I wanted to make it clear to the bench, the gallery, and the press that I intended to put the state on trial. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

It had a few benches bolted to the ground here and there, as well as a couple of kiosks for notices. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Pan slipped down to the bench and curled up on her lap. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

There were adorable wicker ones with a bench along each side on which lucky children sat while they were pulled along by a Shetland pony. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

The side benches were one and a half feet wide and the end benches were three feet deep; the open space of the lifeboat was thus twenty feet long and five feet wide. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

When you’re six, you wonder why your mother would rather live on the street, in a hole in the wall, and sleep on park benches next to winos than live with you. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Most of the parks had benches, and if the weather was pleasant, he’d sit, read, think, and just be, an activity not atypical of many men entering late life. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

My bench was still empty and I sat down. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

As she sliced into the bread, the huntress set her gloves down on the table, then sat down on one of the benches. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Petey left his bench and tore one of his strange schematics off the corkboard wall. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Just like that, it is too much for me to bear, and I have to back up and sit on one of the benches. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

I took a few steps toward a pretty dark-haired girl who sat toward the middle of the bus on one of the large bench seats. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

The rows of spectators’ benches were packed with reporters and war protestors and a few curious celebrities. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

They’re dark wood, and the tabletop between the two facing benches is red like the soda fountain counter. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

The guys on the bench cracked up and Ducky looked miserable. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

On these benches you see men sleeping, stretched out, or couples sitting, young couples, who steal glances at each other shyly and whose hands flutter in the air, happening to touch. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

They’re the ones outside in the hallway, slumped on a bench, faces streaked with impotent tears. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Scrubby plants sprouted between the rows of stone benches, so it looked like a concert for thorn bushes. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

When Klipspringer had played "The Love Nest" he turned around on the bench and searched unhappily for Gatsby in the gloom. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

But fresh torches burned in the iron sconces along the walls, and Jon had ordered benches and tables brought in. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Sticking her dagger through the opening for light, Annabeth could see a lower chamber, long and narrow, with a mosaic floor, painted walls, and benches running down either side. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Even down on the benches, there were new men at the tables. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

This courtyard is a garden of grass and roses, a gazebo with benches and a sleepily rotating fan. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

She cheered in front of the players’ bench and was shooed away by a coach. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

Theon Greyjoy was seated on a bench in Riverrun's Great Hall, enjoying a horn of ale and regaling her father's garrison with an account of the slaughter in the Whispering Wood. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

On benches under the portico, elderly women from the nursing home sat in pairs, in knee-length overcoats with oversized buttons, eating lozenges. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

I choose a bench that, as long as no one else boards, is situated between three or four empty seats all around. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

He pointed to the empty spot on my bench and I nodded at him. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

These men were appearing in films shown in the local theater, which was really just a thatch hut with wooden benches, a small television, and a VCR. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z

He takes his foot off the bench and stands straight. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then from their benches forward on dry ground they disembarked. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

I sat on the bench next to the rabbi, who looked at me once, then looked away. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

He greeted the men seated on benches drinking, his manner easy and warm, and they hailed him, “Chief! Carry go! Your car is safe!” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Three- foot-high piles of them decorated the steps between the benches. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

Bit asked, one foot on the bench, huddling everyone up. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

When the Warriors were at bat, I went over to her bench and asked her if she felt like playing left field. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

He cleared the wet snow from a bench with his forearm. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

We sat side by side on a rickety bench that quivered under our weight, under the bright, buzzing glare of the spotlights. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

She found Siobhan’s name on that plaque on the park bench—a plaque still fresh and new. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Grabbed the swinging bench, head spinning, and threw the cigarette to the ground and stomped on it, convinced my Great Perhaps did not involve cigarettes. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

He walked around to a bench deeper in the locker room, sat, and held his head back. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

It was old Natty Prine, calling to her from the bench where he always sat. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

We watched as Deidre flopped down on the bench across from Jilly, a leg on either side, and they began to share the bag of chips. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

I sat on a park bench, watched a man toss a football to his son, telling him to not sidearm the ball, to throw over the shoulder. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Danny the K got up from the bench and danced to the tune of the Flipper song. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

She still cried; he counted the number of people on the benches. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

I listened, my back pressing against the hard bench, with a numbness, my emotions woven into his words as upon a loom. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Back in the hotel, the night watchman was sitting on a bench inside the door. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

When we went shopping at the mall, he'd park himself on a bench, content to watch the bags or sneak in a nap while the rest of the family roamed freely. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

JP sat on the bench and pulled his long socks up to his knees. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Against the opposite wall was a long bench laden with wide earthenware basins, and beside it stood brown ewers filled with water, some cold, some steaming hot. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

We camp for days on a bench in a gray station in District 7, awaiting a train that never comes. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

We sit on the wooden bench in the church basement, in the dark, watching the wall. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Father MacPhail tapped a pencil on the oak bench in front of him. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Judge Lawrence Irving, a Reagan appointee, noted upon his retirement: “If I remain on the bench, I have no choice but to follow the law. I just can’t, in good conscience, continue to do this.” The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

Johnny and Cilia sat together on a bench. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

The one room had twenty-one desks and nine benches, not nearly enough for the 150 children who were usually there. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

He sat down on the picnic- table bench. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hermione crawled out from underneath the bench, shaking bits of glass ashtray out of her hair and trembling all over. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

He limped on to his bench to resume work on the jewel box he was making for the tomb of a wealthy Theban. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

Coach sat down on a bench, stretched his legs out. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

Several people screamed, and once a whole bench turned over. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

He felt his hand come down, swiftly and with great force, on the stone bench. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

It’s a Sunday service, the first train isn’t for half an hour, so there’s nothing to do but sit there on a bench, going round and round, from disbelief to desperation and back again. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

The rest of us got up, limped our way to the benches. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

She sat down on the bus-stop bench, and I could see her biting her lip. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

My legs went weak and I plunked down on the bench seat. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Against the walls in the place were hard wooden benches that rocked on the uneven mud floor. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Kavita barely glances at me before slipping off her book bag and taking a seat next to Ma’s purse on the bench. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

There were long benches, and tables ran across the room, and at the far end a dancing-floor. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

“Climb onto my shoulders,” the man croaked, squatting down atop the bench. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Pop’s new doctors gave him the right medicine and, at night, we walk to the river, sit on a bench and talk. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z

At the end of the hallway was a room full of people, some of them sitting on benches and pulling on knee-high rubber boots, some struggling into their slickers, some buckling on tool belts. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Celia helps him move Poppet to one of the velvet benches by the table, while on a nearby shelf a cup of tea pours itself, steaming and brewing instantly in a flowered china cup. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

I plop down on a bench, watching people pass by as they go through the sliding doors of the hospital. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

Then at night he sat at his bench, cleaning old springs and wheels and trying to make the work last out until bedtime. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

We sat on long benches attached to plastic tables, Juanita and I across from one another. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

At fifth-period Office Duty, Mr. Canton had us both sitting on the bench outside his office, ready to fly with any incredibly important messages he had. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z

Judges that leaned over the bench and asked Brian if he understood where he was to live and why. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bod waited on the grey wooden bench, but there was no sign of Silas. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

Below her, on rough benches, sat not only most of the trash in Maycomb County, but the county’s most respectable men. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

I lie down on the bench, breathing deep and looking up at the empty sky. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

The truck beds were covered with benches for us to sit on. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

I folded the paper and wedged it between the slats of the park bench. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

Together, we look out over the circle of brown and the bench and the trees and the flat, white landscape beyond. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

He sighs and sits on a bench just inside the door. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

She arranged herself on the bench, her head pulsing in agony with every heartbeat. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

“The bench too, though no one seems to remember that.” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

He stuffed his phone back in his pocket and sat down next to Moss on the bench outside Brown Sugar Kitchen. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

I placed them on a nearby wooden park bench, painted green and flaking. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

“Sit here,” she said, gesturing to an open spot on a plain brown bench against the wall. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Czernobog sat on a bench in the wall facing the Mikado machine, tapping out the time with his fingers. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

I went over and sat down on this bench, and she went and got on the carrousel. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

She slides onto the bench opposite and clasps her wrinkly hands around a cup of water. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z

There were benches as high as treetops, with giants sitting on them. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

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

Mrs. Croft was not sitting on the bench. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

I run down the hall and burst out the front doors, and there, across the field, I can see everyone hanging out around Camille’s bench. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

Karl's guard nods, agrees, then points the boys to a bench seat. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

She sat on the bench and waited for Pan to come to her. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Dee looks around and spots the nearly finished dovecote on the bench. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

As I stepped into the house she sat down on a wooden bench positioned at the bottom of a narrow carpeted staircase. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

We sat on a row of benches right up near the front of the stage. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

The rabbi was sitting on the bench, his book closed. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

I find a bench beneath a live feed of Brazilian researchers studying the growth rates of various grasses. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

This was a little little town, a general store under a tree and a blacksmith shop and a bench in front on which to sit and listen to the clang of hammer on anvil. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

She brought in a bug she found hiding under a bench in her apartment lobby. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

Her parents hadn’t realized this was a Halloween-themed concert, and the front benches were filled with zombies, witches, and fairies. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

If only, right now, on that bench across the hearth — But what ridiculous daydream was this? The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

Shagufta sat on a bench and chatted with another cleaning girl. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Ben rose naked from the bench and walked slowly to the shower room. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

A granite bench had been placed near Uncle Edisto’s grave, but I wanted to get closer than a bench would take me. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

I debate tying their leashes to a bench, but I’m not sure I’ll be able to tie them tight enough, especially with wet hands. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

He’d hurt too much to do anything after that, and had spent most of the day on a bench on the outskirts of the Deadheads, wallowing in despair. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Just then a door a few feet in front of the bench opened and Dejesus shut his trap. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

Later on I turned the other way, with my head resting just above the middle bench, my back to Richard Parker and his territory. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

He headed outside, was on his way to sit on the grey wooden bench, when he saw something and he hesitated. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

After dinner their father sat down to read the Bible, and Grandpa and James and George sat as still as mice on their bench with their catechism. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

The effort made him dizzy, so afterward he crawled back onto the bench, curled up, and shut his eyes. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Both turned to find the goldsmith leaning on the next bench. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

She was terrified that Poppy would slam into the metal bench, or be torn from her arms and tossed into the river. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

On the top shelf were two cans of motor oil and he put the pistol in his belt and reached and got them and set them on the bench. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

Scarlett was carrying a large picture book, and she sat next to her mother on the green bench near the gates, and she read her book while her mother inspected an educational supplement. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

It’s standing right there in the middle of the store, with a bench underneath it. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

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

He was not gesturing to Brian but was sitting in the park at a bench looking at a barbecue pit and for a time nothing happened. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

She looked the other way and pretended she hadn’t seen him, and then seized him suddenly when he leapt onto the bench. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

“All he knows how to say is throw benches.” A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

It is one large wall of glass that ends now at a bench. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

King Hizdahr had replaced the bench with two imposing thrones of gilded wood, their tall backs carved into the shape of dragons. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I’m worried her little fingers will get crushed and scoop her into my arms, quickly sitting her on the bench next to me before she starts to wail. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

Once more I advanced and started stamping on the middle bench with my foot. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

But he got up from the piano bench too restively for it to have been a real gesture of dismissal. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

There must have been over a hundred people strolling, sitting on benches, idling in front of the little gazebo where rallies were held, and contests on holidays. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

There are telegram boys sitting on a bench along a wall. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Despite an incredible love for soccer, I wound up on the bench most every match. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z

It sat directly across from her park bench. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

I sit down on one of the stone benches. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

This was a feature demanded by Maurice’s and Rosy’s pictures, so Francis was visibly reassured as he stepped back from the lab bench and surveyed the afternoon’s effort. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

These benches were two feet wide and were evenly spaced. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

With bated breath I closed the locker and reached beneath the tarpaulin for the extra oars on the side benches. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Singer rolled up the top of his bench and removed from its felt case the silver platter he had promised to have ready. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

The food was long cold and the old man was asleep on his bench, but how quick it had all been! The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

They boarded one of those trolley cars that had two long benches facing each other. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

We sit on the log bench and he fills my palm with seed, and even though it is only for the briefest moment, a sparrow lands and flies away with a beak full. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

“Apart from my condition I am perfectly healthy,” she maintained, seating herself on a bench along the footpath where courting men and women strolled hand in hand. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

Dozer and Petunia panted eagerly on the bench seat beside him. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Ruth had been picking at some moulding flakes of wood on the bench beside her, and for a moment she seemed completely absorbed in this task. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Izzy and Tee were sitting on a bench, Izzy splayed out in Tee’s lap like an old sweater, and they were talking quietly. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

She sat on a bench outside of the Enoch Washington Memorial Tennis Courts. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

They even staged a little pile of books on the bench next to him. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

He hops off the bench, and we run. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

She just about knocked me into one of the outdoor picnic benches. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

Two grizzled old men sat down on a bench by the stove. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

It's empty now, but the amphitheater benches are still there, as is the chair I sat in. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

She was sitting on a bench about a hundred yards to my left, sandwiched between two nursemaids with baby carriages. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

Axel pulls to one side of the bench, lets his back rest against the wall, his feet toward the center of the bench, still plenty of room for Frank to sit. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

I pictured her on the floor in front of the bench, flat on her back, staring at the ceiling, her feet pointing in opposite directions. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

We sat on a bench in one of the picnic areas, in the shade of a gum tree. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

It would just fit and he twisted off the cap and laid it on the bench and sniffed the can. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

They were on the bench by the door. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

Stan, for example, a twenty-something fellow with wildly misaligned teeth, is so eager to talk that he fairly pounces on the seat next to mine on a bench in the smoking area. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

I let go of the towel pillowed under my head, and my arm drifted off the bench to float weightless in midair. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

I laid Helena on a bench in an austere hallway bright with electric light, and two of the policemen searched my knapsack. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

We strolled around the lawn, and then Grandma picked a shaded bench and pulled out her knitting. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

There are chairs and benches in this little room and of course the bed. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even the jaded horsemen would take a respite from their labors to see him, eating their breakfasts outdoors on the benches near the siding. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

John and I arrived around nine thirty and sat down on the benches at the entrance. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

Mo took a seat on the bench in the boat. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

“Why did no one think to put benches in the courtyard?” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

The destitute were everywhere, spread out on the benches in the Parque Central, asleep on yesterday’s newspapers. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

The parent would sit on the bench and read while Scarlett would wander off the path, a splash of fluorescent green or orange or pink, and explore. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

I pulled the bench forward, then stopped as I heard her loud sigh. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

She turned away and said to the housekeeper: “Eurynome, a bench, a spread of sheepskin, to put my guest at ease. Now he shall talk and listen, and be questioned.” The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

One time over the summer I saw him sitting on the park bench in Garvey Park. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

Pease called me to his workbench; to get to him I had to go between two narrow benches and stand with my back against a wall. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

When we get to the bench, Rhiannon lets me sit down first, so she can determine the distance that we’ll sit apart, which is significant. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

I could bring real ones up at the thought of being benched for our first game. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

He shifted on the bench and turned to face Dicey. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

It didn’t matter that I was on the bench and not yelling along with them all. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

The bow was like the stern; it had an end bench. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

When I come out of the restroom, Maxine is sitting on a bench in the lobby. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Over at the park bench, the cmpousa bared her fangs in a smile. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

Judge Lew Fielding looked down from the bench with the tip of his left forefinger set against his nose and his chin propped against his thumb. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Dany settled on her bench and wrapped her pelt about her shoulders once again. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

He pushed me against the edge of the bench’s arm. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

Shawn slumped on a bench, his back against the wall, his face tilted toward the floor. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

The women shook pebbles out of calabash bowls into the folds of their skirts and moved between the benches, firmly placing one pebble into each outstretched hand. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

She and Ginny got into the front seat, which had been stretched so that it resembled a park bench. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

Momma said out loud, “Sister!” but the bench was greasy and I slid off onto the floor. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

He watched helplessly as Ear and Eye dragged a bus-stop bench in front of him for protection. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

They had all met up by the benches in the front of the school. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

As Conor and his father walked through it toward an empty bench, they kept passing patients in hospital gowns, walking with their families or out on their own sneaking cigarettes. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

I make Frank S. appear on his favorite bench by the back door. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

He walked awkwardly across the floor and sat down on the bench between Marshall Nicolls and John Roberts. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Instead he broke us into two teams of five and put the others on the bench, ready to sub in. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Their flight was not until morning, but Dad said it was better to sleep on a bench than with the devil. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

The other, a homeless man, lay across the bench laughing and talking to himself. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

He had pulled off his helmet and his neck roll and sat on the bench exhausted and almost stunned, his eyes puffy and nearly closed, as if someone had pummeled him in a fight. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

At my first lesson, my legs dangled from the piano bench, too short to reach the floor. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

The old man on the bench, for example, made her cry. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

Dustfinger had placed a garden bench on the edge of the lawn for his audience. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

We sat on a thin metal bench and watched squirrels dart between the budding trees. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

Through tear-blurred eyes Lyra saw her totter and clutch at a bench; her face, so beautiful and composed, grew in a moment haggard and horror-struck. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

I was about to head toward class when Mychal jogged up to my locker and pulled me over to a bench. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

