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her aunt, who wore a man’s straw hat, shone the flashlight on the road, and an old, battered brown truck drew up to the mailbox and stopped. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

“It startled me. I thought—” I stopped, not wanting to say what I had thought. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

But he stopped a few feet ahead of us, frowning, deliberately blocking our way. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

He moved the dory in closer to the land and stopped rowing altogether except to keep the bow into the waves. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

He stopped and adjusted his baseball cap, surveying the forest. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Harry stopped at the gate into the garden, staring out at its overgrown plants, rubbing his pounding forehead and thinking of Dumbledore. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

What I remember are the long avenues in the frost, the farms and houses braced against the winter, the flat, laconic Maine speech in crossroads stores where I stopped to buy supplies. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You looked ... fierce. Like a wolf with all its hackles up,” she stopped, looking up at my head. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Its first and second shelves were filled with tomes, scrolls, and other unremarkable documents, but she stopped when she reached the bottom one. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

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

She stopped talking, blinking against the icy rain. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

After a bunch of walking and me pretending to look for a flower that I really, really liked, Lovey stopped. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

But in western Eurasia only one of several potentially useful wild species was domesticated—probably because that one spread so quickly that people soon stopped gathering the other wild relatives and ate only the crop. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Then we stopped by a shack where brightly colored sweets were packed tight in glass jars, and you chose your favorite color—green. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

On the way back Matt stopped at the water purification plant and talked to the foreman. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Before I could smile with him, he had stopped, and the veins on his forehead stood up. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

Once the light waned and I grew unsure where I was going, I stopped for the night. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Oof, how are you carrying all of this? Why don’t you use a feather spell—” Seven stopped herself. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

There was one bookstore in particular that he had in mind, a place he stopped in regularly on his way home from school. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Several people had walked past the fire, and not one had stopped to ask about it or tell them off. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

“We stopped karaoke so you could tell me Glenn Burke was gay? This is what couldn’t wait?” A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

Somewhere in the third month I stopped looking outside and started looking inside for things to play. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Ash almost stopped, confused — and then she asked, to hide the quick rush of nerves in her belly, “Have — have you ever lost a stag during a hunt?” Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

At some point, Miss Lulu stopped playing the organ and just sat with her hands on the keys and looked at me. Louisiana's Way Home 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

At the churchyard wicket he stopped: he discovered I was quite out of breath. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

What could I become if I stopped worrying about death, about pain, about anything? The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

As it grew louder, all motion stopped, and boys from both teams looked skyward. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

Two teenage boys, kicking a football back and forth twenty yards away, stopped to watch, bent double with laughter. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I recognized where Arul was heading, I stopped, but he wouldn’t let me turn around. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Her mind raced: What did one do when the King’s Huntress stopped by unexpectedly? Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

He said, almost mechanically: "We must be very careful—" and stopped. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

Close to dawn the rain stopped and there was a softness after the rain, almost a warmth, and that brought the mosquitoes back for one more run. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z

Exhausted, we stopped with three strings left and hoped we’d given the Colonel enough time. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

At last Ralph stopped work and stood up, smudging the sweat from his face with a dirty forearm. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

She stopped to wipe her eyes with a handkerchief, and then drank the rest of the wine. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

I stopped jumping and went over to investigate. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

My body stopped in the water, but the water pushed and pulled and tried to drag me back down. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Many visitors stopped by his hotel to congratulate him. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

The SS officer stopped in front of the prisoner beside me and suddenly commanded his dogs, “Attack! Attack! Kill the Jew!” Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

A hundred variations on, I’ll miss you, dude, from people who probably stopped missing him before he was in the ground. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

Because she hadn’t pressed hard enough, hadn’t stopped enough of the blood? The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Maya and Grace stopped walking, too, and the three of them looked out at the water for a moment. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

“Piece of cake,” he said to François, who wandered in and stopped to sniff the frame in obvious admiration. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

The bird stopped four inches shy of my face and hung there, I swear. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

So I just stopped where I was, pretended to examine a jigsaw and waited for them to notice me. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

A steady supply of ill and injured is deposited in our kitchen before my mother, who has long since stopped charging for her services. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

The hauntingly slow anthem played loudly as the entire corps stopped and stood in the deferential parade rest position until the final note ended. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

Her hands stopped moving at all while she considered this. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

The trembling stopped, but her body went limp. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Everyone except Granddaddy stopped eating and stared at Harry with interest, even the boys who were too young to understand what was going on. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

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

Often he stopped, as now, to do some chore or small job in return for a few coins or a sweet. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

At the end, we all just stopped and looked around with these massive, dumb-looking grins on our faces. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then I saw what was ahead of us, and I stopped dead in my tracks. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

Once again he was excited about the completion of the St. Lawrence Seaway, and he stopped referring to me altogether because I hadn’t been born. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Lark and I stopped to see him this morning before church. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

He came to the end of one street and stopped. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

It was halfway to ash when two harsh white headlights lit the night and the car pulled up and stopped beside them. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Black Dog stopped scratching his leg and slipped his hand into his boot. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

He hadn’t come this far to be stopped. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

When the other two had trotted down the beach to look back at the mountain he had followed them for a few yards and then stopped. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

Finally, his large purple face crumpled with concentration, Uncle Vernon stopped in front of Harry and spoke. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Then, suddenly, when she’d almost stopped straining her eyes with looking at it, the door opened, and people began to come off the motor lounge into the airport. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

