The engine coughed and sputtered at first, but then, in a sudden roar of effort, turned over. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

When he stopped there was a sudden silence, not just from him but the clicks and blurps and bird sounds of the forest as well. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I won’t,” I said, a bit startled by this sudden confidential manner. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

He recited a lengthy prayer from the Koran, his nasal voice undulat­ing through the sudden hush of the stadium’s crowd. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

This sudden talk of marriage bewildered me, even shocked me, I think. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

She would have replied were it not for the deep pain that wrapped around her lower spine, and the sudden churning in her stomach. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

The sudden silence around me is the kind that makes me lift my head without thinking. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

The newsreel was on or something, and all of a sudden I felt this hand on the back of my neck, and it was Jane's. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

And all of sudden—bam—we weren’t living in a nice house with a swing set in the backyard anymore. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Pain lanced through his skull, and a sudden wave of exhaustion washed over him, a heavy, dragging thing that was like a two-ton blanket draped over his shoulders. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

“I like it,” he said with sudden conviction, and hung the black scabbard from one of the mounting board’s pegs. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

She had thought for an instant that the miracle was going to be repeated with her daughter, because she had been bothered by a sudden flapping of wings. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

It was gracefully done, but even so, she had to reach out a hand and steady herself against my chest, lest she stumble into me due to her sudden stop. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Rose glanced at the floor like she had got extra shy all of a sudden. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

And now that they were alone, Matilda all of a sudden became wildly animated. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

All of a sudden she felt small and afraid. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

"That" is a cat that runs out from under my feet so out-of-nowhere sudden that my heart goes wham. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

A sudden rustling, like a startled animal down in the courtyard. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“I appreciate your sudden interest in me, but I’m about to take off my pants, so maybe I could have a little space?” Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

“I’m game,” says Muhammad, a sudden strange seriousness replacing the previous glee in his eyes. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

And all of a sudden it starts to come down cats and dogs. Twelve Angry Men 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

As I made my way back to Mrs. Platt’s house, I had a sudden notion to return by way of the College of Lucidity. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

There was no flicker this time, just sudden, complete darkness. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Down the street, as the night lit up in sudden flashes of red and yellow, an exhausted Fariba had propped herself up on her elbows. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

Then all of a sudden, out of the blue, Noodles decided to break down how, over the last few days, with all the time to himself, he figured out why he loved comics so much. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

“Your buddy Guitar. Ask him what strange stuff been hap- penin. Ask him how come he runnin round with Empire State all of a sudden.” Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sudden zhum! of an orb motor closed in on them from the starboard side. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

There was a sudden and appalling hush; eyes floated uncomfortably, not knowing where to look. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then all of a sudden it’s Planet of the Apes, and the monkeys have taken over. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

A sudden roar of anger brought him to the doorway. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

And all of a sudden, the question runs from me. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

‘They are — at first sight at any rate,’ laughed Pippin with sudden relief after reading Gandalf’s letter. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

The challenger went over backwards in sudden collapse, with nothing on his face but blank, blank surprise. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

The jungle nipped at her confidence with each sudden screech or low growl. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

“But it is a precious thing, and it needs to be protected, nourished, or else it will wither, like a rose in a sudden frost.” The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

For a while Tyrion could still hear Benerro’s voice growing fainter at their back and the roars his words provoked, sudden as thunder. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Realisation flooded me at once, and my heart jumped in quick and sudden panic. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Seeing the faces of my people, I experienced a rush of sudden joy. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

With a shout, she threw back her arm, took sudden aim at the bird, and hurled the stick at Andeg. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

When she could talk, she said softly, “I think maybe Pa did have the TB. Pneumony’s what kilt him, though. Hit come on him sudden like. He ’as deader’n Hell a day later.” Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

My body was spent from taking in so much food, and there was the nervous tension aris­ing from my sudden change of fortunes. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

I heard a sudden snap, the sound breaking my—but not your—reverie. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Then the soldiers come to a sudden stop halfway down the corridor, a good distance away from my cell. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

Later I came awake with a sudden start, remembering the fright and tension that had accompanied my foray into crime. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

If you can create the right framework, all of a sudden, engaging in the kind of fluid, effortless, spur-of-the-moment dialogue that makes for good improv theater becomes a lot easier. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

Our eyes meet, and all of a sudden I remember to breathe. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

He laughs, sort of awkwardly—a boy who’s never awkward—and I sense an attempt to diffuse some sort of sudden moment I have yet to read. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

He didn’t move, fearing a sudden flash at the awkward moment he attempted to stand, and being stuck half bent over, staring at his shoelaces forever. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

He was thinking that now when he wheeled about at a sudden breath behind him and saw Mrs. Cobb staring. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

“What is this?” asked Hermione, still looking shocked by these sudden appearances. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

The door swung open and the sudden daylight made them blink. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

“Dunno —” Then, to their right, came a sudden blaze of light, so bright in the darkness that both of them flung up their hands to shield their eyes. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

The rest of his father’s words were drowned out by a sudden clatter of wood on wood. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

He was taken aback by the sudden turn in mood. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

“Why do you care all of a sudden? Why now when we’re just getting things straight?” Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

She lifted one hand from her head and was about to make a flame when a sudden intuition made me grab her wrist. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

Then all of a sudden Ms. Rubin started pointing to kids around the class. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

But sickle-cell anemia must have seemed the strangest—for it was hereditary, often appeared in fits and starts, and was accompanied by sudden, wrenching bouts of pain in the bones, joints, and chest. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

But before I build up the nerve, a sudden gust of wind blows dust into my eyes, and when I clear them, Sis has disappeared. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

I felt sorry as hell for him, all of a sudden. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

“There was a sudden noise in the laboratory, of running footsteps and yelling voices,” remembered Otto Frisch. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

In particular, this sudden obsession with Harry Potter . Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z

“Having seen nothing but kerosene lamps for illumination, this was like getting a sudden vision of Heaven.” The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

The last storm had been thrilling, intoxicating, a sudden squall that had left him feeling cleansed and refreshed. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

It etched itself like a sudden scar across its face. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

It was hard to meet his eyes all of a sudden. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Meg stopped there, remembering all of a sudden that she hadn’t made up her mind, that she had told ‘her John’ to go away, and that he might be overhearing her inconsistent remarks. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

Of course, after that sudden decompression, it could be anywhere. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was like that sudden chill in her bedroom had settled in right under her heart, lodged into her like an icy splinter. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

Von Marsh hollered, nearly toppling from the sudden lurch of movement. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

As he was rebuttoning his pants, there was sudden motion in the under brush as a dark shape thrashed its way free of some nearby bushes. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

With a sudden chill, I remembered the words of the prophecy: the child of Athena’s final stand. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

So Macon Dead neither heard of nor visualized Ruth’s sudden terror, her awkward jump from the rocking chair, the boy’s fall broken by the tiny footstool, or Freddie’s amused, admiring summation of the situation. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

I seized it with sudden panic, as though something infinitely precious had almost been lost to me. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

The mercenary drew a deep breath through his nose, and his glassy sunken eyes came into sudden, sharp focus. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

He sighed now—in his sudden loneliness rubbing his eyes with the back of his hand—and picked up his camera, for he could hear his family coming. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lee looked at him and abruptly smiled, almost a grin, a sudden light blazing in black round eyes. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

And what do you know, all of a sudden I have fifty k in my backpack.” Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

Taran stopped short in the sudden brightness and his jaw dropped. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

A sudden dislike for the guy swelled up inside him. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

The sudden memory shows him that his hatred is really directed at a depraved governess who had terrified him with frightening stories and left a flaw in his personality. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

Just as she had never seriously thought of having a child until now; the longing in the lower part of her belly was sudden and searing and new. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

She walked nearer to them, gripping a cane made of wood and seeming unsurprised by the sudden visitors. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I mean, what if all of a sudden you up and die and then it’s just me here with Mom and Dad and Aunt Julia down the street with her screaming and crying?” Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

Her disastrous birth experience, and her decertification, had been so sudden and startling that no one at the Birthing Unit had thought to supply her with pills or instruct her to take them. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

The rope went taut and he came to a sudden halt, the boisterous wind buffeted him about like a feather. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Kingshaw heard Hooper move forward abruptly, and then the sudden noise of the deer, as it crashed away through the bracken. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

I realized he was still touching me and I took a sudden, nervous step backward. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

When she woke him he grunted and leaned forward with a sudden movement to close the files, and then, still seated, pulled her hand to his mouth and kissed it dryly. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

He noticed the sudden quiet of his children as he entered the room and he took this as a good sign. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mark was barely holding onto his mind, but he felt a sudden, unbearable sadness. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

Harry had a sudden and vivid mental image of a great swollen spider, spinning a web around it, twitching a thread here and there to bring its large and juicy flies a little closer. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

But now, all of a sudden, you have Corinthians’ welfare at heart and break her up from a man you don’t approve of. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

All of a sudden the blood rushed back into it, bright red. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

My head throbs from the sudden loss of air, and I feel my heartbeat everywhere, everywhere. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

I didn’t want to think about it before, but all of a sudden I needed to know. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

She flinched to her right, and all of a sudden the raft tilted sharply, and, regrettably, I was unable to follow her instructions. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

All of a sudden, I was a murderer. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

I shake my two hairy fists at the sky and I let out a howl so unspeakable that the water at my feet turns sudden ice and even I myself am left uneasy. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

“What’s their big interest in colored people all of a sudden? The young men gave out already?” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

To the east the outflung arm of the mountains marched to a sudden end, and far lands could be descried beyond them, wide and vague. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

"Trees? No . . ." "They do," Bran said with sudden certainty. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“She just started whimpering, like all of a sudden?” Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

Penelope looked with sudden longing at the sumptuous fabrics arrayed before her. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

Ken moaned all of a sudden, clapping his fist violently to his forehead. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ralph lifted the cream and pink shell to his knees and a sudden breeze scattered light over the platform. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

They walked on in sudden silence, each a little abashed by his own sincerity. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

In the sudden absence of our shouts it’s easy to hear their growls, muted to the point that they’re less a moan and more a whisper of sound. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

“Don’t make any sudden moves,” he announced to the four other occupants. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Their blue cloaks rose snapping from their shoulders, caught in the sudden gust of wind that came howling through the open door. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

It was such an alien sound, so sudden and surprising, that Mae dropped her fork, and everyone looked up, startled. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

A sudden charge ripples through the room, crisp and bright. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Alex rests his elbows on the lacquered white fence boards, fighting back the sudden, absurd feeling he’s underdressed for this. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Following a sudden shout, several men fell backward down the stairs onto those waiting below. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

“And where,” Dad finally said, “did this sudden interest in accountancy spring from?” Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

He felt a spasm of pain like a blast of sudden cold, saw the patient high-boned Indian face, that beautiful woman, indelible suffering. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I saw him go into a sudden crouch, and in the fraction of a second before he hit the ball I realized that he had anticipated the curve and was deliberately swinging low. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

The sight of the silent sisters in their grey robes filled the queen with sudden terrors. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

But just as the moon rose in the darkness, Minli felt a sudden jerk on the string. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

I spin back, stunned by the sudden noise and light. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

The tavern keeper shouted a curse, and Sander called out, "No!" but both protests were lost in the sudden clash of steel upon steel. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

I'm glad for the help, because all of a sudden silence seems scary. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Diko snorted at the sudden outburst, sending tendrils of smoke into the air, but she ignored him. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Then I thought of something, all of a sudden. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

But he has the urge to be alone all of a sudden, to be thoroughly passive, to revisit the evening in solitude. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Just as I started to catch up, though, she made a sudden turn and plunged straight into the bog. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

Then, all of a sudden, his eyes widened. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

A band of Homo sapiens gathering mushrooms and nuts and hunting deer and rabbit did not all of a sudden settle in a permanent village, ploughing fields, sowing wheat and carrying water from the river. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her method of attack was so downright and sudden that there was seldom opportunity to escape. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Then all four rabbits sat as though transfixed by the sudden, blinding light that poured over them like a cloudburst. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was so unexpected, it was like sudden immersion in ice water. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

His voice broke with sudden emotion, and Catelyn remembered that he was only fourteen. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

And while the three grown-ups sat there in an uncomfortable moment of silence, Nick had a sudden vision of what was really going on here. Frindle 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’m about to lie to her when there’s a sudden high scream from outside. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Ranofer had seen the pair often hobbling about the streets of the City of the Dead, but their sudden appearance here sent his wits scattering like startled birds. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

There are, to be sure, stand-up comedians, shaggy- dog raconteurs, consummate essayists, and authors of mystery novels who can build up curiosity and suspense and then resolve it all with a sudden revelation. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

With sudden sadness, he remembered the fledgling gwythaint he had befriended—long ago, it seemed—and wondered how the bird had fared. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

“Watch yourself, young man,” said Granddad, sharp and sudden. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

Jean Louise kicked off the motor, and the sudden silence broke her truce with them. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

I feel awkward all of a sudden—heavy-limbed and tongue-tied. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

I heard her huffing and then all of a sudden she stood up from her chair, walked over to me, and slapped my face. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Because I have a sudden burst of energy. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

A door bursts open somewhere, and there’s a sudden shriek of laughter. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

I had a sudden urge to walk out over the trussing and lean over the water, to declare myself to the world. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

I watched the sudden round puffs of shrapnel smoke in the sky above a broken farmhouse near where the line was; soft puffs with a yellow white flash in the centre. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

But the second motel has no room for another few days, which means that, for purely financial reasons, my career at Wal-Mart is about to come to a sudden end anyway. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Stimulated by the enthusiasm that José Arcadio showed in her companionship, she confused the form and the occasion, and all of a sudden she threw the whole world on top of him. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

Here and there a fire, forgotten in the last rush, lingered and in a sudden access of strength fed upon the dry bones of some littered shack. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh, of course not,” said Mrs. Weasley with a sudden and rather unnerving return to her casual tone. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

The door opened and closed several times as a sudden spurt of customers began to come in. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Not that she wasn’t thankful for the help, but she had to wonder at this sudden interjection. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

The two of us in the car, laughing, the radio on, the sudden jar of the crash, the snap of the head, the blood, the sirens. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

She had been shouting, she realized with a sudden flush of shame. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

She had a sudden urge to feel the ground beneath her, to curl her toes in that thick black soil. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

A sudden yellow glow floated in the fog. The Whipping Boy 1986-04-01T00:00:00Z

With a sudden jerk, Newt pushed himself back into an upright position, his face scrunched up in confusion. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

He turned as the car made a sudden U-turn, then came right at him. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

Seemingly Revere himself was surprised by his sudden caution. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was shaken by a sudden shame and fear; and he felt a great reluctance to reveal the Ring, and a loathing of its touch. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

The oak tree below burst into sudden, brilliant flame. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Dumbledore knocked three times and Harry saw sudden movement behind the kitchen window. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

She knew all of a sudden what was different about Sissy. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Where he was getting these sudden smarts, I hadn’t the foggiest. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

Their grandmother seemed to have a smile as sudden and complete as laughter. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

"I beg you in the name of the Mother," Catelyn began when a sudden gust of wind flung open the door of the tent. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Adam blanches at this sudden reality check and Brooke raises her eyebrows in a stern rebuke. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

"I had lunch with your dad a couple of weeks ago," he said all of a sudden. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

I just feel a sudden impact and I’m falling. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

The street that a minute before had been filled with banners and noise was now a silent graveyard full of restless souls fighting to reconcile their sudden deaths. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

I began to cry quietly and all of a sudden felt dizzy. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

She didn’t mean to sound seductive, but in her sudden shyness, her voice sank to a whisper, and Lazlo heard it like a purr. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

He was more than strange-looking, and his sudden appearance set off all kinds of red flags in my head. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

She screamed in spite of herself at the sudden coldness of the water and its constant movement against her legs. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

All of a sudden I quit lighting matches, and sort of leaned nearer to her over the table. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

All of a sudden, Grandpa’s voice pops in my head. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

Now, at the sudden prospect of a scythe before him, Rowan had an odd urge to do the same—as if raising his hands above his head could frighten the scythe away. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

When I come out—after a very sudden, very brief burst of tears—Coop smiles at me from the La-Z-Boy. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

All of the sudden, the girls began to kick and sock me repeatedly. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

A look passed over Papa’s face, like he had a sudden headache. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Of a sudden she loved all of the family and a tightness came in her throat. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

That’s what it was like yesterday: like when all of a sudden I realized Mom had been there the whole time. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Then all of a sudden the fire hit the pan. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then, in one sudden movement, he reached down and struck Klaus across the face. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z

It gave him a little shock to see his mother all of a sudden, in the transparent stockings and shoulder-padded suits she wore to her job, peering into the corners of Mrs. Sen’s apartment. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

I’m so infuriated that I was tricked by a freaking airsoft gun, I get the sudden urge to kick this kid in the gut. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

All of a sudden the guy turns up the radio. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

Capitalizing on his sudden popularity, Louie ran for class president and won, borrowing the speech that Pete had used to win his class presidency at Compton. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z

The sudden light stole my vision for a few moments and I put my hand up to shield my eyes. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

It went out all of a sudden and without warning. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

He mentally pushed it away and had a sudden thought of his own foolishness. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z

“Then let’s go,” he said, fighting back the sudden sting of tears. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

But for the individuals caught up in it—for Galileo, Hooke, Boyle and their colleagues—it represents a series of sudden, urgent transformations. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Through the nausea and dizziness I saw something that gave me a sudden, final shred of hope. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

I hadn’t got ten yards into the woods when all the sudden ray heart quit beating and my blood ran cold! Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

He reminded her of her brothers, and all of a sudden she missed them fiercely. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

The reaction of the Scholars confirmed her feeling, because Lord Asriel’s words caused a sudden collective silence, followed by gasps of incredulity. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

