It was quite common for struggles between children to be settled by their daemons in this way, with one accepting the dominance of the other. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

We had met at just the right time for both of us—a time when we were lost, struggling to figure out our lives. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Sometimes you didn’t want to struggle for every inch of your life. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Both of us were spared, in body at least, by the stone walls of our different imprisonments, and altered in spirit, in ways we’re struggling to understand. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t want to struggle like that anymore,” she said. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then a word-river floods out from her which I struggle to understand. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

If Apollo was indeed following her, the case was hopeless, but she was determined to struggle to the very end. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I had been young, the people of Qunu were not political at all; they were unaware of the struggle for African rights. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

My love for her gave me added strength for the struggles that lay ahead. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I struggled to move my leg forward, but it wouldn’t budge. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

He ate any living thing, even orc, if he could catch it and strangle it without a struggle. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

She fought and struggled for breath as bubbles rose around us. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

The first issue to arise was in many ways the most crucial, and that was the armed struggle. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He suggested a middle-class hero of a sort as he struggled for success and asserted his rights. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Um, I’m sorry,” she said, struggling valiantly to keep her voice steady. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

But you have to know, right up front, that they had zero sympathy for what they considered were my unremarkable struggles. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

It is important to the future of our struggle in this country for you to become a lawyer, and so I am going to leave the firm and start my own estate agency. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The cells not killed outright by the impact of such a respiratory poison struggle to compensate for the loss of energy. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

There was always another battle, another struggle to prove that Alex was as smart, as competent, as likely to succeed. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

By the third bite the rat had ceased to struggle, and he was feeling almost content. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

In fact, from its earliest days, it had struggled financially. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

He and Herold helped Booth struggle into the craft, laying the weapons and crutches on the hull of the boat. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Gubina, the other pilot in the formation, was also struggling to see where she was. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

I struggled to get my arms through the right holes. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

You have seen in this conversation that the struggle has ruptured and remade me several times over—in Baltimore, at The Mecca, in fatherhood, in New York. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

Buttercup turned back to the source of the sound and stared down as, in first light, the man in black struggled to remove his mask. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

"No problem," I said, struggling to get a grip on the sides of one of the bigger cardboard boxes. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

And not one of ’em was struggling as much as me. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

In the ghetto, as in suburbia, it’s the same status struggle to stand out in some envied way from the rest. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

He leapt up to the strut where his dragonfly had been struggling into the world, and eased it gently free of the broken cocoon. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

He struggled a little but never really tried to upset her, and he protested only meekly when she began to groom him. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

He watched Turnip and Little Walder struggle for the stick until Turnip lost his footing and went in with a huge splash, arms waving. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

He died in captivity, but the profits of that struggle and others like it are ours, even when the object of our struggle, as is so often true, escapes our grasp. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

She hauled the struggling Meggie over to the wall by the bed. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

As I struggled to stand up, I was relieved my mask hid my face as I fought back tears. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

By the time the gray eyes were level with his, Hunter had to struggle to keep from feeling trapped—in his own house. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Dell Duke tried to write down what he and I said, but he was struggling. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

After ten years of struggle he was a doctor and he knew his mission and he came south again. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

As you struggle to pull free, you see the black shapes ahead vanishing, and you almost cry with frustration. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

The internal armed struggle was escalating and they wanted the commander of MK on the scene. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He struggled to his feet, red-faced and gasping, and crashed to the floor in eye-bulging agony. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

It would bring to an end a long and glorious chapter in the history of humanity’s intellectual struggle to understand the universe. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was struggling to keep his teeth from chattering, and they would need each other’s warmth to get through the night. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

He knew that Hob had worked on Cully for fourteen hours a day to teach him his trade, and that his work had been like Jacob’s struggle with the angel. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Pax paced while Gray struggled to his feet. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

But there’s something struggling to free itself from the lie as well. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

I dropped the sword to the floor and struggled free of the bonds that held my hands together. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I struggle again to remember that moment over Glimmer's body, when he burst through the trees. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

They had a struggle to get out of the thicket. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

“So sorry,” said Seven, pulling the hat, not without a struggle, from Beefy’s grip and handing it back to the Uncle. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

Nightmares of the day Princess Myrcella had sailed still troubled her sleep; dark suffocating dreams that woke her in the black of night, struggling for breath. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

I had first discussed the armed struggle as far back as 1952 with Walter. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Don’t worry! Her Royal Fungus is struggling with the challenge, too. You’re not losing to her yet.” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

As Riefenstahl’s influence continued to grow, Goebbels increasingly struggled to comprehend how a woman could occupy such a situation, much as he struggled to understand why his wife objected so strenuously to his many affairs. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

“Oh,” said Milkman, and struggled against and lost to a long belch. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

The medium was so startled, he let go without a struggle. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

Sitting behind a broad, semicircular desk sat a young guy with a struggling goatee wearing a Regents Security uniform. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

He told us about all the struggles that he had to overcome to become who he is today. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

But she also struggled with rules—and sometimes disobeyed them, such as turning around during the Trinity prayer. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

The more I reflected on the experience, the more I recognized that I had been struggling my whole life with the question of how and why people are judged unfairly. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

I shake my head, still struggling for air, and crush him against the wall with my body, my lips finding his. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

“Are those—?” Percy struggled to form the question. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

"My guess is your god of rot will not be hiding in high society. He'll be among those less fortunate. The ones already struggling." City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

But mechanization wasn’t Duke’s only weapon in the struggle for market dominance. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

Underneath his hands, its soft, loose body struggled and heaved about, and then went dead still. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

In the kitchen, his mom was struggling to get the large pot of mashed potatoes off the stove. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

The struggle to get my old self back from her. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Roy struggled to keep his voice low, but he was too rattled. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

When my brother saw me struggling home with stacks of library books, he would laugh, shouting: ‘Hey, Four Eyes!’ Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then I struggled to raise my package to the counter. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

A string of especially perplexing breakdowns had bedeviled the lab that year, at a time when Lawrence was struggling to fill a mounting stack of orders for radioisotopes from all over the country. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

He pushed off the ground and leaped into the struggle between Mark and the woman like a lion attacking its prey. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

He relaxed into the chair that Sweet Jimmy had provided, and struggled to stay alert. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Every eye is on Sonia, who is bellowing and struggling to escape. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Kim has tied its legs together, but it struggles and tries to peck at Ma’s hand. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sunny shrieked, which meant “I’d much prefer gardening to sitting around watching my siblings struggle through law books.” The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z

Two buff guards walked in, struggling with a big wooden crate. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

Flapping hard, she struggled to fly out of the fern bed. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

She had explained everything that had happened over the summer, but they seemed to struggle with processing the information. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

The Dreamers will have to learn to struggle themselves, to understand that the field for their Dream, the stage where they have painted themselves white, is the deathbed of us all. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

It was as if the Black Tortoise of Winter were being forced to the earth, screaming and struggling. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

She wrapped her arms around me from behind and whispered in my ear, “Thank you, Mate, thank you. The struggle’s brought us together again. You’ve brought us together again.” In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

And at some point, the struggle becomes too much—too tiring—and you consider letting go. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

Lightly, as if his armor weighed no more than his fur, the bear-king spun to face Will and Lyra, who were struggling upright. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

I struggled and struggled and became wet with perspiration, but I did not want to admit defeat and pick the infernal thing up with my hands. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I struggled on, my breath rasping in my throat, and then I reached the trees at the top of the ridge and flung myself flat. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

They seemed to have settled into a dull trance, and Lyra wanted to shake them, to urge them to struggle and wake up and look around for a way out. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Bigwig was lying on his side, his back legs kicking and struggling. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was a terrible struggle to reach him. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

We pulled off another round of weights, but JP was struggling because he started laughing. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

A Fugees forward struggled free of traffic to take a shot that flew a good twenty feet over the crossbar and into the parking lot behind the field. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

She struggled and tore at his hand before her jaws unclenched and he pulled his hand free. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

As a daughter of Aphrodite, maybe she could tell when somebody was struggling with heartache. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

I stand at the entrance to the building, blinking, struggling to take it in. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

Anya struggled to find a word that aptly described him now. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

It struck the surface with its talons and rose back into the sky, carrying a large struggling fish. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

Pantalaimon struggled against her sleepiness, but it was too strong; he curled up as a mouse inside her hood. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

They hauled him out, still struggling, and dragged him through thigh-high snow to his new home. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Even in the midst of this intense match, Miller was laughing as he caught his opponent in a hold and struggled to down him. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Now the old fears returned and threatened to strangle me, to sink me back in that horrible pit of depression I’d spent years struggling to climb out of. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

He paused, puffed on his cigarette, and struggled with a cough. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

The two little boys seemed to be struggling valiantly to keep up, and Chess saw that Rocky and Other-Emma kept having to force themselves to slow down to their little brother’s pace. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Cole struggled to keep his voice steady as he told of the long night around the fire and his dance of anger. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

Then I’ll struggle, she’ll lean into me with all her weight, press her flesh, and then somehow the clothes start coming off. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

When he came home a fight ensued, and my father, after a violent struggle, threw the sailors out & proceeded to beat my mother. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now that he did, it was a startling thing, a dark catalog of subjugation and struggle. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

His face was flushed as he struggled back to his feet. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Tendai struggled with the monkey, but the owner threw his arm around Tendai’s throat and plastered a rag to his face, too. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

Mina struggled hard to keep her brave countenance; but the pain overmastered her and she put her hands before her face, and shuddered whilst she moaned. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

She found she couldn’t move within the circle of his arms and struggled against him, breathless. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

But Gabriel could not speak at once; he struggled to get his breath. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

He struggled for a moment to recapture his calm demeanor. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

In both places, young men go through a daily struggle trying to navigate their way through deadly streets, poverty, and the twin legacies of exclusion and low expectations. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

Alby’s chest, rose and fell with struggled breaths, but his skin was drenched in sweat; he looked like he wouldn’t last much longer. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Concerned for Ultima’s safety and feverish with the cold, I struggled to keep up with him because in the thick snow a person quickly disappeared from sight. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

That is the beautiful struggle of being a believer. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

Scipio jumped onto the merry-go-round and dragged the struggling little fellow from between the figures. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

Upon release from prison, people are typically saddled with large debts—financial shackles that hobble them as they struggle to build a new life. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

I struggled to push him back and to keep the dark curtain of unconsciousness from descending over me. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

She turned away as Angeline caught each struggling, flapping bird and broke its neck with one quick, strong twist. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

I struggled to free myself from the strangers’ grips, snarling words I didn’t know, in a language I had never learned. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Even so, Dr. Xuma and other African leaders spoke at several meetings and along with the Youth League gave full moral support to the struggle of the Indian people. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Leaning far over, Stephanie sucked his limp nub into her smoky mouth . . . just as another snap! and death struggle took place in the nearby kitchen. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

While millions across the world struggle with illiteracy, poverty, violence and war, let us remember that we have the power, determination and creative minds to help fight and eliminate those social problems. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

They were followed by five more serving men, each one carrying a whole cask of mead, a barrel huge enough that each giant struggled beneath the weight of it. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

And above all, pass on this mes-sage £>f mine to those who come after you, so that future generations shall carry on the struggle until it is victorious. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

I said I saw our struggle as parallel to this famous rebellion, and we discussed this historical episode for quite a while. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

We caught eyes as he struggled to get one of his folded-up comics out of his pocket. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

She immediately set up a trust fund for the “perpetual betterment of Riverview Middle School and all struggling public education facilities in the city.” The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

As a society, our collective understanding of racism has been powerfully influenced by the shocking images of the Jim Crow era and the struggle for civil rights. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

Todd was struggling to stay upright against the opposing center, who kept shoving him from behind. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

I didn’t know what to do, only that I had to do something, so I shifted my feet under me, planted my hands on the walls, and struggled to my feet. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

He in turn felt that his question was unfair, inappropriate, and he struggled to think of a way of putting it right. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

I struggled to answer, but I couldn’t find what to say. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Or maybe it was the way I’d seen Kat struggle into her fur-collared jacket, the morning she’d rushed out to get the photos of the strange man enlarged. souvenir shot was not somebody waving. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

The wheels retract and the cabin shakes as they struggle upward, through the first layer of clouds. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

He was a dwarf, half his brother's height, struggling to keep pace on stunted legs. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Suma’s up to her waist and struggling as much as I am. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

And with that—after several years of struggle—the last serious American effort to boycott the Berlin Olympics was effectively dead. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Stranded in the wet desert of the Amazon, the culture struggled to gain its footing, tottered a few steps, and died. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Again, Pinmei struggled to catch her breath, and this time the shock of the water felt as if her whole body had been struck. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

Seven struggled up the Hill, nervous and more than a little annoyed about having to go to Valley’s house. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

He picked up the bucket I was struggling with, and I thought he was going to toss it off into the trees, but he didn’t. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Sometimes they would see a few weeds struggling from some crack in the rock or a splotch of pale lichen, but there was no grass, and they woe above the trees now. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“Dragon do terrible thing, yes,” I said, struggling for the right words. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was Antigone who symbolized our struggle; she was, in her own way, a freedom fighter, for she defied the law on the grounds that it was unjust. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I pull it on over my head and struggle to get my arms into the sleeves. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Ugwu struggled to focus on the rounded face, the glasses, the browned collar. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

She struggled a bit at first, and Con had to pin her arms to her side while Kaede held her legs. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

In a few seconds, the bird also emerged, its head struggling to hold onto a large fish. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

As he cleaned the wound and applied disinfectant, I struggled to find the words to dismiss how I felt about him. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

He grabbed the struggling rat and held him up to the light. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

It was more important to show the young Black Consciousness men that the struggle was indivisible and that we all had the same enemy. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He struggled to lift his head and smile. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

And he struggled to flee—out of this darkness, out of this company—into the land of the living, so high, so far away. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

“Some people had to cut off their packs to keep from drowning and then struggle in to shore without guns or any equipment.” Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

He doesn’t see me as he trips up the porch steps and struggles with the key before going in. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

We were not concerned with getting off or lessening our punishment, but with having the trial strengthen the cause for which we were all struggling — at whatever cost to ourselves. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was called on in the first week of October and tasted the silence briefly before I managed to struggle through with an answer to an almost impossible question. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

The tom was scratching and struggling to get out of my grasp, leaving stinging red lines all over my bare arms. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

He could see them swirling around him with ease, watching him struggle through the water. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

A feeble gray paw emerged from the pile behind them, struggling to evade their grasp. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

One week later, however, Ron was telling a thrilling tale of kidnap in which he struggled single-handedly against fifty heavily armed merpeople who had to beat him into submission before tying him up. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

There would be two separate streams of the struggle. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had just control enough to stay out of his room, to let him struggle back into the bed by himself. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sansa dried her own tears as she struggled to comfort her friend They went to sleep in the same bed, cradled in each other's arms like sisters. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

She convinced herself, perhaps because it was a part of herself she couldn’t surrender without some kind of struggle. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

These young men were untrained and undisciplined and became involved in activities that were unbecoming to a liberation struggle. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then, holding the struggling Gwin tight, she removed the note from under his collar. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

The vets who’d come back struggling with their own anger, sorrow, and guilt would have a place to honor their fallen brothers. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

The story slid out with all the details: being abandoned on the road, struggling to care for Grandfather, getting the fever. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You’re not going to take my babies,” she said to Dorothy, struggling against the changes that had been set in motion by Langley’s letter, but which had roots much deeper than that. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

Maddie struggled to her feet and stood shivering on the concrete. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

Samira was off at college, and my parents worked long hours to keep their struggling luggage business afloat. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

Jenkins’ face was white and twisted as he struggled to look down at his wound. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

He grabbed the blankets that had fallen off the bed in Alby’s struggle and pulled them atop the sick boy. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Their thickness and thinness spoke of hard years of bitter struggle intermingled with rich years of sudden growth. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

I struggled out of bed, checked the bathroom, looked in the narrow hallway outside the room. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

I’m struggling in a black ocean, a life jacket across my chest, an anchor on my leg. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

My response may sound harsh, but I felt responsibility both as a husband and as a leader of the struggle, to be as clear as possible about the ramifications of her action. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Soon the struggle for control distilled to a personal conflict between Burnham and Davis, its primary battlefield a disagreement over who should control the artistic design of exhibits and interiors. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

The engineers from the hydro-anbaric station were struggling over the edge of the gorge to bring a power cable to the bomb. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

He was struggling to twist himself and gain a purchase on the ground, but his feet were uppermost, and Iofur had fixed his teeth somewhere near Iorek’s throat. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

The second policeman meanwhile was struggling to open the bedroom door; apparently my parents had bolted it from within. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Black policemen have often been severely criticized during the struggle, but many have played covert roles that have been extremely valuable. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The two sisters struggled to pull out the rickshaw, but it was too heavy for them. Rickshaw Girl 2007-02-01T00:00:00Z

Every time I think about him, a black pit blooms in my stomach and breathing becomes a struggle. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

I was still astride the top rail when the struggling bulls crashed through the fence, splintering the posts and rails, and toppling me to the ground almost under them. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

The dogs would crawl from their baskets, yawn and stretch themselves, wander out on to the terrace and blink at the first struggles of the pale sun coming through the mist. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Matthias felt some small measure of sympathy, but as they trekked through the morning, he had to admit he enjoyed seeing the canal rats shiver and struggle a bit for once. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

This corn is struggling to grow through a crack in the sidewalk. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

In The Crystal Horizon, his book about the ascent, he describes struggling up the final meters to the top: When I rest I feel utterly lifeless except that my throat burns when I draw breath. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

As he spoke he fell again and immediately struggled up on his forepaws as before. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then, as we struggle with the cart, the jammed wheel scraping across the concrete floor, a man in a business suit comes up behind us. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

And just like that, the plan I’ve been struggling to come up with for weeks explodes in my brain like a stick of dynamite with a too-short fuse. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

I leaned over to take hold of the wheel, closer to Bob Presto than I wanted to be, while he struggled with the caps and shook out pills. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

So the CPS school-choice program did help prepare a small segment of otherwise struggling students for solid careers by giving them practical skills. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