Because I could not stop for death he kindly stopped for me, or paused at least to strike a glancing blow with his sky-blue mouth as he passed. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Instead of returning the salute, Bull stopped the car completely and stared with visible truculence at the guard who held his salute as rigidly as some umpires who call strikes on batters with exaggerated formality. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

The mechanical pounding stopped suddenly, making the silence feel stark. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

I guess I stopped noticing it over the summer, but it’s been a while now since I’ve been in his truck. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

But he was relentless, and before long they stopped saying “If” and would just trade exasperated looks. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

Finally the assassin stopped and slapped the three ball into the pocket. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

They stopped at an intersection, and Lydia took a selfie with her cell phone and handed it to Dill. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

When she stopped for a moment to take it all in, the girls complained. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

I knew this because whenever they stopped laughing at my jokes and stories they’d say, “So how do you think I can get Daniel to ask me out?” Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Arriving at the place, Ranofer stopped a moment to catch his breath. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

I stopped at a barber shop and was shaved and went home to the hospital. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

Ellie stopped walking and looked at me like maybe she was actually considering it. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

Eventually, someone brought out a decades-old boom box, and even the kids with guitars stopped playing in deference to the Beach Boys. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

The ghosts walked straight into the squalid confusion of the town, as if they knew exactly where they were going, and Lyra and Will were about to follow them; but then they were stopped. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

He had been taking the last of the raspberries and something came inside and stopped him, and when he looked where his ears said to look there was a female bear with cubs. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

A voice directly behind us said, “Don’t run, Chipper,” and the Colonel stopped, turned around, and returned to us sheepishly. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

At some point, I stopped feeling my toes, even after someone passed me a blanket to wrap around my legs and feet. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

I stopped trying and stood there in our apartment’s kitchen, glaring at him, crossing my arms over my chest. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

After a while, exhausted by all the screaming and the tears, they stopped. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was on his way to the elevator when Kaira’s business manager stopped him. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

My hand was on the faucet, ready to drown the stupid thing in water and fry it for good, but something stopped me. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Then I remembered what Papa had said, and I stopped myself from falling into the whiff of salt air and flying off with the seagulls like some dreamy flower girl. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

We passed through a town and stopped in front of the posada, and the driver took on several packages. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

Audubon himself would have stopped and whistled, which is just what Mr. Barber did. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Once she got busy with that, she stopped squawking and started making her little chortling noises again. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

I was so caught up in what August was saying I had stopped wetting labels. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

So I stopped checking on her breathing at night. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

I had lost my beloved walking stick—I suddenly remembered propping it against a tree when I had stopped to tie a lace—and was filled with despair. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

I put on my clothes, summer clothes, it’s still summer; it seems to have stopped at summer. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

Death was a fly that stopped buzzing when the swatter hit it. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

Mark hadn’t stopped—he ran past Alec and reached the cockpit first, leaning inside without letting himself stop to think about it. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

Once Doris started up the stoop, Needles stopped yelling. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

He still couldn't make out what it was, so he walked a little nearer before he stopped dead in his tracks. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

I stopped myself—too many terrible thoughts were filling my head. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

When I walked up close enough to see what it was, I sucked in a mouthful of air and stopped. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

I stopped and stood shaking, while soldiers crowded around the hut. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

When they got to the top of the hill, where there were no houses but only grass and clover, they stopped. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

He'd stopped at the edge of her bra and only dipped his fingers into the back of her jeans—but it wasn't Eleanor who stopped him. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

I stopped the stiff little fellow as he made for the door. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

I stopped a few feet away from the dark shape. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

When we were about halfway down the staircase to the second floor, Danny stopped and looked carefully around. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

What if we stopped scanning the horizon with our binoculars and began instead examining our own decision making and behavior through the most powerful of microscopes? Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

My sister and I stopped digging, and we waited expectantly alongside, our mouths drooling. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

I stood there in the snow trying to think, but my mind just stopped working. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I stopped at my local garage to get my car inspected on my way home. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

To our surprise, Ma stopped nagging Baba almost immediately. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

When the meal was finished they stopped by the cash register for a few minutes. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

He sold everything, even the tame jaguar that teased passersby from the courtyard of his house, and he bought an eternal ticket on a train that never stopped traveling. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

His eyes swept back and forth over the abandoned campsite, stopped on the axe. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

They would never have considered me if I had not stopped the attack simulation. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

She led Toby to the side of the building and stopped in front of two restroom doors—both padlocked. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

She was ready to leave when suddenly she stopped and stared. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

We ran for a long time, stopped to put on our shoes, ran. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

He stopped not far from the house and opened up our trunk and pulled out a two-by-four. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

He pulled into Sunset Park and stopped in the shadow of a picnic shelter. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Halfway across campus, I was over The Ditch and, out of habit, I stopped on the bridge and began looking for lovers. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Harry. Do you think I could be”—I stopped, then spoke again, my voice studiedly casual—“a scientist?” The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

Her father stopped in front of the windows. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

My mother, who has a master’s degree in psychology, says that Dr. Zamborska has never stopped wishing that he had been killed instead of his wife. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

That afternoon, as she was frying plantains in a heavy skillet, the nausea suddenly stopped. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Entries in her study book dwindled and then stopped altogether. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

We drove by the house fifty times the week of her funeral, and one time we stopped the car and Mom got out and talked to a person walking down the sidewalk. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

Movement in the park stopped, as those watching laid down their shovels and bowed their heads. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I stopped by the laundry room on the way back, but instead of putting my clothes in the dryer, I threw them into the trash. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

If they didn’t want to get stopped by the police, we should at least look like we knew that much about driving. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