And then —” He stopped, clenching his teeth together in sudden fury. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Christmas Eve was also a time when the children could tease their father and know there would be no sudden explosion or descent into fury. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sudden awkward feeling between us was covered by a splash. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

Everyone in the ER is silent all of a sudden. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

Then he looked at Selitos with sudden, desperate hope in his hollow eyes. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

He had obviously heard our conversation and her sudden exclamation. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Then I heard dogs barking—not too far away by their sound—and in sudden fear, I plunged through a tangle of new young growth and into the trees. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

Mark’s attention was fully on the man in the green suit now, and a sudden gray tinge washed over the man’s face, as if he’d been possessed by some ghostly presence. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

The emergence of each new system of control may seem sudden, but history shows that the seeds are planted long before each new institution begins to grow. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

He labors under an affliction in his speech, acquired through long habit of degradation or sudden excess of horror. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

All strength drained out of him, and all of a sudden he understood how alone he had been and how much he had missed his parents’ support. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

Human nature is both predictable and mysterious; prone to great and sudden advances, yet still mired in despicable self-interest. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

The stolidity of the German woman underwent a sudden change. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

A sudden wind rustled through the birches; a gust of yellow leaves came storming down. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Bells rang, a sudden clangor of bronze birds. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Then another hoarse scream erupted, sudden and desperate and just as suddenly silenced, broken off by lurid, ripping bone snap. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

I had no time to go look for him, since the attack was sudden, but instead had to run into the bush alone. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

Then there came an iron thunk against the goal post, which bent at a sudden angle around Doug Swieteck’s brother’s head. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

All of a sudden, we heard Mrs. Wheeler calling Fluffy. Doing Time Online 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Like I had to be a big boy all of a sudden because now I had a baby sister to look after. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

They heard the roar of voices and the thudding of the rams; and then in a sudden flash of light they beheld the peril of the gates. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

“My great-grandfather,” Volkheimer says all of a sudden, “was a sawyer in the years before steamships, when everything went by sail.” All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

‘Do we sit here waiting for sudden death?’ The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Though wary of this sudden about-face, Ronald Reagan seemed willing to soften his rhetoric and take a new look at US-Soviet relations. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

“And even if there were,” the Savage added, with sudden contemptuous resentment, “people would kill them out of helicopters, I suppose, with poison gas or something. I wouldn’t do that, Lenina.” Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

The elven-sheath glittered as he grasped it, and the bright blade of Andúril shone like a sudden flame as he swept it out. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

“It’s so cold all of a sudden,” said Mini. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

When she woke all of a sudden, her heart pounding and her hair damp with sweat, it all came back to her: the men, Mo's voice, the empty road. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Aycliffe made a thrust with his sword, which Bear stopped with a sudden movement of his dagger. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Bartlett looks a little surprised by the sudden attention, but he waves. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

He picked up the holly and phoenix wand and felt a sudden warmth in his fingers, as though wand and hand were rejoicing at their reunion. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

He had struck root in Joe’s establishment, by reason of my sister’s sudden fancy for him, or I should have tried to get him dismissed. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

There was a sudden explosion, and flames crawled across the sky. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

April was telling herself it was a crummy idea, when all of a sudden she remembered Bastet. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Baby Neewo was the first to make a sound, and that sound was a sudden cry. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

The lesson here IS that your happiest memories can become your saddest all of a sudden. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

As Amelia surges ahead, I feel a sudden twinge of...something in my stomach. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

I sat now facing the portrait of Frederick Douglass, feeling a sudden piety, remembering and refusing to hear the echoes of my grandfather's voice. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

The pain from this sudden realization is so intense I double over, clutching my stomach. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

And now, all of a sudden, it was gone. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Thank you for Sekani’s miraculous, sudden healing that just so happened to come after he found out they’re having pizza at school today.” The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

I felt a little bit sunken-in, in my chest, all of a sudden. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

I am confused and hurt by his sudden repentance. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

She leaps out of the hammock and whispers, “I feel a sudden compulsion to do homework.” Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

“I said I could see you were upset, and all of a sudden I’m the villain?” The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

She had no lips at all and compensated this by stenciling on a large red, greasy mouth that now popped open in delight, now shut in sudden alarm. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

Pickett’s eyes lighted as if a sudden pain had shot through him. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

She also argued that their sudden release proved that their sentences had been unjust. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

But when he got to the cart, he slid to a sudden stop. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sun is dipping below the rim of clouds, a sudden last brightness. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was a sudden catch in her voice when she said his name. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

All of a sudden, I smelled something funny. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

Once I told her I had, she immediately leaped into a passionate speech about the merits of the labor movement, the brutality of the Pinkerton Agency, and the need for sudden, even violent change. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

All of a sudden her hand slipped down the handle, struck the tang of the blade, and slid down the blade. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was hard to keep up — his sudden mood changes left me always a step behind, dazed. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

By the entrance to the compound a few rabbits hopped aimlessly, too addled by their sudden freedom to make a break for it. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

The clarity of that memory, the sudden stab of longing it brought, left her unsteady. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Then the moment passed, and full and sudden he laughed louder than the calling gulls. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

He fought a moment with sudden, startling hope. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

I felt sure of it all of a sudden, sure that he was watching us, waiting for his chance. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

Abruptly, Henry shifted into first, and with a sudden leap that made my heart glad we were clear of the hole. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

He had a sudden desire to turn and go off in the other direction, to take his chance. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

But all of a sudden, more than you know, he’s outside somewhere, sometimes even alone, crossing the streets, scaling rocks, wrestling with dogs, swimming in pits, getting into everything mechanical and combustible and toxic. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was startled to see that his face had all of a sudden got very white. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

The only sound was the sudden, wild laughter of Encanis, like breaking glass. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

All of a sudden I felt terribly upset. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

It came to him in the night sometimes with a sudden appalling shock that the boys he was fighting were boys he had grown up with. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Cluny pursued doggedly, making no sudden moves, waiting for the hare to get overconfident so that he could strike. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

“Listen, I was sleeping over Chris’s that night. And, y’know, after dinner, his mom sent us to bed, and all of a sudden we hear all this noise coming from the hallway.” The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

When they were gone, I climbed down, and all of a sudden a couple of enormous pigs came running at me. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

All of a sudden, in the dense alphabet forest of the page, little black tulips began to pop up in a quick, random pattern like falling raindrops. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

“All of a sudden, he turned into this nice little kid.” A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

"The northmen—" He felt a sudden sick sense of dread. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Still, I reason, this sudden removal to an unknown state is not all that different from the kinds of dislocations that routinely segment the lives of the truly poor. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

More darts thumped into the ground like a sudden hailstorm. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

I close the door, a little dazed by the sudden turn my night has taken. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

Aposiopesis—a sudden breaking off as if at a loss for words—can be intended to stir pathos. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

I pulled my hand away and all the sudden I knowed what the odd smell in the stable was. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

Sam blinked at the sudden glare and looked around apprehensively. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Imagine, if you will, the sudden descent of democracy on an unprepared population. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

He seemed to zone out all of a sudden. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

“Hello, Caden,” her head says as it tumbles in the aftermath of a sudden swell. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

His mind was oddly clear all of a sudden. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

The silence was so sudden and deep that Chronicler glanced briefly up from his page, something he had not done before. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

All of a sudden the tears start flowing, and Mrs. Ruiz and Mrs. Caldwell are escorting Stephanie, the sad scuba diver, out the doors and to the locker room. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

All of a sudden, I’m in a rush to get to A. C. Petersen’s. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

Clean up graffiti and all of a sudden people who would otherwise commit crimes suddenly don’t. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The river was a sudden ribbon of silvery light, flickering and sparkling and flashing, carrying the new light on its back all the way down from the high mountains. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

Just before ten in the morning, the city was hit by a sudden sideways lurch now estimated at magnitude 9.0 and shaken ferociously for seven full minutes. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

He closed his eyes, saw a sudden shocking memory of death, tom flaps of skin, the black rotted meat of muscle. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

All of a sudden it gushes up, and I clench my lips, but it's like trying to hold back an ocean. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

Sierra almost collapsed from the sudden ferocity of the voice. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

His heart rolled again, a soft sudden thump, leaving him breathless. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The medic truck's sirens sound distant for a moment—they're making a turn somewhere—and then all of a sudden, they're deafening. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

“Thank you,” I said, feeling shy all of a sudden. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

But the sudden arrival of the ship along with his father and the half-men filled him with unease. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

The sudden silence in the hallway rings in my ears. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

The party that he got started was now happening, full-out, but now he was all of a sudden too shy to participate. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

All of a sudden he noticed that the other fellow, the burly one, had stood up and moved a step forward. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

It rises from the earth, answering my call as it courses through my veins in a sudden rush. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

He could tell Naomi was enjoying herself, but all of a sudden she pulled back, frowning. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

A sudden thought leaped into Pippin’s mind, and he acted on it at once. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

At her own sudden suspicion, Kit blushed crimson. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

The painted leather burst into sudden flame as she skipped closer to the fire, her breasts bare to the blaze, streams of milk flowing from her red and swollen nipples. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

He was saying something about the child and I looked at him with sudden irritation. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

The United States' brief monopoly on the world's most powerful weapon came to a sudden, shocking end. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh, but I think you do. That surge of power and delight, of confidence, of control. That sudden sense of the richness of the world. Its infinite possibility.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

I have a sudden urge to comfort her. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

The door bangs open and Barb busts through, making both of us jump in surprise at the sudden noise. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

It was as startling a discovery as the sudden seeing of a ghost. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

I knew it would be soon—the training has been over for nearly a month now—but still it feels sudden, it feels like a shock. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Its beak stabbed at him fiercely, and Bran felt a sudden blinding pain in the middle of his forehead, be-tween his eyes. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

As Mark dragged him back to the door, he heard a horrifying sound coming from the floors above: the sudden crack of splitting wood. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

There was a sudden startling burst of singing—hundreds of male voices crying out fiercely in harsh metallic unison. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

Will she remember the first death, too, and this dream, and the sudden vanishing? The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

From the dining-room there came the sound of the dinner bell and a sudden glad outbreak of talking. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

The next day a sudden squall descended on them. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

But then, all of a sudden, she rolls onto her side and sighs, and her eyes snap open. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

A sudden pleasure inside her warmed her hands as she reached out to smooth the boy’s hair. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

One of the current events we studied in social studies class was the unusual number of small planes that had gone down in sudden squalls in the Atlantic that year. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

All of a sudden a shiny piece of gold showed through. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

“What—” I gasp when his arms come around me, sudden and hard. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

There was a sudden, icy spark at her forehead. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

I wish it were about love, or about sudden realizations important to one’s life, or even about sunsets, birds, rainstorms, or snow. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

The headaches did not bother her as much as the sudden onset of that deep trancelike sleep which still occurred without warning. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then Grandfather heard Sutpen move, sudden and sharp, and Grandfather said he reckoned, thought just about what he imagined Wash was thinking. Absalom, Absalom! 1936-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then Miles said, cheerfully and with sudden sympathy, “There’s a pretty good old rowboat. I’ll take you out for a row after supper.” Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s artificial,” he said, with sudden realization; his disappointment welled up keen and intense. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

“Is there such a thing as sudden onset schizophrenia?” Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

The stone in his throat came back, so sudden that he didn’t know if he could hold it back. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Had a sudden army of cicadas arrived already? Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

Our teacher, Miss Page, was a small, pinched woman, given to sudden rages and savage thrashings with her ruler. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Why did he...and all of a sudden I remember the letters. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

Like all of a sudden I was way too old for high school, even though I really wasn’t. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

But even before Ruth paused, almost as I was still speaking, Tommy made a sudden laughing noise, a kind of explosion, a noise I’d never heard him make before. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Riemann merged projective geometry with the complex numbers, and all of a sudden lines became circles, circles became lines, and zero and infinity became the poles on a globe full of numbers. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

It’s so sudden and shocking that no one moves for a second. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

And, sitting closer to him than I had in months, I realized with a sudden coldness how very old he was and felt the tears start in my own eyes. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

A sudden longing for it flooded through him, surprising him. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

Then all of a sudden, something very spooky started happening. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

My sudden relief was replaced, in an instant, by apprehension. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

With a sudden belch of smoke and a fountain of white water, the engine kicks. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

He had seen enough of wars and quarrels and sudden death. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z

At the sudden creak of footsteps above our heads, we broke away from each other, panting and flushed. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

I thought I saw him stiffen for a moment, as though in sudden pain. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

She just had this look on her, like she was going to spring loose all of a sudden and snap clear across to the other side of town. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z

The moment, when it came, was a flash of pain, the sudden physicality of both their bodies, of his weight on her, of her knees levered against his hips. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I realize, all of a sudden, that this is the first time since I was a little girl that I’ve felt she has something to teach me. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

But, then, a sudden dark storm in his eyes. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Frodo felt a sudden chill running through him and clutching at his heart; there was a deadly cold, like the memory of an old wound, in his shoulder. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Harry was finding the Great Hall very hot all of a sudden, even though the ceiling still looked cold and rainy. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

All of a sudden, Kaede realized she was she was staring at Taisin, stripped to the waist, the medallion like a black eye hanging around her neck. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

I did not give in to my sudden urge to kick him in the nuts, call him a jerk, and berate him for lying to sweet Claudia with the perfect tan and ridiculously long legs. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

Emily left her dad perplexed by her sudden interest in the editorial process and raced back to her room. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

In that instant of sudden terror, the only lesson Arya could remember was the one Jon Snow had given her, the very first. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

The terribleness of a sudden sound and mean words makes it hard for me to speak. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

In times of action her face took on a sudden new composure, almost serene, the fuzzy blue eyes narrowing into a tight, intelligent focus. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

I look up at the blue sky and pray for a sudden storm or a big earthquake. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

His head trembled and a sudden spasm of nausea made him lie down flat on the rough boards. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

I’m not sure what to make of this sudden bout of closeness. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

"My, ain't we got polite all of a sudden," she says. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

Even Beetle shared in the sudden blooming of bread and didn’t care to ask why until, her stomach finally full, she found her mind empty and casting about for something to figure out. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

But then I trailed my fingers along the smooth expanse of his back and he took a quick, sudden breath. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

For one thing, I had this terrific headache all of a sudden. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

All of a sudden it was there, on the tip of her tongue, and had to be spoken aloud. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

With sudden comprehension, the young soldier sat up, knocking Jonathan away so hard the boy fell backward. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

But in his sudden elation, Jemmy banged into the wall with the birdcage. The Whipping Boy 1986-04-01T00:00:00Z

This too belonged to a man — but it was strangely high-pitched, and cold as a sudden blast of icy wind. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

“Let’s ask Bianca” The sky seemed to grow darker all of the sudden. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

Then at a sudden exclamation, a quick "My God, look at that!" her senses returned. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

As they cleared the crowd, a sudden gust came down the wide Capitol steps, catching Scythe Curie’s long silver hair and blowing it back like a bridal train, making her look almost mystical. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

All of a sudden, they were a team, and I wasn’t sure if I liked it. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Merry and Pippin heard, clear in the cold air, the neighing of war-horses, and the sudden singing of many men. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

The way I remember it, we were just goofing together, and all of a sudden, he whacks me in the mouth for no reason! Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

“Go on and hide in the hills, that’s where you belong, that’s where you’ve been. Why you come on down and bother me? Now, all of a sudden. Twice in one day.” The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

John felt a sudden impulse to smile, but his father’s eyes were on him and he fought the impulse back. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

She was unmoved by the sudden appearance of the most livid and undernourished monsters in her room, or by the knock of devils and vampires at her bedroom window. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

There’s a sudden ache deep inside my chest. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

Can’t straighten up without feeling sudden pains, sharp aches, and twinges? Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

There was a sudden open area, and I ran and ran across. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

She was distracted by the sudden liveliness of the dogs and didn’t even notice how weak Matty was. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

And overhead the cog’s canvas sail rippled slowly, like the fur of some great beast stirring from a long sleep, then filled with a sudden crack that turned every head on the ship. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

She dreaded the sudden appearance of a thread of water squirting from the glove, the telltale of a leak, a sign that her life was over. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

But here I was now, less than fifty feet from them, telling myself that the sudden taste in my mouth wasn’t unadulterated, naked fear. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

All of a sudden, Arya knew why her feet had brought her here. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

The sudden subject switch is disorienting, but Scoob tries to go with it. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z

At that rage blazed in Sam’s heart to a sudden fury. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

All the sudden the Preacher was done talking. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

I was down in the main cabin opening a couple of cold beers for a mid-morning toast when a crash and a sudden pitch to starboard had me panicked. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

A sudden hot sweat had broken out all over Winston’s body. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

Apparently she decided she could, because she said in a sudden rush, “He scares the other children.” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Now multiply that sudden flowering of talent by every field and profession. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

“In the name of the Republic of ChaCha, we —” The curtains parted with a sudden arrival. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

Still, upon sudden impulses, just to play safe, I would abruptly move from one to another fifteen- to twenty-dollar-a- week room, always in my favorite 147th-150th Street area, just flanking Sugar Hill. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

She reached out, in a sudden jerky move, and pushed the radio off the table. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Abue says not a word about my sudden need for shoes. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

With a sudden turn of feeling she discovered that she hated them. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mama hesitated, then all of a sudden smiled and, clasping her hands together, raised them and touched her thumbs to her forehead—a way she had of showing when she was happy. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

He lay tossing and turning and listening fearfully to the stealthy night-noises: wind in chinks of rock, water dripping, a crack, the sudden rattling fall of a loosened stone. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

It was new, this sudden unexpected sensation of being important, of having Giles, and Beatrice, and Frank and Maxim all looking at me and talking about my dress. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Mormont stroked the bird's black feathers, and stifled a sudden yawn with the back of his hand. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“All of a sudden; you didn’t hate me back on Mission Street. Not while I was saving your life.” Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