But the growing commercial confidence of Broadway and Hollywood musicals and of their songwriters blossomed at a time when classical music was struggling to find a sense of purpose beyond mere experimentation. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

The entanglement of the Cold War and the black struggle for rights here at home was already well understood in 1952, when the U.S. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

For a long time, my mother had not understood my commitment to the struggle. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

His fingers ground into my wrist bones as he struggled to pry my fingers off him. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

If Mrs. Janssen sold it so soon after her husband's disappearance, she must already be struggling with money, which I won't allow to be my concern unless it means she can't pay me. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

The soil was littered with boulders, the spaces between with deep sand, where the harvester wallowed and complained before struggling on. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

He gripped the side of the lifeboat, struggling to pull himself up. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Young militant leaders were emerging in the civil rights struggle, making Johnson nervous. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

Moss was aware of his own breath—struggling to escape, then struggling to enter—and the yelling around him. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

He saw Coach Hedge struggling to keep the ship from capsizing. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

He struggles but fails to recall her presence at Pemberton Road; still, he is secretly pleased that she has seen those rooms, tasted his mother’s cooking, washed her hands in the bathroom, however long ago. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

She arched off the moss to make room for his hands, and he undid the clasp without struggling and pulled the shoulder straps down onto her arms and softly kissed her earlobes. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

She doesn’t believe in any single method for dealing with struggling kids, and freely admits that the Fugees hasn’t worked for everyone. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

In Sweden, the people I met were equally interested and responsive, even though they hadn't experienced profound need or shared struggle with an abusive justice system. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

He went to her and brought her, still tied hand and foot, so that she could watch the final pathetic struggle of the man in black three hundred feet below. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

My parents never openly discussed their money struggles, but I knew we didn't have disposable income. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

But his struggles only thrust him downward, his cries did not go upward, but rang in his own skull. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

That night, while the Oracle of Thoth in the Land of Egypt struggled with the question “Where is Security?” The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Harry struggled to raise himself out of the debris of metal and leather that surrounded him; his hands sank into inches of muddy water as he tried to stand. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

The award was a tribute to all South Africans and especially to those who had fought in the struggle; I would accept the award on their behalf. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

After their mother died, she had come struggling out of the womb without help from throbbing muscles or the pressure of swift womb water. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was still struggling when I woke up. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

A few paces in front of me Camilla struggled on tiptoe to pull down her umbrella, which dragged her along in little skipping steps—Mary Poppins in her black funeral dress. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

The struggle was over, and I had my answer, though it was not the one I had assumed I would get. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The dogs came out, barking the moment their heads were free, and struggling as you’ve seen them do when they are getting through a narrow hole in a hedge. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

As I was struggling for something to say, a youngish, dark-haired man walked into the room and scribbled an assignment on the board. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

I could imagine the splash and jar of angry steel, the leap and struggle until the torn heart failed, and then, not too long later, the shadow of a buzzard, and another. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Not only did potatoes grow in places where other crops could not, the plant was an ally in smallholders’ ceaseless struggle against the economic and political elite. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

But there was a more recent author and public figure whose work spoke to the core of a new set of issues I was struggling with: the Bronx’s own Colin Powell. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

Both my tutor and our mysterious captain leaned out over the water opposite to me, that they might right the boat while I struggled over its gunwales. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

The combined sound of bells tolling and sirens wailing seemed not just a cacophonous way to ring in the new year, but a sound that symbolized a new era in our freedom struggle. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Small, brown ones struggled through the sawdust; and big, leathery bombers zoomed through the air and made Rosa scream. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was as though a thousand age-old fears woke and struggled for supremacy in his brain. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

The small, struggling figure of a man was being hoisted by one roped foot up the palace wall, to be fastened halfway to the top and left dangling, head downward. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

A man who loses his arms in an accident has a great struggle to adjust himself to the lack, but one born without arms suffers only from people who find him strange. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

I fumbled with the key and struggled to open the alarm. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Here are both men!” panted the sergeant, struggling at the bottom of a ditch. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

“Simone, if you were struggling in all these subjects, why on earth didn’t you ask for help?” he said. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Thus throughout history a struggle which is the same in its main outlines recurs over and over again. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

I breathe in and out, feeling the ever-present struggle of my lungs to rise and fall, and I wonder what it would be like with new lungs. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

And then, as I flicked through the pages, perhaps because I was still struggling to find the right thing to say, I came out with: “I wonder what Madame would say if she saw these.” Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Going by a regular schedule of settlement, subsistence farming should be years over by now. And there’s obviously trade, so why is there still this much struggle?” The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

It was funny to direct them and watch them struggle to understand what in the world I was doing. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

The woman struggles to sit up and calls to someone a few beds down. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

While Einstein and Hubble were productively unraveling the large-scale structure of the cosmos, others were struggling to understand something closer to hand but in its way just as remote: the tiny and ever-mysterious atom. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

I still struggled to persuade myself that Mr. Muhammad had been fulfilling prophecy. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

For example, much of Africa is still struggling with its legacies from recent colonialism. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Diana struggled to hold on while moving her other arm to grab hold as well. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

This was a significant achievement, for fear of prison is a tremendous hindrance to a liberation struggle. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mack struggled with the words and they didn’t come right no matter how he turned them. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Piper heard Hercules shrieking and struggling somewhere underneath. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Two huge women with spoiled-cream complexions seemed to struggle with their massive bodies as they came past, their flowered hips trembling like threatening flames. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

His fingers were unsteady; he was struggling, it seemed, to suppress emotions. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

But there were two of them, still struggling through the air, scavenging for food or whatever. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

I try to struggle free, but Dalton pushes me hard against the wall and locks eyes with me. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

Iorek came down slowly to where Will was struggling up, and said, “Answer me truthfully.” The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Frank’s arm was raw from being scraped against the booth when he was struggling with the guy in the bathroom, and we put some water on it. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

After a night of struggling in my head, the purple light of dawn comes, and I’ve made a decision. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

A death struggle must come in which one or the other class is extinguished forever.” Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

I work my bent neck free and struggle into a sitting position. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

The glamor of the underground struggle and the civil war still faintly clung to them. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

He lifted her as she struggled, kicking and pummeling the air. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

I can see by the clench of Jason’s jaw how hard he’s struggling to control his movements to not frighten her. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

During our struggle, I caught a glimpse of where the burning building had been. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

‘You believe in the struggle of my people for their human rights?’ The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

She was struggling to become someone else, and maybe felt the pressure more than the rest of us because, as I say, she’d somehow taken on the responsibility for all of us. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

I thought about what Andrius said and struggled to decide what was “flattering.” Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

Paul, the second of six children—three boys and three girls—was born in 1959 in a struggling mill town. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

He pictured the long, bitter struggle against the gangs. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

Those cheers fired me anew with the spirit of the struggle. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

They want to see the place and touch the building where courageous people died in the struggle for freedom. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

The rest of the way they went by foot, Tyrion clanking and clattering as he struggled to keep up with his captor’s long, impatient strides. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

We were aware that the struggle was intensifying, and that the efforts of the enemy were similarly increasing. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He struggled to his feet, striking out and scoring Cluny heavily down the side. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Hull had pushed his arm into Shawna even harder, had lifted her in the air, and Shawna was struggling to breathe. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

In those moments Mr. Kapasi used to believe that all was right with the world, that all struggles were rewarded, that all of life’s mistakes made sense in the end. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

He had started reading almost as soon as he entered school, struggling at first through the English books by looking up words and phrases in the big dictionary. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

While he watched, she struggled to lift herself with just one. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

A lump in his jacket struggled and pecked. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

“His father’s a good worker, sir. The whole island’s been struggling since the cyclone.” Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

Why bother struggling with the grammar lessons of a six-year-old if each of us didn't believe that, against all reason, we might eventually improve? Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

I struggled to sum up the confusing exchange. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Today, while events in neighboring South Africa command more of the world’s attention, Namibia as well is struggling to deal with its colonial past and establish a multiracial society. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

The trains brakes screeched as it slammed to a halt, and we all struggled to look out through the slats and see what had happened. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

I was standing by the back corner of the truck, struggling to fight back the sudden wave of emotion the snow chains had brought on, when I heard an odd sound. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

My bans drove me from the center of the struggle to the sidelines, from a role that was primary to one that was peripheral. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

No strong swimmer, he struggled as best he could to the boat, and pulled himself up into her. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

His tail was caked with blood, and his struggles made new blood flow from his wound. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

The result is a kind of contagion of panic, and before long the men leading the zebras and llamas are struggling to maintain control. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Coach West watches as I struggle to get over the hurdles. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

I blink, my chest rising and falling because I’m struggling to breathe normally. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

“All the beds are exactly six feet, see? Your friends are too short. Got to make them fit” Annabeth and Grover kept struggling. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

In fact, Reynie had struggled not to sound excited—even fond—when he described it to the girls. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

I frequently had difficult conversations with clients who were struggling and despairing over their situations—over the things they'd done, or had been done to them, that had led them to painful moments. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

His uncle tried to struggle out of the mud. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

She was bound to a chair, her hair disheveled, her clothing torn, her eyes wild; and her monkey dæmon thrashed and struggled on the floor in the coils of a silver chain. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

The family did not prosper, however, and, in fact, struggled merely to stay in place. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

I struggle to find a way to escape this, the horror of what I’ve done, but there is no sophisticated logic that can liberate me; there is no way out. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

In the early years after slavery, when Black people were struggling to find their way, John Henry was a rock to his small community. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

We kept struggling forward, and finally reached the top of the tunnel, where the cavern widened out into the Fields of Asphodel. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

It smelled wonderful too, and as Anya struggled to keep herself from openly drooling over the food, she found herself realizing they might be celebrating something she had intruded upon. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

The trainer was living out of a horse stall, sharing it with another struggling horseman. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I finally escaped, with my ears ringing and an armful of loose papers struggling to fly away in the wind, the birch grove was empty. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

“Good morning, ma’am. I brought your breakfast,” she said, struggling back to standing and lifting the tray a little higher. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

He crouched behind his guards, screaming encouragement at the other Roman demigods as they struggled toward the ship, holding up their shields as if that would deflect the storm raging all around them. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

The rainwater had not fully drained from the track, and he was concerned that Seabiscuit might struggle over the dampness. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

I walk in and buy a good fortnight’s worth of groceries and come out struggling with my bags. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

It struggled a moment and then held itself tense in her firm grip. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

She put up a struggle when Lucile tried to take off her Sunday coat. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

They landed quickly, and Harry ran to the door, the key struggling in his hand. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

With Héctor on her hip, she led us up the road, dragging the suitcase with her free hand, while Delsa, Norma, and I struggled with the pillowcases full of clothes. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

He struggled to his feet and stumbled across the pitching deck. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

Siddhartha now also realized why he had struggled in vain with this Self when he was a Brahmin and an ascetic. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z

I said that it could also be seen as a struggle between brothers who happen to be different colors. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The memory of my journey, or should I say my struggle to America, is buried deep inside of me. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

And so now she opened the spigots, shivering a little as the spiders scrambled, lost their footing, struggled momentarily in the hot water, and died, immediately bedraggled, soggy, long gone. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

As we kept moving, however, I struggled to catch my breath and never stopped perspiring. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

The Warden was happy with the family’s new lifestyle, but Ginny struggled. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

One of my new hires was Michael O'Connor, a recent Yale Law School graduate with a passion for helping people in trouble that had been kindled by his own struggles earlier in life. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

But starting in high school, she started struggling with grades, turned away from her promising swimming talent, and, just generally, caused Leila ceaseless worry. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

Wood panted, forcing the struggling Bludger back into the crate and strapping it down safely. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

Rocket waved his paws, struggling to be put down. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

He leaped over the side and struggled toward shore, splashing through water covered with blotches of burning black oil. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

As if she had been practicing for this occasion, warming up for this last struggle. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

But the plume of snow now blowing from the summit ridge was a bad sign: the Montenegrins were struggling upward through ferocious wind. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

After struggling with the Arabic, it helps me calm down to sing, even if it’s kind of strange to go from Quran to Motown. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

Charles was still struggling with the same large stone. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

The constant wave of tropical storms and hurricanes that menaced coastal Louisiana, Alabama, Mississippi, and Florida in the summer of 2004 turned their relaxed Southern coastal life into an apocalyptic struggle for survival. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

He himself was free but had to struggle against prejudice throughout his life. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

There was a brief struggle, fists and fingers. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Asiya and Faizah were just as excited as I was to launch this company because they struggled with the same issues of finding modest clothing options as I did. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

His face had been struggling to stay calm as he listened to me, but now he was crying but trying to control himself. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

I never wanted you to be twice as good as them, so much as I have always wanted you to attack every day of your brief bright life in struggle. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

He hit the marble banisters and struggled to return to his feet. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

I struggle to force my anxiety attack away. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

“But it wouldn't be helpful for me to turn around and hunt down those ...” He didn’t finish his sentence, looking away, struggling for a moment to control his anger again. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

You get in line behind the couple with the baby and watch a woman struggle with a color copier. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

He lay on his side entangled in his own robes, struggling to get up. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

Theo smoothed the blanket over his sleepy brother in the next bed, struggled into his bathrobe, and stumbled over the wheelchair as he tiptoed out of the room. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

She stopped her struggles, stared at me through streaming tears. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

He, too, breathed again, struggling now with his own breath to control it, to keep it from sounding so loud in his throat that it would awaken her. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Grover was back on his feet, over by the throne of Hera, but he seemed to be struggling to move as well. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

Mother struggled to keep the smile on her face as she changed the subject. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

This grating struggle over where the pitch should fall affected most of the notes of the scale in one way or another. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

Grunts and squeaks told her that the mayor was struggling to rise from his chair. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

The front window displayed a tank crowded with doomed fish and turtles struggling to gain footing on the slimy green-tiled sides. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

The struggle for freedom and human dignity for all must go on. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

Above his head, light refracts through the water tank, the symbol of the compound’s slow, pointless struggle. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Ivy struggled to get Aaron to finish even half of his bottle. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“Well, will you please go into the bathroom and flush the toilet so your sister can use it,” Bloom called, struggling to keep his voice from sounding too strained. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m coming!” she cried back, and stumbled upward, clambering, sprawling, struggling, at the end of her strength; but hauling herself on and further on through the ghostly-gleaming snow. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

My family had not asked for or even wanted to be involved in the struggle, but my involvement penalized them. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

And those that watched felt that some great struggle was going on. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

I struggle to make sense of the voices that are boiling up all around me. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

She looked up at me, struggling with her doubts. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

John struggled to pull them both back up to safety, but Eugene was strong in his panic, keeping them both below the surface. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Sam struggled back into his boots, collected quill and parchment, and shouldered out into the night, the rain pattering down on his cloak and floppy hat. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

As Thomas followed, he struggled to figure out what was tickling the back of his mind. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Toby instinctively scooted back as his father reached into his pocket, struggling to pull something out. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

It landed on the ground, struggling mightily, right in front of the young man with scars on his face. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

Aimee knew I was struggling; she’d caught me rolling my eyes once or twice at having to repeat a particular move again and again. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

He beckoned the first beastkeepers in line as they struggled to guide a pair of silverback gorillas into the tent by their harnesses. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

I remind her how she never struggles with the arcana. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

Drug treatment on demand must be provided for all Americans, a far better investment of taxpayer money than prison cells for people struggling with drug addiction. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

Otherwise he lay quiet like a bruised fledgling, with the dry, parched lips of exhaustion and a body which could struggle no more. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

All at once, Robert was screaming and struggling with the strength of frenzy. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

He struggled on a few more feet and then turned and looked back. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

The far shore would stop them, Taran thought, struggling to keep his head above the waves. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

The topic of the discussion is how we struggle to reconcile the indubitable fact of death with our incomprehension of the possibility that a person can no longer exist. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

Whatever it was, I struggled to pull the aluminum seal back far enough to take a sip of juice. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Then Cecilia was struggling free, and he was letting her go. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

I told the reporters that there was no contradiction between my continuing support for the armed struggle and my advocating negotiations. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

They looked for signs of a struggle but found none. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

“Illegal tobacco,” Milo explained to him with a look of epileptic lust, struggling doggedly to get by. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Eleanor stared at the lid and struggled to make the letters into words—but she couldn't get past the familiar spill of lowercase letters. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

He yawned and curled up next to Prosper, who was struggling with a needle and thread over the holes in his brother’s pants. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

Two inmate trusties who had been mopping the floor stopped to watch the officers struggle with the wheelchair and the cage. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

A couple of times a week, he recapped the triumphs and struggles of his life. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

It's Ollie who speaks next, in a pinched voice he struggles to keep neutral. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Others, a bit older, struggle to hold on to memories: One has slept in her mother’s bed; another has smelled her perfume, put on her deodorant, her clothes. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

Holly struggled to keep her face under control. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

The ANC’s alliance with the Communist Party seemed to trouble them almost as much as the armed struggle. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I kicked and wiggled and struggled to get free from the incessant beating, but they held me tight and I could not throw them off. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Neel read the few titles aloud, struggling to translate them into Bangla for his father. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

He took a handful of wet earth and pressed it down over the flames, and Lee struggled to lie down in the little tent and closed his eyes. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

As Ryan walked to the front of the room, he reached into his pocket, grasped Ralph by the tail, and dragged him, clawing and struggling, out of the pocket. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z

As I struggle to get up, it gives out and Mags rolls off onto the ground before me. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Håkon screamed in pain, struggling, clawing at the creature holding him down. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

The odds would be with me, for I would be appealing to men bound by common ideals to judge with pity and understanding one of their brothers who erred and fell in struggle. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Meanwhile, teams of Sparra warriors were jointly lifting struggling rats and flying high to drop them into the middle of the Abbey pond. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

The toes of my shoes slipped over the concrete floor, struggling to gain purchase. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Elsewhere in the South, the struggle for equal rights was moving into the federal courts and, increasingly, into the streets. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

Flames from the burning hay pushed against the roof and beams, almost as if they were struggling to break free. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z

First, she was a little girl again, struggling to climb Half-Blood Hill. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

