In Guth’s original proposal the phase transition was supposed to occur suddenly, rather like the appearance of ice crystals in very cold water. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

I continued inching forward, hiding behind the woodpiles, until suddenly I saw him. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

But then suddenly M. D. Naidoo, a member of the South African Indian Congress, burst forth and said to his Indian colleagues, “Ah, you are afraid of going to jail, that is all!” Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

By this time, Grandma must have heard my voice because she was suddenly right there, apologizing for me. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“Speaking of schedules and countdowns”—Mr. Ages spoke suddenly—“we’ve got one for this evening. It’s getting late.” Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

The glacial water seeps into my boots, and suddenly I feel like I am back in my pod on the first day on the ship, stasis gel flowing over me. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Tears brimming in her blue eyes suddenly spilled over. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

“Widge can see the past,” Poppet says suddenly, diverting the conversation. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

But no man anywhere, no man at all, as if the whole army had suddenly sunk into the earth. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Zooey perceptibly smiled, went on for a few seconds with his combing, then suddenly turned. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

“Hazel,” said Speedwell suddenly, “there’s a rabbit coming down from the warren. Look!” Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

I looked at the cross and then bowed my head, suddenly afraid that God might punish me for poking around in His business. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

My face suddenly felt as hot as the oven. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

He wrapped his fingers around the joysticks and suddenly realized just how long it had been since he had ridden the hotshots. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

She thought suddenly of the only person who had ever made her feel this panic hatred. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

I suddenly remembered my childhood fantasy that, should I ever win a lottery, I would buy a grand piano for my mother. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Mr. Wonka himself had suddenly become even more excited than usual, and anyone could see that this was the room he loved best of all. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z

She changed the subject, her voice suddenly businesslike. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

“And suddenly, the child took me by both hands and transported me to the Egyptian pyramids.” The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Gary Edwards, a high school senior, suddenly found himself as hounded by the media as Ollie North. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

The second hand, the thinnest of the three, suddenly snapped and fell out of the clockface completely, bouncing once on the rug and disappearing into the ashes of the hearth. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

He sat down suddenly and leaned against one of the columns. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

I smiled, though suddenly the inse­cure writer in me wasn’t so sure he wanted to hear it. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

“How quiet it has suddenly become. Right, are all your secrets of the ‘Yes, I should tell' or 'No, I shouldn't tell' varieties? Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

She stopped suddenly and sat me down in a patch of heather along the lane. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

As his eyes met mine I was suddenly moved to bespeak him, to try to reach him with the mindspeech I had never used since I landed on Winter, and should not use, yet. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

The word “running” hit her suddenly and she breathed hard as though running herself. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

But the teacher wasn’t laughing meanly, and suddenly it seemed like nobody was trying to be mean, just having a giggle. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

The boy had made a sort of wriggle, and had suddenly flashed his eyes at the speaker. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

As they approached, they suddenly saw Hawkbit sitting among the thorn trunks, cleaning his face with his paws. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

We followed a narrow, unpaved street downhill to the Thames, and I was suddenly presented with a whole different aspect of the city. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t know why I suddenly became so free with my place, but there was something about her that demanded complete unselfishness. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

It appeared suddenly, savaged its victims’ bodies, and—because there was absolutely no cure—killed at an alarming pace. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

He started to say something, and then suddenly, he stopped. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

I climb in and suddenly feel very tired. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The gears in my head, creaky from grief, suddenly began to turn again. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

He looked both angry and disgusted and he shook his head and I could tell he was about to say something when someone, very suddenly, threw a half-eaten cinnamon roll at my face. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

Being a people of close family ties and weekly fiestas they suddenly understood the situation. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Yes,” she said, when I paused, “it all happened very suddenly, as you say. But of course we were all delighted, my dear, and I do hope you will be happy.” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

It seemed such a near miss that suddenly it was important to me to find out more about the old man. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

I know I thought Ethan was a total weirdo when I met him, but suddenly I’m real glad he’s my friend. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

He suddenly found a door, which opened, let him reel out into the prison night. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Excuse me,” she said loudly, as though shouting at me would suddenly make me more fluent in English. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

The basket of green leaves suddenly seemed to be giving off a beautiful, sweet perfume. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

“That might be sooner than you think,” remarked Tock, looking back at the suddenly trembling bug; and the trail turned again and continued to climb. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

I fought to speak, to get out the words to the question that was suddenly weighing heavily on my mind. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

I’ve never asked her to suddenly appear and scare half of my life away. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

When he touched it to the edge a bright red seam crawled up the side, then licked suddenly over the whole thing; the words were illumined for a moment before they curled and darkened. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

And suddenly, I realize what the military will think my biggest weakness is. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

All the things Tessie had accepted as part of the awkward age suddenly seemed ominous to her. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

He tracks me down at the university, rumpled and unshaven and suddenly too old, and pleads with me as I walk between classes. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Because, suddenly, Martin is kneeling in the booth, head flung back, clutching his chest, and singing. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

The old lady next to him gets up and moves to another seat when he suddenly starts screaming “Thriller” by Michael Jackson. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

The answers only seem obvious when you get to the end of the book, when you turn the last page and the puzzle suddenly looks complete. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