He held out his hand and Harry, shaking it, had a sudden idea. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

A sudden weight smote him and he crashed forward, tearing the backs of his hands that still clasped his master’s. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

Maldagha pressed her lips together to still their sudden trembling, and, in a gesture that pained Lazlo to interpret, laid a hand to her belly. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

One afternoon, however, he seemed to be illuminated by a sudden emotion. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

If I thought my sudden allegiance to honesty would make me feel confident, I was wrong. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

“But,” said Hazel, feeling all of a sudden the dampness around her. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

She managed a weak smile, a bit baffled by his sudden charm. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

My heart gave a sudden, terrifying lurch and I took a step back. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

It was like a sudden turn of fortune, to be thrust one day into womanhood. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

“Where’s the sign?” he says, his torn expression changing real quick and looking around in a sudden panic. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

It’s gotten really cloudy all of a sudden. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

All this Lyra saw by starlight alone; but then, as Lord Asriel connected his wires, the Aurora blazed all of a sudden into brilliant life. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

All of a sudden it seemed like everybody and their cousin had started to irritate me. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

But I guess that cart ride and sudden wetting had taken all the fight out of him. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

They all followed the path as it fell down between the sharp halves of a cracked boulder, came into pine woods again, and finally rounded into a sudden clearing. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

With the entire surface covered by at least five centimeters of dust, there were no visual hints to the sudden change. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

“How fast we are going all of a sudden,” the Ladybug said. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z

No sooner had he come to that realization than he heard a sudden crack, loud as thunder, the deck lurched beneath him, and he slid back down into the water. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

The headlights blinded the girls till they had to put up their arms to block the sudden light. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

But all of a sudden, everybody was looking at her dirty, bare feet. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

The shame brought sudden tears to my eyes. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

I hate that she sounds so afraid all of a sudden. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

Thomas had almost reached the front door of the shack and the small group of boys congregating there when he was hit by a sudden and surprise rush of anger. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

I felt hot all of a sudden inside my puffy jacket, like I was coming down with a fever. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

All of a sudden I recognize where I am. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Denna, much to her credit, hadn’t so much as batted an eye at my sudden change in dialect. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

In a sudden swift movement that seems impossible considering how drunk he is, he spins out of my arms, casting me backward in slow, torturous motion. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

And then all of a sudden he could. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

I back away, surprised at the sudden rush I got from that quick minute of banter. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

He remembers the page crumpled tightly in his fingers, the sudden shock of the lantern’s glare in his eyes. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

“All of a sudden Emily is acting like she wants to be best friends with you or something.” Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

Shuddering into motion, the machine gave a sudden scream like a circular saw, and sent a tattoo of sharp crystals against my face. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

His fingers locked around her upper arm, and she jumped at the sudden contact. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Strange hot land of courtly manners and sudden violence, elegance and anger. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

All of a sudden, a loud bell started ringing. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

His wife, Genevieve, and his friend Bill Buck were so concerned about his sudden attacks of sleep that they chauffeured him everywhere. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

She refused to scream, although her whole body begged to release the sudden burst of fear. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

Now that the backpack was lying in the grass, I had a sudden urge to run outside and grab it. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

At the sudden cry of a peewit on the down, one or two bolted and had to be brought back by their officers. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

The basic framework for all these institutions and traditions was built in a sudden spasm of enforced inspiration and makeshift construction during the final decades of the eighteenth century. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

“Everything you been working on, Titid,” says Marcel, in a sudden silence. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

All of a sudden, this pleasant and intelligent young man had changed. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

A sudden rush of excitement filled the bus as everyone scrambled against the windows. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

There was a sudden cry of pain, and he was free. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

It was his houseplant, hopeful green leaves rising from three bamboo stems, and when she took it, a sudden crushing loneliness lanced through her and stayed with her for weeks. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

“I don’t know,” Magdalys said, shivering against the sudden night breeze. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

He must have been joking, or speaking through a sudden uncontrollable anger. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

“She’s qualified, isn’t she?” demanded the general with a sudden frown of uneasiness. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

He was filled with a sudden doomed uncertainty. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

The lake, which was receding gradually anyhow, experienced another sudden drop. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Theon edged backward, away from the sudden fury in his father's tone. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

I shut off the water, and in the sudden quiet it all seems so stupid. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

The gesture was, to me, tremendously touching and all of a sudden I realized I had been wrong about these people. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

All of a sudden, I'm looking into Lev's eyes. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

I was too young to ask myself what was behind our sudden intimacy. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

While thinking this, I was startled by a sudden clang! clang! clang! followed by music. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Having recovered from my sudden inability to keep saliva in my mouth, I said, “Did you break up because you moved here?” We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

All of a sudden, Addie gets all sympathetic, like she’s ten years older than me and engaged or something and I’m her pimply little brother. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

At one point I felt a sudden pressure in my ears and had to wiggle them to release it. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

Soon everyone’s around me, saying great work and such, but a sudden sickness falls to my stomach. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

Yet he rewards them with a death that is not only sudden but horrible. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

A sudden panic or madness seemed to have fallen on the Company. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

“Oh, come on, Rick! What’s your deal? All of a sudden, it’s like you care about this dumb play. Look at you, worried about how many strings there are on a thing of hay.” George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

He felt a sudden spasm of anger: Why didn’t they react more? The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

But that night she was like the little tottering, stumbling, clutching child, who of a sudden realizes its powers, and walks for the first time alone, boldly and with overconfidence. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Well, just cut out calling me--" All of a sudden the door opened, and old Stradlater barged in, in a big hurry. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

Orphans was the word that brought Magdalys’s frantic paper shuffle to a sudden halt. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

She blinked back tears at the sudden pain, then locked her arms across her chest and lifted her chin. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

As I neared, I heard a cry from the air and felt sudden warm arms around my head. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

It was like all of sudden high school became...high school. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

The overseer, startled by this sudden obstructing body, planted squarely in the doorway, turned away from the door, picked up a two-pound weight from the counter, and hurled it at the fleeing slave. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

She jumped and yelped at the sudden pain. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

That sudden drain on the nickel-plated cash register lopsided our financial stability. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then there came a sudden, furious sound like nails on a slate as the draccus clawed madly against the base of the cliff. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

In a sudden flash I remembered coming back to find my troupe killed that evening so many years ago. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

At last they reached the crest of the grey hill, and a sudden breeze blew in their hair and stirred their cloaks: the chill wind of dawn. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

The sudden movement almost made Thomas stop, his brief moment of insane courage washing away, but he kept running. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

He tried to hold himself firm, but after a while the strain became too great, and a shudder shook his body with sudden violence. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

Overhead the cannon boomed again and the dry palm fronds clattered in a sudden gust of hot wind. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

It was pretty quiet except for a sudden burst of canned laughter from the neighbor’s TV and the occasional buzzing from an annoying mosquito. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

I felt dizzy and had a sudden pain in the side of my stomach. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

As a child, Turner had once tried to persuade himself that preventing his mother’s sudden death by avoiding the pavement cracks outside his school playground was a nonsense. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

I feel a whole swirl of emotions, like a pile of leaves caught up in a sudden gust of wind. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

He waved to me and all of a sudden, he blurted out that I was innocent. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

She felt a sudden pang of hunger in her stomach. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

The sudden, quick crash of a fox bounding through the brush was as loud as the slam of a great wooden door. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Thomas found a vine halfway to the ground and grasped it, his arms almost ripping out of their sockets at the sudden stop. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

All of a sudden I thought of something that helped make me know I was getting the hell out. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

Sierra watched in horror as mouths opened along their shadowy flesh, gnashing and churning in silent protest of their sudden enslavement. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

Then all of a sudden, this tear plopped down on the checkerboard. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

As we were going with our candle along the dark passage, Estella stopped all of a sudden, and, facing round, said in her taunting manner, with her face quite close to mine,— Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

All of a sudden there isn’t a peep. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

But not one of the spells he had practiced had been designed to combat a sudden reversal of ground and sky. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

To the west they could see light through the trees, as if the world came there to a sudden end, at a brink looking out only on to sky. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

When I heard the sound of the car in the drive I got up in sudden panic, glancing at the clock, for I knew that it meant Beatrice and her husband had arrived. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

I felt like I was his counselor all of a sudden. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

The reason for this sudden, unceremonious dumping was a new love. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

My sudden awareness of my foolishness made me calm. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

"No wonder they insult me and accuse us of betraying them . . ." There was a sudden movement. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then, all of a sudden, out of nowhere Vondie starts dancing the Snake, only he looks like a seal. The Crossover 2014-03-18T00:00:00Z

The cat choked and struggled for breath, until at last a sudden gush of water streamed out, and it lay relaxed. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

What put a stop to all this was a sudden fright. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

All of a sudden, my knees feel weak. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

“I don’t know why I’m laughing. It just seem so funny all a sudden.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

“No no no ...” The sudden threat of the draccus brought me back into focus. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

All of a sudden the chaplain reached out and took off Andy’s glasses. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

The expression was so sudden, so perfect, and so obviously right that I almost laughed. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

The other ropes snap pretty quick from the sudden shift in weight and I cover my head and press myself away as the silage rolls start to tumble. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

All of a sudden I understood why, when Mom asked where I was going, and I said “Out,” she didn’t ask any more questions. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

All of a sudden the place seemed empty and dark. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

Not just because I had a sudden desire to eat lettuce. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

The pistol bucked in my hands and its report sounded like the earth breaking open, so tremendous and sudden that I shut my eyes. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

He almost started at my sudden and strange abruptness: he looked at me astonished. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

The sudden news of building a bomb shelter threw her off. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Percy had a feeling that if she made a sudden move, she wouldn’t be grabbing for the candy. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

“Sometimes I’m doing something that I never did before in my life and all of a sudden I have the feeling that I did that same thing before—maybe in another life....” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

With fierce, sudden grace, Brent’s arms extend while almost simultaneously, he straightens his back leg as his front foot skims forward. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Having located the correct word, Flora felt a sudden need to say the word aloud. Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z

While her classmates began murmuring happily, Stella couldn’t shake a sudden feeling of foreboding. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

There was a density to the light which seemed to hold them, as if the sudden warmth had stopped them, and they did not move when she and Tayo walked past. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

Now, all of the sudden in New York City, my roommates were ironically African American, Caucasian, and Asian, just like my best friends back in elementary school. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Cole felt a sudden rush of tears and emotion. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

As he entered, a sudden thought struck him. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

When his voice rose in a crescendo, flames leapt from his fingers with a sudden whoosh and made the crowd gasp. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

But in the middle of the Botany examination it comes to me, like a sudden epileptic fit, that I’m not going to be a biologist, as I have thought. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

And then all of a sudden the way opened wide, and Taisin now understood that they had been flying down a corridor and had just emerged into a great, echoing space. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

“A ravening wolf carried her off. A sudden sickness took her. Tell them what you will, but never speak of dragons.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

People looked around at each other in the sudden silence. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

He felt a sudden rush of affection for them all, and out there under the sweet gum tree, within the sound of men tracking a bobcat, he thought he understood Guitar now. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Oh no. Good healthy sensible girl. Just the sudden shock. It might happen to anybody." And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

The sudden crackle of the speakers in their car startled him. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

“Lord have mercy, have mercy, have mercy,” someone began to chant; and the old mourning women clustered of a sudden around Esther’s mother to hold her up. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

I guess it was a church thing I didn’t know about, but all of a sudden my mom slipped her arm around me and rested her head on my shoulder. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

Johnny Pacheco was disturbed by the sudden seriousness of the moment. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I felt stubborn about it all of a sudden, even though I’d been dreading it all day. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

The custodian at the canoe house noted a sudden demand for canoes, all of them rented by boy-girl combinations. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

A sudden jolt of pain made me gasp and double over. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

That all of a sudden they would never talk to Nancy on the phone again. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

No. There was a sudden hush in the crowd, and he knew that the entire community realized that the Chief Elder had moved from Eighteen to Twenty, leaving a gap. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

Dari looked up from the camera, surprised at the sudden panic in my voice, but Twig always jumped at the invitation to go. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

She seemed dazed, bewildered by this sudden news about Baker. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

With it came a sudden fall in temperature, as if we had stepped into a cold store. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

He was putting a lot of sudden pressure on me. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

I looked around the alley, my head aching from the sudden movement. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

He was angry all of a sudden, punching his pillow. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

Not that there was any new or sudden sorrow. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

All of a sudden his face was wet and he touched it, sniffling and weeping. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

“How come you’re so friendly with her all of a sudden?” Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

And all of a sudden I know exactly what I’m going to write for Mr. Van Deusen. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

All of a sudden, a young man called out to my father from behind us. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

He blinked, and all of a sudden he saw her practicing, her movements like a dancer around the polished wooden floor. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Boy, it made me so happy all of a sudden. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

This was a slow and awkward maneuver because she was fearful of sudden movement, and thus the creaking of the bedsprings was prolonged, and half obscured the sound of a man's voice. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Everyone follows the camera lens as it moves across the warehouse floor and comes to a sudden stop. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

Please, ever since I can remember, we’ve been put down and stepped on, and now all of a sudden we have the potential to change the world? The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

I pulled it out as fast as I could, wincing as the sudden pressure drop dizzied me and made the wound in my side scream in agony. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

All of a sudden here comes Miss Saunders, pushing her way past everybody to where me and Daphne are fighting. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

For a moment, all Conor could see was sudden thunderstorms on the way, could feel them ready to explode in the sky and through his body and out of his fists. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

The pursuers brought their steeds to a sudden stand. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

All of a sudden, when they finished their drink, all three of them stood up on me and said they had to get to bed. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

All of a sudden I felt so sorry for Buck. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

A sudden gust muffled the voices below, then picked up into a steady wind. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z

There was a sudden flash and the knife that Mr. Grin had been holding was suddenly quivering in the back of the chair, an inch from his head. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

Fezzik could tell that because they were creeping very close to him now and all of a sudden yelling their lungs out and making crazy faces. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

With a sudden explosion, like an invisible breath or vapor, four young girls simply vanished. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Then all of a sudden he comes back to life and says, “Oh, guess what? I found a note in my locker.” The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

This morning we were walking north up the beach, like every other day, when all of a sudden we came up on a blue beach house that looked exactly like Mong’s. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

It seems our conversation has taken a sudden turn that I wasn’t expecting. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

Wash felt a sudden coldness between his shoulder blades, a tightening in his groin. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Frodo had a sudden fear that in his present mood he might even mention the Ring; and that might well be disastrous. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

The joy of sudden freedom after being kept for so long in that dank hole. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

I pulled hard to the right, forcing a sudden lurch as Nergal shot past me, his spear tip shredding the side of the chariot. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

Everyone was laughing at me and all of a sudden I felt naked. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

She felt it instantly—the sudden rush of coolness flooding through her veins. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

Then, of a sudden, I noticed a pale young foot luxuriant with dark hair in my fresh pan of water, and my legs went soft beneath me. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

In a sudden awakening the old man had started to his feet; he looked around as though wondering where he was, his eyes lighting in surprise on the two dogs by the door. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Their friendship was as intense as it was sudden. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Outside, sudden gusts of wind came up and died away. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

A sudden sharp stab of love drilled down into my heart. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

My heart misgave; a sudden fear struck me. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

“To find yourself a bounty hunters assignment all of a sudden. Or whatever it is you are, Deckard.” Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

As Kreacher nodded and got to his feet, Harry had a sudden inspiration. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

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

Then all of a sudden I got it. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

St. Christopher, muscled like a weight lifter and crossing a stream of bronze, winked in the sudden light, giving fierce definition to an outsized staff and a Gerber baby Christ. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then all of a sudden they heard a couple of bangs, as if two doors had been slammed shut inside the house. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

A sudden wave engulfs her, and for a moment Celia is tempted to relax and drop. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

The caretaker turned the switch and I was blinded by the sudden flash of light. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

All of a sudden, he had terrible stomach cramps. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

So I'm pondering the reason why he insists on taking care of Haymitch and all of a sudden I think, It's because he's being kind. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

When they pulled up in front of the house, Mia, who was outside watering the azaleas, fought the sudden but overpowering urge to drop the hose and run inside and lock the door behind her. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

All of a sudden, my mixed-up, preadolescent life seems pretty good. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

I cranked the window open to shout hello, but the sudden harshness of their voices stopped me. “jBcutta!” The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

All of a sudden liking fall in Chicago and being in a band and having friends made me feel like a traitor. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

Overcome with sudden shyness, I retreated to my father’s side. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

I feel stronger all of a sudden, almost as strong as Diego. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

It had gotten chilly all of a sudden, so I put on my yellow Montauk hoodie and adjusted the volume on my hearing aids and leaned against my backpack and started watching. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

The sudden darkness of a jet surprised me. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

I saw his solemn eye melt with sudden fire, and flicker with resistless emotion. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

All of a sudden, you have to walk, no matter how far or how high up. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

His wife of many years had died from a sudden fever the winter before, with their children and grandchildren watching in sorrow. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

“Because all of a sudden someone is building bonfires out there. There has to be a reason.” Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

Chess dashed for the door as well, because Emma had infected him with a sudden fear: What if the door closed and he got stuck in the secret room all by himself? The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

After using up three, the paper caught, in a sudden breeze, and then began to burn steadily. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

Now there was only the cold river and Montag floating in a sudden peacefulness, away from the city and the lights and the chase, away from everything. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

A sudden feeling of lassitude, of intense weariness, spread over Vera's limbs. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

Assuming that we were two of the youngest people there, I felt a sudden allegiance to her. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