I kick, I struggle, and finally I break the surface. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

The robot stared abstractedly at the panting, struggling Earthman. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

Bucking and struggling, I knew, would make me run out of air even faster. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

The pain in his face is very evident as he struggles with his emotions. Monster 1999-01-01T00:00:00Z

The cross-cultural conversations with those people, who had shared a lot of the same history and struggle as my clients in America, had a huge impact on me. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

That evening, feeling demoralized and a bit angry, I had a conversation with Benjamin Pogrund of the Rand Daily Mail in which I suggested that the days of nonviolent struggle were over. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was no sign of the struggle or the mud of last night’s rain. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

She moved her hand and struggled to get up, but she couldn’t seem to stand. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Cars struggling to climb the steep, fog-shrouded hill, gunning their deep engines and spinning their wheels. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now Day and I struggle through the rain back to the rail yard where we’re going to set up camp. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

She had gone past hunger to real starvation, where the body no longer struggled against its fate. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

She struggled, and Rasalas increased the pressure of its elegant hoof against her chest. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Ron looked as though he was suffering some sort of painful internal struggle. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Chris’s father spoke eloquently of the pain of losing a son, but with satisfaction that he had died in the struggle. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Listen,” said the man, sitting up with a struggle. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

She could write the scene three times over, from three points of view; her excitement was in the prospect of freedom, of being delivered from the cumbrous struggle between good and bad, heroes and villains. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

After Boipatong, there were those in the NEC who said, “Why did we abandon the armed struggle? We should abandon negotiations instead; they will never advance us to our goal.” Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

It glistened with oil, and here and there shapes struggled to the surface and were pulled down again. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

These coalitions play a central part not only during overt struggles for the alpha position, but in almost all day-to-day activities. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

He pushed his undrunk tea back at Percy and waited for Ludo to rise; Bagman struggled to his feet, swigging down the last of his tea, the gold in his pockets chinking merrily. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

When I struggled down to the landing the next morning the mess was gone. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

I struggled to find the right words to say while trying to catch my breath. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

Sailors struggled with the frozen winches that held the lifeboats on the left side. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

And then they wouldn’t have to see her struggle to get through the opening she knew wasn’t large enough. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Deep into wet pits of clay, into sticky ditches, up slippery slopes I would struggle with the pail. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was well composed, given the subject of our conversation, and for most of the visit I struggled to separate how she actually felt from what I felt she must be feeling. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

He seemed to be looking everywhere except at Ida Spavento's housekeeper who was obviously struggling to keep up with her dogs. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

But with every struggle the task seemed harder and with every strain the glimmering ribbon became stronger. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

Throughout his childhood in the medieval city of Speyer on the Rhine, his parents had struggled to make ends meet on his father's wages as a carpenter. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

Anya struggled to her cold feet, eyes wide as smoke began to seep through the floorboards into the cellar. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

There were also glimpses of his finding the game of football a difficult struggle. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

She struggled with the pieces, trying to force them together, to make them make sense. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Frankie, trying to hold on to the struggling dog, lost his footing and fell backwards in the slippery snow. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

“But comrade, you cannot stage their revolution for them. You can only create awareness. Educate them. They must launch their own struggle. They must overcome their fears.” The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mom thought I should be writing exposes about oppressive landlords, social injustice, and the class struggle on the Lower East Side. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

He seemed to struggle to make his words forceful enough. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You’ve got it easy—you have all your physical functions working properly. You never have to struggle just to be understood. You think you’re smart because you have a medical degree?” Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

The First and Second had finally managed, after a long and bloody struggle, to secure Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You were gazing into that fire like you wanted to eat it or something. I have a cousin who for real struggles with pyromania, so I’ve seen that look before.” Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

Even though I knew that I couldn’t help them and they couldn’t help me, just knowing that we were all struggling with this thing...that helped. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Again the passage around the Cape of Good Hope meant one long struggle against head winds. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

With each gleaning I commit, with each life taken for the good of humanity, I mourn for the boy I once was, whose name I sometimes struggle to remember. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

We saw the trial as a continuation of the struggle by other means. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

That night, I was awoken by the sound of a struggle. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Somehow Mr. Robinson’s struggle to be a member of the baseball team lit my freedom candle. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

In Sahagun’s reconstruction, the Franciscans speak first, their interpreters struggling to make European concepts clear in Nahuatl verse, the language of high discourse. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

That flag—it stood for Magna Carta, the Bill of Rights, Charles the First’s head upon a block, centuries of struggle for ‘English liberty.’ Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Growing up in a home of abuse, you struggle with the notion that you can love a person you hate, or hate a person you love. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

The ash of fireworks perhaps, or grass I’d uprooted in my desperate struggles. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Through the flailing fists and legs, I could see the man, struggling and small. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

But little by little, in this grueling struggle to restore lost energy, those cells that survive begin to compensate by increased fermentation. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

These people had struggled for a quarter of a century to reach their understanding, and now their Indian Summer was before them. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Emmett struggled and complained at first, but R.C. tightened his grip around Emmett’s neck, and he quieted down, half scrambling, half being dragged behind R.C. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

Ron looked just as confused as he did, still fighting to keep hold on the struggling Scabbers. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

Her dress had lost its set in the struggle with Lucile. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

“And I’m not going to give him up to any of you kidney birds without a struggle. I was here first.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

“And Ouranos kicked you in the face as he struggled. How we used to tease you about that!” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

I don’t know if it’s worse to spend all day in my room, or struggle through my classes and be forced to speak to other human beings. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Cole struggled to shift his position on the uneven ground, but stiffness had set into his joints like hardened cement. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

He struggled to focus on her face, her large eyes, the rash of pimples on her forehead, her hair plaited in thread-covered spikes. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

On the side of the road, a field stretched out like green bed linen, dotted by mango trees with faded leaves struggling to retain their color against the drying wind. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

I realize then I can’t be dead, and I fight and struggle and kick and try to wake from this terrible nightmare. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

My parents were young and struggling when my sisters and brother were born. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

The radio crackled and popped as a weak signal struggled to get through. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

He sprinted toward the doorway as the guard, dazed by the shock of the fall, struggled to stand upright. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

I understood the theory of fractions but struggled to manipulate them, and seeing a decimal on the page made my heart race. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

With this to guide him he struggled forward, little by little, up toward the dunes. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

The air struggles in and out of my lungs, and I take my portable oxygen off my bedside table, putting the nose cannula in and turning it on to give them a hand. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

Isabella gives me a big smile, and I feel like one of the little fish is struggling to swim its way back up my throat. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

Hall Heorot rocked down to its stone roots with the rage of the demon's struggling. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z

He walked halfway to the rear and, struggling to keep his voice under control, said: “They don’t want to sit with you people, don’t you know that? They don’t want to—is that plain enough?” Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t see why I should go without. I have served the struggle for many years.” Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

My parents reasoned that in America we could find jobs and help support my sister and brother, whose lives would not be easy in a country struggling to establish itself. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

I struggled to come up with something to say that wasn’t a lie. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

Farmville, the town that Dorothy left behind in the 1940s, had become in the 1950s a microcosm of Americas struggle over integration in its public schools. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

I struggled to free myself, but Edward merely readjusted me so that I was somewhat more conventionally seated on his lap. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Nothing could rouse her, and every breath was such a painful struggle that the slow rasp of it filled the whole house. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

We selected them as the most immediate burden pressing on the lives of the people, and the best way to engage the greatest number of people in the struggle. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

At last, the world, the national, and the local pictures had been fused into one overwhelming drama of moral struggle in which everybody in the hall was participating. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

When they had struggled to the bottom of the bank, they found a stream running down from the hills behind in a deeply dug bed with steep slippery sides overhung with brambles. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Most of us struggle and often fail to meet the biggest challenges of our lives. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

I stared back, struggling to think clearly in spite of his face, to find some way to explain. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Dayah massages Alan’s weak leg like she used to do when he was a toddler struggling to balance and walk for the first time. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

At Wits, I met many people who were to share with me the ups and downs of the liberation struggle, and without whom I would have accomplished very little. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was greatly distressed by her imprisonment, though she was apparently not mistreated this time and emerged from jail in December even firmer in her commitment to the struggle. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was a great noise of shot, but none hit; and they turned, startled, and fired at us—as we struggled to reload. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

Max struggled with the black woman and got her to her feet. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Copernicus tells us that he engaged in a systematic programme of reading as he struggled with the formulation of his new astronomy. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

After the toilet incident, Elizabeth and I struggled to stay friends. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

When Dottie first grew ill, Mac had struggled to provide the care she needed. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

His father struggled to turn, to force his way back against the flood wave of people. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

I apologize and do what she asks while she struggles to open a slippery bottle of cold Chardonnay. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

He let his eyes adjust to the darkness, and had the usual struggle to see anything in the microscope through his faceplate. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I struggled to open them again, and then the next thing I knew Father was shaking me and saying, “Come on, Tim, time for bed.” My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was like struggling with some crushing physical task, something which one had the right to refuse and which one was nevertheless neurotically anxious to accomplish. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

Often, as he struggled to get through central and northern Mexico, Enrique came close to getting caught and deported. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

“But to retire it,” Rick said, “because it’s needling you—give me that ” He struggled to pry the laser tube away from Phil Resch. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

He planted the palms of his hands against his attacker’s chest and pushed, straightening his arms until his muscles strained against the struggling figure above him. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

So I always struggled with pretending that maybe my friends could overlook that I was only fourteen, even if I couldn’t. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Even before he had met Elizebeth, he had sometimes struggled with what he called “dark moods.” The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

She flinched away, but he grabbed her by the wrist, and even though she struggled, he was stronger. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

I struggled to lift you as high as I could, and Arul pulled you over the wall. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

He told Winnie she was marrying a man who was already married to the struggle. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

It doesn’t matter if divorce shreds the muscles of our hearts so that they will hardly beat without a struggle. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

I struggled on with the play and, by degrees, began understanding snippets of it. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

And in this past day, Christmas Eve, while the clock made two complete rotations of its own, I watched over three tiny creatures whose lungs struggled like the flat, useless wings of butterflies prematurely emerged. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Valley’s face was splotchy and red and streaked with tears as she struggled against her dad. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

She struggled to stay focused and push forward, but the culminating weight of everything that had happened that week wouldn’t leave her alone. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

They all struggled to maintain composure, but their faces betrayed them. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

I felt his struggles suddenly grow more desperate and lifted my face to see why. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

“They were a birthday present!” shouted Ron, revolving slowly in midair as he struggled to get free. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Navid had struggled with this, too, in his own way, but he said he was done waiting for the right moment. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

He did not want the meeting to turn into a power struggle between the Centers for Disease Control and the Army. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

She gagged and coughed, struggling to breathe through her molasses-clogged nose and mouth. I Survived the Great Molasses Flood, 1919 2019-09-03T00:00:00Z

I struggled half awake and half asleep, and then suddenly, in the middle of my fevered, stolen nap, utterly awake. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

All night they struggled through the forest, which grew denser the closer they approached the Ystrad valley. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

I struggle hard enough that I manage to pull them forward a few feet. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

I keep trying to grasp at it, to hold on to it, but the harder I struggle, the fainter and the further away it gets. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh, don’t struggle, honey,” my old math teacher cackled in my ear. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

He had struggled a long time with that loss, believed he had resigned himself to it, had come to terms with the fact that old age would be not remembering what things felt like. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

But I picked up one foot and then the other and led the way in that direction along the remnants of the old lane where pasture grass now struggled to grow. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

But as Oliver said at the time of the bombing, the armed struggle was imposed upon us by the violence of the apartheid regime. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Soft moans floated up from the Midfolk huddled behind me, but my attention stayed glued on Gum Baby’s helpless struggles. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

They struggled against each other, punching and kicking. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

Kingshaw spun round in alarm, and at once began to struggle to his feet. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

Nathan struggled to maintain enough distance so the horned toad couldn’t hear him but so he was close enough to listen in on what it was saying. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

During the first three decades after the Treaty of Paris was signed, allied Indigenous nations in the Ohio Country and the southern states were involved in several struggles to resist settler encroachment. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z

I was not going to let my involvement in the struggle and the scope of my political activities be determined by the enemy I was fighting against. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the rising howl of a diving Stuka sounded again, he struggled to place the sound. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Panicked, he returned to the window, struggling to keep his balance as the floor quaked beneath him. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

The horse paused, struggling to find the right word. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

“How long ...” I struggle for the right words. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

My ongoing struggle against the Capitol, which has so often felt like a solitary journey, has not been undertaken alone. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

And in that struggle, I can tell he’s not ashamed. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

It leaps savagely on the crab, there is a puff of black fluid, and the struggling mass is obscured in the sepia cloud while the octopus murders the crab. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I walked into Camp Four, six Sherpas were struggling to erect Hall’s tents in a 50-knot tempest. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

He had to struggle with the word since it was more than two syllables. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

The men watched it disappear, and hunched their shoulders and struggled to keep their little boat on course. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

Penny was soon puffing, struggling with the weight of her pails. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Clotho, still struggling through the shallow waves, peers over his hunched shoulder. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

In Washington, Shadrach Yale was slowly struggling back to health in the safety of his aunt’s home. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

Minutes passed in silence as I struggled to answer his question. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

I struggled to recapture the rhythm, to get the feeling of creation in my fingers, but the anger had disrupted everything. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

She struggles with a word. “...something...to make her sleep.” The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Supplies of fuel had been exhausted and there was a struggle everywhere for warmth. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

A part of him seemed to be struggling with the whole idea. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

If what this goddess was saying was true, it meant she’d been watching them struggle through this jungle for a while. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Ultima and I worked in the garden every morning, struggling against the llano to rescue good earth in which to plant. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Armstrong supported her as she struggled to her feet. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

“Will,” I whisper, watching as he struggles to push the air through my body. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

She struggled to her feet, wincing as she did, clutching the wall. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

On the llano the cattlemen struggled to feed their herds. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Other North Vietnamese leaders vowed to continue the struggle. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

I struggled desperately to help him, but I could not move beneath the heavy blankets. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

A man involved in the struggle was a man without a home life. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

And it was then that your father and I took up the torch of the Butterflies and began the struggle again. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

My struggle as a writer was a lot like my life, I figured. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

Then the shock of being shot must have worn off and he began to struggle. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Yes,” I say, struggling to hold back my tears. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wave to the security guard, who peers at me suspiciously as I rip the balloon off the vase, struggling to catch my breath, my lungs protesting all this running. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

“You’re too late. He’s drowned,” she wailed as she stood watching me struggle with her son’s body. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

Whenever she said that, I struggled to keep my imagination in check. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

A stranger with a flair for cocktail-party descriptive prose might have commented that the room, at a quick glance, looked as if it had once been tenanted by two struggling twelve-year-old lawyers or researchists. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

It reminds her to accept the truth rather than struggle against it. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

And then her struggle stopped and her head fell back and the light glinted on her half-closed eyes. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

It is a Darwinian struggle, in which only the most fit or adaptable survive. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

They stood and looked down together at the thing struggling out of smoke. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

And I was still struggling to figure out how to be social in a way that aligned with my faith. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

This struggle for survival was the shaping hand. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

Something to struggle against seemed to clear the air. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

We can be comforted in the fact that life will always be a struggle. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

She took a sharp breath, struggling to free herself. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

He bought controlling interest in Baltimore’s legendary but struggling Pimlico Racecourse and set out to restore its glory. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Piper felt silly, but she kept breaking down and crying as she told Jason what had happened while he was struggling underwater. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

For a while I struggled in vain, then knowing him already gone, retired two Steps to my Bed. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

I struggled for a quarter hour till Sewing Mistress rushed to my side. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

I asked, though I could as easily have said, “What struggle?” In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Stumbling back from the table, I clasped my hands over my mouth in a struggle to contain the wave of bile that surged up my throat. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Aru struggled for balance as she climbed up, but she refused to believe they weren’t getting out of here. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

The others could hear him swearing like a cat himself and struggling for a hold. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

They flew apart, struggling to sit up, Dimple’s head swimming. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

In 1960, while they were still just a struggling high school rock band, they were invited to play in Hamburg, Germany. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

The boys struggle to stay awake, but no air-raid sirens sound. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

His fingers found the neck of the struggling bird. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

After years of struggling for funding and recognition even on their own campuses, the crew programs at both schools had finally begun to have occasional successes competing with their eastern counterparts. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Grayson, so patient, had let Stella work at her own pace, but still she’d struggled with putting it all together. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

I stalk past the woman and head over to Starry, who's struggling against the wind to fold another sari. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Alby’s chest rose and fell with struggled breaths, but his skin was drenched in sweat; he looked like he wouldn’t last much longer. The Maze Runner 2009-10-21T00:00:00Z

The gods of Egypt struggled with the gods of conscience, and Egypt won. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

I glance at her now, walking beside me, as I push the stroller, struggling to keep up. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I blinked, and struggled gamely to bring her into focus. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Maybe Momma could guess what I was struggling with, because she says, “The officer claims she feared for her life, so they’ll talk about that.” A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

She made a pillow of her jacket, struggled out of her shirt, and covered her head with it. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

As Shin struggled to get to his feet, Hong again swung his shovel and mashed Shin’s nose, which began to bleed. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

At that moment, I believe Jerome understood that a tremendous struggle was going on inside me. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

I am struggling with a deep secret—being a “closet drinker.” The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

The wolves struggled, causing the bone thicket to crack and crumble. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

He was down the trail, back toward the cabins, struggling to get around the maze of fallen trees and buildings. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

It didn’t last very long, but while it went on the outside world was blotted out, and she seemed to be listening to the struggle in her body. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

For the next several days, Deborah and I talked many times as we both struggled to make sense of the attacks, and Deborah tried to accept the idea that the conference had been canceled. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

Perilee struggled to a sitting position and pointed to the small of her back. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

After her death, he wore no underwear and struggled to find rags to wear inside his shoes. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

“I’m fine, thank you,” Celia says, struggling to catch her breath. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

I struggled in the morning, and then after lunch I locked into the same strange rhythm. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

