The one mountain in thousands, the one tree among millions, and Sam were straight ahead. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

From whatever angle you looked at the poster, the muzzle of the gun, magnified by the foreshortening, seemed to be pointed straight at you. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

Gray hair shaved almost to nonexistence, eyes so black they seem all pupils, a long, straight nose reddened by the freezing air. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

And without turning back I went straight for the O-Hall doorway. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

The carriage rolled away, Ruth sitting up straight, with a big grin, the golden horses tossing their manes, hooves flashing in the sunshine. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was barreling straight toward them at a rate of three miles an hour. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

Shark dorsal fins stood up straight, and dolphin fins were curved back. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Stephanie wore peasant blouses, long colorful skirts, and sneakers; and the tall straight way she moved was almost regal. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Light doesn’t go in a straight line, but in a curved path around stars—an effect that the British astronomer Sir Arthur Eddington went on an expedition in 1919 to observe. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

My father expected me to attend an Ivy League university, where I'd make straight A's, play football, and spend my off-hours strumming guitar with the student jazz combo. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

Sol Spiegelman and I went straight for a butler carrying smoked salmon and champagne, and after a few minutes sensed the value of a cultivated aristocracy. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

He looked straight at Teacher Zhang, with his face as frank and sincere as usual. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

As Winston turned away from the counter with his tray, he saw that the little man was making straight for the girl’s table. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

He ran to his room and straight to his closet. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

She only waved and headed straight up the sandy path, climbing the ridge to her own cabin. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

His flat newsboy hat tapers in the front, and underneath it his hair is straight and combed back toward his collar, like a white man’s. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

I looked straight ahead, out at the track, those stupid white lines teasing me like everybody else. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

“You’re a stray, straight from the shelter. Me? I’m the most heroic dog in the world!” Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

After we were shopped out, I went straight home. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

I rushed into the water, dipping straight past the reluctant Bobby Gene. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

We barreled straight for the front steps of the library. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

They don’t interrogate many women in Ormaie—usually send them straight to prison in Paris, I think. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

Wives sit straight with their legs crossed, while husbands lean forward. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Her line of sight led straight to Drew, who was arguing with Erin a half-court bounce pass away. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

I am now the good Dr. Price, seeing straight. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Pass the pattern: A more challenging version of this is to have students form two straight lines. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

Redemption looked Jam straight in the eye as he crumpled his voice with pain. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

She walks up the stairs and straight for me, and coming upon the steps behind her is the white woman in her dressing gown. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

I went straight to social studies knowing that this early, Jenna would be the only one in the classroom. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

He kept hitting the ball straight up in the air with his head, feet, and knees, never letting it touch the ground, just keeping it going and going and going. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

His friends notice and follow his gaze, straight to me. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

I didn't get what he was babbling about, till the lettuce finally came up in wavy lines and bunches instead of straight rows. Seedfolks 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Stephen Kellner had very short, very straight, very blond hair, and he had very blue eyes too. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

He hates when they stand in a straight line across the stage, because nobody does that in real life. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

“Wait. Let me get this straight. You mention Valentine’s Day, and she spazzes on you? What the hell kinda girl does that?” The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

I glance back to see the pale boy above us, the lovely Colt in his hand pointed straight at my head. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

Yes, Breanna’s warning about falling for straight girls is now ringing in your head like a fire alarm, and yes, you’re wishing you listened. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

They appeared to be headed straight for me. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

He waved from the doorway, his mustaches went straight up, his brown face was smiling. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

Joseph let out his breath as his uncle burst from the carriage and ran straight inside the house, slamming the door behind him. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

He was straight out of seminary and brimming with new ideas. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Let me get this straight,” Lily says, running a hand through her hair. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

Like my mother, she used a pressing cloth, and when she was finished, my hair was as straight as a white person’s. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

And I say, Black Mary straight up and then I get to laughing at myself, setting in my kitchen having this daydream, cause the raciest thing I ever take is the purple Nehi. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

On Wednesday, right after school, Pa told me to go straight to Chatham for the mail. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

One cop grabbed one of my hands and his partner grabbed the other and they pulled me straight up out of my seat. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

When I turned to see if she had gone, she was standing only a few feet away, looking straight at me. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

She brings her toes and heels together in a single dramatic click, overemphasizing a military way of standing straight. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

“I may not be the most straight and narrow sheriff in town, but last I checked I’m the only sheriff in town. And no cocky city sheriff’s going to come in and run the show.” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

Celaena stared at the sewer that ran past, flowing straight out of the castle. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

“Yes, I think so. That is, if you’ll talk straight to me. I don’t think I can take Bishop Colenso now.” Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

I remember sitting straight up in bed, more surprised than anything. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

“You need to stand up straight, for one thing. You dip a little. Like a turtle peeking out of its shell. Move like you have confidence, girl! Like you're too cool.” It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

Cresting the top of Coalwood Mountain, we were faced with a steep, straight stretch followed by a series of curves that dipped and turned. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Her eyes narrowed and she got straight to the point. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

That would be to take a straighter route, across the farmyard between the barn and the chicken house, going not too close to the house but cutting the distance home by half. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

She stares straight into my eyes, as if she's searching for the answer somewhere deep down inside me. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

He shoved himself straight to his feet, strode to the porch, and flung open the door of Methuselah’s cage. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Someone had taken a knife and driven it straight down into my brain. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Not only did I trash their family heirloom, I'll need to race straight into the bathroom the moment I cross the threshold. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

They sounded strange on her own lips and made her sit up straighter. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

I loved the tidy geometry of those fields, the pops of color that turned out to be barns, the flat county highways that ran straight to the horizon. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

She drove straight to the store and bought groceries for Jeremiah’s family, but his words stayed with her. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

He plummeted straight down with me on his back, leaving Annabeth dangling from the side of the aircraft. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

The city was organized around the Avenue of the Dead, a miles- long, north-south boulevard that cut straight as an ax stroke across the landscape. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

They’s two colored mens inside, one drinking a cup a coffee, the other asleep setting straight up. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

He gets around me and goes straight for the hoop, only to pass it to Jackson, who’s open at the three-point line. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

“You don’t know that,” Dimple said, staring straight ahead. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Though I’d been falling asleep to pounding thunderstorms for three nights straight, when I woke up on the fourth day, the sky was clear. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

As drunk as Pop Pop is during the week, he gets me to church every weekend and makes sure I study hard to make straight As. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

When I finished my story, I clumsily sat in my chair because I could barely stand straight. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

She needed it to fall asleep when she got back from her shift over at the Uline Warehouse—twelve hours straight, so who could blame her? All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

If they didn’t get there soon, he was going to turn around, go straight back to the castle, and leave Hagrid to enjoy his moonlit stroll with Madame Maxime. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Sitting up straight in the chair with his thick legs bowed, he looked like a cossack dancer. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then she made her way straight ahead toward the Nurturing Center. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Still a block away, but the only thing I can focus on is the Stop sign straight ahead. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

She had walked straight through McGarrity’s front door disdaining the deviousness of the side door marked “Ladies’ Entrance.” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

The next Tally was a much more standard morphological model, with almond-shaped brown eyes, straight black hair with long bangs, the dark lips set to maximum fullness. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

But all he saw was the open Glade; he didn’t have enough space to look up or down or to the side, just straight ahead. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Cora headed straight to the rocking chair, which she’d claimed as hers on her first day. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

It’s a long and winding drive back to Port Angeles, and Jack takes us straight to the hospital. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

His eyes stream with tears, and he's staring straight through them like he may or may not have noticed them at all. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

It had been after tutoring one day that Ashima’s mother had met her at the door, told her to go straight to the bedroom and prepare herself; a man was waiting to see her. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Call me old-fashioned, but I think a wife who discovers her husband is in hock to the tune of five thousand pounds is entitled to some pretty bloody straight answers.” Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

Ernst runs with his arms nearly straight and his legs wide and unhinged. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

It was long and straight and lit only by a few red bulbs, glinting feebly at scattered intervals. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

My eyes and fingers went straight to the oldest. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Right, well, he’s up all night every night thinking about Alaska,” I said, standing up straight and tall, trying to block the Eagle’s view of the living room with my none-too-wide shoulders. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

When I shout, Dad sits up straight and his clipboard clatters to the floor. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

So I called Radar, but his phone went straight to voice mail. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

“I’m not going very far,” the alchemist answered, looking straight into the eyes of the horsemen. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Alec took it straight up until it cleared the walls of the canyon, then sent it hurtling forward like it had been launched from a slingshot. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

He punched it with his wand-free hand and the bike shot more flames into the air, hurtling straight toward the ground. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

And he thought of her lying on the bed with the two technicians standing straight over her, not bent with concern, but only standing straight, arms folded. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

I look him right in the eye, sending my Noise straight for him, and I spit out in a rasp, “I’ll thank you to call me Mr. Hewitt.” The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

As we got closer we could see the shining, straight black hair and copper skin of the newcomers, teenagers from the reservation come to socialize. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

He could not forget his youngest son, how he had looked standing tall and straight and his black brows drawn together in the gravity of his youth, and he could not forget the maid. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

Her attire was simple, all plain colors and straight lines, but she seemed frazzled. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Although I was walking straight toward his front door he beckoned me on several times, and he never took his eyes from me, as though it was they which held me to my course. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

Miss Emily didn’t often say much; she’d just sit very straight on the stage, nodding at whatever was being said, occasionally turning a frosty eye towards any whispering in the crowd. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then Anthony B., who had come to the dance with Evelyn and her brothers, headed straight for the punch bowl. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

I don’t even glance at the herbal teas, I go straight for the real, vile coffee. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

He began looking through the sweatshirts, trying to find one that wasn’t too cutesy, but Kaira went straight to a charcoal gray wool jacket hanging on display. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

“Sail straight for the steepest part,” the Sicilian commanded. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

He lifted his eyes; Jan was looking straight at him and he looked away. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Some just lost straight off from the beginning. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“How is Trampita?” she asked, going straight to the car to check on him. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

We could hang around in pajamas and Skype with Simon and eat cookies every night and make straight As all the time. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

“I need to ask if you’ve ever taken drugs,” Ms. Finn says, looking me straight in the eye, daring me to lie. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

Getting straight A’s wasn’t on Qareeb’s bucket list, despite my parents’ best efforts. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

Julie stood cowering, white as paper in the harsh glare of the floodlight, staring straight ahead of her at nothing. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

She looked straight into his eyes and whispered, “Bigger, did you kill that girl?” Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Momma glances around the kitchen doorway and down the hall, straight at me. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

Mother, looking straight ahead, agreed I was the stronger one. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

When she reached his window, she stood straight up so that all he could see was the badge. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was staring straight out the window, watching a couple of sparrows bathe in a puddle. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Belet helped me up, and after a moment of wobbling, I stood up straight. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

“Well, I’m not likely to find out, am I?” said Harry, seizing his Firebolt and pushing his glasses straight. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

There was a pool in the river there, and a path that led straight down to the edge of the water. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

“She had her hand on my arm, and with her perfume and everything, I couldn’t think straight.” Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

When that fail he make straight for his last resource—his last earth-work I might say did I wish double entente. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

The sow soared past the Plaza Hotel, straight into the canyon of Fifth Avenue. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

I ran leaning forward, my arms and legs like pistons, head straight and still, hands loose, breathing controlled. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

At that moment, I caught sight of Mr Jenkins, Bruno's father, heading straight for our table. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

In an instant of sudden, vivid clarity, he can’t believe he ever thought he was straight. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

But we were the only ones inside Ming’s, and she was staring straight at me. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

To Sosie, Jennifer’s body was a surprise — the curves where she had expected straight planes, the pliability of a breast in her hand, the silky skin of her arms. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

“See how these letters are straight up and down, plodding across the page? And at the end of each word, the last letter trails off like it’s giving out its dying breath.” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

“You’re probably right. But it’s easy to get turned around in a place like this at night. I was dead set on keeping the path we’d followed straight in my head.” The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

I'm not sure I'm walking in a straight line. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

That his best friend was a woman, an architect with a long straight weave who wore high heels and tight jeans and colored contact lenses, said something about Blaine that Ifemelu liked. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

It dropped straight down into a larger cavern, but Annabeth couldn’t see the bottom. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Vola stared straight ahead, right through him, her face as rigid as if it had been carved of wood. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

We walk faster, and the coal is getting heavier, and then we reach the corner where Januka needs to turn and I need to go straight on to Tatarska. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Katie was kneeling, staring straight ahead, her face white and quiet under the widow’s veil. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

The night was windless, the snow drifting straight down out of a cold black sky, yet the leaves of the heart tree were rustling his name. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

It took a bully nine straight months of riding me to cause my thermometer to boil. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had a sudden, terror-stricken thought he might that second drag me out to his truck and hightail it straight back to the peach farm, where I would never be heard from again. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then, there he was, popping from the woods, pedaling furiously straight at her, the donut box flying in the basket. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

Xenophilius did not take Harry’s hand, although the eye that was not pointing inward at his nose slid straight to the scar on Harry’s forehead. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

He was sure he’d be able to look his mother straight in the eye in another year. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

“You know Abby got a perfect score on the SAT reading, right? And she makes straight As.” Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

I get in the door, kick off my shoes and go straight up the steps and into my room. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

Steel girders replaced wood-framing, exteriors were made of brick or granite, and designs favored straight, simple lines. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z

He backed the truck so that its back section was where the filled bushel baskets waited and its nose pointed almost straight down the road to the farmhouse. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

She just stared straight ahead at the vinyl siding of the furniture store. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

Once she pulls away I sneak in the rear entrance and run straight to the basement and strip off her clothes and change back into a regular shirt and skirt. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Will pulled up the brake lever, turned the switch straight down, and sat back in the leather seat. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

The newest arrivals went in there, usually guys straight from Rikers, and the typical wait for a single cell to open up was around eight weeks. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Allys sits up straighter, and her words come fast and clipped. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

Five days at the ranch usually wore me out, and now we were facing ten days straight, after which we’d fly directly to Brazil without going back home. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

I said that the way the floor cushions were set right up against the wall, it gave me a good chance to practice keeping my back straight. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

She puts an extra bullet in her pocket and stands up straighter. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Nok gasped as a mango dropped straight into her open arms. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

At the bottom of the block it resumed a straight path that could be followed all the way across the city to the bay and Coit Tower on the other side. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

The other kids make way immediately allowing me a straight path to the stage. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

“Let me get this straight. You didn’t go to Argentina at all?” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Four doors are draining straight at me with about three hundred kids streaming down the steps and across the lawns, headed for the cars and buses and sidewalks that take them home. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

As he kicked his legs out straight he made a scar of oil stain across his blanket. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

I went straight to the bathroom and threw up my little bit of breakfast. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Landing on the roof of Henry’s forty-story apartment house in Westminster, they went straight down to the dining- hall. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

She crosses her arms, standing up a little straighter as she watches their back-and-forth. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

I stand straight, and while I'm thin, I'm strong. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Before Ben could answer, Jinny dashed forward into the water, dived under the surface, and swam out evenly in a straight line. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Looking straight at Papa with dazed eyes, Caroline asked him, “Who are you?” Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

Its underside, made of iron girders, was perfectly straight—parallel with the surface and about eight inches above it. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I reach the north corridor, I don’t go straight to the cell, but rather to the woman who stands at the end. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

I just walked straight to the far wall of the room, to my parents’ bookshelf. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I could feel each of the hairs standing tall and straight, like feathers growing out of my skin. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

She didn’t say anything, just held the arm straight out for everyone to inspect. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

Over the edge was nothing but empty air—a straight drop far, far down to the rooftops. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

He missed it the first time, organized his eyes so that they were seeing straighter, and grabbed at it again. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

“No, I guess you didn’t” Tally looked down as they soared over Crumblyville, skipping the greenbelt to head straight back toward the river. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

At least I would have one less worry during the rainy season—we could get our drinking water straight from the sky. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

When he went to close it, he was staring across the hallway, straight into Jessie's room. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z

He stared straight ahead as he waited, and a minute later Kev came back and handed the guy a doggie bag. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

I went straight home and up to my room. Fourth Grade Rats 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

As she said that I looked straight over the top of her head and down the road. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

His eyes were open, staring straight at me. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

If I wasn’t straight I would totally date her for saying that. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

Relieved, Omakayas walked past the other dogs straight up to the old woman and stood before her. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

He drove them on a flat dirt road that led around the barn and behind it before heading straight up a slight incline, through an overgrown field, to another field. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

If you look at Baltimore’s syphilis rates on a graph, the line runs straight for years and then, when it hits 1995, rises almost at a right angle. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nor had I yet seen the worst of it: for now the west wind dropped, and a southeast gale came on—one more twist of the knife—taking me north again, straight for Kharybdis. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

“If your charts are right about the old depths, at high tide, you can run straight across. Right here.” Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

Passalos launched himself straight up and was suddenly sitting on the statue’s pedestal next to his brother. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

He’d gone straight to bed after the Farm Patrol had brought him home. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bertha sat up straight and took my chin in her hand. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

From across the room he checks my form and instructs me to make adjustments—hands twelve inches apart, arms straight with elbows pressed against my knees, fingertips splayed—until I’m just right. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

At times of famine, a single blepharisma will begin eating its neighbors; it then enlarges to an immense size and turns into a cannibalistic giant, straight out of any Norse fable. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

He drove it straight into the leg of a couch, where it stopped. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z

Snape looked up the stairs, straight through Harry, and then down into the corridor below. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