Outside the glare was sudden and sharp against his eyes. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Even the silence that descended on the house was sudden, as though the old silence had broken and left us with the sharp pieces. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

There was sudden silence, cut only by the sound of the wind-milling propellor and die wind past the cockpit. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was just starting to ask myself in my head if this kid might be super weird, but then he ran off all of a sudden and he answered my question for me. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

While I was walking up the stairs, though, all of a sudden I thought I was going to puke again. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

A sudden breeze tugs at the layered paper sails. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

He opened the window, wincing at the sudden invasion of sunlight. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

She nodded, and all of a sudden her eyes were on me. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

I was blinded by the sudden flash in the room, but I knew I connected. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

In a panic as sudden as it was unreasoned, Ranofer wheeled into an alley and crouched there, trembling, until the Babylonian was certain to be gone. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

The class respected what Brad had tried to do, and Ralph was struck by a sudden thought: Brad was exactly the sort of boy who could understand a mouse who rode a motorcycle. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z

The sharp edge of his apprehensions blunted by this sudden wealth of worldly possessions. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Like dark water poured from a bucket, tons of fine grey sand spilled across the floor in a sudden rush, burying Elodin’s feet up to his shins. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

All of a sudden I’m sad, and I’m not even sure why. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

They must have seen us as well, because all of a sudden, they started firing in our direction. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

All about them now, as if there had been a sudden flood, wide pools of water lay beside the road, filling the hollows, and rills went trickling down among the stones. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

He was jumpy and quick, all sharp angles and sudden movements. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

Her sudden outburst caused the children to whimper in fear and hide behind the bathtub. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

Then, with a sudden sweep, he cut the cord. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

When Laurent spoke, his tone was soothing — trying to defuse the sudden hostility. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

She had prom-ised herself she would be a lady, gentle as the queen and as strong as her mother, the Lady Catelyn, but all of a sudden she was scared again. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

I don’t expect us to all of a sudden forget the past and become home-girls. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Within Jackson Park the sudden shift from sunlight to darkness drew Burnham outside. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

The air was gentle as though a summer day had lingered beyond its season, but Gwydion’s words chilled him like a sudden cold wind. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

I stare at her and my anger is sudden, ferocious. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Ignatius could not understand her sudden, clumsy effort to protect the American Way against her son. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ms. Wyman is standing there ail of a sudden with her hands on her hips like a cop who’s pulled us over, except there was no siren to warn us. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

I kicked off my shoes and felt the cool floorboards shift and groan beneath my feet as if the room was adjusting to sudden occupation after being long empty. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

With a sudden slash of his hand, he knocked both the sharpener and the cup of pencils from his desk. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

My ears started to burn, and all of a sudden I felt hot all over. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

There was a sudden smattering of applause from across the street. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

“Thanks,” I say, wanting to leave all of a sudden. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

There was a sudden popping sound and then we were up in the sky. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

All of a sudden, it did seem like talking was the best option—the only option. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

He grinned at her, his smile sudden and jarring as a thunderclap, his eyes the near-black of bitter coffee. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

The question was so sudden, and his voice was so bland and devoid of emotion, that I wondered if he even wanted an answer. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

The light of her chambers appeared, and as it neared, she heard a faint voice cry from behind her, almost in sudden realization and anger. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

The shrill Klaxon startled Turner into a sudden fury. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Searching for a way out, I said, “Why do Granny’s white people all of a sudden want to see me? What’s so special about me? Why not someone else? George or Uncle Piet, for instance.” Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

It came on us all of a sudden. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

With sudden discouragement, he realized his efforts were useless. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

He felt a sudden warmth in his fingers. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

It is a sudden urge to throw up when you find yourself unprotected in the presence of a Biosafety Level 4 organism. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

And if not all the sudden, they’d age out at seventeen and get shipped somewhere else anyway. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Then with sudden clinical interest he observed the white man’s face, for in his eyes he saw a strange, fixed, and withdrawn look of madness. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

I stared at him and hoped the sudden tight coldness I felt wasn’t showing on my face. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

As if to his eyes some sudden vision had been given, Gandalf stirred; and he turned, looking back north where the skies were pale and clear. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

A look of sudden discovery brightened her face. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

The crookback lord looked again and gave a sudden snort. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

It was weird, and all of a sudden I felt angry. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

He seemed delighted with the sudden appearance of this visitor whom he appeared to know so well. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

A sudden burst of barking erupted as soon as the dogs saw us coming. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

Should he pretend he needed to cross the street all of a sudden? When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

Once I was inside, though, I had this sudden fear that I wasn’t alone in the apartment. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

In a sudden flash, I remembered the hitchhiking Green Beret. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

Give us grace to make ready for that last hour, and protect us against a sudden and unprovided death.... The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

At this post—one of the several spots in Sing Sing where sheer boredom and the potential for sudden mayhem existed side by side—your feet got tired and your authority was questioned constantly. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Savage’s face lit up with a sudden pleasure. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

Kisty knew the explosives were extremely unstable—any sudden jolt could set them off. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then all of a sudden it was over. Fourth Grade Rats 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even as she lumbered snarling towards him the cat distracted her attention with a sudden leap to the side of the track. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

He felt light-headed and weak and had to press his hand against his chest to ease the sudden fluttering inside. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

When the birds landed before her, she slowly, unhurriedly, with no shouting and no sudden movements, walked toward her sister. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

I was about to say something else, but then all of a sudden I heard other voices outside the office: kids’ voices. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

The Dragon Sighs were strong, whipping past in sudden bursts, and it was so warm I considered removing my coat. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

It almost took my breath away and I leaned over and switched on the fan, hearing its sudden whirr. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

All of a sudden, the people he’d thought were his friends would stop talking when he came over, not that there were so very many beyond Lily anyway, but still. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

In a sudden burst of movement and strength, Mr. Flux spun on his heels. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

She sounded as though she had a sudden head cold. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

For years Ben had walked toward him in dreams and sudden thoughts. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

She plants her hands on her knees and stares right at me, her features taut with sudden ferocity. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

I fast-forward through the bad parts and all of a sudden I’m watching something and I’m not sure how I got there. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then came the manic convulsions, the spectral fevers, and the sudden cataclysm of his final illness. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

The corpse's cloak was grey wool trimmed with white satin, she saw with sudden terror. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

This is stupid, I thought, with a sudden rush of panic. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

“You must be the Storyteller,” he said, and then looked at Pinmei with sudden concern. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

He stands there, frightened by the sudden outburst. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

As Harold Nicolson put it, he had a combination of “great flights of oratory with sudden swoops into the intimate and the conversational.” Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

“I couldn’t hear anything... But Hermione gave a sudden gasp, pointing down the corridor. “ Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

Bloom prickled with a sudden chill: “How so?” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had been struck with a sudden and mysterious sickness. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

And then he freezes midstep, his armor clanking with the sudden stop. Red Queen 2015-02-10T00:00:00Z

There was a sudden commotion in the crowd, and a man and woman rushed by LaFarge. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

She ran down the stairs, a streak of black hair and white skin, coming to a sudden and graceful stop in front of me. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Carter was surprised at the sudden dismissal and he banged the gavel too hard, almost splitting the crate he used as a desk. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

A wash of sudden heat assaulted them, heavy with the odors of ash, brimstone, and burnt meat. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Donovan felt his robot stagger at a sudden push by Powell’s mount and then Powell was off into the sunlight. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

The school bus rolled to a sudden halt. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Laughter rambled through the Arrivals Lounge like a sudden breeze. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ekon tore his gaze from the trees, fighting a sudden wave of nausea. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

I had a sudden sense of what was to come and I blinked away the tears. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The darkness was no help — I’m sure he could feel the sudden warmth under my skin. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

I had a sudden, crazy picture in my head. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’ll go to watch TV and all of a sudden the lights will cut off. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Dobby’s lip trembled and Harry was seized by a sudden suspicion. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

I watch Mom take a tissue from her purse to wipe her tears, and the sudden onset of blood from Dad’s nose. The Crossover 2014-03-18T00:00:00Z

I have this sudden mental image of her as a kid, which gives me this tug in my gut that I can’t quite explain. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

Maria sat up, blinking at the sudden light from the doorway. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then there came another jerk, so sudden that it threw them all to the floor again, and the basket began to sink with frightening speed, spinning all the while. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

On Tuesday, April 5, 1892, at 6:50 A.M., a sudden windstorm demolished the fair’s just-finished pumping station and tore down sixty-five feet of the Illinois State Building. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

It was the kind of spontaneous game that developed in classes without premeditation, everyone falling into a sudden conspiracy. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Well, that really got the lady from Student Services going and then, all of a sudden, the policeman in the room came out with Bunny’s wallet. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

When they are out of earshot, I ask my dad, “Just all of a sudden like that?” Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Emma whispered, and then a sudden exhalation of animal breath made us both jump. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

All of a sudden the outdoor shots are done and they’re back in the studio. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

But as Harry climbed onto the windowsill there came a sudden loud screech from behind him, followed immediately by the thunder of Uncle Vernon’s voice. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

I knowed just what the Preacher looked like when he all the sudden shouted out, “Praise God, I haven’t heard words as beautiful as buy your family in years, Brother Leroy!” Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

A sudden spout of water shot out, maybe three feet high. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

I had a sudden, sharp memory of the last time I had been in the Infirmary, and the way his picture had seemed to watch me. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Tell a seminarian that he has to hurry and all of a sudden he starts to ignore bystanders in obvious distress. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

And then, all of a sudden, I understood. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

She was not less pleased another day with the manner in which he seconded a sudden wish of hers, to have Harriet’s picture. Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z

Under those bushy eyebrows of his, Grandpa Izzy's eyes are bright blue like the sudden underside of a bird wing. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

There had been several sudden and unexplained deaths, not only among adults but even among children, who would be stricken suddenly while at play and die within a few hours. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

And each pass as it reached the summit gave you a sudden ache inside. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

She could never be sure what thoughts were hidden behind that impassive face, but she had learned to recognize the sudden stiffening of his jaw muscles that meant she had said something shocking. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

“The first I knew was when you jumped up all of a sudden and said, ‘Did you ever have a sister? did you?' and when he said No, you hit him. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

The bells of the ice-cream truck jangled across the street, and a sudden roar burst from a dozen transistor radios. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

I knew that when next term’s tuitions were set, I would end up paying for my sudden, largely unexplained absence. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“I’m here in violation of my constitutional rights,” the old man said with sudden anger. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

An answering roar from below made her flush with sudden heat. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I was still turning over the brief comment on the Cullens, and I had a sudden inspiration. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

And all of a sudden Will felt like crying, the way that kind of sorrow would swoop in and punch him in the gut. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

“I—I don’t know how I let it happen,” she said all of a sudden. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

She started at every loud noise, every sudden movement in the crowd. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Speechless, I looked down to hide the sudden flush that came over my face. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

‘I did use the word, waking up out of my sleep sudden and all and finding him at hand. I said I was sorry, but I soon shan’t be.’ The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

The mercenary brought up his injured hand and grabbed the tip of the sword, moving with such sudden speed that the metal rang dully with the contact. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

In the sudden tense silence, the air wrinkling between them all, Georgina got up and said, “Everyone ready for my roast lamb?” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

He swallowed, feeling thirsty all of a sudden. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

I don’t know if it was the smoke from the campfire that calmed me, or the sudden reappearance of Zu, who had come back from scouting a nearby campsite, making sure it was deserted. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

I felt a sudden urge to kiss her. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

All this has come about because of the sudden rise and prodigious growth of an industry for the production of man-made or synthetic chemicals with insecticidal properties. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

And I have a sudden fear that somehow, some way, what he said in the dream will come true. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

This change had a great influence in bringing Camilla’s chemistry to a sudden end. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

With each step that he took his burden grew heavier, and his breath became slow and harsh, and, of a sudden, cold sweat stood out on his brow and drenched his back. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

Out in the jungle on patrol, fear of a sudden assault kept Horan’s nerves on edge. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

Granny had been dozing when all of a sudden she roused up and grabbed my arm. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

And then, all of a sudden, dinner would be ready. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

He felt a sudden twinge in his gut—in retrospect, it was the first hint that some piece of him might soon go missing. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

When at last the sun was low in the sky, Khal Drogo clapped his hands together, and the drums and the shouting and feasting came to a sudden halt. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

I could tell he was trying not to make any sudden movements so he could contain his smell. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Izzi jumps at Cook's sudden appearance, but then, to my shock, she stands and crosses her arms. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Captain Reed grabbed Harison’s hand—ignoring the boy’s cry of alarm at the sudden movement—and yanked him out of the clearing. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

The sidewall billows inward from a sudden gust of wind. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

He had been lucky that the two of them hadn’t become tangled up in the sudden eruption of water. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

After minutes of noisy crunching over glass, there was sudden silence under their boots where the road ended in fine sand. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

There was a sudden lull, and everyone stood still, astonished at this crazy behavior. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

And when the religious ceremonies had been completed, we left, my husband and I. How well I remember the day, and the sudden sickness that overcame me when the moment for departure came! Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

Pulling on her gloves, I noticed how tight they fit all of a sudden. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘I don’t know why it’s hitting me so hard all of a sudden. I can’t quite get that memory out of my head . . . how Percy looked when he was standing at the edge of Chaos.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

But all of a sudden, the Arabs, backing away, slipped behind the rock. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

I get up and run like everybody else, my heart pounding in sudden excitement. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

Sefia pushed herself to her feet, gritting her teeth against a sudden pain in her ankle. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

When Eblis walked up and kissed the king on his shoulders, two things happened: The devil disappeared into a sudden burst of smoke, and the king grew two snakes from his shoulders. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

All of a sudden, Mom understood;! think she was probably even impressed. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

This happened around 600 million years ago, at the beginning of the Paleozoic era, and accounts for the sudden abundance of marine fossils of all kinds in the record of this period. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

All of a sudden Mrs. van Daan, who feels the need to bring herself into every conversation, remarked, “I'm very modest and retiring too, much more so than my husband!” The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

He turned with a sudden thrust of his crippled body to Jethro. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

After this sudden visit I didn't hear a word from Buddy until one fine Saturday morning in early March. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

Dan and Jack came into the world in routine enough fashion, but Bob arrived all of a sudden. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

I felt a sudden urge to giggle . . . but somehow I faked being calm. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

Harry didn’t understand why, but the only possible cause was the sudden appearance of the skull, which had now risen high enough to illuminate the entire wood like some grisly neon sign. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

As I stepped out of my crouch, my stomach lurched and sensation ripped back through my body, the sudden pain doubling me over. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

He sensed it, too, the sudden import of his words, because he came and stood beside her. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

A sudden and stark silence fell over the world, broken only by the distant cries of a bird. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

A sudden flash passed like lightning through Armstrong's mind. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

A lake of molten sulphur extended the length of an immense canyon, releasing its mephitic vapors in sudden gusts and belches and barring the way of the solitary winged figure who stood at its edge. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

He watched it passively for a moment, until of a sudden he realized it was a female black widow doing her thing not three feet from his toes. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Chamberlain felt a sudden moment of wonderful delight. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“What bird? What was he talking about,” panted Judith, breathlessly keeping up with Kit’s sudden haste. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

Usually, it was the result of a sudden flare-up—say, an inmate who was angered by something you had said or told him to do who went on the at-tack. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

It seemed sudden, but actually there had been days and days of no snow—just frost—when, late one afternoon, a rain fell and froze. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

“It isn’t made or trimmed,” sighed Meg, faintly, for a sudden recollection of the cost still to be incurred quite overwhelmed her. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

His sword sags a little, and he looks at me in sudden comprehension. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

My mouth is dry all of a sudden. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Should I move recklessly, I might startle even the idea of her into sudden flight. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Then sudden and swift the enemy strikes from nowhere, the cavernous heart. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her words were hardly out—and the song had not yet finished—when there was a loud pop and a sudden silence. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Their sudden movement knocked something loose in me and I found my voice again and shouted for them to wait, but they were already pounding the floorboards toward the door. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

There was a complex moment when his body uncoiled and shot forward with sudden metallic tension. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

Leo had a sudden instinct to hide the instrument and keep it for himself. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Then, all of a sudden, they were hovering over the shimmering moon’s reflection, waves thundering around them. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

I could see them approaching, and then all of a sudden—pow!—we were through them, and I could tell that we were really moving. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

A sudden snap from the fire startled him, and he felt the uneasiness returning. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

She looked at him with a sudden impetuosity. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Yes, sir,” and Jo felt as calm and cool all of a sudden as if she had stepped into a refrigerator. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

Westley dodged a sudden burst of flame, shielded Buttercup from the heat. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

As Professor Lupin went to stand next to it, the wardrobe gave a sudden wobble, banging off the wall. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

It was as if all of a sudden Naheed was a giant in the room with an endless skein of cotton on her head and everyone was staring at her, and it. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

A while later they were startled by the sudden glare of a policeman’s flashlight. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

All of a sudden Grandpa slapped his leg, excited. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

I looked down and, all of a sudden, I started to cry. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

But I lost Crenshaw all of a sudden, after things got back to normal. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

As he slipped inside Summer’s skin, the dead woods came to sudden life. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Robert said, reining his mount to a sudden halt beside an ancient barrow. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

But at the shrill warning of a squirrel, it flew off across the trail with a sudden whirr into the trees, while the cat was still some distance away. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

I spun around, searching for him with sudden alarm. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t panic now, couldn’t yell or make a sudden move. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

All the sudden Jimmy Blassingame’s face popped out of the hole that had the fancy three writ underneath it, the last hole on the right in the top row. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

Presumably he would have made up some story to explain Alex’s sudden disappearance. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