“Yes, I do,” said Dumbledore, and Harry saw his feet slide a little on the floor as he struggled to remain upright. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

As I watch her struggle with her emotions, I understand why. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

Ernie shuddered, clearly frustrated with both Genie’s questions and the nail he was struggling to hit. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

“He found that bag of pills in Shawna’s locker,” Moss said, each word a struggle to get out. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Though it was a struggle to lift my eyes, I did so. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

Though the Congress of the People had been broken up, the charter itself became a great beacon for the liberation struggle. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Percy struggled to keep his head above water, which was obviously a new experience for him. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

As Reg struggled up the steps, Moss’s heart raced in his chest. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

The long-armed haint that had been rushing her was now struggling to get back onto its feet, its long mouth hanging open in surprise. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

I followed him onto the upper promenade deck, taking a coat from a woman who was struggling with her life vest. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

After a struggle, Kenneth was pulled from his wife’s small frame and she was laid back down in her casket. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

I'm pretty sure feeding themselves will be a tremendous struggle. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

I felt I could have gotten lost forever as I struggled to find the door that led to the office and safety, opening first one, then another. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Yes, there it lay, the fruit of all their struggles, levelled to its foundations, the stones they had broken and carried so laboriously scattered all around. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

Winnie wrote to me that she felt liberated in prison this time, and it served to reaffirm her commitment to the struggle. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Though there has been no word between Bono and myself, there is communication enough as we pass; the sight of his still-bloated eye serves as apt reminder of our struggle. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

I looked up at Stick, still struggling with the man, but I was no longer helpless. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

Social class—that elusive combination of income, education, occupation, and wealth—played a powerful role in Miele’s, Wilson’s, and Gora’s struggles to recover. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

Some struggled with knives and forks the size of axes and shovels, some stared at their meal in perplexity. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

But it’s heavier than it looks, and I’m struggling with it, clenching my teeth as it clunks in place. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

The dog yelped some more, then licked Ralph’s hand and panted before struggling away. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were the postal workers and the struggling bookkeepers and the men lying on their couches at home without any job at all. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

He set his teeth and tried to stop his mind from thinking, and he struggled on. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

Before him, Pond struggled to get up while Wind Being spread the moon sands out. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

There is a silence between us, and I’m struggling to spit out how I’m really feeling. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Anya struggled to her feet and stumbled to her knees a step later. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

I watched helplessly for fifteen minutes as she struggled to haul herself up the uppermost brow of rock, too exhausted to manage it. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

I said I hoped that a climate conducive to a negotiated settlement could soon be achieved, ending the need for the armed struggle. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I could see that her brain was struggling to fit it all together. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The light was growing dimmer and, as I struggled to focus on objects outside our immediate area, I saw the place was empty except for us. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Chestnutt struggled to keep pace, too, so I kneeled and she hopped gratefully into my arms. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

He exchanged a look with the other journalists, who were struggling to contain their smirks. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

They were comrades in a struggle, a new way for men and women to be together that did not necessarily have to do with romance. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Each of us has struggled to excel at our assigned positions. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

I ran toward the gate, but it was blocked with people screaming and struggling to get out, falling in pain or dead. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

She looked past him and saw their grandmother standing to hold the porch door open for James, who struggled up the steps with a basket of tomatoes in his arms. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

As he struggled to pull them on, he chuckled. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

As they headed to their hotel, the mustached man’s limp grew increasingly pronounced and by the time they reached the lobby, he was struggling to keep up. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

I struggle in vain as Shahira approaches me, her gait now having the same predatory grace as Zero’s. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

He struggled to sit up, but the pain in his shoulder was too much. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

When she came to, she was in a car, locked in the back, with a splitting headache that her pain nanites were struggling to subdue. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

His tone is even, but he is struggling to restrain himself. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was a struggle, but no one could tell. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Yes. But I’m...I’m going to school,” Carmen lied, struggling to keep her voice steady. I Survived the Great Molasses Flood, 1919 2019-09-03T00:00:00Z

He looks in through the broken windows, struggles with the lock on the back door, and finally flings it open. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

But it was not over yet: Harry sped between duelers, past struggling prisoners, and into the Great Hall. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

They’d only come up from America a couple of years ago and were still struggling. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

He struggled to wear out his visions in the marriage bed, he struggled to awaken Deborah, for whom daily his hatred grew. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

The horse was taking the matter sensibly, not struggling, seeming to understand that the oxen being tackled would pull him out. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was struggling against the cold, gray winter wind, carrying a huge round ball in her arms. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

A well-documented example from Pacific islands is the epidemic that swept over Fiji in 1806, brought by a few European sailors who struggled ashore from the wreck of the ship Argo. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Yes, there was a reason to struggle for freedom, and it would come in God’s time. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

James struggled to find the memory in his mind. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

In my struggle to reconcile my two worlds, it was an essential asset. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

She struggled to find words for a reply. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Before sentencing, I informed the court that whatever sentence the state imposed, it would do nothing to change my devotion to the struggle. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“If I had known this when I was in the camps,” Jack said sadly, “why would I have struggled so hard to live?” Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z

At once, Shomari stopped struggling and stood at attention, grumbling something unintelligible. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

He felt himself slipping, struggling to separate reality from memory, the immediate present from the distant past. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

He seemed to be struggling with himself, for the words did not come easily and the fierce inner battle he waged had brought the sweat out on his forehead and left his lips dry. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

Our horse reared in fright, and I struggled to keep my seat, till the giant reached down and touched the beast gently on his muzzle. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

Women, who struggle and suffer pain to ensure the continuation of the human race, make much tougher and more courageous soldiers than all those big-mouthed freedom-fighting heroes put together! The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

Harry struggled to fight off the mermen, but they laughed harder than ever, holding him back. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Harry struggled against the ropes binding him, but they didn’t give. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

I'm struggling now in an effort to unseat her, but it's no use. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

I struggle to come up with something to say. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

“Many women struggle with their faith after they learn about polygamy,” he said. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Some days it was as though someone had put me in Grandma’s cake mixer, but I was struggling to be still, not to spin or shudder or shake. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

There were so many faces struggling to catch a glimpse of someone they knew that Moss himself could not recognize any of them. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

She tells Vivian about living in the trailer on Indian Island, the car crash that killed her father, her mother’s struggle with drugs. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

Then he bowed his head and struggled off along the climbing road. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

“Ma’am,” someone says as she struggles past, about to step onto the platform, “your things.” The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

After climbing over an ancient wall on the other side they struggled on up the slope. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

It was almost as if two distinct people struggled for control of the same body. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

“I was involved in this happy thing,” he remembered, “with the excitement running over Los Alamos—at the same time as the people were dying and struggling in Hiroshima.” Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mother was struggling, barely able to keep ahead of her attackers. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

As the men struggled out of their tents, they saw two cracks running through their floe; the edges rose and fell in a strong swell. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

Owing to the pressures of our shared commitment to the ANC and the struggle to end apartheid, we were unable to enjoy a normal family life. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Seabiscuit was struggling to push Count Adas off of him, the front-runners were disappearing in the distance, and his chances of winning were all but dashed. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Weeks before what is supposed to be the happiest time in my life, I find myself struggling just to pay for my graduation cap and gown. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

My breaths come fast, and I struggle to grab the paper before anyone can read another word of it. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

If Mr. Robinson was struggling and risking his safety for his equality, there must be many other people up North doing the same thing. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

He struggled on the verge of speech, but with a contemptuous look she turned and climbed back through the portrait hole.... Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

I wanted to know what had brought them to the struggle, what motivated them, what their ideas were for the future. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Julio broke from the men and sprang at me again, but the marshal met him and they struggled until the other two pinioned his arms again. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

And, in spite of all remonstrances and advices to the contrary, King PeDes struggled out of his costly robe, which be popped over Lancelot’s head. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

She blinked, dazed, as if struggling to go back to being her usual, logical self. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Both struggled with the zipper on Calder’s backpack. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

Red-faced, as angry as she was grief-stricken, Cersei struggled for breath. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“Thank you,” Ash said as they struggled with the heavy trunk. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Harry had the impression that he was undergoing some painful internal struggle. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

I don’t want to struggle against the restraints anymore. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Sure,” Luke said, struggling to sound as devil-may-care as Mark. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

I described the weakness of the PAC, and argued that a postponement would be a setback for the struggle as a whole. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Originally, I registered to teach in my own school district, but my mom informed me that I could make more money in the Newark public schools, despite its record number of failing and struggling institutions. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

There was a brief sound of a struggle, and a soldier entered. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

Theo, “who was devoted to his brother, who had always supported him in his struggle to support himself from his art,” Bernard writes, “was sobbing pitifully the whole time.” Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Her doctor’s brain struggles to reconcile what she’s believed for so long against the evidence of too many other doctors, too many tests. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

As for me, with his heavy sack upon my back, I had to struggle to keep up. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

He struggles to grasp the topic of conversation—the euro, Monica Lewinsky, Y2K—but everything else is a blur, indistinguishable from the clatter of plates, the drone of echoing, laughing voices. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

What I’m saying is that we were all of us struggling to adjust to our new life, and I suppose we all did things back then we later regretted. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lyra was used to washing with hard yellow soap in a chipped basin, where the water that struggled out of the taps was warm at best, and often flecked with rust. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

Chacho kept screaming, but he must have heard Matt’s advice because he didn’t struggle. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

As four pageboys struggled to haul the four-foot-high solid-gold trophy to Howard in the winner’s circle, Woolf was wreathed in flowers. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Most of us came struggling back up to the surface, coughing and choking and clawing at the water. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was taking a far greater risk than he knew; but Frodo was too much occupied with his burden and with the struggle in his mind to debate, and almost too hopeless to care. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

She looks down at the scar on Marco’s hand as he struggles to catch his breath. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

He struggled out of the jiggeh’s straps and inspected the container. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

At first, while I struggled to satisfy them and began to succeed, they made a pet of me, which I hated. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

But Annabeth being who she was—well, if she could struggle through Ancient Greek architecture books and enjoy documentaries on the History Channel, I guessed the Sirens would appeal to her, too. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

After two weeks he was released on bail, and he was instructed by the movement to go underground, from where he was to continue to lead the struggle, which he ably did. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I see the tiny chest, struggling to rise and fall, struggling to continue breathing. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

Sammy struggled to free his head and arms from the snaky leaves. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

And even then, I wanted you to be conscious, to understand that to be distanced, if only for a moment, from fear is not a passport out of the struggle. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

I struggled in his thick arms while Mom hovered nervously nearby. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

We sat on the floor of the Domestic Science room, on our little gray mats, and waited while Aunt Helena and Aunt Lydia struggled with the projection equipment. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

Isaac was laughing, but Patrick raised a chastening finger and said, “Augustus, please. Let’s return to you and your struggles. You said you fear oblivion?” The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

My mouth worked, I know, and I struggled to speak to her, to get something out, because in that moment I could see recognition in her eyes. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

He struggled to sit up when we stepped into his partition. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Comrade Nomzamo and myself contracted our marriage at a critical time in the struggle for liberation in our country. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I stare at the closed door, my lungs heaving up and down as I struggle to catch my breath, everything silent except for the hiss of my oxygen and the pounding of my heart. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

Me, Jay, and Nessa sit on the ground, struggling with the rigid boots. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

As I was to say over and over to our followers: we suspended armed action, we did not terminate the armed struggle. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

During the last dash, I didn’t feel anything other than my struggle to escape, breathe. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

Enrique is struggling financially Fed up with the cramped conditions in his mother’s apartment and their constant fights, yearning for some scrap of privacy, he has moved out and rented a bedroom in a trailer. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

While she struggled and squeaked, I wrapped her up as best I could. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

We could see across the Haven, toward the hospital; and there we spied the distant sick struggling out of their huts. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

He felt a discomfort in his very bones, as if they contracted so that they might struggle out of the mercenary peel of flesh and walk abroad. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

I continued to struggle with Shona and now English literature, but by the end of the semester, my grades were once again the best in the class. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

The men struggled, the women screamed, but it did them no good. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

It doesn’t take much accessing to know he left just after the youngest daughter was born, and it’s been a struggle for their mom ever since. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

And it’s too embarrassing, smearing snot across my upper lip and struggling to hold my balance on one foot, while my whole family is watching. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

I struggled as he linked his arm around my neck, certain he meant to break it. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

I see hope as Maria struggles to hold a fork in her flattened hands. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

“The creatures we’ve seen,” Con interjected, struggling to make sense of what she was saying. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Lifting weights was a struggle with poor results; sets of twenty pull-ups became sets of four, on good days; and his coach pulled him out of the ring indefinitely because fighting would be impossible. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Joseph crouched on a small platform on the back of the vehicle while struggling to keep his arm looped through a metal handle. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Fig’s eyes struggled open to meet my gaze. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

I struggle into an upright position, push my wet hair off my throbbing temples, and brace myself for this meeting. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

He was a struggling writer at the time, but he was so moved by the newspaper reports of the suffering that he donated sixpence to the relief fund, all that he had in his pocket. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z

Otto struggled down from my arms and crawled to the pile of old straw on the far side. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

They were out of the question as we struggled just to make ends meet. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

It is seldom accepted as an inevitable outcome of the struggle won by survivors and deserves respect if not enthusiastic acceptance. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

He struggled up, blinking and yawning and rubbing his left eye, where the skin wasn’t as scratched as the other side was. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

Powell was speaking while struggling into his lightweight space jacket. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

Then he realized his boots were full of water too, so he struggled to pull them off and empty them. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

I struggled to understand his jest; and when I recognized what he imputed, my mother’s low condition, I knew not what to say. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

The men roared above us as we struggled. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

It had been a pit of corpses and dead bones and he had struggled for years to get up from it. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

Slopper struggled to his feet and started over to his tent. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

He contended that if the leaders of the established civil rights organizations persisted, the social struggle would end in bloodshed because he was certain the white man would never concede full integration. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

He looks like he’s struggling to say what he wants to, like all the words racing through his mind have just screeched to a halt on the tip of his tongue. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Frodo did not speak, and so Sam struggled on as best he could, having no guidance but the will to climb as high as might be before his strength gave out and his will broke. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

In the mirror, I saw the dark silhouettes of at least three of my sisters locked in a muted struggle. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

I struggled to keep him in focus, but he was bobbing around, sporting a grin that looked too wide, too excited, given the way I was feeling. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

Scragg struggled feebly, fighting for breath, unable to stop his tormentor. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Even after nearly three years of conflict, most women aviators were struggling to make use of their talents, all across the world. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

I tugged the reins, struggling to keep the chariot upright as I turned it to face Idiptu. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

Very slowly, inch by inch, as the boy struggled not to sink, she crept out until the tip of the branch nearly touched the water. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was a long and hard struggle, as Gunwoo raged in a terrible anger, lashing out violently against Doha until he fell against his friend, exhausted. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

Neel sighed—fishing all day sounded like bliss compared to wearing a hot, scratchy uniform and struggling with math problems. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

Angel, coughing and dizzy, struggled to sit up as the smoke began to come in through the open door. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was struggling against me with all her feeble strength. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

Guitar, being older and already in high school, had none of the reluctance that his young buddy still struggled with, and was the first one to speak. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was struggling to stay at the surface of the water. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

I struggled to free myself from the tangle of sheets. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

At the outset, I want to say that the suggestion made by the state in its opening that the struggle in South Africa is under the influence of foreigners or Communists is wholly incorrect. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Beneath the great grey cliffs a horse was dying noisily, struggling to rise on a broken leg and screaming when he fell. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Then, with Cole struggling to hold the bow, Edwin passed ashore the heavy boxes of basic supplies they had brought to go with the building materials delivered earlier by a larger boat. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

I looked at Noris, hoping she hadn’t noticed, but her pretty face was struggling to be brave. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Soon I was struggling to keep from being dragged overboard. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

“They fight, eat each other, bring diseases to each other &c, but then comes the more deadly struggle.” Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

He squeezed the mouse but was too weak to stop the struggling. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

She kicked and struggled, trying to keep both of them afloat. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Then Franklin wondered if Bonvouloir might be a French agent, sent to America to get intelligence on the colonists’ struggle against England. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Don't struggle, now," a voice said, sounding distant and muffled to my water-filled ears. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

Now, the struggle would for the first time take me outside the borders of my country. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

But instead of bringing out Riptide, she found the bottle of Hermes multivitamins and started struggling with the cap. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

Mom launched into a one-sided conversation about her work stuff, but my worried mind struggled to tune in. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

“She’s some kind of artist,” Mrs. Richardson had said, and when Mr. Richardson asked what kind, she answered jokingly, “A struggling one.” Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Kaira had thought she knew the words, but she kept skipping around to different parts of the song and repeating parts she’d already done as the band struggled to keep up with her. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

As he watched his mother struggle, Shin thought she deserved to die. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

As we struggled along, I heard sleigh bells jingling like Christmas. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

Instead of struggling with the knots in my wet hair, I merely place my hand on a box that sends a current through my scalp, untangling, parting, and drying my hair almost instantly. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

I followed him, struggling with my own feelings about this. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

I shall not be a struggling, lonely woman now, that is all past, all done with and forgotten, and we are going to be happy, all of us together. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

His heart was beating fast and he struggled to control his breath. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

She shrieked while the man struggled with the demon for possession of his walking stick, obviously flummoxed by the situation. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

But the more he struggled, the fester the roots grew. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

He had screeched and thrashed, but no matter how he struggled, he was forced downward. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

“Farther to the right, you fools!” she ordered the two men who were still struggling with the heavy armchair. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Had the shock of the shipwreck—the noises, the falling into the sea, the terrible struggle to swim to the lifeboat—increased the effect of the sedative? Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

He thought he could see Kreacher struggling to see a loophole in the instructions he had just been given and waited. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

They stood before each other in silence, while the saints rejoiced; and John struggled to speak the authoritative, the living word that would conquer the great division between his father and himself. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

Born in 1063 a.d., 8-Deer was a shirttail cousin to the ruling family of Tilantongo, which had been engaged for decades in a dynastic struggle with the kingdom of Red and White Bundle. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Water systems, electrical plants, school systems, and hospitals all struggled to keep pace with the growing population. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

