| 单词 | struggling |
| 例句 | He hesitated, struggling to find the words he wanted. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Next to us, the wild boar was squealing and struggling. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z He stops, struggling to look over his shoulder at me. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z It was I who had suffered through six weeks' worth of lessons and was still struggling to master “Yellow Bird.” Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z As coveted as his shells were, Pocock had begun to find himself struggling to stay in business, reduced to writing plaintive letters to coaches around the country, pleading for orders. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z The two tributes from District 3 are beside me, struggling to start a decent fire with matches. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z “I know why you’re talking like this,” I said, struggling to keep up with him. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 She just lay there, stretched across the car, her fingers struggling for a grip on steel. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 “What”—I said, struggling to work the blanket around so that I could walk—“is that supposed to mean? What did I do?” Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z He gripped the side of the lifeboat, struggling to pull himself up. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z I watched the food slide down his throat, struggling to get past his sagging Adam’s apple, which pushed out of his neck like a wrinkled nut. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z While he was struggling, I lowered my sawed-off chain, hook first. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z “Look,” he said, exhausted but struggling hard to keep his eyes open, alert, and to keep from slurring his words, “I’m all out of cigarettes.” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z "No, thank you; I'll free myself," I said, struggling to rise from the cutting sand. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z For the first time since I started working on the case, everything we were struggling to achieve finally seemed to make sense. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z 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 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 Always struggling financially and without support from her husband, Regina, during the war years, went wherever she could find work. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Constance came tottering after her, struggling to keep up as Kate rounded the classroom building and charged onto the empty plaza. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z The others could hear him swearing like a cat himself and struggling for a hold. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z And for the first couple hours I was struggling just as bad as yesterday. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 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 “Um, I’m sorry,” she said, struggling valiantly to keep her voice steady. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z Sometimes two friends would come to the show arm in arm, laughing and drinking—and before they left they would be struggling together in a panting rage. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z But she was no longer kicking and struggling. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z I fought desperately with the fabric, struggling to free myself. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z His lawyers seemed happy that Myers was struggling and told Walter it was a good sign when the trial was continued because Myers refused to testify. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z I could tell that he was searching for the right words, but he was struggling. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z 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 He had vague notions of struggling to learn his letters while he worked in the coal mine, every day a battle to survive the dangerous work. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z Looking back, I see Stella breathing heavily, struggling to catch her breath. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z I stopped struggling and fell back on my pillow. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z I can almost see him struggling, trying to control himself in front of the reporters and the Red Cross, but it’s too late. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z Me, Jay, and Nessa sit on the ground, struggling with the rigid boots. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z Curley was white and shrunken by now, and his struggling had become weak. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z “Who hired her?” the old woman demanded, struggling upright in the bed. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z Two more step forward, and there is no more struggling. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z “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 Everyone was awake now, manning the catwalks or struggling with the frightened animals below. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z 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 “Sure,” Luke said, struggling to sound as devil-may-care as Mark. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 Sister Monroe was struggling with his coat, and the men had all but picked her up to remove her from the building. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 Neel read the few titles aloud, struggling to translate them into Bangla for his father. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z 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 Her voice was high and light, a little girl’s voice struggling to be heard over the thud of the bass. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z “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 I spent hours in conversation with all sorts of people, from struggling mothers to impoverished children who sniffed glue to help them cope with hunger and police brutality. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Two buff guards walked in, struggling with a big wooden crate. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z 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 “Trying,” I whispered through clenched teeth, struggling to draw in air. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z 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 “Then tell me,” Thomas called out, struggling to keep his voice even. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z 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 By the time the Trojans were awake, before they realized what had happened, while they were struggling into their armor, Troy was burning. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Suma’s up to her waist and struggling as much as I am. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z 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 A female redcap in armor steps onto the dais to grab the struggling consort. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Once he drew in his breath, as though startled to recognize his own half-known thoughts: and when the poem was ended he seemed to be struggling to come to himself. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z “He is really struggling here. We have never seen him choke this badly in all of our commentating from his head!” Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z Frodo was in the water close to the edge, and a great tree-root seemed to be over him and holding him down, but he was not struggling. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z “What’s Dust?’ she said, struggling to stand up after having been cramped for so long. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z Meanwhile, Starry is grasping a chunk of the wet, heavy material and struggling to pull it back out. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z I was struggling to remember what he'd said exactly, when Charlotte moved on to another topic. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z Coach Hedge and Piper were struggling against their duct tape bonds while one of the demon monkey dwarfs danced around the deck, picking up whatever wasn’t tied down and sticking it in his bag. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z 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 Scientists are rushing toward the edge of the clearing, where a couple of them are struggling to pull something out of the ground. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z I flinch at the pain in my wounded shoulder and stop struggling. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z 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 She was now wearing a cream-coloured overcoat, and struggling to fasten her briefcase as she walked. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 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 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 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 Iorek came down slowly to where Will was struggling up, and said, “Answer me truthfully.” The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z And even as I was struggling to escape their cruelty, I was at the same time more terrified by the sound of the angry crowd in the distance. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z First, she was a little girl again, struggling to climb Half-Blood Hill. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 Annabeth was on the ground, desperately struggling to free her hands. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z “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 She was graceful and brave, and beautiful in her—” Amelia pauses, struggling with the next word. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z 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 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 I suppose Amma is struggling in her own way, scared to hope that I'll actually be able to get her out of jail, because it's hard enough just to get through each long jail day. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z Outside Windhoek, the last of the formerly widespread Kalahari Bushmen were struggling for survival. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Malcolm roared, struggling against the fat arms and the reek of alcohol. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z 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 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 Cabot asked, struggling to come up with a game plan. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z So there I was, dressed in my shepherd-girl costume for the Christmas play after school, struggling to complete the math problem on the board while my fellow third-graders watched. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z Distrustful but aggressive, he was a bundle of the weaknesses and virtues of a man struggling blindly between two societies, of a man living on the margin of a culture. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Busy struggling to raise Hen Wen to her feet, Taran did not notice the horseman until he had reined up at the pen. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 Those with the burden went first, and behind them there was a good deal of struggling and jostling. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z The chopper veered crazily to one side, and I was struggling to hold on. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z The dog yelped some more, then licked Ralph’s hand and panted before struggling away. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 She’s already on her way to Theresa, who is struggling with the howling infant while Jimmy hops on one foot, singing “Farmer in the Dell.” Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 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 She was struggling against me with all her feeble strength. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z The home planet of an emerging technical civilization, struggling to avoid self-destruction. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 Matt looked at her with approval.The girl was struggling in Emilia’s arms, obviously trying to get to him. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 Captain Reed leaned against the bowsprit, struggling to stand. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z The dragon I’m struggling to control suddenly stops in midair, frozen, and then fades from view. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z No one would see him go, no one but Sam Tarly, struggling back to his feet in the dust of the old stables. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z He looked like he was struggling for words. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z Now Gogol raps his knuckles on the window, but the train begins to move as his mother and Sonia are still struggling to spot him. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z 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 Even in a dream, Percy was already starting to feel panicky, struggling to get enough oxygen. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z They flew apart, struggling to sit up, Dimple’s head swimming. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z Sometimes he’d tell her about a situation he was struggling with and ask for advice. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z 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 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 Charlie's grandmother had died a few months after she first called me, and his mother was still struggling after the tragedy of the shooting and Charlie's incarceration. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z As Joe raised a hand to acknowledge the wave of applause rising to greet him, he found himself struggling desperately to keep back tears. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z I was surprised to find a rabbit already struggling against the cord. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z By Sunday early evening I was still struggling for an idea. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z 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 He pinned Pima’s arms behind her, leaving her writhing and struggling fruitlessly. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z 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 “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 “I am only too happy to have been of any service! Oh, God!” he cried suddenly, struggling up to a sitting posture and pointing to me, “It was worth for this to die! Look! look!” Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z Before the Tap-Out, he was struggling, but now the insurance biz has seen a fresh surge. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z The train is crowded and at first she stands, struggling to hang on to all the bags and the stroller and the overhead strap, until a young girl asks if she’d like to sit down. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z But for Elizebeth it was a break in the pattern—a sign that she was struggling. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z He grabbed the struggling rat and held him up to the light. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z 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 He saw the black form some thirty-five feet behind, still struggling to catch him. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 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 But Gale’s voice is so full of pain I can’t help struggling to reach it. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z 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 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 The pigeon squirmed in her hand, struggling to free itself. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z And she felt a pang of pity as she imagined the dragon, alone, unable to fly, endlessly struggling between trees and branches. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z I was tempted to cease struggling with him—to rush down the torrent of his will into the gulf of his existence, and there lose my own. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z From that day on, I spent more time struggling through Dr. Doolittle. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z 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 They felt as if they knew him intimately, like a family member in the upstairs bedroom struggling to recover from an illness. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z But there’s something struggling to free itself from the lie as well. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z They made little progress on a course of action, struggling with the problem of whom to turn to and the possible reaction from the other colored residents. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z The entire company looked then at the woman on the table, who was struggling to sit up and was pushing so hard her red face looked near to bursting. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 Megan had been struggling for a few years—with school grades and swimming injuries, with her relationship with her parents. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z 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 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 his sight cleared he saw policemen struggling with a slender white man. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z Matty woke at dawn to find himself still curled next to Kira in the place where they had collapsed together after struggling as far as they could into the evening. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z 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 Mark finally stopped struggling when someone punched him in the face, sending a burst of pain through his cheek. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z She was struggling badly, swimming for both of them. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z My shoulders ached from struggling like they were going to pop out of their sockets. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z 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 And my father explained: It was only because he said “Cheese,” and my mother was struggling to keep her eyes open until the flash went off, ten seconds later. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z “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 Slowly, struggling under the cruel weight, the companions brought the Crochan to the riverbank. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z They seemed to be struggling to get it open, banging feverishly on its surface. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 “Yeah,” Moss said, struggling to find anything significant to say, but unsure he could. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Also, you never really know how many people are out there struggling, hungry, until there’s free food available. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z 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 The screaming, struggling civilian was a dark man with a face white as flour from fear. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z Then his eye focused on the enormous shape of a sea turtle struggling out of the sea and ponderously making its way up the sand. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z My son, tired but rambunctious, didn’t want to brush his teeth and, struggling, mistakenly hit me in the eye. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 “We were in bad shape, struggling to get across.the country to find that stupid lightning bolt, trapped in a truck with a bunch of mistreated animals. How can you be nostalgic for that?” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z The lines were the old grandfather’s deathbed advice, talking about his life after slavery, his life still struggling: ‘“Learn it to the young’uns’” his final, “fiercely” whispered words. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z His fingers were unsteady; he was struggling, it seemed, to suppress emotions. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z He saw a small, dark shape struggling its way through the snow toward the lake. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z Walt and Billie had both known poverty when they were young and after struggling to rise above it saw nothing wrong with enjoying the fruits of their labor. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Several articles popped up about severe inflation and how people were struggling to afford basic necessities like food. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z He frowned at me, struggling to understand my tone and expression. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z 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 horse paused, struggling to find the right word. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z He hung heavily with his legs in the water, a salmon struggling in the net beside him, the skin of his collarbones, just above the highest waves, hued an icy but brilliant pink. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z 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 I had no sense that we were poor or struggling, even though my father had to stop working as a housepainter during Denver’s long, cold winters. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z 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 The former naiad was having harsh words with them in a foreign tongue, struggling in their grasp. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z I stared back, struggling to think clearly in spite of his face, to find some way to explain. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z 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 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 He was struggling with something beneath the sheets, and I realized he was trying to move his hands toward the opening. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Black stopped struggling, though his hollowed eyes were still fixed on Scabbers, who was clamped tightly under Ron’s bitten, scratched, and bleeding hands. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z She rushed into the cane and about the fifth row down she found Tea Cake and Nunkie struggling. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z Jacob is struggling to keep up, trying to duck and weave past all the peasants and peddlers in the road. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z I try to climb to my feet, struggling against the ropes, alarm and a powerful headache both clanging in my head, but there’s no getting free. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z 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 At once, Shomari stopped struggling and stood at attention, grumbling something unintelligible. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z He stretched out the hand still grasping his wand and just managed to close his fingers over the small, struggling Snitch. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z He seemed to be struggling against some invisible curse, as though the fog were squeezing him to death. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z I rise and look out from the window, where I see Therese struggling to carry a heavy basket. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 I blink, my chest rising and falling because I’m struggling to breathe normally. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 Soon, she began to heave, struggling to breathe. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z It is for the possession of these thickly populated regions, and of the northern ice cap, that the three powers are constantly struggling. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z They both lay on the ground, fighting and clawing and yelling and struggling frantically to get up again, but before they could do this, the mighty peach was upon them. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z He seemed to be struggling to sit still, itchy in his skin, so after only a few pages, Jinny closed the book and said, “Let’s make it an early night, shall we?” Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z Three or four empty bullock carts passed us on the way to collect the broken stones, the bullocks drawing them struggling to get through the morass, their hides slippery with rain. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z On your way to the park, you had to dodge Bridge Barsamian, struggling with a big cardboard box, those tatty-looking cat ears she’s been wearing since September peeking over the top. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z 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 In minutes Butler would not only stop struggling, but go giggling to his grave. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z 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 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 She coughed and sputtered, struggling to stay afloat. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z As a daughter of Aphrodite, maybe she could tell when somebody was struggling with heartache. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z The manservant fought against the narcotics in his system, struggling furiously in the troll’s grip. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z It’s a person struggling to pull a handgun out of his coat, his forehead matted with sweat as he prepares to hold up a convenience store. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z 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 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 He moved slowly, struggling with the weight of mattresses and furniture. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z 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 So many black people were just struggling from day to day—most of us. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z Samira was off at college, and my parents worked long hours to keep their struggling luggage business afloat. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z 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 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 And then she did attack me, wrestling me to the ground and struggling to remove my belt with one hand while rubbing sand in my face with the other. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z 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 Winnie, struggling with the anguish of all these things, could only sit hunched and numb, the sound of the water rolling in her ears. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z But he's struggling with both proportion and perspective. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Clotho, still struggling through the shallow waves, peers over his hunched shoulder. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z Finally, to simulate pulling together the arms of a struggling inmate in order to handcuff him behind his back, I squeezed together a pair of calipers representing fifty pounds of resistance. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Bigwig was lying on his side, his back legs kicking and struggling. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z They stood there in the hushed dark of the yard, struggling for words. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z The cow serpent freaked out and started struggling against the net, its eyes full of terror. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z The sight of him, struggling in the current like a fly in a spider’s web, filled them both with fear. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z But he, too, like the others, would soon forget, would become caught up in the tense grind of struggling for bread. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z Still struggling, he fetched up against something hard, bumped off it, struck it again and then for a moment touched soft ground. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Many were eaten live and whole, struggling wings beating in his mouth. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z He lay on his side entangled in his own robes, struggling to get up. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z “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 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 Are you struggling to come to terms with your father’s murder? On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z 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 I asked doubtfully, struggling to see his face through the flashlight beam. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z She glanced between them struggling for the connection, something to close the distance between the silent staring child and the slippery crazy words. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z I can tell Papi is struggling to find the right words. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z I see the tiny chest, struggling to rise and fall, struggling to continue breathing. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z “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 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 I thought about Christmas and felt sad, recalling living in tent labor camps in Corcoran during that holiday and seeing families struggling to make ends meet. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z Where were they when he was a young teen struggling with drugs and alcohol? Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Miss Fulton comes up the steps, struggling with a bag. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z 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 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 And hauling a struggling 130-pound turtle aboard a lifeboat was anything but easy. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z As for the trunk of books, which the coachman was struggling to lift—“Leave that in the carriage for now,” Mrs. Clarke directed. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z 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 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 I stumbled over some obstacle and fell to my knees, struggling for breath. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z A failure to command coherence connectives turned out to be among the skills that most sharply differentiated the struggling students from their successful peers. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z He exchanged a look with the other journalists, who were struggling to contain their smirks. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z 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 I kept struggling with the reading, but I could not put it down. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z “Dragon Sighs are fierce this year,” Connor said, struggling to fold the map. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z “But please, you have to stop struggling with him,” he said. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z Hedwig and Errol watched interestedly as Harry clamped the struggling book tightly in his arms, hurried to his chest of drawers, and pulled out a belt, which he buckled tightly around it. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 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 Then, struggling to free himself, he found he could not. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 Bran rode with his brothers, well ahead of the main party, his pony struggling hard to keep up with their horses. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z “The Phoenix Riders have been struggling for years. We need some good fresh blood. There’s nothing generous about wanting the best for my team.” Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z It stopped struggling when she spoke, and Jam reached down toward its shoulders, which were covered in the same sharp lines of metal feathers as its face. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z He could see in her eyes how much she was struggling, trying to marshal her emotions into neat orderly rows like strands on her loom. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z 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 “His father’s a good worker, sir. The whole island’s been struggling since the cyclone.” Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z 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 That seemed to make sense, so the seven men lifted the young lieutenant up and stretched him out carefully on the hood of a parked car, still pinning each struggling part of him down. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z 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 Herbert Spencer—the philosopher who had coined the phrase survival of the fittest—had spent much of his life bedridden with various illnesses, struggling with his own fitness for survival. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z 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 He saw Coach Hedge struggling to keep the ship from capsizing. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z “Here!” said Werfel, struggling out of his ceremonial robes. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z She blinked, dazed, as if struggling to go back to being her usual, logical self. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z With the sound of crestmares above and the raging sea below, I hold the wrench on the bolt, struggling to set Calliope free. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z “Stop struggling, you clot!” a voice shouted in his ear. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z 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 They kept to the coast for several miles, sometimes struggling over ice and snow, sometimes trudging through deep sand and around rocks. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z It kept struggling, biting at Cole’s lips and tongue. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z 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 Kino lay on the ground, struggling to rise, and there was no one near him. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z “Mom,” I said, struggling against the part of me that wanted to scream, cry, and beg, “it’s okay. Honest. I’m sorry I called.” October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z Dreams were his brain’s way of processing them all, and now it was struggling to reconcile the girl from the dream with the one in the mural. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Gubina, the other pilot in the formation, was also struggling to see where she was. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z Reporters standing across the street saw troopers struggling with someone at the front of the line. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z The Cobras stayed, and Maniac, clamping the struggling Mars Bar for dear life, lugged him down a gauntlet of seething eyes to the door and the street. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z “Yes,” I say, struggling to hold back my tears. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z She began to run, as fast as she could, struggling with the child in her arms and the high grass. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z 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 By mid-spring Tom Bolles found himself struggling daily with the freshmen, and the trend seemed to be going the wrong way. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z I couldn’t keep back my tears when I saw her struggling with the pen and then ruining her signature by running the ink with her tears. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Watching the children struggling up the stairs with their tree, listening to their voices, still so babylike, she got these ideas about education. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 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 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 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 “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 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 Moss saw Martin at the main door, chatting with those who were struggling to get inside the space, but it was futile. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Rocket waved his paws, struggling to be put down. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z The moment that I have been struggling toward these three terrible years. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z On that Thursday the elders of the society assembled to consider something extraordinary: Would they use their association members and their skills to help their struggling white neighbors? An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z 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 was struggling to stay at the surface of the water. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z I was already struggling to keep ahead of the prisoners at the back of the column. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z “When you put your fingers inside, it loosens. But when you try to remove them, the circumference shrinks as the braid catches and tightens. There’s no way you can pull free by struggling.” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 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 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 “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 I blink and blink again, struggling to wrap my mind around what I’m seeing. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z “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 “Ah, yes, I remember,” said Voldemort, looking down at Neville, who was struggling back to his feet, unarmed and unprotected, standing in the no-man’s-land between the survivors and the Death Eaters. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z “Oh, yes,” I say, struggling to hold up the fabric with one hand, while wrapping the faja around my waist with the other, pulling it extra tight. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z In the midst of calling Jesus they heard the hollow clang of the ambulance bell struggling up the hill, but not the “Help me, ya’ll” that the dying woman whispered. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z I haven't heard the cannons fire yet, so perhaps Glimmer is in some sort of coma, her heart still struggling against the wasp venom. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z I looked down at my poor mother, struggling to pull several loaves of bread out of the oven. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The first wave was trying to reach the sea and the second one was struggling toward the shore. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z At the end of the hallway was a room full of people, some of them sitting on benches and pulling on knee-high rubber boots, some struggling into their slickers, some buckling on tool belts. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z 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 The stop sign on the side of the bus inched its way into place, struggling to push past the uncompromising air. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z 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 I tried to move among the angry voices, blinking, struggling to accustom my eyes to the very dim light. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Branded a felon, he is struggling to survive and to support his children. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z And then she stood up and started walking across the sandy beach as though it were a solid paved path, and I was trying to follow behind, struggling and stumbling in the soft mounds. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 The bald one stopped struggling with the brambles. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z 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 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 I could see him struggling with some inner force. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z 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 But no matter how hard I focused, struggling to come up with a new plan of attack, my mind drew a blank. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z Merrill Bobbs, the man who sold fishing bait by the river, had somehow rolled a huge barrel of drinking water all the way from his house and was struggling to right it. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Todd was struggling to stay upright against the opposing center, who kept shoving him from behind. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z That saved them—for a brief moment he simply stood there staring at Basta, who was still struggling in Mo's grip. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z While I was struggling to learn Apollo, it seemed to me the most important thing in the whole world, but suddenly I discovered that it really wasn’t. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 Mama looked out the window a moment, her face struggling with some emotion. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I obeyed him, and walked down to the traveller, by this time struggling himself free of his steed. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 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 “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 “It’s bad enough that you wake us when you call, but you wake Evie, too, and that’s just not acceptable. We’re struggling to get her to sleep through at the moment.” The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 “Now, would you look at that,” the tallest one called out, pointing to Tidbit struggling in the water. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 I followed him, struggling with my own feelings about this. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z Like Flom, he grew up poor, the child of struggling Jewish immigrants. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z A policeman dived after him, making slow, struggling passage. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 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 Suddenly, I was struggling to get away from him. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z He squeezed the mouse but was too weak to stop the struggling. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z 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 Yet he labored on, struggling up a long, dim slope. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z I bucked against his grip, struggling to break free even as the pungent, sickly sweet fumes clouded my thoughts. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z He turned his mount and shot past the struggling warriors. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z High above them, floating along in midair, four struggling figures were being contorted into grotesque shapes. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z Shadow was struggling to get out his climbing rope. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z 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 He was a towering hulk of an animal and had a thick coat of fur, but even he was struggling with the frigid temperatures. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z But these men were struggling to keep their departments functioning and had little spare time to gather information or write reports, even for the leader of the country. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z “I’m twenty-three, Philip,” Henry says, audibly struggling to keep his voice even. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z They waded carefully through the waters, following a stream of struggling bodies that waded, swam, and splashed forward toward the far docks. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z Powell was speaking while struggling into his lightweight space jacket. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z He sits there, still struggling to absorb the information, feeling awkward, oddly ashamed, at fault. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z 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 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 The dream of ending the disparity seemed far away, of course, but Farmer was trying, struggling, to make Cange into a medical oasis, to prove that equality was possible one day. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z “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 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 They’d only come up from America a couple of years ago and were still struggling. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z Fiver was struggling in a thick cloud of earth, soft and powdery. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z I do not remember struggling to write the way I struggled to learn how to read. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z We had spent all day struggling and backtracking in the cut-up, crevassed area east of the Fire-Hills; We were tired that evening but elated, sure that a clear course would soon open out ahead. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z But by the fourth his muscles began to get warm, like a car engine heating up on a cold morning, and they stopped struggling against each other. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z It reminded her of a used-clothing store or the dressing room of a struggling theater company. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Anthony was struggling to draft the remarks she was to present at the upcoming state teachers’ convention. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z He pressed his hand against his lips and forced the struggling rodent between his teeth. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z Tally felt the weight of the mountain pressing down upon her, and found that she was still struggling to breathe as she pulled herself out into the sunlight. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z Most of all, I wanted to be alone so I could search for the part of my life that existed before integration, the Melba I was struggling to hold on to. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 They didn’t want to throw her down, and Tayo looked up from the struggling animal to see if Pinkie was coming to help out by grabbing hold of her head. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 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 All at once, Robert was screaming and struggling with the strength of frenzy. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z 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 She scrambled down between the painted stones of the hoverboard path, David struggling to keep up. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z Still, it could take her minutes to make out the meanings of some words, struggling through the pronunciation, testing each sound on the edge of her tongue before stringing them all together. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z He was still struggling with the lace about his throat. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z All we see of this is the odd stump, the fly struggling on the porch floor of the summer house in October, the fragment on the highway. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Arturo looked right at her, struggling to keep a straight face. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z 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 I have no idea what happened, just that Rufus is struggling to open his eyes and others are screaming. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z 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 Every night I’ve gone over it, again and again in bed, struggling to get the intonations right and strike the perfect nasal tone. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z My head bows as I lean against the sink, struggling under the weight of the world. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 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 Leon called out, his voice strangled but struggling to be normal. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “I sure hope so,” I say, also struggling for air. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z 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 He was dressed in his navy-blue city uniform and struggling to put on his shoes. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z 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 I’m feverish again, coated in sweat and what I’m doing, struggling to believe it. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z 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 I am flabbergasted, still struggling for words when a man comes up beside me. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z 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 Reading over the lists, I found myself trying to imagine the support groups for those struggling to overcome their fears of rust or teeth, heredity or string. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z I’d grown fond of quoting Vaclav Havel, the great Czech leader who had said that “hope” was the one thing that people struggling in Eastern Europe needed during the era of Soviet domination. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z The ironman stumbled out after him, white-faced and struggling not to retch. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Are you struggling to come to terms with your mother’s addiction? On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z Mam cries because the baby is struggling to get air through his mouth. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z She took a sharp breath, struggling to free herself. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z He did not like to have the other widows see him struggling with his reading, so we sat in a corner of the courtyard with only Maa Kamala to keep an eye on us. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z 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 need only show separate minds, as alive as her own, struggling with the idea that other minds were equally alive. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z I leaned around the side of the van in time to see Miigwans, both arms shoved through the window, struggling. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z Hans goes away, and years later Cady learns that he’s wound up in England, where he’s struggling with ill health. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z Sometimes I thought it lost, but it appeared again, beneath a fallen tree perhaps or struggling on the other side of a muddied ditch created by the winter rains. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z In each spot where a tooth had been planted, a creature was struggling out of the dirt. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z And if they chanced to look down and see me struggling underneath them, they saw that even the crooked girl believed her own life was precious. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z If the head was tilted up, that meant they were struggling and trying not to cry. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z We curled in our lips, struggling to stay quiet. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z The silence vibrated, as if with things beneath it struggling to break through. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 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 He shakes his head, swallowing, struggling to speak. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z 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 Since escaping the camp, Shin had been struggling to learn what normal behavior was for North Koreans. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z Now he was reported to be bearded, wild-haired, and struggling badly with malnutrition and parasites. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 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 I was still struggling when I woke up. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z The struggling woman yelled from the room now, “Run! You have to run, now! They’re already on the way!” The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 Piper heard Hercules shrieking and struggling somewhere underneath. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z 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 We pulled off another round of weights, but JP was struggling because he started laughing. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Their progress slowed in the tangle of underbrush and the wet leaves mired the struggling animals. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z 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 thrash against them, struggling with the fabric covering my face, and all I can think is, Not again not again not again. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z We were only a few weeks into the school year and I was already struggling significantly. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z 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 Others passed them, hearing, looking down, pursing lips, struggling not to notice. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z He pushed them tightly against the struggling boy’s chest. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z “No,” I cry, struggling with all my strength. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 Tally met his piercing eyes, struggling to think of what to say. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z After all, she was just another poor black woman struggling in anonymity to raise her children in the slums of Durham. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z A few paces from the cauldron, struggling madly, Ellidyr broke free of the warriors. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z 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 He was lifted into the air in its front legs; struggling madly, he tried to kick it; his leg connected with the pincers and next moment he was in excruciating pain. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z I even remember a day when you were bulging with Zindzi, struggling to cut your nails. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The others were still punching and kicking Alec, but the former soldier refused to give in, struggling to fight back despite his odds. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z Minutes later she returned, wiping wetness from her cheeks, struggling to keep a straight face. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z Mr. Dell Duke tried to write down what he and I said, but he was struggling. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z I twist to look at the sea, the scattering of people struggling out of the water, the wreck of our little dinghy. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z I had been struggling with tears for some time: I had taken great pains to repress them, because I knew he would not like to see me weep. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z I realized there were so many people struggling to survive. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z He found himself struggling to concentrate on Mr. Ryan’s quiz, though it really wasn’t that difficult. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z The bard, who had fallen heavily against the boulders, was struggling to shore. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z I’d been fighting the moment I left Thurmond, struggling against the restraints everyone wanted to wrap around me, kicking and clawing against the inevitable. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z And not one of ’em was struggling as much as me. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z They couldn’t help laughing as they watched the monkeys struggling to punch the air and each other with their trapped fists. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z 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 Behind her, the man was struggling to breathe. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 “I don’t understand,” said Jonathan, struggling against the monstrous idea that had formed in his mind. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z The impact knocks the wind out of me and I wheeze, struggling to breathe again. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z This time I’m pitched off the helm and down to the main deck, becoming one of the many struggling to remain aboard against the pull of the sea. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z After a long time, Miss Peregrine quit struggling and lay on the ground with her wings splayed, gasping for air, feathered chest heaving. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z There were still so many poor and struggling people living on the East Side. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z Two blows, and he’d be on the ground, struggling to breathe. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z “Yes, but — but —” Hermione seemed to be struggling to find another problem. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z 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 “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 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 Penny was soon puffing, struggling with the weight of her pails. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z 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 The truck came struggling and roaring up the hill. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z She didn’t move until Meggie was struggling to get her breath back. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z I was breathing hard and struggling to master my feelings. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Cole could tell he was struggling to contain his emotions. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z It takes a week to get my sleeping and waking straight so that I’m not struggling through the day shift. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z ‘Well, well! That’s over!’ said the wizard struggling to his feet. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z With one foot she crushed a struggling man on the ground. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z She seemed especially vulnerable to the isolation we were all struggling to cope with. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Poor in natural resources, its trade crippled by high tariffs and low demand, Japan was struggling to support a growing population. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z 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 Several soldiers drag a struggling boy out into the center of the yard. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z “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 Harry could see her struggling for something hurtful to say. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z The toes of my shoes slipped over the concrete floor, struggling to gain purchase. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z Pima’s shack was gone, but the shadows of the girl and her mother were still there, fighting the storm, trailing ropes, struggling to hold onto a blurry shadow. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z I had been struggling along on my own for about six months when I first ran into Gale in the woods. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z It was sweeping toward Griffin’s Wharf, he struggling to get back to Salt Lane. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 I pick out the line of black-clad soldiers struggling to contain the crowd near the front. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z 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 He’s watching me, blinking, bleary-eyed, struggling out of sleep. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z No one realized she had it, of course, until she was struggling to get it in the door of the air raid shelter. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z Then, holding the struggling Gwin tight, she removed the note from under his collar. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z 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 Soon I was struggling to keep from being dragged overboard. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z He found Oppie wracked with self-doubt and struggling to draft another communique for the Interim Committee. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z On the father’s face a new emotion seemed to be struggling. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z 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 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 “I guess I just know how easy it is to fall into that life when you’re struggling. A lot of them really have it rough, you know?” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z The Middle, so long as it was struggling for power, had always made use of such terms as freedom, justice, and fraternity. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z I could tell he was struggling to maintain his composure. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z Panicked, he returned to the window, struggling to keep his balance as the floor quaked beneath him. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z Charles was still struggling with the same large stone. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Even the big man had emerged, pale and green- sick and unsteady on his feet, struggling up from the depths of the ship’s hold to pay his last respects. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “You were far better to come,” he urged, struggling into the habergeon like a footballer putting on bis jersey. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z The robot stared abstractedly at the panting, struggling Earthman. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z 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 “And the little creature's screeching and struggling," she whispered, “would be as sweet as honey to him." Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z By now, the fairgrounds would be swarming with firefighters struggling to put out the blaze. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z Pink Face picked up the newspaper, and they both broke into a run, the smaller one struggling to keep up. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z “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 “It happened early this morning,” she began, struggling to control her emotions. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z As it was they used decrepit, struggling old horrors of machines that needed the constant attention of a man like Gay. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z “I can’t. I have to perform,” she says, struggling with her stockings. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z I realize that we two are the same, struggling to survive in this place of cement where beauty is hiding hiding. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z 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 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 My purpose was to capture a physical state or movement that carried a strong subjective impression, an accomplishment which seemed supremely worth struggling for. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z “Here are both men!” panted the sergeant, struggling at the bottom of a ditch. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z I can hear the air struggling to get past the mucus that takes up space in my lungs. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z But at least you know that I’m struggling. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z 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 Theatre groups in towns and cities across the United States presented live dramas, comedies, and musicals at prices affordable to struggling families. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z They eagerly scoop them up, frozen fingers struggling with the strings. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z 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 When the injury was fresh and I was still struggling to walk or move at all, books kept me going. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 The sheriff eyed me good and hard, probably knowing I was struggling to keep it in. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z "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 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 It seemed that Dudley was struggling with concepts too difficult to put into words. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z 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 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 She stepped up to the struggling pair and seized Marcus by the hair. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z 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 How much I was struggling to catch one good breath. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z He stared at me as I sipped the cool water, and I could see him struggling with half-forgotten memories. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z 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 His fingers found the neck of the struggling bird. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z And if I can’t afford college, why would someone as brilliant as Arthur want to be with me, someone who’s struggling with high school? What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z I, meantime, was struggling with a one-armed ruffian who had latched on to my tunic and was trying to pull me to the ground. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z The rest of his body was still bruised and sore, and his ribs still kept him breathing shallowly and struggling not to cough, but even with that, he was much less miserable. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z 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 “Up the road,” began Jonathan, struggling against his rising tears. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z 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 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 “Eddie was in the back corner, trapped between two seats, struggling and failing to free himself. He asked me to save him. ‘ Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z She had thought a single stagecoach struggling to hold back the horses on a downhill run was unbearably noisy. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z 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 In truth, I was struggling to think straight. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 They didn’t see how hard he was struggling just to stand. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z Roy was having trouble getting air, and struggling only made it worse. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z After three years of struggling to pay my tuition out of pocket, we were finally able to apply for financial aid for my senior year. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z This corn is struggling to grow through a crack in the sidewalk. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z 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 Unnerved, Oppenheimer confided that every other registered student had already done the same—the hall was filled with students auditing the course for no credit, struggling to understand the subject matter without risking a grade. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 And Joe had gone back to struggling with Mom's shackles with renewed vigor. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Screams sounded at the edge of the crowd, and people began to push, struggling to get on board. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z The strength of her sobbing shook her entire body, but she never stopped struggling against the plastic ties binding her hands and feet. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z 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 As his private guards close around him, I break away, struggling against the sea of guests rushing indoors out of the rain. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “The creatures we’ve seen,” Con interjected, struggling to make sense of what she was saying. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z She trailed off, struggling to put her finger on what was bothering her. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z 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 “It’s a big fuzzy question,” he said, struggling uncharacteristically to put the words together. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “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 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 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 I stand at the entrance to the building, blinking, struggling to take it in. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z Runt was awake when Pax returned, and for the first time since the explosion, he was struggling to rise. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z 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 There was, then, no use struggling or even trying. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z I was struggling to think of something appropriate to say when a younger woman spoke up. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z She hauled the struggling Meggie over to the wall by the bed. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z 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 After a moment he spoke again thickly, as if struggling with tears. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z “We,” the princess said, struggling for the word in the common language, “were talking with the weather.” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z “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 They stood in silence in the open kitchen door, she struggling against her tears, he struggling against his shame. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z It took us an hour of struggling to cut the animal up and carry it home. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 The sun was up, but it was struggling to pierce a thick gray curtain. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z Now he is someone I am struggling to understand, someone with a thousand different versions of himself that I am trying to piece together. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Finally, after struggling for English words, I managed to tell her that I wanted to enroll in the sixth grade. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z All three of them tried to convey the sense of the pink live thing struggling in the creepers. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z 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 I whispered, jerking forward, struggling to make my eyes sear through the dark trunks and vines. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z Then Cecilia was struggling free, and he was letting her go. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z But apparently the procedure was struggling against a gluttonous appetite, because she was bulging in all the wrong places. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z She looked up at me, struggling with her doubts. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Håkon screamed in pain, struggling, clawing at the creature holding him down. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z There was a rumbly edge to his voice, like he was struggling to keep his temper under control. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z Henry and I reached Tino as he was struggling to his knees, his hands cupped over his head. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 And here things still grew, harsh, twisted, bitter, struggling for life. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z They were struggling on the slopes, pikes thrusting against another wall of shields, these oval and reinforced with iron studs. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z “I’m fine, thank you,” Celia says, struggling to catch her breath. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z He threw aside the newspaper, crossed the kitchen in a few strides, and dropped to his knees beside Mundungus, who stopped struggling and looked terrified. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z My knees were aching to the point that I was struggling to keep up with her. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z They dragged Gawaine off and held him down, still struggling to get at his victim and finish the work. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 Still struggling to get my breath back, I wrapped a leg over the branch and tried to get my bearings. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z She was tired of struggling against the elements with nothing to break the monotony but watching Blanca grow. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z While the Under Fifteens were struggling to keep their team together, Qendrim and the Under Thirteens were beginning to gel. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z Will heard Lyra gasp, and turned to see another witch holding a squirming, struggling hare in her tough hands. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z They pulled up in an awkward clump, and while they didn’t actually collide, Gregor felt gratified to see several riders struggling to stay on their bats. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z 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 Joseph felt as if someone had hit him hard in the chest, and he was struggling to catch his breath and talk at the same time. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z I arranged them on my back, my body struggling against all the weight. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z I was already awake at 4:00 a.m. when the alarm on my wrist- watch began to beep; I’d been awake most of the night, struggling for breath in the meager air. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z After struggling for years, he became a model prisoner and trustee. 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 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 Bucking and struggling, I knew, would make me run out of air even faster. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z The first goes in and after seven minutes of huffing and grunting emerges again, struggling with his fly. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z “You’re no longer going to the fancy private school your parents have been struggling so hard to pay for for the last six years. Why the hell not?” Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z 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 Three of the invaders were carrying a struggling figure, bound hand and foot, through the pen. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z They stood and looked down together at the thing struggling out of smoke. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 was just struggling with my inner vachette and pondering the depths of my own inhumanity. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z 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 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 Only the television and the sounds of Dell struggling to clip his shockingly wiry facial hair. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z I felt myself struggling to awake to some call of my instincts; nay, my very soul was struggling, and my half-remembered sensibilities were striving to answer the call. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z She felt like she was struggling in the embrace of a slippery, suffocating beast, and for a moment it pulled her down below. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z 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 The longer Dad stared at me, struggling with how to respond, the more my tough exterior withered. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z 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 The shock on his face is so genuine I stop struggling. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z Her husband had gone to Germany with an infantry division, and now she was struggling through the second day of a difficult labor. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z I am struggling with a deep secret—being a “closet drinker.” The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z 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 I was worried about several clients who were struggling. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z 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 It was like struggling against a cold, fierce current, and she was afraid she would drown. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z 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 To the men struggling with the spears Snow said, “Take the heads and bum them. Leave nothing but bare bone.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Her brother was on his knees, hi? fingers digging under the leather coils, crying incoherently, struggling for breath. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z “Illegal tobacco,” Milo explained to him with a look of epileptic lust, struggling doggedly to get by. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z Every eye is on Sonia, who is bellowing and struggling to escape. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z I bit back a retort and remained silent, struggling with what he said. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z I could see her hesitate, her caution and repugnance struggling against instincts of common decency. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 I started off, but Joey was struggling with something. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z I could see her struggling with the urge to cry. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z 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 He tried to curl his body up and away, but he was too weak after the hours spent struggling against the snare. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z 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 “I have spent a great deal of my life struggling to keep myself in control,” Celia says, leaning her head against his shoulder. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z 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 She ran out of that rectory before the priest could return, and arrived at the clinic while Dofta Beldn was still struggling with the buttons of her dress. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 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 Two ugly boys who must have been his sons went before him, struggling with the weight of a heavy metal shield as tall as they were. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z 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 My mom was struggling to get back to her feet when Abel walked up and stood over her. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z He had just detached himself from the struggling mob. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 “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 She has her own room, but that doesn’t mean she isn’t struggling with something else. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z Havel had said that people struggling for independence wanted money and recognition from other countries; they wanted more criticism of the Soviet empire from the West and more diplomatic pressure. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Two older children discovered Mudgett’s fear and one day captured him and dragged him “struggling and shrieking” into the doctor’s office. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Far below, I can just make out Finnick, struggling to hang on as three mutts tear at him. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z “Not here on the couch, Charlie,” she said, struggling to her feet. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z He grunted, and I knew he was struggling to keep us going under my weight. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z Grunts and squeaks told her that the mayor was struggling to rise from his chair. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z His voice lowered to a hiss that merged with the lantern’s struggling flame. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z Now the descendants of those same freedom fighters were persecuting my people who were struggling for precisely the same thing the Afrikaners had once fought and died for. 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 Granted, coaching suburban kids in a sport that they enjoyed was a completely different animal than teaching art history in a struggling inner city high school, but the difference between the students was glaring. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z Frodo was just in time to grasp Sam by the hair as he came up, bubbling and struggling. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z 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 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 He was struggling to make himself hope for the stranger’s success, no doubt. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 weight of the sky dropped onto Atlas’s back, almost smashing him flat until he managed to get to his knees, struggling to get out from under the crushing weight of the sky. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z 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 wind alone came in, struggling with the weak flame in the coal-oil lamp. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 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 Then someone called, and they looked to the door, and those who could move surged toward it, leaving several pinned beneath the iron stairs or dazed and struggling to get up from the rubble-strewn floor. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z They saw other people like themselves struggling along. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z As he spoke, he picked up one of his smaller jars and very quickly tipped the struggling thrashing trogglehumper out of the large jar into the small one. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z His tone is even, but he is struggling to restrain himself. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 To her, it seems that Belky is struggling with an unavoidable question: How can I be worth anything if my mother left me? Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z 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 He thought he’d reeled in yet another brown trout, and it turns out he’s got a thirty-pound salmon struggling to wrench itself off his barbed fishhook. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z 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 Emery follows Francis to the counter and pays the bill, and when we step back out into the real world, I feel my eyes struggling to adjust. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z Even though she was struggling, Mom kept me away with a glare. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z Breathless and stunned, I wander the trove, struggling to walk within the muck that fills the space between treasure piles. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z “Well the same thing is doubly true for patrons and their musicians. I just picked up my third, a struggling flutist.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z 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 “Oh no,” said Harry, struggling to get up from the old camp bed. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Pale green shoots of something alive have been struggling under the leaves. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z “I'm not even sure I know what I'm saying,” I said quietly, struggling to find the words. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 They were always hungry, always cold in the winter and hot in the summer, always struggling to survive. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z “Great!” he grumbled while struggling out of his coat. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z 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 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 And Cade was there, struggling to pull himself over the roof of the van as the current tipped it toward him. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z The tree was really shaking now, and she was struggling to hold on. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z 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 “Can you just tell me why, please?” she said, her face struggling to smooth itself back into control. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z 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 I was concerned only with struggling up the slope of the hill. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z And the whole time I’m struggling, I can hear the phone ringing on the other side of the door. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z 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 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 “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 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 They’re struggling, using their whole bodies to push forward step by careful step. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 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 “Dragon do terrible thing, yes,” I said, struggling for the right words. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 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 Annabeth was awake but struggling, barely able to lift her head. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z 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 They swam and swam and swam for what seemed like hours, and only Tock’s firm encouragement kept Milo struggling through the icy water. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z 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 Cleo sprang up, struggling to her feet, breaking free from Mom’s and Dad’s hold. I Survived Hurricane Katrina, 2005 2011-04-01T00:00:00Z 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 They were struggling to hold back vicious German shepherds on leashes. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z 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 She is somewhere in front of me, struggling toward the Erudite man. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z 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 He did not react, except to continue struggling against whatever force prevented him from seizing her. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z I could see that her brain was struggling to fit it all together. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z With the extra weight of her pregnancy, Muff was struggling to make the walk as it was. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z “They didn’t see what they thought they saw!” said Black savagely, still watching Scabbers struggling in Ron’s hands. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z It was struggling, unable to fly, its body and wings coated with grime. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z Some are still struggling with their paradox, and they summon Ms. Steck to their desks or to the computer lab. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z Through the flailing fists and legs, I could see the man, struggling and small. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z She was struggling to break through while, in the distance, Percy and Annabeth lay sprawled and unmoving at the foot of two black-and-silver metal doors. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z 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 They were so exuberant, so full of life, while just a few yards away from them I was exhausted and depressed, struggling to survive another day. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z A few hundred feet below, Scott Fischer was struggling down the Southeast Ridge, growing weaker and weaker. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z Taran saw the warrior stumble back and drown in the press of struggling men. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z 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 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 My tongue fumbled against the back of my teeth, trying to give shape and sound to what had happened, struggling to explain, when Maribel opened her eyes and said, “He died?” The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z In his mind he drifted overhead, looking down on a struggling boy who pushed relentlessly through the dark, thorny undergrowth, leading a crippled girl. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z The giant was flailing his arms, struggling to get back into the water. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z The sight of it struggling makes me want to cry. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z I'm struggling now in an effort to unseat her, but it's no use. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z But there were two of them, still struggling through the air, scavenging for food or whatever. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z 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 Vincent is still learning how to paint well in oil, and struggling with faces and figures. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z She starts walking away, and I’m forced to hurry along beside her, struggling to fall into step. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z His lips worked, his hands worked, struggling for the answers. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z “You don’t know who was in that crowd,” Uncle Kufa replied in a tight voice that told Nhamo he was struggling not to get angry. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “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 Marco once took in Lourdes to help ease the burden on their mother, who was struggling to feed so many children. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z When Marti Peterson arrived in Russia, her fellow agents at the CIA's Moscow station were struggling to shake off a long season of hibernation. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z 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 Never again would she wake struggling against the pull of a narrow well. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z “I didn’t think anybody cared about me anymore,” Cole said, struggling to speak. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z Sir Stephan nodded at the ogres, who were struggling anew at the sight of our meal. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z 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 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 The other twelve followed behind, each man struggling with one of the enormous hives on his back. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z Perhaps she herself was struggling with the temptation to flounce from the room. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z “I know you,” Theseus insisted, as if struggling to recall. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z There are at least a hundred people in line at the old ticket windows, struggling to find a place to look that isn’t a painful reminder of what our collective reality is. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z 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 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 Washington, knocked asunder, reeled and brayed, “I say,” seizing the King’s soldier by the arm and struggling with him. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z The banner streamed from an iron mast, shivering and twisting as the wind gusted, like a bird struggling to take flight. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z 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 Uncle Pat is struggling off the seat and gathering up his papers. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z But I could hear Mr. Harvey struggling and growling. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z In middle age he was the wealthy, respected man he had wanted to be when he was a struggling adolescent without godfathers and with no greater capital than his pride and ambition. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z |
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