After that, whenever the woman saw her in the fields, she stopped to talk to her. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

There, an army officer at a roadblock stopped us. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

So, when the hawk dove again, Buffy was last of the group, and when she saw it, she stopped altogether. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

Ophie stopped wiping at the window and turned to look at Penelope, really look at the girl. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

He wanted to lead the Thief Lord toward the door, but Scipio pulled away and stopped at the bottom of the stairs. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

He tried to put his arm around her, but she stopped him. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

And not that she was the type to be stopped. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

What if your fear stopped you from finding out? P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

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

Even after the chase had stopped, I continued running, slowing down only when I sighted home. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

A cheery-looking hobbit bobbed out of a door, and seeing the travellers, stopped short and stared at them with great interest. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

They came upon the road unexpectedly and he stopped the boy with one hand and they crouched in the roadside ditch like lepers and listened. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

At last, when night came, the strange animal stopped dancing and disappeared back into the bush. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

Suddenly he stopped and stammered, overcome with surprise to hear himself saying such things. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Summer stalked out in the echoing gloom, then stopped, lifted his head, and sniffed the chill dead air. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

It must’ve been all over my face, because Marilyn stopped tapping that folder and gave me the eye so hard I had to look away. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

"I wish I could have stopped Thomas. You and I are enemies, make no mistake about that . . . but I did not wish for such a thing to happen." Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

He stopped working and studied me like he was going to say something, then went back to the envelopes as soon as he saw me glance up. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

Sometimes he stopped and waited, letting the minutes tick away as he planned his next progression, gliding like a cloud’s shadow cast upon the ground by the moon. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

I held that smile inside me for months, where it warmed me like a hot coal—until she stopped returning my texts. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

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

Seven prayed Valley was keeping up with the cuco’s fast pace, when suddenly they stopped. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

The redheaded boy began to unwrap his candy, then stopped. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

I guess it kind of stopped me in my tracks. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

Henry stopped to watch them at a distance, resting the ferrule of his umbrella on the toe of his khaki-gaitered shoe. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

He passed away when I was six, but I would be lying if I said I had many memories of him besides the one where he told me why he stopped playing baseball. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

After one violent surge, he stopped, closed his eyes, and took a breath. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I began to chew a hangnail to suppress my fury, but I stopped when I realized it wouldn’t look like I was singing. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

As I make the right into my neighborhood, I see Leah’s car stopped at the light, waiting to make a left. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

“Shrapnel. About two days ago. You stopped the bleeding by applying pressure but that pushed the fragments deeper, causing more pain. It’s infected. You poured liquid on it at some point.” Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

The guys working behind the pizza counter stopped what they were doing to stare at us. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

I wish I had been prepared when Roberta and I stopped being friends. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

I wanted to say, “It’s my stepmama’s, for your information,” but my mouth stopped before it opened. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

There was no way the raft would have stopped in the rapids. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z

Ammu flew through her dream on heavy, shuddering wings, and stopped to rest, just under the skin of it. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I have even, at least for the moment, stopped hearing that terrible thud-splat inside my brain. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

After class, when everyone was headed into the locker room, I stopped at Coach Reed’s office. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

We started up again, moved a few clicks, stopped. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

“A severed child—?” said someone, and the way he stopped showed that he knew this was something that shouldn't have been voiced. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

Broadside on, the punt struck gently against two of the piers and stopped, pinned squarely across the mouth of one of the central culverts. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

He stopped a few feet from the guards. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

There was a clatter of dishes, and after a while the talking stopped. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

After a moment, I realized I had cut my thumb on the barbed wire and stopped, shocked. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

In pain he gripped his temples, ran fingers through his hair, turned away from her, toward her, paced across the room and back, stopped at a window, lowered his voice. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Miss Trotter stopped humming and fussing once she caught sight of her ambling toward us all. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

On the way, Mr. Jackson stopped at the main office to get a school T-shirt for Jeff. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

Many of the leading Whigs dined daily at the Queen, and one man after another stopped at their table to laugh over Merchant Lyte’s public discomfiture that morning in court. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

But as we tried to leave we were stopped and ordered to get into the ring. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Once or twice I stopped to watch, admiring and envious while the stones broke obediently to the right size under their skilful blows and the knobbly heaps before them grew. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

The boots stopped, and a German toe prodded Helena’s side. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

He stopped and looked up at the sky. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

Of course they never stopped having private voices. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

When the dirt hit the woman’s face and went into her open mouth, he stopped, trying to catch his breath. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

Her pupils dilated; her eyes drifted right, away from her family, then stopped like an elevator between floors. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

I stopped, waiting for another hit of pain. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

She had started humming sadly to herself, but she stopped, her rag poised midway between the bucket and the floor, as if suddenly aware of my presence behind her. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

Hughie Smith rolled his drum, and the police officers stopped traffic to let the kids cross Main Street. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

Finally, the fat kapo seemed satisfied with his group and the counting stopped. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z

When his head cleared, the stoning had stopped. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

We stopped in front of a cage with bars, only about three feet from where we stood. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

They marched in silence around a corner and she stopped before a large and extremely ugly stone gargoyle. she said. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

I stopped under the huge oak that stood before the front door, still holding its full array of autumn leaves. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I stopped pumping and got a five-gallon container from the store and filled it. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

Gates stopped talking and started taking his boots off. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even Little White stopped rolling around the floor. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

That evening I stopped by at the Cricks’ newly bought house, hoping that gossip with Odile would make me forget my stomach. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

They had not gone more than a mile when she became aware that they had stopped. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