They saw other people like themselves struggling along. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

He turned to look at her, but she was too busy struggling with the pilot to notice. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was pain in his eyes and I could see that he was struggling with something. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

And just as the conflicted relationship among Athens and Sparta was a leitmotif of Greek life, so Maya society resounded for centuries with the echoes of the struggle between Mutal and Kaan. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

He hesitated, struggling to find the words he wanted. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Prison had robbed me of my freedom but not my memories, and now I felt some enemies of the struggle had tried to rob me of even those. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I shrieked, struggling to get up, but he dumped the snow over Twig and me before we could squirm away. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Beside me, the student's eyes swam with a distorting cataract of tears, his features rigid as though he struggled within himself. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

The attention flummoxed state officials, who were still struggling to cast North Carolina as “different” from the Deep South. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

I struggled into my white bathrobe with the blue cornflowers on it and staggered down to the bathroom. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

He struggled to find the words to describe what he had seen. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

The giant was flailing his arms, struggling to get back into the water. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

Werfel was still busy trying to hold Skardebek back as she flapped and struggled. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

“Stop struggling, you clot!” a voice shouted in his ear. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

Thomas lost sight of the body as he struggled with Newt, thankful for the distraction. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Then tottering, struggling up, with her last strength she drove her sword between crown and mantle, as the great shoulders bowed before her. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

Her mother squinted at the girl in the photo as if she were a distant relation whose name she struggled to remember. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

The switch between the two forms was partly responsible for the noise that Wilkins had been struggling to minimize. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

They knocked him to the ground, kicked him while he was on the ground, attacked him again after he had struggled blindly to his feet. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

He who had struggled hard never to cry now wished that he could. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

You struggled until I promised it would help you heal. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

When they came by the window again, I could see Ronnie’s sweating face framed in concentration, counting out the waltz steps while Ralph struggled to lead his fat younger brother around the room. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

Robben Island itself was becoming a sustaining myth in the struggle, and they wanted to rob it of some of its symbolic import by removing us. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I struggled against the water, flapping my arms to break to the surface. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

The past was rushing down that long corridor towards me, a flood of memories, sweeping me back as I struggled to keep up with the little official. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

She slapped the girl’s face violendy, and forced her head back so that their eyes met in struggle. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

I struggled with silence until I could not stand it another second, so I said, "Did you know that I did a report on turtles last year?" The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

Halfway up the third big hill, the 3,400-foot-high Black Mountain, I stood and waited a long while, and thought about going back, but eventually turned and struggled on. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

There, if it rained, a few stunted weeds struggled to the surface. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

After struggling another day, the first chick cut a larger hole and thrust her beak and egg tooth into the air. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

The silence vibrated, as if with things beneath it struggling to break through. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

The concert is recognized today as a milestone in the struggle for equal rights. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z

Even as she followed him, she struggled to come to terms with what they were doing. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

Veruca struggled furiously, but the squirrels held her tight and she couldn’t move. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z

He approached Lupin and the struggling rat, and his wet eyes suddenly seemed to be burning in his face. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

He is now eighteen and struggling to overcome all the setbacks he has had over the years. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

I struggled to speak, to plead for mercy, but I couldn’t breathe. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

The story at the Albemarle was simple, it told itself, really: suicidal Henry, struggle for the gun, leaving me wounded and him dead. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Matt struggled to say something but his tongue failed him so he jumped down off the porch and walked away as mad as he could be. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

The other demons laughed and jeered as feathers flew and Nergal shoved the struggling crow man in. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

By the time we struggled into the ladies’ compartment of the train, all the seats were taken. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

But he overlooked one thing: he failed to see that this struggle to triumph over my difficulties was more important to me than anything else. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

As a student, I knew if I struggled, I could find a tutor or take an extra class, and eventually I would catch on. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

It seemed as if an invisible bond had burst, and that I had struggled out into unhoped-for liberty. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

“Oh, yes, you are,” Clay swore as he continued to struggle with the ropes. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

For two more nights they struggled on through the weary pathless land. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Or imagine a woman struggling with drug addiction, unable to obtain treatment, and desperate for money so she can feed her habit. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

As a team, we’d been riddled with injuries and struggled to find our rhythm. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

The police were shadows who appeared intermittently at my bedside to ask me questions I had to struggle to understand. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

He scoops up his stew, slopping it on the table as he struggles to eat from a too-big spoon. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

Pixel’s portaphone began to ring then, and she struggled to get it out of her pocket to answer. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

Quiet and thin because of the secret her heart struggled to hold. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Or should we encourage disadvantaged groups to struggle for equality through collective action? The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

He looked her in the eyes and saw no empathy there, no glint of humanity, and braced himself for a struggle. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

I knew there would be an explosion of tears coming, and I stood along the back wall with everyone else, waiting for it, watching her tremble and struggle to keep the pain down. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

I watched it struggle to free itself for a moment and then go rigid, a wind-up toy on its last wind. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

Jinx struggled to get away, but Finn held firm. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

“Fact, he”—I struggle to catch the poker—“he might be dead.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

The screaming, struggling civilian was a dark man with a face white as flour from fear. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

There was a natural reluctance among many African states to support violent struggles elsewhere; but the speech convinced people that freedom fighters in South Africa had no alternative but to take up arms. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Are you struggling to come to terms with your father’s murder? On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Annabeth was on the ground, desperately struggling to free her hands. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

My mind ached like a broken bone as I struggled to stand in the new place I found myself. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I struggled to my feet and was just about to give Brer Fox the signal that I was coming to help, when something slammed into my left side. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

I responded that the state was responsible for the violence and that it is always the oppressor, not the oppressed, who dictates the form of the struggle. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He struggled with his unseen opponent, twisting, flailing his legs, and throwing himself from one side to the other. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

Sheed struggled with the refrigerator door, but got it after a few good yanks. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

They were cursing as they struggled to swallow their grief. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

Chess’s face was red and sweaty as he struggled to keep a grip on the chain that linked the Gustanos’ handcuffs. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

A sickly child, he made the family library his playground, poring over volumes he struggled to lift from the shelves. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Even as he struggled to reach his sword, I was on him again, knocking him down a second time. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

Uncle C grunted as he struggled beneath the weight of the sap being absorbed by his cottony self. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

As they struggled across the dusty plain, the fog became so thick that Percy had to resist the urge to swat it away with his hands. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Despite America's preeminent status among developed nations, we have always struggled with high rates of infant mortality—much higher than in most developed countries. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Estraven meanwhile engaged in his customary fierce and silent struggle with sleep, as if he wrestled with an angel. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

He overtook Hazel, which was easy, since she was struggling with fifty pounds of Celestial bronze. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

It was as if Malthus and the struggle for survival had come alive in the real world. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

Koffi struggled in the warrior’s grasp, and a fresh wave of rage tore from her. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

I discovered for the first time people of my own age firmly aligned with the liberation struggle, who were prepared, despite their relative privilege, to sacrifice themselves for the cause of the oppressed. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

She struggled to speak, her voice a whisper. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

But after Uncle Andrew had struggled in vain with the hat for some time, two other policemen seized it by the brim and forced it off. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

I struggled to find the words to tell Dad that just because I wanted to work for Dr. von Braun, it didn’t mean I was against him. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

There were struggles, pursuits, an assault on a rival, finally a sensational kidnapping. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

Kids raised in interactive environments—with zappers, Nintendos, computers, sophisticated games—often struggle in environments where adults stand for hours droning at them. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

It took a long time, the dogs keening and the boar struggling — blood on the grass — but I stood my ground. Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village 2007-07-24T00:00:00Z

And still you are called to struggle, not because it assures you victory but because it assures you an honorable and sane life. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

Arturo looked right at her, struggling to keep a straight face. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

“That’s not a very good answer, Brink,” he said in a tone struggling to remain reasonable. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was owed this life that had so casually been given him, and if he had to die, he would struggle until the very last minute. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Gaily sprawled across the floor, then scrambled to stand up, struggling to get his hands and feet under him. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Oliver declared that the armed struggle would intensify until the government was prepared to negotiate the abolition of apartheid. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Enrique flees from car to car, more than twenty in all, struggling to keep his footing each time he leaps from a hopper to a fuel tanker, which is lower and has a rounded top. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

With his shovel he’d struggled defiantly, as if the tool could indeed change the car’s fate. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

I was so tired of the dust and of the struggle just to get enough to eat. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

Just the white noise of the ambulance, one sister crying, and the other struggling to comfort her without words. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

He didn’t look any bigger than he had when I saw him last, but he was soaking wet now, and he was beginning to struggle feebly. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

He pulled, pushed, and prodded, and Neel struggled and practiced and memorized, until slowly the mysteries of algebra and geometry managed to untangle in his brain. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

Only later she lost the struggle to keep her eyes open. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Harry could see her struggling for something hurtful to say. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

It was as if the impact had knocked every wisp of air from my lungs, and I lay there struggling to inhale, to exhale, to do anything. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

The night fell still as the mull boy struggled with the brambles. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

The six boys struggled and flopped around, digging elbows and knees into Anya. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

The pain was intense, and his struggle faltered. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

His massive body shook the branches overhead as he struggled, desperate. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

“Like you, soldiering was in his blood. And like you, he struggled with his destiny.” An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Frear got across the river “after a severe struggle, and at the risk of my life” and continued his search for his sister-in-law and Wood. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z

To have struggled with him in the street, or to have exacted any lower recompense from him than his heart’s best blood, would have been futile and degrading. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

Thomas stood up quickly, stumbled backward, horrified—Alby struggled as if he was having a seizure, his legs kicking in every direction. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Sorrento appeared to be struggling with the controls in an effort to get the beast back on its feet. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

The spider is on its back and fatly vulnerable, struggling to find its pointed feet and scurry back into the air. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I struggle into the bathroom where I sag against the wall, staring bleary-eyed at the ring of products around the sink. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

He struggled for the right words and could not find them. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Remarkably, even in communities devastated by mass incarceration, many people struggling to cope with the stigma of imprisonment have no idea that their neighbors are struggling with the same grief, shame, and isolation. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

But Leo taught me forests struggle mostly because of people. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

I love how the sky stays light right into evening, how Lake Michigan gets busy with sailboats and the heat ratchets up to the point that it’s almost impossible to recall the struggles of winter. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

If Momma’s mad and not cooking, we have to eat Daddy’s struggle meals, like spaghetti with ketchup and hot dogs in it. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

In the struggle, the gate slammed on Diaz’s arm. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Géricault used the full range of painter’s tools—color, composition, mood, and lighting—to convey his theme of man’s struggle against nature. The Annotated Mona Lisa 1992-06-01T00:00:00Z

After all, people do not hand over their land, resources, children, and futures without a struggle! An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z

IN 1946, a number of critical events occurred that shaped my political development and the direction of the struggle. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Light struggles to filter in through four grimy square windows set in the sides of the dome. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

The owners saw it as an effort to shake them down, but for the Mexicans it became a class struggle pitting powerless workers against hard-hearted owners. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

The shock of the moment is registering on his face, you can see his struggle to remain emotionless, but his blue eyes show the alarm I've seen so often in prey. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

She threw her arms up helplessly and struggled to stay on her feet. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

I saw a woman struggling and failing to hold the tattered shreds of her life together. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

Have we had to struggle so hard for our right to happiness that we have all but destroyed the conditions under which we and others can still be happy? Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

You must struggle to truly remember this past in all its nuance, error, and humanity. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

I head for the thickest pocket of people as Rémy struggles to politely navigate through the crowd. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

She trailed off, struggling to put her finger on what was bothering her. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

No matter how much I struggled, I couldn’t free myself. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

He found himself struggling to concentrate on Mr. Ryan’s quiz, though it really wasn’t that difficult. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Yet, if the history of yellow fever tells us anything, it is that this is a struggle with no real end. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

Alice Sole, sixty-three years old, struggled into the kitchen where her son-in-law sat. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

By the time we get to sixth period, the portables’ air conditioners have been struggling along for seven hours, with the doors constantly opening and closing. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

We were in the middle of this little power struggle when another gallery officer appeared from downstairs and shifted the balance of power to my favor. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

This may sound funny to us in the context of old Hawaii, until we reflect on all the misery still being caused by such struggles in the modern world. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

To the contrary, these attitudes and arguments have their roots in the struggles to end slavery and Jim Crow. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

A few of the masters struggled to control smiles. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

It was vital for me to show my people and the government that I was unbroken and unbowed, and that the struggle was not over for me but beginning anew in a different form. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Their toilet is one black plastic bag, and they struggle over who will take it out each afternoon, because that person gets to see sunlight for a brief time. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

Branded a felon, he is struggling to survive and to support his children. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

My brain struggles to puzzle out which one would be best. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

Still, the broadcasters knew—everyone in the audience knew—that even with twenty-six manned flights under NASA’s belt, this was different, and they struggled to come up with superlatives to capture the moment. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

There was a long moment of silence while Pearl struggled to process this information. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Before the Tap-Out, he was struggling, but now the insurance biz has seen a fresh surge. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

Wasn’t the French fight for individual freedom, Jefferson asked, exactly like America’s struggle against British oppression? An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

Hence when the latter faction gained the upper hand in a power struggle, it stopped sending fleets, eventually dismantled the shipyards, and forbade oceangoing shipping. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

In high school, she struggled in the adolescent competition for boyfriends in a world of football games and proms, a world where her looks were plainly uncommon. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I knew this song, but it still felt like I was struggling to make the words feel like my own. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

But Dad struggles till a few men push him out into the darkness. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

I struggle uptown with it in a kind of trance. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

She rolled, locked in struggle with another form. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

He had struggled to get out from under the weight of meaning behind her words. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

I could not give up my life in the struggle, and she could not live with my devotion to something other than herself and the family. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He stops, struggling to look over his shoulder at me. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Theon watched a wounded man drag himself painfully across the ground, smearing his life's blood in the dirt as he struggled to reach the well that stood at the center of the market square. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Inefficient nations were always conquered sooner or later, and the struggle for efficiency was inimical to illusions. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

The more I struggled, the more it seemed to want me. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

If only the preacher had had the sense to hold Henry down just a little longer...there might have been a small struggle, but in the end, they would have all been better off. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

I put one hand to my eyes and with the other I gripped Ultima tightly as we struggled against the wind. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Why must a typical reader struggle to follow an academic article, the fine print on a tax return, or the instructions for setting up a wireless home network? The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

All she knew was that I could effortlessly recite hip-hop lyrics while struggling with my English class. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

A charismatic police officer, investigator, or prosecutor struggles with his own demons while heroically trying to solve a horrible crime. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

“In vain I have struggled. It will not do. My feelings will not be repressed. You must allow me to tell you how ardently I admire and love you.” Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z

He rode out my struggles with ease, the pressure of his thighs grounding me. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Time lines of labor-union victories do not always show the depth of the struggles and the sacrifices made to achieve gains in workers’ rights. Fannie Never Flinched 2016-11-21T00:00:00Z

Nearly all of them struggle with basic reading and math. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

As the Hartliebs struggled back down the narrow staircase, Victor stepped on to the balcony. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

But elsewhere the struggle against imperialism was on the march. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then again began the struggling and fighting, backward and forward, jerking and falling, until he choked and lay quiet. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

I said the ANC would accept no preconditions to talks, especially not the precondition that the government wanted: the suspension of the armed struggle. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I feel sorry for him as he struggles to explain things that are unexplainable. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

June stops some distance away from me and, as I struggle to my feet, she looks down at her watch. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

Everything looked wonderfully vivid and clean as Boobie struggled with the crutches to get off the held. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

He knew nothing of that silent middle class that struggled between genteel poverty and the impossible desire of emulating the golden canaille to which he himself belonged. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

The war went on for thirteen years, the legal struggle for ownership for another twenty-four. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Meanwhile an old gentleman had begun to struggle shakily out of the ruins of the first hansom. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

Could Miles have written the poem because he’s struggling with being one of the only Black kids at school? A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

There were so many clues that he was struggling, but I never paid enough attention to figure them out until now. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

I struggled under the weight and whoever it was rolled off, cursing. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

With all his strength and with the staff’s power aiding him he struggled to make for that beach. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

She comprehended the perversity of life, that in the struggle lies the joy. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Life in nature was a struggle, just as in the crowded, poverty- ridden neighborhoods of London. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

No time for the light; she kicked a table out of the way, wondering at the noise of it, and struggled briefly with the door of the connecting bathroom. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

The dragon I’m struggling to control suddenly stops in midair, frozen, and then fades from view. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

The complication was caused not only by the Talmud text itself, which seemed filled with gaps, but by the commentaries that struggled to explain it. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

The swarm of ghosts floated back into the lagoon, and Seven struggled to her feet. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

Agent Fiona brings our group to a quick stop when agents come bustling through a doorway struggling to control a ten-foot tall furry creature in ripped blue jeans and a green Save the Trees T-shirt. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

No one cared about my lack of arms; they were all far too caught up in their own struggles. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Millet had been one of Burnham’s closest allies in the long, bittersweet struggle to build the fair. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Victor struggled to get up on his stiff legs. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

Those in the water were struggling to get out, forgetting in their haste to swim, wailing, walking, held back in their flight by the viscous, clinging sea as though by a biting wind. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

"They would call this a righteous struggle, and there's a better word for that." City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

When Rasheed opened the front gate, Mariam found herself in a small, unkempt yard where yellow grass struggled up in thin patches. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

She struggled not to compare Curt s touch to his. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

The time had not yet come to include him and his crimes in this picture of global struggle. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

The scholarship boy pleases most when he is young—the working-class child struggling for academic success. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Aggravating the costs was Megan’s ongoing struggle with severe kidney stones. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

Dad pushed Layla forward, and she fought the wind to get to Ivy while Mom and Dad struggled behind. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“Brent is really helping me. He grew up in his dad’s bait shop in a little Texas town like this one. He knows what it’s like to struggle, just like us.” Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

Oh, it’s so hard, the eternal struggle between heart and mind. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

I pour them out on the page and don’t stop until the last sentence has captured every emotion I’ve been struggling to express. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