This is iterated a few more times, until 500 people have received six straight correct “predictions.” Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

When it was hanging straight, he stepped back to examine the finished product. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

I go straight to Mrs. Parker’s office, where she offers me candy from the jar on her desk. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

He didn’t share her straight brows or her teardrop eyes, dark as onyx. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Officer Trixie walks back to the cell house door and stands stiff and straight, not smoking now. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

It had been purchased new, but the fabric had split straight across the back by the time it was delivered. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

The forests were bridged by raised berms, as straight as a rifle shot and up to three miles long. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

“Anyway, getting it straight to you and your mother was the fastest way to expose him, and I knew Nora could do that. And I...I knew you would understand.” Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Everywhere, mopeds and bicycles race down the wide road, moving out of the way only when a truck honks and mows straight down the middle of the lane. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

Unlike Taro’s almost-military cut, Shoji keeps his hair long and straight, like he belongs in an Asian boy band. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

His arm was around me tightly in an instant, and I stood as straight as I could so he wouldn’t loom too much over me. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

The plane banked sharply and headed straight at me. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I saw their weapons come flying straight at me, saw them touch my fur and drop quietly in the grass. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

I told them I had been out on my hustle, steering, until maybe four in the morning, and then I had come straight to my apartment and gone to bed. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

I went in and found Rufus in bed with his leg sandwiched between the two boards of a wooden splint and held straight by a device of rope and cast iron. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

Without an instant’s hesitation Bigwig went straight for it, as though it had been the beech branch on the down. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

He looks straight into the camera and says everybody should get out. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

I could use a friend who plays everything straight up and real. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

This followed the line of the river, which ran straight from almost as far away as they could see, flowing smoothly without fords, gravel shallows or plank bridges. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Without hesitating, Hugo threw a straight 15, 16, and 17. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

Her brown hair was short and straight, uneven around the edges as if maybe she had cut it herself and hadn’t tried too hard to make it come out right. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

It was a straight piece of metal, with thin leather wrapping the grip. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

"Yeah, I hear you," I said, straight and to the point. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

I should have run straight for the lake, or even the showers. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

They burned with a bright flame, and they made a great mystery for the boy: The curled ones straightened out as they burned, but the straight ones curled up. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Who’s looking at things straight now?” he called out into the air. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

On the knife came, flipping over and over, straight at him. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Seconds later, he heard a loud impact as the plane hit the other side of the South Tower, sending an explosion of wreckage and flames straight through the building and out the north side. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

Doha wasn’t that interested and was about to go back out when Police Chief Song entered the courtyard and headed straight for Doha’s father. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

He walked straight across to it, picked an apple, and put it in the breast pocket of his Norfolk jacket. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

But according to my religious friends' strict beliefs, I was the one who would go straight to hell. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

Through the door, I can see straight into Mama Ya-Ya’s bedroom. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

Her posture was straight and formal; the only movement about her was the swaying of a long strand of wooden beads wrapped around her waist and extending down to her knees. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

I stand up straight, both arms at my sides. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

“She was supposed to come straight down from the hospital. She left ten minutes before I did. Where is she? Where could she have gone?” Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Again, he veered away from simple organisms, hoping to jump straight into humans. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

When we can finally sit up straight again, I catch sight of someone else staring at me from across the cafeteria. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

There was something about the straight line of the taller woman’s back, the color of the cap on her dark head. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I went straight into the house, rummaged through my things, found an old mitten, and went back out and tied it to the pump handle. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

“You know that’s a line straight out of the How to Give Your Daughter an Eating Disorder manual, right?” Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

I stand up straight and cough in surprise. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

He went straight to the dimly lit employee break room, where a sitcom rerun played on the decrepit TV. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

There was a line running clean ’cross his forehead that was so straight it looked like someone had took a measuring stick then cut along it with a knife. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

He was lithe and handsome, no older than sixteen, with straight blond hair that brushed his shoulders. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I look straight down the side of the building to the street, which is buzzing with people. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

It heads straight for the beach, where people run to help it land. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

It was pouring downward—pouring itself downward—in a glorious, relentless glissade over the meadow slopes on a straight path for the village. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Big Trouble You walk up to April, scared straight. Booked 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

“First, let's get a few things straight,” Coach said. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

“That one probably goes to the river,” I say, pointing right, then left, “that one probably goes to Haven in a straight line.” The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

All those straight lines—were they suggesting an entirely different kind of map? The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

“In the beginning, their heart rate is 175. They can’t see straight. Then the second or third time, it’s 120, and then it’s 110, and they can function.” Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

His hair was clean and straight and flopping into his eyes, and his eyes were nearly closed. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

Standing between the snake women—I could swear he was looking straight down at me—was my old enemy Luke. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

But if she burned a straight path to the harbor they’d be an easy shot for the artillery. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

She sat ramrod straight as if she were on television, going for the sixty-four-dollar question. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It was in my barn, chasing the chickens! And when it ran away, it went straight through the wall.” Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

So the two young women in their Yak fighters, rapidly firing their guns, dived straight into the middle of the first group of German bombers. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

I pull my book bag up over my shoulder and keep a straight face. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

The wet food soaks straight through, so when I cut the sausage, it tears the plate, and the juices leak onto the table. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

Thrilled with himself, he bounded forward in such intense excitement that he bumped straight into Deydey at the side of a kettle, just as he was pouring boiling-hot syrup into a sugaring trough! The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

I kept working, though, till the sun was straight up. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

And she would have gone straight to the Free Cities. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

The woman walked straight to me and poked my arm. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I let Johanna lead because it’s a pretty straight shot up to the tree, and I figure she can’t get us too lost. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

It felt weird to not just stand up straight and run when I heard the whistle. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

Clara Wingtip had sat in front of her cabin for thirty-six straight days, waiting for her husband to return from the Civil War. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

They flapped their wings as they ran straight at the horde of frenzied poxies that surged at us as one. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

Her full lips and fine, straight nose would be the envy of most girls, Scholar or not. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

He rode looking straight ahead, a crowd beginning to trail out after him like the tail of a comet. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The flying was usually straight and level, so airsickness wasn’t a problem. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z

I can only stand there, phone in hand, staring at Keira as if I could see straight through her. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

She said, “Come in,” and stood up, holding herself very straight. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We could do that,” said the giant Baugi, and he stood straighter, and the corners of his mouth tightened into something that almost resembled a smile. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

I might not be the world’s best artist, but I can draw better than the stick figures and line drawings on Jason’s other cards, all perfect circles and ruler- straight lines. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You earn straight As. You excel on all the state tests. You deserve better than we can currently offer you here at Riverview. You deserve to be at Sunny Brook.” The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

And as soon as she was sure there was no one looking, she went straight across to the window and through into Will’s Oxford. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

We ate honey straight from the hive and green plums sprinkled with salt. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

She got straight A’s when she was a teenager and she used to give me books to read. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

And I was more lucky that Ma was back in her room when I came in, and I went straight to my own room. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

From there, the car motored down a long, straight road with plowed furrows and rows of trees on the left, brown grass on the right. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

He did an awkward sort of bow, so I bowed correctly:heels together, arms at my sides, eyes straight ahead, bending at the waist. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

“My daddy was a King Lord. Adonis Carter. A straight up OG.” The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

If the rest of us had melted away and Coach had disappeared, I think Tooms would have leaped across the bench and punched Guzzo straight in the face, for real this time. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Her hair was long, straight, and golden brown—almost the same cinnamon-toast color as Hazel’s, but the similarity to Hazel ended there. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

But her grandmother headed straight off to the fields. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

Twenty yards, ten...Now he was staring straight into the eyes of the rider, saw the man’s uneven teeth as he smiled, still gripping the flamethrower. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

He withdrew his hand, held the arm straight out, calmly now, without shiver or tremor. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was a statue too huge to be conceived: upright, straight, feet toward the city, head in the sky, arms outheld in a pose of supplication. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Close to six feet tall—okay, five ten and a half—with good, straight teeth thanks to some expensive dental work. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

For a moment, she looked as if she would run straight into my arms, but at the last moment she pulled back, darting a glance at the people sitting around us. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Then his head snapped up straight like a soldier at attention and he said, “Hotdamn!” Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z

The screwdriver spun straight past Clytius and slammed into the UP button. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

But after a bit of a wandering start, she finally headed straight for the point. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

Derrick—with a braid almost as long as mine hanging over his neck and dangling like a vine—was in a pine straight across the road from where I was perched in sticky balsam. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

Axel turns left the moment they enter the main office, splits off from the people talking to Ms. Dale, and goes straight for a seat at the round table in the back of her room. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Karen and Matthew entered the room and headed straight for the presents under the tree. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

I reached up and twisted a few strands of his straight gray hair between my fingers. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

When a member of his congregation did not show up at church, he went straight to his home after services and yelled at him. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

He scored on three straight turn around jump shots as the pace of the game quickened. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

But I walk straight to the railing and lean against that instead, my back to the lake. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

So I climbed back in next to the driver, folded my arms across my chest, and stared straight ahead. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Instead of going straight back to my room to read I went in the backyard, sat on one of the cinder blocks so I could think about everything. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

His straight baby teeth had given way to buck teeth and gaps, his chubby cheeks had thinned into his approaching adolescence. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Far away and almost straight ahead there was a red glow under the black sky and the sides of the great mountain loomed dark against it. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

He looks at her straight, smooth hair, which she’s had cut recently so that it flips up at the ends. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

“If she comes straight back from Portland, how long will that take?” Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

Line by line, row by row, the fantastic men in their wild colors were descending straight at me, trotting, their feet pounding the earth like someone beating a vast drum. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dad arrives and walks straight for the coffeemaker and makes a cup of very light, very sweet coffee and sits down at the table across from me. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

At first he tried to keep a straight face, but his mouth began to twitch, and his eyes began to roll. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

Or maybe I could dump my lunch straight into the trash and keep moving right on out the door. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

Shirley flinched when the teacher went straight to the long mean pole. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

When she had found one long and straight enough, she whittled an end with the panga. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Twice it seemed to disappear, but she kept on straight, and both times she found herself at the top of steep, narrow stairs, the torch glimmering far below her. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

She took a new route through the market—one that was bringing her straight in his direction. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z

Turning the heater on, I drove straight back to the Hab. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

The most recent pictures were all of her before, when she was healthy, uploaded postmortem by friends: a beautiful girl, wide-hipped and curvy, with long, straight deadblack hair falling over her face. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

Now the man watched the dip of the three sticks over the side of the skiff and rowed gently to keep the lines straight up and down and at their proper depths. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

The electric hum lingered, then it flashed again as another fly went straight into it. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

Even if we hadn’t seen the tan SUV speeding straight for us, it would have been impossible to miss the bullet that blew through the back window and shattered it. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Kaori pointed straight ahead without breaking her stride, like a general leading her troops into battle. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

“The porter saw her. She must have driven down here straight after that, and gone like the wind too.” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

There was never lipstick to contrast with her straight black hair, while at the age of thirty-one her dresses showed all the imagination of English blue-stocking adolescents. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

“Good bowl, Robert. But don’t look at me when you bowl. Look straight ahead to where you want the bowl to end up.” Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

The low ceiling made us all walk like old crones, and I noticed that even when they could, some of the old-timers never stood up straight anymore. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

In some places the wall rose straight out of the water and in others it stood behind a thicket of reeds. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

“I sure didn’t see him on my route today, and you know if I had, I’d have put him in the Jeep and brought him to you straight away,” says Dad. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

She lowered her chin and looked me straight in the eye. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

“So, you came straight here after the wedding?” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

He lift the newspaper, pop the spine to get it straight. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Why couldn’t she be as thin and straight as a boy? Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

He keeps his eyes straight forward, but something in them is familiar, something about them makes me think of chalk dust. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

By the way, I ended up getting straight A’s this whole year. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

Beans led them straight back to the kitchen. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

Her big ol’ eyes flashed straight ahead, and her upper lip was always tucked inside her bottom one. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

Miep came up one afternoon all flushed and asked Father straight out if we thought they too were infected with the current anti-Semitism. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

Sixth graders head straight to the cafeteria and seventh and eighth graders are supposed to line up in the gym before first period. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

Turning around quickly, he looked straight at me and said, “Say, young—” Not waiting for anything more, I scooted for the door. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tiptoed straight into the melon patch, all viny, with melons ripe for the picking. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

She sat with her hands on either side of her and her legs straight out in front of her. Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z

It went on straight toward the town across the low fields. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

“It seems they all went to breakfast together, then came straight here. It’s a good thing they did too, or they wouldn’t have gotten out.” Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

Blanca and Alba were sitting with the journalists and guardsmen, eating roast pig with their fingers and drinking mouthfuls of red wine straight from a bottle that was being passed from hand to hand. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was looking straight at me, for I was usually the one to do the talking. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m not sure. Soon, but that’s enough for now. I want to enjoy my tea,” Papa said, his mouth returning to a closed, straight line, and picked up his cup. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

When it was deep enough, they inserted the post into the hole, checking with a level to make sure it was straight. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

Still, any call that got me away from watching All in the Family and Golden Girls with Grandma for the third straight evening was an A-OK call in my book. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

I thought I looked like a grasshopper in it—a skinny, spiky grasshopper with a human head and straight hair. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

But she locked eyes with me, said something to Paul, and they ran straight toward us. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

It was not like one of those great photos from the early 1900s where a crazy-looking guy posed with a good-looking mako hung from tail to nose in a straight line. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

Eliza kept her eyes straight ahead, as if she had been trained how to behave in these kinds of situations. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

And here's the thing, I've been running the eight hundred for three years straight. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

He sat up straight on the edge of the bed, held his breath, and issued a long, resonant belch. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

So it is straight but clean and has turned much lighter because I am outdoors so much. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

Three thousand bodies swing forward, three thousand pairs of boots snap together, three thousand backs jerk as if yanked straight by a puppeteer’s hand. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

I worked on her for three days straight. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

The first corpuscule stood perfectly still, partly concealed by a drape, its gaze fixed straight ahead. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

“Let me get this straight,” he said after a while, brandishing a fresh chicken leg. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Instantly the table was brilliant with light, and the cone of the shade threw its brightness straight downward, leaving the corners of the bunk house still in dusk. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

Their straight trunks and dark green canopy seemed to defy distance, being so clearly visible at what must have been many miles away. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Several passages turned straight up or straight down, leaving me with no way to follow them. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Boxes on either side of the stage allow the more privileged patrons to look straight down onto the actors. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

She was sure the Señora would rather find upon her return a parrot, however bald, than Toscanini with yards of straight black hair. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

“I’m so sorry. I just. I don’t want to be this straight girl using you. But then it’s like, maybe I’m not actually straight. I don’t know. I’ve had crushes before, but I’ve never...” Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

There were many archways now, but Celaena chose to go straight, following the moisture that grew by the inch. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

He had dark, thick eyebrows, which made him look serious at the best of times and, when he was anxious or angry, came together to form a straight line across his forehead. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

That gave Polly courage to stand a little straighter in spite of Mr. Derby’s fury. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

After we had banana pudding for a snack, me and Howard went straight back to the ramshackle garage behind his house. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

Right about now, running out of here and straight home seems like a pretty solid option. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

They dashed straight for Snowball, who only sprang from his place just in time to escape their snapping jaws. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

“I just noticed that all my fingers are nice and straight. Don’t you think?” Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

“So,” she said, turning to look straight at me. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

Then he counts off, squats low, tosses her straight up into the air, and catches her in a full extension instead of a half-press like Coach said. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

“What’s with the book?” said her mother, still staring straight ahead. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

And he swoops straight down to the ground. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

He was crawling uphill now, as though the tunnel were leading straight toward the very center of the gigantic fruit. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z

Alfred tried it, coming up slowly, inch by inch, fighting to keep his legs straight and his heels on the mat as his shoulders began to quiver and the muscles in his stomach tightened painfully. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

He wouldn’t mention the weird stuff—how the dogs ran straight to a mystery door under the stairs, or the kid’s enormous key ring. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Eventually one of her doctors tried injecting pure alcohol straight into her spine. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

One Sunday morning, a wave bumped Mister Lochana’s boat high into the air and when it landed again, I fell straight into the water. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

He went straight toward the same young woman who had thanked him before. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

I tell him, and toss the Frisbee a straight, controlled distance down the sidewalk. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

All this time Mike kept his face straight and cool, so I did the same, which was killing me, I wanted to laugh so bad. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

Mom sat straight up and pressed her napkin to her mouth. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

How it sucked those toxic chemicals straight out of the earth and churned them into beauty. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Once I get to school, I go straight to the auditorium where club sign-up sheets are. Watch Us Rise 2019-02-12T00:00:00Z

From the one photo I had of them, I knew I’d inherited my father’s straight nose and my mother’s crooked smile. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

The boys went straight to their boarding school, while Nana and the other employees readied the big house on the corner for the arrival of the owners. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Larson went to the teachers’ room, got his empty lunch bag off the shelf, and went straight from there out the back door of the school to the staff parking lot. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z

Yoyo takes it in her hand and looks straight into the barrel hole, shuddering. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

It fell without a break, steady, straight, and monotonous. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

And so when the Price family strolls to church we are able en route to peer straight into each and every villager’s house. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Each strand of my hair is razor straight. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Grin intended to steer the plane straight into him, to cut him to shreds in midair. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

Twenty feet from us stood a figure, straight, motionless, profiled, the scarlet hieb and white shirt an inlay of bright enamel against the green of the high grass. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