He had come back safely, but he had had a small Warning on his return: a sudden painful puncture from what had seemed a tiny twig. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t tell Doris that, of course, not after she’d gotten so excited, but the truth was, all of a sudden, I didn’t need it anymore. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I didn’t want to hold the trigger, afraid I might pull it in sudden reflex, so I rested my finger on the trigger guard. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

In sudden inspiration, he sat down directly in the water bucket. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

She felt bad all of a sudden, about grabbing the wallet and shaking it like that. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

A sudden breeze made the flowered window curtain billow. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The community cloth was drab, all no-color; the formless shifts and trousers worn by the people were woven and stitched for protection against the sudden occasional rain, thorn scratch, or poison berry. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“For a long time, as you know, he was lukewarm about it. But now all of a sudden, he’s hot on the idea.” Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

The first two boys to face the varsity players were both overcautious, spareboned, young, and fearful of sudden error and humiliation. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Am I from Mars? And why are we talking movies all of a sudden?” Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

He goes still, a sudden stillness that draws my eyes up and into his. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

All of a sudden I spun around and started walking backward, so I could laser Ma and Yvonne in their eyeballs. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

A sudden breeze shook the fringe of palm trees, so that the fronds tossed and fluttered. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

It roared into the courtyard like a sudden storm. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

After Ivy had been alone for some time, she felt the sudden presence of someone nearby in the forest. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

About as much fun as watching ice melt—until all of a sudden the winch line goes slack and the Mary Rose is floating free. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

Then, in a sudden intuition, right outside the Keno Amusement Center, I knew it wasn’t the movies I wanted, but the audiences. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

A feeling of sudden newness and change came over her. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

In my hand I held the tract containing the sudden death of the Liar, to which narrative my attention had been pointed as to an appropriate warning. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

And if she had thought about it, she would have put the pieces together: the woodsman on the path, the sudden appearance of the red shoes. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

Nailer felt a sudden wash of hatred for her. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

All of a sudden it occurred to me what a miracle it was that he could still laugh. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

There was a sudden deep silence, in which Frodo could hear his heart beating. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

When Jonathan first looked in, the boy, as if coming from sleep, lifted sudden, startled eyes, opening his mouth as if to speak, but then said nothing. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

So he opened the door—and stared beyond the picket gate at Willis Hurd and his friends, who all broke into sudden and uproarious laughter—all except Willis, who was smiling his chicken-killing smile. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

The room goes library quiet, and then all of a sudden, Rock cracks up laughing. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

The pain was sudden and terrible—and then gone. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

And now it was as though everything had come to a sudden, static halt. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

She had come back from the sodden and the bloated; the sudden dead, their eyes flung wide open in judgment. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

A sudden boom sounded from outside, the second one this evening, but louder and closer than the first, rattling silverware and plates. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

The sudden entrance of Hamlet and Horatio put a stop to our argument They were deep in conversation but halted their steps upon seeing us. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

Sylvanus and the colored girl was laughing and enjoying one the ’nother’s company and I slid my eyes o’er to ’em and something all the sudden hit me and made me want to cry. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

“Especially to gentlemen,” added May, with a look which enlightened Amy as to one cause of her sudden fall from favor. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

Why the hell is he being Mr. Noble all of a sudden? Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

But then I remembered, with a sudden moment of clarity, discovering him in the doorway of our dance room. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

All of a sudden, Judy leaned over and gave me a hug. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

All of a sudden, my future seemed cloudy and my shiny new nozzles crude. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

For a moment he fought against it, as if he could strike at the vision with his hands, his flailing legs, but soon he was overcome by a sudden and intense peace. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

When Harry walked in there was a sudden hush, and then everybody started talking loudly at once. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

She had come to depend on the cooing sounds, the lip-smacking, the sudden shrieking panics. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then a sudden, awful thought came to her. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I have never seen you take such a sudden interest in a new rêveur,” he overhears Lorena remark to her brother. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

So, drunk with my sudden power, I pulled off some lame disco dance moves that sent the place into hysterics. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

From around me came the sudden sounds of breath, and I realized we’d all been holding ours, then movement, as everyone scrambled to their feet. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

The flame sputtered out in the murky water, and the sewer was thrown into sudden darkness. The Whipping Boy 1986-04-01T00:00:00Z

Looking across the yard at them, Dandelion felt a sudden clutch of horror. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

All of a sudden she told a tale: ‘I don’t dive any more. I used to dive, high dive, all the time. But once I busted my head open, so I can’t dive any more.’ The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

But then I get to rehearsal, and there’s this sudden seismic shift. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

A sudden crackling sound startled me, and I lifted my head. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

And all of a sudden I felt very sick. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

I was gripped in a sudden agony of despair as I considered that alternative. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

For a moment, they all just stood there in the sudden silence. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

The fog wavered and lifted, swirled about in sudden drafts, floated across the path in thin layers, showed a patch of blue sky for an instant and glimpses of trees ahead. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z

I relished the attention and the relative immunity from punishment that my new status gave me, and I relished, above all, the sudden right to privacy. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z

And all of a sudden, I felt happy. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

That laugh that Mamie got lasted about a good ten seconds when all of a sudden we heard another one of them big-eyed kids saying something about seeing somebody at a window. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

His spell lit the corridor with a sudden flaming light. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

There were sudden gullies, too, where you knew streams would flow when the snow melted, and in every direction were fringes of brown and green. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

Then a sudden thought came to him—dinner! A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

Alarmed by Massasoit’s sudden entrance, the Europeans withdrew to the hill on the opposite bank, where they had emplaced their few cannons behind a half-finished stockade. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

She thought she was blinded at first because the darkness was so total and sudden. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

His words were lost in the sudden roar of the engine. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Harry awoke as though the sudden darkness were an alarm. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

“You can’t tell me. I understand. But why are you warning me? A sudden, unpleasant thought struck him. “Hang on — this hasn’t got anything to do with Vol- — sorry — with You-Know-Who, has it? Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

All of a sudden she looked old and tired, not the Grandma who worked from sunup till sundown. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

With sudden strength, she leans forward and takes the baby in her bony arms, cradling him close to her. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

All of a sudden Byron’s face jumped like a bell went off in his head. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Wrinkling her nose at the sudden smell, the assassin walked past cages and stalls filled with dogs of many different breeds. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Buford felt the pain of old wounds, a sudden vast need for sleep. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

The dwarf’s sudden silence went unnoticed, as Duck had begun to regale him with his own life story. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

All of a sudden my heart is pounding. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

I grab on to him in sudden panic. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

As she watched, one of these detached itself into a sudden breeze and sailed sedately off, while others leaned from the pod as if to observe its departure. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her sudden movement knocks me to the floor. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

In this sudden change of heart, Richard Hoggart notes: He longs for the membership he lost, ‘he pines for some Nameless Eden where he never was’. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

But man, all of a sudden the wormhole was ripped wide open. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

There was something horrible in the sudden torrent of words, something horrible and unexpected. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t know why, but all a sudden I want a hear what Miss Leefolt gone say to this. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

All of a sudden my food doesn’t taste as good as before. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

The grey stubbly man wore black rags too, he saw with a sudden start. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Then, minutes later, the coach rocked to a sudden halt. The Whipping Boy 1986-04-01T00:00:00Z

Or just their world of hooked fingers and sudden smiles. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Armpit tried to explain, then felt Ginny tremble at his sudden outburst. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

I look up at him, feeling very hot all of a sudden. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

A sudden gust of hot September wind blew a lock of her long, black hair forward. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

Harry, however,little though he knew he deserved it, felt unbelievably cheerful all of a sudden, even though none of them spoke again for the rest of the evening. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

‘I got this sudden notion he went down to your house. Help us hunt him.’ The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

There was never a sudden braking and backing up to shout or laugh with a friend. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

Although the days had lately been cold and damp, the afternoon had that sudden, surprising warmth that makes New Orleans winters gentle. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

On a sudden impulse I moved away from the bed and went back to the little ante-room where I had seen the wardrobe was full of clothes. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Big as a bonfire, but all o’ a sudden.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

However, as the ground grew rocky and steep, a sudden wind blew — like the mountain itself was yawning. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

“Sure, it’s a disorder characterized by sudden and uncontrollable attacks of deep sleep,” said Sticky, then ducked his head shyly. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

The sudden sternness of her voice jars me. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

And then the redhead’s fists clenched and he was out of his seat with sudden frenzied energy and up against the cold, wide-curving glass. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

With sudden nerve, I stood up, stepped forward, and picked up the biggest of the nestlings. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

At these words, seemingly in response to them, a sudden wail sounded, a terrible, drawn-out cry of misery and pain. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

All a sudden the Dial soap commercial over. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Then, with a sudden glow of satisfaction of having gained a little more knowledge about the world in which I lived, I’d end up by saying: “That’s Bigger. That’s the Bigger Thomas reaction.” Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

They climbed more staircases, yawning and dragging their feet, and Harry was just wondering how much farther they had to go when they came to a sudden halt. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

He takes in a sudden sharp breath, jerks his left arm, and widens his eyes, pupils returning to life, strange sounds sputtering from his freshly unpouted mouth. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

There was a sudden colorful bustle through the church as women in their bright pagnes began to move about. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

But that wasn’t what made me bolt upright, but the sudden realization of what time it must be—nine-twenty, I saw, when I looked at my watch. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Panting with a sudden shortness of breath, I reached up to pry his fingers off my tie. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

The Bay is famous for its sudden summer storms. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then, all of a sudden, I got in this big mess. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

Then all of a sudden, one, two, three, we screamed “Freedom Writers have a dream!” The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Up above, the sky would be spangled, and he could sit side by side with Lizzie and watch the stars fall out of their places in sudden shrieks of light. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

It had happened with the sudden catastrophe of a dream—and with all the unreal horror of a dream. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

That gave Hanako a sudden feeling like all was right with the world! A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

In a few minutes, the freight train gave a sudden lurching that flung her backward. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

“It looked big, and it had four legs,” said Harry, struck by a sudden thought and lowering his voice. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

He does, and the sudden silence is acute. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

His expulsion from Ayemenem had been so sudden and unceremonious, and so very long ago. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

They gaped at it the way they might have gaped at a sudden apparition of the Virgin of Guadalupe spreading roses around the Body Shop and Pipe Queen buildings. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

We jump up and down the banks and storm around smashing things, and then she turns on me, all of a sudden, and says, “What are we, anyway? What exacdy is going on here?” All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

He has become bigger and older, all of a sudden, when I wasn’t looking. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

All of the sudden I felt my chest clench up. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

A sudden impulse moved me, too, and I reached behind me and pulled my cloak from my pack. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

Then all at once speaking aloud he called the magewind strong and sudden into his white sail, and his boat leapt across the grey waves straight at the lowering thing that hung upon the wind. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

All of a sudden I was real worried about what Miss Love would think if she heard it, but they all crossed their hearts and hoped to die. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Now it all makes sense: the gifts of food and animal furs, the sudden peace between us. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

When I started to read the story, all of a sudden everything hit me: “I sat on the operating table, shivering . . . my stomach flipped as I lay back and placed my feet in the stirrups.” The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

She had a sudden thought to throw it at the figure, because it seemed so frightening. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z

“Well, you’re sweating a lot, and you got pink all of a sudden,” she said. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

Laurie thanked her with a look that made her think in a sudden panic, “Oh, deary me! I know he’ll say something, and then what shall I do?” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

With her palm pointing up, she all the sudden throws her fingers open like she been holting on to a hand full of something, dust maybe. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

He jumped into the pit, kicking up sudden blooms of sawdust and straw. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

And the way she goes from teasing and joking to sudden seriousness. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

His sudden motion made the creature fall off his arm to the ground, and Doon felt a crunch beneath his foot. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

I never really cared too much about that picture, but all of a sudden it seemed special. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

All of a sudden I started to cry. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

‘But I am the real Strider, fortunately,’ he said, looking down at them with his face softened by a sudden smile. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

A sudden radiance from on high fell on the two and made them look up. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

A weight dropped, crashed downward, then pounded aside at the last moment under the synchronized thump of a sudden force beam. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

All of a sudden, he cleared his throat noisily, and I thought he was going to tell me to mind my own business, but instead he pointed at something and cleared his throat again. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

It was almost a relief one day when a sudden squall hit them and had the men fighting like demons to reef sails before the masts snapped. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had a sudden unaccountable desire to run. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

“Yo, dude, why is everyone being so nice to the freak all of a sudden?” Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

The Specials might have expected her to turn off on another river, but the sudden appearance of an old railroad track had surprised them. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

In the sudden stillness, Aly climbed down from the foremast, her rifle swinging at her back. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

In the sudden stab of light he saw that the puddle was not black but red. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

There was a sudden screeching cry, and a great flapping of wings, like wooden clappers. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

It struck me all of a sudden that her eyes weren’t actually seeing the picture. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I walked for a little over an hour until I came to a sudden, absurdly steep descent to Lehigh Gap—almost a thousand feet straight down. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

Her mother’s death: a sudden violent, isolated illness. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I know. We’ll all hang separately. But Rachel needs to get off her high horse, too. She’s never lifted a finger around here and now all of a sudden she’s the Little Red Hen?” The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Frodo was hardly less terrified than his companions; he was quaking as if he was bitter cold, but his terror was swallowed up in a sudden temptation to put on the Ring. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

A sudden intake of breath around the table told Matt that Mr. Alacran had said something dangerous. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

At a dinner in Cambridge once, during a sudden silence round the table, someone who disliked Robbie asked loudly about his parents. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

As Jean Louise handed them over, a sudden thought rooted her to the spot. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

The beginning of “history,” then, means a sudden increase in the speed of events, a shifting from low gear into high gear, as it were. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

And despite her misgivings about the religious ramifications, Emma not only agreed she would publish this draft in case of his sudden death, she also helped him make it better. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

The news that the mercury was sinking would plunge him into a sudden, inexplicable gloom. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

It felt like a sudden statement, but I realized only then that he’d been talking for a while; I was so focused on this flimsy scalpel in my hand that I hadn’t noticed. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

As Hazel turned from the hole, the clouds in the west broke slightly and there was a sudden dazzle of watery, pale gold light. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

With a sudden movement, Mrs. Byrne drops the curtain and wheels around. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

The sudden energy in the response brought the other to her feet. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

The valves leading to the now- missing hoses had detected the sudden pressure drop and closed. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

As Officer Rariden led me from his office, a sudden commotion drew my attention to the ground floor. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

“Oh, I guess so,” she said with a sudden return to haughtiness. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

All of a sudden we had begun to feel slightly uncomfortable. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

He started to reach out a hand to Daenerys, but as he lifted his arm Drogo grimaced in sudden pain and turned his head.. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

I picked up the envelope and rubbed my thumb across the seal, but all of a sudden, my fingers stopped working and I froze in place. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

The parched days and sticky nights are undistinguished in my mind, but the storms, the violent sudden storms, both frightened and quenched me. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

The light burned sudden and intolerable, the light along her limbs, the fire, and she screamed aloud in terror and pain, “Yes, yes, yes!” The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

On a sudden impulse Nat said, “It suits me fine. Today is Commencement Day at Harvard. I’ve always intended to go.” Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

I feel blood rush to my cheeks and a sudden urge to tackle Bren. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

This was too theatrical to be true, yet there they were: sudden apparitions, like Martians. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

With sudden fierceness, Clay jumped between Amari and the young man who had touched her. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

We see big mountains that point up sudden, with some few coco trees. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

A sudden stupidity overcomes me, and I feel awkward standing there on her driveway. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

All of a sudden, they heard the chief mate cry out over the storm: “Time to cut her loose!” The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

A sudden warmth and gladness touched his heart. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

He grabs my shoulders, a sudden movement that throws me off balance. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Ash had a sudden, horrifying thought, and she said, “Please — don’t tell him who I am.” Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sudden pressure popped the bedroom like a balloon. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

All of a sudden, a rustle and then a thump in a bush ahead made Omakayas freeze. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

Harry had a sudden mental image of himself in a top hat and tails, accompanied by a girl in the sort of frilly dress Aunt Petunia always wore to Uncle Vernon’s work parties. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

He pulled off his hat and stood there looking down, like his shoes were all of a sudden real interesting. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

I looked around, muddled, with the sudden feeling that I wasn’t alone. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

“I will, I will,” Scipio said absentmindedly—as if his thoughts were elsewhere all of a sudden. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

Then a sudden fanfare of trumpets sounded and he jumped to the floor, bowing deeply as Gertrude and Claudius, arm in arm, descended the processional stairs into the great hall. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

The tree shook with the sudden weight of the robot, and then—thunk thunk!—two pinecones bounced off Roz, and a moment later—thunk thunk!—the same pinecones bounced off the bears below. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

As they approached the stage, a sudden commotion broke out near the courtyard gate. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

So all of a sudden, I sort of leaned over and said, "Would any of you girls care to dance?" The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

All of a sudden, it seemed like the air conditioner had quit working. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

From above came the sudden sound of wings. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I realized with sudden certainty that Ambrose had finally taken steps to ensure I would never bother him again. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Nailer glanced at Tool, but the massive man seemed unconcerned at her sudden authority. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

The apartment seems very still all of a sudden; I lean forward to hear every word coming out of Ollie's mouth. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

His answer to this sudden attack was delightful to their mother’s ear. Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z

He walked very slowly through the long grass beside the hedge, sending up sudden clouds of white butterflies every so often. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

Zeitoun had a sudden and strange thought, that the pain in his side could be caused not by infection or injury, but by sorrow. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

A sudden image of her own mother and all that she had lost overpowered Amari for a moment. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

If it hadn’t been for the rain that fell hard and sudden, we wouldn’t have gone up those stairs. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

These sudden noises, of course, brought the children running. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z

I feel this sudden wave of affection for Simon. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

Should the enemy in the meadow decide to make any sudden move, the workmen could be speedily hauled back up to the ramparts. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