He described how my mother was working overtime trying to care for Robbie, who was now in her seventies, widowed, and struggling with an array of health issues. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Luma was struggling too, to hold her team—and herself—together. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

For the first time, she tells Enrique about the struggles she, too, endured during their years apart: “I killed myself trying to help you.” Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

Members of the Black Consciousness Movement vowed to continue the struggle. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Others passed them, hearing, looking down, pursing lips, struggling not to notice. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Not so many years before, the French monarch, Louis XVI, had sent money, ships, and soldiers to aid the struggling Continental Army’s fight against the British. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

The man struggled to get to his feet. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

The teenagers eagerly embraced the struggle that their parents and teachers had been avoiding. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then, as Omakayas was gathering in and folding Nokomis’s net, she noticed one bird was left, struggling hard to free itself. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

The smell of street struggles to get its hands on me, but I shrug it off and walk on. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

I struggle again, hard, and Max pushes me tight against the floor, muffling my noise with his neck. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Mr. Abram Vole struggled to shield his wife and son with his body as the tail flailed out a second time. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

My arm throbs as I undo the bandage on my elbow and struggle into my bikini. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

I still struggle to see the logic in that. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

I struggled with this dissonance—a whorish dress, gifted to a loved daughter—until the meal had been finished and the plates cleared away. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

He spoke seriously to his friends about smuggling weapons into that country and joining the struggle to end apartheid. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

He took the CD from my hands and struggled to focus on the cover. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

But Mendelssohn had to struggle against both snobbery and bigotry. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

They struggled like this, the girl hanging on, pleading, Rasheed trying to shake her off, keeping his eyes on Mariam, who was too stunned to do anything. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

We curled in our lips, struggling to stay quiet. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

In the drunken shifting torchlight, they saw Luwin struggling with the direwolf, beating at his muzzle with one hand while the jaws closed on the other. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

After a brief struggle, Wes wrestled free and jumped back from his incensed brother. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

Her domestic struggles made Stanton sympathize with the concerns facing other women of her time. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

The first mate, she reads, struggled furiously with other monsters which were climbing up the sides of the Nautilus. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

On the phone with Mr. Dill, I thought about all of his struggles and all the terrible things he'd gone through and how his disabilities had broken him. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

She struggled against him, until they got tired of beating her and gave her a short break, which she used to invoke the understanding spirits of her grandmother, so that they would help her die. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

The idea that history progresses through struggle and change occurs in revolutionary jumps was similarly appealing. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hugo struggled beneath her, but it was no use. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

In the middle to late 1960s, armed struggles were being fought throughout southern Africa. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Not here on the couch, Charlie,” she said, struggling to her feet. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

I struggled to free myself, but his powerful grip held me firmly in place. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

An unnecessary remark, I suppose, as we both watched the peculiar insect struggling in his hands. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

She tried to struggle up but slipped and fell again and lay there screaming maudlinly. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

He liked the way she held on to the case, but didn’t struggle with it. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

Henceforth, all of my actions and plans on behalf of the ANC and the liberation struggle would become secret and illegal. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I am trembling from a storm of sensations, unsure what to focus on, wanting to drink it all in at the same time, struggling for the perfect words. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I filled another kettle with water from my well and lugged it over to the struggling garden. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

By now, the fairgrounds would be swarming with firefighters struggling to put out the blaze. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

I rise and look out from the window, where I see Therese struggling to carry a heavy basket. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

For when you had to struggle for something you believed in. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

I lived in north London, in Finsbury Park, in a house occupied entirely by penniless Bengali bachelors like myself, at least a dozen and sometimes more, all struggling to educate and establish ourselves abroad. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

I struggle to comprehend the truth of what he’s saying. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

At night, she struggled to find a comfortable position on her pillow. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

So I struggled to attend to the tedious speeches. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

I rode the elevator up, the door was open, the smell brought back to me what for forty years I had struggled not to remember but couldn’t forget. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

The mother struggled to keep her daughter afloat, but the chains were heavy and they were weak from hunger and captivity. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

I cannot bear to see her struggle with simple tasks, so I set my book down and offer to help her. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

All four dogs struggled against the swirling wind. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Soon, she began to heave, struggling to breathe. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Harry’s scar was exquisitely painful, but he struggled with all his strength against the pull of Voldemort’s thoughts: It had never been so important to remain in his own right mind. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Frantic, Cole struggled to fly, but he couldn’t escape the nest. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

He gathered his strength and struggled to his feet. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

He heard the tires spinning in the gravel, and then they caught onto the asphalt, and Colin heard the rumble of the eternally struggling engine grow distant. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

Aching in every muscle, and aching in his mind when images of the night came back to him, he struggled to sit up and assemble his senses. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

The two men had a long history of mutual respect and friendship in spite of their political struggles. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z

Malcolm roared, struggling against the fat arms and the reek of alcohol. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

He found Oppie wracked with self-doubt and struggling to draft another communique for the Interim Committee. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

He struggled to continue digging as he fought the wind, which often blew the sand back into the excavation. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then they pushed themselves up again, and struggled on to the next gap. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

Yet he labored on, struggling up a long, dim slope. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

When I look up, the corners of his eyes struggle to hold back a smile. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

There is always a struggle until I obtain control of the weapon and kill the enemy before it can kill me. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was the shimmering culmination of all her ancestors’ strife, joyfulness, and struggle. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

The troop struggled to subdue the overflowing crowd with their rifle butts. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

This was an effort to retaliate for the unprovoked attacks the military had launched on the ANC in Maseru and elsewhere and was a clear escalation of the armed struggle. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Almost every day he was criticized in struggle meetings. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some of the men who arrived were already well known in the struggle. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Fight, flight, or neurosis” was how William described the general symptoms to himself later on, struggling to make sense of them on paper. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Wincing at her scrapes and bruises, she struggled out of her wet clothes and climbed under her blanket, pulling herself into a ball with her hands clasped around her knees. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

The players’ private lives were an intense daily struggle to stay afloat. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

“Don’t worry! Her Royal Fungus is struggling with the challenge, too. You’re not losing to her yet.” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

There was a struggle, like someone wrestling with something heavy, then a sharp intake of breath, and the smallest rabbit I’d ever seen hopped onto my bed. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Mass action in this case was a middle course between armed struggle and negotiations. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He pressed his hand against his lips and forced the struggling rodent between his teeth. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

One day, as she struggled to weave a hard-toothed comb through my disobedient hair, 1 had a sly thought. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Southern struggle had grown from a modest group of black students demonstrating peacefully at one lunch counter to the largest mass movement for racial reform and civil rights in the twentieth century. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

These are the preferences of the universe itself: verbs over nouns, actions over states, struggle over hope. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

“It’s a struggle for me to know what to do in a case like this.” A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

By Sunday early evening I was still struggling for an idea. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

I still couldn’t figure out how or why white folks got their privileges and power automatically, even though we had to struggle and fight for ours, inch by inch by inch. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“The struggle in Soweto is our struggle too,” some students clamored. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

My blood cries out that it belongs to her, and struggles to return to her, and I hear her words in my mind as I run, telling me to be brave. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Fadi read that Clive’s trademark photography style was “capturing the essence of human diversity, cultures, struggles, and joy.” Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

I lifted him and tried to move his fingers so I could see how bad the bite was, but he refused and struggled to get down from my arms. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

Zero was at the center of the struggle between religion and science. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

Squinting down, struggling hopelessly at the ropes binding him, he saw the shining silver dagger shaking in Wormtail’s remaining hand. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

A bird struggled its way out of the man’s jacket. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

As the fall training season got under way, Joe in particular struggled to keep up his spirits. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

For the rest of the afternoon, we work to the tune of a Hebrew chant and Link struggling to repeat it. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

Eyes that came to life in the moonblaze of sacristies and witnessed the birth of the world struggled to open against the priest’s grip. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Olanna picked her up, hugged her, blew into her neck, and struggled with her tears. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

He found her in the midst of the most terrible indignity a woman could suffer, and he struggled to rescue his stepdaughter from the clutches of the assailant. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

He struggled with drug addiction until his arrest. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

We struggle to stand as the boat rises and falls with a terrible rhythm. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

He pauses to let a lion’s den cross in front of him and then continues past a group of men struggling with a rolled canvas. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

“After you were gone last night, I told my friend of the struggle that the soldiers found you engaged in on the marshes, when we came up. You remember?” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

A few minutes later, a woman of the same age as the man, about fifty Dicey guessed, struggled up the steps to the next-door house, carrying two huge bags of groceries. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then he picked up the baseball and struggled to his feet. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z

The knots in the wet and swollen rope were loose, and I figured that Mr. Kendall had already struggled with them while the branch he stood on sagged further and further toward breaking. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

About two dozen zombies obeyed, struggling to form a defensive ring around Frank and his friends. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

This warm, devoted circle of people was always on the front lines of the struggle, working to ensure the rightful equilibrium of human rights—not just domestically, but globally—“by any means necessary.” The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

For the first few seconds Jesse kicked and struggled against the strong arms. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

The creature flapped and struggled, but Doc held it fast and made a little cut on its back with a penknife. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

In the vortex of the struggle, when one is constantly reacting to changing circumstances, one rarely has the chance to carefully consider all the ramifications of one’s decisions or policies. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

A fierce and breathless struggle had broken out on the dock. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

In the dark she struggled into a ragged old shirt of Salvador’s, then his trousers, which she rolled up, and finally his blue jacket. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

Remarkably, the overwhelming majority of people branded criminals and felons struggle mightily to play by the rules and to succeed in a society seemingly hell-bent on excluding them. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

Something, a dream trying to be remembered, struggled to break into my consciousness. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Slowly, struggling under the cruel weight, the companions brought the Crochan to the riverbank. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

I struggled for an image of "Dixie Mafia" that would fit Walter McMillian. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

As the violence continued to spiral, I began to have second thoughts about the suspension of the armed struggle. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

A man might easily be embittered by such circumstances, but Nels made it a point not to struggle unnecessarily with life’s unresolvable dilemmas. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

The family was still struggling financially, but most of the kids were back in school, and it seemed as if they had survived the worst of the destruction. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

He had struggled too long to hold on, his energy bleeding away. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

Diana struggled to lift her head and open her eyes. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

He saw the black form some thirty-five feet behind, still struggling to catch him. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

He moved slowly, struggling with the weight of mattresses and furniture. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

Teller’s viewpoint was shared by Lewis Strauss, who was struggling at the White House to hold the line against Stassen’s lobbying for an international agreement on nuclear weapons. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

Zaman struggled to his feet, blotted his bloody lips with his sleeve, wiped the spit off his cheek. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

He clumsily embraced her, and then pulled back as she struggled to sit up. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

I could almost see the words floating through her head as she struggled to find something to say. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

I tried to struggle to my feet, but a couple of the girls held me down. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

In their great, tenacious drive to succeed, perhaps Patrick saw the futility of his own struggle. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

Sometimes he’d tell her about a situation he was struggling with and ask for advice. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

As Jefferson saw it, the American Revolution had been merely the opening shot in a global struggle against tyranny that was destined to sweep over the world. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

They struggled for a moment over the motorbike. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

But watching them suddenly struggle against even the J V boys, they just didn’t look like the crew that had won with such astonishing ease at Poughkeepsie. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

“I sure hope so,” I say, also struggling for air. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Coulter, meanwhile, her face in its furs a frozen glare of intense feeling, was dragging Lyra to the back of a motorized sledge, and Lyra struggled as hard as her daemon. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

A century and a half before Darwin wrote The Origin of Species, Maria vividly showed nature as a struggle for survival. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

I realized there were so many people struggling to survive. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Tonight I find the new sensation, Survivor, on CBS, where “real people” are struggling to light a fire on their desert island. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

He examined the gash in his armor while I struggled forward, silently cursing him. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

Will heard it in the depths of sleep and struggled to wake. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

She had backed up to the point of being next to Ivan as he struggled with the door. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

There was nothing unique about Ann’s life of struggle and pain in Durham. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

Sir Stephan nodded at the ogres, who were struggling anew at the sight of our meal. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

Yehuda, too, kept his eyes in his broth, struggling to get dumplings to stay on his spoon. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

Roy struggled to remain motionless while the fat reptiles untangled themselves at his feet. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Shin worked late that night in the factory and was among the last of the sewing machine repairmen to walk into a ten o’clock meeting of ideological struggle, a mandatory session of self-criticism. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

I struggled to my feet, blinking the stars out of my eyes, but Kronos had already grasped the handle of his scythe. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

Allowing Harry to go would make Harry happy, something Uncle Vernon had struggled against for thirteen years. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

I could hear Vega holler and struggle with Harp. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

The hospital staff said that never in their memories had a dying patient put up such a struggle to live. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

I’m badly bruised and might have a broken finger or two, but it’s my skin that’s paid most dearly for my struggle with the guards. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

In ones and twos, the holdfast of Sherrer struggled to its feet. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

To themselves, they seemed to struggle in the poisoned runs and to blaze with rage for poor Pimpernel in the ditch. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Any tremble of destiny would have had to struggle through the concrete foundations of the house. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

Luke pointed the gun at him and struggled to hold it steady. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

Emma knew Charles really thought things through and that he struggled with his doubts about faith. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

His mother had died when he was just three years old, and he had struggled with drugs and alcohol before he decided to enlist. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

I thought about Dr. King’s courage, his dedication to us, and his struggle for freedom. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Napoleon had commanded that once a week there should be held something called a Spontaneous Demonstration, the object of which was to celebrate the struggles and triumphs of Animal Farm. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

The campaign's strategy was to show that he was an honorable, talented man who understood the struggles of ordinary Americans. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

As the only black student at Carroll College in tiny Waukesha, Wisconsin, Fuller struggled to talk and act in ways that minimized the distance between himself and his classmates. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

One of the groups, a secret Communist faction—the Khmer Rouge—launched an armed struggle against the Cambodian government. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

A moment later the owl dæmon swooped with a clumsy fainting movement to his side, and half lay on the snow, struggling to fold her wings. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Did Coach West remember how much I struggled with that stupid aluminum tube? A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

No official body count, no reliable numbers of physical assaults, and no definitive records of worker jailings without due process truly document the violence of the struggle for workers’ rights. Fannie Never Flinched 2016-11-21T00:00:00Z

But he's struggling with both proportion and perspective. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Annabeth hooked one arm around his waist and struggled across the current. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

We had spent days, miles, rations in our long struggle to get up onto the Ice. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

I was eager to know more about the armed struggle of the people of Ethiopia against Mussolini, and of the guerrilla armies of Kenya, Algeria, and the Cameroons. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The inmate continued to struggle as he was carried up the stairs. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Milkman struggled for a clear thought, so hard to come by in a dream: Perhaps this woman is Circe. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

He struggled to his feet: the terrier released his hold and walked away, his back turned arrogantly but his eyes slewed slyly in his flat head so that he looked almost reptilian. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ron lay on the bed without moving, watching Harry struggle to remove it. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

“We should’ve just left him back there,” Trina said, hands on knees, struggling to catch her breath.“He slowed us down, and he’s still right in the thick of things anyway.” The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

Of course a struggling animal would attract predators—she had been foolish to put off checking the snares. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Zeitoun, exhausted, would rest against the bow, watching the fish slowly cease their struggles. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

Fist struggled to grab them, and Tendai pulled his leg out from under him. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

In the past eighteen months, my mets have hardly grown, leaving me with lungs that suck at being lungs but could, conceivably, struggle along indefinitely with the assistance of drizzled oxygen and daily Phalanxifor. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

If she did, I can’t explain what changed his mind—why suddenly a ten-year policy of not registering with the Government ended without a struggle—but I think maybe it was that telephone. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Mariela, on opening night, is simply towering—“a different actress,” Volpe says, from the one who had struggled in recent weeks. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

They struggled and his big arms encircled her, her feet kicking against the air like those of one hanging from a tree. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

There came the sound of struggle and a crash. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

It was a struggle to push the rest of the words out. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

I grab on to Will’s hands as we slip across the surface of the ice, laughing as we struggle to keep our balance. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

Are you struggling to come to terms with your mother’s addiction? On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Nico got pushed to the ground and struggled with his chains while the spirit of Minos wailed, “Kill the inventor! Kill him!” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

I actually had to struggle at the mailbox this morning to know who Bessie was when I saw her name on the return address of the envelope. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

While he struggled to find a counterargument, Ron spoke up, evidently following his own train of thought. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

But at the same time, I couldn’t bear to watch my mother kill herself as she struggled against impossible odds to keep the family alive. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

As my mom found her footing, my dad seemed to struggle: He was often stressed and distracted, as my missing brother, Heritage, was always on his mind. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

He’s gonna go to his nice house in the suburbs and forget this in a week, tops, while we’re still struggling. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

At last with a struggle he got up again. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

Her voice trails off, and I watch her struggle to speak as I apply some Cal Stat from my travel bottle. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

I was wondering desperately how to fulfill my assignment, struggling to think of a way to broach the subject. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Among all of Volpe’s students, Wayne is the best at describing his teacher’s directing, maybe because he sometimes struggles with it. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

The whole premise of Joe’s struggle to stay in school was the prospect of a more promising future afterward. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

He swept between them as they practiced, looking just as much like an overgrown bat as ever, lingering to watch Harry and Ron struggling with the task. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Fiver was struggling in a thick cloud of earth, soft and powdery. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

The teacher struggled to maintain eye contact with her. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

My head bows as I lean against the sink, struggling under the weight of the world. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

The campaign to improve conditions in prison was part of the apartheid struggle. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I unlocked the door and pushed past Charlie roughly, struggling with my heavy bag as I ran down the stairs. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

And I see the struggle in his face. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had been confronted so suddenly with struggle that I could not pull all the strings of the situation together at once. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Gregor turned and saw her struggling to free herself from the webbing that secured her to Temp’s back. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Petra struggled with this language and had to look up the words “credulity’’ and “premises.” Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

She was just beginning her long struggle with Alzheimer's disease, and each time I entered the room, I felt the need to reintroduce myself and set her at ease. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