Ponytails are common or, for that characteristic Wal-Martian beat-up and hopeless look, straight shoulder-length hair, parted in the middle and kept out of the face by two bobby pins. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her teeth are crowded together, not entirely straight. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Drove straight over to Tewkesbury to have it out with the bloke who’d sold it to him. Problem is, the man’d vanished.” Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

I’m so angry, I study the Civil War for four hours straight. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

I qualified for every national team for seven years straight, and that wasn’t an easy thing to do. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

The way his hair stands up straight in the front from a cowlick. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

Jimmy grabbed him as he started to go up and the ball went straight up in the air. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

I got all my papers into a mostly straight pile and sandwiched them between my econ and geometry books. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

“Okay, Green,” he said, keeping his voice steady, “they blew the back tire out, so you’re driving on the rim. Just keep heading straight and start to slow down. Get off on the next ramp.” The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

The other part of me wants to hit her one good time, straight across the face. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Every single harpy shrieked and jeered, and many of them flew up off the tree and straight at the ghosts, making them scatter in terror. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Aegon's carpenters had shaped it after the land of Westerns, sawing out each bay and peninsula until the table nowhere ran straight. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

The Polish girl went straight to a vacant corner and sat down, wrapping her arms tightly around her chest. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Her spear stuck me straight in the ribs. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

He couldn’t even realise yet that his trouble, his impediment, was innocence because he would not be able to realise that until he got it straight. Absalom, Absalom! 1936-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I look straight ahead and say, ‘Officer, I am a New York State peace officer, and you’ll find my identification next to me on the seat.’ Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

They headed straight to the display cases that housed the watches and necklaces. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

“We re not spending the night anywhere. We must drive straight.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

This was the first time any of them had been exposed to top-quality, state-of- the-art Mellowing, and it went straight to their heads. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

The door slid shut, and I stared straight ahead. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I open the YouTube app on my phone, it takes me straight to Adam Tok’s channel. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

You could almost hear the leaves opening like reaching fingers, almost feel the trees pulling their posture straight. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

And she could see the drawings—Alice with long straight hair. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

The three black Dobermans were galloping straight at me. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

She turns to me and Suesetta, says, “Go wait in the car. And when you get in, look straight ahead, don’t look out the windows. You understand?” Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

He sat straight and nobly in the seat of Rocinante and he gave me to understand that while forgiveness was not impossible, I would have to work for it. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her back was turned toward me as she sat in a straight chair, swaying to and fro. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

She looked closely at Tiller’s smooth skin, that tall, straight back, that engaging grin. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

When the strange animal did come, it went straight to the boy’s father and mother and quickly ate them up. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

She flew up the Galapagos longitude, headed straight for El Salvador in line for Wisconsin. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

I paused, torn: Head straight back to safety, or risk a detour to the nursery? Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

My stomach drops straight to the bottom of the world. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

Suddenly, without any warning at all, Louisiana opened her eyes and sat straight up. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

She stares straight ahead as if she could see me and past me to her grandchildren and grandchildren’s grandchildren. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then somebody pulled a straight, solemn face and said, "And why do you feel lousy?" The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

Then I give a slight bow and walk straight toward the exit without being dismissed. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

But now she looked right straight at his eyes. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

Edgar was sitting in the backseat, staring straight ahead. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

When they did, nobody could seem to draw it straight. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Once liberated, I hit Water Street and from there it was a straight trajectory to the fibrillating heart of town. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

Her long hair hangs over her face and she can barely stand up straight. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

The smart move now was to split and head straight for Middletown while I still had a head start. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

When the song ends, Bram points straight at Simon, smiling breathlessly. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

My mother's staring straight ahead, probably looking to see if the police officer is coming back for her. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

"He's been gone," I explained, trying to keep a straight face. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

A few months after the press conference, Teller, wounded at being shunned by former friends and colleagues over his continued bellyaching, finally attempted to set the record straight in an article for Science. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

Like a seesaw, the triangle of the roof keeps it balanced, straight. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

I keep my eyes straight ahead and cross three crosswalks without drawing much attention. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Jamie bowed his head and answered, “Well, yeah. Besides, Brucie has trouble keeping straight the jacks, queens, and kings. He gets mixed up.” From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Perhaps his hands were too cold to shoot straight? Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

The silk ripped straight through, and sulfur and hydrogen leaped to meet each other in a catastrophe of flame. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

“If the officers react, run straight to it. Got it?” The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

His face was all straight lines—eyebrows, mouth, nose, everything—and he carried his six feet of height straight as well. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tialys saw Will make the effort to stand up straight and force himself to find some more energy. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Apparently it wanted to drink straight from the mug. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

Sirius had told him what to do if his scar hurt him again, and Harry was going to follow his advice: He was going straight to Dumbledore’s office. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Then she sprang into the air and jacked straight down, paws over her nose, and emerged with a mouse in her jaws. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

“Listen to me, darling. If anything bad happens tonight, I want you to come straight to me. Come to the pantry behind the kitchen.” The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

He didn't have much more time to get them straight. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

When my neck gets tired and achy, I let my head fall on the pillow and hold the book straight above me. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

There's an exit straight ahead of me, and even though it's not the one I entered through, I head toward it. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

He hit the cue ball, sending one of the reds straight into the middle pocket. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

She would speak in a clear voice and look down at the white chalk lines all over the floor, some faded from years, some simple straight lines, others elaborate curves, still others plain initials. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

She dosed her eyes and tilted her head back, stuck her feet straight out, apart. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

She’s an aerialist and she got the straight scoop from a good authority—her spotter heard Uncle Al and the advance man exchanging heated words outside the big top. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Then he turned in a circle to the left, came back over the grass track and flew straight down it, skimming just over the rabbits’ heads. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Just walk straight forward, Mrs. Frisby. There’s nothing to trip over, and nothing to bump into. If you get off course, you’ll feel the wall.” Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

There will surely always be people with straight hair and blue eyes, as there have been for all history. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

I walked straight into Ben when I went to my locker. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

Smith kept his eyes straight ahead, chin up, his face proud and sober. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

A masked figure in black sprints across the ceiling, straight toward the hybrids. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

There are no pin curls, no elbows on the table, even the spines are straighter. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, that’s the funny thing. He was heading straight back into the mountains.” The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

When we get home, my grandfather heads straight for the kitchen. The Fourteenth Goldfish 2014-08-26T00:00:00Z

One particular university’s “token-integrated” black Ph.D. associate professor I never will forget; he got me so mad I couldn’t see straight. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then he leans in and whispers straight in my ear. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

Black armbands were worn by gypsies, though there were very few of those, as they were usually killed straight off. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

Park shrugged and pulled one of her curls straight. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

No date in the upper right-hand corner, just a hasty, straight to the point Dear Dad. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

His face was calm, the skin pale; his mouth was straight, neither smiling nor disapproving. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Now if I change the slope that way...minus 1... now what I mean to do is make the line go straight.” Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

Jenna got to school super early, since her mom dropped her off before work, and liked going straight to class to study before school started. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

What do I care if the cops get the story straight? How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

He stood there straight as if at attention and then commanded me with a raised hand to fire away. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

As the lunch period was ending, she got up but did not head straight for the exit. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

But Nonnie looked straight down her short nose at every sneer and they stopped, at least the face-to-face ones did. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

Mother can barely stifle a laugh, and I stare straight ahead. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

It takes a week to get my sleeping and waking straight so that I’m not struggling through the day shift. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Whether anybody could prove that Maxim went straight up to bed and undressed. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Penelope stood straight and still and fixed the children with a strong look. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

After I have been startled a couple of times in the street by the screaming of the tramcars, which resembles the shriek of a shell coming straight for one, somebody taps me on the shoulder. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Slowly she walked straight to the large gatepost, reared up on it with her front feet, and bawled the most beautiful tree bark I ever heard in my life. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘I just want you to tell me about it so I can get it straight in my mind.’ The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

With no time for a honeymoon trip, they went straight back to code breaking. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

The word “control” makes me sit up straight, as rigid as the chair beneath me. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Bast stood upright and pulled Chronicler straight in his chair as the innkeeper emerged from the doorway. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“You are a rare flower, Miss Magdalys. And you know I mean that because it’s not a quote, but straight from my heart to yours.” Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Breathing the air that could have come straight from a marketplace in Accra, they stood for what seemed to them a very long time. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Travel by night and follow the road south. I’ve never been that far, but I hear tell that it goes straight through Georgia Colony to the end of the world—Spanish territory.” Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Flying straight into either one is very likely to kill you; but in war, sometimes there is no turning back. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

When I was at West Street I saw an escape-attempt straight out of a Bugs Bunny cartoon. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

The first task of a coxswain is to steer the shell on a straight course for the duration of a race. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

He couldn’t think straight about anything that had happened since the landing craft had ground onto the coral reef. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

“She didn’t stand up straight in Sunday school yesterday.” Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Today he stood erect and his shoulders were straight. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

Not one of those idiots had the faintest idea that Cap’s donation came straight out of the budget for the Halloween dance. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

I took my pigtails, pressed them against the glass, and stared the nearest lobster straight in the eye. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

Reverend Cooper wanted to get all the facts straight. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

I pass it straight to Bram, who then passes it straight to Simon, who passes it to Abby, and then Morgan, and I notice with a start that no ones actually drinking it. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

Then hands were on her, all over her; she prayed they were friendly hands because she still couldn’t open her eyes of even think straight, through the pain. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

The little ship taxied away and turned, and down the field it roared and staggered into the air, and Olive was looking straight ahead and probably her eyes were closed. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

My hair was standing up straight in all directions—a huge sphere of blond fuzz surrounding me like a giant halo. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

The hotel guests were ferried across the backwaters, straight from Cochin. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t know. I got to find out. Looks like I can’t get my mind straight nohow.” Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

She listens to me practice, reminds me to sit up straight and bend my fingers “just so.” Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

I take my ticket and try to look as confident as I can, pulling my shoulders back and keeping my eyes straight ahead. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

You didn’t notice it all that much unless you looked at him straight on, and not a lot of people did, because Billy was always moving around like he was itchy. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

It was straight out of an Aaron Douglas painting, except there were faces. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

She wrenched her hand out of mine and sprinted straight for it. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

The door opens, Dad blows me a kiss, and then he heads straight to the kitchen. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

The walls were perfectly straight or miraculously curved. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Th e good news: the left tunnel was straight with no side exits, twists, or turns. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

Give the men flintlock pistols and horses and they could have come straight out of a children’s book. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

Before I could swing my sword, it opened its mouth, emitting a stench like the world’s largest barbecue pit, and shot a column of flame straight at me. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

An old man he was, past sixty, yet he still sat straight and tall in the high saddle, and his voice was strong enough to carry to every comer of the field. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Danger can seem far away until the sky grows dark, and a bolt of fury heads straight toward you. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

I stare straight ahead, not bothering to wipe the tears running down both cheeks. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

Jasmine sat up straight in her seat, her eyes fixed intently on her son. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

And there was a little girl running as hard as she could down the sidewalk, straight to me. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

If you keep swimming straight, where you think you’d end up at? Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Babiki sat in the passenger seat, staring straight ahead, refusing to budge. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

It had frightened him when Mr. Otis had said, ‘Some will give their lives,’ and looked straight at Rab. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘Go on now! But take care of yourself, and come straight back as soon as you have settled the ruffians!’ The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

We could go straight back, or we could walk the long way around. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

I go straight home now, except for maybe stopping at the grocery. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

He thought of his father, driving a train straight to the World Trade Center. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

Tommie had trouble concentrating long enough to sew a button on straight. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

I left the rest of the mail on the foyer table and went straight to my room to read it. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

Past the fence, the house stood straight and ruled as it had for two centuries—maybe more. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

She went straight to the opossum hollow, where she proceeded to scold Flash as she snuggled him close. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Sitting up, legs straight out in front of him, wasn’t a good position. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

Achmad picked up a plastic comb with which to comb out his straight, coarse black hair. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Now her likeness gazed back at him from the bulletin board - her almond-shaped eyes, her pouty lips, her long straight hair swept over one shoulder of her sleeveless dress. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Malcolm watched through the window as the chauffeur stood up straight and bustled around being useful. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

She had tried her best, but William seemed content just to sit, his back stiffly straight, his large capable hands resting squarely on his sturdy wool- clad knees. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

To my amazement, he drove straight past the house to the barn. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was not falling toward earth but being driven straight ahead by the wind. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

When people emerge from their trailers, I thrust my shoulders back, trying to stand up straight. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

“It’s your duty to set things straight at all costs.” Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

But instead of seeing him, I see straight to the ground. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

She could say she was straight, and even if she wasn’t, there was no way she would be with Stephanie Bergner. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

Under that was the straight, slightly tapering column with its red to purple to blue. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Aru had panicked, walked straight into the fridge, and fallen flat on her face. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

This bombardment is too much for the poor devils, they have been sent straight from a recruiting-depot into a barrage that is enough to turn an old soldier’s hair grey. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

And this tells you about the best conditioners—for straight, wavy, and curly No kinky. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

“All right, we’re going to check in, drop off our stuff, grab some dinner, and then go straight to bed. No funny business tonight. Got it?” Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

She sits up straight, closes her eyes, and starts reciting Philippians 4:13. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

He opened his eyes and looked straight into her. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

The slap of the water against your feet stings momentarily and then cold, salty water shoots straight up your nose. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

When I tried jumping, I discovered that I could leap thirty feet straight up and land back on my feet with catlike grace. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

We learn to sit up straight, eyes front, faces blank, both feet on the floor, listening to the whack of rubber on cringing flesh. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

And now this woman, whose looks she did not care for, but who had long straight hair. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

If this was Miles, he didn’t give me much of a chance to make eye contact; he went straight to the corner table in my section and sat with his back to the wall. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

I sit up straighter now that everyone is expecting something from me. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

And I even asked him straight out, when we stepped outside into the cold on our walk over to the dance, “JP, do you think we’ll be friends again?” Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

You need your audience to believe that you are, in the well-known words, “A pretty straight kind of guy.” Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

I sit up straight like I’ve been listening all along, which is a bald-faced lie. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Catherine draws herself up, her posture ramrod straight as she approaches the table again. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

With a straight face, Mr. Larson said, “You know, I’ve heard that, Phil. But it’s remarkable how many days I get by just fine without going to the office at all.” The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z

Grover looked straight at me, and I knew he was asking for my benefit. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

I went straight to the reference section and found the Encyclopedia Britannicas. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

As soon as the table was clear and the dishes were clean, I headed straight to my room and closed the door. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

The hair is straight and falls just to her chin. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

She catches me watching her, then flips her long straight hair over her shoulder. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

The only thing I could say, really, was that I was stretched out, with my body in a straight line from head to toe. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

He headed straight, which meant I was leading us in the right direction. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

That goes right from his two nose holes straight into my ear. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

Stepping into the boat light as a cat Ged set straight the warped boards and rotten pegs, working both with tools and incantations, as he had used to do with Pechvarry in Low Torning. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, at least I’m standing pretty straight,” he joked. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

She grabbed each of us by an ear and marched us straight down the road into town. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Tell us straight off! After the way you jumped on me, you deserve to have, your head smacked.” The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

Eyes wide with terror, he ran straight into the paws of his mouse friend, narrowly missing injury on the sword blade. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

I slam the car door and run down the street, my speed picking up as the road slopes down, blocks and blocks, straight to the ocean. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

Finally, Trub clears his throat and says, “I’ll take the boy back to Brooklyn, Ma. We can pick up the last dragon and come straight back here.” Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

She would bolt upright, shot straight out of a nightmare just by remembering what it was: a nightmare. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Their eyes are trained straight ahead or on the ground. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

The extra colors vanished when she opened her eyes wide and looked straight on. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

Mama and Papa both looked like they’d swallowed a straight pin. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Looking relieved, Willie left the witness chair and walked straight out of the courtroom without once looking up. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

Lost in speculation about means for raising the money, Ignatius did not notice that for quite some time his cart had been traveling in a straight and unswerving line. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

If I get caught, I'll go straight to jail for breaking the law, so that idea isn't a very good one. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

She looked straight at Jason—straight into the eyes of the thing that was controlling him. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

His eyes had gone straight to Mercy where she sat by the hearth, and her own eyes stared back, enormous in her white face. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

The second lord was thin as well, but twisted where the first was straight. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Then he wiped the juice from his mouth with his sleeve, cleared his throat, and gazed straight at Meggie. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

“Keep your elbows in against your sides. When your elbows are out, you’re gonna push the ball sideways left or right. You want your hands moving directly toward the target, straight for the basket.” The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

"No. I came here straight from the stables, when they told me the king was holding court. His Grace will want to hear my tidings in private first, I'd think." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

"Oh, returned with Joffrey, and went straight to the queen." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Outside the harbour on this side there rises for about half a mile a great reef, the sharp edge of which runs straight out from behind the south lighthouse. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

When he stood up with the new carton, I could see his perfectly straight nose in the streetlight. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Must’ve happened quickly too, to be such a straight fine—I can’t imagine Chian holding still while someone sliced him like that. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

I stumble back down from the bluff, elbowing my way thru crowds all calling me coward, and I get to the riverbank and I plunge my head straight in. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

I sat up stiff and straight in my seat with all the poor pomposity of youth. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

I stand straighter, hoping he’ll see me as a good kid. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Red's right hand balled into a fist, and the arm shot out like a jackhammer, straight at Bud's mouth. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dad came in late and went straight upstairs to bed. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