When they reach the old steel gazebo at the very top, he leads her to its narrow bench and they sit. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

He stood up in his agitation and walked a pace or two this way, a pace or two that while Hester watched unblinking from the bench. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

She slid down from her bench and headed back for the sleeping cabin, her steps more determined and regular than usual. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

He let the dipper crash back into the water jar and started for the small washing trays at the front of the courtyard, darting a glance toward the wiremaker's bench as he passed. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

The haunting melody, with its simple drone, still echoes among the rough wooden benches and tables. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

He and Dumbledore were now standing in what appeared to be a deserted village square, in the center of which stood an old war memorial and a few benches. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Taran took his place on the wooden bench, as he always did when Dallben was in a mood for giving lessons or reprimands. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

Joyce settled down on a bench on the foredeck, sipping coffee in the sun, looking forward to watching Joe race and seeing him afterward, however it turned out. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

When he hiked past Lowell Park, saw the men playing chess at the park benches, saw the complicated graffiti on the side of one of the apartment buildings, he began to relax. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

She just stood there behind the bench, hands on hips, glaring at me. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

King Robert had stumbled off and half the benches were suddenly empty. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

“The one who sits on the red bench, with his wool cap in one hand and his cane in the other?” The Unfinished Angel 2009-09-22T00:00:00Z

So Capricorn died, just as Fenoglio had written, and Cockerell disappeared at the same moment his master fell to the ground, and with him more than half the men on the benches. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Well, after a lot of confusion and “um”-ing and telling my friends to go wait on a bench across the quad. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

I scooted to the edge and he shuffled the cards against the granite bench. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

There was the storm that led to the tree that led to Frank fixing the house that led to the bench that led to them here. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

But the shelter itself—which was like a lovingly constructed wooden hut with one side open to the fields going down the valley side—was still standing, and even had its bench intact. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

His side of the bench was probably still warm because he’d left only a minute ago. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

And wherever she went, she saw a boy and a girl together; walking arm-in-arm, sitting on a park bench with their arms around each other, standing closely and in silence in a vestibule. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Inside the bench were the same exercise notes with handwritten scales, the same secondhand music books with their covers held together with yellow tape. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

She spun around on the bench to face us. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

It was the bench at the talent show all over again. Fourth Grade Rats 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

The next day, she was sitting on the bench beside Master. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

My sleeping bag, my clothes, even the box I used as a table and the board I had for a bench, all were cinders. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

Hunter called a time-out and we went to the bench. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

Only the thought of the possible catastrophes that might befall such an expedition, and of sustaining damage to my travelling suit, persuaded me to content myself with sitting here on this bench. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

In fact, it is possible my bench companion of a while ago expected me to banter with him - in which case, I suppose I was something of a sorry disappointment. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

They camped in a bench of land on the far side of a frozen roadside creek. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

Inside the average- size tent, children sat up front on the yellowed grass, and grown-ups crammed together on the few long rickety benches. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

They sat crowded together on the two long benches that Matthew had provided by the simple method of laying planks on rough wooden crosspieces. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

He stretches his legs out along his side of the bench. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

After he drove off, I headed down the block to the front of the Hope Springs post office and plopped down on a bench. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

By this time Takawira was perched on the bench outside his hut. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

The benches on either side were littered with broken pottery. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

By the time the three of them sat down on a bench, Joaquin bookended by his two sisters, his breath was starting to come back a little. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Many people in the gallery gossiped about an Osage woman who was sitting on one of the benches, quiet and alone. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

But leaving the bench in the first quarter is unheard of. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

All day Singer worked over his bench in the back of the jewelry store, and then at night he returned to the house alone. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

The mutt dozed in the shade of the benches and the gigantic oak that dominated the green with majestic ease. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Narrow rows of lockers separated by benches, fellow students changing into their gym clothes, and the pungent odor of sweat and body spray made my skin itch. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

He slings his legs one at a time over the bench across from me and grins. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Harry heard the grinding of benches and then the sound of the Slytherins trooping out on the other side of the Hall. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Arriving at the park early, Salvador and Lupita found an empty bench. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

The benches filled up fast, and those who didn’t get a seat had to stand outside in the hallway. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

She gives me a hug, gets up from the bench, and stretches. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

Snoozing on a bench in the entrance we found an English-speaking guide who agreed to wake up and take us through on a tour. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Rows of wretched souls sat hunched on wooden benches. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

I got up and walked to the office and waited anxiously on an uncomfortable wooden bench outside the door. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

The mother bustled about, putting the porridge into a bowl for all to dip into and drawing a bench up to the table. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z

A friend on the bench is a friend indeed,’ what my father used to say, rest his soul. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

A short distance in, the garden opens into a circular grassy area with a hewn-log bench at its center. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

Judge Willmore sat elevated, sedate, tie barely showing over the top of his black robe, his torso seeming nearly to shrink behind the bench. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

She hopped up on it, pulled a potato from the sack next to her, and started peeling with a small knife, her feet kicking in the air under the bench. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wondered if Mrs. Croft would remember me; I wondered if she had a new boarder to sit with her on the bench each evening. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

They sat down on a bench in the shade, holding hands, surrounded by pigeons that were pecking at the corn. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“They dumped us off. They lifted one end of the bench—real high—so you and me slid off, onto the ground.” Fourth Grade Rats 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

One Saturday, after returning from exercise in the courtyard, I noticed that a warder had left a newspaper on the bench at the end of the corridor. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sitting down on a bench, I look through a side door leading to the children’s playroom, a wave of nostalgia hitting me. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

There’s a special faucet at knee height with a little bench in front, where I sit and rub my hands in the cold water before rinsing my mouth and nose. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

And Jinny’s hopes that the girl might forget the bracelet altogether faded when Ess swallowed her last bite and immediately hopped down from her spot on the bench. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

One wall was crowded with tacked-up plans and schematics; another was piled high with tinkerer junk; the bench TimeStar occupied was littered with snipped wires, and tools, and computer equipment. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

He sat on the cold stone bench, and put his messenger bag down by his feet. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

“Shhhhhh,” he said, using his grip on the man’s nose to steer him backward to the bench against the wall. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

The court bailiff carried the sealed verdicts to the bench. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

When they called time-out and he started toward the bench I stepped in front of him. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

He raises his eyebrows, shakes his head, and tells me to go sit on the bench. The Crossover 2014-03-18T00:00:00Z

We all walked outside and gathered around some benches. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Her eyes are trained on a gull wiggling a potato chip out from the wood slat bench. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

So one day he just jumped himself up onto the pew bench and threw his arms to the sky and shouted at the top of his lungs: “Hallelujah! Amen!” Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Matt swung around, almost tumbling off the bench. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

She sat in the middle tier of benches, a long beige shearling coat wrapped around her. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

The benches were under a covered roof, but it was a warm night with no wind to it and it wasn’t even needed. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Last year they made me sit on the bench with the other sixth graders. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

At the newborn ward a nurse asked them to wait on one of the benches that lined the wall. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

She takes it and walks over to our bags on the bench. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

While we waited on a bench outside the motel office, I bought a copy of the Nashville Tennessean out of a metal box, just to see what was happening in the world. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

I set my bags on a wooden slat bench on the platform and was ready to walk to a drugstore on Carrollton Avenue to pick something up when I saw her. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

“I got no vertical. Like literally, the coach told me I’d be warming the bench a lot, but I had a good arm and was kinda fast, so he suggested football.” Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

I set Ma’s bag down on the bench and stand up to wave at Vik. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

There would be a city, people walking, working, sitting in the sun on benches. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Soon we’re winning easily—but the second quarter ends with me still on the bench. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

We sat naked on wooden benches while an electric heater, buried under a pile of stones, heated the dry room to very high temperatures. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was a vast open-air hall with wooden benches, a velvet curtain with Greek masks, and three box offices in the shape of lions' heads, through whose mouths the tickets were sold. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

“Wow,” Moss said, leaning back into the bench. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

A lone figure sat on the bench next to the pool, soaking wet and clad in nothing but a pair of boxer shorts. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

He was standing at the head of the table; the rest of us perched on benches, studying the thick planks of red oak. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

“Hello,” he said to Aureliano, who was at his silversmith's bench with all five senses alert. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

Women sit on benches as men walk down the rows. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

I leapt off the bench and ran to chase it, and my half- sisters followed me, jumping and thrusting their hands upward as it flew away. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

I never sat on the bench after that. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some days I don’t want to see the bench. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

We climb on top of a bus stop bench to get a better view of everything going on. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

The second half started with me sitting on the bench. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

Everything looked the same, but more still: the Weekday Warriors still sat on the benches outside the library, but their gossip was quiet, understated. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

“Hey, Dad,” I say, sitting down on a mossy bench between two rosebushes. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

Its only inn is a single room, divided by a woolen blanket to separate where the innkeeper sleeps and where he keeps his one table and two benches. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

“Time to go home,” said one of the servants, settling his considerable weight down with a sigh on one of the benches. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

At lunchtime, I sat on the end of the bench. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

He frequently peered through the two doorways into the ladies' waiting room where he saw several people sitting on the benches or standing around. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

On the bench I notice my heartbeat slowing, my muscles cooling, and I begin to feel a wonderful sense of having completed a task. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

On the bench beside the apprentice lay a coil of wire, finished and ready for its last annealing. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

Then he leads Mama and me to an airless room with benches on both sides of a low table. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

In another, he's sitting on a bench next to another man. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

He jammed one of them into a space between the bench and the side of the boat, and he held the other in his hand. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

And yet when he sat down, the bench was still wet. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

She helped Kuda peel his bar and perched him on a bench. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

It was lying on the bench by the window and it had been cleaned because there was no blood on the spikes. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Zakariyya turned and walked to a bench in front of his building without saying another word. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

Then, before beginning the long, hot haul back to his house, he found an empty spot on a shaded bench and pulled his earnings out of his pockets. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z

Jethro sat down on a bench in the hot, dusty room; there was no comfort in being there, but he could think of no other place where he wished to be. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were passing through a park with many trees and benches when Palmer saw something that stopped him in his tracks. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

She took my hand and pulled me down on the bench beside her. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Trub claps his hands together and gets up from the bench. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

Then he set it down gently next to the bench I was sitting on. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then she sat down on a bench to await Salvador’s return. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

A bench, or shelf, just wide enough to sit on ran round the wall, broken only by the door and, at the end opposite the door, a lavatory pan with no wooden seat. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

The hyena was leaning against the stern bench, behind the zebra’s carcass, transfixed. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t know. A bench, maybe. The door. My lock. My locker. A wall. I don’t know!” Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

Students packed the benches, sharing stories and eating lunch. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

We sit on a bench outside the detention room. The Fourteenth Goldfish 2014-08-26T00:00:00Z

“But don’t tear up the bench. It’s important.” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

There were two girls in khaki shorts on a bench nearby reading a letter. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Their father, stretched out on a hard bench in the hospital corridor, was drunk. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

At Jackson Square, a public park, I found a long, curving bench and sat down to rest for a moment. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

In it a crowd of black men and women stood between long rows of wooden benches, singing, clapping hands, and rolling their heads. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Why is that big man slapping all those boys sitting on the benches?” Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’m always hopping on and off the bench, pacing back and forth, rattling the safety fence, and spitting sunflower seeds. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

I close my notebook and set it on the bench. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

My heart leaps when I go around to the front of the guardhouse and find Ambrose sitting on the stone bench. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

I move to a bench in the corner of the office, take a deep breath, and get to work. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Many of the children who had lost the right to sit on the benches resigned themselves to sitting on the cold cement floor. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

I plant myself on a bench in the hall outside the hospital entrance, waiting to hear her verdict. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

I put on my sweats and shoes and sat on the bench. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

They ate lunch sitting on a bench at a bus stop on Route 1, finishing the bread and peanut butter, scooping it out with their fingers and licking it off. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

As he looked at the Utah statute while sitting on the bench, he appeared almost pained. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

I spin around, and right by the benches is Sandy, jumping to his feet. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

In the meantime, Juanita and I sat on an old bench with Pita between us, while Delia and Velia clung to a pillar, trying their best not to wet their pants. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

I looked for an empty bench on which we might sit. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

The people in the shack were still staring, but Lyra’s words eased the atmosphere a little, and the woman invited them to sit at the table, drawing out a bench. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

For all the stuffiness upstairs, it was damp and chilly down on the street, and Rachel sat shivering on the bench of the wagon, wrapped in a worn shawl that Lyddie recognized as her mother’s. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

He stood there, looking at the people on the wooden benches, saying nothing for longer than Shadow could believe someone could comfortably say nothing. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

Not a whole roll like John Chuchurelli’s father, who sits on the bench in his blue suit, handing out tickets like tissues every time John and his sister run by. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

I sit on the loving memory bench out front of the hardware. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

The judge folded his arms in front of him and leaned from the bench so that the members of the jury could see, through the shadows, his shaggy, exhausted face. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

There was a table and a rocking chair and a bench and a big brick fireplace and maplewood floors and rugs. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

He sat on the bench in front of the barn squinting into the sun like he was waiting outside the barbershop for a cut. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

With each sound she heard—a lorry rumbling past, a chirping bird, a child’s cry—she ran from the veranda bench to peer down the road. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

We sat on that bench and talked until my train came. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

But when I shove the front door open, familiar wood floors and rows of wooden benches arranged in a square greet me. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

Ma puts both hands on her cane and pushes herself off the bench with another groan. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

He’s taken off his work shirt—I can see it draped over the bench seat inside his truck—and is wearing his crewneck undershirt. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

I turned my body and straddled the bench in the boat. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

I slide across the bench seat and remind her. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Mac in electric blue Chuck Taylors runs over to your bench during the break. Booked 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

She was sitting on a bench near the lake, with a coat clutched around her despite the heat. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

Old women gossiped and laughed as they sat on project benches or by tenement stoops, where they once played as children with no backyards—yes, they were happy too. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

I just lay there on the bench and rubbed my shoulders. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

We sat on benches and kept our eyes wide open in case anything went down. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

There were three children in the picture—two girls standing on either side of a three-year-old boy who was seated on a very ornate enameled cast-iron bench. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

At noon on March 15 Tom sat on the bench outside the forge. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Eventually his hand abandoned my shoulder and rested against the back of the park bench. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

He leaned back slightly on the bench and interlaced his fingers. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Cracked walls, sagging ceiling, twin benches that have borne child after child after child for as long as the mine has made orphans. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Unlike Mala, I was used to it all by then: used to cornflakes and milk, used to Helen’s visits, used to sitting on the bench with Mrs. Croft. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

Some could barely walk; some were so weak that they had to lie down on the benches with their coats tucked under their heads for pillows. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

Us middle-rank kids sat round the bench on the frosty ground. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

The bench behind Heart will be full of smoking counselors by now. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

I set the bench upright and sit on its edge. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

The Pennsville coach shoots a strange expression over to our bench. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

On the second bench of the river above town she found her tent and pack, threw them onto her sled and, bending forward, hauled on it. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lina picked up the cans under the bench, and for a second her breath stopped. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

I cut up a flying fish and tossed a piece onto the side bench. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

I stared at her, then walked off in the direction of the Warriors’ bench, taking a tangerine out of my pocket and tossing it up in the air. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

Leaning and limping, the star made it to the table and sat down at the bench beside it. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

He led her to a bench nearby and sat down with her. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

“Oh, and I made a piano bench. Still no piano, but at least I’ve got the bench. Do you remember what you made?” Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

She seemed to be watching the clouds, just as I had when I’d sat on that bench. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

The man leads us to the shady bench. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

He now was fashioning a device by himself, without an army of technicians and engineers, working on a laboratory bench at home. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

He held his breath and breaststroked over to the rocky bench. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

Two men in woolen flat caps are sitting on a makeshift bench near the camp gate, talking over the headlines in Unzer Sztyme. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

The bed is only big enough to seat six comfortably, and eight of us are crammed in here—we’re tight on the bench, but our bodies give off much-needed warmth. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

He sat down to wait, choosing a bench on which, an arm’s length away, a woman’s purse rested—tempting him to snake his hand around inside it. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

But there was a bench under the apple tree that was perfectly suited to my needs. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I am shoved onto a bench, and I quickly slide the viola case between my feet. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

That makes no sense to me, but I do as I’m told and sit down next to Ma on the hard stone bench. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

It had stained-glass windows, white walls, and roughly hewn wood benches that could give you splinters if you wiggled too much, and hurt your bottom if you sat too long. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Several of Capricorn’s men ran the butts of their shotguns along the silvery gray bars before sitting down on the benches that had been made ready for them. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

I sat on a bench outside the conference room of the district office of Mom’s store. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

He backs up and gets up on the picnic table, his feet resting on the bench, elbows propped on his knees. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

Mama was sitting on the park bench across from our house when I came down the street with Mr. Lasher firmly holding my hand. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

I was on a bench, trying to ignore the Daniels’ whooping and yipping, designed to catch the attention of a couple of girls. Ungifted 2012-08-21T00:00:00Z

She gestured for him to prop his foot on the bench. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

I tried to ask her about it casually, at the heat benches the next weekend, but it felt somehow like a big step. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

I slide across the bench so I’m face-to-face with Hudson. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

Willing hands 120 brought a smooth bench, and dropped a fleece upon it. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