Just as Mamá would, I struggled with the doorknob, pretended to look in Mamá’s apron pockets for her keys, and finally opened the door. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

I had apparently lost the knife in my struggle with him. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

Why would he want to struggle through all that? Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

After struggling for years, he became a model prisoner and trustee. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

The centaur struggled to get up as the giant approached, his javelin ready, A taloned hand gripped my shoulder. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

My life was inseparably committed to the American black man’s struggle. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wasn’t struggling, just standing there, holding my breath. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

The home planet of an emerging technical civilization, struggling to avoid self-destruction. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

But I could hear Mr. Harvey struggling and growling. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Umkhonto we Sizwe will carry on the struggle for freedom and democracy by new methods, which are necessary to complement the actions of the established national liberation movement. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Luke struggled to turn his head to breathe. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

The more I pressed, the more the fish struggled. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

At times I struggled to stay awake doing the repetitive work. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

Remember that many times, classroom teachers pitch the song in their own range, not thinking about where the song would work best for the children, and children struggle to sing well. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

“I don’t understand ‘Currier’ or ‘Ives’ or ‘decor,’” Luba Luft said; she seemed to be struggling, however, to make out the terms. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

The beast struggled forward, broke the ring and fell over the steep edge of the rock to the sand by the water. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

“He struggled violently. ‘Let me go,’ he cried; ‘monster! Ugly wretch! You wish to eat me and tear me to pieces. You are an ogre. Let me go, or I will tell my papa.’ Frankenstein 1818-01-01T00:00:00Z

Here they were, struggling to make art, while without the least bit of effort, I was living art. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

The Director went suddenly pale, stopped struggling and stood, his hands on her wrists, staring down at her, horrified. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

In addition, I was close to exhaustion from my struggle with the river. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

I hoped then that life might offer me the opportunity to serve my people and make my own humble contribution to their freedom struggle. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bran's bowels went to water as the Greatjon struggled to rise, sucking at the red stumps of fingers . . . but then, astonishingly, the huge man laughed. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

And now as I struggled through the lines of people a new world of possibility suggested itself to me faintly, like a small voice that was barely audible in the roar of city sounds. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was only then, when all other forms of resistance were no longer open to us, that we turned to armed struggle. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Catelyn struggled to push back the blankets, her bandaged fingers as stiff and unyielding as stone. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

It was fifty pounds, so he struggled with it. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

Not only any actual misdemeanor, but any eccentricity, however small, any change of habits, any nervous mannerism that could possibly be the symptom of an inner struggle, is certain to be detected. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Coulter threw up an arm to shade her eyes and struggled to sit up. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Even after finding Archer, she’d been so alone in this, muddling through the words, struggling to control the Vision, with no one to help her understand what was happening, what it meant. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

They tripped over bushes and slid down hollows as they struggled to reach the lights of Vainona. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

Calvin was huffing and puffing and drenched in sweat as he struggled to haul his bulk after Alex. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

Roz could sense that Brightbill was struggling, and so she spent a lot of time talking with him about families and geese and robots. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

He noticed at last a struggling band: “Bonny Blue Flag.” The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The knowledge and contacts I had recently made in Africa were going to be locked away rather than used in the struggle. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

His tiny forehead has been decorated with considerable struggle with sandalwood paste to form six miniature beige moons floating above his brows. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

When she struggled to turn over, a foot planted itself into her back and pushed her up. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

I aced the tests—“Eagle eyes and elephant ears,” the nurse said—but Lori struggled trying to read the eye chart. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Today is table two’s day to read Lord of the Flies, and I’m looking forward to watching Bill Corso struggle through every word. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

I climbed around him and pressed myself against the door, struggling to stay cool in the hot, cramped quarters. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

“Wonder what it’s like to have a peaceful life,” Ron sighed, as evening after evening they struggled through all the extra homework they were getting. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

They both tried to appear as usual; but the sorrow they had to struggle against was one that could not be entirely conquered or concealed. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

The dog struggles, strains its head away from the reeking smell of the shirt. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

It is from these comrades in the struggle that I learned the meaning of courage. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He looked like he was struggling for words. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

As Seven and Valley struggled in the mud, Thorn scrambled around, trying to find another vine to throw to them—but there was nothing. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

I am struggling to see him as a man capable of beating a woman, of crushing her skull. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

She picked up the ring in her little hands and struggled to fly up to Kaede’s eye level, where she said something that Kaede did not understand. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Valley struggled to her feet, slipping in the mud as Thorn got up and helped Seven do the same. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

Octavian’s Agenda In September of 36 BCE, while Mark Antony struggled in the snows of the eastern frontier, Octavian was celebrating. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z

“Because he gives every good writer something to struggle with and try to work out by writing it down. That’s genius.” Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

He’d hesitated, struggling for words, but as she remembered later, the gist of it was that there was something about this race, this boat, that was different. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

“Trying,” I whispered through clenched teeth, struggling to draw in air. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Finally they came to a mass of hanging vegetation, and the fresh smell of the world outside, and after a brief struggle they were through into the open air of the night. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

The god struggled, flinging the dead aside, breaking off ribs and skulls, but the skeletons kept coming, pinning the god’s arms. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Her class ended at eight, but I wanted to see the room where—not so long ago—I had struggled over simple reading and writing and learned to count change of a dollar. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

A witness struggled for words: “It just looked like, I don’t know what.” Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

“It’s ... I’ve never—” He struggled, wordless for a moment, then bowed his head and began to cry hopelessly into his hands. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

And he came to see the law as a struggle to subdue the violent passions not only in others but also in oneself. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

The teachers’ march that day would be remembered as a turning point in the struggle for equal voting rights. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

People struggled past them with bags of groceries balanced on their heads. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

It doubled up, its eyes moved, and it seemed to struggle. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

After a night with too few sessions, he’d finally got a Messenger into his Whisperer again, only to struggle unexpectedly. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

An opposite view is that benign environments leave people free from the constant struggle for existence, free to devote themselves to innovation. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

It was a beautiful sight to behold, the struggle of the carp to regain his abode before the river dried to a trickle and trapped him in strange pools of water. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

I struggled to show her my brave face, but I wanted to run out the front door right then. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

He tells her about Vincent’s struggles and how they affected him and the whole family. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

She had to struggle because the moment she had landed, the plant had started to twist snakelike tendrils around her ankles. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

He was tangled up in the mess and struggling to keep his head above the water. I Survived Hurricane Katrina, 2005 2011-04-01T00:00:00Z

The cosmic struggle of the two forces would destroy everything! Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

He struggles with our huge suitcase, so I help. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

There was a silence, during which I struggled for language to adequately express what I thought of this goofball advice. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

I was supposed to be with her that weekend in Arizona, but I was struggling so hard to breathe the night before our flight that I had to stay behind. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

For Shin, the biggest struggle remained finding enough to eat. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

I struggle to imagine the scene while they waited for the chopper. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Joseph shrieked in horror, and in his desperate struggle to stand up, he pulled off Frankie’s cap. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

She and Shay struggled to pull their jacks out. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

Having wasted a lot of time worrying aloud about Apparition, Ron was now struggling to finish a viciously difficult essay for Snape that Harry and Hermione had already completed. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

We find after years of struggle that we do not take a trip; a trip takes us. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

They had tamed the bush, and in return it yielded them their food and their scant living from trap lines and a wood lot, but the struggle to keep it in subjection was endless. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was just crossing the foot bridge when his attention was drawn to a small boy and a dog struggling up out of the gulch. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

I thrust Helene at Grandfather, struggling not to wrap my hands around the Augur’s neck for what he’s put us through. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

And I don’t even have it as bad as most—there are millions of young men and women living the struggle even harder than me. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

He reviewed his math, his physics, his English, struggling for long hours with his broken-backed books, and as the boat rocked and pitched he set out two main goals for himself. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Like fish caught in a net, struggling against the cords that trap us, trying to squirm free, not realizing we’re already dead. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

He still struggled when they hauled him to his feet, but they held him and he ceased. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Amidships, a dozen sailors and two of the fiery fingers were struggling with tangled lines and sodden canvas, but whether they were trying to raise the sail again or pull it down he never knew. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

They are far too wrapped up in their own small struggles to worry overmuch about what others are doing and why. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

She groaned and let the scrap of paper fall from her hand as she struggled to her feet. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

He was asked to testify before Congress about veterans’ struggles. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

We found her bobbing in the waves, struggling to keep her head above water, one wing flapping, the other broken looking. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

There's no sign of any kind of struggle, no disruption of the needles on the ground. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

We made many mistakes, but the Defiance Campaign marked a new chapter in the struggle. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was doing well in music theory, but I struggled in English. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Once, he stumbled and fell, only climbing back to his feet after a struggle. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

The Resistance killed the Emperor and the most important members of his house, Marcus stepped into his place, and now there will be no civil war, no struggle between Gens Taia and Blackcliff. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Even a victim’s torn fingernail can speak of a fateful struggle. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Frightful saw her struggle, but she did not help. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

He would eat and have fun and use every smile as a thorn, reminding Luke that he wasn’t the only one who was struggling to understand recent decisions. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

“Who hired her?” the old woman demanded, struggling upright in the bed. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

It is a struggle of the African people, inspired by their own suffering and their own experience. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

It did not struggle, but sat quite trustingly. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

He felt the quick heave and surge as the horse left the river and struggled up the stony path. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

The pigs had an even harder struggle to counteract the lies put about by Moses, the tame raven. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

The word is not a struggle for her anymore. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

And with movements as jerky as those of a windup toy, he struggled upright, wheeled around, plunged back into the truck, circled awkwardly around the plaza area, and drove back up to the ranch. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I didn't know about them, but I was hoping the people of the world might be united by something more interesting, like drugs or an armed struggle against the undead. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

An old man singing to himself as he struggled against the river seemed like someone I might be able to trust. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

I struggled to my feet and searched for my shirt. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

In the carriage house there was what is called “signs of a struggle”—in this case a broken box, a shattered carriage lamp, scraped marks in the dust, and straw on the floor. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Janie struggled to a sitting position and pried the dead Tea Cake’s teeth from her arm. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

He said his father, whom he has seen struggle to balance the tasks of home nurse with trying to pay the bills, had grown heroic in his eyes. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

He watched his father struggle with overwhelming guilt. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

I flinch at the pain in my wounded shoulder and stop struggling. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

Al-though he could have been a prime minister of South Africa, he became one of the bravest and staunchest friends of the freedom struggle that I have ever known. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I heard the distant whistle of a passing train, and I wished I could get on it and go far away, to a place without struggle meetings, without class status, without confessions. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I try to struggle, but I’m so weak from dehydration now, it’s useless. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

I struggled out of bed and crossed the space between us. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

From this high perch, the reporter spotted an undertaker struggling to get his supply of coffins to safety. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z

Suddenly it’s as if we’re in a hurry, his fingertips brushing my side under my shirt, my hands clutching at him, struggling closer but there is no closer. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

Her legs came out of the paralysis then and she kicked and struggled. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

The last vestiges of headache still throbbed between her eyes, and the shacks and streets wouldn’t stop swaying, but she struggled to her feet. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

No, the reflections led back to Africa, back to the shanty and the ghetto, back to the fruitless struggles against the mark of blackness. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

My years of struggling against inequality, abusive power, poverty, oppression, and injustice had finally revealed something to me about myself. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

The old man struggled to catch up, gliding clumsily after his son. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

Jackson struggles against the men, finally slumping in their arms after Mr. Redfern gives him a little payback by way of a fist to the chin. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

“I was prepared to struggle for, to kill, and, if necessary, to die for my Führer and country,” said Henry Metelmann. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

For after our struggle at the piano, she never mentioned my playing again. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

The smallest pup, whom Miyax called Sister, lifted her head, saw her favorite brother in action and, struggling to her feet, followed him devotedly. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Con had already climbed out of the river, and two of the horses stood shivering on the bank, but now he saw Kaede and Taisin struggling. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Poor woman, how she had struggled and worked for that good, plentiful food, the clean shirts her boys had worn, the scrubbed floors, polished brass! Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

A struggle to hang on to them while Osh pulled the lobster pots. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

It is nothing that regiment after regiment returns again and again to the ever more hopeless struggle, that attack follows attack along the weakening, retreating, crumbling line. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

A memory struggles to surface in my brain. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Some patches were so dense with weeds that strawberry plants struggled to survive. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

She’d been struggling to push out that lamb God knows how long, and me lying asleep. Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village 2007-07-24T00:00:00Z

While he struggled within himself, Allen and nine others were ordered to go out in the jungle to spend the night. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

As if sensing danger, the bird croaks louder and struggles to get away but to no avail. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was a struggle to even look at him. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Three of the invaders were carrying a struggling figure, bound hand and foot, through the pen. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

The bird began to struggle, to flap its wings, and as soon as it lurched in its fight to fly, pecking at Genie’s hand, he got scared. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

He grabs my arm, but I struggle away. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

Feeling sheepish myself, I struggled to my feet. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

The dog’s given up all struggle, sedated by the smell of the shirt. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Cole acknowledged Edwin’s words with a weary grunt and struggled on without complaining. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

He struggled for self-control; he did not want to lose this driving impulse; it was all he had. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

But, you see, Jo wasn’t a heroine, she was only a struggling human girl like hundreds of others, and she just acted out her nature, being sad, cross, listless, or energetic, as the mood suggested. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

This allowed the urban rich to flaunt their wealth while the rural poor struggled to feed and clothe their families. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Silently they struggled: Wormtail’s wand emitted sparks; his silver hand closed around Harry’s throat. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

The silence stretched on as I struggled to wrap my mind around the concept of so many years. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Leon called out, his voice strangled but struggling to be normal. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I struggled to get my voice above this self- accusing murmur. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

The ironman stumbled out after him, white-faced and struggling not to retch. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I struggle to keep the anger out of my voice. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

She let the hyena climb onto her back and she helped her struggle through the window. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

But he was possessed by a frenzy of fear and rage, and he struggled to get to his feet. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

But he found now that he could not do so, not without a great struggle. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

The struggle behind those round eyes hurt to watch. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

I glanced up and there it was, big and chipped and wide like whatever words were hiding behind those teeth, he was struggling to keep in. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

When Theseus lifted himself up from that terrific struggle, the ball of thread lay where he had dropped it. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

The inheritors of Mozart’s legacy in the twentieth century - classically-trained, self-styled ‘serious’ composers - struggled desperately with this challenge. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

It was, first of all, an acknowledgment of our struggle, and of the achievements of the chief as the leader of that struggle and as a man. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

After a moment he spoke again thickly, as if struggling with tears. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Penelope struggled through the crowd to get to the door, her mind fixed on a single idea: She had to find the children! The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

For a moment a phrase tried to take shape in my mouth and my lips parted like a dumb man's, as though there was more struggling upon them than a wisp of startled air. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

After several moments of apparently painful internal struggle he said, “But where’s he going to go?” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

The battle degenerates into butchery and a confused struggle of personal conflicts. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

As she struggles to free herself, I bring my knee up to my chest. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

He just walked, as if deaf, his strides so long that Prosper struggled to keep up with him. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

An old memory struggles to resurface—a needle injected into one of my eyes, a cold metal gurney and an overhead light—but it vanishes as soon as it comes. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

Slowly, I step into the pool, our eyes locked on each other’s as we struggle for air. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

Every peculiar had struggled through a period of painful uncertainty. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

Mariam struggled against him, mumbling, but he kept pushing the pebbles in, his upper lip curled in a sneer. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

This can mean being honest about your own behaviors or emotions, or confronting truths with people who harmed you, as Terryl did, and Linton did, and still struggles to do. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

“Tell me something,” he asked after another minute, and I could hear him struggle to use a lighter tone. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

The struggle—and his eventual triumph—made him formidable. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

I kept struggling with the reading, but I could not put it down. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

So many of us, I was realizing, had the same struggles, the same concerns for our kids and worries about the future. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Up to this time many of them had had little interest in Bostons struggles. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nathan could deal with lackluster sandwiches and awful canned pasta, especially when comparing his discomfort to the struggles of his ancestor who had survived Hwééldi. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

If the struggles of the other women had been Marsha's biggest challenge at Tutwiler, her years there would have been difficult but manageable. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

It was reported that as many as a million people personally witnessed our procession through the city, and to see the support and enthusiasm they gave to the anti-apartheid struggle was truly humbling. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The chief saw Mrs. Coulter struggling, and picked up Lyra with one hand as if she were a doll and threw her into the sledge, where she lay stunned and dazed. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

Ged fell, struggling and writhing, while the bright rip in the world's darkness above him widened and stretched. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

I struggle with my identity and she tells me just to say what’s true. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

I stumbled along behind her, careful to avoid the dust she kicked up, and struggling to steady a flutter of growing nerves. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

But winter had set in, and they struggled to get to their new base. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

Although there were elements of tragedy and struggle in the Fifth Symphony, he had read, it was principally music of love and happiness. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

With a roar, the Huntsmen renewed their attack with even greater ferocity, dashing themselves against the struggling companions in a surge of fury. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

When evening came, however, she had given the struggle up. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

For in a swift radiance of illumination he saw a glimpse of human struggle and of valor. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

More likely the two older boys discovered that their five-year-old victim did not mind the excursion; that far from struggling and shrieking, he merely gazed at the skeleton with cool appreciation. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

There the last living things gave up their struggle; the tops of the Morgai were grassless, bare, jagged, barren as a slate. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

I had begun to analyze the struggle in different terms. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The tear in the sky, directly above and stretching off into the horizon, smothered everything in a thick heat that made breathing a struggle. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Even with her strong, brave, well-trained daughter at her side, Maria struggled in this land of eternal summer. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Annabeth was awake but struggling, barely able to lift her head. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

The direwolf wrenched free and came to him as the wight struggled to rise, dark snakes spilling from the great wound in its belly. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

With this faith we will be able to work together, to pray together, to struggle together, to go to jail together, to stand up for freedom together, knowing that we will be free one day. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Harry said slowly — his brain seemed to be struggling to absorb yet another piece of shocking information. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

The struggle to understand is our only advantage over this madness. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