He had sandy-colored hair combed straight back and he wore a sky-blue shirt. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Destiny is not a single path, but many, Ekon. Some are as straight as an arrow, others twist and tangle like thread. Our duty is not to question them but to follow them.” Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

If I had gone straight home, if I had gone out to get our rations with my mother and father, things might have turned out very differently than they did. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

Suddenly they reappeared again and, looping side by side, flew straight toward Delhi. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

Tally had read about aircraft that shattered windows as they flew past, armored war vehicles that could drive straight through a house. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

He could have done that straight over the city walls. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

Yet when straight men treated him like a bro, he felt a familiar sense of disorientation. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

This girl had straight blonde hair and a turned-up nose and freckles. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

I motored straight to the spot in the cove where I had found Ben, cut off the engine, and let the boat drift. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

The statue in the huge chair was just as detailed—a man staring straight ahead, his hands gripping the armrests, with bracelets on his wrists and anklets above his bare feet. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

She pays for the balloons and streamers, and we head straight for the candy section. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

A dozen or more enormous snow-white birds, each the size of a rowboat, with long, straight wings that trailed on the water behind them: very long wings, at least two yards in length. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

“Barbarian,” she said, then she set her mouth, raised her head so her chins quivered, and stared straight ahead of her. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

Every day after school we drove straight to the public library in my 1950 green Ford, which Papá bought from a neighbor after the DeSoto fell apart. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

“Wow, this is cool,” breathes Jay, awed by the computer’s map of bright colors, straight and curved lines. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

Tarzan—“his straight and perfect figure, muscled as the best of the ancient Roman gladiators must have been muscled”—exemplified the ultimate victory of nature over nurture. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

As we pulled onto the Ohio Turnpike, which is the flattest, straightest piece of road in Gods whole creation, Gram interrupted my prayers. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

I fixed my eyes ahead on the long, straight road, which cut through hundreds of green fields that stretched for miles on either side. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

I catch Bram at his locker on Thursday and make him tell it to me straight. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

I slammed one straight into his pock-marked nose, and blood spurted out like joining rivers. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ron wanted to skip Herbology and go straight down to the hut. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

I may have made a straight A in physics, but I was panic-struck. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

He once again knocks his opening monologue straight out of the park. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

Then he had been straight and strong, standing there in the courtyard as the men rode forth. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z

After that, they were behind the horse every day, bundled up together under the automobile lap robes, her holding the reins and the whip, him sitting stiff and straight beside her. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

And then, straight in front of her, she did see something green. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

The note is written on blue-green construction paper in perfectly straight print—not a hint of slant. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

I slow my pace and move my eyes straight ahead so he won’t think I’m staring. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

With nowhere to go and no time to stop herself, Fair Knightess charged straight into the bottleneck. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

I walked across the dorm circle, and then straight through the soccer field, bushwhacking through the woods, until I ended up on the banks of Culver Creek just down from the bridge. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

I sit up straight on the chair, my hands folded on my lap. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

She aimed the raft straight down, and we dropped like an anchor. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Three other entrances they saw, dark black arches: one straight before them eastwards, and one on either side. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

She was looking straight at me and I couldn’t understand what her expression meant. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

The hair on his back was standing straight up. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Swordfish was lagging once more, wallowing in the wake of the smaller ships to either side; elsewise the line was straight as a shield wall. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

I thought he would release me, but he went on holding me beside him, and when the corner was passed, and the road came straight again, he did not let me go. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Ran straight past him and up to his bedroom. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

Now I let go with hands and feet, plunging straight into the foam beside the timbers, pulled astride, and rowed hard with my hands to pass by Skylla. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Scipio stood completely still and stared straight at Hornet. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

Seabiscuit was going straight to Belmont to prepare for War Admiral. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Right away then, the guy would know for sure that I wasn't going to take a sock at him, and he probably would've said, "Listen. Let's get this straight. Are you calling me a thief?" The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

Percy jumped up, vaulting off the giant’s knee, and drove Riptide straight through one of the metal mouths on Polybotes’s breastplate, sinking the Celestial bronze hilt-deep in his chest. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

So she wrote to the New York Times, attempting to set the record straight. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

With his face pressed between the balusters, he watched a line of dark turbans file into the house, met by Habib, his back straight and tense. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

Still looking straight at me, he reached into a wooden crate and pulled out the gun. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

She was tall and thin with straight black hair, cut to her shoulders. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Put out your arms at your sides, straight,” said he; which I did. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

But then I start sweating straight through my billowy new shirt, and could probably use an official moment alone with my deodorant. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

I lean to the other side until I can make out the shape of someone moving through the trees, heading straight for the sycamore. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

I stood up straighter, ready to receive some profound words of wisdom. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Kira stood as straight as she could and acknowledged the nods in her direction. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her dark hair was cropped short and straight around her head, and she wore riding leathers and a light shirt of silvered ringmail. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Liz was almost as tall as Mother and looked her straight in the eye. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

She kissed his cheek, her eyes so full of tears, she couldn’t see straight. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

I headed straight for other pedestrians and made them veer around me. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

Blanche and Mary were of equal stature,—straight and tall as poplars. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

Her voice wobbled a bit, but she forced herself to stand straighter. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

After school I went straight to the public library to study, but I could not concentrate. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

Inside was a tableau of frustration that might’ve been straight out of Norman Rockwell, if Norman Rockwell had painted people doing hard time in jail. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

The top and bottom peaks of the diamond were elongated into a straight line, and it seemed to be symmetrically perfect. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Down from their hiding-place they went, and then turning south they steered as straight a course as Gollum could find across a long broken slope that leaned up towards the mountains. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

In a moment she was seated with one leg stretched straight in front of her and one behind. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Fear, beasts, no general agreement that the fire was all-important: and when one tried to get the thing straight the argument sheered off, bringing up fresh, unpleasant matter. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

He was strong and smiling, sitting straight and alert. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

Pet’s footsteps were singing through the floor like mallets striking an ocean of drumskin, and they were heading straight for her parents’ bedroom. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

My eyes stared straight ahead, even though I could hear them close ranks behind me, cutting off any retreat. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Evac centers are at capacity—people are to go straight to overflow facilities, blah blah blah. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

We did this while keeping our legs straight out in a seated position. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

He claimed it had been successful in eleven straight prior coin tosses. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

So what if I watched TV for twenty-four straight hours yesterday. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

A thin red cow with a protruding pelvic bone appeared and swam straight out to sea without wetting her horns, without looking back. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I glanced back out the window one last time, making sure Cate and Rob still had their backs to me, before bolting past the display of beef jerky and heading straight for that door. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

She posed herself straight and rigid, like a statue, her rendition of a stoic Indian. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

On the drive to town, Wynn looked over at Nan and said, “You remember that time Clay and I rode our bikes straight through old man Hodges’s yard and into his pool?” Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

Much preferring one over three, he ran straight toward the Griever that had chased him there. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

After the game Mike had to go straight home, so I walked alone. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

I hated myself so much for what I’d said that I could hardly see straight. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

The next day, the eastward curve of the coastline was plain, straight ahead of us. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

Stick my arm out straight and point my finger at her button boots. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

In the regional academic decathlon, a contest pitting teams of students from various local schools against each other, Odessa High had won four straight times. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“His finest hour,” said Fred, unable to keep a straight face. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

He would sit up tall, protecting her, with his ears standing up straight on his head, like soldiers. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

They sat on our porch while Gramps talked about Gram for four hours straight. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

Hoping to focus the horse’s mind on his job and reduce the distractions of the rail, Smith fitted Seabiscuit with a set of blinkers that restricted his vision to the track straight ahead of him. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Maya felt the pressure in her chest go straight into her heart, bursting with a sudden, vicious love for him. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

She pressed down on the front of my shorts with both our hands, and I couldn’t have seen straight if my eyes had been open. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

She kept her eyes straight ahead as she passed Jack’s house. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

That trail leads straight back to the time before we ever lived, and into that deep well it’s easy to cast curses like stones on our ancestors. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You are a child of the gods! Stand up straight!” Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

As Tessie is getting the geography straight, the newsreel breaks into filmed footage. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

I cut in as straight a line as I can, using my jaw as a guide. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

Rene kicked at another fly, said: “Jimmy made a scream like I ain’t never heard in my life. We all had to cover our ears. And the bone was stickin’ straight out of his arm.” We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

He headed straight for the squat concrete building located near the Box. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Then she turned to Ernie and repeated it, this time looking straight in his eyes. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

He’s cute, Moss thought, but probably tragically straight. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

In the future, she may make it straight again. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

He was very short with a shock of straight black hair that swished around his head when he pivoted, and I was thin and black and tall as a tree. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

She held my legs straight up with one hand and held onto my arm with the other, and then she spun me around the bar. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

He sat, and looked at his own leg, where it lay straight on the bed, unbroken. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

It was said, “There is an outward tendency in females,” which meant that I was getting straight A’s for the good of my future husband’s family, not my own. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Harry thought of photos of Native Americans he’d seen as he studied her dark eyes, high cheekbones, and straight nose, formally composed above a high-necked silk gown. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Her head was up and she looked straight before her. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

Two of the runs—the ones among the thorn trees—led straight down to burrows scooped out of the top of the chalk subsoil. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

He clambered through the portrait hole into the common room and hurried straight for the corner where Ron and Hermione were sitting, to tell them what had happened. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

All he knows is her grandma whimpers feel like stabs straight to the heart—and as much as he hates himself for it, Scoob starts to feel mad at her. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z

Rachel marched straight up to the driver and talked to him. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

If they got the monkey, they would have to go straight home. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

Harry fought to keep his face straight as he emerged. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

The others were waiting for this and came straight away. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

“This heat is not healthy. You must tell me straight away if you feel peckish.” Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He sat up straight; he had been almost dozing off, lost in the heat and his thoughts. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Luke was so angry he could barely see straight. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

And with a faint smile, she leads us through tired people and rubbish and empty water bottles, straight to where our family waits. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

They walked straight past, and Harry leaned against the wall, breathing deeply, listening to their footsteps dying away. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

She went straight to the waiting room of the gynecology clinic, a wide-open space, empty but for rows of long straight-backed benches that looked like church pews. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

My back pulls up straight, and my chest protrudes forward, showing curves I ain’t never seen before. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

“No...well, yeah. But that’s not what I’m talking about. My mom promised me an epic birthday party if I got straight A’s. I told you that.” The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

My mother went straight to the library and checked out a big stack of history books for Natalie. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

I shot straight for my bedroom and slammed the door. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

It was warm now, and she would be crossing a shadeless expanse of grass, broken by straight asphalt paths and public shelters. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

I dropped my backpack on the couch and headed straight for the kitchen. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

He was playing it so straight I hesitated for only a second before I told him about Mr. Bernoffski and the weird flash of the girl with the razor. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

It was straight and branchless, and when the old woman got nearer, she realized it was made of metal. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

He snapped out a left jab, straight at the moving head, just as he had for weeks. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

It makes me want to stick a straight pin in her. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

A bullet to the head...it goes straight through and turns into some kind of blow horn for your memories. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

The last five miles were back into town along South Road, which was mostly straight and flat. Stone Fox 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Whenever you get the available answer to a straight question, like, say, where does the most famous and worst of the four-letter Anglo-Saxon unprintable words come from, the answer raises new and discomfiting questions. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I'm already in mid-swing, and I hit the ball straight into the policeman's face. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

His dark, straight eyebrows draw together so that a crease appears between them. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

He choked and retched, trying to continue on his way despite being unable to walk straight. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

“I’m no fool, Alba,” he said, staring me straight in the eye. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Once in the house, I go straight to my room, open a sketchpad, and start drawing. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

I take a step back, straight into the chill, rough stone of the wall. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

She thought about those teenage boys, with their straight spines and heads held high. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

We were straight outsiders, crashers, and neither of us knew how we were supposed to act. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

She lifted her legs straight out to the sides and touched her toes in a move Gregor thought he’d maybe seen cheerleaders do. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Then she blinked rapidly, sat up straight, and blew her nose. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

Time freeze-framing as the guy behind the wheel locked eyes with the hitchhiker—trapped in the headlights and unable to dodge the thousand pounds of steel sliding straight at him. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

I can’t keep it all straight because of all the shouting and running around, plus my heart is beating so loud! Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

He went straight ahead, at right angles to the stream and away from it, through the trees. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

It was something they had better get straight between them. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wondered if Amaka would ever paint him, would ever capture the clay-smooth skin, the straight eyebrows, which were slightly raised as he watched me. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

I wanted him to give me a telephone number that I could use to call God directly and get the straight scoop. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

The lady is holding both Chantal’s hands and is looking straight into her eyes. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Alby put his feet back on the floor, sat up straighter. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

His brother, lying straight out in the moonlight from the window, waited and then said, “Yes. She’s out of town. But she’ll be here in the morning.” The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

She took one step back from Beans and walked straight over to Palmer and stood squarely in front of him and said, “Why are you doing this to me?” Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

We run straight through the laughter of the night. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

We hear him thunder by on the road and turn up the bridge that heads straight into Carbonel Downs, hooves clattering on boards and then on dirt till they’re swallowed up by the loudspeaker sounds. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

Shaped by fairy tales, she thought, which made it better than every straight nose in the world. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

The road ahead was long and straight, rising toward a ridge of trees. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I told myself that if my eyes were not so big or my nose smaller, if I were not so large or my hair straighter, the Mehtas would be kinder. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

Nora’s face whips toward me in surprise, but I run straight past her, panting, as I reach the passenger side door. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

He looks me straight in the eye when we talk. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

The driver was a muscle-bound guy with so much gold hanging from his neck, it was a miracle he could sit up straight. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

Barren Mountain was a strenuous slog, much of it straight up and all of it hot, though we seemed to be getting stronger. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

“Looks like it worked,” I said, coming across a picture of her drinking straight from a champagne bottle, my grandpa Wynton in the corner of the frame, laughing a big laugh. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

The woman who is not Grace hurls the ink, bottle and all, straight at White Gift. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

“So let me get this straight,” I said. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

Now and then she waved, even though the streets, as wide and as straight as the airstrip in Chungking, were empty. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

Now that the pallor of his faint was over, he was a skinny, vivid little boy, with a glance coming up from under a hut of straight hair that hung down, black and coarse. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

Upon arrival in the town or reservation, Irwin would trot the horses off the railcars and straight to the nearest back road or bullring, where he would implement a nearly fail-safe betting system. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

I mean, how could he have just...I couldn’t even think straight about what he did. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Ma knows me better’n I know myself sometimes, but she don’t have this straight. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some hurry along ledges, while others are gathered in a straight line across the roofs. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

Patrice grabs my hand, and I turn to see the anger tightening her lips into a straight line. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

Slowly the downs drew near; It was still an hour before noon when they reached them: green slopes rising to bare ridges that ran in a line straight towards the North. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

I was pushing through the comfy den, heading straight for whatever was on the other side of the front door, when I bumped into Laura. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

He stared straight ahead with large frightened eyes, hardly daring to breathe. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z

You can arrive straight from welfare or, in my case, the bus station—fresh off the boat. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had clung to Jesus until He told her straight out, Mamd, I have to be about My Father’s business. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Satisfied, he takes a sealed envelope from the black gym bag on the floor and lays it across the veneered pressboard desk, making sure it’s straight. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

Ximena clasped her hands in front of her, leaned forward, and looked straight at Maya. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

Ambrose made a few mysterious passes and produced the shell, straight out of the mouth of an awestruck infant mouse. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Uhmma looks straight at the house, her hand covering her lip. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

“I need some time, Skeeter. Space, I guess. I need to go to work and drill oil and... get my head straight awhile.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Telling him to kick through the front doors and drive his El Camino straight to Lily’s house. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

The subject that grew out of this critical insight, analytic geometry, is essential to understanding calculus; yet our students are coming out of high school unable to graph straight lines or parabolas. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

If they came to a fountain, they went round it and carried straight on. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

One more day of drinking, perhaps, and then I’ll get myself straight tomorrow. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

During our freshman year we went straight to the museum’s theater to watch Higher Learning. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

He was staring straight in front of him at the floor. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

The lion bounded straight into the house and was quickly followed to the front door by the hare. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

Later, after we got home, I sat in my tiny old bedroom and read it straight through. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

After arguing with her mother and father for two straight days, she rejected the young man’s proposal. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

Uncle Basil backs the truck into the driveway and we get straight to unloading. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

I looked straight ahead of me along the drive, but I could see his face was turned towards me, as though he wished to read my expression. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

The Colonel drove fast, and we were quiet, staring straight ahead. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

“Uhh ... perhaps in English. In Japanese a story would have an element of invention in it. We don’t want any invention. We want the ‘straight facts’, as you say in English.” Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

The mass of the sun curves space-time in such a way that although the earth follows a straight path in four-dimensional space-time, it appears to us to move along a circular orbit in three-dimensional space. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

The humans extended their swords straight out to the sides, and the formation began to move through the air like a buzz saw. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

I skim straight down the paper, seeing these words without really reading them, because the phrase that matters most is penned at the very end. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

I sat up very straight on the bench. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

No one had asked me that — not straight out like he did, demanding. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

We all stand up and his mother holds out her arms to him but he heads straight for me. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

The bishops travel diagonally in straight lines, and the knights can jump in an L shape. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

They slowed to a stop at the intersection of Main and Third, where Ivy needed to keep going straight and Taryn needed to turn left. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Hunger caused a lot of fighting—people weren't thinking straight. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