But I kept knocking, until finally the music stopped, and the door jerked open, and it looked for a moment like my sister was going to take my head off. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

He just popped in for a minute and then popped out and then we stopped at a place to get some ice cream. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

Redemption stopped walking and flinched, fresh shock filtering over his face. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

The spider scuttled straight under the car, and the sounds of banging stopped. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

Which is perfect timing from every angle: the enchiladas Scoob and G’ma stopped for are ready to make a swift exit, and there’s no public toilet for him to use. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z

The wheel ticked merrily along, then slowed and finally stopped. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

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

No one bothered her or even stopped to talk. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

When June and I went into the living room, she was so surprised that she stopped walking. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

She stopped and turned back to the cliff’s edge, as if she’d heard something. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

Minho slowed at the corner, then stopped, holding up a hand to tell Thomas and the others to do the same. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

He’d stopped an inmate from another gallery who was on R without permission and asked him what was in his paper sack. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I input the code, and the buzzing of the electricity stopped. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

It was so beautiful that I stopped near a thicket of dwarfed and wind-warped cedars and junipers, and once stopped I was caught, trapped in color and dazzled by the clarity of the light. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then they walked out of the courthouse in the November sunshine and stopped for coffee at a nearby sidewalk cafe. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

I started pushing my way toward her, but something about her expression stopped me cold. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

The girls stopped what they were doing and went to help Petra with the banner she’d been sewing for many days. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

When we reached the rose of Sharon bushes, Peach stopped, ran his fingers across the graceful branches, and then looked to the top of Listening Rock. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Armed men had forcefully taken most of the food in the city from shops and markets, and imports of food from outside the country and from the provinces to the city had been stopped. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

“So was I, Herbert, when the blow first fell. Still, something must be done. He is intent upon various new expenses,—horses, and carriages, and lavish appearances of all kinds. He must be stopped somehow.” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

The windshield of the SUV was filthy, smeared with dead hugs, even though Dad had squeegeed it when they last stopped to refuel. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

The men coming up the hill stopped to volley; weak fire came in return. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes the travelers ran after the coaches for a short distance, but the caravan stopped for no one. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

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

I gave Call a glare that should have stopped the tide, but he kept on laughing. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

I stopped, realized I was swaying a little on my chair. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

She stopped her work and came into the road then, and Ishmael was granted a good look at her. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

But the door closed behind him, and they all stopped and looked. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

I knew that if I stopped now, I’d never climb it I didn’t answer him but kept my hands and feet moving steadily. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

He stopped atop the highest one and looked around, recognizing nothing. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

He faced me, and shifting around on his feet, he said, “I want you to know that I—” He stopped and looked up into the tree- tops. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

He stopped just in front of her, just a little too close, and then leaned in and kissed her cheek. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

I did not park the minivan so much as I stopped it in the middle of the parking lot and jumped out. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

Mark slipped out the window several inches—a thunderbolt of pure terror flashed through him like an electric shock before his progress stopped again. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

Anya stopped and shut her eyes to force away the memories. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

J.T. stopped and pursed his lips—then quickly, just once, he nodded. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

A shiver ran all the way down Aurelia’s back and her breath stopped in her throat. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

I stopped playing, took off my headphones, and jumped up. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

He threw mud balls until Yellow Kettle gave her hoe to him and told him that if he stopped working just once she would take away all of his play warrior weapons. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

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

I couldn't believe I'd come this far, lost Tyson, suffered through so much, only to fail—stopped by a big stupid monster in a baby-blue tuxedo kilt. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

In Ramallah, Poppy stopped at a store open late for plumbing parts, so he could engage a plumber to head to Sitti’s house the next day. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

She took two steps into the room, then stopped short, taking in Alex and the banner and the TV news in the background, and she knew he knew everything. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

None of the children paid attention when she stopped along the way to pick up a blond man. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Blackberry stopped and waited beside him while the other two went on in silence. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

The rain had stopped, and the leaves of the plants down below looked greener. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

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

We stopped at the bank, and while my dad stood in line, I grabbed two free suckers, one for me and one for Robin. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

“I’m a bit worried about the peach,” James said to the others as soon as all the dancing and the shouting had stopped. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z

It snowed right before Jack stopped talking to Hazel, fluffy white flakes big enough to show their crystal architecture, like perfect geometric poems. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

As I stepped inside my room, he stopped at the doorway. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

He started to reach out to me, but stopped when he saw me move away. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

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

“If I’d seen how far he’d gone downhill, I wouldn’t have stopped the process. Why? On what grounds? We didn’t know until he got to Boston that the cancer had invaded the vertebrae.” Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

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

As the last corner appeared ahead, his reluctant feet slowed still more and finally stopped altogether. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

The next time Valentine went east on business, a broadsheet promoting an antislavery meeting stopped him in his tracks. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

I could have stopped it—end of story. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

Matthew tapped his screen, and his recording stopped with a ding. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Dad had stopped by a couple of times in the last week to collect dirty clothes, but I didn’t want to deal with it, so I sent him away. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

On a dreadful Saturday in August, she stopped in the bedroom to speak to them before she went off to work. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

None of this stopped Maria from continuing her experiments, however. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

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

The girls are stopped at a red light as more traffic whizzes by. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

Pet stopped for a moment and inclined its head at her. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

Cinnamon stopped at the tip of one of my sneakers. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

Ernie, on the other hand, didn’t seem to be looking for anything, but when he came across this lady who was making these weird dolls—at least they looked like dolls—he stopped. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Suddenly, Miss Volker stopped fast and her face knotted up into a bony fist. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