She pointed to a bench along the sidewalk in front of the court. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

I sat stiff and erect, supported by the hard bench, relying upon it as upon a form of hope. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Redemption dragged the bench over and levered half of it so it was at a right angle, a narrow L. Pet lifted Hibiscus easily with one hand and deposited him in the seat. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

We eat lunch at our normal hilltop spot, on a bench with my favorite view of steep streets that dip like roller coasters. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

A lump of sleeping bag was curled up on one of the benches, its dark form bold against the white fog. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Daddy waits on the wooden bench at the front of the store. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

In the summer, the older people of the neighborhood liked to sit on benches and scold the teenagers who cruised by on dirt bikes. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Looking down over the universe of the park, she saw the town drift where it wanted, washed by sunlight on a stone bench, cooled in the shadows of the hanging tree. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

We found a park and settled down on a bench under a large tree, whose thick branches gave us some shelter from the drizzle. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Kelly was sitting at his bench in a patched bathrobe. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

The spectator’s benches were packed tighter than ever on day sixty-eight, when Daniel Ellsberg finally took the stand. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

The mourners on the front benches sat in a blue- serge, black-crepe-dress gloom. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

I walk around the backstop fence and sit down on the bench in the dugout, my back against the aluminum wall, warmed by the sunlight, and I cry. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

Yet every time the hyena paused at the stern bench, my heart jumped. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Then I sat down on the bench by the birds of paradise, and I had to laugh. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Okay, but it’s got benches and lockers, sort of,” he thought, taking in the rows of stone benches and the open cubicles that lined one side of the room. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

He gestured at the bench across from him. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Chickenhound was hauled into the Abbey building and laid out on a bench. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

She leans out from the bleachers toward the home team wrestlers’ bench. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

Ellis sits on my bed, and I sit on my vanity bench, where Frank just was. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

Outside, Elena is on the same spot of the bench, flipping to the next page in her book. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

When Ty'ree sat down on the bench next to him, Newcharlie tried to move away, but there wasn't anyplace to go. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z

The teams shook hands and the Fugees quickly ran to the bench for water and oranges, which awaited them in two white plastic grocery bags. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

We were no longer permitted to sit on park benches. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

But there he sat on the bench outside Pastor Early’s study while his mother spoke to the pastor first, and for too long a time. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

The boys lay curled up under the benches near the fire, Wart with Cavall in his arms. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The angel came closer to the man, and, with tenderness, led him to a bench nearby, where they sat down. “ The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

He said from the bench, “The Court believes that to sentence Mr. Angelos to prison for the rest of his life is unjust, cruel, and even irrational.” The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

The room—the library, Nicodemus had called it—had, in addition to its shelves of books, several tables with benches beside them, and on these were stacked more books, some of them open. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

When the cable car jerked into motion, Emily curled her fingers around the edge of the bench. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

They sat on the wooden benches that ran along the outside of the cable car, facing the sidewalk. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

I look over just as Javier’s grips his hand to steady a tremble, then slides the toxin casually to the opposite side of the bench with the defoliant. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

I climb onto the stage and settle onto the piano bench, feeling instantly relaxed as my fingers rest on the keys. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

Dicey sat on a bench near her family’s hiding place and looked across the park to a long wall of college dormitories. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

There are slow days at the post office and we sit on the bench and talk. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Elena’s sitting on a bench outside our building when Nora and I get back from walking the dogs the next day. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

Me and Sylvanus sat next to each other on the same bench. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

That night she sat down in a chair by his bench and they talked awhile. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Jesse pushed his damp hair out of his face and plunked down on the wooden bench. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

They were under the thatch awning of the veranda, on a wood bench placed against the wall. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

A big white swan full of little children approached my bench, then turned around a bosky islet covered with ducks and paddled back under the dark arch of the bridge. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

There was a cooking fire, the flames represented by shards of red glass; a small, roughly made bench; and assorted tools, gourds, and shells. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

We’d noticed that after all the other students would leave, Sylvanus and the colored girl stayed and sat on a bench looking through books. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

He sprinted over: it was his backpack, lying on the bench. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

When the orchestra finished, we sat together on the bench and watched the sky darken slowly. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

One of the squirrels grabbed a edge of bread and ran under a bench with it. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

In my P.E. class I suited up but sat on the bench because I did not have the energy or strength to work out. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

Kavita holds Ma’s purse on her lap and sits at the far end of the bench. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

The jail has several holding cells, rooms with concrete benches and iron doors. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

At the end, when walking was work, we sat on a bench looking down at the river, which was running low, and she told me that beauty was mostly a matter of attention. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

Webb’s right next to me with one foot up on the end of the bench and his arm draped across his knee. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

He set a folded piece of paper on the bench where the cap’n had put the money. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

There were rows of benches and tables where the men and women used to roll the cigars, and it smelled faintly of tobacco. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

With that longing in my heart, I closed my eyes and actually fell asleep right there on the school bench. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

It was “furnished” only with a table, benches, and two pianos, and they had to stay out during the day, when the teacher gave lessons. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

A shadow-woman sat on the bench five feet away from me. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

Jelly looked up from the locker bench, his body slick with sweat, his mouth sucking air like a fish's gill. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

The kind lady saw him settled on a bench against the wall, and provided by a silent serving woman with a mug of chocolatl from the saucepan on the iron stove. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

The vestibule had clean, white walls; the table and benches were of dark wood; and the priest was dressed in a white cassock—it was all neat, plain, simple. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

When the instrument was together, she took a seat on the piano bench and began to play. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

“Sit on the bench and hold the pipe steady,” he said. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

They walked past three people sitting on a bench, speaking what sounded like Arabic. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

In one of the woodworking classrooms, where a group of older boys were making benches under a teachers supervision, they clustered around us, eyeing me curiously. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

Of course it should be expected that Dove would use his bench—for a little while—-just until he was back at it himself. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Frank S., puffy-eyed and slouching on the bench, gives me two thumbs up. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

“But—but have you not? Only a short time ago there were four fresh-poured ingots on this bench, and behold, where are they now?” The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

Hollister hunched on the bench, his dreadlocks draped forward over his shoulder. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

“Dave benches three hundred eighty-five pounds. Would you like to be caught sneaking around with his girlfriend, even if you and I are just friends, if we are in fact.” Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

I left the bench and stole into a corner, afraid that, considering how indiscriminately she was using it, she might turn on me. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

I dropped my bag onto the bench by the field and walked over to a cluster of soccer balls. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

“Sleep fast,” Jim called as I slid down from the wagon bench in front of my cabin. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

Outside he walks past a kid he'd never seen before sitting on the bench by the door, wearing some kind of green suit. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

Dicey jumped in and sat on the center bench. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

She pulled a pillow and blanket out of a corner bench and handed them both to Toby. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

“She’s been on the bench for a while. Let her warm up a bit.” Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

So Carol sits beside me on the school bus, holds my hand in line, whispers to me, eats her lunch beside me on the wooden bench in the cellar. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

The picnic tables were no longer in use, their benches chained upside down on top of them. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

My father's best Arab friend of his whole childhood was killed next to him on a bench when they were both just sitting there. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

Benji slammed his metal water bottle down on the metal bench. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

For four mortal hours she sat on a wooden bench and struggled to grasp the tricky process of carding wool. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

I am late, but I find a spot on a bench near the back. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

A soul tune was blasting out of an eight-track tape player, and all the black women packed between the peeling wooden benches were singing and dancing to the music. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

"Team A, take the field. Team B, on the bench. Martha, you pitch for Team A, right? Who's pitching for Team B?" You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

There didn’t seem to be any exits from the altar room, but it was a short drop onto the bench below. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Clumsily, she righted a bench and sat down heavily. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

Beneath her fingernails, the frost makes billions of tiny diadems and coronas on the slats of the bench, a lattice of dumbfounding complexity. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

I’ve always liked making things, and when Daddy was a kid, he took wood shop and made a little bench we still use. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

We had collected him off the ground and made him sit on a bench. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

Inside the small building, on rows of benches, sat the good folk of Wethersfield, men on one side and women on the other. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

I’m on the bench, fingers arched “just so,” as Madame Rubenstein says. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

Each Hasidic sect had its own house of worship—shtibblach, they were called—most of them badly lighted, musty rooms, with benches or chairs crowded together and with windows that seemed always to be closed. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

A man with long gray hair is lying on a bench, with his head on his wife's lap. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

He’s reached the end of the aisle and is following us past the last row of benches. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

What about us, I thought, seeing Clifton again in my mind and going to sit upon a bench as a cool gust of air rolled up the tunnel. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Marie-Laure reads Jules Verne in the key pound, on the toilet, in the corridors; she reads on the benches of the Grand Gallery and out along the hundred gravel paths of the gardens. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

The oblates had taken their places on the stone bench that runs along the walls of the chapter house. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

He was sitting hunched over on a pew just the way he’s sitting hunched over on a bench right now. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Back behind the benches, trading japes and making mock of the proceedings, stood a clot of westerners. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Instead of going into the station house he waits on a bench outside. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

I was the only one sitting on a bench. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was a bench at the entrance of the passage and he sat down. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

He sat on his picnic bench with his bunny slippers propped up, eating a plate of greasy shish kebab. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

Even Lillian Woodward failed to show for her prelude, and Turner found himself taking her place at the organ bench and looking over a mighty small congregation. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

As people filed out after normal mass, Father Samuel asked us to move up to the first few rows of benches. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

We chose a back bench because nobody wanted to sit behind Grandma. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

Ambrose pulls a key from a pocket inside his heavy coat and leads Ma over to the guardhouse that’s closest to our bench. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

He sat on a bench across from the jungle gym, watching a bunch of second graders hang upside down like tree sloths. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

“Everywhere he goes they throw the benches at him.” A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

“What happened to her?” she asked, inspecting Pita’s leg as our sister lay with her eyes closed on the rustic bench. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

That's when I saw that there were roughly hewn benches along each side and lots more people in there that I couldn’t see when I was standing on the road. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Britain comes over and sits next to Golly on the weight bench. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

Joe and Roger signed the freshman crew registration book, then returned to the bright light outside and sat on a bench, waiting for instructions. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

He sat there and fidgeted and counted the number of benches. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

The benches that had been filled by Walter's supporters the previous day were now mostly occupied by older white people. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Once she tried the door of one of these places, only to hear a groan from file bench a foot away in the darkness. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

A cat had settled on the wooden bench. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

One of them noticed Mr. Griswold slumped on the bench and ran over. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

I’m standing on our bench in the dugout shaking out my legs. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

Few people bothered to return for a second helping, but one girl in her middle teens sat quietly on a bench waiting for a third. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

J. J. Ford presided at the bench, and Sandy McSouthers presided at the front door, whistling, chatting, collecting tidbits of gossip, and adding some of his own. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

This time a plump passenger sat on the bench of the rickshaw. Rickshaw Girl 2007-02-01T00:00:00Z

I sit next to her on the piano bench and harmonize. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Reached over, plucked Rock off the bench where he’d been cowering and reeking of urinal cakes and dragged him behind us like a toddler dragging a security blanket. Lawn Boy Returns 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Reynolds came over and stood blocking the narrow passage between the benches; he folded his arms and stared at me solemnly. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Miss Kenton seated herself on the bench provided, while I remained on my feet where I could command a view of the approaching bus. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

So I plant myself on the bench next to Ambrose and blurt out, “Ma’s gone, Ambrose—she’s gone!” Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

She grabs her ball from beneath the bench and starts passing it between her hands. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

“Welcome, guys” were the words Coach Gary Gaines used to begin the 1988 season, and hfty-hve boys dressed in identical gray shirts and gray shorts, sitting on identical wooden benches, stared into his eyes. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

My legs were bouncing up and down as I sat on the edge of the bench. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

There were no planter boxes or benches tucked next to the building, and the entry alcove was tidy and clear of anything booklike. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

After stretching, we went over to the benches, got our last-minute jitters out by adjusting our jerseys and tightening the drawstrings on our shorts. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

Zooey sat down on the bench, tentatively, then looked with very apparent interest at the sheet music on the stand. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

When they finally pulled apart, Rishi’s mouth tingling still, Dimple smiled shyly and looked down at their hands, entwined between them on the bench. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

After he had helped them up onto the cushioned bench between the cart’s two huge wooden wheels, he clambered onto the elephant’s back. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Inside—I had never been allowed to enter, but I’d been told—was an arched hall with a long trestle table and benches, several sleeping rooms, and a chapel. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

I squeezed in between the side bench and the tarpaulin and pulled the remain­ing tarpaulin over my head. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

It’s crowded—other families had the same idea—but we find an empty bench in the shade. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

When I laid my foot on the middle cross bench, its hardness had an invigorating effect on me, as if I had just stepped on solid ground. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

But Wang Lung sat upon a bench by the table in the darkness and put his head upon his folded arms. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

On a bench with Harriett in the middle, we lean in as she scrolls through Mr. Hayes’s Instagram profile. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

Calista’s shuffling got really loud, and she started cracking the cards on the bench between shuffles. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

He goes to a battered wooden table and swings his leg over the bench. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Scrubby trees dotted the lawn, casting dappled shadows over the benches scattered around. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

It had a bench and one of those plastic dome shelters. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

In my dreams the old man on the mall bench raised a wobbling head and croaked, “How dare you forgive me.” Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

I sat on a park bench near a willow tree. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Mama and the other ladies were already seated on benches around the pavilion, fanning themselves furiously and slapping the sides of each other’s heads when mosquitoes lighted. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

The next week, at the Parque Bolivar, I’m sitting on a bench in the shade, watching some children play by the fountain. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

They jumped off the bench, ran to the pinball machine, and pushed each other, trying to pull on the handle. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

Sander jumped up from the bench then, as suddenly as if stuck by one of his dress pins. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

At one end were several benches shaded by a sprawling rose tree. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

He lounges in his seat, long fingers tapping restlessly against the wood of the bench beside him. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Ambrose jumps and shifts on the bench to face me. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

He has his arm around my shoulders, across the bench seat back. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Drew stared at the floor, fuming as he hustled to the bench. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

Sylvanus rose off the bench and took the chain ’way from me. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

Inside the kitchen the small bodies squirmed on the hard benches, and eyes strayed from the primers to gaze through the door at the forbidden sunshine. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

The evangelists sat down anyway, on a makeshift bench of bricks and planks. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

He’s pretty sure there’s even a storage space beneath the booth bench he’s sitting on. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z

Very carefully, she lowers herself off the bench and presses her ear to the floor. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Newcharlie was sitting on a bench curled up into the corner like he wanted to disappear. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z

He ambled over to a long stone bench in the garden’s center and patted a spot beside him. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

"I find I am not hungry after all," he said, climbing awkwardly off the bench. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

The snow was blowing so we could hardly see and we went into the little inn by the station and swept each other off with a broom and sat on a bench and had vermouths. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

A week later Judge Matthew Byrne sat in a green leather chair behind a raised bench in a large, windowless Los Angeles courtroom. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

“Oh, say, I know who you are!” says the woman half of the couple on the bench. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

The bums and druggies occupying the scoop benches looked me over, sometimes hissing or smacking their lips. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

We don’t get seats here, just long concrete benches, but the few Silver nobles up above enjoy cool, comfortable boxes. Red Queen 2015-02-10T00:00:00Z

The benches are always packed with people talking about their ailments. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

The cap’n reached in his coat pocket and set a bundle of cash on the bench. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

She ordered Mandela to sit on the bench and told the rest of her players to follow her to midfield and to take a knee. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

When the last class was dismissed, the four of them went out onto the plaza and sat on a stone bench. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

“I’ll wait here if you don’t mind,” I took a seat on a nearby bench. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Our hunt began in a square close to the cathedral, where old men on benches were feeding pigeons. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

She stepped down from the bench and put her back to the bricked-in doorway. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

I sat on the lion bench, my skirt spread around me, my hands clasped in my lap, my back straight, and waited for them to see me. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

She demanded excellence from every kid who sat on her piano bench. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

My cousin's shout comes from the bench: "Whack it, Anna! And then run to Jenna. Martha, take it easy on her, will you?" You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

To their left, a long table was set for at least a dozen people, and a couple of smaller children sat on the long bench down one side. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

They sat on one of the park benches and watched the geese settle in on the bank of the man-made lake. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

We come to a plastic bench and she sits down. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

Plain stone benches wrapped all the way around, and every seat was full. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

Clustered around the screens that face in are chairs and benches and tables, like people gather here to watch at their leisure. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

You get to know a guy in a different kind of way, sitting on a park bench side by side, watching little girls play. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Periodically, the groom stopped him and poured ice water inside his leg bandage while the horse slurped water from a bucket standing on a bench. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Cecile placed Fern’s suitcase on the bench of a bus stop and sat down. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

I hurry over to the bench but then freeze when I realize Ambrose might blame me for what happened to Ma. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

She walked slowly behind the plate, with her hands in the pockets of her beaver coat, and finally sat down on a misplaced players’ bench just beyond third base. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

Normally this would have been when Lelia started something, shook up the embers, but sitting there on the end of the bench she looked all frozen and chipped. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Shyly, Meggie sat down on the bench and looked around her. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Slowly, he rose from the bench and stared down at Brother Ugo. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