They were crossed just enough to be mentioned, and only in context with the fact that one might have thought long and seriously before wishing them straighter, or deeper, or browner, or wider set. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

The Chinese did not admire a bent back; goddesses and warriors stood straight. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

The swords at their sides were long and straight, not curved like Calormene scimitars. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

Dive in and you will be piped straight to it. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z

Monet and his friend drove in a Land Rover up the long, straight red-dirt road that leads to Endebess Bluff, a prominent cliff on the eastern side of the volcano. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I go straight to his page to see a bunch of recent photos from some outdoor party. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

By the time Mr. Birkway got to me, my heart was clobbering around so hard I thought it might leap straight out of my chest. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

Will gathered his cloak and the rucksack, and tried to walk straight as he left the priest’s house and took the road out of the village. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

It scuttled out of the fountain and came straight at me, pincers snapping. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

She stood alone on the platform for two straight days, shivering, waiting for her aunt to return. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

At the third stop a woman gets on the bus, her hair not so straight anymore because of the rain. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Holding her neck straight to keep from looking up at “Sarsaparilla,” she followed Trotter’s bulk back to her house. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

I would have recognized him even if he had shaved his head of thick, wavy black hair—if he had tattooed his cheeks, or pierced his long, straight nose. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

I walked for two days straight without sleeping. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

She was as straight and as slim as ever. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

“Thanks for the tip,” she replied briskly, and her head popped straight up and she tucked her smile away with one lizard lick of her lips. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

When I walked in the door to my house, I headed straight to the bathroom for a shower. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

They set off in their school bus, two classes, two teachers, two chaperones along for the ride, driving straight through the town and onto the highway. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

They walked in silence until they reached the two gilded pillars marking the start of the Takatifu District, and Ekon stood straighter. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Walk straight up to him and slap him in the face so he'll be forced to talk about something else. Sunny 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

“Well, what about that storm that blew the crooked road straight?” Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

The old lady couldn’t resist her longing to see her nephew, for she had met Laurie as she took her airing, and hearing of Mr. March’s arrival, drove straight out to see him. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

He headed straight to the sink, filling a glass to the top with water, pulling the mask down and guzzling the whole thing down. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Queenie creeps into his lap, leaving her hind legs sticking straight out, like a frog. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

‘A child of Mars, are you? A praetor of Rome? No true Roman would spare the Greeks. I cannot abide to be split and confused - I cannot think straight! Kill them! Win!’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

I’d wake up in the middle of the night, just sit straight up in bed in a sweat, and go outside to the back balcony to hide my tears from my sister. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

If the back door h.id been latched, she’d have gone straight through screen wire. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

But Papa told them how he had been going straight for the bell. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

The pilot either had never seen a fire hurler before, or was underestimating its power, for he flew straight on toward the bears without climbing or turning a fraction to either side. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

The woman headed straight for the big desk at the front, the heels of her shoes clicking on the tiled floor. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

“I’ll tell you about it if I ever get it straight in my head.” A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

“Southern Comfort and Coke, straight up,” said a voice from behind Shadow. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

Then he looked straight into the camera, and I felt as if he was now speaking directly to me. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

For all his slightness of body, he looked at that moment ready and able to push the washbowl straight through the floor. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

I went straight to bed, while Abbey spent like ten minutes gargling and brushing her teeth. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

Hair-texture swatches line the perimeter, boasting an array of types—coiled, straight, coarse, wavy, fine, curly, frizzy, and smooth. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

He’s come straight to my door for my company today, to lead me outside my sanctuary so we can live until we don’t. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Instead, I took it straight to my mother. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

“That must be three thousand feet straight down.” Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The shortest distance between two points is a straight line.” Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

He was looking directly into her eyes, seeming to see straight into her, as if he knew something about her already and was not that surprised. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

The handwriting wasn’t a hundred percent straight, but it wasn’t wavy. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

It had fallen straight through into the basement. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

I received straight A’s in my college courses at the end of that semester. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

I jump out of the car and aim straight for Donna. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Max stopped talking, staring straight ahead, and I stepped out of line and stood in the traffic of the sidewalk. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

“Can somebody sit her up a little straighter in her chair?” Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

Noodles ran his finger along his perfectly straight hairline again. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

Now we were heading straight toward the Atlantic Ocean at a thousand miles an hour, the New England coastline off to our right. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

I went straight to my seat, swung my school bag onto my desk, and slid the strap off over my head. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

She has a dark straight ponytail and wears a red blouse. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Finally I recognized a mailbox held aloft by a metal butler that, despite his straight back and snooty expression, appeared to be crying tears of rust. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

It went straight back to my gullet and caught on fire. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Morning, Mr. Stone Fox,” little Willy said, looking practically straight up. Stone Fox 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Of course you leave an appointment for your heart condition by going straight to a coffee shop. You’re a little too on brand sometimes.” What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

The blanket fell away from her head, revealing her straight, ketchup-red hair and big blue eyes. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

“Completely mental, right? Okay. Now”—she stood straight and reached for a hair band—“I just stick this whole mess into a big high pony.” Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

A stale smell hit me straight in the face, and I realized how much Miles’s room had smelled like him, like mint soap and pastries. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

Leaning into it, she leads the way along the five straight, short blocks, picking up the pace as she masters the sandals. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Baba strode past the animals and went straight to the pump. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

I’m staring straight ahead, and out the corner of my eye I see her looking at me. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

She smiled as she talked, and her expression and the hair piled in a bun high on her head made her look like a Lautrec dancer but she never looked straight at me. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

Thankfully Ziggy seems to be leading us straight to the park. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

The skeletal guards shoved me straight through a wall, and it became solid behind me. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

“I unbuttoned the jacket and threw it straight back.” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’m supposed to point it at his chest, but at this angle all I have is his back, and a bullet in the back could go straight through him and into Alyssa. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

He turned around, not abruptly, and walked over and sat down at his brother Seymour’s desk—pulling out the little straight chair as though it were something he did every day. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

Janie used to call Max Movie Guy because he was pretty much the guy in the movies: football player, white straight teeth, friend to all...but a better friend to some. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Working on a perfectly straight I beam more than sixty feet long, he constructed a delicate framework of spruce and northern ash. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

“You stop breaking the rules or I’m going straight downstairs.” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

Robin turned into the opposite lane in order to pass a truck, and suddenly we were headed straight for an oncoming car. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Can I change? We came straight from school.” The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

I didn’t bring the cab in till six this morning and went straight over to Sophie’s place and over to the track. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

We stopped only long enough to sell our scanty harvest to a buy boat along the way and then headed straight for Rass. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

I pick up the pace to cross the town square, staring straight ahead, wiping the fear off my face, fighting the tears that edge into the corners of my eyes. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

She wiggled out of Gregor’s grasp and ran straight into his dad’s arms, knocking him flat on his back. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

When he brought in the tin I knew straight away what it was, and Miss E. had to throw a jug of water in my face to stop my hysterics. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

“Thanks, buddy,” Leroy said, staring straight ahead, slouching down on the seat. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

And why do you always have to go straight home after school? The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

I looked straight ahead through the windshield, between Papa and Mama, to see how far we had traveled, and to look for road signs to Orosi. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

His arms were rigid, his elbows sticking straight out as he continued to hold his head in his hands. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

I sat down beside the man and looked straight ahead of me. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

To reach Epirus, all they had to do was go straight east—over the Apennines and across the Adriatic Sea. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Lizabeth talk on ’bout a princess would sit with her back straight and on the front of the chair. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

I kept looking back over my shoulder at what had been our home, but Sass stared straight ahead. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

She went straight to the desk, fumbling through the papers in the drawer. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Horse sat up straight, tucking away the flask as the chief mate entered, dangling their packs from one hand. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

And now, I’m standing so close to the glass, I can almost see myself in its reflection: the faint curve of my cheek, the straight line of my nose, the dark gleam of my eyes. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

I remember shaking so hard I could barely sit straight. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

However, if you were able to travel in the third dimension, you could cut straight across. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

He stared straight at Mother, as if he were deeply enjoying what he was saying to her. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

Matt sat up straight when he heard that. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Wide Lancelot was riding along a straight road which seemed to lead nowhere, he saw two people galloping towards him from the other end. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

I went straight to bed, while Abbey spent like ten minutes gargling and brushing her teeth. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

A man sat in the passenger seat, staring straight at the road as if the car were moving. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

He pedaled straight up to Jasper Jr. and Bull, blocking their path. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

He struggled out into open air and plunged his head straight into a mountain stream. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z

They planned to drive from their home in Georgia across five southern states and straight into Mexico. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z

The passage ran straight at last, up an incline; and at the end, wide open, were great double doors, leading probably to deep chambers far below the high horn of the tower. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

She had walked straight into a stout woman in her Sunday best. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

The sister’s cheek patches were bright, and across the cheekbones the pink skin met the white in a precise straight line. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Mullet Fingers stared straight ahead, his eyes narrowing. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“They're kind of laid-back about body art. I mean, I'm salutatorian, so I guess they figured I can't be a complete mess if I'm getting straight A's.” Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

The river curved left and the raft went straight, cut across the curve, and jammed into the bank. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z

Schiaparelli had reported during a close approach of Mars to Earth an intricate network of single and double straight lines crisscrossing the bright areas of the planet. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Yes, straight, right, hard, and the rest are bona-fide adverbs and have been for many centuries. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Days at a time, she was gone, and when she returned she sometimes went straight to bed without washing her face or brushing her teeth. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

I look at it for a second, and when I lift my eyes, Mrs. Walton is straight cheesin’. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

You ever seen liquid food pumped through a tube, straight down a man’s throat into his belly? The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

His arms were folded and he glared straight ahead past Gerald’s cap. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

A rainbow trail emerged and shot straight into the sky. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

When they were through with most of the good-byes, the chief mate stepped forward and presented Sefia with a thin wooden wand, straight and smooth. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

The other Underlanders were following her, cutting straight up the sides of the funnel web. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Now it was heading straight for the ground, howling through the sky. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

He was a thick-set, red-faced man with straight black hair, and he was brilliant. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

He watched the dark steaming mixture pour into a collapsible tin cup, which was handed him straight off. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

The room was so crowded with filing cabinets and plants and her big desk, there was room only for two straight chairs for visitors. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

I guess I just had to see for myself It was just impossible with both my legs completely straight and my left arm in a cast. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

The White Noise cut straight through the music from the speakers, tearing at our ears. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

She squeezes the green disc tightly, then she blinks—once, twice—opens her eyes wide, and looks straight at me. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

Right in that moment, Thorn turned over quicker than a chipmunk and shot her hands straight up at the Nightbeast. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

We rumble past privet hedges and under topiary arches to arrive at secluded lakefront homes where girls wait with satchels, standing very straight. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Hyacinth stood up straight, channeling Hyacinth the Brave, and stepped inside with Franz at her heels. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

I stared straight ahead, refusing to look back. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

And if Governor Blanco was right, that these were vets coming straight from Afghanistan and Iraq, it could not bode well for her husband. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

Under those sturdy towers of legs are spindly shanks, thin and not too straight; with his chest ruff removed one can see the sagging stomach of the middle-aged. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

My classmates with straight hair didn’t have to worry about that, I guess, because they never wore one. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

As if the angry Romans, burning couches, and exploding buildings weren’t confusing enough, hundreds of purple ghosts drifted through the forum, passing straight through the demigods’ bodies and wailing incoherently. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

I ignored Scott’s calls all afternoon, I turned up to my session late and walked straight into his office without a word to the receptionist. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

They had pulled their straight brown hair into a ponytail at the nape of their neck. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

I guess that’s what made her so strong—being able to just face reality straight up. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

They marched in two straight lines right up to the courthouse steps. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

“I will,” I said, standing up straight like I’d been given a mission. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Without a word, Rose ran straight at her Lego city and began tearing it apart. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

She was buried with her people in the cemetery behind First Congregational, straight in front of the headstone that marked the family plot, not far from her grandfather of the perfect picket fence. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

When she just looked at me and didn’t say anything, I stood as straight and tall as I could and said, “It was my fault Mr. Bykovski was at the face.” October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

A completely insane man had just charged out of a house, straight at them. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

Instead it had raised its head up high, nearly a foot in the air, and was staring at them, its tongue flicking in and out, its eyes level and staring, straight at them. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

The servants’ steps were the quickest way down—not grand, but steep and straight and narrow, hidden in the walls. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Her straight hair was the color of rotting straw. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Just try, for example, to reread this paragraph by staring straight ahead at the center of the page. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her curly brown hair was practically standing straight up. I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912 2010-06-01T00:00:00Z

Shelly said, “Okay, Nature Boy, now you run straight home and scrub yourself down in a hot shower.” Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

Skinny with a small but well-formed chest, long back, straight hips, and tall legs. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

Mom gets the directions, and I pick up my trombone case and go right around the corner and up two blocks instead of straight. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

Drew asked, looking straight ahead instead of at me. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

It was Monday, and Ob should have called me out of bed at five-thirty, but he didn’t, and when I finally woke at seven o’clock, it was too late to set the day straight. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z

I stare straight ahead and pretend his eyes aren’t setting me on fire. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

Fred had long seemed to think that his little brother was just a bit inept, and that he needed to set him straight on any number of things. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

After Treelore died, she carry supper over to me ever night for three months straight. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

She walked like a soldier—straight back, her feet, in tight black leather shoes, rapping against the floor. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

“An entrance to the Labyrinth. An invasion route straight into the heart of the camp.” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

With the nickel in my fist, I left Mr. Hardin’s office and headed straight for the glass cases and counters in the center hallway of the courthouse. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

By working straight through supper and then by lamplight, I was able to enclose the whole yard. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

I have to be sure I go straight across the park. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Once there, we walk straight into my room and shut the door. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

She has noticed and sits up straighter like she is ready to spring. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

Now the young ones are looking up to me as a role model, so I try my hardest to give a straight image on how things should be, and make them see right from wrong. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

On Tenth Street, Dr. Leale ordered Lincoln’s bearers to head straight for the man with the candle standing at the top of the stairs at the Petersen house. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

It kind of blended more into my own fantasy style so that by the time the structure reached my city section, it was made up of everything straight out of my head and all dream-kissed. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

I lifted the rifle again and swung the tip of the barrel straight up into the air. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

“I accidentally killed her,” I said, staring straight into her eyes. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hugo headed straight for the shuttered toy booth. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

Her apron smelled like sunlight, the way Celia’s did when it came straight from the clothesline. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sand split beneath me, opening up a crevice straight down to the center of the earth. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

“Are you feeling okay, Ruti?” he asks, looking straight into my eyes. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

A smile tugged on Dorian’s lips, but he kept his face straight. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Then we’d spring Minerva and join the main camp, who would already be on the move to another safe haven, a straight shot north from here. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

“I remember when she came to visit us in Boston. She was dressed in a pink romper suit and her hair stuck up straight off her head. Johnny wasn’t born till three weeks later.” We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

You can play straight, so that your number has to come up exact, or you can split your bet six ways to cover the mixes. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

And she drew one line, straight down the paper. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

I had no working left knee—real or artificial—and most of the leg consisted of just two pieces of straight metal. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

Tobias jumps out after me, but I don’t give him a chance to catch up—I walk straight into the building, down the stairs, and back into the Pit to find a place to sleep. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

I went straight to the boys at the butcher shop ruins. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

Audrey blinked to clear the sleep from her eyes, and tried to sit up straight. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

“I know my hair is straight, but it isn’t as straight as that. I tell you what. I’ll give you and Frank the surprise of your lives, and you won’t know me.” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, that sounds boring. Also impossible. Like, how are we all going to get there? The guards won’t let us walk that way after dinner; it’s straight back to our blocks, remember?” Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

I arrived home with my teeth chattering uncontrollably and was told to go right straight to bed. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

He then drew four straight lines on to which the notes would be placed, so that it was instantly possible to see the relative positions of every note. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

Mouse followed me, though not in a straight line, and then sat next to my head and licked her paws until something scuttled through the grasses nearby, and she gave chase. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

Some straight kid who barely knows me, advising me on coming out. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

“Well, last I heard, you were straight, so.” Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

Now, here I am after dinner stuck holding a box of straight pins while Tía Inés gets a new pair of jeans fitted. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

The sun was already hot and the wind solid and growing a bit each hour and he got the Frog up to five knots and held it until the sun was straight overhead. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then she looked Judge Quinzy straight in the eye, exactly as if they were equals, for she was a Swanburne girl after all. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

“Please put it straight!” he snapped at my mother. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

If you've never passed a winter in Chicago, let me describe it: You can live for a hundred straight days beneath an iron-gray sky that claps itself like a lid over the city. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

All the money in the world would not get it back, nor get back Baachan’s straight spine. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

“Whether thou’rt bent or straight, well or ill, knight or clerk, lord or minstrel.” The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z

Walking straight toward us in his light-colored suit and thin black tie. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

He leaped into the air, coming straight for Mark, when there was a thumping sound from the kitchen. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

She yanked bones straight that had been crooked for years while relatives held the cripples down, and she did all this never dressed less elegantly than when she stepped out of the sedan chair. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

I dropped my football laundry bag inside and headed straight for the phone. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

“The Elder Wand,” he said, and he drew a straight vertical line upon the parchment. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

They ran southeast, in the direction he wanted them to go, with tails straight out behind their manure-stained haunches, running more like deer than cattle, moving from thicket to thicket for cover, avoiding the clearings. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