Something must have broken through the skin, Moss realized, and as he watched Kaisha agonize over her partner, his rage rushed over him, suddenly and completely. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Did the wind come suddenly, I wondered, in a funnel from the beacon on the hill, and did the little boat heel to it, shivering, the white sail flat against a breaking sea. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

"Here you go, sailor," he said, suddenly full of good captainly cheer, then poured me a tumbler of rum and locked the bottle away. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

But now suddenly his errand returned to his memory, and he ran forward. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

I suddenly saw myself from the outside, as if I were watching from a corner of the classroom. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

He broke out suddenly while clasping me in his arms— Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

Funny, how his mind was clear suddenly, apart from his body, floating above his body, floating above the pain. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

And then he moaned and sat up suddenly, his eyes wide and his nostrils flaring. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then suddenly Mama had me by the hand and was dragging me out from under, yelling in a scared voice: “Run, Travis, run!” Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

He cheered up suddenly and amazingly, “Say, that wouldn’t be bad at all. There’s nothing to that.” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

I found myself looking out at the lake, and suddenly the idea of leaving seemed very hard. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

I suddenly realized I had no idea where we were going. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

And the happy guffaws stopped suddenly, like a smothered flame. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

Yossarian remembered suddenly why they were all crying, and he began crying too. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

He moved to the edge of some trees, where suddenly a couple of mismatched, beaten chairs appeared, courtesy of some nearby women. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

Set’s altar, which had always been rather bare in comparison to Isis’s jeweled and flowered throne, was suddenly rich with ornaments. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

He suddenly leaned forward, putting his arms on the table, as though to get this thing ironed out, by God, but Franny spoke up before he did. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

Varney asked suddenly, looking up at the man who stood before him. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

I would kill, he thought suddenly, for a book of matches. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

People who normally can't stand the idea of violence are suddenly willing to make an exception. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

You see them and suddenly they don’t have a face that pokes out. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Irina didn’t even have time to shout a warning to her pilot before suddenly the Po-2 turned and began to lose speed. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

Being held hostage—suddenly finding yourself prisoner on a volatile inmate- run Death Row—could damage a person in fundamental ways. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Three boys surround me suddenly in the park, locking me between their bodies. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even as these thoughts pierced him with dread and held him bound as with a spell, the Rider halted suddenly, right before the entrance of the bridge, and behind him all the host stood still. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

They were almost to the door when a hand suddenly slammed against his shoulder, gripping his shirt. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

All we knew was that suddenly Goliath was on the floor writhing and screaming, and his right foot looked all wrong, and the Sun Valley coaches and trainer and players were sprinting across the floor. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

It was a feeling of being lost and alone and then suddenly neither. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

But then, my words must register because suddenly she is wide awake and sitting up. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

But then it suddenly jerks and wakes me again. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

Then Wang Lung cried out suddenly, “If I had the gold and the silver and the jewels, I would buy land with it, good land, and I would bring forth harvests from the land!” The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

“Mr. Harry,” he said suddenly, “do you think you could stay for supper?” Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

I gave another laugh at the ridiculous turn the conver-sation had suddenly taken. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

Twenty minutes passed by and no move was made; then suddenly the young dog rose, stretched himself, and stood looking intently down the drive. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Something occurs to me suddenly, something that makes my blood run cold. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Watching this, I suddenly had to admire this Wayne fellow. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I suddenly realized how cold it was in the van. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

The talk was just beginning to slow down as they got sleepy, when suddenly Polly sat up wide awake and said “Hush!” The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

Orr’s stunted torso shook suddenly with a muffled spasm of amusement. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

We drove back past the field of portables, but Mom suddenly hit the brakes. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

We sat in silence at the thought of that, feeling suddenly peaceful and happy. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh,” I say, and suddenly the hole in my sneakers is real interesting to look at. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

Passages that had been filled in years ago suddenly un-filled, changing direction to lead Hazel where she wanted to go. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

Feels a warm calm fill him, and suddenly knows. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh! Speed’s?” he said, suddenly all smiles and a hand on my shoulder. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

But these fine clothes he was ashamed to wear suddenly before O-lan and his children. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

But he did seem to realize he was being watched, because he looked up suddenly at the cat, which was still staring at him from the other end of the street. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

That it came on people suddenly and caught them unawares. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

He suddenly began coughing, and rapidly grew worse and worse until I rose from my seat and went to him, alarmed, but he waved me away, gasping that he would be all right. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Day’s eyes look so terrified—so vulnerable—that suddenly it takes all my strength to he to him. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

When the wailing chant was going strong, April suddenly cried, “Stop! The mighty Thoth has heard us. The oracle has spoken!” The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

She heard a noise outside the door, then suddenly a mob of men and women came storming into the school building. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

Hieroglyphic writing appeared rather suddenly, in nearly full-blown form, around 3000 B.C. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Then suddenly the answering cries of orc-voices came from the right, outside the circle of watch-fires, from the direction of the forest and the mountains. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

He had been dancing about the stage, waving his spear, modulating his voice, and now suddenly he became still, and lowered his voice. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“No,” he said, but he seemed suddenly uncertain. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

I thought how they’d shriek if I suddenly showed my face, and it made me smile, but I held myself back. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was six o’clock—the church clock was just beginning to strike—when Fenoglio suddenly put down his pen and looked over what he had written with a satisfied expression. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