The rain had stopped, but it left them clammy and cold. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

I nod slowly, thinking about how my words stopped coming to me after Daddy died. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

A colorful bouquet of flowers abandoned on the sidewalk stopped Emily in her tracks. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

After a while, the throwing up had stopped. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

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

Then one day Biswas, the moneylender, stopped me in the street. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

He stopped at four and looked at Luke. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

When we reached the alley across the street we stopped, leaning against a wall again while we caught our breaths and listened to see if anyone had heard us. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

After a while she just stopped asking and zoned back in to the TV. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

We had just left the hut when Peewee stopped and turned around. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

And so he stopped trying to tell the truth. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

And when he did they stopped and one of them looked back. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

It might be said that I told her I stopped having it three years ago because she was talking about sending me to therapy. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

He stopped two houses away and turned to face me. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

But when the girl child stopped to let them catch her, die torchlight steadied, and Bran realized that the snakes were only white roots like the one he’d hit his head on. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

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

His fingertips stopped just at the edge of the white line. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Frightful and Drum stopped in Cuba for ten days and along the northern coast of Florida for a week. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

Kitty and I like being nomads, but it has been a long time since we stopped long enough to grow roots. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

When my legs were burning to their limit and my lungs were sucking at the thin mountain air and my knees were shaking and weak, I stopped for my first rest. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

The master, Mr. Henderson, came a step closer to us but stopped a fair distance away. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

I reached up and tugged the yellow cord, and the bus hadn’t even stopped before we were running to the front, lurching and swaying with that giant hunk of metal. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

He stopped wiggling, and another mound rose up. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

I stopped letting anyone take pictures of me a while ago. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

“Well,” he said, “how’d you like to hear about—” He stopped and shook his head. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

When it stopped hailing and raining, the hot day had suddenly turned cool. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

The bells had stilled in their steeples, and houses had stopped collapsing momentarily. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

We were about even with Granny’s flower pit when I stopped and asked the question that had been on my mind ever since I got there. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

I ask Dad over breakfast, “Do you think Mom stopped loving you before or after she met what’s-his-name?” Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

“When you stopped running, Jean Louise, and turned around, that turn took fantastic courage.” Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

The buses, the cars, men and women walking—everything stopped. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

I exercised until it doubled, from fifty to one hundred beats per minute, and then I stopped, because I didn’t want to get too hot or sweaty, with no bath or shower on board. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“All’s well,” she whispered and his paws stopped moving. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

I stopped eating my meals there and bided my time. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

The boys piled the decorations in the anteroom and then Mack stopped them. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We’re getting low on medical supplies, and Leda Corp has stopped running as many trucks up through our area.” The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

I pulled the bench forward, then stopped as I heard her loud sigh. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

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

Now we stopped dawdling and laid our wheels to the road and went. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Emily and James were more than halfway down the stairs when they stopped to look back. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Pong inhaled almost his entire meal before he stopped and held one hand over his mouth. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

Kids like Shea were used because they were less conspicuous, and less likely to be stopped by police officers. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

But in truth she stopped going out altogether. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

In minutes, the bleeding on both Henry’s arm and Ripred’s chest had stopped. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

At the ghost room, door open like a mouth, she stopped and, stepping inside, swung light into its corners. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bast stopped in his tracks and dutifully gathered it up in both hands before walking the rest of the way to the bar. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The third daughter teased that that's how companies retired their employees, but when her mother made angry eyes at her, she stopped. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

Then suddenly he stopped moving and she stopped too. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

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

I stopped writing to him about going to the mall with my friends or about my dumb friend dramas and instead started pushing him for more details: I’d ask outright, What do you need? I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

The first officer stopped and gaped at the man in a stagy way. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Frodo and Sam stopped dead, but Pippin walked on a few paces. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

The Polgars stopped all contact with Bobby after that, and he with them. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Before they could enter the trees, though, Newt stopped them. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

I started to take off my overalls, but stopped when I saw his red head shoot up out of the water. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

The rain had stopped but the sky was dark and the wind was blowing hard. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

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

The huge angler fish stopped glowing and disappeared underneath the ice. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Radar stopped the Germans from being able to launch sneak attacks. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

She stopped by the relief center to see if there was any food, if a plane had finally managed to land. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

He stopped and told them to put down the cargo and dig a hole. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

If Cholly had stopped drinking, she would never have forgiven Jesus. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I reached the bottom, I stopped cold. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

Ishmael stopped and took photographs of it, setting his tripod on the road verge. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

The machines must have stopped for a moment. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

He came down the steps, and stopped at the bottom. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

He stopped and turned his head back to her. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

I stopped for a moment and looked up at my father; truthfully, I was kind of surprised he hadn’t smacked me yet. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

“How far up the mountain are they? Are they moving on, or have they stopped to rest?” The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

On homecoming night, when she came over to have her hair put up, she'd stopped in Park's room to ask what he thought of her strapless blue dress. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

“No, it's a watch. They stopped making them years and years ago. It has to be a model called a De Ville.” Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

We stopped that night on the outskirts of Chicago. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

Carefully I crawled through the brush and stopped just above the mouth of the cave and listened. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

When we reached an-other door, he stopped and said, “This is as far as I go.” Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

Silly said, “This is my new friend Katie,” He stopped and shook my hand, just as if I were a grown-up. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

Conversation in the hut stopped and everyone looked at me. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

The horse stopped in front of the coffeehouse, puffing and wheezing. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’ve stopped thinking about it. I don’t have time to have a girlfriend. I have like a full-time job Learning How to Be Blind.” The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