Father was poised to go on with the story when suddenly Tata Ndu stood right straight up, cutting him off in the middle of hammering home his message. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

He stands up straight and draws a slow breath. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

I went straight home, the apartment was empty. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

The road curved around the hillside, but it looked like they could get to town faster going straight across the meadows. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

“I'm trotting right straight home. You want to visit my house and ‘family,’ well and good. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

At once the ship began to cleave straight to the east, and the ship’s master began to look cheerful again. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

His nose was straight and his shoulders broad and square. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

I stared straight ahead, mesmerized by the strip of blacktop leading to the Rolland fairgrounds. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

She takes a deep breath and looks straight ahead for a minute. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

“It’s pretty when it’s straight,” I’d said, “but I kind of like it better curly.” Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

After a brief melee caused by a hard foul, Josh’s twin, Jordan, led the team, like GW crossing the Delaware, to victory, and to their second straight playoff appearance. The Crossover 2014-03-18T00:00:00Z

There are only a half-dozen people in the car, their faces hidden behind the Globe, or looking down at paperback books, or staring straight through her, at nothing. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

In the morning, after gassing up, I headed straight west along the Rainy River, which separates Minnesota from Canada, and which for me separated one life from another. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

He marches straight to August and jabs his finger in his chest. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

“I suppose so. I’m in the External Administration, of course, and I can’t keep all the offices straight, over in Internal.” The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

As far as I know, coming out isn’t something that straight kids generally worry about. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

“Have you thought about maybe just sipping straight from the cup?” Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

She seemed to be staring straight through the page, thoughtful. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

“So give it to me straight, Felix. Am I going to make the team?” Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

In fact, his hands are empty, yet he runs straight for us. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Sticking up straight from the middle of his head was a small pigtail which I knew was to fool the gods and make them think he was a girl. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Light brown hair, long and straight, carefully pulled away from her face and delicate neck. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

“Let me get this straight,” she says, sitting up. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Next he cruised past where his mum was sitting having coffee and she looked straight at him and didn't recognize him. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

He stood up straight and said loudly, "Remember Mentor?" Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

She lives straight across the street from the garden. Seedfolks 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

When it got real severe with the colors and the gangs around the neighborhood, we put all them things straight in the rag bin. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

If I said it, he acted like he might go straight to the kitchen and stab something. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s because you run so straight up,” she said. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

Perhaps a quarter mile away, across a stretch of yellow, waist- high grass, was a straight line of trees—an ancient raised causeway, Erickson said. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Meggie liked the view of the surrounding hills, the swallows’ nests under the roof, the dried-up well that yawned darkly as if it went straight down to the earth’s core. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

We stop in the foyer and, instead of entering the sanctuary, we go straight downstairs to the basement and take our turns coming out of the bathroom just in case someone asks where we were. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

I look up, sitting straighter, but it’s no use. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Inside, I went straight to the laundry room. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

So much had happened during the day that he had difficulty keeping it all straight in his mind. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The white people who drove by looked straight ahead. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

“If we cannot land on this turn,” he had finally announced over the intercom, “we will head straight back to Fairbanks.” Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Annabeth dove straight between the goddess’s legs and somersaulted to her feet. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

A brand-new man, I agree, running my fingers through the straight reddish-brown locks. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

“These boys stopped a range war. Talk about using your head, Mary Eve. These boys ran straight to town to warn us. Didn’t stop there, though. Scared off a fence cutter on the Kerensky place.” Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

The whole place is singed, but you can still see the definitive structure of a school, except for straight down the center, which is entirely gone. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

I toppled off the bike and fell straight into the bushes. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

You stand straight up and down and keep your arms against yourself and kick your legs up and around and never smile. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

It’s the black fabric that makes up her lady’s torso and the straight pins sticking out of her headless neck. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

There were straight pipes, curved pipes, and even a pipe with a lid on it. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

Her back was straight as a knife, her head held proud, poor girl. Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village 2007-07-24T00:00:00Z

We were heading back the way we’d come, straight out of town. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

He shaved his down to a powder with a straight edge razor then dipped a heaping spoonful into a cup of hot water and stirred it up with sugar. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

His new white trainers support his bad foot and help him walk straighter. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

Well, any two straight things can make a shadow of an X is what Mother told him, which is true, especially with a wild imagination coming into play. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

And right across the river are hundreds of tall buildings, some shooting straight, piercing the clouds. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z

As he made to leap the low wall of stones straight at the shadow, the staff burned suddenly white, a blinding light in that dim place. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

Two front legs sticking straight up and a deeply sunk head are all that is visible of it above her crossed arms. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

He smiled at me, and even though I knew it shouldn’t, it felt like moonbeams straight through my heart. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

It kind of weirded me out a little, to be straight. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

Hazel had straight black hair, odd big brown eyes, and dark brown skin. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

His body was stiff and straight, his head high in the air, his large muscles quivered and jerked under his glossy coat, but something went wrong. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But if I find the cub first, I’m taking it straight to the rangers.” Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

He hadn't given me away, but if I knew where Salim was, I'd better go straight to the police and leave him out of it. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

I remember staring straight in front of me at the windscreen, seeing nothing of the flying road, my ears still tingling with that spoken word. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

In fact, Helm and Girard would faithfully attend to what came to be known as the pest house for sixty straight days. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

I woke up real quick at that, sitting straight up in bed. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

He was looking straight at me, and I felt my heart pound and the blood drain from my face. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

I left Ma slumped against the armrest and went straight to the bathroom. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

As usual, he headed straight for the company room. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

When I made my body straight and stiff, even my toes rose out of the water. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

He had long, straight gray hair and a thin, mean mouth. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And then, either before or after, you run into the fans on the other side. So of course you have to set them straight.” The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mateo punches Peck in the face, which is straight unbelievable, and it doesn’t send Peck to the floor or nothing like that, but we got a chance now. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

The back of the house rested up against the rocks, and the pilings that held it up in front went straight down into the water. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

The rain fell thick and heavy, but the SUV’s headlights pierced the mist as I drove the van straight toward them. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Ranofer drew a long breath, hesitated one more anxious moment, then plunged straight into the middle of his story. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

One never knew when one might be walking straight into a trap of some kind. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the end, I decided to come straight out with it. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

The North Korean government could hardly set the record straight, since it denies that Camp 14 exists. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

He sits next to me, holding his leg straight as he does. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

“As long as I got my Squeezie to get me straight I’m all right,” Peaches said. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

We were supposed to be wrapping up our magnets-and-electricity unit, but really, there’s not much more to learn about magnets after you’ve been talking about them for almost a month straight. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

When she ran the water, the waste fell straight out onto her shins. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

The story goes that a young girl is going to her grandmother’s house but stops to pick flowers on her way even though her mother told her to go straight there. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

All my talk about honesty and getting stuff off your chest, and I’m not being straight with him. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Suddenly I felt like I couldn’t see straight. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

She is about as tall as I am, but she stands straighter, so she seems taller. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

When he took his Bible in hand and stood up in front of God and all Malaga Island to preach, he’d be straight up, his eyes opened wide and glinting like mica. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

She got out her needle and, sitting with her legs out straight in the manner of Eskimo women, began to sew. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Standing at attention, eyes straight ahead, were one or two thousand men in front of him and behind him the firing squad. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Inside she went straight to her mat and pulled the sheet over her head. Rickshaw Girl 2007-02-01T00:00:00Z

She ran straight toward the lagoon, with the brother following closely behind, screaming for her to come back. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

McKissick announced that beginning the next day, the city would see thirty straight days of similar demonstrations. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

He stared straight through her with glassy eyes. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

Her face felt like it was scattered in pieces and she could not keep it straight. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

The hairs on my arms stood up straight, and then, with a crackling burst, another blast of nightning shot out of the precious stones. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

So I spent long tedious hours trying to imitate her tiny, straight, even stitches, and she spent minutes ripping out my work and lecturing me none too gently on how bad it was. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

It had seemed that they were hurtling down a straight line; actually, though, they were snaking their way through traffic. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was so tired he couldn't think straight. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

I could not see exactly what he was doing, but he walked slowly around the wagon, bent over it a couple of times, and then stood up straight and stared down the road. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

“Takes all,” I repeated, then walked straight home. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

She went straight to the desk to dig a record book out of the drawer. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

Clouds of white smoke seemed to float out of the tall rocket, held up by the hugging arms of a kind of straight Eiffel Tower. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

My mouth went permanently crooked with effort, turned down on the left side and straight on the right. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

She flopped onto an easy chair and melted into it, legs straight out, heels on the rug, toes up, head back, eyes closed. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

It was straight, the walls, solid, with no hallways branching off. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

“You led us straight into that death trap!” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

I wondered, if I were her, would I have had enough courage to go on this quest, to sail straight toward the lair of another Cyclops? The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

His hair is combed straight back from his forehead. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

Coach jerks upright, stands ramrod straight, and walks away. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

He might as well have shot me straight through the chest; I felt all of the blood leave my heart as one of his hands came up to clutch his dark hair. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Murmurs went through the crowd of onlookers as the Amagqirha lifted her head and stared straight through me. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

He turned and looked back at Longstreet for one long moment, straight into his eyes, fixing Longstreet with the black stare, the eyes of the General, and then turned away. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was still trying to figure out what was going on, when I realized that on striking the river the animal had again turned and was coming straight toward me. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

They began to think about a helicopter to ferry them from Cange to Port-au-Prince, and then a special medevac flight straight to Boston. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

They turned down the Ferry lane, which was straight and well-kept and edged with large white-washed stones. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

“Let me get this straight,” said Chubs, his face etched with disbelief. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Next to him stood a younger girl, about my age, with a sharp jaw and straight brown hair. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

I run straight back out into the courtyard. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

And when he shook his head, his long straight hair, half red and half white, dissolved away to reveal a cap of tight black curls. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“But I thought you were straight. I swear to God.” Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

Karl goes straight home, rushes to the toilet, his hands shaking so badly he can barely unzip his trousers. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

His hair and beard hung straight down like seaweed. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

We see on Europa an amazing, intricate network of intersecting straight and curved lines. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

The big house was always open and full of people, but she had lost her ability to laugh easily and was often to be seen staring straight ahead, lost in thought. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was lucky that in my confusion I had run down the road and not straight up to the cave. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

Then she turned to look straight at Noah. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

“Apartments, with front and back doors, a hall going straight through. Do you understand? Laugh now, Januka.” The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Did Kaz think he was going to bolt straight to the nearest gambling hall? Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

When the sky began to lighten, Ellsberg looked to his left and watched a massive red sun rising, it seemed, straight out of the water. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

She was funny, sassy, and head-turningly pretty, with creamy brown skin, long straight hair, and a perky, pierced nose. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

She stops and brings the cane straight up in front of her. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

For a long while, we stared straight forwards, side by side, in the empty room. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

The hairs on my arms stick straight up. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

She has straight brown hair with bangs and she’s of ordinary size. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

She was tall and unthinkably slight, with long, straight hair so blond it was nearly silver. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Surely it was more than happy coincidence that the price of admission—“fifty cents, straight up,” remembers one former bug boy—was precisely equal to the pay for galloping a horse. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

If they just went straight they might go far; They are strong and brave and true; But they’re always tired of the things that are, And they want the strange and new. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

After washing and watching Kevin bloody his face with the straight razor he had borrowed from Weylin, I would go down to help Sarah with breakfast. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

The fourth time he fired a pop bottle six feet from the raven exploded straight up like a Yellowstone geyser. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

We're really leaving Greenville, my sister says and Hope sits up straighter and smiles. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

What if those are the hands that stabbed Metias straight through the heart? Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

Both Ted and the doctor beamed at me then, and I admit I sat up a little straighter, started listening a little harder. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

Auri sat cross-legged with her back straight and her hair fanning out to all sides. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

She asks me to close my eyes and hold my arms straight out. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Well, I didn’t believe her, and I was too angry to think straight. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Her dog growled, the hair on its back standing straight up like a dorsal fin. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

And to top it all off, the dude's got clothes straight out of a music video. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

He looks straight at me, and not in a you’re-a-weird-DIY-girl kind of way. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

The study door flew open, the little red wrapper appeared on the threshold, joy put strength into the feeble limbs, and Beth ran straight into her father’s arms. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

Three sets of balls and chains shot straight toward our wheels. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

“It took him straight out to the street. He beat me by one spin of the spinner.” Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

I stood up straight to retie my bonnet and caught sight of a single rider drawing near. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

She stood up straight and threw out her chest, whereas before she had always slouched. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

When he walked back into his room, Cabot Searcy went straight for the book. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

He turns to the waiter and says, “Double Old Kentucky straight with a water back.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

The light crackled and went back out with a loud pop, but I still threw myself forward, out of Liam’s grip, straight for the spray-painted message. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

“I salute you,” says Alan, holding the foil straight up before his face, then he sweeps it down. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

And it usually led straight to the past. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

He grabbed my shoulder and stood me straight. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

She turned away from the computer and, looking straight at me, said the strangest thing. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mamou was my age, with long straight hair that fell all the way down to her chest. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

She fixed her eyes straight ahead as she spoke. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

The leg was straight, bent at the knee, and the foot was clad in a polished kid congress gaiter. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

The hard part was keeping the thing on a straight line. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

I'm so in love with Jamie Merrick I want to run straight into a wall and squash into a flat pancake because loving him feels like a cartoon. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

For her future, for the work with which she thought she might earn her living, she would also need some small, straight pieces of wood. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Finally, angrily, he plunged it straight downward through the water and felt it scrape the bottom. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

I jump up off the couch like I plan on running again, running right through town and straight to Sandy’s house. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

Most sergeants were more like support personnel, there to set you straight when you erred, but mostly to help when you needed a hand. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m not saying this very well. I’m sorry for earlier. I wasn’t thinking straight.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Momentarily startled by my entry, she quickly regained her composure and, looking straight at my face, let her eyes tell me that uninvited guests should have the courtesy to knock. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

Their arrowheads caught fire spontaneously and a flaming wave of death arced over the legion’s line, straight into the enemy. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Mary Poppins put her hat straight at the Tobacconist’s Shop at the corner. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

But Junior was notorious for going straight for his jiga when he got into a fight. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

Just then, the Nightbeast ripped through the forest and came straight at them. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

I left the cottage and took off at a run, down the lane and straight to where the others waited for me, all of us eager to be going now. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

Dicey nodded her head and watched the mists rising almost in straight lines, like rain going backwards. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

When she laughed and said no, Crazy Joe ran and jumped straight through the ice of a frozen pond and refused to come out until she agreed to go out with him. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

I ran straight into them, and then we both cried. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

Since there were no whites in the front of the bus, she and her classmates walked straight down the aisle without getting off. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

The sun, only barely warming the world below when they had arrived on the crater, was now straight up above. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

My arms extend straight out from my shoulders. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

The school was a different world from Jefferson, with a leafy campus straight from a movie: The main building looked like a castle, surrounded by a sprawling lawn of freshly cut grass. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Jay grabbed me around my middle and held me straight while I tried to lift my leg. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

“We need one with a good, straight branch on the top to stick the star on,” Hyacinth said. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

I ran, my eyes straight ahead, ignoring the train coming in from my left. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

“I went to the hospital straight from the train station,” he answered. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

It went straight from her nose to her stomach, turning it, churning the boiled yam she’d had for breakfast. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Being secure in your masculinity isn’t the same as being straight. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

Around and over his round ears and down the back of his neck his hair, dark blond and straight, grows in thick wisps. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Hazel’s senses told her that the pit was at least fifty feet straight down, with a pool of poison at the bottom. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

We have gone through a pretense of truce and reformation, straight into deadlock. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

I could see the swath of Chas’s Mohawk pointing at me, and the whites of his eyes looking straight across at me, where I sat on the bunk bed. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

I must let the first one get a good hold and hit him on the point of the nose or straight across the top of the head, he thought. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

He could tell it was beautiful, straight on target, even though he couldn’t watch its progress, because he was dumped violently to the ground by Carter who had somehow recovered after being demolished. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

They walked in a straight line away from the path. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

I flat-iron my hair until it falls straight down my back. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

I don't go straight home after the League meeting. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

I don’t know how old the snowman was at that point, but poor Sydney could not stand up straight. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

But I look straight ahead, ignoring them all, and, still swinging my stick, stomp straight into the house. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had straight black hair combed into a pompadour, black eyes, and very pale skin. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

I went straight to the kitchen and told Dilsey to hurry up with dinner. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Outside I saw Mama Tataba, on her way to the kitchen house, dip in a hand and drink straight out of the bucket. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

She stood up a little straighter, but she had no time to gather her courage, because outside the thoom came again, lower now and with subtler tremors, and then again and again in rhythmic repetition. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

“Okay, down, Cujo. Let me get this straight: You met some hot guy and your priority was getting down with him, not rescuing us?” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

They must try to confuse their offspring as well, who, I suppose, threaten them in similar ways—always trying to get things straight, always trying to name the unspeakable. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

And from what I can guess, it’s the oldest hospital trick in the book, taken straight from that movie The Fugitive, which Mom and I recently watched on TNT. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Just a couple of hours, so I can think straight again. One brother is back, the other is gone,” he moaned. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

I went whilst my courage was fresh straight to the window on the south side, and at once got outside on the narrow ledge of stone which runs around the building on this side. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

When I come close, he sits up straighter and tucks loose strands of hair behind his ears. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

As the next turn drew near, the hovercars were headed straight for her, moving slower now, their pilots realizing that at top speed they would overshoot her every time. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