She turned to see him jumping up and down and waving his arms by the first bench he’d checked. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Grenn and Toad and some of the others were seated at the bench nearest the warmth, laughing and cursing each other in rough voices. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

So I went down to the sea beach and the ship, where I found all my other men on board, weeping, in despair along the benches. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now whatever there was, was ready for him, and he could seat himself upon the bench by the table and eat at once. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

This first bench seat is the first bedroom. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

They shared some coffee and sat on a bench outside. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

There were only fifty of them, so most of the benches were empty. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

When Jinny arrived back in the kitchen, the boys were sitting on a bench, joking and counting up their stingers, as Ben plucked them out with an old set of tweezers. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

I sit down on a bench and tell Amá that I’m not going to find anything, that she can go on without me. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Hawkins, sliding onto the piano bench, struck up the chords on the old piano and ended the pageant with, “Go Tell It on the Mountain.” Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Sitting on the hard bench in the cafeteria, I pictured her thirty-hour trip to Beijing, the train crowded with enthusiastic Red Guards. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Trotter came over and leaned across Gilly, who was sitting on the piano bench. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

In the office with him Portia sat on a bench against the wall, her hands cupped beneath her chin, her body bent almost double. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

The path ended in a small clearing with a stone bench. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

I sat outside, on a wooden bench beneath a yellow light bulb, waiting for it to open so I could go in and use the phone and have a cup of coffee. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

I had half an hour to kill, so I wandered through the university bookstore, then got some coffee and sat outside on a stone bench, watching the parade of undergraduates. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I saw you sit down on the bench. My little brother’s been trying on basketball shoes for forty-five minutes.” Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

When we left there we ate a couple dogs each on a bench in the middle of the boardwalk, checking out all the weirdos walking past and the tourists pointing at ’em behind their backs. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

“Say, who was that rabbi on the bench? Is he a coach or something?” The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

We rode home on the long bench seat in the big black car, and by the time we got to the house, sure enough, I felt sleepy. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

The room was not unlike the Green Man’s, but smaller, with fewer tables and benches. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

Rab, in his printer’s apron, was standing at his bench, quietly setting type. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ser Justin found them places on the bench and fetched supper for the both of them—ale and chunks of horsemeat, charred black outside and red within. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

You could see the excitement on the bench. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

Between my feet, under the bench, I beheld Richard Parker s head. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

The courtroom was smaller than I’d imagined, about the size of an average living room, with wooden benches lining either side of a narrow aisle. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

We began going up a steeply climbing path, and we could see—maybe a hundred yards further up—a kind of viewing area right on the cliff edge with benches facing out to sea. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then we went outside and found an empty bench in the square. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

“We are friends,” said I, rising and bending over her, as she rose from the bench. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

Finny sat down on a bench, struggled out of his sheep- lined winter coat, and took a deep breath of gymnasium air. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The bench we were sitting on to watch the talent show? That we didn’t sit on for very long?” Fourth Grade Rats 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

When he hit three homers in a game once, he didn’t go back to the bench feeling exalted. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

She felt her way back to the bench. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

One day, someone had left some Post-it notes on one of the benches in the yard, which is what gave me the idea. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

Harry turned to the wizard next to him on the bench and uttered a loud cry of surprise that reverberated around the silent room. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

He pushed me back onto a bench, held me by my shoulder pads, and growled in my face. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Because a witness making a statement from the dock does not submit to cross-examination or questions from the bench, the state-ment does not have the same legal weight as ordinary testimony. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

And since I’m sitting on the bench and focusing on the notes on a page and not the faces in the crowd, I can forget that there are even people there. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

He set the bottle on the bench and he took a screwdriver and punched a hole in one of the cans of oil and then punched a smaller one to help it drain. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

It was well-made, undamaged, with a pair of wooden benches inside. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

The queen studied the wives, daughters, and mothers who filled the benches. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

He opened his eyes, sat up on the bench and rolled to his feet, his head out the top of the rear hatch. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Long picnic-style benches stretched in rows from end to end, with a small aisle in the middle so people could walk up to the circular cooking station in the front. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

I perched on the edge of the wooden bench, my head propped in my hands. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

A crazy paving path climbed up to a bench under a trellisy arch of roses. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

He was called off the bench to pinch-hit with two outs in the ninth, two Dodgers on base after walks, and the enemy leading by one run. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

She wanted to see fear on that boy’s face, and to see his friend crumpled over on a nearby bench. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

CUT TO: STEVE’s MOTHER, on wooden bench in the gallery area, listening intently. Monster 1999-01-01T00:00:00Z

Every day some new detail emerges—each storm drain, park bench, and hydrant in the model has its counterpart in the real world. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

I dropped the empty petty-cash envelope back in my bag, pushed the bag back under the bench. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

I saw the young rabbi sitting on the bench near the wire fence and reading. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

He was good with numbers and clever with his hands and could build a comfortable bench for a tired Elder as quick as breathing. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

In fact, he pats the spot where I was sitting on the bench and grins when the rat hops up and puts its front paws on his leg! Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

Instead of a bench, there was a table and chairs. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

What I had originally thought were walls of gallows were actually elevated wooden benches. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

There was a daily scrambling for favored positions on the bench. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

It’s tidy, except for all the gear emptied from her bunk, which is now stacked around the bench seats. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Some of the women sat on the wooden benches and began slowly to take off their shoes and stockings. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Rows of benches and chairs lined the walls of the front rooms. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

A young man sits on a green metal bench outside the church. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

I notice Nico surveying the padded bench by the shoe rack and the tiny framed mirrors in the entryway. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

Under the tarpaulin, he had another twelve inches of space, the distance between the gunnel, which supported the tarpaulin, and the benches, so three feet in all, barely enough for him to stand. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Stacked on a bench were boxes and boxes of baby food jars packed full of a brownish paste. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

Even Lord Commander Mormont must seat himself on the common bench, with his raven muttering on his shoulder. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

But just as she raised her left hand the crowd on the benches became restless again. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

A bunch of people sat on the benches and brick steps. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

She did pick up speed as she passed the bench near the general store, even if no one was in it. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

But Ekon ignored them, searching until he found a figure sitting on a stone bench in the garden’s center. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

A big, pudgy child—who can shatter a stone bench with a bare fist. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

Even the fun of fitting arms and legs to the doll could not keep Robin from wanting to get out into the fields and away from bench and bed, stool and trundle cart. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z

You could see him physically withdraw although he was only a foot or two away from Obie on the bleacher bench. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

As we passed the bus station, I dropped out of the little group and sat on a public bench near an outside phone booth. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

The only place for us to sit was on a small bench. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

“Welcome, Romans. Let the performance begin,” Caesar said in a voice that, through long practice, and the wonderful acoustics of the place, carried without shouting to the farthest benches. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

It fell between the slats of the bench. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

He called out to us, and we reluctantly joined him and the rest of the guys around the bench closest to the showers. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Tables and pop-tents had been set up beyond the benches under frizzy trees, their leaves lit with orange lanterns. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

He was still amused, but earlier, when he and Guitar had sat handcuffed on a wooden bench, his neck skin had crawled with fear. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was a wooden bench waiting for them there, and she sat down on it, and he sat down beside her. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

“No, no, I’m sorry, I’m going to have to interrupt you,” she was saying, and I could see she was talking to two boys sitting on the benches immediately in front of her. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I cut my finger when I grabbed the edge of the bench to break my fall.” Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

We sit in a row, on a long bench made of dark shiny wood, which Grace says is a pew. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Sorry,” I said as I set my lute on the cobblestones near the bench. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

He seems to decide on the bench, gives his trousers a tug and sits down. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

—Some of us children, due to a chronic shortage of buildings, desks, blackboards and benches, would have to be relocated in shacks down by the river. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

He awoke on a bench in the Long Island Railroad Station, a cop rapping on his boots with a nightstick, his escape money gone, the MacNamara sisters ready to eat him alive in Brooklyn. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

It is very small, a single square room; there are seven pews, but only two of them have backs; the others are really just benches. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

A lump of sleeping bag was curled up on one of the benches, its dark form bold against the white fog. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Finally, just when I was beginning to think this would never work, they both went off to the bathroom, leaving their belongings on the bench. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

How often had I seen Miss Lilian sitting on that bench, smoking, drinking a glass of wine, her mouth drawn down with disapproval? The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

Ranofer pointed to the coarse linen straining cloths hanging below the bench. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

In the Abbey Vincennes, wooden tables and wooden benches stood in rows. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

He wanted Daddy to see him, to watch him hang off the side of the bench like a monkey. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z

There are a few people sitting on the benches. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Then I hear a rising cadence of joy that makes the benches, walls, and windows seem to tremble. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

Thrym sat at the head of the table, and Loki sat next to him, with Thor at the next seat on the bench. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

Ada Belle Stevens laughed and made room for her on the long cement bench. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

She stands and hugs her huge book against her chest, and she can hear her cane roll along the edge of the bench and clatter to the ground. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

A middle-aged couple sitting on a bench by the front door gawks unabashedly. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

We sat on the same bench as we had last time, the one near the front gate that lets you watch the sea lions. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

Our teammates on the bench jump to their feet, cheering as my cousin lopes easily around the bases. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

She plopped miserably on a bench and waited. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

He set on the bench next to me. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

We crowd onto a single bench seat in the middle of the school bus. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

I heard Nathan scoot to the end of the padded bench in the breakfast nook and pull himself up. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

It stood, in profile, wide open, in all its black, Steinway enormity, opposite the couch, its bench almost directly across from Franny. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

Then, ignoring the burning across my back, I set my feet on the bench and loosened my clenched fingers from the iron ring. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“For this, I suggest a term of imprisonment in Azkaban lasting no less than —” But there was an angry outcry from the surrounding benches. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Tats places her backpack on a bench and pulls out an enormous transparent makeup bag. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

I waited in the colored section, but it wouldn’t matter if I was allowed to sit on the white benches. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I spot Jack Kang in the front row of the tiered benches. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

The sun was pouring into the broad courtyard of the goldsmith’s shop, flooding ovens, benches, crucibles, with a radiance that made even the washing vats seem things of beauty. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

I held on to the tar­paulin rope with one hand and the edge of the bow bench with the other, while my body lay flat against the side bench. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

She sits on top of the bench, her Converses on the seat. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

When he had sealed the old man’s coffin he set it upon two benches in the middle room and there it stood until the appointed day came. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

On the small bench underneath the window he found a sealed envelope and a basket with a woven lid. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

As I sat on a stone bench outside the Mews, passing students smiled in my direction. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

We even built a little bench to sit on inside the fort, and we had a plan to paint animal spots on the walls. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

She shifted on the bench and rubbed her sore hip. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

I sat down on a bench to wait for Ruthanne and to try to make some sense of this town my dad and I had grown up in. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

All morning we sat out on the bench beside the door, plaiting each others’ hair in rows and loops, receiving the compliments of passersby and the bunch of admiring small children who gathered around us. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Fadi had positioned the couple on a low bench, framed in the back by the shadow of overgrown rosebushes. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

“That’s what I thought at first too. Then we saw the bench at the park. She loved all.” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

The places here were laid with gold, not silver, and the fourteen seats were not oak benches but mahogany chairs with velvet cushions. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

Dove said: ‘Will Mr. Johnny Tremain be so kind as to fetch us drinking water? Mrs. Lapham says we are too valuable to leave our benches. She told us we were to send you.’ Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

There's a nice little spot up there, a bench and everything. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

Hunched on a bench in the hallway, she looked like a guttering candle, its flame buffeted by the wind. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

The sheriff pointed at the bench and tolt Syl’s ma, “You set right there till we come back with them chains, gal.” The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

Instead of crammed rows of benches front to back like a school shuttle, though, there are only ten seats on each side, each as large as those in the cockpit. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

The woman flashed her light at a couple on a bench, illuminating them for the split second it took to confirm that they were pretty. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

She slides into the center of an empty row, but it's the third bench from the front of the church. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

She was working at her bench, with dozens of photographs strewn around her, and a book full of notes and equations on her desk. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

It jumped over the zebra onto the stern, where the lifeboat’s side benches came together to form a triangular bench. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

He stayed outside and sat on a bench. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

I licked the creamy vanilla ice cream and leaned back against the warm bench. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

Ampleforth, too large to sit in comfort on the narrow bench, fidgeted from side to side, clasping his lank hands first round one knee, then round the other. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

Miss Miller is sitting on the bench reading her book, the way she always did when we were in her class. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

They walked out and sat on a bench and looked out over the valley where the land rolled away into the gritty fog. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

I see Dad through the glass wall, still talking to the secretary, and I sit down on the padded bench outside the door until he’s finished. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

On a bright, crisp September morning, as Pocock started up the steps to his loft in the shell house, he noticed Joe doing sit-ups on a bench at the back of the room. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

We sat on the wood bench next to him. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

He gyrated ridiculously next to the bench I was using. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

She sat on a stone bench supported by two crouching lions, their faces streaked with dark stains like tears. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

When they finished, Edwin motioned for Cole to follow him up to the mossy bench of ground above the tide fine. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

She handed me a cone and steered us over to a bench. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

"You better leave your things in the locker room," he said, opening a door through which I saw a room with low wooden benches and rows of green lockers. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

He slides into the bench across from his parents. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

He doesn't say anything until I sit down next to him on the cold wooden bench. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

"But my feet weren't always sweet," the television Clyde Livingston said as he sat down on the dugout bench. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

I sit down on one of the benches on the edge of the interrogation room, and Tobias pulls Niles’s chair over to sit in front of me. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

From the bench, I watched our slight lead get chipped away and turn into a ten-point deficit. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

On one of the first warm days, Omer and Liyana licked pistachio ice cream cones as they sat on an iron bench near the Russian Orthodox Church with its onion domes. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

The king moved forward on the plain wooden bench. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

Dad sits at the other end of the bench, smoking his cigarette, drinking his tea. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

She climbed on a park bench and examined the base of the statue. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

Dad tells Mam she can sit on a bench in the station while he goes to see the IRA man in a place called Terenure. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Rows of long stone benches filled the entire chamber, reminding Leo of one of those mega-churches they always advertised back in Houston. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

When we arrived, Mom bought us coffee lattes and a huge, gooey Cinnabon, which we shared with two plastic forks while we waited on a wooden bench. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

Brother Luke set the oaken bench at Robin’s back and fitted a cushion for his comfort. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z

He puts his foot up on the end of the picnic bench and drapes his arm across his knee. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

At times I came downstairs before going to sleep, to make sure she was sitting upright on the bench, or was safe in her bedroom. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

She felt him scramble past her to the back of the boat, and she heard a scrape as he pulled a box out from its place under the bench. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

She sat looking down at her folded hands, reluctant to lift her eyes to the young man who sat on the bench across the wide hearth. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

As usual, Tao, my best friend, is sitting on a bench with his nose in a book. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

I clutch the edge of the bench beneath me. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

There was a small piece of paper taped to the underside of the bench. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

It landed with a loud crash on the last bench, smashing it and shaking the whole lifeboat. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

He looked up and down the benches at all the faces happy and sad, and wondered who would be missing next year and the year after. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Two benches away, Esther was crying softly as she took off her right shoe. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

There were a few kids riding on it, mostly very little kids, and a few parents were waiting around outside, sitting on the benches and all. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

I had pictured a great bare room with benches, like a church. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

But she got her team together in front of the referee some ten yards from their bench. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

While she slumped on a bench near the barbecue drum, I stepped through the screen door into the mingled smells of pick- led eggs and sawdust, beneath dozens of sugar-cured hams dangling from the ceiling. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

There’s a cute Mexican guy with hipster glasses sitting on a bench, nodding along to whatever song is playing on his headphones while he eats ice cream. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

Inside, he would sit down on a narrow bench, put his ear to a small window, and listen to all who wanted to tell him their sins and clear their conscience. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

He has been sitting on the back of one of the velvet benches, staying out of the conversation. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Now, as Mia stood across the living room, staring at the strange object, Teddy sat down on a bench and began playing it. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

The petrified Muggle-borns brought in for questioning sat huddled and shivering on hard wooden benches. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

After I get the plank cut out, Mr. Woodwell has me set it in his bench vise and he takes up a block plane. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

Dimple shook her head and took a seat on the bench next to the water fountain. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Those two are already sitting on the bench, watching more videos. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

Dad, still sitting on the bench, grabbed Mom’s wrist, but she shook him off. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

She released his arm and drifted over to a park bench. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

They clustered around the car as I sagged onto the bench seat. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

A few old men sat on benches playing chess, and in the shady places some old people did tai-chi exercises. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I pictured her sitting in the breakfast nook, legs up on the padded bench, flipping through a Hollywood gossip magazine and sipping coffee out of one of my mother's china cups. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

There were salaams from the benches as people I knew from masjid inquired about Mama and Baba, told me that du'as had been made for their health, and asked if I needed anything. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

He pulled his bag out from under the dugout bench where we’d stashed ’em, but when he saw the look I was giving him he pushed it back under. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

Like maybe she’s listened to this song on a park bench while throwing rocks into water? Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

Many fans still remembered that image of Boobie in the Lee game, but they didn’t see an eighteen-year-old kid doubled over in pain on that bench. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now, Annabelle’s wet clothes hang off the back of the padded benches. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