The next day, her arms stopped working for an hour, and she panicked and had to be given a sedative. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

They stopped Maya short, too, for that matter. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

He stopped and looked at the little boy hiding behind Flaco. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

He whimpered in his sleep and stopped fighting. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

And it never stopped, this rush of bright water from the mountains, these flashes and chunks of light from the sun. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

She started to say something and then stopped. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

He stopped, clutched his pocket in panic as his mouth flew open. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Constance stopped the proceedings with a loud angry bark. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

The firing stopped long enough for three of the figures to rush forward, screaming, “On your knees!” and “Head to the ground!” The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Deeper and deeper into the forest she led him, and Harry walked quickly, sure that when she stopped, she would allow him to approach her properly. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

He stopped by the door and turned around. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

Once Dana stopped howling, Roy said, “Every time you try to hurt me, something bad happens to you. Haven’t you noticed?” Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

If I had seen him smile over the red ruins of Rhaegar’s children, no army on this earth could have stopped me from killing him. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Then he stopped talking and simply pointed at the door. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

The police stopped us once and asked us the purpose of the march. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

So loud and ridiculous that everyone stopped what they were doing to watch him. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

One leg jerked in a solitary spasm which quieted gradually to a twitch and then stopped. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

His loud words stopped the children’s game of tag. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

Some nights she played pinochle for money or ran a poker game at Mother Smith’s or stopped at Slim’s for a few drinks. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

After he picked me up, we stopped at a party store near the highway, where Mr. Object bought a six-pack of Smirnoff cocktails. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

The sucking began and kept going—the cub was obviously hungry—but stopped as soon as they moved backward. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

“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

Jack came up against some emergency of his craft and soon the procession stopped. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

The horsemen stopped almost in front of me, Rufus on the gray he usually rode, and Tom Weylin on a darker animal. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

One man who stopped with us had been at the Battle of Lexington and had been wounded in the knee there. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I stopped in front of the bookstore and dropped the postcard into the mailbox. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

The driver stopped the tractor and pointed to the left and ahead. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

She drew a deep breath and then shut her eyes and I thought of putting my arm around her, but something stopped me. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

As usual, I was doing my best to get out of having to do the dishes, but I stopped at the sound of this odd weeping. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Cardan has stopped beside a boy with long copper hair and a pair of small moth wings—a boy who isn’t bowing. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

She stopped smiling pretty fast, though, when she saw the longhaired guys case on her car. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jack stopped in front of a set of double doors. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Then the water stopped melting underneath him, and the body of the angler fish began to sink. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

When they finally stopped rowing in the iron-cold dark of late afternoon and returned to the dock, they had to chip ice off the oarlocks to get the oars out. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

The bellowing, distressed cows lumbered among the stumps until they were exhausted and stopped giving the milk that was the farm’s principal cash product. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

The water, which never stopped rocking the small boat, carried them swiftly to the side of the huge ship. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Scrimgeour stopped too, leaned on his stick, and stared at Harry, his expression shrewd now. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

When the girl stopped shaking, Alys stirred the herb-flavored broth that had been simmering on the fire in an iron pot. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

They stopped long enough to issue threats from where they stood on the grass surrounding the basketball courts. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

Again I ran, again I saw the open escape hole, and again I was stopped by shock. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

That seemed to satisfy him, and he stopped picking on me. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

Conversation stopped and an uneasy and hostile silence fell on the group. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

The manager stopped and unlocked a door and opened it. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

But my laughter stopped abruptly when Sumac took off suddenly in flight. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

“I’ll say a prayer for you, Officer,” said one pious Muslim whom I had stopped from taking extra coffee cake early that summer. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Finally, a swarthy man with thick black hair and a flat cap on his head stopped, got out of his taxi, and helped us load our stuff. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

“But the day Marcus hit you—that was the day that you stopped wanting to do stuff together. You stopped—” He shook his head. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

In front of her building she stopped altogether and turned to me. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

We stopped at the side of the road. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

Pong's mind clouded over in a haze of seasickness, and he didn't notice until too late that the boat had stopped. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

“I think Aleef would be pretty good at taking attendance, or Grace, or—” I stopped talking because I realized no one was playing tetherball. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

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

I stopped across the street in back of the Jamisons’ hedge and studied Arnold’s house. Lawn Boy 2007-06-12T00:00:00Z

He stopped talking as he stopped climbing the stairs, and he turned back to Anya, still shaking with anger. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

But the clash was stopped by the old woman who delivered the baby. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Periodically, the groom stopped him and poured ice water inside his leg bandage while the horse slurped water from a bucket standing on a bench. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Outside, the rain had stopped and the clouds had gone away and the sky was so clear it seemed like I could see every star ever made. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

When Lurvy showed up at lunchtime carrying a pail of food for Wilbur, he stopped short a few paces from the pigpen. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

It started back when Frank stopped coming on his every-other Saturdays. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

How she was going to mix the brown sugar, cinnamon, and butter with the fruit we’d bought, and then she just stopped talking. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

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

I stopped asking and let Jazz zone back into whatever was happening with whoever's baby's mother on the TV. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

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

As for my left ear, well, at least the bleeding has stopped. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

The Tang people at home had tried to boycott demon goods until the demons stopped persecuting the Tang people over here in the Land of the Golden Mountain, but it had failed. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

I rushed into the parking lot and stopped short. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

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

Then it stopped, and turned, and said, “I’d go inside if I were you. Get some sleep. You have a long day ahead of you.” Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

The rain had stopped and the last rays of the sun were disappearing when I awoke. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