I sit up straight, pillow sliding to the floor. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

Again his fingers dug at his face, and this time pulled away a portion of his hooked nose, leaving it straight and similarly pale-skinned. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

They have the same thick eyebrows and strong, straight noses. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

When her turn finally came, she couldn’t think straight. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

I go straight into the backyard, right up to the tent, and unzip the flap. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

The riots ran unabated for four days straight, and when it was all over, twenty-six people were dead, more than seven hundred injured, and more than a thousand people had been arrested. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

She looked straight at him, and she said, “Bod? Is that you?” The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

He’s still drunk and can’t see straight, but if he can find his way back to the main road, he can find his way back to school. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Seeing I was trying to keep a straight face, she giggled. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

The course I run is straight down the mountain to the county road, where I leave the cool shelter of the woods and trot over the hot asphalt to town. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

The space between them was a straight shot, and as one of the wolves raised his head to look at Kaede, she sent an arrow directly into his yellow eye. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Hazel reached the hedge, crossed a narrow turf verge on the other side and found himself looking straight down a long, shadowy aisle between two rows of beans. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Liyana struggled to remember Or’s directions exactly—up one hill, past the odd windmill, to the right, then straight. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

He searched and then saw an almost perfectly straight branch of driftwood, bleached and smooth as worn soap, right at the waterline. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

His tracks led toward the east buttress of Denali, straight through a labyrinth of giant crevasses, evidence that he had made no apparent effort to circumvent obvious hazards. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had been working in one of the new colonies for ten days straight and now he had two days off and was on his way to a party. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was staring straight forward, squinting into the rain. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

She trotted elegantly out from under the table and stood with her brush sticking straight out behind her and her head perfectly still, looking Boatwright’s dæmon in the eye. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

Once were back within the city limits, Katherine heads straight for the sheriff’s office. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

Instead, she could only look straight ahead, where the huntress was walking purposefully down the path, her green cloak fluttering behind her. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m setting the record straight about my, er, vitality this afternoon, but after all you’ve been through I wanted you to hear the news directly from me first.” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

The tablecloth has the pattern stamped straight on the linen in washable ink, like a paint-by-numbers picture. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Suddenly she sat straight up and I jumped back and froze. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

They were a weight straining against her arm until she got home, and she took them straight upstairs to her mother’s studio. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

The tweediness of our faculty, and the curriculum itself, which began, Hellenically, Byronically, with Homer, and then skipped straight to Chaucer, moving on to Shakespeare, Donne, Swift, Wordsworth, Dickens, Tennyson, and E. M. Forster. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Her grandmother looked straight at her, her mouth chewing. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had better get these matters straight, but it might not be easy to do so. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

He hopped up into his seat, closed the door, and stuck his hand straight out the window and gave me the thumbs-up. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Though his hood is up, shadowing much of his face, I see high cheekbones, a straight nose, and full lips. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

But in other places it ran straight for a considerable distance and he followed it, through smaller lakes and what he thought must be swamps, through the darker green portions that meant heavier forest. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe “straight past the gap” was the only important part of the due, but Tally had decided to treat the note like a magic spell. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

Katharine was a tall, fair-haired girl, very straight, with splendid movements. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

Not all straight people will be not cool. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

Right below the picture is an embedded player for “On the Come Up,” straight from my Dat Cloud page. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

“It's a satellite. It isn't burning out. See? Just going in a straight line. Might be a satellite like Skylab, losing altitude. No one knows where it'll crash.” Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

Cutting straight across the meadow was a secret tiny river no wider than the length of my arm. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

He sat straight up as the idea hit him. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

He ate a second piece, then washed it down with a gulp of gin straight from the bottle. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

The water was deliciously cold on her hot face, and she gulped it thirstily straight from the bucket. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

I didn't want to come straight out and ask for somebody several sizes larger than Frankie. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

He was to get up this instant, saddle Doxology, and ride straight to King City. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

I went straight to him with the letter, which he took from my teeth and held until I had cleaned my hands on a rag and took it back. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

“Flailing his arms and running straight at us,” Dad said, “my old man!” Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

I crawl off his lap and stand up straight. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

Followed his friants straight to his bed and found it warm. Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village 2007-07-24T00:00:00Z

Let's get this straight: I'm not going to forget why I'm here just because I chose Abnegation and I'm going to get married. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

“Don’t you believe it! She had the time of her life whining about us. ‘You’re all going straight to hell, yesss,’” the She Elephant said in a perfect imitation. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

After Pastor Tom prayed over him, Henry drove straight to the Humble Oil work yard and went to the boss’s trailer. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t look at it straight on, only out of the corner of my eye. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

He was confined to his bed, unable even to raise his head, for six straight days, during the absolute peak of the fever. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

It was difficult to give a straight answer. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

She would go straight to Venus; she would offer herself humbly to her as her servant, and try to soften her anger. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

She looks straight into the camera and smiles, hands on hips, dress suit neatly pressed, lips painted deep red. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

But all he saw was a straight pencil line of canal going violet through a wide shallow valley penned by low, eroded hills, and on until it fell over the sky’s edge. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

When Dad had picked me up from school after the first day, I’d tearfully told him he had to tell me what a mall was and then go straight there. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

She headed straight for the living room and started talking to Fang, who was sitting on the couch looking all staggered by the home invasion. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

In fact, every time Turner pitched her a stone within shouting distance, she hit it dead center—no matter how high the arch, no matter how straight the descent. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

She sits up straight and tall and shows off them giant teeth of hers. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

But on the other side it was straight crickets. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

She was standing straighter, like a plant coming into full bloom. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

It holds my leg straight and keeps me from bumping the wound. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

The river went sucking over the rim and fell straight down into the pool below. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

If only we’d had a boat, it seemed possible we could ride the waves straight to Léopoldville. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Through the glass I could see a fifty-year- old woman with long, gray hair worn straight down her back, clad in a dress right out of the sixties, smiling welcomingly from behind the counter. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Every day for four days straight we kept the vigil. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I stab one knife straight into the plaster. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

While they are largely omnivorous, anything as rich and full of energy as straight heart meat could not be ignored, and after a week the two birds left. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

A shocked murmur ran through the crowd as she looked up, straight at Malachite, who was bloodless with building rage. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

The dogs fall silent at the edge of my spell, and where the king’s hall surmounts the town, the blind old Shaper, harp clutched tight to his fragile chest, stares futilely down, straight at me. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

York, who knew nothing of the high-level politics driving the Super debate, avoided giving a straight answer, but Lawrence’s question was mostly rhetorical. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

It’s funny how it ends up being the straightest, preppiest, most athletic guys who go all out for Gender Bender. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

He stares straight at the lens, the knife in his hand, poised, for the camera’s benefit, over the cake, his face shining with impending adolescence. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

But mostly, I sit up real straight so I can see as much as I can of Michael and Aimee. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

She stood straight up, shaded her eyes with her right hand, then threw the rake to the side and commenced running at me. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

I adjusted the napkins on the table so they were perfectly straight against the corners, just the way Dad liked, even though he was working late again, so he wouldn’t be there to see it. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

The rudder pedals keep the nose pointed straight. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

They shot straight past him and almost bowled the woman over, leaping all around her, yapping and licking. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Byron made me stand still and look straight ahead, then he stood on my side and told me to look at him. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

We moved straight ahead until we came within forty meters of the village. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

He drifted off to sleep, his legs stretched straight out. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I was introduced to the director of the school, I raised my leg straight up into the air and held it there. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

I tried to call Tom on the way home, but his phone just went straight to voice mail. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Just as they reached the dark shadows, they stopped, turned around, and stared straight at me for an instant. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

"I leaped straight out of the wall. I overpowered you in the empty lobby—remember? I smothered your terrified screams." Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

But he was sitting up straighter and kicking his heels. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

I swallowed a granola bar in three bites, chased it down with milk straight from the carton, and then hurried out the door. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

“She was white with straight brown hair and brown eyes. She had freckles on her face, that part I remember. I don’t know how old she was, maybe in her early thirties.” From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

His answer brought me straight back to my Garland days. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

Which is why I say nothing, and head straight to my room. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

She raised her arm and flung the iron bar straight at its he ad. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

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

He and Madeline glanced at each other, and Madeline gave him the merest nod of the head, and they both sat up a little straighter and turned to Mia, who set her fork down. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Without even looking up he said, “You straight.” Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

Then she spritzes it with water and brushes it straight again. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

‘They is usually just popping them straight into their mouths like popcorn,’ the BFG said. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

He would look in my mouth, push on my molars to make them perfectly straight. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

Schoolchildren, from first graders to high school seniors, stood up straight and tall in the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church sanctuary and offered themselves as “living sacrifices”3 to the cause of freedom and fairness. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Nereus plunged straight down, wriggling and thrashing and spiraling through the dark water. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

Father nodded at the other building, a large one of plain, straight design. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t even write in a straight line. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Kelton smiles, revealing that his braces are off and his teeth have been wrangled artificially straight. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

On Wednesday, November 22, they put their children in the family van and drove straight through the night to Kansas. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Celia moves the binoculars in an arc from left to right, the way she was trained, and then straight across the horizon. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

He did not doubt that a boy down the street had been dragged away in the afternoon and taken, with a shaved head and no training, straight to the front in the evening. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

It was hard to see the E at first, because it was surrounded by such a tangle of other lines, and because she was expecting it to be an E drawn with straight strokes. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

At that minute Mango saunters into the room and heads straight for his food bowl. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

“Every writer wants to create lifelike characters—and mine are so lifelike they've walked straight off the page!” Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

I sit straighter too, to match her straightness, and she looks surprised by it. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

His hair was reddish brown, straight, stiff and slick- looking. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

So I stared straight ahead at the ground, just like everyone else, silent and still as the man beside me was ripped apart. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

I zero straight in on their hands, and my whole world stops. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Cletus’s black hair is long, straight, and, from my point of view, slimy. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z

The whole animal, resewn and restuffed, had the same shape but a different bearing, the backs and necks straighter, the ears perkier; the eyes shone now with a knowing glint. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

The strange thing was we didn’t go straight to Shanon’s house. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

She looked straight ahead, her face set firmly in its usual frown. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Soon after that bittersweet moment with our newfound grandmother, we got back on Highway 57 North and drove straight through Sabinas and Nueva Rosita. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

He puts them all in a straight line, fixing this corner and that one. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

But immobilizing darts don’t bring on sleep gently, like a good cup of tea; they knock out like a bottle of hard liquor straight up. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

It would be impossible to think straight in her presence. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

When I approach she looks me straight in the eye and plucks a purple cabbage. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

“No — don’t —” said Harry weakly, but Lockhart was twirling his wand and a second later had directed it straight at Harry’s arm. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

I could see it happening: the flowers are turned upward, and if the sraf were falling straight down, it would enter their petals and fertilize them like pollen from the stars. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Then she bounded forward, straight into an oak tree. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

They kept trying to turn their backs to it, and it took Father walking on one side of them and me on the other to keep them going straight. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

He looked straight at me again, snapping his fingers just as he started to speak. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

The geometry of the lovers’ bodies, the graceful calligraphy of their limbs led the eye straight to the fact of their genitalia. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

He was pulled off the ice, but was back on a few minutes later, and when he was he went straight for Number Four, the big guy who’d knocked him down. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

No.” He was silent, staring straight ahead again. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

He turned his head to stare me straight in the eye, like he could read my thoughts if he only focused hard enough. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

The girl on the computer screen had straight light brown hair while Emma’s was darker and wavy. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

‘Towards danger; but not too rashly, nor too straight,’ answered the wizard. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

The storm beat up the beach for two days straight. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

When we get home, I go straight to my room without even stopping to get a snack like I normally do. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

At her job, she had the highest sales record in the company for six years straight. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

“Be sure and repeat everything I’ve said. Tell it all over town. But do try to keep the facts straight.” Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Though their noses, all their features, were straight, perfect, angular. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

The rocks go straight down to the water’s edge and the water is immediately deep. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was like he could see through my clothes and skin, straight to the meat of me. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

The young knight looks at Jeanne, and then at Jacob, straight into their eyes, as if he really wanted them to agree. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

He went straight to the palace and entered the hall. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

She pulled away and looked me straight in the eye. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

Stella’s mother sat up tall on the wagon seat, her gaze focused straight ahead. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Jaax and Haines put on rubber gloves, and the support team taped the gloves to the sleeves of the suits while they held their arms out straight. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

None of them looked over at me or Mom: they stood by the door looking straight at Mr. Tushman like their lives depended on it. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

The young soldier went straight to where he had been before, pulled off his boots, and lay down. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

The following reproduction is copied straight from the original. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

If you were to walk a straight line for a hundred miles and drop a total of three hundred feet, you wouldn’t even realize you were descending in elevation at all. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

It was critical that the boat be lined up straight at the start. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

He looked straight through her and Cockerell, as if they were two of the ghosts he feared so much. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

His mouth was drawn into a thin straight line and his eyes were coldly hostile. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

Right after that, a second wave appeared and headed straight for him. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

“Terrible. Hospital food is running straight through me. I been up all night too, but I been calling on God and releasing the devil!” he howled out, his staticky voice popping in my ear. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

"About being called Piggy. I said I didn't care as long as they didn't call me Piggy; an' I said not to tell and then you went an' said straight out." Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

Then, Sam walked from the bedroom straight out the front door, silently sobbing. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

That day, after I left for school, my mom said Natalie sat outside my room and cried for two straight hours. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

I let the arrow go and it went straight. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

When he went skiing during family vacations in Colorado, he seldom bothered to turn; he’d simply crouch in a gorilla tuck, feet spread wide for stability, and point the boards straight down the hill. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

For Riddick, directing a charrette was a cross between leading a marathon revival meeting and walking a tightrope for ten days straight. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

I open the cover to find a picture of myself, standing straight and strong, in a black uniform. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

It all looked precisely like northern Ohio to me, with its flat land and long, straight roads, and I thought what a very long journey this was going to be. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

He learned that Warden Sivapan was now the Chief Law Commissioner, a position that reported straight to the Governor himself. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

A week before, he’d help lay the pipe for a new Parade Oil bleed-off line that ran straight across the school grounds. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

I know how adult Haitians can talk in riddles and never give you a straight answer. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

The weathered white log had been worn smooth and was straight as a telephone post. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

Rosemarie is busy handing us sodas to drink straight out of the can, which is another sure sign that something’s wrong. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

The water seems no more than an inch deep in most places, straight across the wide bay, running in shallow currents, crested by delicate foam. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

One of them produced a knife, and I took mine out, flicked it open, and went straight toward him. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

He ran another unfortunate horse every day for eight straight days. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Even if we go straight to Djerholm,” Inej said, “we’ll need most of a week to travel. There isn’t time to secure documents or create cover that will bear up under scrutiny.” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

But he sure seemed straight when he was taking pictures of me in church and when he was talking to me outside the studio yesterday too. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

“I like that kind of sermon. It’s the sort Father used to tell us,” said Beth thoughtfully, putting the needles straight on Jo’s cushion. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

Rachel sassed him straight to his face, and tried to climb right into the airplane with her things! The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

A wide-brimmed hat covered her black hair, which she had pressed straight with a hot comb off the stove that morning. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

He noted in his journal that it rained for a week straight. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Y'know, I can see straight through to your brain," Jasmine said, pretending to still be examining. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

My brother Chris was having an especially hard time keeping a straight face. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Hideo stands up straight and stretches, savoring the warm glow of the afternoon sun. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I’d pushed him so hard to give me a straight answer but the one I got wasn’t the one I was expecting and it threw me off-balance. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

Just drop it straight onto the street when it's clear Brick isn't going to take it back. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

But he was not free, and the next morning he set sail, going straight south over the wide seas of the Reach. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

Walking a straight line proved to be impossible. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Muokelu was gaunt; her body was built for thickness and now, with so much weight loss, she drooped, as though she could no longer stand straight. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

"They must have found a ford by now well to the east of us. From there they will try to ride straight to Anvard." The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

Like the creature of habit he was, my father went straight back into it. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Sapo got so mad, he shot straight up from his seat and thrust himself at Blessington so they were face to face. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

I just kinda held my arms straight and did the caveman walk to the stockroom, bumping into everything, including the stockroom door, hoping I'd make it there before my shoulders popped out the sockets. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

I remember how after your fight with Alex, you cried for three days straight. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Here was the longest stretch of straight road in the district, nearly a mile of asphalt. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

I kept my eyes fixed straight down on the floor until she left and I heard the door close behind her. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

The giant’s army cheered—until the Amazons changed course and headed straight for the monsters’ intact eastern flank. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

He once asked, “Where is the Devil?” and pointed straight at the congregation. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

“Stand up straight! That is the first rule of baton twirling, to stand as if you value yourself and your place in the world.” Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

I sense them urging me to do well, to sit up straight and answer in complete sentences. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

I found a seat next to a middle-aged lady who sat staring straight ahead, weeping silently. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

He had lied, of course, and had instead gone straight to his uncle to beg for enough cash to buy a plane ticket. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

“There was even a day someone was talking to him at the lunch table and he didn’t respond. Just sat staring straight ahead.” Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z

I did get a lot of ribbing for skipping third base and heading straight to home, though. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

It's brown and straight, and it's cut on an angle so it grazes the jawline on both sides of her face. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t remember sitting for five hours straight in years. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