I don’t struggle against the ropes, as I did the first time I faced this fear. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Here we all are, struggling to be noticed, trying to be what the vuvv want us to be. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I struggled, trying to get it stretched out in front of me After several terrifying minutes I managed to get my arm free. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

He had just detached himself from the struggling mob. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

For all the talk and struggle to get Uncle Jet to commit, Nathan realized he had no idea what the ceremony was, apart from the fact that it was seven days long. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Holly struggled free of Bigwig and crouched on his haunches, scuffling his front paws and growling, as rabbits will when angry. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

The forest was an indistinct shadow, now near, now far, as she struggled against the current. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Miss Fulton comes up the steps, struggling with a bag. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

But he still held Other-Finn in his arms, and the little boy was struggling to get away. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Merle Tuve, who was still struggling to produce high-energy particles with his obstreperous Tesla coil, saw little practical application for Lawrence’s curved variation on a linear accelerator. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

They laid hands on him, and he struggled wildly. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

After so many years of constant fear, I struggled to believe what he was saying could really be true. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

And something vast, green, and glittering erupted from the patch of darkness Harry’s eyes had been struggling to penetrate; it flew up over the treetops and into the sky. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

We learned of the successful liberation struggles in Mozambique and Angola in 197s and their emergence as independent states with revolutionary governments. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The second monkey struggled and hissed, trying to lift the stone, but it could no more move it than it could move the moon. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

They warned him that an armed struggle was an extremely grave undertaking and they questioned whether the liberation movement had matured sufficiently to justify such an endeavor. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I said that on the American racial level, we had to approach the black man’s struggle against the white man’s racism as a human problem, that we had to forget hypocritical politics and propaganda. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then, struggling to free himself, he found he could not. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z

It felt like being buried alive, and he had to struggle against panic. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was a silence, I struggled to say what had to be said. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

Before Meggie could run to his aid, Elinor seized her and held her tight no matter how hard she struggled, just as she had done before back in her own house. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Still I struggle to free myself, my feet kicking dust in her face. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I struggled to pry the lid from the can of tea leaves, aware that my grandmother had come in and was standing close behind me. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Like Flom, he grew up poor, the child of struggling Jewish immigrants. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

Stiff from sitting in such an unusual position, I fell back against the side of the bed and kept up my struggle until just before ten-thirty, when I climbed back into bed. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

As he struggled to unstrap himself, the car door flew open and a white blast of sunlight hit him in the face. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

He saw a small, dark shape struggling its way through the snow toward the lake. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

Frank was struggling, making whimpering noises as the other guy tried to pin him to the back of the booth. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

I’d managed to survive the first three classes of the day without major incident, but I was still struggling to navigate the school itself. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

That struggle, known in America as the French and Indian War, began in 1754, after Washington ambushed a small French force. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

But their solitary, sometimes-forgotten exploits would help determine the outcome of this very different struggle. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

I could just make out a tiny hill, with the ant-size figure of Sisyphus struggling to move his boulder to the top. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

“I had no idea Momma was struggling like she was. I didn’t even know she’d lost her job. You know how she is. Never wanna ask for help.” The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

There was actually a queue forming up at the bottom of the stairs, and soldiers struggling down with heavy horsehair mattresses. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

The demands of mountaineering—the physical and emotional struggles, the very real hazards—made it more than just a game. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

Black South Africans realized that the ANC was no longer an organization of passive resistance, but a powerful spear that would take the struggle to the heart of white power. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He spurred his gelding and rode out into the river, but the horse struggled in the soft mud and beyond the reeds the water deepened. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

He kicked and struggled like a madman even as Earl dragged him across the lot and up the stairs into the privilege car. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

He had struggled and protested, but in truth had loved the feel of warm water. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

As he struggled on he called again, and kept on calling more and more frantically; but he heard no answer for some time, and then it seemed faint and far ahead and high above him. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

She struggled to wrap it around Taisin’s waist, and several desperate minutes later, after they had been dragged another twenty feet downstream, she succeeded, and Con began to pull them onto the bank. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Dasch struggled to reply in German, so Kappe switched to English and used a fake British accent to try to hide his harsh German accent. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

She was thinking about the coin as she crossed the Flowstone Yard, struggling with the weight of the water in her paiL "Nan," a voice called out. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Bailey struggles to keep his balance while he looks up. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

My mind struggled against the fog, realizing what was happening. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Hunger devours me, I could almost weep for something to eat, I cannot struggle against it. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

But in her fury, Ivy had stared straight into the witch’s eyes, and suddenly, she found herself unable to struggle against the old woman’s grip. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

Ekon was struggling to string words together to form a coherent sentence, let alone any kind of question. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

I did have one escape from this constant internal struggle: a church choir that my dad started, like the one he had formed in Rwanda. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

The struggle was over, but I was not sure who had won. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

It is time to confess that I have for many years struggled with one of the lesser rules of the apostrophe. Eats, Shoots & Leaves 2003-11-06T00:00:00Z

The bag filled rapidly with icy water, and in the wet darkness that stank of rotten cabbages and leaves, Anya and Ivan struggled to find a way out. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

Then he coughs hard and closes his eyes, his breath struggling to get into and out of his body. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

In the end, I chose four intellectual movements from the nineteenth century and examined how they had struggled with the question of family obligation. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

These efforts to cope with human environment have proved a far greater challenge than the earlier struggle with nature. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lyra was twisting and struggling, and Pantalaimon was chirruping like a frightened bird. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

He struggled to control himself; then he heard Britten talking. “. . . got to get hold of that Jan.” Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Emma kept her grief private, but she would struggle with depression off and on for the rest of her life. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

The moment we’d fought, struggled, cried, and worked so hard for. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

He wrenched them apart, but still they struggled to get at each other. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

He landed with a grunt of pain and Mark scrambled to his feet, struggling to suck air into his lungs. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

“Take them. Please,” Will says, and he struggles to climb out from under an emergency blanket, the skin on his chest and stomach and abdomen a pale blue color. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

Helen struggled up from Grover’s lap, replacing herself with the flowers. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

The fairy began moving again as he held up his jacket, and its fabric bulged with her frenzied attempts to struggle free. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

“I told you when all this started that I didn’t have their endurance. I still don’t. Some of them will go on struggling to survive, no matter what. I’m not like that.” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

In an instant, the two battle-hardened Civil War veterans grappled in a death struggle. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

The struggle was real, and it bonded us forever. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

It, too, was weak, as if the struggle had taken as great a toll on the man as it had on the child. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Octavian’s Fury While Mark Antony and Cleopatra hosted lavish parties for their allies in Greece, Octavian struggled in Italy. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z

But at the last minute, struggling against an equally powerful desire to keep it, she slid it back beneath her tunic. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

As a very young boy, regarding his parents, as he struggles with an early homework assignment, he knows this too well. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

We scrambled and pushed each other, struggling to be the first one up the ladder at the back of the boat. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

Tomorrow, those two qualities will struggle within me, and only one can win. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

It kept struggling, biting at Cole’s lips and tongue. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

He shakes his head, swallowing, struggling to speak. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

As William and his team struggled to break Purple, the world around them grew darker. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

While Dimple struggled with both her Hindi and her Serengeti-wild hair. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

And yet, in another way, it mattered very much—it was unsettling to hear my parents struggle with English. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

This was farther than he had ever dared venture, but he struggled on through the heavy undergrowth. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

So he struggled on, day after exhausting day. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

Did Edison, Ford, and Rockefeller have to struggle against such odds? A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Amaka chanted, “Flush, flush, flush,” while I struggled to break free. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

He let them in, struggling to keep a hold on the collar of an enormous black boarhound. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

It was sweeping toward Griffin’s Wharf, he struggling to get back to Salt Lane. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Both men behaved, although they still had not shed their mutual distrust nor resolved their struggle for supreme control of the fair. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Maybe Mr. Ryan had overheard the sounds of the struggle; he was plenty strong enough to hoist Dana like a bale of alfalfa. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Shin struggled, though, to make sense of most of what he heard on the radio. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

She struggled to lift her clay water jug on her shoulders. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

She shucked off her clothes behind a bush and struggled into Hazel’s bathing-suit. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Although in the United States the women struggle to pay rent and eat, in the imaginations of their children back home they become deliverance itself, the answer to every problem. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

But when he sees me struggling to get to Rani, he grunts, "Okay, then, but lie down and keep out of sight." Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

I asked doubtfully, struggling to see his face through the flashlight beam. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

As Driscoll struggled to recover, her male colleagues started to undermine her. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

I rode across Morningside Avenue and struggled with the bike up the stairs as fast as I could. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

In minutes Butler would not only stop struggling, but go giggling to his grave. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

The truth is, as many of you have read, we have both struggled every day with what this means for our families, our countries, and our futures. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

The head wind was strong, and the engine groaned as the boat struggled to chop through the waves. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

The last day of the year finds me struggling to keep my tears inside while staring at the ceiling above Jupiter’s bed. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

He started to struggle up the ridge towards the tower: but suddenly a light came in the sky, and there was a noise of thunder. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

The retired remains of the android rocked back, collided with the car door, bounced off and struck heavily against him; he found himself struggling to shove the twitching remnants of the android away. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

Most young Soviet women found themselves struggling against the inconsistency of the Communist Party’s approach to gender equality. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

While he is a generation younger than my father, both he and his elder brother Max always symbolized a genuine and authentic continuity throughout the struggle. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Fans along the shoreline peered through the curtain of rain, struggling to distinguish one boat from another. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

“You are the most like me, Jinjoo. And I have always struggled with my temper also. But this little trick helps me keep not only my temper, but also my friends.” Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

Maman Soury didn't always make the most traditional decisions, but I wouldn't be here if it weren't for her struggles and hardships and the controversial paths she traveled down. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

She struggled against the straitjacket, glared at me in frustration, and snapped, Well, Seaweed Brain? The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

It was a terrible blow; but he did not seem to mind it, but seized him also, and struggled with the three of us, pulling us to and fro as if we were kittens. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

Grandfather struggled to remove a pouch from his vest. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He struggled to recall what had happened but couldn’t. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

Yet even with her father’s money, she struggled to get by. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

I struggle as she helps me stand slowly and get into bed, my legs and arms feeling like lead weights. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

He struggled awake, sat up, and found he was sweating. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

I struggled to stay close to Fred, following in his path. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

In the end, all three of them had to struggle to force it open. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

She can hold him in her arms, letting his back paws struggle for footing on her breast and his forepaws cling to her shoulder. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I can’t stay,” I said without thinking, struggling against the urge to gawk openly. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

One of the issues that always concerned us was how to keep the idea of the struggle before the people. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I struggle and try to kick the soft place between his foot and ankle, but he yanks me off my feet. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

“Potter—you’re here! What—? How—?” She struggled to pull herself together. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

To the man’s surprise, the bird did not struggle. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

The former naiad was having harsh words with them in a foreign tongue, struggling in their grasp. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

His hand never left my arm, but he seemed to struggle with what he wanted to say next. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

She struggled to keep up with the man, who was striding quickly ahead. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Presently a new Middle group splits off from one of the other groups, or from both of them, and the struggle begins over again. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

Father turns a blind eye to the silent struggle between Mother and me. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

The boy struggled against the old man, but it was no use. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

His legs are shaking and Tara struggles to support him as they are jostled by passersby. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

She endured the persecutions heaped upon her by the Government with exemplary fortitude and never wavered from her commitment to the freedom struggle. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Soon they were sharing bike rides, jokes, struggles, and dreams. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Flashes of my father appear in my thoughts—then, myself curled in a ball on my foster-home bed, struggling to find a reason to live. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

It was a strange moment for the epiphany; only now, as they all struggled to escape the cops, did Moss know how influential he’d been. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

“If you struggle, you will be subjected to the Dementor’s Kiss.” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

She struggled forward, trying to drag herself out of sight. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

But advantages wear out; she needed a new struggle, another opportunity to show those who might gossip that she had still another unfortunate burden which proved that, above all else, she was a Christian woman. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

Even with the help of the weather and vegetation, though, Gilgamesh was struggling to hold the enemy back. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

“Bouk-man,” Guy struggled with the letters of the slave revolutionary’s name as he looked over his son’s shoulders. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

He saw Alec struggling against two large men and watched as they tightened the rope further around his neck.The old man’s choking sounds made Mark’s heart want to break open. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

Frodo hesitated for a second: curiosity or some other feeling was struggling with his desire to hide. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

I sip my coffee and struggle to swallow. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

She stumbled along, struggling to keep her balance, until her foot snagged and she toppled over like a piece of timber. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

I understood Hebrew well enough to read it, but I had always struggled with actually interpreting the passages. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

I was breathing hard and struggling to master my feelings. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Whilst others struggled through the snows atop weary horses, she rode upon a bed of furs inside a wayn, with a stiff canvas roof to keep the snow off, comfortable in her chains. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

He felt so weak, and the pain stabbed through him when he struggled to lift his hand. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Håkon struggled against the creature, but it held him in place, so close that it was on the verge of enveloping Håkon in the cloud swirling around it. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

The sight of men being whipped as they struggled to move carts prompted consternation among a legislative committee convened to examine the prison in 1832, with particular attention to the system’s harsher aspects. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

As directed by Bob Fosse on Broadway, the dancing was raucous, and the themes—Pippin’s relationships with multiple women, his struggles with authority and the church—were overtly presented. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

The blessing of belonging to this struggle, this fight. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

A vein in his neck bulged as he forced the words out, appearing and disappearing every few seconds, a great, struggling snake. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Minutes later she returned, wiping wetness from her cheeks, struggling to keep a straight face. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

“I’m sorry, Reverend Hunt,” I say as I struggle to keep up with his long strides. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

She clutched her wrist to her chest and struggled to her feet. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

“I see much struggle, much hardship,” Darkness said. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Even a few minutes were a desperate struggle. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

She struggled between an overwhelming desire that one would kill the other, and a profound wish that she herself could die. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

I struggle to get back to sleep, but the body won’t let me. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

Mr. Squirrel shouted as he struggled to hold back Silent Sam. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

I looked outside and saw him heading up the path to the mine, struggling into his coat as he ran. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Cole struggled to move his arms, his legs, anything to escape the white monster, but his body refused to move. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

In the resultant struggle she was shot in the knee. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Mr. Dimblewit struggled as he pulled out the bag and dropped it on the ground. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

For us, such struggles — for sunglasses, long trousers, study privileges, equalized food — were corollaries to the struggle we waged outside prison. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

His sister had oft called upon the High Septon of late, to seek the blessings of the gods in their coming struggle with Lord Stannis ... or so she would have him believe. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Should someone demand the previously agreed-upon price, he or she was accused of trying to fleece a poor immigrant woman with a small, struggling business and a child to feed. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

So Mrs. Turner struggled into the mass and caught Tea Cake by the arm. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

They took a stand as stewards of the land, supporting each other’s struggles into the twenty-first century. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z

He pushed her onto the bank and, with great difficulty in his sodden clothes, struggled out himself. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Chavez struggled against him but Narciso was too big and strong. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I don't like whispering in my presence,” Capricorn said softly, while Fenoglio was still struggling to get his breath back. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

“That’s the one. Shop’s empty. No sign of a struggle. No one knows whether he left voluntarily or was kidnapped.” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

The game was a struggle, however, and he found himself in time trouble. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

I remember in Birmingham, Alabama, when we were in that majestic struggle there, we would move out of the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church day after day; by the hundreds we would move out. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

She was still struggling at the women's prison but was excited about the possibility of our doing something to change her sentence. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

“I know you,” Theseus insisted, as if struggling to recall. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

She struggled to keep her tone even, but it was difficult. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

Mr. Armin tried to pull open the doublet, but Julian pushed his hand away and struggled to rise. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

He had struggled for Brotherhood on a hundred street corners and he thought it would make him more human, but he died like any dog in a road. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Women who have taken part in the long struggle for freedom feel today the full relief of victory,” she said. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

In her book, my mother describes her long struggle to make sense of this humiliation, to reconcile her experience with her faith. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

I struggle to figure out something to say, but nothing that comes to mind seems appropriate, so I just end up staying quiet, prolonging the awkwardness. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

As we w> re struggling to climb on, Mrs. Wilcox was struggling ti get off. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

I struggled sometimes, trying to balance my needs with what was convenient for others. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

“Sometimes you just have to plow through the struggle or upset to establish the routine,” says Iseminger. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

He moaned to himself as he struggled along, and the other baboons seized the opportunity to bully him. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

When she died it was in the same way, without a struggle, so that although we grieved for her our hearts were not tom by her suffering. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

And he knows whereof he speaks, having struggled with drug use himself. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

Kino lay on the ground, struggling to rise, and there was no one near him. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

This is one of Annabelle’s struggles, the sense that she must apologize and atone for other people’s actions. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

I walked on and on, over fallen trees I had struggled over hours before, down slopes I could now only dimly recall. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

It had plenty of money and superb facilities, yet it was struggling to build a reputation for scholarship commensurate with its riches. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

Farmer feared that PIH would be reduced to a tiny private charity, struggling to support its original project in the central plateau of Haiti. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

Gradually, this informal history grew into a course of study, constructed by the High Organ, which became known as Syllabus A, involving two years of lectures on the ANC and the liberation struggle. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

But Doc Kelly said the boy didn’t have no marks from a struggle and he had plenty of whiskey in his belly. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

Both warriors struggled in the air, but the willow reinforced their leafy bonds as they squirmed. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

Laughing embarrassedly, we struggled out of their hands and kept after the coins. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Churchill consciously marshaled, as the best orators will, not only the language of the past but its history to his cause- invoking Drake and Nelson as exemplars and, implicitly, allies in the struggle. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

“They jumped out quick and got a little lead and we had to struggle to make a comeback,” I said. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

His mother and father struggled bravely as they were dragged off. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

At the same time, the covert goal of the government was to create an African middle class to blunt the appeal of the ANC and the liberation struggle. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“If they weren’t dangerous, then why . . . ?” I tried to understand, struggling not to let him see how seriously I was considering his ghost story. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

It marked the end of the power struggles that caused so much civil unrest. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z