And suddenly I got very confused and lonely because I was at that moment telling her my list, and in the telling, it grew. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh my land,” she said quietly, “I had too many, but never the right ones for you. Oh, oh,” and suddenly, quickly, she lay back against the chair. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

With a roar, the trickle of fleeing theatergoers suddenly became a stampede. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Bill sighed suddenly, as if he were very tired, and leaned forward as he sat on the side of the bed, letting his head fall close to his chest. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

He murmured, “Dat be good,” but suddenly he began to shiver, even though the morning air was already warm. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dustfinger stopped as suddenly as if a snake had bitten him. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

He stumbled forward, clawing at the air as if he’d suddenly gone blind. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

No one among them suddenly raised himself to the height of a man almost as tall as a cabin porch post. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had been elected president of my class, and I found myself suddenly involved in student politics. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

Nothing altered in his voice or manner, or in the content of what he was saying, but suddenly the names were different. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

I suddenly felt like she knew exactly what I’d been daydreaming about just then. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

A dozen dracaenae suddenly broke away from the main fight and slithered down the path that led toward camp, like they knew where they were going. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

The adventure of the summer seemed suddenly ludicrous. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Who’s there? a voice boomed suddenly from the dark. Hot Pie leapt to his feet. “I yield!” A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Then wakening suddenly with a start I do not know where I am. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Too bad we’re going to be stuck on Step Two forever. It’s not like they’ll suddenly decide to make the VanQuish files unclassified just for us.” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

Right in front of him, Don Hume suddenly went white in the face and all but closed his eyes. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

He suddenly remembered Dumbledore’s idea of a few words, “nitwit,” “oddment,” “blubber,” and “tweak,” and again had to suppress a grin... Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

With that paragraph, suddenly the Lacks brothers became very interested in the story of HeLa. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

As he made to leap the low wall of stones straight at the shadow, the staff burned suddenly white, a blinding light in that dim place. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

I looked at Morrie and I suddenly knew why he so enjoyed my leaning over and adjusting his microphone, or fussing with the pillows, or wiping his eyes. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

He probably knew this already, but I suddenly had the urge to keep talking. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

She put down a plate of hash and a thick slice of sourdough bread, and even though I couldn’t imagine being hungry, my mouth watered and my stomach rumbled and I was suddenly ravenous. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

But now as I carry my suitcase onto this ship of the prairie, I am suddenly in the Bresnicks’ living room. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

We were sitting in the attic yesterday afternoon working on our French when suddenly I heard the splatter of water behind me. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

Just as quickly, she suddenly felt filled with doubt. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

But Jacob let go of my hand and yelped, suddenly shaking, falling to the dim forest floor. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

I did not know; I could not answer; I could not think; my mind had suddenly gone blank. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

About fifteen of them were walking down 121st Street when I suddenly found myself walking just yards from them. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

On the night of 15 January he suddenly grasped that he was seeing moons orbiting Jupiter. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

His knees went weak, and he had to sit down on the stairs, all his anger suddenly turned to fear. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

“I was in bed thinking and it suddenly came to me,” she said. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then suddenly, crash! something was upset; he heard people moving about quickly, and there was another crash and then a noise like hitting a mule, only not so bony; then Linda screamed. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

And suddenly Flassan’s voice whispered in my head: For you, a thousand times over. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

And suddenly I am hurled against the walls, again and again, and forced through the opening where the light threatens to burst my eyes. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

Even on this trip, she suddenly fell asleep in the woods. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Every instinct in Ekon’s body told him to run, but suddenly that felt impossible. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

But her face was suddenly as usual and she was collecting the chopsticks as though she had not spoken. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

But suddenly we’re asked to stipulate, according to a list of terms, why we think that, and the terms are meaningless to us. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

‘Because we is meant to be in the middle of London and suddenly we is in green pastures.’ The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

My tiny dark prison shook, and I was suddenly dragged out into the light. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

Then suddenly Antonapoulos made a slow circle in the air with his plump forefinger. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

My brown skin, which she says she loves, suddenly became too brown for her to handle, I guess. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

At one place the hill went suddenly down, rocky and steep. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

"I'm sorry, really sorry that I started all of this," he said, suddenly calm. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Like my body is suddenly bigger than I believed it to be. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

I could pretend I had suddenly become mute so I wouldn’t be able to talk to her. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

It suddenly occurred to her that she hadn’t heard the motorcycle go chugging by the house for several hours, and she immediately grew suspicious. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

He stood a moment, took an irresolute step backward, then swerved suddenly and ran down a lane between two of the flower fields near the river. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

He looked up at me, and suddenly he seemed familiar again. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

It feels so liberating that I suddenly feel like running around the store. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

When the priest asked me to read something to our group, I suddenly started crying again. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

The rampart loomed suddenly before them, a high shadow beyond a dark pit. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

I looked back to see Lily before she boarded, and suddenly there was Nathan—standing near the entrance of the gangway. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

Then suddenly the stiletto was on the ground and Gabe’s hands were empty and defenseless. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Nobody answered, and I realised suddenly what I had said. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

At the Paqo’s words, I suddenly felt as I had the first time I entered his wasi and had sat, terrified to be in the presence of such a mighty shaman. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

Kvothe stopped suddenly, as if he had run himself out of words. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

People, suddenly visible in the lamplight, streamed toward the temporary church. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

The house was tiny, and my traumatized family had suddenly piled in there with nowhere else to go. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