She traded with Sherm Russo, who sat to her left, and watched his eyes go straight to the Martian with the red circle around it and the teacher’s threat about taking off points. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

My heart slides straight down to my heels. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

But if you bring home straight As from school, you get a new bike. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

“If I were her I’d fly straight to London and shoot them both,” she announced one day. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

“I saw him run straight through the cursed barrier as though it wasn’t there,” said Lupin. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Ten minutes from his house if we don't catch traffic, and then straight to bed. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

Anatole, fresh out of the hoosegow, met us in Brazzaville and they drove straight back home to Kinshasa. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Todd did so, too, and was immediately set straight by the guard who had been assigned to watch them. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

“Because you haven’t cleaned up yet,” he said to the orphans, “I suppose you can be excused from attending tonight’s performance. But after cleaning up, you are to go straight to your beds.” The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z

He had gazed straight at those bones for almost a foil minute and had not been able to realize that they were the bones of Mary’s body. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

She has straight black hair, cut very short on the front and sides, and fastened in a long braid down her back. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

He walked straight up to the coach, who was on the sideline talking to Dolly. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

But when I look straight in through the open windows, I feel like I'm watching the end of a happy TV movie. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

"Leftover cases from an imported gift sent straight to our glorious Elector himself. Goes until six o'clock." Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

Rosa gazed straight ahead with her hand outstretched. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Cold hands and stiff limbs moved to obey as yet more arrows flew down like rain, straight rods of rain tipped with death. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

Marcial straightened up and dropped his cigarette, and, looking straight ahead, their heads back, their free arms swinging, the three matadors walked out. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

I sat straight up against his headboard, ready to apologize again, when he rolled off his bed and moved across the room to his desk. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Across the room their eyes met, and suddenly it was as though he had thrown a line straight into her reaching hands. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

Kira, leaning on her stick, tried to stand as straight as possible. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was a strange gaze, too, straight on and unafraid, as if apologies were no longer required. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

One of the Ten . . . and he sat down on the bench with the D.H.C., he was going to stay, to stay, yes, and actually talk to them . . . straight from the horse’s mouth. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

He tells us to be quick so they don’t get away, demonstrating by plunging his shovel straight down in the ground, then heaving clumps of wet sand away. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

“But...maybe I imagined it....I wasn’t thinking straight....I passed out right afterward....” Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

I stand up straight, my brain coming back from its tangent. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

I have bagged out on lessons for two nights straight—the night of Locke’s party and last night, searching the water for Sophie. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Now that she mentioned it, I could see the family resemblance in her straight dark hair and her high cheekbones. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

“Sh—!” The wind was knocked out of my chest by my seat belt, but I fought against the natural turn of the wheel long enough to get us heading straight again. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

We had truly believed that Mexicans can’t shoot straight and besides were lazy and stupid. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

His arms hung straight down at his sides and the wonder was that he did not fall forward on his face. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Square by square, she searches the night skies for adversaries then scrutinizes the ocean, which is roiling with nine straight days of unseasonable April rains. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Eumaios crossed the court and went straight forward into the megaron among the suitors; but death and darkness in that instant closed the eyes of Argos, who had seen his master, Odysseus, after twenty years. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Em stood straight, turned her back on Patrick, and adjusted the cat ears. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

Her life is all about numbers, and her demeanor is as severe as her haircut, which is a dark, straight, asymmetrical bob. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

‘Go up those stairs. Keep straight on through to the tube exit and it’s opposite. Huge. You can’t miss it,’ he said. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

It didn’t occur to her that Ammu would later invite shame upon herself—that she would go to the police and try and set the record straight. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

At these times, she resembled a biblical prophet, her face clouded over, her immense body trembling with holy rage, one finger thrust like a spear straight at the sinner’s heart. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

If he had gone straight to bed maybe Joseph could finish cleaning everything up. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Bigger’s teeth clamped tight and he stared straight before him. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

He was the longest baby Johnny had ever seen, had the straightest black hair, cried the least and ate the fastest. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

I reached up to my cheek, to the wetness there, and when I pulled my hand away, my brain finally connected that I had run straight through a spray of blood. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

“Let me get this straight. This kid that’s got you all worried—he’s in a class with you, and there’s something about his behavior that you find threatening.” Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

It’s your blood and ’tis a sad thing when a man can’t even drive a nail straight. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Many of the fairies cast their weapons aside and soared straight at the imps, catching them in vicious embraces and kissing them on the mouth. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

All were instructed to dress in conservative casual wear: the women in blouses, straight skirts, and flat shoes; the men in polo shirts or button-downs, slacks, and loafers. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

The suspicion in his tone made me flinch, but I stood up straight and shook my head. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

I sprinted to the Baker Sporting Emporium, the blue cape straight out behind me, the baseball in hand. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

If she had been a witch, she would have leaped straight off the mountain. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Standing in his underwear holding the notebook, he looked like somebody out of an old, funny movie and Brian had trouble keeping a straight face. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z

Moss finished locking up his bike and headed straight toward his barber. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

But he ignores me and goes straight for my sister. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Then I went straight to the computer lab to look up the word “Holocaust.” Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Friday, she had to work straight through—a sixteen-hour shift—because the company was short-handed on account of an influenza epidemic. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Yeah, I live on the second too," he said with a straight face. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

Every other time he had been unable to get the dream straight in his waking mind. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

“But tomorrow, let me part it for you so it will be a straight line.” Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

If he cut straight across those instead of following the highway, he could save a lot of time, plus reduce the risk of being caught. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

She wondered whether it really mattered whether it was straight up or not. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Stapleton tells Doctor Watson to “go straight back to London instantly.” The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

The ball flew straight to the goalie, but the move was so remarkable that the parents of the Triumph players applauded in appreciation. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

He’s ignoring me, lips pressed together, his eyes straight ahead. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

The door was stout, and painted green; it gave access to a passage straight through to a courtyard. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Even if Mother hadn’t been such a pretty woman, light-skinned with straight hair, he was lucky to get her, and he knew it. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was alone, in a daze, following a muscular, stocky white woman with closely cropped straight black hair. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

She sat up straight, like someone had slipped a yardstick down the back of her bright red business suit. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

I turn to see if Mama minds, but she is looking straight ahead at the front seat; I doubt that she can hear anything. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

She could not look straight down—that was Jeremy’s back—but off to the right, and a bit behind them, she saw a gray-brown square the size of a postage stamp. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

Abel slammed his foot on the gas and shot up onto the grass and straight toward the bottom of the tree. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

She’s short, and oblong in shape, so that her iron- gray cardigan falls straight from shoulder to hip with no pause in between for a waist. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Francis snorted and poured himself another shot of whiskey and drank it straight off. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

If I had to ask someone, I might as well go straight to the mountain. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sumaiya runs straight for the piano and tries to push the keyboard cover open. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

Once in the building, we head straight to the Family and Consumer Science classroom that hasn’t been used—outside of our Iridis meetings—since the school was built eight years ago. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

She was pretty, with brown eyes and straight black hair that came to a point at her chin. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

I forced myself out of my hiding place and walked toward him, my back ramrod straight. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

To go inside, we must ride between two trees, an oak and a thorn, and then straight into what appears to be the stone wall of an abandoned folly. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Of late I have had cause for tears, God knows! but the relief of them was denied me; and now the sight of those sweet eyes, brightened with recent tears, went straight to my heart. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

She zipped up her jacket, stood up straight, and went out to the ticket counter. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

She stood there, her back straight and her head up. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

“He duplicated yours. Hugo, when you do a cartwheel, keep your body straighter and aligned on a single plane, like a wheel turning. Hugo, do a cartwheel!” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

Deciding to get it over with, she went in and walked straight to the teacher’s desk, not daring to look at her own. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

He stared straight at Johanna, who had stopped just a few feet from Moss. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

He turned, looking straight into my face now, challenging me. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

He jerked it straight out from the wall, and it broke off in his hand. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Harry turned on the spot and marched straight through the open doors: anything to get away from Snape. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

“You should watch them out of order. Skip straight to the last year.” The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

Finally, Dad looked up and straight ahead, his gaze fixed on something behind me. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Piani lay on the bed, his muddy boots straight out, his head on his arm. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

The only difference is there’s a walkway that leads straight from the elevator to the pillar. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

Then he gave a loud shriek, and jumped straight out of the window, which was on the first floor. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

I nodded and sat up straight in my seat to readjust my seat belt. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

“I think that hall was actually cut off here, not there,” and “Watch your proportions,” and “Draw straighter, you shank.” The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

I back away, run outside, straight to my tube. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

I keep my eyes focused straight ahead until I get to my door. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

When I walk through our door, I head straight to the shower. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

And it was laid out straight on the ground—all neat and tidy. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

Her back was wide, straight, and she carried her head as if she had something on it that she couldn’t let fall. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

You might as well get that straight right now.’ The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Let me get this straight,” the woman said. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Minho headed straight for the Map Room as they came through the West Door. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

We landed with our full force and, knowing from the pilot that this was the house of a rebel, offered no terms for conveyance, but rather made straight for the stores and livestock to pillage. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

Lunches in Brookhaven went straight from garden to table: tomatoes with basil, eggplant, corn, zucchini flower tempura. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

Who would choose to be gay when they knew it was so much easier to be straight? The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

I give her a small smile, then sit up straighter and stretch my hand out toward her face. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

He keeps us straight—or at least gives us breath mints.—Ooowee! Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Little Arliss stared straight back at him and didn’t say a word. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

Which is totally the straight person equivalent of coming out.As a side note, don't you think everyone should have to come out? Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

His eyes snapped open and he sat up straighter. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

They were awed, so still and large he stood, and a moment’s pause fell, till the boldest one leaped straight for him. The Call of the Wild 1903-01-01T00:00:00Z

Though the path seemed to run straight from the street to the door of the palace, Pyat Pree soon turned aside. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

I stand up straight, as straight as I can, and put my bag on my shoulder. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

Diving under Aragorn’s blow with the speed of a striking snake he charged into the Company and thrust with his spear straight at Frodo. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Spoon worked with Alfred on the heavy bag, showing him how to keep his wrist straight but relaxed so he could hit hard without hurting himself. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Once they were through the gap, they had only to keep on in anything like a straight line and they were bound in the end to strike the Road. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

And each time I sat straight up in bed. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z

Her gaze roves right over Sala and straight to the food. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

I had taken my school books with me, because we planned to go straight from Dr. Snydman’s office to the school. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

He realized that the orbital motion results from the tendency of the Moon to move in a straight line, plus a single force pulling it towards the Earth. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

She rushed straight between two knotty pines, the thick undergrowth in between the trees swallowing the sounds of her and Mama’s footsteps. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

She went straight to her jug of water and lifted it up by the handle and peered inside. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

The men sang as they lifted their tacclas, their foot plows, straight above their heads. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

That’s what sent me straight to Sandy Sanders the next day. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

She kept her head down and walked straight to her Beetle. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

She thought she had heard Betsy again—that wretched hacking sound that sawed through her rib cage straight into her heart. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m in trouble. I have to go straight home.” The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

And now there’s one straight chunk of hair stringing down like a massive sideburn. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

My daily routine never changed: Open the store at seven, school till three, come straight home and work till ten, then flop to sleep. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

While I waited for the drugs to kick in, I dried my clean hair till it was impeccably straight, and fussed over what I would wear tomorrow. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

“If death stares you straight in the face, believe me, son, you’ll get scared.” Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

Inside the oleander square there was nothing, no house, no building, nothing but the straight road going across and ending at the stream. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

He was a beefy guy with curly black hair and eyes that didn’t quite line up straight, so Hazel felt like the world was leaning whenever she looked at him. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

“If we do, we can escape straight away into another world, so he won’t be able to hurt us,” Will said. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

I looked up from my sink and saw Sugar headed straight for me with her hand up on her hip. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

I respond the way I always do: by looking down and walking straight and fast. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

It looks like he came from his patrol duties straight to my campus. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

The wind blows my hoodie straight back; my eyes water against the heavy gusts. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

More talks followed: You need to act tough, sit up, stand straight, fight hard, play ball, look me in the eye, think before you speak. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

“They always go for you, the lonely ones, don’t they? They make a beeline straight for you.” The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Ray looked straight ahead for a few seconds before finally facing me. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

He was in a great hurry and the points of his mustache stood straight up. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

She stood as tall and straight as she could. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

In perfectly straight vertical rows I see Chinese characters written in blue fountain-pen ink. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was staring straight ahead, quite as pale as he was, her long blonde hair hanging down her back, but beneath the table her slim fingers closed briefly on his wrist. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

And in a voice oilier than the one before, he’d answer with a straight face, “From the Uglies.” I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sunlight blinds me, and my legs are not working too good, but I try to stand straight. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

I decide in that moment that I want to be precisely like Miss Joe, and I stand a little straighter. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

The wind blew up again and the chills itched straight down my back. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

The house was over to our left, and since Tommy was standing in the field straight ahead of us, there was no need to go anywhere near him. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was just fixing to quit weeding and rest a spell under the big hickernut tree when I noticed my shadow was underfoot, nearly straight down. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

He had a nice smile, straight teeth and almost toothpaste-commercial white. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

A paperboy cap sat on his hair, which he’d gelled into a tall tower sticking straight up off his head. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

He landed on the sill with a thump, as owls are apt to do, did not stop himself in time, and toppled straight out of the window. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

I tried out for the team at Coalwood Junior High for three straight years, but there was no way I was ever going to be anything more than a tackle dummy. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

But instead of talking, I looked straight into her red fiery eyes with what I hoped was disdain. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

Finally they arrived at a stone doorway leading straight into the side of the hill. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

“I still can’t go in Henry’s bathroom. Blood smeared on the porcelain. Henry’s straight razor swinging from a peg. We were bruised and scratched to pieces.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

But watch us drive into a neighborhood of another color and our knees go shakity-shake and our car windows get rolled up tight and our eyes look straight. The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

She underhands it to me, but the ball is heavier than the bat, and even though I swing hard, the ball goes straight down. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

It’s a hard city to keep straight, though, so I don’t go out much unless Minerva or one of her friends is with me. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And her smile will be so beautiful, with her teeth all nice and straight.” I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Late into the night, my mother would come in from her last job and walk straight to our bedroom, pull the covers tight around us, and give my sister and me our kiss good night. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

In his office Luce got straight to the point. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

I looked up at Mong, who was still staring straight ahead with his crazy blank look. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

If she had found anyone else at that dumb school-7-he was so stupid he had almost gone straight past the sign without catching on. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

She noticed how her straight black eyelashes were uneven in length. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

His instincts would have told him togo straight ahead, but a footpath sign pointed to the right. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

My dad walked straight over and put his hand on her shoulder. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

“Wait. Let me get this straight. The girl from Cluck Bucket is your girlfriend?” The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

His hair is straight and parted on the left. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

Snow-covered fir trees grow straight up out of the floor and huge ice sculptures of dancing penguins and laughing polar bears fill up the spaces between the candlelit tables. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

We, too, had an iron balcony with a straight ladder suspended halfway to the ground. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

The village goodwives saw well that he was a wizard, and when he told them that he was a healall, they brought him straight to the smith's house. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

As it happened, by sheer luck really, he discovered straight away a street with four shops of just the kind we were after, standing virtually in a row. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Each white tooth was laid out on a black background in two straight lines, ordered from small to big. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

Jesse could hardly keep a straight face in class just trying to imagine what might be going on behind that angelic look of Leslie’s. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

Odin makes straight for Fenrir, the wolf, now grown so huge as to be beyond imagining. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

Us not going straight to Mexico was happening to me, too. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

And I couldn’t get a straight answer on how she knew them. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

They seemed to be coming from all over the city, heading straight toward the mountain. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

And I had no time to think about it anyway, because no practice also meant I didn't have an excuse not to go straight to Becca's after school. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

From our condo, Jeremy’s house is about five minutes away: walk down one straight, main road, turn left and then right, onto a quiet, leafy street. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

It was sweet liberty, and I stayed there three straight summers, always managing to get tossed from summer school in New York City just to get sent down there. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

His eyes widen slightly, and he looks straight ahead once more. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

She barged along straight through anything that stood in her way, the heavy striped face a mask of cold fury. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Back straight, sink low, keep your body, the core, strong. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

My hair is big and long and wavy, not as curly as his, but not as straight as hers. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Then Fern ran straight into me, ramming her head above my belly. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

Being nearer the top of the stairs than the badger, he ran straight into the intruder. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Mom picked August up, and the moment he came home, he went straight to the bathroom and threw up. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

Leila, her blond hair long and straight to the middle of her back, came to the podium on the verge of tears. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

It was in fact a branch of almost straight driftwood, which I had decided would make a good cane for Grandma. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

I ran straight up the stairs to my room on the second floor of the new house, and Ah- juhma called after me in her dialect, “Come, there is enough for you.” Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

The only constant is my hair, which is always thick and straight, cut in such a way that if surfacing from a dive, my bangs would fall to my lower lip. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

How had Dumbledore known that, at that very moment, he had been thinking about sending Pigwidgeon straight to Sirius, to tell him what had happened? Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

As I said that, I looked her straight in the eye. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

They could see him, his broad-brimmed straight black hat surrounded by the black hats of his three grown sons. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

But Celaena was already running, running straight at those black, rotting fangs. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

“Let me get this straight. You would rather a man lose his job so you can keep a book?” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Elizabeth raises her arm straight into the air. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

I would run straight to the shed behind Bellingham’s house, tap on Curzon’s window, tell him the news, and hurry home. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z