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

The benches were the top surfaces of the sealed buoyancy tanks. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Next to us on the bench, Calista looked up to see Darren too, but she didn’t say anything about him, just went back to drawing in her sketchbook. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

Jenna’s mom had been happy reading a book on a shaded bench the entire day, letting us run around the park on our own as long as we checked in every few hours. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

Instead of returning my smile, Lissa gasped and stepped backward, almost falling over the lion bench. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

They left me a bench to myself, which suited me fine. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

Of course, he added, this was quite natural for a scientist who had achieved repeated triumphs with instruments scaled to fit on a laboratory bench. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

“I usually sit over there,” Connor said, pointing to a bench near the right side. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

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

When we stood before her she did not slap the bench, or ask us to sit down. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

Jasmine sits up on the bench, eyes red, like she was crying all night. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

The Lightning wore red and gold and traveled with parents, friends, and siblings, who had made the fifty-minute trip to Decatur and set up camp on the sideline across from the Lightning bench. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

We maintain a ten-point lead throughout, but Coach doesn’t risk subbing in any of the bench—not even when Pennsville calls time-out with only a minute to go. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

We sat facing each other on a backless bench, straddling it. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

That night, they slept on a park bench. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Mapper hopped up, excited, and grabbed his letter, tearing it open before he’d even gotten back to the bench. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Many tents have wet clothes hanging all over their fines, piles of wood by the crackling fire, and homemade wooden benches. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Me and the gang were sitting on one of the new benches on Duval Street, having some of the cold treat. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her hem caught on a loose nail in the splintered wooden bench and ripped as she fell. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Business was carried out at one end of the shop, which was long and had benches against two walls. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

He settled back in his place on the bench among the younger squires and drank. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

I grabbed my bag from the bench and started down the sidewalk. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

As dusk fell outside, the benches at the Eel began to fill with sailors. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Frisby climbed up on the bench and looked at it. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

I did and stowed the phone in the cabinet under the bench seat. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Brother Luke set Robin down beside him on the oaken bench in his own particular place, where he could spread out the pages of handwritten manuscript on which he was working. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z

My teammates on the bench are all whispering. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

I sit on a bench outside of the store and wait for Sam. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

We knelt at one of the long wooden benches. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

When I’m halfway through the 1970s portion, Ms. Holly slips onto the bench beside me and starts to play, and I quickly stand up. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

She pulled out the wooden bench, wincing at the loud scraping sound it made. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

On board were two benches, some steel wool, an old cooler, and a mound of frayed rope with one end tied to the mooring. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

They sat me down on a bench and told me to wait. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

Posing under the trees, on the bench, in the hammock, I balance my camera on various garden objects to get full-length shots of us together. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

After a series of formation drills, the graduates march to the wooden benches at the center of the field and draw scims, holding them high. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

“Listen—” I start to say, but Rabiya puts her plate down on the bench and starts to blow her nose harder and wipe her eyes. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

A half-dozen black puppies and the odd pig or two skulked among the benches, while women in ragged deerskins passed horns of beer, stirred the fire, and chopped carrots and onions into a kettle. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

There was a strange girl on the bench, with a bandanna tied around her head and big sunglasses and a patched coat. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

For one thing, Chigger was the scrawniest boy ever to ride the bench of the football team. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

The three of us sat on the long bench at the back of the bus. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

As he wriggled under the bench, he smiled, realizing that Pax would have chosen this same spot—protected, but with a good vantage point—if he wanted a rest. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Instead of going into the cottage, Tommie led Naomi to a bench in a sunny spot on the far side of the cottage, out of sight of the study hall window. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

He scrambled out from under the bench and grabbed his stuff. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

I found Phoebe at the bus stop, sitting on the bench. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

We all found seats on the benches and guzzled down the water our team manager handed around. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

He flew at Toad, knocked him backward over a bench, and landed on his chest with both hands on his throat, slamming his head against the packed earth. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

He sat me down on the bench next to the rabbi. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

The locker room had rubdown benches, a whirlpool, and a weight room off to one side. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

I beam back, curling my fingers around the edge of the bench, trying to prevent myself from leaping into his arms. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

Also, a large contingent of out-of-town lawyers, many of whom had journeyed great distances, filled several benches; specifically, they were on hand to hear Green’s final address to the jury. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

Before the hearth stood a massive, long table, with benches and chairs. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

August drops onto the opposite bench, so I end up sitting next to her. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

They were led then to seats beside Faramir: barrels covered with pelts and high enough above the benches of the Men for their convenience. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

In the center of it was a pennant pole with a stone bench underneath it. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I recognized some of the women, big-hipped and solid, whom I had seen sitting on those same benches since we had moved to the neighborhood. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

Blake sat with Rodin on the bench and described his arrival in England and debriefing by MI6. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Mom and Dad came over and sat next to Barry on the bench. I Survived Hurricane Katrina, 2005 2011-04-01T00:00:00Z

Auri scampered down the tree, then pulled up short when she saw Mola’s cloaked form sitting on the bench. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

A handful of people are having lunch on the benches next to the fountain. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

I know because it was printed on one of the side benches in black letters. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Tyrion pushed himself off the bench and went to fetch it. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Almost shyly, the boy led them to his bench, and a steel helm shaped like a bull's head, with two great curving homs. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Bump my forehead into the bench we made with the five-gallon buckets. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

He had black hair, and when they made eye contact, the boy shook his head and turned away, walking toward a greasy iron pole with a wooden bench next to it. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

At lunchtime I decided to sit outside on a bench to eat. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

She sat on the bench and stared at it, wondering who had made it, who had imbued such life into the way the ears tilted. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Instead, she stepped back, lowered herself to the bench, and said, “Sorry about your mom. My mom died too.” Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Charles Guiteau sat on his regular bench in Lafayette Park, armed with his loaded pistol. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Grace and I sit on the wooden benches in the church basement, watching the illuminated slides on the wall, singing the words to the songs, while the piano plods onward in the darkness. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

His friends were at the bench nearest the west wall, laughing. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

We find a bench and sit down so Cordelia can free her hands for the cigarette, cupping it against the air, lighting it. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Between meals, Don José sketched rather than dissected the cadavers and caught up on his sleep on a bench below a Gauguin and alongside several Van Goghs in the Prado. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

Everyone in the cast sits on the dugout bench except for Tiny, who walks nervously back and forth in front of the players. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

There was a table, too, of course, a kitchen tucked into a corner and a bench to sit on. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Mama and I sat on a wooden bench at the front of our home and watched the flames that were being spread by the strong Harmattan winds. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

By midday Daenerys was feeling the weight of the crown upon her head, and the hardness of the bench beneath her. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

He walked out the door behind his bench. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

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

“So ‘third bench down the pier’ leads to a book? Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

The soldiers swept the compound, washed their clothes, lined themselves on benches to welcome him. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

And the third bench was where the Low Cuts always met. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

I followed the procession to the Loop and went into Grant Park Plaza and sat upon a bench. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

She scoots along the bench to Octavia and touches her skin with a tentative finger. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

The Baker girls and their mother settled on the bench next to our court. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

Definitely not this lobby bench that could seat two people max. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

“He’s very friendly,” I say, sitting on a bench that’s near her wheelchair. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

I went to the other end of the dugout and sat on the bench. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

We went to the restroom and dried ourselves with paper towels, then sat in silence on a wooden bench, waiting for the bus. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

But now, it’s just a bench to relax on. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

Lupita had already lain down on the bench, which was damp from the day’s rain. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

There were lockers built into the benches in the cockpit that held cushions, sailcanvas, fishing gear. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

Ty'ree climbed over the park bench, then climbed back to the side Daddy was on. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z

Brother Ugo had shifted away from him on the bench, shaking his head emphatically. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Plus, I didn’t want English to get benched for something like renaming a play after me. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Cal sits on the edge of the piano bench, stretching his arm back behind his head. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

There were no sullen students lined up on benches with slates in their hands. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

Between bench and gunnel there was twelve inches, and the side benches were only one and a half feet wide. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

And that girl on the bench couldn’t possibly have been me. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

It’s really early to be talking to anyone back home—everyone figures she found a bench where she could lie down and get a little more sleep. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

When he'd led us into the locker room, he’d jumped up on one of the benches and huddled the rest of us around him. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

He waited on one of the benches affording a view of the gazebo and the musicians. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Amit is still on the bench, pretending to listen to the man's one-sided lecture. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

He eyed the man reclining on the bench near Ford’s back wall and commanded, “Give me my horse, boy!” Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

I asked, because we were there, the heat benches, and it felt like the right time for a nonanswer. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

I scoot over to make some room for him on the bench. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

And when there was no planting, weeding, or harvesting to be done on the nearby farms, the number swelled to 260, bodies cramming the benches and overloaded desks. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

On that bench is, quite possibly, where he met his fate.* 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

“You little sisters are idiot morons,” Buck Trant, the big, ugly fullback, announced from the back bench of the morning school bus. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

But each evening when I returned the same thing happened: she slapped the bench, ordered me to sit down, declared that there was a flag on the moon, and declared that it was splendid. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

As soon as Mrs. Capone comes on board, Piper claims the bench next to her and I sit behind them. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was thinking about Nick and Trip starting and me being on the bench. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

Well, I didn't sit with them, because that would've been weird, but I grabbed a seat on one of the other benches. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

He gets off the bench and walks toward a group of trees. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

The twins—sleepy, red-nosed, rumpled—were sprawled on a bench like a couple of teenagers, passing a cup of coffee back and forth. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

In the middle of the sidewalk, beneath a streetlamp, is a dark green metal bench. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

On a bench sits a goitrous and sallow German sergeant major with shadows carved under his eyes. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

When I came out into the outer police station, my brother was sitting alone on a long wooden bench. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

So much for the calming power of comfortable benches. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Setting the jar on a stone bench, he settled in the grass nearby, lid in hand. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

When I unlocked the door I saw that she was sitting on the piano bench, on the same side as the previous evening. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

Me and Veronica, my babysitter, were sitting on the bench outside the store with Jamie, my baby brother, who was sitting in his stroller facing us. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

There are paths for walking, a small exercise complex, a man-made pond surrounded by benches and willow trees. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

I sit down on a bench, gazing around at all the trees and plants, a stone fountain trickling softly behind me. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

Both were naked but for towels, and lying side by side on stone benches, pouring sweat caused by the heating beneath the floors, while slaves massaged their muscles and used scrapers to clean their skin. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

He’s sitting on the bench by the back door. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

Halftime Right after you glance at April waving from the bleachers, your stomach detonates: KABOOM! and you lose it right there behind the bench in Pernell’s gym bag. Booked 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

After adding a little sea water to the bucket’s contents, I placed it on the side bench just beyond the tarpaulin. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

All I see are the amphitheater benches, rising high above the floor. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

Thomas leaned back on the bench and put his right foot up on his knee, wondering how Teresa would react to what he was going to say. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

So out they went into the courtyard, where Sticky and Constance now sat on a stone bench under the elm tree, while Kate and Reynie sprawled on the ivy-covered earth nearby. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

I sit on the bench across from the building; it's dark enough to let my tears fall. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Qendrim didn’t have a comeback for that one—he was too small to do much harm to anyone, and he knew that if he tried anything rough, Luma would bench him. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

“Why’re you just standing here?” he asks, and we start walking, past the basketball court and over the brown-green field of grass to the bench where everyone sits before class. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

The Japanese man passed her, turned to his left, and perched on the edge of the bench sofa. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

I sank down next to him on the bench. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

There was someone already there, sitting on his bench. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

I grab it just in time, before someone else takes my place on the bench. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Already Johnny was so useful at his bench he could never be spared for such labor. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was relieved, and sat back on the bench. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

“When Carver played Latimer, the coach gave the game to the bench.” Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

I had to squeeze on to the edge of a bench with half my butt hanging off. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

He wasn't a tall man, but the elevated bench made him as imposing as any judge. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

“My head hit the seat cushion. The sound was from when my hand smacked the bench to break my fall. The cover popped back up a little.” Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

The medical checkup took place outside, early in the morning, before three doctors seated on a bench. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wondered what danger the caged men presented that they couldn't sit with the other incarcerated men on the benches. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

On the benches below, Winterfell men mixed with smallfolk from the winter town, friends from the nearer holdfasts, and the escorts of their lordly guests. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

About twenty pairs of different-colored ear- muffs were lying on the bench. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

Auntie sat down on the bench by the table, triumphantly. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

He lowered himself to the bench before they could reply. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

And Coach was sitting on the bench on the side with his phone to his ear. Sunny 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

I stayed five steps in front of him as we made our way back around the rest stop, past the water fountains, through the silver benches and tables under the overhang. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

We all perched in rows on wooden benches while the teachers sat up on the platform in armchairs, facing us. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some people even stood behind the churchlike benches in the rear. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her feet went out from under her, and she came to a painful stop in front of one of the benches. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

There was no place to sit with the benches stacked against the walls, so the castle folk stood in small groups, not daring to speak. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

To his surprise, Jonas rose from the bench and called to Mentor. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Fat, sequined pillows adorn the once-hard benches, and colorful throw rugs warm the white tiles. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

The side benches ran the whole length of the boat, merging at the bow and stern to form end benches that were roughly triangular in shape. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Why don’t we rest on that bench while you dry off?” Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

He could see his mother and Mr Hooper, turned towards one another on the green bench, talking and talking. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

We found a place at a back bench, close together like you always had to sit on those benches. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

I sat down on a gray bench just past the machine and tried to catch my breath, my cough a rattling drizzle, and I felt pretty miserable until I got the cannula back into place. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

Thinking about the rocks made me angry, and being angry made me forget about being scared, so I walked over to the bench and picked up the keys. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Paths stretched through the park under huge maple and elm trees, past sculptures and playgrounds and shady benches. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

They sat on the bench and each opened a laptop. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

And Lydia is sitting on a bench with some guy. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

I looked at the empty bench next to me. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

I walked o’er and rested myself on the bench right next to the girl and Sylvanus. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

There were wooden benches against the walls, and, sitting on them or standing beside them, perhaps ten people. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

Whistles blew, both benches emptied, coaches sprinted to the floor, Mr. Dacus wrestled Jim Don Cooper to the court, and the man on the P.A. system pleaded for the fans to remain in their seats. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

I ate lunch outside on a bench where we all used to smoke. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

We line shoes up by size along the benches and make signs with cardboard and sticks. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Along the top of a workbench stand tiny benches, tiny lampposts, tiny trapezoids of polished wood. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

I paired up with English, and we started on the leg machines while the big guys hit the bench. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

I lie on the bench and watch the birds weave through the warm air until the sun burns so bright I’m afraid it will make holes in my eyeballs. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

There’s a long black metal bench sprinkled with people. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

“Okay, same game plan,” Coach says once more as I sit down on the other end of the bench and the rest of the team takes the court. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

A wooden bench sits underneath a tree, a picnic table just past it. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

I threw off my seat belt, leaned between the headrests of the brown vinyl bench seat, and slapped my hand on the dashboard. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

Muthu and I flopped down on a smooth wooden bench and watched as Arul let you buy and light one more candle. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

They were not allowed to sit on the long benches with the other children, because the Trepids didn’t want the other children to learn any bad habits from Florida and Dallas. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

But he just thinks for another moment, then sits down beside me on the bench and shakes his head. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

By then I’d spotted Callum sitting by himself on a bench, his hoodie zipped up to his chin, staring at his phone. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

The third bench had only one occupant, sitting with his back to me, watching the marshmallow on his skewer burn black in the fire. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

They sat on the wooden benches that ran along the outside of the cable car, facing the sidewalk. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

I sat on a bench overlooking the court, mesmerized by their impeccable styles. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

And yet I rode the bench through one of the most important games of the year. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hazel found herself lying down on the cushioned white bench that sat among them, and their fragrance reached up to welcome her. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

Lily had perched herself on the piano bench and looked prepared to be amused. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

He settles on a bus bench to wait, and I turn to go out the back door. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Now and then, I would sit on a park bench just to prove I could do what I wanted, resisting the Nazis in my own small way. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

Jon sat heavily on the long wooden bench as the others left, oblivious to the looks they gave him, the silent promises of future retribution. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

In Detroit cigar factories, ten-year-old boys had to stand on benches in order to reach their work. Fannie Never Flinched 2016-11-21T00:00:00Z

To my surprise, I noticed Mrs. Williams sitting outside the courthouse on a bench, alone. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Harry saw Sirius move up the bench to make room for her. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

He paused to sit, folding himself onto the low bench in slow, stiff movements. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

There was a kid smiling on the monkey bars, a man in a suit drinking coffee while deep in thought, and an old couple holding hands on a park bench. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

Then I get benched for the entire first half. The Crossover 2014-03-18T00:00:00Z

She places the can and brick beneath the piano bench, where she knows she can find them again. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Tom Yew parked his Suzuki by the bench on the narrow end of the lake and sat on it, sidesaddle. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

The black and purple benches, highest and most distant from the sand, were crowded with freedmen and other common folk. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

She went to a camp meeting that took place after a rainstorm, and the damp wood of the benches was bad for her. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You’ll never guess what I heard,” Simmon said one evening as we sat on our usual bench in the pennant square. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

She walked over, sat down on the bench, and swung her legs as if she was still a little girl. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