Finally the car just stopped altogether, and, hard as he tried, it wouldn’t budge another inch. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

Curious strangers stopped by to see—and sometimes buy—her trays of pinned butterflies and preserved pupae. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

When I stopped, I took a big drink from my beer. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

“Luke was just a little kid. Hermes never helped him, never stopped him from running away.” The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

The storm had stopped, and something had awakened him. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

And then at last the current slowed, and the boat stopped thrashing about so wildly. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Stagecoaches to and from Philadelphia were stopped; postmasters used tongs to dip mail and newspapers from the city in vinegar and other substances they thought would purify them. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

The nerve stopped shrieking and the pain dropped to an ache. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

No one stopped, or paid him any attention. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

In the extreme excitement of the chase, he stopped reading Russ’s mind. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

For one week all of Hyper Base had stopped dead, barring some paper work on the subsidiary asteroids of the group. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

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

Tam Lin had included small binoculars among the supplies, so Matt stopped frequently to look back at Opium. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

When it stopped, it was strange how much quieter it seemed than before. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

I stopped at the corner, scared to go any closer. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

When the white horse stopped in front of her, she thought her heart would burst. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

When the horses stopped, Jake asked a few questions and operated the mechanism himself. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

I stopped buttoning and grabbed them up, fumbling with them, unable to think what to do, how to hide them. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

They hit a wall then as the crowd stopped moving forward. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

The cat had stopped short and was licking one paw with a pretense of nonchalance. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

But maybe no one could have stopped it. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

I knew Mrs. Watson from church, from all the times she stopped to buy peaches from me. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Matthew stopped hopping and looked up at the tree. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

“The phone calls have stopped, she hasn’t approached us or come to the house. Don’t worry about it, darling. I’ll sort it.” The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

But for some reason its faithful tick and accurate hands stopped dead at the exact moment of the blast—10:22. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

After a week, the train stopped late at night. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

Then it stopped entirely, and the sun came out. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

The guards stopped, too, and said nothing as they waited. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

“Miss So-and-so has stopped going to school and will go to heaven,” he said. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

I stopped moving forward and the sound of hoofbeats also ceased, but not until a few seconds later. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Conversation at nearby tables stopped as people listened in. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Father has forbidden him to keep up the practice and Margot has stopped correcting the letters, but I think it won’t be long before he starts up again. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

He stopped in front of her, making a wall between her and the other council members so that none could see. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

“Well, he put his arms around her and she stopped.” Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Then Vonetta and Fern saw it and stopped in the middle of Fern’s hopscotch turn. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

The pool hurried away from him, moving as he moved, stopping when he stopped. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

He was stopped by a signal in the middle of Ilium’s black ghetto. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

He went first to the Street of Bridges, as Cuckoo had told him, and there before a gate which bore the name of Liu he stopped. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

I was about to use it as a pretext for starting a conversation when the train stopped again. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

As soon as the women saw me, they stopped dancing. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Hazel stopped and looked behind her, but could see nothing. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

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

They climbed on, finding the going easy on the rock road, and when they reached the top of the ridge, they stopped and looked back. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Fifteen yards from the drove Jack stopped, and his arm, straightening, pointed at the sow. he looked round in inquiry to make sure that everyone understood and the other boys nodded at him. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

But Wilmington had no subway and only the very poor took the bus, which stopped running at about nine P.M. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

She stopped talking and I could hear a murmur come through the phone—Marcus’s voice. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

Throughout it all, I cradled the heartbeat beneath me and prayed the pulse wouldn’t beat so hard that it tired and stopped, that I wouldn’t lose Otto, too. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

I thought, for certain, that my heart had stopped. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

Schmid recalled later that “for a second, I didn’t know what to do. Then I stopped Spassky’s clock, breaking the rules. But somehow I had to get that incredible situation under control.” Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

He stopped, finally, at a clump of trees where the road made a slight bend. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

In other years his father had always stopped at the shooting gallery, where flat yellow ducks cruised smugly until shot in the eye: pop ping...pop ping. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

Maribel didn’t ask any questions, and I realized, after I stopped the car and actually took a second to look at her, that it was because she’d fallen asleep. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

Several times, the little band nearly stopped, and nearly everybody left the floor, watching with their eyes like saucers. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

She stopped jumping and looked around the kitchen. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

Finally he stopped and hopped off his bike. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

But the planes went away and the bombs stopped falling, and the train started to move again. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

He started up the winding stairs inside, only to be stopped at a ticket booth by some caretaker who yelled at him in Italian. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

They were terrified; and then when the destruction stopped, they waited for help. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

After two blocks, I caught sight of the tank: it had stopped at a red light. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Shin knew what he had done; he had followed camp rules and stopped an escape. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

So when Mary Miller stopped by to check on Keisha when I was visiting Luke at the Merritts’ shortly before I moved in, I assumed she was just another one and ignored her. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

As he reached into the cupboard for a glass, he stopped and looked at me. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

They had been jogging along again for an hour or more when Sam stopped a moment as if listening. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

He stopped on a picture of his parents’ wedding day. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

“My father sitting around, staring at me. He’s stopped teaching me. He says he’ll tell me whatever I want to know, but that there’s no reason for lessons anymore.” Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

We were midway through the fifth game when I was stopped in my tracks by something I saw. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

The woods grew quiet now; even the beetles stopped rubbing their smooth shells on softened bark, even the wind picked around the branches instead of rattling straight through. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

Now that we had the pot barrier broken, it became a magnificent haze of yelling back at the TV; we stopped calling it “watching movies”; we started calling it “chilling.” It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