And suddenly—there was the giant peach, caught and spiked upon the very pinnacle of the Empire State Building. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z

Bent on his own search, he paid little heed to Gurgi, until he suddenly heard anguished yelps from behind the trees. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

He gave me a sideways look as if to say “Oh, a wise guy, huh?” and said suddenly, decisively, “I think maybe I’d better take your name.” A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

A sharp report of applause suddenly rattled the room like gunfire. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

He raises his eyes to mine and they are suddenly cold. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We used to travel so much, you know? Then my mom suddenly started feeling bad and then we stopped traveling.” The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

But that moment he grabbed my hands and I flashed back to that night, it’s like I suddenly really, really realized that Chris is white. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

But suddenly I thought standing in a minyan for somebody’s bar mitzvah was the most important thing in the word. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

The whole room was suddenly filled with a thick white fog, so that Harry could see nothing but the face of Dumbledore, who was standing beside him. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

They were almost home, and he was suddenly so tired he could hardly keep his eyes open. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

Mom suddenly asked, as if she could tell I was just thinking about him. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

The flesh of the Lord suddenly became as nothing. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

The last of my anger melted away and suddenly I knew, despite everything, that I still wanted to be Liz’s friend. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I didn’t think that porcupine could see me in the bushes, but when I went for his throat, suddenly there were quills in my face!” The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Then suddenly he said, “I hear a plane.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Poor whites suddenly had a direct, personal stake in the existence of a race-based system of slavery. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

“You can?” she asked, and suddenly a hope filled her. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

My mind closed down and I came immediately back to my bed, my room coalescing around me, my desk and chair, my little chest of drawers, the books and model airplanes suddenly so terribly real. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

A gleam that made Thomas suddenly more scared of him than he’d been minutes earlier. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Definitely a girl, but he couldn’t have said why he was suddenly sure. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

Yet suddenly their varsity status was back on the line again. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

“Here, you try it” I put the viewer to my eyes and almost gasped, for it seemed as if I were suddenly in another world and no longer in the kitchen. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Unsure which way was up, Davos wrestled the river in blind panic until suddenly it broke the surface. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Dr. Cajazeira, who had stayed behind to take care of him, noticed at 2:30 p.m. that the color suddenly drained from Roosevelt’s face. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

And suddenly he saw that he was in the picture that was revealed to him in the mirror of Galadriel in Lórien: Frodo with a pale face lying fast asleep under a great dark cliff. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

When it suddenly fell back on its hinges, I too fell back and sat on the wet ground, speechless. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

He had a lean, muscular frame, but he felt, suddenly, very solid standing next to me. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

The room suddenly feels much bigger, the “creative team” way on the other side, behind a large plastic fold-up table. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

Something his father had told him onte when he was little came back to him suddenly. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

I was trying to think of what to say, how to say it, when Ocean seemed to suddenly remember he was still wearing sunglasses. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

She looked for a long time and suddenly a shiver ran through her. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

The mist surrounded them again suddenly, and his grandma’s yard faded away. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

Alma entered the room, and I suddenly remembered why I had thought to turn down her street and walk up to her door. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

Yes, and when she returns to the States, she'll find herself suddenly going blank over some word in English or, like her mother, mixing up some common phrase. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

After all the publicity, they suddenly had more clients than they knew what to do with. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

I clear my throat, suddenly angry that he’s brought it up. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

She turned suddenly and ran away as if something had suddenly occurred to her. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

But even as he swung there for a moment, a voice spoke suddenly from the tree-shadows above him. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

And he had come, eventually, to love the crippled girl called Kira, who had never known her father, and whose mother had died suddenly and left her alone. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

Her eyes turned to me, then she blinked, as if she suddenly realized who I was and where she stood. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

I suddenly liked the way all the wrinkles in her face crinkled up in tiny smiles. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

We hadn’t seen more than three or four hikers since leaving Waynesboro, and now suddenly we were mobbed. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

When he had satisfied himself on these points of which he had spoken, and I had verified all as well as I could by the books available, he suddenly stood up and said:— Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

It takes only two or three bad epidemics of disease to strike, and suddenly the group is gone. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

The illusionist pauses, her seamless performance halted as she stands frozen, her face suddenly deathly pale. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

But it suddenly came into his head "If you funk this, you'll funk every battle all your life. Now or never." The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

As Jack and Moniek wandered through the crowded camp, a group of Hungarians suddenly surrounded them. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z

“And when it snowed, we thought there was a feather boy up there. Let me smell,” she asked suddenly. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘Look out, master! I’m’ — but suddenly his cry was stifled. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

I felt cold suddenly, cold and sweaty at the same time. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z

And now suddenly he saw why he had been safe and why he would be safe so long as he fed the three of his uncle’s house. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

In her pocket the wrapped Stately Homes of England suddenly felt as if it weighed as much as the houses it depicted, but in her pocket it would have to remain. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

Perhaps he’s actually thinking about Eduardo, as I suddenly am, the bitter sleep he must have had. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

He turned to look straight at me, and I shifted my stare down to my salad, which suddenly I didn’t want at all. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

Then suddenly the grim face broke down into what might have been the beginnings of a smile. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

The woman reminds us of the name of the camp like we can’t speak English and somehow her speaking slowly and very loudly will suddenly make us fluent. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