The cycle was attached to a brightly painted tin cart with a leather bench and a decorated canopy that shaded customers from the sun. Rickshaw Girl 2007-02-01T00:00:00Z

Before he found the great pot of oatmeal in the kettle over the fire, he had turned over the table and the benches and upended the spinning wheel. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

"Good, good," he said as we got back to the bench. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

When the old man finishes his pipe he goes back to his bench and takes out a different plane. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

“Did you hear how they threw the benches at him in Modena?” A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

Our church was made of mud—mud walls, mud benches—but we loved going there and singing and dancing and praying. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

The beating of its legs against the benches made the whole boat shake, and its claws were loudly clicking on their surface. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

They sat on a marble bench near the front door and told the group to start the tour without them; they planned to catch up in a few minutes. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

Instead, I find a bench by myself in the shade and try to eat some of my sandwich. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

He picked it up and carried it to the bench and tried to unscrew the cap but he could not. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

I had just decided to give Liz five more minutes before I left when I noticed there was a book on the bench next to the girl. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Harry sat up and watched buildings and benches squeezing themselves out of the Knight Bus’s way. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

They were two feet above the floor of the boat—the play Richard Parker had be­fore he would knock his head against the ceiling, so to speak, if he were beneath a bench. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

It must have been 9:00 when I was sitting in the middle of Central Park, alone, no one near me, no other bench occupied. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

“Make him get his smelly self off this bench.” Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

Shortly after that, Adams descended to a flat bench just above the steep ice incline that had given me so much trouble, and fell into a small crevasse. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

He saw himself sitting at his bench, his shop crowded with boys with mothers, boys with fathers, all begging to be allowed to work for him. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Gay and Phil positioned themselves on a bench with me in the middle. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

Muthu said as he settled down on a bench to eat. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Alex almost falls when he steps up from the bench to the top of the table, and instead of helping him, the boys just laugh harder. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

I wandered in that direction, and through the crowd I could see that someone—Susan— was seated on the bench. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

I scan all the benches and feel a little disappointed when I don’t find Ambrose. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

On the bench across from her, Amaya was staring out into the city around them, a sullen frown painted across her face, brow furrowed. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

He clasped his hands behind his head, leaned back in the coffee shop booth and stretched his long legs under the opposite bench. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jonas helped her up from the bench, his hand under her arm. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

We sit on our benches, facing one another, as we are transported; we’re without emotion now, almost without feeling, we might be bundles of red cloth. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

People walked along the paths, sat on benches and sipped tea. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

He walks over the new rug that’s still too fluffy and pulls his book from the shelf under the bench that his dad made. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

When the Valiants came to the bench, Anderson told them he would be switching them up in the second half. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

She sits down on the table next to me, our feet on the bench part, and I share my blanket with her. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

They deposited him on one of the benches pressed against the back wall. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

I grip the side of the bench I’m sitting on so hard that my knuckles turn white. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

It had been unrolled to just past the middle cross bench. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

The three of us sat on the wooden bench and, while watching the dancers, spoke about Margie’s family. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

A couple of Muses sat on a bench strumming flaming lyres, but their hearts didn’t seem to be in it. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

The various fraternal organizations are working together to beautify the area around the spring with flower beds and benches and are building a special fountain so that all might come and partake. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

I’m hidden in the brush, yards away from Mom, who’s sitting on the bench staring out at the sea. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

She sat on a long wooden bench and couldn’t think of any word that described her anymore. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

They had already claimed a bench with a good view of the fountain in front of the Eolian. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

We find a bench and watch the dancers for a few minutes until Izzi nudges me. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Carefully, Ben placed his new All Stars in the locker, then entered the hushed conversation by sitting on the wooden bench and turning toward Pinkie Taylor. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

I saw the ushers from the left side of the church near the big windows begin to move discreetly, like pallbearers, toward Sister Monroe’s bench. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

A woman sat on a bench, her hands clasped between her knees. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

He enters a room and sits on an empty wooden bench at the back. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

I pushed ’em under the bench, then stood there looking at him for a while. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

Only by locking her foot around a leg of the bench did Shirley manage to stay perched. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

Singer put his head down on the bench and rested. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

“But . . .” Through the window, I watched Ruth leave the privy and walk straight to a bench. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

The other they wrapped around their shoulders, the food and wine on the bench at their feet, and they watched the empty parking lot. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Kids crowded all along the back of the bench, barricading any escape. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

But the whole time I was checking the yard, trying to see if Eddie was hanging by the weight bench or around the fence. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

On the bench beside the old chapel, Bod was having a similar conversation. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

“We Built This City” comes on, and a girl with two handheld stereos hops onto the bench seat to dance. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

These brats talk better than most of the unwashed hordes that appear before your bench, and the law insists on calling that lot human, doesn’t it?” The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

I slide across the bench seat and kiss her. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

I laughed, picturing Joey and me zooming down the bench like it was a sliding board. Fourth Grade Rats 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

It cut with a clean snap, and a curled chip flipped onto the bench. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

She sat proudly on the bench, telling my admirers with proper Chinese humility, “Is luck.” The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was a very faint stirring all the way round the bench. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

As soon as we were outside, Mom sat me down on a bench and hugged me for a long time. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

It is now some twenty minutes since the man left, but I have remained here on this bench to await the event that has just taken place - namely, the switching on of the pier lights. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

Bo immediately made for the big staircase, but the girl gently held him back and pointed toward a stone bench at the bottom of the stairs. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

Here, the tables and benches were more widely spaced and sparsely populated. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

He holds the door open for me, and we drive the whole way there with our hands on the bench seat between us. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

It reached his waist, but he discovered the pool had a bench around it. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

There’s a bench in the middle, and Abby’s sitting on it sideways with her legs tucked up. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

Frost was still on the bench but I sat down and cried. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

There were twin oak rockers with embroidered cushions, twin walnut end tables astride a worn bench sofa, and a plush easy chair beside a gilt brass floor lamp. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

She backed toward a bench and sat down, her hands in fists beneath her chin, head bowed. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

Finally we arrived at our destination and settled onto the wooden bench in the third row, by the aisle. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

We slept, therefore, upon benches next to paltry flames. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

We sat on the stone bench beneath the pennant pole where I’d been whipped. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I keep my bottom planted on the bench and fume at the injustice of my parents. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I saw the rabbi was still sitting on the bench, reading. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

We arrive at the park—a waterfront park with benches, leafy green trees, and round concrete garbage bins. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

A moment ago, I learnt from an official that the lights would be switched on 'fairly soon', and so I have decided to sit down here on this bench and await the event. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

I point out the window, to a bench along the road. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

There is laughing along the bench and Miss Barry calls to us, I warned ye against the laughing. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

A few benches ran along the walls, above which were vivid colors depicting colossal figures of workers carrying streaming banners. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Me and Erlan were playing poker on the bench while the other kids ran around screaming. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

George sat on the bench by the teachers’ old-time clock, her feet dangling below her. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

We ended up on this bus-stop bench a few blocks down and Rondell wolfed down anything and everything I pulled from my bag. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

I crouch down to check under every bench and picnic table, and circle each tree. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

There are three women in here already, sitting on the benches that run the length of the van on either side. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

Before they reached the bench, Lyra was on her feet and speaking to them. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I was there. I threw six benches myself.” A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

She spotted the shop immediately—a small hut in a yard littered with rickshaw panels, tools, cans of paint, leather benches, and tires. Rickshaw Girl 2007-02-01T00:00:00Z

The bench seats that battened the cabinets were plastic and chipped. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lockers, benches, mirrors—even privies, separated only by low walls—leave all of us in full sight. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Capricorn arrived when the long benches were full. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

He took his bowl to the back of the hall and found a place on an empty bench, yards away from the nearest torch. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I relaxed a bit, but I saw Mola begin to fidget where she was sitting on the bench. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“Professor Achara is going to help get us some books and benches and blackboards. Many women have told me they will send their children to us next week.” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Maybe he’s under another park bench, or in the covered picnic area. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

On the first day of the court proceedings, Gerald held Angel’s hand as they sat on the worn brown wooden bench in the hall outside the courtroom. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The tufted leather bench beckons, and the keys sit ready for me to press on them. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

She had to don her crown again and return to her ebon bench and the arms of her noble husband. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I quickly put the box down next to him on the bench and displayed my retort. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’d already been sitting with Jasmine at Camille’s bench since the start of the school year, but I had no idea she liked anime until she overheard and asked if she could sit with us. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

Ash knocked against the bench, wincing where it struck the backs of her knees. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

I dismount the bench and stand behind it, stunned, not understanding. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Hadley and I sat on a rickety old bench in the dog run, watching Delilah zoom through the leaves with three other dogs. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Side by side the two men took their ease there on smooth stone benches. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

We had arrived almost twenty minutes late, and the benches were packed to capacity. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

With the usual deafening scraping noise, the benches were moved back and the hundreds of students began to file out of the Great Hall toward their dormitories. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

We would just sit on the bench and read while others played around us. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

“Ah, welcome back, Hugo Cabret,” he said, holding the boy’s head in his lap on a bench in the Station Inspector’s office. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

It was more exciting to work at a real bench, to draw the sharp knife along the clean wood; to hear it “snick” as the knife took hold, then slither off into shavings. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z

She was on the side bench, just beyond the edge of the hyena’s indoor track and barely hidden from me by the bulge of rolled-up tarpaulin. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Smiling, I settled back on our bench and tried to collect myself. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

He cleared his bench and began to write. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Across the room, Norman Bright was slumped on a bench with one ankle propped over the other knee, staring at his foot. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z

On the right-hand wall between the door and the brown chair stood a black upright piano with a dusty brown bench. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

“Got room on this bench for one more?” she asks. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

“Show me how I told you to sit on the piano bench,” she instructed right off. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

We sat on the bench and stared out the window at the slim beach and the river beyond. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

"My pardons," he began, taking his place on the bench beside his uncle. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

She pulled them back beneath the bench to hide them. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

I sit back down on the bench and watch JB lead our Wildcats to the court. The Crossover 2014-03-18T00:00:00Z

Looking back to their bench, she saw that it had a new tenant, a man who had lain on the sodden grass. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

Just beyond the overhang of the roof were the long wooden dinner table and benches, the well, and the fire circle. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Occasionally, the bench would reprimand us for not paying attention, and the books and puzzles would disappear. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

And the two boys stood and stared at the other boys on benches, and these others stared back at the two. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

Alex trips over a bench, and the sound catches Henry’s attention. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

I did just that: I went to the edge of the tarpaulin and stamped upon the middle bench as I mildly blew into the whistle. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

He sat up and reached under the bench for both our bags, but Flaca said: “You could just leave your stuff. We won’t be that long.” We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

When you lifted the seat of the bench there were travel guides, road maps, and well-worn paperbacks under it. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Some were sitting on the grass or benches studying. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

The child sat on the bench to his left. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

Before today, I wouldn’t have paid much attention to a homeless man sitting on a bench in front of Prospect Park. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

He gathered his meat and slid down the bench, away from us, to the engine, which he used as a table. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

She stopped when she saw me sitting on the park bench, and crossed over. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

Inside the gates, they walked into a large pavilion and stood before the judges’ bench. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

He balls up the foil wrapper from his burger and stuffs it inside the grease-stained paper bag that’s between us on the bench. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

The teacher drops a lump of wet, sticky clay on the bench in front of you. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

On the particular afternoon I’m now thinking of, we were standing up on stools and benches, crowding around the high windows. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s too much to take in all at once—statuary and columns, balconies and staircases, oversized wooden benches. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

Chaining us to the bench rails isn’t enough. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

A black bus with open back doors backed up to the loading dock, and one by one our handcuffs were unlocked and we shuffled aboard, filling up the bus benches front to back. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

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

Before I knew it, Jilly was rising from the bench and bowing to applause. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

He brought back chunks of driftwood, and he would pass long hours sitting on the steps carving myrtle limbs into benches, table legs, and lamps, filling our rooms with bits of gnarled, polished furniture. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was an area that had bushes, and baby trees, and benches, and a neat water fountain. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

A few old men sat on the benches underneath the bare trees, looking dourly toward the blank gray sky overhead. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

Leaving Mother on the lion bench, Miss Lilian hobbled into the kitchen, thumping her cane with every step. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

Melanthios darted out to light a blaze, drew up a bench, threw a big sheepskin over it, and brought a cake of lard. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

A couple of girls are sitting on the piano bench, and I guess one of them knocked her elbow into the keys. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

He did not want to sit on a bench and sing, or lie in a corner and sleep. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

So I’m surprised when I get to school to find not only Edna—wearing sunglasses—waiting on the bench but also Hannah and Lena sitting there, too. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

I sat on the bench trying to imagine the year ahead, but I didn't have that kind of foresight. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Emily crouched next to the bench on her hands and knees, her ponytail dipping to the ground. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

I was sitting on one of the bone-colored benches; the other girls clustered, gossiping excitedly, on either side of me. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

I leapt up and raised the locker lid again to block the open space between bow bench and tarpaulin. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Someone pulled me over the bench and through the sea of bodies as everyone converged, ready for a fight. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

She parks me on a bench near a scrawny elm tree, where I feel strangely invisible as she goes off to fetch two mandarin chicken salads. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

A high-backed choir bench in the center of the room towered above them. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

He saw another Latino kid, one who couldn’t have been much older than himself, hunched over on a bench, blood on his jeans. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

She looked so much the same that I wondered if she’d spent the whole night on the bench. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

There were benches behind a rail that looked down on the white table and the lights. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

I knew immediately what I needed to do, and that was to bench myself—to let Malia go see the next campus without me, sending Kristin Jones, my personal assistant, as her escort instead. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

I turned my gaze to our rooftop, found Baba and Rahim Khan sitting on a bench, both dressed in wool sweaters, sipping tea. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Just so I can sit on that bench. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

He pulled a can of Sploosh out from under the dugout bench and held it up for everyone to see. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

I looked in upon a small room filled with benches upon which sat some seven men, Bear among them. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

As she sat on the bench she had claimed by now as theirs, she spoke to no one. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

Ghost turned around and walked toward Lu, who was sitting on a bench, unlacing his track shoes. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

He climbed on the bench and tried to peer out of a window, but it was like looking into a pool of ink. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

She touches the bench like an invitation for them to sit in this new place together. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

The oarsmen came leaping aboard, sturdy men with great arms, while longshoremen rolled water barrels thundering out the dock and stowed them under the rowers’ benches. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

After breakfast Bill and I were sitting warming in the sun on a bench out in front of the inn and talking it over. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

They sat on a bench, wrapped in a blanket. I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912 2010-06-01T00:00:00Z

I found him stretched out on one of the spectators’ benches, colorless, and his pulse scarcely perceptible. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Finally I saw Lorraine sitting on a bench in the large center mall near the entrance of the zoo. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

Mom wants to do some grocery shopping at the Fairway, and I’m happy to sit on the bench outside and watch the water. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

When the distant church bell struck the quarter hour, Reynie finished his sandwich and rose from the park bench. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

James asked once they stood in front of the third bench down the pier. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

The room was plainly furnished with simple wooden furniture; in addition to the small bed there was a wardrobe beside the door, and beneath the casement window was a cushioned bench. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

And third: the moment my butt hits the bench in the dugout this afternoon—you know, for this practice I’m sitting out of—Britt-Marie appears in front of me. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

“Now get off that bench. Around here, people work for a living.” The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

He walked to the bench and whispered something to the judge. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

He shrugged and lowered his head and then laid down on the bench. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

I followed the path along the lake, alone, and found a bench near O-Hall. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

One of his favourite positions in the open was lying on the stern bench on his side, stomach overhanging the edge of it, front and back legs extend­ing down the side benches. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

He didn’t offer me any argument as I climbed onto the stone bench beneath the pole and stretched to reach the iron ring. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Everywhere we went, people were talking to each other: standing there talking, or sitting on a bench talking, or walking along the street talking. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

Here there were a couple of stools, a cauldron, a bench with all sorts of small knives and surgical instruments, and some shelves with pots on them. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Whatever it was swooped so low, so close, over our heads, I could've brushed it with my fingertips if shock hadn't curled me up on the bench. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

For the clue, she looked up that old language Maddie had used for the cipher challenge—Ogham—and used it to write out directions to an imaginary bench in a park. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

The man sat down on the bench at a little distance from Winston. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

She sits on a bench carved with coiled serpents and swings her feet. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

The Cape Playhouse looks like a barn filled with rows of benches. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

Then I’m on the bench watching Wes win the jump ball, which he tips to Russ, who dribbles toward the basket. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tris sits behind me, on the bench that wraps around the truck bed, the creased photo in her hands. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

I jumped off the bench and ran toward the front of the building, tears building up in my eyes. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

Two policemen had found Bebe several days later, lying under a park bench, unconscious from dehydration and hunger. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“No need,” I said, as I lay down on the bench. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

The benches lining the platform were gouged with knives. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

Some men were on benches with open lunch pails. I Survived the Great Molasses Flood, 1919 2019-09-03T00:00:00Z

On his way down the stairs, he noticed a built-in cabinet with heavy doors beneath an old bench on the landing. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

After taking it, he sank to the bench and read over it. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

She climbed on one of the benches and opened a book. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

The trestle tables had been dismantled and the benches shoVed against the walls. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