When we got to a long stretch of newly graded road, I shut off the engine, and the sudden silence sounded like noise. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

All of a sudden Zeno sank his teeth into Nearchus’s ear. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

Tears were running in a real stream and dropping off her chin already, like a sudden rain. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

And all of a sudden, she leans into me and kisses me. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

Finch keeps going and comes to a sudden stop at the far end. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

He fell down at the sudden movement and shuffled backward on his hands and feet, drops of sweat beading on his forehead despite the cool air. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

The anger was so sudden I was afraid to make eye contact with anyone for fear they might make something personal of it. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

They hadn’t scrapped like this in years, since they were boys, and with a sudden sense of relief Moody laughed again even as Trip socked him in the stomach and they toppled onto the floor. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

All of a sudden there was a half groan, half roar that moved through the crowd until it reached Hanako. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

The words leave me, but they’re swallowed by the sudden roar of the splendor. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

In January 1997, when I was nine years old, our family experienced a sudden and tragic loss. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z

“Nothing at all. But is not this a sudden scheme?” Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z

And all of a sudden I feel sorry for him, because I see how different we are. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

The afternoon was getting late, and he thought this sudden sleepiness uncanny. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Matty emerged from Forest with a stumble, blinking at the sudden sunshine, for he had been in the dim thickness of trees for many days now and felt that he had almost forgotten light. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

Then she looked up like she was having one of her sudden thoughts. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

A weight dropped, crashed downward, then pounded aside at the last moment under the synchronized thump of a sudden force beam. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

All of a sudden something pulls me out of my seat, and my feet are moving forward. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

There was a sudden rummaging for quills and parchment. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

When his father disappeared, his mother did not show any surprise or any violent grief, but a sudden change came over her. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

Tyrion felt a sudden urge to leap up, brandish his axe, and boom out, "Casterly Rock!" but the insanity passed quickly and he crouched down lower. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Reluctantly, I obeyed, yet wondered why all of a sudden I had to take a bath. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Richard Feynman had known the flash was coming, and that he was safe behind the truck windshield—but it was so sudden and so bright, he instinctively ducked behind the dashboard. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Perhaps the sound of those rockets alarmed you,” said Frith, “they went off so very sudden.” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

In the sway of a sudden reverie among the furrows or while untangling the mysteries of an early-morning dream. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

But he did seem surprisingly at ease with me—much calmer than I would have been at his age about the sudden appearance of a stranger in my bedroom. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

Red leaned forward, his skin flushing with sudden blood. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

But now the butterflies....All of a sudden, I felt like the freaky one. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Josh’s face is red and he’s breathing hard all of a sudden like he has been running even though he hasn’t been. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Just then the fish gave a sudden lurch that pulled the old man down onto the bow and would have pulled him overboard if he had not braced himself and given some line. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

The lawyers walked past the crowd, up the steps, between the majestic white columns—and into the sudden silence of the courthouse. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Dad, who has finally snagged a taxi, calls from the curb, a bit mystified by his family’s sudden attention to a homeless man. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

I mean, if I'm in a restaurant, and I order some food, and a white person walks in, all of a sudden I have to pay more for my meal? When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

Jack started to answer, when all of a sudden one of the girls started screaming. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

The knowledge or conviction about the party for Doc was no sudden thing. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was about to turn it and push the door open—she’d thought she was ready to do that—but all of a sudden, she became uncertain. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

“Well,” I say, feeling a little warm all of a sudden, “most houses have art on the walls, so I figured I’d decorate the room and drew a picture of my dad in his uniform.” Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

Now, sitting behind the headlights, Bull speaking easily and unself-consciously, Ben in a sudden blaze of perception realized that Bull had forgotten, at least for the moment, that he was addressing a son. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Could you?” she asked with a sudden quickening of interest. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

And then, all of a sudden, she knew. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Weekend warriors, they have been called from their homes into sudden battle. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

All of a sudden, she was frightened and lonely. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

A sudden silence seized the feasters ... all but Lord Ramsay, who tossed aside the bone he had been gnawing, wiped his mouth on his sleeve, smiled a greasy, wet-lipped smile, and said, “Father.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“All of a sudden, Logan County strangeness is my fault, huh?” The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Thomas laughed, mostly to push away the sudden surge of sadness the statement caused. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Not the shy ice cream bells’ giggle of Rachel and Lucy’s family, but all of a sudden and surprised like a pile of dishes breaking. The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘Yeah,’ he said as though in answer to a sudden question. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

It was a normal enough question, but when I looked up to answer, I just nodded yes, for all of a sudden, it wasn’t so easy to talk. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He spread his arms in front of the staircase, and Harry had a sudden vision of his mother doing the same thing in front of his crib. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

When I got to the museum, all of a sudden I wouldn't have gone inside for a million bucks. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

All of a sudden, I was afraid that I was about to make a fool of myself and end up in seventh grade in the middle of the school year. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

As the snowball made more snow plop from a branch to the ground, Ryan had a sudden thought. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z

The trust, so sudden and yet so complete, and the intimacy, frightened her. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

He came to a sudden halt in front of a tall suit of armor. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

Dear God, All of a sudden Shug buddy-buddy again with Mr. , They sit on the steps, go down Harpo’s. The Color Purple 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I turn to gape at Simon—but he’s disappeared, and all of a sudden, I find myself standing next to Abby. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

A sudden gust swept through the showground, rattling the tents and sending a cowboy chasing after his hat. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Still clinging to the mercenary, Bast’s eyes grew wide with sudden panic as he saw the smith’s prentice approaching. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

He felt a sudden wave of sickness clawing at his stomach. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

Then they were over clear sky again, and she turned to her mother with a sudden mysterious air of secret knowledge. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

All of a sudden, I felt her, intensely. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

All of a sudden I caught sight of Snout sniffing at the spot where I’d crawled through. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

All of a sudden, the boy in black runs up to me, huffing and puffing. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

With a groan and then a clonk, the rising room halted; the sudden change jolted Thomas from his huddled position and threw him across the hard floor. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Just as the light was filling the tunnel, its white glow surrounding us, I felt a sudden pressure in my ears and the light disappeared. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

She smiled to herself and had the odd, sudden, curious knowledge that, if it ever came to that, Old Tallow would protect her, Omakayas, with her life. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

A sudden, hard wind swirled up around them, and the monster spread its arms out wide, so wide they seemed to reach to opposite horizons, so wide they seemed big enough to encompass the world. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

As he stepped past the trees, a sudden realization struck me like a lightning bolt. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

It was like all of a sudden he didn’t even want to go on another moment. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

The crew were on their hands and knees or clutching the rails, shivering in the sudden cold. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

All of a sudden I felt bad ’cause I hadn’t tried on Terupt’s project. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

“Your name,” he said, the words taking on a sudden edge. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

At night, Laila lay in bed and watched the sudden white flashes reflected in her window. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

It’s funny, but all of a sudden I wish I could see him. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

When the last was gone, a sudden stillness settled over the yard, like the hush before a storm. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

With the end of his rowing came a sudden, premature, middle- aged spread. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

She didn’t say it any particular way, but somehow, there was a shift in the air, like she’d been there for a moment, and all of a sudden I was losing her again. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

For a second I hope that the sudden stop will fling her hateful behind straight through the windshield. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Uncle Alfred—who was actually Ophie’s cousin and Rose’s son, a bit of gnarled family tree that Ophie didn’t quite understand—was indifferent to Ophie and her mother, but Aunt Helen resented their sudden arrival. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

Jake felt his lips tremble with a sudden feeling of gratefulness. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

On the way to the station I can’t stop looking over my shoulder; the sudden scream of a police siren has me literally leaping into the air in fright. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hermione began hotly, but her next few words were drowned out by the sudden whooshing noise from overhead, which announced the arrival of the post owls. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

They did not know what had caused the sudden windstorm. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

She had a sudden vision of Mrs. Borkowski sitting in her lawn chair in the middle of the street with a cat in her lap. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

I could tell he was reading ahead to himself, because his face flushed all of a sudden and he had to take a deep breath before he could go on. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

The change was so sudden that I was shocked, and a little scared. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

I have a sudden vision of the Apple Lady, walking around the village like a ghost, never talking of looking anyone in the eye. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

I fed the fire and wondered vaguely if Wil and Sim were worried about my sudden disappearance back at the University. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

My voice trembles, and the words come out of my mouth like a sudden rainstorm. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

I swallowed against the sudden dryness in my throat. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

As if it were a scene in a play, she had a sudden fore-image of what might happen. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

She was just contemplating whether she could sleep while standing up when, from the corner of her eye, a sudden movement by the balcony doors caught her attention. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

What I felt more than anything was a sudden sense of responsibility. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Her eyes flicked to James, and she felt shy all of a sudden, but he was smiling. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

But too late; he had already told her, and he could see by her face, by the flicker of sudden aversion, that she knew. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

I wrapped the warm cloak around my shoulders and was struck with a sudden notion. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

A sudden yelp told her she had done her job. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

As if roused by a sudden bell, Frodo rose quickly, and stood up and looked away southwards; but when his eyes beheld the Mountain and the desert he quailed again. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

Loudly she asked the gods to defend her in her innocence; silently she prayed for her accusers to suffer sudden, painful deaths. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I dragged myself up to my room and had a sudden spasm of anxiety as I put my hand on the doorknob: What if it had gotten out? The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

I shuddered slightly at the sudden bleakness in his voice, but I was relieved. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

I swallowed the sudden unease in my throat. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

And in the sudden silence that follows, we hear the hoofbeats. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

He had just about decided to forget his sudden whim and go to bed when the cage gave a jerk and began to ascend. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Their sudden scream startled Sheed, and he dropped the hand mirror. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

She tried to pull his hand away, but he was prepared for this sudden surge of muscle stimulation that always preceded stupor, and with great force clamped the cloth to her face. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

All of a sudden, as if somebody had thrown a switch, phone calls started pouring in. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

But all of a sudden, Lacey stood up and kicked her chair behind her. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

By noon the promise of sunshine failed and the travelers took refuge from a sudden shower under a spreading beech. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z

One night Jonas fell, when the bike jolted to a sudden stop against a rock. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t hear Mom knock, but all of a sudden her hand is on my back. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

He put down his razor, and all of a sudden jerked his arms up and sort of broke my hold on him. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

I realized I was making him nervous with my ignorance and my sudden intensity. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

We darted across the barnyard and into the kitchen, and all of a sudden there was Father standing there, the line of blood drying on his face. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

My sudden shaking derails my mom’s questioning and sends her into doctor mode. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

In a sudden onslaught the sky would rain burning missiles. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

She burst out crying, then all of a sudden threw her head back and went to laughing! Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

All the sudden a stranger boy came up ’longside of me and gave me some unpleasant looks. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

It may be analogous, in some respects, to the panic once experienced by poor and working-class whites faced with desegregation—the fear of a sudden demotion in the nation’s racial hierarchy. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

Getting cool all of a sudden like this made me bug my eyes and suck in my breath. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“FIRE!” the whole world seemed to scream at once, a sudden, deafening roar of terror. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

“Listen,” he added, seized by a sudden brain wave, “let’s go under the Invisibility Cloak, then we might get a good look at Malfoy on the way, see what he’s up to.” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Why all of a sudden he wanted to go exploring after so many years. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

I don’t think I know exactly what year I noticed it, but then all of a sudden Bore and the Old Lady got old. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

In spite of the long ordeal she just endured, it feels like a sudden embrace. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Calista shouted all of a sudden while I was watching some tortoises. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

She blinked in the sudden glare at the wide, dark shadow looming outside. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Really?” said Minya, with a skeptical lift of her eyebrows, and Sarai wondered, all of a sudden, why she was asking. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Scrub grass and thorny bushes covered its lower slopes; higher up a jagged tangle of bare rock thrust steep and sudden into the sky. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

In the grove there was a sudden moment of silence. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

The twins put the boat down, and the clatter was met with a sudden silence from inside. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Uriah’s clear eyes and steady footsteps fill me with a sense of relief, and my eyes well up with tears all of a sudden. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Her grandmother’s mouth twisted in her sudden smile. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mia was thinking about her project for Pauline—Document a transformation over time—when she felt the sudden prickle on her skin that meant she was being watched. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I had just said my Sunset Prayer, El Maghrib-, I was lying on my cot in the fourth-tier compartment, feeling blue and alone, when out of the darkness came a sudden light! The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

I press the spot on the pyramid and all of a sudden, all four sides fold down at the same time and I'm looking inside the pyramid and, just like Freak promised, I'm amazed. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

This sudden change made me puzzled and angry, as though they were making me the butt of a joke. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

The pain is sharp and sudden, beginning in my shoulder and spreading outward with electric fingers. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Further away, in the wind and rain, on the banks of the river, in the sudden thunderdarkness of the day, Estha was walking. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Madam Pomfrey, the nurse, was kept busy by a sudden spate of colds among the staff and students. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

He was seized with a sudden urgent need to boast. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

Once when my dad was out on the Mary Rose a storm come on sudden, and the swells broke out in whitecaps and he decided to head in early, just to be cautious. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

All of a sudden, still carrying the baby, he left the room. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

“Don’t push me —” A sudden noise outside in the corridor put an end to their discussion. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

The route out of the city is bumpy and winding, especially as the driver takes sudden turns to avoid broken buildings or unknown groups clustered on the road. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

A sudden clap of sound made Arya reach for Needle, but it was only a shutter banging in the wind. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Then the lane curved to the left and fell away, sloping steeply down a hillside, so that they had a sudden, unexpected view of a whole valley laid out in front of them. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

I prayed that my friends and brother wouldn’t make any sudden moves or even try to scratch an itch. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

The sudden ascent left her mouth dry and her stomach tingling. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

There was a sudden fire on the left, a burst in the north. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Swaying her hips, she all of a sudden dropped her skirt and was stepping out of it when the engine hit and exploded her into a thousand pieces. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

The sudden absence of his subtle undercurrent of emotions and the echo of his voice in my mind makes me feel emptier. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

He said, with sudden understanding, “You thought no one lived in this building. You thought it was abandoned.” Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

I had a sudden picture of schools in every one of the forty-eight states grinding out millions and millions of sheets of paper covered with leaning letters exactly alike. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

And then they’re drunk, and all of a sudden—bang—somebody’s lying dead in the gutter. Twelve Angry Men 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

All of a sudden I saw sparks flying, glass shattering, and blood splattering. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

All of a sudden I found myself able to see him as the world saw him, as I myself had seen him when I first met him—cool, well-mannered, rich, absolutely beyond reproach. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

The air turned thick; sudden gusts caught the cedars at the edge of the fields and flailed their tops and branches. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

The eventual result was the inflation theory, which holds that a fraction of a moment after the dawn of creation, the universe underwent a sudden dramatic expansion. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

He arrived in the midst of an uncharacteristic April snowstorm, a sudden downpour of small icy flakes that scratched against the windows like fingernails. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

I felt a sudden, horrible feeling tighten in my gut. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

With a sudden massive effort he flung himself sideways, freeing one wing and crushing Mrs. Coulter against a rock. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

The sudden outburst of gunfire had caused people to run for their lives in different directions. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

Sefia thought of her vision, that sudden dizzying feeling that everything was huge and connected. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

I must have groaned or something, because all of a sudden my mom and dad were standing right beside my bed. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

I had got cold all of a sudden. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

And in one profound, sudden flash, she felt it transform. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Weston’s eyes widened gradually and something glinted in her eyes that was quite like sudden admiration, “Why, George, that’s a good idea.” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

In the middle of winter all of a sudden we’d get a summer day. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was like he was his dad all of a sudden. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

Every sudden noise—the crack of a falling limb, the crash of a bolting deer—makes you spin in alarm and stifle a plea for mercy. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

I follow the lead and practically fall over, like a machine set to crazy spin mode that’s all of a sudden been switched off with no cooldown. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

Despite the absence of sudden and dramatic symptoms, one who handles such materials is unquestionably storing up toxic materials in his body. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

“Why, I don’t know. I guess a little heart flutter. Just all of a sudden I felt afraid and my heart got to pounding.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Harry sprinted to the window, ignoring Flitwick’s and Sprout’s yells of shock at his sudden appearance. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Then, all of a sudden, pretty much out of nowhere, he tells me that my stepmother is pregnant She's due in June. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

All of a sudden it was hard for me to talk. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

Mother walked out of the kitchen and came to a sudden halt, staring at Petey’s jar in disbelief. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

It was a shock, like walking from the dismal swamps into sudden brilliant sunlight. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You’re unlucky enough to be in my line of sight, and I don’t want any sudden reconciliations between father and son before we set sail.” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

The way the bees poured out, rushing up all of a sudden in spirals of chaos and noise, caused me to jump. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I mean,” Colin said, “it was dark and our whole faces were touching except our lips. She just brought her head against mine all of a sudden.” An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

Storm clouds gather as we explore Paris's famous university, and a sudden downpour catches our group by surprise. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I tried to explain the circumstances, the sudden move from Idaho. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

A sudden impulse seized me, and I held out my hand. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The last haint rose directly from the floor, a sudden tower of fury glaring down at her, heaving with sharp uneven breaths. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

It didn’t inform the rest of your brain about its sudden obsession. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

Now, all of a sudden, the fear that they would pick him out in the blackness filled him with an almost paralyzing terror. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

So what was her sudden fascination with Cap? Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

This possibility of sudden change is at the center of the idea of the Tipping Point and might well be the hardest of all to accept. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We were eating cookies and talking about school in the kitchen, and all of a sudden, I got sick.” Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