But when it came time to give you your first fade, you suddenly got real talkative.” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

“They’ll kill him. They’ll ...” A great shout suddenly went up from the mob; a wave of movement drove it menacingly towards the Savage. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

And in the Dancing Trout station wagon, unaware of the high drama that had just taken place in a very low setting, Emerson Lapp suddenly fell asleep. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

At lunch I suddenly have the most popular table in the cafeteria. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

But the ground crew below must have heard their engines, because suddenly a firework flare from the airfield burned brightly for a moment to give them an idea where they should land. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

When he was gone, Amy, who had been pensive all evening, said suddenly, as if busy over some new idea, “Is Laurie an accomplished boy?” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

I let myself sink into the kiss—wild, reckless, until it’s suddenly too intense. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

Would students living in areas of town that had been the nucleus of Permian talent suddenly find themselves in the Odessa High attendance district? Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the witch doctor walked around outside, he would come back and lean over Tabitha and suddenly pull some kind of bone away from her. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was only fifty yards from the road, when suddenly a rabbit exploded from underneath my feet and I leaped backward in surprise and fear. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

De Roos, suddenly, was looking as if he had been asleep at the wheel. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was suddenly a little frightened at the disparaging way I had uttered the word pilpul. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

After three days of the headmistress depending on us for everything, we had suddenly become extraneous. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

Blore's thoughts were cut short—He sat up on the bed, suddenly alert. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

They were in service with a Miss Brady who died suddenly. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

I guess I should have been expecting it, but suddenly I felt the snap of handcuffs on me. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

The distance awoke a longing in her like a cord pulled suddenly taut: She wanted so much to go back. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

All of his fear of death, all his hate and shame vanished in face of his dread of this insane man turning suddenly upon him. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

There isn’t a painting I suddenly don’t want to tell this oak tree about in great detail. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

He thought about following their car as they drove away but suddenly the weight of what had happened, the enormity of the situation, hit him hard. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

“Every one belongs to every . . .” Her voice suddenly died into an almost inaudible breathless croaking. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dimple scratched the back of her neck, feeling suddenly out of sorts. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

The shuttle rocks back and forth from the wind, and the trees that looked tiny a moment ago are suddenly life-sized. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

And she felt bad, because she could suddenly see that Mama was very tired—very tired! A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

All those weird moments that had been bugging him since second period suddenly made sense. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

Standing before him, I realized for the first time how hunched his shoulders were, and he seemed suddenly sad and kind of old. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

It was one of those moments when we suddenly recall a dream that we’ve unaccountably forgotten, and back in a flood comes all the emotion we felt in our sleep. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

The trouble was that I would somehow have to cool the hot blood that would suddenly surge through my body and sting my eyes with a delirious joy. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

Kit came to a halt, and suddenly she stamped her foot in the dusty road. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

When it stopped hailing and raining, the hot day had suddenly turned cool. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

His voice rang against the stone walls, and Bran was suddenly afraid. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Which was funny, because suddenly it seemed as if I'd let my quirkiness go. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

There was suddenly heavy smoke and we moved through a thick white screen of it, the smell sulfurous, burnt. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Kathy felt herself re-enter her body, and suddenly everything clicked into place again. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

I suddenly felt as stupid as Dad apparently thought I was. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Mpandhlani and his clique, though while the compound was in operation never went hungry, fell on hard times when it was suddenly closed down, and the clique broke up. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Except wait and be ready for the times when suddenly a new part came to her. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

“It’s that they had a skill that they had been working on for years that was suddenly very valuable.” Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

Then the echoes died as suddenly as a flame blown out by a dark wind, and the enemy advanced again. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

A bird flew among the branches suddenly, all white with a tail like a fall of snow, and the golden apples dimming turned to seeds, each one a drop of crystal. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

No one had time to answer, for at that moment Claire stood up suddenly, clamped her hand over her mouth, and stumbled from her seat. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

She and Leo didn’t seem to move, but suddenly they were three hundred feet down the corridor, at the entrance of the chamber. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

He said his mom was reeling from the emotional hit, but that she also, suddenly, didn’t have to go to work anymore. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

He was suddenly intent, his eyes searching mine. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

He had begun to shake off the terror of the clutching arm, and suddenly he felt extremely hungry. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

A long flame shot suddenly into the air, and borne upon it was another piece of parchment. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

The old man suddenly became a little more attractive. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Unease filled my stomach, the kind you get from suddenly knowing a whole lot more about a person than you thought you ever would. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

Then suddenly, once again, the BFG went into that magical top gear of his. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

The weariness came on him suddenly, as he donned the roughspun blacks that were their everyday wear. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

And thus it might have gone forever until all the silver was spent had not that one, Wang Lung’s uncle, returned suddenly without explanation of where he had been or what he had done. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

One was suddenly gripping under the body of the van, and something was dragging me, swinging my legs around like a rag doll’s, till they hit the tire of the tan car. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

He pulled himself upward, pushed again—he was higher now than Lina had been—but suddenly his hands slid and he came plummeting down. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Simon grabs my hand and lifts it, and suddenly, I'm stretching both arms skyward, smiling with my eyes closed. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

But then, things suddenly went from bad to worse. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

“But,” said Mr. Lemoncello, his face suddenly appearing on every video screen in the room, “you can win them!” Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