He sat down on the bench and helped himself to the food. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sarah put down her cleaver and sat on the bench next to the table. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

I sit down on the bench and reach inside my backpack for Daddy’s notebook. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

We sit on the stone bench, and Mami takes my hands in hers. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

I slouch down into the cold bench, leaning my head back. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

If you tried to play ball or even sit down on the benches, the police would run you out. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

We sat on the flat stone bench and I held Catherine Barkley’s hand. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

Ten prisoners were seated along benches that ran the wagon’s length, their wrists and feet shackled, black sacks over their heads. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Her eyes travel to me, sitting there on the other side of the bench. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Here one was met by a bench - and indeed, by a most marvellous view over miles of the surrounding countryside. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

By then, my parents had saved up enough to buy me a secondhand piano, a black Wurlitzer spinet with a scarred bench. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

He saw with anger that Dove was sitting at his bench, daring to use his tools. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Dugout was sparsely furnished—booth benches with backs on them along the walls, and support pilings scattered throughout the room that cut into the dancing space. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Finally Frankie got to the work bench and he put his dirty fingers on the bench. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Eventually she put her book down on the bench. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

We sat on the granite bench, although I didn’t want to sit down and Mama knew it. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

She jumped up from the bench and brushed her hair and stamped her feet, then waved her arms around frantically. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

I told her about my voyage on the SS Roma, and about Finsbury Park and the YMCA, and my evenings on the bench with Mrs. Croft. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

“Can’t you ask your dad? Maybe he’ll say yes this time,” Amy prodded as we sat on the picnic table bench in her backyard, resting after playing jump rope and riding bikes. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

Two cabinets doubled as benches along its sides. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

All along the benches men put down their cups and spoons to turn and gape at the grisly spectacle. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Trestle tables and benches, more than I had ever seen in one place, stood beneath a low beamed ceiling. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

Annie and I sat on an iron bench facing the lake and exchanged schedules. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

That night when I came home, she did not slap the bench, but out of habit I sat beside her as usual. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

I sat down on the piano bench and moved it forward. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

But it’ll turn to gray like the other loving memory benches in our town. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

This one didn’t have no benches in it to sit down on, so we were standing shoulder to shoulder with a bunch of folks from Chatham. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

He leans over the bench, purple with rage. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

Across from us on the other bench, one woman is praying, eyes closed, hands up to her mouth. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

We perched on the piano bench and she showed me a few finger exercises. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Someone was slumped upon a bench in the shadowy comer. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

The song ended and Lily flopped down on her little bench in front of her vanity and began to scrutinize her highlights. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

We were sitting across from each other on the bench of a bay window that looked out onto the long, steep driveway that led to their magnificent English Tudor. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

I found out the piano bench doubles as a storage place for some cool stuff. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

Suddenly I realized that I was outside, on a beautiful clear night, with a million stars twinkling above me, sitting on a bench next to Manuel. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

But just at this moment he flung himself across the floor of the cell and grabbed one of the iron legs that supported the bench. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

Pefta motioned me impatiently towards the bench where my two sisters already sat, rigid, clutching their hands in silent prayer. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He sat on a bench at the table, watching me gather the bottles and hide them. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

I sat on our usual bench, prying the juicy red seeds out of the fruit and slowly sucking on them one by one, staring at the fleecy white clouds. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I think my father is dying, and now I am out of bounds when I see a familiar face behind our bench. The Crossover 2014-03-18T00:00:00Z

Men sat on benches beneath trees, drinking palm wine from cow horns and cloudy glass mugs. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

In the locker room, the lockers are in long rows, and there are aisles in between with little benches so it’s easier to change your shoes. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

I plopped down on a bench that was just outside the bathroom and tried to pull myself together. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

She went back into the library, closed the door, and sat on one of the benches. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

After brief introductions the Hudson family steered Luke to a picnic bench near the parking lot. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

She punted the ball over the visiting team’s bench and ran from the field and out of the stadium. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

Harry looked around and saw Mr. Crouch standing up in the middle of the bench beside him. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Fortunately she hadn’t stayed at the college too long, although that Reilly seemed as if he were planning to make himself a fixture on the campus like the palm trees and the benches. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

But Lissa was sitting on the lion bench, her head down, looking as lonesome as I felt. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

The Fugees played better soccer in the second half, even with one of their most talented players sitting on the bench. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

Her invisible hands pushed Grover and me both off the bench. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

Arching trees, heavy with snow, open spaces with benches, bushes, and winter-quiet plants. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Benches run along the two sides of the truck bed, and on the benches are squeezed maybe twenty men, their knees all mixed together like fingers praying. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Leaning forward on the metal bench, I say the first thing that comes to mind. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

So they called technical fouls on four of our players for leaving the bench and on Coach for unsportsmanlike conduct. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

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

She fell off the bench to the bottom of the lifeboat, the hyena with her. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

At ten that night I go to the break room for my final break, too footsore to walk out to the smoking area, and sit down with my feet up on the bench. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Aside from a few people dozing on benches, the depot was empty. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

Mom rolls me over to a bench on the other side of the check-in area. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

She walked right to me, took my hand, and sat down on the bench. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

The bench on which the young rabbi had sat was still there, and I stared at it for a moment. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

Phineas patted me on the shoulder, consolingly, as we both sat on a makeshift bench of milk crates in his tiny shack. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

He even managed to build himself a bench and a worktable from some driftwood and dead cedar branches. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

A ripple of excitement swept over the authence as they hushed one another and shoved themselves into spaces on the nearest bench. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s true. This is prime seating,” Rufus says, getting up from the bench. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

After practice, everybody gathered around the bench, grabbed their bags, and headed off to meet their parents. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

He’s sitting near a set of benches and tables in front of the restaurant. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

And here she sat day after day on a Tijuana park bench, waiting for Salvador to come and share another poor meal with her. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

She clambered up on the bench and pounded on the wall where the hole had been, hoping the hole’s absence was just an illusion, but the wall felt solid. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

They weren’t in this so that Boobie could be a dutiful substitute, coming off the bench to give Comer or Billingsley a rest. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“So ‘third bench down the pier’ leads to a book? Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Only sometimes I’d get too fast and my cards would fall between the slats of the bench onto the ground, and then we had to make the game pause while I picked them up. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

Agnes jerked the cafeteria bench closer to the table and started to roll up her dragging shirtsleeves. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

Sitting with her skirt spread over the piano bench. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

He sat in the back with her on the bench opposite, his outfit reduced to the wagon and the two skinny horses that pulled it. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

I lie down on many a station platform; I stand before many a soup-kitchen; I squat on many a bench;—then at last the landscape becomes disturbing, mysterious, and familiar. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

On their second morning, they sit in the Place Chateaubriand across from the historical museum, where sturdy benches face flower beds ringed by shin-high metal half loops. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

I trotted over to the picnic table and used the bench to step up and stand on the tabletop as I had done the night I fired off the sniper rifle. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Jackie Robinson Memorial Park was a playground on one side, and on the other side were just benches and a few trees. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Gideon goes to a cabinet and removes a jar, returning to the table and sitting on the matching bench on the other side. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

Calder and Petra sat on a long bench on the first floor in Delia Dell, sharing blue ones and a bag of potato chips. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

The laughter spread up and down the benches, until even the cooks joined in. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Then they would put the sled away, and slip back to their bench and the catechism before their father woke up. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

“On this bench and that, being drawn, or hammered, or—” His eyes narrowed with anger as he seized the boy’s arm. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

In another room, behind all the cameras and the action, are the benches where the audience sits. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

In the afternoons, however, we sat in the courtyard while Pita lay out in the sun on a wrought-iron bench, recuperating among the myriad of colorful mariposas that abounded in that heavenly place. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

She was sitting on the bench, listening to the radio. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

“I want everybody on the bench to stay alert and be ready to go in,” Goldy said. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

He’s standing by the tool bench but not working on nothing. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

Dr. Stanpole was not patrolling the corridor as he habitually did when he was not busy, so I sat down on a bench amid the medical smells and waited. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

I swung my legs off the bench and sat up slowly, the last breath of stale air caught in my throat. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

We sat on a bench among the sleepers. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Right here. He’s just sitting over there on a bench reading a magazine.” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

He noisily, laboriously drags an entire bench from a neighboring table over to the children's. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

I sat on a bench at the edge of this space, watching mothers and childminders scolding their charges for eating sand out of the pit. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

He sat back on the bench and looked at me. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

Even Mikayla and Janie threw some, before they went and sat on a bench to watch, because they don’t like fun or something. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Jasmine sits with me outside at the benches, away from Camille’s table, so it’s just the two of us. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

The bench was hard but the waiting was harder. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

Liz was here, Red was here, and his keys were on the bench. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Rishi held his questions as they walked a few yards to a small patio area swathed in mist and sat on one of the damp benches. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

In the middle of the mall is a ring with benches where humans can sit on their rumps while they eat soft pretzels. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z

The coach wheels around to the bench and shouts. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

“The mortal world is where we grew up,” Vivi insists, climbing onto a bench and walking the length of it, acting as though it were a stage. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

I held on to the edge of the bench, not trusting myself to stand just yet. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

But instead the depot is all but deserted; only two figures sit on one of the benches on the platform, a man and a woman in black coats. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Webb steps to Malik, gives him a high five, and then presses him back onto the bench. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

Needless to say, I was overjoyed when I saw a pay phone next to a wooden bench near the student drop-off area. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

The space extended right down to the hull and ran some little ways into the side benches. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

The warders ate at a larger shed with tables and benches. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The initiates, who spend thirty days performing community service before they can become full members, sit side by side on a bench. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

I take a copy of Harpers Bizarre and find a seat on a shaded bench under a tree. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

Abruptly he left the bench, twisting and wringing the bag of gold scraps. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

Along the benches, a dozen ghosts shimmered into existence—glowing purple men in Roman togas, like the Lares she’d seen at Camp Jupiter. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Cora lay down on the bench, seized by one of her headaches. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

She rubbed her hands together to keep warm, brushed away the wet leaves that had fallen on the stone bench, and sat down to wait. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dri flipped up the bench seat and reached into the cabinet. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

I brush it off with my cap and drop the Rd into my glove on the bench. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

He put another log into the wood stove and sat down at his personal computer, which was located next to his clock-repair bench. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I sat on a bench and waited, wondering if the discharge guard would discover my journal and read enough of it to send a search team to come and get me. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

He had sat down on the bench near the wire screen and was reading his book. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

On one side, there was a sloping garden of rosebushes and stone benches, ending at a round gazebo by the edge of a stream. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

At this point both benches emptied and converged, and the twenty or so fans watching joined the fray. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I sat down on the bench again and felt a lump come into my throat. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

I look at him for a moment longer and then step over the bench. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

The Englishman was sitting on a bench in a structure that smelled of animals, sweat, and dust; it was part warehouse, part corral. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

After twenty-five minutes, a drunk man sleeping on a bench woke up and began to sing loudly: Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

We were barely in the restaurant, which wasn’t a restaurant, just a counter with a kitchen on the far side and two small tables with benches on our side. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

The boys sat on hard benches, shivering in their mismatched shorts and cotton jerseys. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

When we got to the courtyard, we ran into my mom, who sat waiting on a bench. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

“So,” I said, “now that I’m a fourth-grade rat, I’m supposed to go around dumping little kids off benches. Is that it?” Fourth Grade Rats 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

She is walking down Fulton Street in her mauve velour jogging suit, past the shabby May’s department store with mannequins from another era, past shuttered shops and bus-stop benches draped with sleeping bums. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was kind of scared so I took MacDuff, and there she was, waiting on the lion bench like a princess. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

She walks a circle around the Grand Gallery, navigating between squeaking floorboards; she hears feet tramp up and down museum staircases, a toddler squeal, the groan of a weary grandmother lowering herself onto a bench. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

He got up from the bench and started walking ’way. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

As he said this there was a restless stir on the benches. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

I sat on a bench by the entrance to the campsite and read a book until it was dark. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

It was warm and humid, and the only person around was a young man facing the other way He was sitting on an old, scabby bench. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

They slide onto a cushioned bench with a high back and sides, the door on one side clicking closed as Poppet settles in between Bailey and Widget. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Boobie was placed on the red players’ bench behind the sideline and his black high tops were slowly untied. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the middle of the 300s room, they entered an open space with a judge’s bench and witness box. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

There’s a peeling bench in front of the building. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Soon the bar itself, the benches placed around a table, became a sour-scented blur. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

It was a fairly exposed position, the distance between bench and gunnel being about twelve inches. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

I trotted back up the path and found Spizz sitting awkwardly on the picnic table bench. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

I kneeled on the bench and leaned over. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

I untied my frayed shoestrings—I had to cut them, too—and slipped my sneakers off, tucking them under the bench. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

Gold, silver, and copper coins jingled over the flagstone floor, clinking as they gathered in heaps under the benches—more and more and more of them. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

I went to the sidewalk, sat on a bench, took out pencil and paper and tried to jot down notes for the argument I wanted to make in defense of the John Reed Clubs. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The lunch area was my idea,” Carlos said, plopping himself onto a bench. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I drop the bat in the dirt and trudge back to the bench. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

It was a low-slung steel car with two hard metal benches inside that faced each other. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Tossed to the sidewalk, laid on a shelf or bench. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

The benches were still a little damp, so I sat on my jacket, glad to have a use for it. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Without thinking, I slid down the bench to hear better. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I can’t think of anything else to say, Jasmine slips from the bench, stands up, and walks right by me without looking my way or saying a single word. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

I trudged over to the Poseidon table and slumped onto the bench. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

Seven kept well away from the opening of the forest near a bench on the other side of the road though, just in case. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

I slide onto the bench and bump his shoulder with mine. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

A fountain warbled near the main entrance, surrounded by low stone benches that were occupied soon after sunup and remained popular well into the night. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

They sat before the old monk in the prayer hall, chatting and drinking chilled tea while Pong pretended to repair a bench just outside. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

She slapped the space beside her on the bench with one hand, and told me to sit down. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

Looking at the small, soft-spoken boy lying on the bench, he reminds himself that a live migrant is better than a dead one. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

The kitchen is nothing but a long table, with no chairs or benches, and under a thatched roof with no walls. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Most kind, sir,” said Lee, and carried out the wooden bench himself while Grumman went to the stove and poured the scalding drink into two tin cups. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Get that idea out of your head. He’s eating lunch on the bench out front, so he’s definitely not under arrest.” Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

There are no flowers or blooming vines crawling up the buildings, no benches where students can relax. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

We either sit on a bench or walk around the square until we have to go home. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

He was tying his shoelaces on the bench. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

Instead, two young men were standing there, their belongings spread out all over our bench. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had a whole bench to myself to stretch out on. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I rested in a pew, leaning forward, my forehead against the bench in front, my hands in my lap. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

The dense hedge walls that comprised the maze were ten feet tall, making it impossible to peek over them, even if you stood on top of one of the benches placed throughout the labyrinth. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

I got off and stood behind a bench. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

When the judge took the bench, the crowd of black faces noisily rose as one and sat back down. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

He rose from the bench and laid his hand on the hilt of his sword. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Rachel preceded the two girls down the aisle to the family bench. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

When Jon arrived at the common hall, the Lord Steward himself led him to the bench near die fire. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

A man sitting on a bench was smothered in pigeons. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

Everyone in the city knew it, from bus stops and benches and lawn signs; it was as common in New Orleans as live oak or royal fern. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

The pain of sitting on the narrow bench was such that often he got up and walked about, unreproved by the telescreen. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

I wouldn’t notice when they left the bench that we all sat on. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

Somebody—a man she guessed from his pants legs and loafers—sat down at the other end of her bench. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wait for the disembarking passengers to disappear down the steps and then I sit on the only covered bench on the platform. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

He sat on a bench, drinking coffee and smoking, reading poetry and listening to rain pound the canvas roof. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

She steps onto the bench and sits on the table and then lies down. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

She was seated on a hall bench with her back to an arched window, just outside the assessor’s office, which was closed, gathering herself, apparently. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Thomas, a little shocked at the last statement, left the Homestead and walked to an old bench near the Box and took a seat, his mind a whirlwind. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

The Kaelish rolled over on his side, curled up on the bench, and began to weep. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

British officers were sleeping in chairs, on benches, on the floors, but he remembered that one of the tavern-keepers was a prominent Son of Liberty. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

There are still pews with kneeling benches and stained-glass windows. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

“To tell you the truth—” He sat down awkwardly on the bench opposite Winston. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

He climbed onto the rock next to the bench I was sitting on. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

Ruth was actually sitting on the bench, while Tommy was standing with one foot up on its rusty armrest, doing a kind of stretching exercise as they talked. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her players, some of them still strangers to each other, were high-fiving and shouting joyfully at the sky as they ran toward her on the bench. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

That sounds like a reasonable plan, so I save my questions until we’re back on the stone bench in front of the guardhouse, eating greasy burgers and fries. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

Sometimes in the buffalo shed; other times the band shell benches or the pavilion. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

She looked at Pa sitting on the bench by the hearth, the fire-light gleaming on his brown hair and beard and glistening on the honey-brown fiddle. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Baker was suddenly standing up and placing her knitting on the bench beside her. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

“Sit,” he said; “the bench is long enough for two. You don’t hesitate to take a place at my side, do you? Is that wrong, Jane?” Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