All of a sudden she thought it was silly that he lived so and went to New York and came home longing for where he had been. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Suzanne’s sudden death had awakened me to the idea that I wanted more joy and meaning in my life. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Only the edge of his hat brim remained in view when Harry gave a sudden shout. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Sana’s gasp echoes in the sudden silence of the cavern. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Aravis felt Lasaraleen grip her arm—that sort of sudden grip which is almost a pinch and which means that the person who is gripping you is very frightened indeed. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

I think of his sudden desire to be a good student. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

Marks stomach didn’t do so well with the sudden movement of the Berg. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

In the Kennington’s parking lot I start the car, but cannot drive for the sudden pains in my stomach. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Thomas almost collapsed from the sudden rush of terror. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

She was getting friendly as hell, all of a sudden. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

She emphasized the sudden B-flat chord in just the right place. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

And she had the sudden sensation of fogginess, of a milky web through which she tried to claw. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

It was so sudden and so unexpected that it took every one's breath away. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

A sudden pang of guilt stuck a knife between his ribs. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

He had gone into the grocery store where he usually trades and heard the sudden silence. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

In a sudden scuffling, a man’s voice was raised angrily, “Take your hand out of my pocket!” The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

I get a sudden sense of deja vu. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

And then a gunshot—two more—four more from a different gun—a sudden immense shock, and immediately the freezing water began to gush in, and nothing would ever stop it now. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

But before she had managed a pair of steps, she heard a splash, followed by a sudden scream. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

It seemed clear to me all of a sudden. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

All of a sudden, she did something I wasn’t expecting. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

It hits him with sudden clarity that he hasn’t at all stopped to consider his own feelings. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Olanna placed Baby down on the mattress, covered her with a wrapper, kissed her forehead, and felt the sudden urge to cry at the thought of Ugwu. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

At the door to the princess’s room, Mig had a sudden crisis of confidence. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

I stood in the sudden breeze wondering what could possibly have done that kind of damage, and began to get the feeling that something terrible had happened here. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

All of a sudden, after living like a young lord, he found himself doing the most drudgelike work. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

He bucked against the sudden cold that touched his skin as the first shadows of the trees reached him. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Papa-Nnukwu asked, in his sudden way that made me realize he had been following every word spoken in Igbo. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

Then, with sudden rage, “Listen! If that metal mess gives me any lip like that, I’ll knock that chromium cranium right off its torso.” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

I’ve, had to listen to countless remarks about our sudden friendship. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

“Don’t you feel the golden enchantment of it? It is worthy to be”—Jesse looked up in sudden alarm—“in a palace.” Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

There was a sudden rush of movement, the sound of other flashlights being clicked on, their beams crisscrossing and bobbing in a chaotic dance through the air. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

All of a sudden, the ellipse opens up and becomes a parabola. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

His face had got limp now all of a sudden. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

“It’s weird seeing you again,” Jamie says all of a sudden. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

I climbed in, squishing down my sudden urge to haul you off the bus and run home. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

It flared with a sudden white radiance like lightning; and his voice rolled like thunder. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Whatever structures were holding it up give way in a sudden and catastrophic failure. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

I was so relieved to see someone, anyone, that I didn’t question her sudden appearance. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

“He was playing there, and all of a sudden he started bellering.” The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

All of a sudden, I have trouble breathing. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

I almost broke into a run when I heard my name called out behind me, but it was Javi, and when I turned to him I felt a sudden rush, something warming in my chest. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

They were slow, they were thorough; none of the slapdash arrogance and sudden deviousness that marked Karhidish officialdom. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

“So I’m trying to shove her hands back into her mittens when all of a sudden Beck mumbles, ‘Hey, I’ve got this all figured out.’ Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

There was a sudden edge to his voice. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

Then she seemed to make a sudden decision. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

She had a sudden image of herself as a sorceress, waving her hand over the field and transforming the boys below into pea-sized plastic dolls. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

It came all of a sudden in a very queer way—this quietness. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

He felt a sudden wave of fatigue settling on his shoulders like an ox’s yoke. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

Miss Peregrine, already seated at the head of the table, stood up and used the sudden quiet as an opportunity to introduce me. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

He explained that the sudden shock of seeing him might upset her. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

Desdemona, filled with embarrassment at her sudden nakedness, looks down at the object of the captain’s fascination: a heavy ship’s rope disappears inside her. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

All of a sudden, I noticed that the lady next to her was doing the same thing! The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

“Now you sound,” said Florence, “mighty sad all of a sudden. What’s the matter with you?” Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

I rushed to my room and started to put on the Boba Fett costume, but all of a sudden I didn’t feel like wearing it. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

Nailer wiped his face frantically, clearing his vision, blinking in the sudden stillness. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

Her dream came back to her, sudden and vivid, and she remembered the tall man with the copper skin and long silver-gold braid, bursting into flame. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Not because she was clairvoyant and had had a sudden flash of prophetic vision. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

A sudden moment of indecision hit him, causing a burst of panic. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

I do too, she thought again, her world exploding in color at the sudden realization. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

I felt a sudden pang in my chest. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

And why did baseball players spend so much time spitting and then making sudden incomprehensible runs? Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Dicey had a sudden fear that she had forgotten where they were going, so she recited Aunt Cilla’s address to herself. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

This was a truly thrilling scene, though some persons might have thought that the sudden tumbling down of a quantity of long red hair rather marred the effect of the villain’s death. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’m pushing seventy-five pounds, and all of a sudden I’ve had enough. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

I wondered if Morrie had any of that inside him, a sudden need to say “I’m sorry” before he died? Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wasn’t sure why, exactly, but I had this sudden, strange feeling that something was wrong. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

She’s faster than lightning, and all of a sudden I get this wild idea that maybe I can catch her, so I put on the jets and start running as fast as I can. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

The sudden jerk out of sleep, the rough hand shaking your shoulder, the lights glaring in your eyes, the ring of hard faces round the bed. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

I withered in her presence, like a flower that blooms too early and is frozen by a sudden wintry blast. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

Amari watched frantically, waiting for someone to rescue them, but the sailors, too busy with the sudden storm, never even bothered to glance overboard to see the fate of the mother and child. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

All of a sudden, Mama’s face went from looking like nine miles of bad road to like somebody had left her a million dollars. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

They talk for a minute and I can hear Prentisstown? clear as day in his Noise and the sudden surge of feeling behind it. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

We were discussing away, and all of a sudden, the girls started congregating, one by one, including the two new ones who have replaced Miriam and Dulce, everybody contributing their ideas. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Third bell struck, and the room was filled with sudden noise as students stood to leave. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“So don’t make any sudden moves. Let her check you out.” Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

Mr. Gitney gave a sudden cry, and trembled briefly with all his frame; then fell still. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Then Will felt a sudden movement among the ghosts. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

I hope I’m just havin’ crazy bad dreams like Biddy and didn’t go get the second sight all of a sudden. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Another swipe sent two more spiraling down, and all of a sudden it was just Thandiwe and me. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

I remember once, the summer I was around twelve, teeing off and all, and having a hunch that if I turned around all of a sudden, I'd see Allie. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

“He was trying to find out who he was, but in the meantime, I had to figure it out, too, because all of the sudden I was a single woman in my forties.” Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

Then a sudden flicker of light from a side passage stopped him. The Whipping Boy 1986-04-01T00:00:00Z

It is always a queer shock, part a sudden upwelling of grief, part unaccountable amazement. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

All of a sudden, this lady got on at Trenton and sat down next to me. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

The sudden sputtering and choking of our truck halt my daydreaming. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Fearing what sudden thing he might do next, I watched him warily. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

“I want to walk to the cemetery, Mama,” I said with a sudden inspiration. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

But of a sudden she saw by the light of the moon a lioness. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

Gregor was startled by the sudden commotion behind him, so much so that his little limbs bent double under him. The Metamorphosis 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z

A sudden breeze rustled the leaves of a willow, as if it were calling to Beetle. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Okay, okay. I’m retreating. I’m making no sudden movements. Don’t hurt me. Glad you made it home safe, Lyd.” The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

And then his dactyl let out a shriek and crumpled, tumbling through a sudden explosion of dirt. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Because all of a sudden, I’m leaning over the gear stick, and my hands are on his shoulders, and I’m trying to keep breathing. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

Sir Charles blinked at the sudden appearance of the dæmon, but hardly flinched. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Er,” said Harry into the sudden silence; he had not expected his plan to backfire like this, “shall...shall we go up to the party, then?” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

I came to a sudden stop halfway between the gate and my parents and looked back. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

That night, drunker than usual, he broke into sudden song. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

At first the infected seemed taken unaware, stunned by the sudden burst of motion. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

I was seized with a sudden desire to laugh, to cry, to do both, and I had a pain, too, at the pit of my stomach. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

For Joe, the incident, brief as it was, provided a sudden and cold reminder of how precarious his position on the crew, and therefore his attendance at the university, really was. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

All the different rooms, if you could just slice the walls away all of a sudden. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

The warmth of him is lost, and a sudden chill settles in. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

“You say that a lot,” I noted, trying to ignore the sudden trembling in my stomach and keep my voice even. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Her sudden interest in him, an interest she did not express in either her husband or her children, was mildly intoxicating. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

The caress brought sudden tears to her eyes. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

But this fresh anger struck a deeper chord than most of his sudden bursts of frustration. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

A sudden blue flash illuminated the seating area for a second as the fly zapper on the ceiling took out a bug. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

Matt said evenly, but Jethro noticed the sudden paleness of his father’s face. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

Speaking quietly so that no one else would hear, Harry told the other two about Snape’s sudden, sinister desire to be a Quidditch referee. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

“Why do you care all of a sudden about what happened?” he asked after another moment. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

But anyway all of a sudden she gave Harry a push that nearly knocked him off the steps. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

The young soldier looked at him quizzically, until, with sudden comprehension, he laughed. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

Missing settled over the girls like a sudden coat of snow shaken loose from an awning, and they moved forward on autopilot, dazed smiles in place, and stated their names and representative states. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

He fought back with a sudden fury that amazed Sam, and Gollum also. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

Helmuth wrestles a sudden wave of nausea as he realizes what Hugo did last night. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

We were playing with other kids in the sunshine when all of a sudden we heard gunfire, and Nyanriak yelled at us, “You children, come here, come here!” Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

I picked up two more glasses, but they felt so heavy in my hands all of a sudden, and I set them down on the counter. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Yet it seemed to Frodo that he looked upon a morning of sudden hope. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Lancelot looked with sudden misery from one to the other, and clenched his fists. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

All of a sudden, though, he interrupted me while I was shooting the bull. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

The quick, sudden terror of exploding bombs is not the same as the never-ending, bone-sapping fear of discovery and capture. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

As he reached down to pick up his canteen, he felt a sudden rush of dizziness and put his hands on his knees to steady himself. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

Portions of it are constantly changing hands, and it is the chance of seizing this or that fragment by a sudden stroke of treachery that dictates the endless changes of alignment. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

He had a sudden picture of die plane, sunk in the lake, down and down in the blue with the pilot’s body still strapped in the seat, his hair waving He shook his head. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

If you can measure contempt, then all of a sudden you don’t need to know every detail of the couple’s relationship. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

In the sudden light I saw the draccus raise its head two streets away. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Then, all of a sudden, I started to cry. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

Then the street lamps came on all of a sudden and made the first stars appearing in the night sky grow dim. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

His eyes got big all of a sudden, and Genie could tell he’d burned the back of his throat. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

And then all of a sudden there are my parents, Natalie, Theresa and Warden Williams. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Moody raised his wand, and Harry felt a sudden thrill of foreboding. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

In the old days, an Osage clan, which included a group known as the Travelers in the Mist, would take the lead whenever the tribe was undergoing sudden changes or venturing into unfamiliar realms. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

The other boys fell silent, taken aback by his sudden fury. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Daenerys looked at them all in wonder . . . and realized, with a sudden start of fear, that she was the only woman there. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Maybe it was the sudden hot, sunny day after all those rainy weeks. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Judging by their worried looks, and by the continued pounding of his scar, his sudden excursion into Voldemort’s mind had not passed unnoticed. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

The Ares campers developed a sudden interest in their combat boots. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

“The dog will look down, and all of a sudden he’ll realize there’s nothing under him. He thinks he’s standing on thin air. He’ll jump a mile.” Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He was playing with that bottle full of dogfennel and all of a sudden he started up bellering. You heard him.” The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

To my astonishment, Miss Kenton responded to this in a sudden burst: 'Mr Stevens, I have had a very busy week. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

Her eyes flicked to James, and she felt shy all of a sudden, but he was smiling. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

The end came on Christmas Eve 1869; at the age of fifty-five, Stanton died from a sudden and very severe asthma attack. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

His words sent chills up my spine and I had the sudden urge to flee, to take my sisters and make a mad dash for it. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

I was standing there dully, wondering where I’d put the box, when all of a sudden I became aware that Francis was immediately behind me, and I turned around. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Pippin made no answer, but clutched his cloak, as if a sudden chill had struck him. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

And if there was a sudden and increased leakage among the groceries in New Monterey that was none of Lee Chong’s affair. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was thinking about this when all of a sudden—SPLAT!!—we hit the water like a ton of bricks. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

But even then I would feel a sudden, terrifying urge to rush forward and take hold of the man in the chair, while the current was on. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

All of a sudden the things that the old-line law firms didn’t want to do—hostile takeovers and litigation—were the things that every law firm wanted to do. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

All of a sudden there was so much I didn’t know about my beloved teacher. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

He stormed out of the kitchen, leaving behind sudden sighs of relief. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

All of a sudden the void was allowed, because an omnipotent deity doesn’t need to follow Aristotle’s rules if he doesn’t want to. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

"Yes you were. You were a lord's daughter and you lived in a castle, didn't you? And you . . . gods be good, I never . . ." All of a sudden Gendry seemed uncertain, almost afraid. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

And then Osha exploded up but of the pool with a great splash, so sudden that even Summer leapt back, snarling. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Meanwhile, her new husband fluttered among the diners attributing his mother-in-law’s absence to a sudden attack of asthma and his bride’s tears to the emotions of the occasion. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

He looked worse than ever, like he’d been hit with a sudden flu. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

With a sudden jerk, Magdalys pulled them around in a full fierce circle, preparing to charge, and scanned the darkness. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

A sudden rush floods over me as I hear him remove the foil from the plate. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Their sudden raids on homes would make families disappear. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

They said the attack had been too sudden, too chaotic; that everyone had fled in different directions in total confusion. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

It splashed down in a sudden, black lake. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Finnegan’s wasn’t too bad on its own, but as soon as Miles waltzed in, I had the sudden urge to both hide and put soap in his food. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

The room hovered around me with great gentleness, as if the chairs and the tables and the walls were withholding their weight out of sympathy for my sudden frailty. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

He had a sudden impulse to show his father the picture of Amelia on his phone. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

How the witches could keep their balance in the sudden turns and halts and forward darts, let alone aim and shoot, was beyond Will’s understanding. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Cole didn’t know what to say at those times.Why now, all of a sudden, should he believe she cared? Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

In a sudden fit of anger, I lift the glass and hurl it against the wall. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

Each of us hated and feared the whites, yet had a white man put in a sudden appearance we would have assumed silent, obedient smiles. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was one of those moments that come from outta nowhere, when you all of a sudden feel something reach inside your chest, grab your heart, and squeeze ’til you can hardly breathe. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

All of a sudden he found himself running and already some distance from the house, and not toward home. Absalom, Absalom! 1936-01-01T00:00:00Z

I have a sudden urge to run again, out of that shop, down the sidewalk. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

This was the most I’d heard her talk in months, as if all of a sudden she remembered how. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

It was as magical and sudden as Mr. Chris and the cream. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

A weight dropped, crashed downward, then pounded aside at the last moment under the synchronized thump of a sudden force beam. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

Then all of a sudden Char starts laughing. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

Sighing, Kit glanced over the docilely bent heads of her charges toward the open doorway, and as she did so a sudden motion caught her attention. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

All of a sudden, I just want out of this camp. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

I was overcome with such sudden guilt that I bolted to the bathroom and vomited in the sink. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

The snake looked angry that a short boy should have come to disturb him, and with a sudden sliding it shot out and darted towards the boy’s feet. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

I said softly, hearing the sudden quiver in her voice. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I fly with haste to do thy bidding,” said Mr. Peckleman, sounding all of a sudden like he was in a play by Shakespeare. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

A sudden explosion burst from the American line. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

It was a veil, a background, and its sudden disappearance, as after a clap of thunder, was a shocking thing. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

There came a sudden pause, and Jemmy's heart began to thump. The Whipping Boy 1986-04-01T00:00:00Z

The parasail whipped sideways in the wind and Dauntless heeled with the sudden shifting drag. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

He passed her over to Alice and then went to the window again, because the thought of his mother had brought sudden, helpless tears to his eyes. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

He felt a sudden need to move his bowels, but knew he dare not beg off now. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Its colossal curtain walls rose beside the lake, sheer and sudden as mountain cliffs, while atop their battlements the rows of wood-and-iron scorpions looked as small as the bugs for which they were named. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

‘It was. You have wisely kept that ring secret all these years, and it seemed to me necessary to give your guests something else that would seem to explain your sudden vanishment.’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Then her bed hangings were yanked back, and she threw up a hand against the sudden light and saw them standing over her. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

All of a sudden a group of neatly dressed men and women began corraling the bawling children, using the canes I had seen in the principal’s office. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

And I wasn’t prepared for the conversation’s sudden and inexplicable course correction. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

I had this sudden memory of when I was nine years old. Lawn Boy 2007-06-12T00:00:00Z

My brain doesn’t want to think anymore; all of a sudden it wants to do. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

Then, all of a sudden, you'd never guess what I saw on the wall. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

There was a sudden lack of focus and a scary awareness of his knees. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

They looked stunned at their sudden change in status. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

And then she pulled to a sudden stop. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