Such being the case, I felt not a little surprised when he raised his head suddenly from the desk over which he was stooping, and said— Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

Her face suddenly serious, Lissa fidgeted with a splinter of wood jutting up from the table. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

The green vine shifted suddenly, every part at once moving up, down, or sideways. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Trout, which became lost in the muddy streams, suddenly found themselves being plucked from the water by curious horses in alfalfa fields. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I walked to my bedroom and sat on my bed, suddenly exhausted. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

All the stress of the day is starting to get to me, and I’m suddenly so irritated with the world. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

Charlotte glanced again at my food and I felt suddenly ashamed. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Henry candy bar when he suddenly stopped munching and listened to the tune the radio was playing. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

Julia touches red again, then blue, and there, suddenly, is the purple of a ripe grape. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z

Except right at her door Joe suddenly took her arm and squeezed it hard and whispered, “Now keep your mouth shut about this, see? Not a word!” Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

Then, suddenly impish—at times I cannot resist these things: “Tell us what you know of the King of the Gods.” Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the man was only a few steps away, Salva suddenly found his voice. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Boseman flew back, a black flower blooming suddenly on his belly. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

But they were suddenly the most powerful cohort in the legion. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

I close my eyes and suddenly I’m behind Lita’s house in the desert. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

A sour taste suddenly nipped at my tongue. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Strange to say, at our house the next morning it was suddenly peace on earth. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

They crawled along, coming close to some clumps of underbrush, made a short detour, and suddenly Blanca saw it. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’m suddenly embarrassed about how badly I behaved during our history project. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

They were just beginning to scramble out, when suddenly they heard what they had all been dreading: hoofs on the road ahead. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

As they crossed the line, Bobby Moch, defying the laws of physics and common sense, suddenly stood bolt upright in the stern of his twenty-four-inch-wide shell, triumphantly thrusting one fist into the air. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

The lights inside the taqueria suddenly blazed to life. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

He presses her to the bed, lying on top of her, his face to one side, his body suddenly trembling. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Wesley dropped his hand from my shoulder and shifted from one foot to another, suddenly uncomfortable. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Milo, who thought it was Tock, turned suddenly and dashed up the trail. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s starting to hurt me,” Snowden cried out suddenly with a plaintive, urgent wince. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

The night before, Thula had awakened suddenly, screaming about icebergs and a huge ship sinking and people calling out for help. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Reaching the suburbs, he suddenly realized how shamefully silly he was. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

Every nerve in his body suddenly felt like a rush of wind in long grass. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

The fever I thought I had kicked suddenly painted the world a fuzzy shade of gray. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

I yank the dragon’s head down as Asher suddenly breaks free and darts away. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

She reached over suddenly and grabbed my knee. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

“We certainly went down and down and down very suddenly at the last moment. I felt it in my stomach. I still feel it.” James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z

Then, while Father was smack in the middle of explaining something to the Underdowns, they suddenly hustled us onto a tiny airplane and abandoned us. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Margot was tucking her wool blanket around her when suddenly she leapt out of bed and carefully examined the blanket. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

He had suddenly remembered that, in Tarifa, there was an old woman who interpreted dreams. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

They just saw this thing that was suddenly helpless. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

But then we were sitting in a booth, sitting across from each other, and I suddenly had no idea what I was doing. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

And at the moment the sun came over the edge of the horizon, they suddenly appeared on the riverbank, the Ka’t’sina approaching the river crossing. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

But as they stepped into it, light suddenly flooded the room to reveal an astonishing sight. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

Angel smiled, then inhaled quickly, as if suddenly remembering a bad smell. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

From behind them suddenly, closer than they imagined, they could hear the roar of Humperdinck: “Stop them! Cut them off!” The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

But suddenly Thomas didn’t feel like talking anymore. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

A couple of the seventh graders began to sniffle, as though they’d suddenly realized something bad had happened. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

He was also upset when a fellow teammate at linebacker, David Fierro, suddenly got benched after starting all year. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

They had not gone very far when they came upon a great fissure that yawned suddenly black before their feet. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Father suddenly remembered he needed to stomp off and do some very important thing or another, and to make a long story short, they didn’t stay for dinner. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

My legs give way, and I slide down onto the floor, every fiber of my body suddenly giving out from the surgery and from Will and from Poe. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

Our rescue now certain, the party blossoms as food suddenly comes up from below. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

While I was struggling to learn Apollo, it seemed to me the most important thing in the whole world, but suddenly I discovered that it really wasn’t. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

My cheeks start to burn, and suddenly, I want nothing more than to be squeezed inside the dark guardhouse, hurtling through time. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

"Oh, no, I don't think so. Her own secretary was suddenly taken ill and she wired to an agency for a substitute and they sent me." And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

Mouse turned suddenly, staring toward Cuttyhunk, and there came Mr. Johnson, the postmaster, hurrying down the path to the bass stands and waving at us from across the shallow divide. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

“Why did they call it ‘Hundred in the Hands’?” he asked suddenly. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z

The hook was caught in its upper lip, and suddenly Winnie wanted to weep. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Reb Saunders stared at me, his eyes suddenly wild with rage, his beard trembling. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

My grandmother gets up suddenly and puts the lid back on the jar of peanut butter before returning it to the cupboard. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