He saw himself at the picnic bench in Moose Pass, watching the stars and the northern lights as Hazel snored softly beside him, Percy saying, Frank, you are a leader. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

And someone sat down on the other end of the bench and it was a lady who had a black briefcase and purple shoes and a brooch shaped like a parrot. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

They’re all asleep on the bench, my mother and three brothers. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

All at once, the Abnegation rise from their places under tables and benches, and start toward the door. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

The Great Masters of Meereen occupied the red and orange benches. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I was standing in an aisle between benches, on exhibit before the entire class. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

We head to the bench in the lobby, but none of us sit down. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I walked back over to my bench, grabbed my backpack, and to keep my part of the deal, headed out. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

My brother had a bench press in his bedroom that took up half the floor. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

They rush to the bench in the corner, halting when they see a paper-wrapped object sitting there. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

All along the benches, his sons and brothers and sworn swords leapt to their feet, grabbing for their steel. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

He was also upset when a fellow teammate at linebacker, David Fierro, suddenly got benched after starting all year. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

They saw piles of rolled rugs, broken benches, a tangle of plumbing pipes, even a claw-foot bathtub. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

The star players, the bench players, even the manager pitched in. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

At the bench next to him was Candace Greene—his crush—who he never had the courage to talk to because she was always with her friends, Dumb Joey, Stinky Greg, and Cool Remy. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

Learning happens on backless benches, at wooden tables grooved by the boredom of countless boys before them—squires, monks, conscripts, cadets. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Once back in the lobby, she sat down on a bench and picked tiny bits of popcorn off her shirt. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

They sat on a buddy bench outside, near the bus parking lot. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

Ash looked around the perimeter of the pavilion until she found her stepmother and Clara seated on a bench on the far side of the dance floor. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Several white people started moving away from the benches. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

On the other side of the fountain, I sit on a bench and bite my lip and dig my fingernails into my palms. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

He puts his foot back up on the bench and drapes his arm across his knee. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

We kids were sitting on the old passenger benches. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

There are benches and some trees and what looks like a row of little houses. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

The metal bench feels cool even through my jeans. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Pippin had to climb on the bench to look out over the deep stone sill. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

“I’m going to read in my room,” Axel says, without settling onto the bench. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

They stepped in unison across the platform and lowered the man down onto a bench. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

He was one of those fellows who was always sitting on the benches outside the general store in Bumblebee, playing checkers or sleeping. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

He sits me on a bench tight between two men. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

He jumped back, stumbled against the bench, and dropped to the floor, where he put his fingers woefully into his mouth. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

Then all the long afternoon they must sit in a row on a bench and study their catechism, until at last the sun went down and Sunday was over. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

Their four eyes follow me to the bench outside of Sweet 16, where I slouch down as low as I can so that I can’t see the two of them anymore. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

The piano’s bench was missing; it seemed to be the one on which the woman was sitting. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

Hollister hunched on the bench, his dreadlocks draped forward over his shoulder. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

I love this game like the winter loves snow even though I spent the final quarter in foul trouble on the bench. The Crossover 2014-03-18T00:00:00Z

I hooked my feet under the boat’s inflatable bench, and as Tyson grabbed Annabeth and me by the backs of our shirts, I gave the thermos cap a quarter turn. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

“That's too far forward and you're too far back on the bench. Sit on the edge like I told you. Engage those core muscles.” It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

I had been looking forward to playing all day and now I was just sitting on the bench. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

All at once I began to smash things—benches, tables, hanging beds—a rage as meaningless and terrible as everything else. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was a small bench beyond the grove of bushes, sheltered from the rest of the yard and the house. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Her hair was flipped up in a ponytail kind of thing, and when she rested her head on the bench behind us, her long neck curved to a perfect arch. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

He pushed away the berries, scarcely touched, and rose from the bench. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

There, on our bench, sat a tall girl with black hair and skin the same color as mine. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

The bench was old, and the plaque was scratched and tarnished, but Candice could still read the inscription. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Dimple sank onto a bench a dozen feet away, by the water fountain. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

The courtyard with its benches and cracked cobblestone ground is spattered with black-and-white bird droppings and filled with green-and-white uniforms and brown legs and shiny loafers, running and screaming and pushing and jumping. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

She sat upon a bench threading a long needle in and out of a shoe sole and she stopped and held the needle poised and her mouth gaped open and showed her blackened teeth. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

In front of it was a weathered wooden bench. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

Men dressed in splattered painters' caps and overalls sat about on benches, listening to a thin tubercular-looking man who was addressing them in a nasal voice. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

They crossed the street and found a bench to sit on, next to a big bronze sculpture of an elephant. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

We were led inside and sat on benches, surrounded by sixteen armed guards. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now there’s a trail to it from the road and a bench by it that overlooks the ocean, but when the artist carved it, there was none of that. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

On the way home we stopped in the People’s Park and sat on a bench while Malachy and I sucked on our sweets and Mam and Nora smoked their cigarettes. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

He just kept getting tangled in Alex’s legs and then veering off to sniff around benches and dig inside trash barrels. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

As soon as I close the window, Mama stands, the piano bench scraping across the floor. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

We sat down on the lion bench together. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

At 8-2, the North Atlanta coach, hoarse now, wiped the sweat from his forehead with the back of his hand, quietly wandered over to his bench, and sat down. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

I looked at the wooden bench a few steps from me, the settee, but although I was tired, I didn’t sit down. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

I take a couple of steps on the first bench. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

Day or night, the benches below the salt were never less than half-full with men drinking, dicing, talking, or sleeping in their clothes in quiet comers. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

His brow furrowed and he leaned back in his chair like Will did on the bench when Coach wouldn’t put him in. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

She was sitting on the bench beside him and he hadn’t even noticed. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Mr. Peckleman, please approach the bench, which, in this instance, is actually a desk. Let me see the library card you used to gain access to Community Meeting Room B.” Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

Instead of being seated and chained to the benches at the sides, they were standing, pressed up against one another. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

He walked primly between the benches from Jerusalem to Jericho. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

We sat down on the bench near the window. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

I screamed and leaped off of the bench to get out of its way. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Permian scored again to make it 42—0, and some of the starters stood on the benches behind the sidelines, finally able to relax. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

I thought maybe Dad had taken the information sheets about the blanket to work with him, but they're on the piano bench. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

There were benches along the walls outside the doors with their frosted glass and their neatly printed names and titles. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

When the cable car jerked into motion, Emily curled her fingers around the edge of the bench. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

He'd sat on the exact same bench I was sitting on, remembering him. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

Long benches were arranged at one side of the room, which was hot and filled with smoke. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Gran and I snagged her usual spot—third row, right-hand side, on the aisle—and parked on the wooden bench. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

Rabiya doesn’t speak and swings her legs on the bench for a moment. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

Daenerys received the captain on her terrace, seated on a carved stone bench beneath a pear tree. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Gawaine sat gloomily on one of the side benches placed there for petitioners, with his arms folded and his head against the arras. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Another room, furnished with long tables and benches, was near a kitchen, where Ralph chewed into a bag of sugar and enjoyed a fine dessert. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z

Harry took the bench at the Steinway grand and paused for a moment with his fingers on the keys. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z

There were no planter boxes or benches tucked next to the building, and the entry alcove was tidy and clear of anything booklike. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Jasper claimed his favorite spot on the bench, crooning with vigor, as if he’d just gobbled down a Christmas feast. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

One day, I remember, we were sitting on the park bench when all these cops rolled up. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Like every other wizard on the benches, he was staring into the far corner of the room, where there was a door. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Nearly immediately it leapt over the zebra and onto the stern bench again. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

And reading Captain Underpants on the bench by myself. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

With Radar alone up front, Ben and I sit in the first bench, unpacking each bag and handing the items to Lacey in the wayback. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

Carrying the clean urn, I head back to the bench. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Waiting on that bench, she had promised herself that the priest’s answer would decide it, once and for all. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I just sat on a bench, looking around. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

A black guy with glasses sits at the end of the bench, opening peanuts and putting the shells in his left vest pocket, the peanuts in his right. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

He’s taking off his shoes and putting his bag on the bench for a pillow. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

The lobby’s kind of bare-bones—no couches, not even a bench. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

Prosper carefully climbed into the boat, sat down on the cold wooden bench, and looked up at the moon. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

Hoping she didn’t know I was near, I perched on the edge of the lion bench. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

As we sat waiting on the courtroom benches, she hummed tunelessly and sketched the other spectators. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Not a seat was to be had at bench nor table. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Harry picked up his wand and climbed over all the debris to where the large blond Death Eater was sprawled across the bench. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

I shift on the bench, and my elbow strikes one of the piano keys. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

This confirms very aptly, I suppose, the point made by the man who until a little while ago was sitting here beside me cn this bench, and with whom I had my curious discussion. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

I sat on a bench in the arcade beneath the windows and further pondered Elnora’s words. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

Four old men dozed on the opposite bench. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

He collided with a bench and toppled to the floor. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

When the train arrived, they found seats—wooden benches, really—facing each other and settled in. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Nok gripped the bench in the back of the speedboat as it rocketed across the water. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

I join him on the bench, and together we watch the early traffic go by for a little while as we eat. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

His legs were stiff and sore as he eased down off the bench. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

"At supper, there were still places on the bench when he got his pie, but he was too scared to come sit with us." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

There’s no furniture except for a bench along the back wall. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

Everyone at the bench is picking up their backpacks and textbooks. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

For all her assassinating experience, she didn’t notice him until he sat down on the bench beside her. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Many of them sat languidly along the benches or milled in the aisles discussing the trial in hushed and speculative tones. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

The two colored men sat down on an iron bench a little away from the most crowded part, but not the edge. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

As I followed Margo’s directions through the maze of oneway streets, we saw a few people sleeping on the sidewalk or sitting on benches, but nobody was moving. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

“That’s fine. You can get plenty of rest on the bench,” Coach said, taking a sip of orange juice. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

“On the bench. Where we met and you gave me the magic square book. I saw a football jacket and some beers, and I think there was a ring of keys.” The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

He sat in the sun on the bench outside the forge, holding the telegram in his hand. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Finally we were allowed to sit down about as close together as humanly possible at a table, on an oily bench made out of rough logs. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

He wasn’t on the tarpaulin or on a bench. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

The guy snaps his fingers, and suddenly our bench isn’t next to the hospital anymore. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

A small shack was attached to the side of the building, and a few picnic tables and benches were scattered under the shade of two elm trees. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

With as civil a nod as he could muster, he stepped to the new boy’s side at the bench and drew a washing tray toward him. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

Across the street from the Baptist church was a park with two basketball courts, a playground, and a grassy path lined with benches. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

It was big enough to read it from the bench. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Indeed, Gwenforte is now curled on the floor right under Master Bacon's bench, her flank rising and falling with shallow breath. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

So when I went over to the bench with the other sprinters, I just sat down. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

I nearly fell off the bench on which I sat. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

She was sitting on a stone bench, staring into the fountain. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

He paced back and forth in front of the bench. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Calder was scraping the T back and forth on the wooden bench. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

I used to pray for a customer to come in with a big Buick with bench seats. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

I could have stretched out a foot and kicked them under the bench or behind the collection table. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was sitting with Claire on a bench in a secluded area behind the library. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Out of nowhere, a scrawny brown rat materialized on the side bench, nervous and breathless. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

We went into one of the dugouts and sat on the bench. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

But the streets and the square were emptying fast; the old men were folding up their newspapers and vacating their benches. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

“Get me a ball,” he said to one of the kids on the bench. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

And she walks down the runway of benches like it’s no big deal. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

Many Osage looked on from the benches, fanning themselves in the heat; a few stole glances at cell phones, but most watched reverently. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Bruno creeps out from underneath the bench, stretching his legs. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Row after row of black Early American benches spread emptily back through the shadows to long, vague windows. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was getting worse for her now, and she believed that she had to touch every separate slat in every separate bench beside the pond. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I hand Epsilon-5 an Erlenmeyer flask, and he hurries to the opposite side of the bench like we’re reading each other’s minds. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Suddenly Rosy came from behind the lab bench that separated us and began moving toward me. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

The boy was tempted to be rude, and move to another bench, but his father had taught him to be respectful of the elderly. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

This bench will fit against thy back to support thee.” The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z

I sit down on the bench in front of my bed, holding on to my new silver sword for support. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

If we can’t have Benny, well, I guess I am glad the bench is there. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

Ron, a few seconds late in realizing what was going on, lunged across the table, pushing Hermione sideways onto her bench. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

At the empty bench closest to the wharf, I sit on the very edge of the wooden seat and watch Kristi growing tinier the farther she walks down the pathway. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

She found a park bench where she had once been accustomed to reading and smoking. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

There’s a park bench across the road and we sit there, eating the chips. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

The two stroke oars cast off the stern hawsers and vaulted over the gunnels to their benches. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was sparely furnished, having but a small table, two chairs and a bench; but at either side there were curtained alcoves and well-clad beds within with vessels and basins for washing. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

Kit perched on a bench and watched the whirring wheel. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

Everything but the seat of the bike and the sidecar bench was covered in flowers. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

One of the little boys at the table spun, and when he saw Misha, he stood up on the bench with his arms up and yelled, “Mikhail!” Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

It was lunchtime and the shaded benches on the town green were filled with people sprawling in the heat. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z

Scattered benches and tables along the trails look miniature from where we stand at least fifteen meters above. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

We paid no heed; I punched another boy for trying to push me off the bench. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

He sighed as he pushed himself up from the bench. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

I sat on the bench of my piano since all the other seats were taken. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

And for all those years, we never talked about the disaster at the recital or my terrible accusations afterward at the piano bench. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

I led Rondell into the other dugout and told him to wait for me on the bench. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

I roll off the table and sit on the bench for a second, and Kim follows me and sits next to me, and I can tell we’re both trying to look innocent and failing. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

We sat in the front row of the benches where eight or ten others were sitting, smirking uneasily at the students on the platform. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

I set the glass on a bench and knelt so that the sunlight entering the small window shone on my head. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

Where it stood was a wooden bench, and a litter basket. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

I reach my arms around her, holding her tight as we sit together on the park bench. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

More than two hundred screaming, sobbing, trembling and confused children jammed the badly ventilated hall, and, for lack of enough benches, most of us stood up like bristles. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Two huge mango trees laden with fruit, shading a bench on a wide, grassy space in front of the house. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

The crowd stood to applaud me as I walked to the bench. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

Lissa held up a framed photograph of Miss Lilian sitting on the lion bench, frowning at the camera, eyes squinted against the sun, a cigarette in one hand and a glass in the other. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

He lets go and rises so quickly the bench falls backward onto the grass. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

They hover behind the bench before drawing back to their chairs. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

On each side of the boat, facing the table, was a bench with a cushion which could also be used as a short bunk. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

I do not think that I was set up by the warder who left the newspaper on the bench, though some assumed I had been. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Children played while parents and elderly retirees watched from their benches. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Its lights twinkled in the winter night on the first bench of the river near the sea. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Danny led me to the table and sat on the bench to his father’s right. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

Half a dozen boys sat and stretched out on wooden benches, surrounded by whispering men. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

He placed his forepaws on the stern bench and lifted himself. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

I left my Captain Underpants book on the bench with Darissa, and I went over. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

He plops me down on a log bench in the chapel. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

Then I settled onto the stone bench under the pennant pole next to my two friends. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

On a bench along the left wall sit a pair of grimy listening decks the size of bed pillows. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Him and Ma and Mrs. Holton were sitting on the bench, and Penelope and Cicely and Sidney Prince were sitting in the bed. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

“And have you ever met anyone who could break a stone bench with his fist? Or dispatch a dozen fiends using nothing but flesh and bone?” The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

I point at Ma’s bag over on the bench. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

He unlocked the door and waved them into a large room, bare except for some benches and old lockers. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was a gravel path looping round, with more benches here and there, and spherical garden lights. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

She received the merchant prince alone, seated on her bench of polished ebony, on the cushions Ser Barristan had brought her. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I grab my paper plate and can of lemonade and hurry to a bench where Rabiya and our friend Dahlia are eating their pizza. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

The laughter had not died on their faces and their hands were still clasped on the bench when Special Julius walked into the compound. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Lissa sat on the bench, as still as the stone cherubs perched on the terrace steps. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

After this, they sat on a backless bench before the waterfall, tired and hungry. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sixty-five prisoners—murderers, embezzlers, robbers, and forgers— lined up on wooden benches for their injections. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

He smacked it across the floor where it hit the overturned bench, but, thank the Lord, the heavy pottery did not shatter. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

Old folks wouldn’t sit on stoops and park benches. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“So. Um, maybe we could start with ‘Consider Yourself or ‘Pick a Pocket or Two,”’ he says, shuffling his foot against the leg of the piano bench. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

I end up sitting on a bench by the office. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

Coach Whit came over and helped me up, and once I was standing, I yanked away from her and limped over to the bench. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

In the middle of the open hall, there are a few brick ovens and one long table but no chairs or benches. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ladies in their finest gowns and courtiers with brimming cups of wine sought the best seats on benches, chairs, and cushions. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

Scipio hesitated as his eye fell on the low bench half hidden in the darkness, but then he kneeled down on it. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z