She leaned over, really sudden, and kissed me on the cheek. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The plummet, he recalled, sick with sudden memory. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

I demanded, confused by his sudden mood swing as much as his words. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

As the train approaches, its horn is high-pitched, but as it passes you, all of a sudden its pitch drops dramatically. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

Then on a sudden impulse I struck him lightly and as we clinched, I whispered, "Fake like I knocked you out, you can have the prize." Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

But just as Minli shook her head with confusion, there was a sudden sound outside the cave. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

I felt funny and in sudden need of a nap. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

And at her sudden move he stepped back as though she had struck at him. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

I have the sudden urge to stretch my spine, as if every part of my body feels cramped and constricted. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Observers in the audience have heard the pop and are amazed by the famous actor making a sudden surprise appearance on the stage—perhaps adding some comical whimsy to this very special evening. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

It is all so quick, she thought, all so sudden, now that we are come to it. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

In the courtyard, the bonfire sputters and sparks in a sudden cloud of black smoke, causing those patrons closest to it to jump back, coughing. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

His long golden beak sank out of sight and a sudden shower of dark blood spattered the floor. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

And then all of a sudden millions of stars blink above us, and Russ whispers, “I think the show has begun.” Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

"I am not going to Winterfell," she heard herself say, surprised at the sudden rush of tears that blurred her vi-sion. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

All of a sudden the ellipse becomes a parabola, and all of the lines that converged to a point become parallel lines. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

All of a sudden the sky split in two as lightning sliced the night. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z

The excitement of looting has run out of us, knocked aside by the airstrike and a sudden hunger to get home. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

And she said she wasn't, which really confused me, and my confused became confused-er when she all of a sudden was like, Let's go get a tattoo. Sunny 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

And the chill of that sudden, hurt silence. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s not smart to make a sudden move. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

Anyway, we were sitting there, and all of a sudden she said to me, "Excuse me, but isn't that a Pencey Prep sticker?" The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

He looks down at them, flat on their backs and blinking up in the sudden, harsh light of the hallway. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

But all of a sudden Grandpa’s chest started jerking in the strangest way, and his eyes squeezed shut. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

All of a sudden, while I was laying there smoking, somebody knocked on the door. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

“What are you doing? Don’t...” she said all of a sudden, alarmed. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

When the heavy wooden door creaked open, the sudden light was painful to his eyes. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

My sudden movement caused the headphones to pull the CD player off the bedside table, and it clattered to the wooden floor. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Then, in a sudden burst of light and sound, the Griever came back to life, whirring and clicking. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

We were so shocked by this sudden uproar that none of us was able to run. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

Undoubtedly there had been some explanation given for her sudden appearance at the Hatchery, but probably they had been told no details. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

She stood up in sudden fear, but they didn’t move. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

All was changing utterly with a sudden sweep. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

They darted for the doorway that Rawiya now held open and Moss burst out into the sunlight, his eyes overwhelmed by the sudden brightness. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

In the sudden quiet I showed him the electronic way I sent in the reports. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then Carmen walked up, and I felt nervous all of a sudden. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Eventually my sight returned, leaving me blinking against the sudden brightness of the blue sky. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I'm in as far as my knees when the sea knocks me off balance with a sudden jerk, sneaking up on me like a bully in the schoolyard. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

When Cole spotted the colorful blanket beside him, he felt a sudden warmth. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

I hit the ground so hard and sudden that my mouth came open and I swallowed a bunch of dirt and old dead leafs. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

All of a sudden I looked at the clock in the checkroom and it was twenty-five of one. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

In the darkness, the robot’s motions went unseen, but there was a sudden thumping sound as he shifted his weight, and seconds later the rock flew blackly into the sunlight. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

He was afraid to close his eyes, afraid that he might roll over in his sleep and wake in sudden terror as he went sliding off the edge. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Miig must have seen the looks on our faces, the sudden excitement, because he said, “Not every Indian is an Indian.” The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

Then, all of a sudden, Chas threw my soggy sweatpants and boxers onto the dashboard in front of me, which kind of made Joey swerve the car because it startled him. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

The sudden illness or death of farmers, spraymen, pilots, and others exposed to appreciable quantities of pesticides are tragic and should not occur. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

Then, like all dreamers, I was possessed of a sudden with supernatural powers and passed like a spirit through the barrier before me. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

The sudden appearance of a tiger is arrest­ing in any environment, but it was all the more so here. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

The sun from outside is behind him like he’s walking out of a ball of light, and all of a sudden, I feel like I’m going to cry. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

She didn’t have to turn around to know the phantoms were there; a sudden flurry of movement erupted in the room all around her. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

There was a sudden banging on the front door. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

‘Oh, don’t worry about the tray. But what on earth was it that made you drop it? Why did you go white as a ghost all of a sudden?’ The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Just then he felt a sudden banging and jerking on the line he held with his two hands. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

His own species book had suffered a serious blow, if not a sudden death. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

We spent one summer with Cecile and all of a sudden Fern was too big for Miss Patty Cake, too big for the night-light, and too big for me to pick her up. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

And though she can’t now, a sudden awful fear that I couldn’t have impressed her comes over me. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

And in a sudden access of bitterness, “He deserved it.” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

The sudden silence, and the separation from the din outside, is a relief. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

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

The sudden appearance of a man’s face and arms, hanging upside down right in front of him. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

Ophie’s father shook his head; if he noticed the sudden cold, he didn’t show it. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

She was getting an English accent, all of a sudden. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

When the rain began to fall, they didn’t notice, but they did notice the sudden shift in sound when it stopped. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

It was infectious and I loved it, and I had to fight a sudden urge to kiss her, right there in front of everyone. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

That’s when I saw why both Mama and Doc had frozen all of a sudden. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

His head pounded with pain from the sudden descent, and his heart raced. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

She became aware of the nervy, fidgeting music behind her the moment it ceased, and in the sudden new measure of silence, which seemed to confer freedom, she decided she must eat breakfast. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

There was a sudden bright explosion and a corkscrew trail across the sky; then darkness again and stars. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

The sun had broken through the clouds, and all of a sudden the water was glistening and shining as if someone had poured paint into it. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

“Why after two years of knowing me a certain girl is all of a sudden crushing on me.” Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

But the boy didn’t move and she felt a sudden coldness strike through her as if an ice dagger had been plunged into her belly. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

They jumped, unaccustomed to sudden bursts of light. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Funt ended all of a sudden and I was in the country. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

All the streetlights came on at once, and she smiled with sudden delight. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

As I listened to the president’s powerful speech on Civil Rights, I felt a sense of great relief and sudden hope. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

It was a place where people could live in some comfort and security, without having to fear the sudden appearance of a Titan or a Giant. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ernest Lawrence, a Nobel laureate and the intimate friend of statesmen and millionaires, suffered a sudden bout of stage fright at his first meeting with a US president. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

I didn't even like her much, and yet all of a sudden I felt like I was in love with her and wanted to marry her. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

“Keep your hands visible. Don’t make any sudden moves. Only speak when they speak to you.” The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

The sudden feeling of responsibility for his friends almost overwhelmed him—made it hard to run. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

He rode west along the south rim of the plateau, watching for sudden movements that were speckled white. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

His climax came on him sudden as a storm, and he filled the girl's mouth with his seed. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

A sudden powerful how-dare-I-talk-to-him-about-my-artwork feeling is overtaking me, but it’s been so long since we’ve connected about anything, so I go on. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

“People told you you were hot and then all of a sudden they treated you different?” It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

Her thoughts were interrupted by the trolley jerking to sudden stop and a scream from outside. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

Harry, who had been sitting in a kind of horrified trance, had a sudden idea. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

As they paused in front of the fountains there was a sudden roar and a propeller-driven cargo plane dipped down over the roof of the house and landed on the runway. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

“Yesterday, Mama,” I said, jumping up and down like a lunatic, clutching my stomach, which all of a sudden ached. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Players stood or sat in odd comers, talking to themselves, making curious faces and sudden gestures, for all the world like residents of a madhouse. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

Jemmy gave the prince a sudden jab of his elbow to keep his mouth shut. The Whipping Boy 1986-04-01T00:00:00Z

Then, all of a sudden Jesus was walking with them, only they didn’t know it was him. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

Night fell faster than he expected, sudden and consuming. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

A sudden, crackling snap snap snap from the road had her on her feet with knives drawn in seconds. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Then in the afternoon of the eighth of October there was a sudden cry of pain from the room where they slept. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Ocean was trying to be nice, sure, but I knew that his sudden sympathetic heart was born only of awkward guilt, and that this was a road that would lead to nowhere. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

Yet, after this act of sudden violence, the boys were well treated. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

I miss Mom all of a sudden, like the feeling has been there all along and I can’t ignore it anymore. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

I start feeling a whole mix of things—sad, angry, disappointed—when all of a sudden I spot him at the back of the auditorium, leaning against the railing behind the last row of seats. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

It had been a sudden and devastating death, and everyone said it was grief that had sapped the old man’s ability to make sense anymore. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

All of a sudden our crew lost its main revenue stream. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

The room itself was formerly a conference room; JPL had no space ready for the sudden need. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

There ensued a sudden silence as these words echoed in the church. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Shad says that some folks took that news real hard; it kind of let the wind out of their sails all of a sudden.” Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Courage of the heart is very rare,” she said with sudden calm. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

All of a sudden she started sobbing and she rushed up and hugged me mad tight. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

And I had that milk feeling in my stomach still when all of a sudden Coach told me to do the whoosh part again. Sunny 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

I was still feeling sort of dizzy or something, and I had a helluva headache all of a sudden. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

All of a sudden she became once again a rather pretty young lady. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

“Because the systematic slaughter of millions of people isn’t funny'.” His sudden anger quieted the entire room. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

All of a sudden, that wasn’t good enough. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

He also became prone to sudden fits of hilarious laughter over nothing, which, while disconcerting, nevertheless made him entertaining company. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

I wish I knew what caused his sudden reaction and how to treat it. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

So I flipped out—I mean, how else would you explain the fact that all of a sudden I started picking up those baskets and dumping everything back overboard? Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

Faster and faster it went, and then all of a sudden its heart stopped. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

I felt a sudden tightness in my shoulders. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

Her dad had recently moved out of their house, and Rebecca was reeling from her parents' sudden divorce. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

Magdalys turned and shot him a smile just in time to almost get thrown again as Missy cut a sudden right and nearly barrel-rolled underwater. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

His voice was solemn as if the memory of that sudden extinction of a clan still haunted him. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

She startles, as if this is a quiet room and I am a sudden noise. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

The pain was sharp and sudden, and his limbs went sluggish. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Nailer’s mind screamed at him to run, but at the sudden sight of his father he was filled with terror and couldn’t move. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

From beneath her, amplified by the stone arch, came the hiss of the breeze disturbing the sedge, and a sudden beating of wings against water which subsided abruptly. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

My cheeks prickled as a sudden wave of heat washed over me. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Her nerves were still as frayed as old rope; every sudden skitter and crunch of leaf underfoot rattled her insides. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

The guard jumped back a step, startled by Zeitoun’s sudden appearance. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

I wondered what would happen if all of a sudden Phoebe’s heart beat itself out like the rabbit’s, and she fell down and died right there at school. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

With a sudden loud snore he toppled forward into the attentive arms of Rhonda and Number Two, who eased him to the floor. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

And I felt a sudden, sick feeling settle in my gut. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

The rose petals swirl madly with the sudden shift in the air. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Mr. Lawson must sense my thoughts hovering in the air between us, because he says, “You’re rather quiet, all of a sudden.” The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

The last thing he needed was for a sudden burst of gas to alert the LEP to his presence. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

With a sudden sprint he sped into the green shadows of sunrise and one by one his family fell in behind, according to their status in the pack. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was a sudden clatter in front of the house and an old station wagon rumbled to a stop. Lawn Boy 2007-06-12T00:00:00Z

All of a sudden I’m remembering how those other boys messed with me on that day after Juju’s party, and all of a sudden it’s like my body’s taking orders from somebody else. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

I felt the sudden warmth of her hand through my shirt. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

"Social . . ." "What?" they yelled. ". . . equality —" The laughter hung smokelike in the sudden stillness. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Their limbs stuck out at awkward angles through the wooden bars of the cage, and at the sudden sunlight they cried loudly, scrambling over each other to try to get out. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

Brian was a member of Leon’s algebra class and he didn’t want to take any chances with extra homework or sudden unexplained F’s on exams. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had no clue there was something between them, and then all of a sudden I’m the third wheel on what I thought was lunch with my best friend. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

All of a sudden, no one seemed to remember their dead coworkers. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

All of a sudden everyone was looking off at the paintings on the walls or adjusting their collars—except for Emma, whose face was turning a certain shade of green. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

But Zeitoun had a sudden hope, given that the crew was Spanish, that the footage might be broadcast to his brother in Málaga. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

He felt a sudden, intense sympathy for King Solomon, and each morning, short on sleep and uncomfortable in mind, he barked unfairly at his clerks and his secretary without even realizing why. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

And then, all of a sudden, I noticed that his right hand was bruised. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

All of a sudden, they burst into loud laughter! First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

All of a sudden a familiar voice drawled up from behind me. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

When people experience a sudden, happy change of fortune, it often comes as a great shock to the system. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

All at once, as if by sudden vision, I understood the emptiness in the eyes of those humpbacked shapes back in the cave. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

With a sudden wave of his hand, Hamlet ended the rehearsal. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

My face grows hot at the sudden tension between us. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

All of a sudden, the doctor recalled two things; he remembered that the priest was a member of the hospital board and he remembered that he liked being head doctor at that particular hospital. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Voices and laughter, cigarette smoke and strange sweet smells I don’t recognize wash through sudden bursts of music and electric light. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

Then, on the drive home, as Gramps and I were approaching the California-Oregon border, I just had this sudden flash—a vision of me lugging a cello through New York City. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nhamo had a sudden vision of the male baboon discovering her presence and deciding to remove the intruder. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I felt kind of embarrassed all of a sudden. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

“It’s ‘wattlebird,’” said,Hermione impatiently, “but that’s not the point —” Her words were cut short, however, as the portrait of the fat lady swung open and there was a sudden storm of clapping. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

And just as she was about to plunge over the side, she came to a hard, sudden stop. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

“Not the same family,” I bit back, possessive all of a sudden. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

There was a sudden surge in insect activity both inside the house and out. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

Dear God, All of a sudden Shug buddy-buddy again with Mr. They sit on the steps, go down Harpo’s. The Color Purple 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It came on all of a sudden,” I explained. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

The roses flamed up as though with a sudden passion from within; a new and profound significance seemed to suffuse the shining pages of the books. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

Not sure why I was all sorry sorry sorry, all of a sudden. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Emma spoke her pity so very kindly, that with a sudden accession of gay thought, he cried, Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z

All of a sudden, the crutch was gone.” A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

And then, all of a sudden, I feel sad as Keisha goes on about how famous Albert will be. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

The discovery of the silent, open run gave him the hope that he might be able to seize the warren by a sudden dash to the very center. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t all of a sudden, it happened gradually. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

All of a sudden I realized just how high we were climbing. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

‘And our scouts say that they have cast trenches and stakes across the road. We cannot sweep them away in sudden onset.’ The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

“All of a sudden I wasn’t alone anymore. I wasn’t afraid to go back out to the ruins, to look for David again.” Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

I may be wrong but I believe your nose is bleeding, dear, she said, all of a sudden. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

Then all of a sudden old Spencer looked like he had something very good, something sharp as a tack, to say to me. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

David says, the words bursting from him, too loud and too sudden. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Then he said, on a sudden thought, “Would you like to hear the remaining evidence? There is a seat there, just inside the door. If you slip in now nobody will notice you.” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

All of a sudden, the department’s counsel asked us to return for yet another mediation. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

As she dressed a sudden notion came to her. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Right at the bottom of the stairs, right before she started to climb, Raymie was struck with a sudden, piercing moment of disbelief. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

He wonders if he should take a nap, but he is far too excited about the sudden appearance of the circus to possibly sleep. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Harry saw Hermione’s comprehension in the sudden widening of her eyes. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

"I suppose it's unavoidable," I said with sudden discomfort. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Unferth slapped his side as a sudden illumination came into the dark chamber of his thought. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z

Fremantle had a sudden numbing thought: by evening this man could be dead. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Described by survivors all over the city, the sudden darkness was caused by the enormous amount of dust and debris thrown into the air by the force of the blast. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sudden darkness gave Liam the opportunity to knock both her and Chubs to the ground. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

The overalls were filthy and as Jake recognized them they aroused in him a whirl of sudden memories from the past week. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

A wind rose up, raking its sound along the tree branches, hitting our faces like an oven blast, like the sudden breezes of hell. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

But there was no sudden dying of life in O-lan’s body. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

They jogged toward the shadow at the slow monotonous pace of their mounts, and it was not until they had entered it and felt the sudden coolness settle softly about them that Donovan looked back. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

Jo’s sudden change of tone made the girls laugh, but all looked rather anxious, and no one said a word as Snodgrass took his seat. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

Trembling, her eyes full of sudden tears, Dany turned / away from them. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

A sudden gust almost blew it off its hinges. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Maybe he’s just confused by the sudden change and he’ll get over it. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

All of a sudden their complaining fused and shot up to top volume. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

She had seen enough times in the faces of those in their final moments, a sudden look of surprise—and a wild, mad joy. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

And all of a sudden that bugs me. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

Once he was alone, all of the feeling came back to Luke in one sudden rush. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

He spoke no word, but attacked, and the boat plunged and pitched from his sudden turn and lunge. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

There was a sudden, excited murmur as every head turned and the next moment, Harry was surrounded by people exclaiming over his Firebolt. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

Cole felt a sudden rush of anger and jerked away. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z