The giant spun, a dagger suddenly in his hand, and Reyna just managed to dodge the blade. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

“I never received the full amount from the gate receipts from 1972,” Bobby suddenly accused Thorarinsson at a party at his house. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

That had worked so beautifully at Hollywood Gardens—the whole staff had gone totally ape when suddenly one day she began turning in blank sheets of paper. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

And, quite suddenly, he missed the Bog with an intensity that nearly knocked him to his knees. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

It sputtered slowly for a couple of minutes, and then suddenly smoothed out and was running fast. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

I flip the phone around and Dylan is also suddenly staring down Hudson and Harriett. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

“I saw them sitting in the car together,” Quisqueya said suddenly. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

One was that the voice was suddenly joined by other voices; more voices than you could possibly count. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

While Annette ran away down the empty hall, it suddenly hit me that I hadn’t even thought about how Jeffrey was feeling. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

But up flies a loud bit of his sermon to block it out and I look up into his eyes and suddenly I don’t wanna know. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

“Can toads jump like frogs? I mean, will it jump out of my hands suddenly?” Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

But the woman was now gazing down at her baby, who was suddenly whimpering. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

There was something about it that made him grit his teeth, and he didn’t know why, until suddenly he remembered an occasion when he was very young. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

When Harriet returned from this trip, her friends in Auburn hurried her off to Canada, suddenly afraid for her safety. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

I offered a weak smile and a shrug, suddenly without words again. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

“The people in the green SUV—” I began, and would have finished, had the door not suddenly rolled open behind us. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

And then I started crying because it suddenly hit me that they were all leaving. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

She was pressing her nose to the glass when suddenly she knew she was being watched. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

But there is no escaping the fact that our internment accelerated the process, made it happen so suddenly it was almost tangible. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

Not that she can move, for her legs seem suddenly to have been hammered into the ground beneath her. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

But five seconds later, when a bright red door came into sight ahead, he suddenly waved his gold-topped cane in the air and shouted, “Stop the boat!” Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z

"It was an accident," said Piggy suddenly, "that's what it was. An accident." Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

“Dad,” Ji-yong asked suddenly, “did Grandpa whip the farmers if they couldn’t pay their rent?” Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Let us begin,” he says, his voice suddenly sounding very official. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

I tried to tell him I would follow this path and make him proud, but no words could find their way past the lump that suddenly lodged in my throat like a huge boulder. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

He was suddenly irritated that he couldn’t go upstairs and sit in front of the computer. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

A couple of minutes later we were eating our pizza in peace when Mike suddenly looks past me and says, “What’s that?” Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

A cheer at the sight of the new pastor, the quartet sliding into “Come, Ye That Love the Lord,” and the bronze bells of First Congregational suddenly tolling. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

As I take in his profile, I find that it’s suddenly, oddly familiar. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Perhaps my exile would end suddenly and I would be given a scholarship to return to the campus. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

I felt the rhythm of the sea, the waves growing larger as the tide rolled in, and suddenly I had an idea. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

The big boy looked frightened and suddenly small. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

It might be nice to be pure and then to marry a pure man, but what if he suddenly confessed he wasn't pure after we were married, the way Buddy Willard had? The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

Mr. Remora rumpled his hair, looking suddenly uncomfortable. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Even though I knew Cecile didn’t care, I didn’t want her to suddenly take an interest in us and ask a lot of questions. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Behind me, Laia pitches forward so suddenly that the Augur falls with her, her hands still pinning the girl's limp arms. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

She has almost no makeup on at all, and I can suddenly see that long-ago baby in her face. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

They had marched as far as the hobbits could endure without a rest, and all were thinking of a place where they could sleep, when suddenly the walls to right and left vanished. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

As though her feet might suddenly decide to leap off the cliff without asking her head for advice. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

His voice changed suddenly from tenor to bass on the high note in “song.” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

My heart gave a jump suddenly as I recognized Mrs. Danvers. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Then, just as suddenly as she had spoken, Aisha began to cry. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

He staggered, his body suddenly rigid with pain. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

There was a difference, and it was suddenly clear to me. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

She suddenly cried and cried—it felt like forever—as she let the tears wash away all the years in camp. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

I suddenly miss Rabia like a craving for that mint chutney Mama used to make when I was little. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

Count Olaf looked down at Sunny, who had spoken so suddenly. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z

And then...I suddenly know what to do. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

I had got bored and had almost finished ironing my shirt when suddenly I heard Francis’s voice rise, with a hysterical edge. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

A gunshot goes off, and suddenly his knees give out, and he goes down, and there’s blood on his face—and there’s blood on Garrett’s face too, but Garrett isn’t dead. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

He stopped suddenly, and moved away from me. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

She’s on Mountainside Drive and suddenly, shockingly, she grasps problem number two. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

And then, suddenly filled with happiness, I belt out the words I know are true with all my might: “But I know a change gonna come. Oh yes it will.” Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

Father was poised to go on with the story when suddenly Tata Ndu stood right straight up, cutting him off in the middle of hammering home his message. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Unfortunately, he died suddenly in 1916, at least partly exhausted by his quest and the search fell into abeyance while Lowell’s heirs squabbled over his estate. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

And then the hunter suddenly lurched and twisted as he tried to rip the rifle away from his target. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

He suddenly realized he was on the familiar block of low apartment buildings, a store-front church, a delicatessen, a pawn shop, and on the corner, a bar. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