I wanted to go to him, but Peewee stopped me. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

The crowd’s chanting faltered then stopped altogether as people turned to stare. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

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

I stopped just before going outside and pressed myself up against the girls’ door. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

It was as diough, in the middle of the block’s cool shade, a beacon had been switched on; and this impression was only strengthened by the house we’d now stopped in front of. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

All the men in the cave stopped talking and looked towards them in wonder. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

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 began to take a step back, stopped. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

The good part about my brothers being born was that people stopped saying, “All girls,” but I learned new grievances. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

He wasn’t sure what Anthony and the other women intended as they stopped in front of him. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

They’d been too young to marry, but it hadn’t stopped them. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

I liked it when she said that, so I stopped crying. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

He stopped once, in the middle of the street, to say only “Don’t abuse my hospitality!” The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

“Oh, no, you just stopped looking for a while.” The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

A particularly large white man dressed as a butcher, with a blood-spattered apron and a meat cleaver, stopped in front of them. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

“I switched it off so I didn’t have to listen to them fool children,” he said, adjusting the volume until it stopped squealing. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

It took only one warning, and they stopped. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

She stopped in surprise, looking at the cage and the bird within. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Every so often they stopped to drink firewater, which kept them alive, but Annabeth wasn’t happy about it. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

A car swerved around them, and another, before someone finally stopped and waved them ahead. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

“Well, I saw her mom a couple days ago. She stopped by next door....” Monday's Not Coming 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

He threaded his way out between the stopped cars and leaned engagingly on the sill of our open window. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

They stopped him and asked which was his mother, but the King’s son said, ‘You let him alone. He’s my friend,’ and Rabscuttle went in with all the others. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

In town to bid on the yearling sales on behalf of Bing Crosby, they had stopped by the track to take in a few races. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

The troll stopped next to a doorway and peered inside. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

After I bagged about a dozen servings of cookies she stopped me from doing any more. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

“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

Finally he stopped, walked slowly toward her, stopped again, came closer, and, glistening with sweat, stretched his neck to get the carrot. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Happy I’ve stopped begging for notes to get out of gym class. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

We put a good long way between us and the train station and then stopped in an alley by some trash cans to catch our breath. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

Stick and I both stopped working to watch them. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

The lady stopped tapping and powered down her computer. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

He takes the hammer and chisel out of my hands, which have long ago stopped carving. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

I didn’t realize how long I had been at the cemetery until after I had stopped crying. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

With all the rushing around, I hadn’t stopped to think. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Brother Luke stopped rubbing to point in different directions overhead as he went on. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z

“I hate that you think that. I hate that I live in his f—” I stopped myself from using that word in front of my mother. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

“Yes, that's a possibility,” she said—and stopped stock-still in the doorway. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

On her way up the stairs to bed, Susan stopped and contemplated Frightful. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

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

Then he stopped and curled himself up into a small, tight ball. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

The country opened out and I stopped at a roadside restaurant, exhausted. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

She studied piano, too, until her mother, impatient for her favorite songs and frustrated with Claudette constantly practicing scales, stopped paying for lessons. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

As he was brought into the warehouse, Smith recognized his old foe, Dewey; he stopped chewing a hunk of Doublemint gum he had in his mouth, and grinned and winked at Dewey, jaunty and mischievous. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

For fourteen to sixteen hours a day he worked in that sumptuously decorated hole in the ground and never stopped moving the entire time. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

A little soft laugh floated down to her, and she ran, breathless, up the stairs and stopped at the top, looking to right and left along the hallway at the closed doors. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

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

She would have stopped immediately had she not still been so completely bound to the notion that this was a bush, and that she was witnessing some trick of darkness and perspective. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

James stopped too, but she pushed him on with an impatient hand. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

The basket floated to Father Cham and stopped at his feet. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

And best of all, they stopped suffocating us with their exaggerated empathy, their slow head shaking, their tsk- tsks, their “Oh gung bichara.” The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Naturally Campbell Junior stopped sucking and went to bawling. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

“Because,” and here Conor stopped for a second and looked down at the floor. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

The other team members—jumpers, throwers, distance runners—had all stopped their practicing to watch. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

Moss turned to head out of the north exit, his bike hoisted up on his shoulder, but Esperanza stopped and grabbed his free arm. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Three older-model cars with Mexican license plates went by in the other direction, but none stopped at Salvador’s signal. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

The kids had stopped crying, and now she felt their collective attention turn toward the empty waters around them. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

We all stopped too—the boys looking as bewildered as we were—and for a few seconds I thought Tommy was going to blow for the first time in years. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

But as he made up his mind to cross the street and go in, he stopped suddenly. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The rain had stopped by the time school let out, but the road was a muddy mess. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

She returned through the kitchen and out the outer door and stopped on the steps. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, man, I just stopped talking altogether. Quiet as a church mouse.” Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

Ever since Christmas, David had stopped getting excited about anything. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

The old woman stopped to count the number of eggs, her lips lightly moving. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

“She came down this big, long staircase, singing. When she finished, the place went wild. She stopped the show. So she just went right back up the staircase and sang the song over again.” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

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

She stopped at the last room on the right. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

Some of the men in front had stopped to fire. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Interestingly, Dave had the presence of mind not to touch Nicole, even before she stopped screaming long enough to weep, “It burns!” Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

They traveled for several hours and then stopped to eat. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

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

I stopped every few steps to brush the bugs off, and when I did I’d see Otto, dozens of feet above me, dealing with his own problem insects by eating them. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z