"One last thing. With King Robert dead, it would be most embarrassing should his grieving widow suddenly grow great with child." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

My skin crawls, and suddenly what was just a smooth hip-hop song now sounds like heavy conga drums—a downbeat rhythm, like for the Petwo Iwas, the fiery spirits signaling danger ahead. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Beside me, Mama is doing the same, and suddenly I want to hug her. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

Our bodies are entangled, entwined, but Helene is foreign to me suddenly, unknowable as the heavens. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Barack and I loved each other deeply, but it was as if at the center of our relationship there were suddenly a knot we couldn’t loosen. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Then he suddenly made a dash for the door. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

It was suddenly very good for me that I’d had so much practice ignoring faces. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

Had I come suddenly upon Harrison, he would have thought I was trying to kill him and he would have stabbed me, perhaps killed me. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

The bird turned suddenly, veering south over the small town of Boxton, toward the faded yellow building and the window from which Dallas leaned. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

Alex was about to read it when the door suddenly opened and two men walked in. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

I suddenly feel guilty for doubting their intentions. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

“I think I know what the message means,” Kate said in a suddenly uncomfortable tone. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Then it bites me again and suddenly a bunch of things are down inside my underwear, wriggling around and nipping at me. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

Laila had lain on the bed, groaning into the pillow, missing her parents suddenly and with an overpowering intensity she hadn’t felt since those terrible days just after the attack. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

But there he spun around suddenly to face them, and they scattered. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

Danny suddenly breaks through the crowd and stands next to me. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

Powell’s search ended suddenly and as it did, he heard Donovan’s glad voice rise boomingly. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

I suddenly remember the first moment I saw him. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

"It's Widge," the doctor answered for me, then laughed nervously, as if suddenly aware how odd was the name he had been calling me for seven years. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

Brave Orchid turned suddenly—another Moon Orchid, this one a neat little woman with a bun. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

I hadn’t even thought about it, beyond my perverted fantasy about Annie, but it suddenly dawned on me that I couldn’t go. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

No. Instead, after three and a half weeks of this, her first month, she’s suddenly despondent. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

It was as if we’d stepped into the larger crosscurrents of culture and history, reminded suddenly of our relative smallness in the wider arc of time. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Then the door behind her burst open, and a huge guard with a bushy black beard was suddenly running toward her. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Crossing the fields, the stranger padding trustingly at his heels, Mackenzie suddenly remembered the other dog, and frowned in bewilderment. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, Gawaine,” he said, suddenly collapsing, “it seems that Mordred has proclaimed himself the King of England, under this New Order of his.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Might as well relax,” he wheezed, suddenly companionable. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

My uncle had lived through it all, the car accident, my father being taken away, him suddenly being not just my uncle but my mom and dad too. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

Only now and then, when his fists would suddenly ball up — skin stretched even whiter over the bones — did I wonder if he wasn’t quite as oblivious as he appeared. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

It was a valuable thing, he suddenly realized, to have someone you could count on for honesty. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

This cast a dim glow on Liyana’s mother, who suddenly had trouble finishing sentences and meals. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Give the necklace to me,” she said suddenly. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was the next night, as I lay on my bed, I suddenly, with a start, became aware of a man sitting beside me in my chair. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

And how would Dancing Trout guests react if it suddenly occurred to them they were vacationing in a state of siege? The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

His gray-blue eyes locked onto his father’s face, suddenly blank and expressionless, like stone. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

As Farmer and she were leaving the capital, Ophelia suddenly smelled burning tires. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

His eyes narrowed suddenly in an effort to call back a memory of the night or perhaps a dream. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

I went out the door and suddenly I felt lonely and empty. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

A shout sounds from below us, another from above, and suddenly the stairwell echoes with the ping of arrows and the shuffle of boots. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

I was almost home—we were living in a stable loft then—when suddenly I turned and ran back to the house. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

She was suddenly aware of how close they were. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

I was suddenly short of breath, and I forgot myself, my irritation, my hurt. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

And suddenly Embryo is hunched over his desk staring at me with what could only be called alarm. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Then as we were going down a particularly dark lane in the back of nowhere, he said suddenly: “I think Miss Lucy was right. Not Miss Emily.” Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Over in the sheltered water of lane two, Italy suddenly came up from the rear and worked its way into a narrow lead over Germany. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

I was reading to him, and suddenly I strayed from the written story. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

As we shall see, the advantages finally reversed suddenly and dramatically. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

She loved to braid Rachel’s hair, but was suddenly ashamed that she had only string to bind it with. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

As we step out of the elevator, the music suddenly turns deafening, the beat shaking my body through the floor. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

He pulled me across his lap, wrenching my hands free of the wheel, and suddenly he was in the driver’s seat. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Summer stopped suddenly, at the bottom of a steep stretch of unbroken white snow. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

And suddenly the thought of Lenina was a real presence, naked and tangible, saying “Sweet!” and “Put your arms round me!”—in shoes and socks, perfumed. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

I thought about Shannon’s tank and pajamas, and suddenly realized that probably everyone at BYU was a gentile. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

It suddenly felt like everything was frozen in time. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

Marshall said suddenly in a loud dear voice. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

They pedaled along the edge of the lot, past parked cars and then back into the shadows, stopping suddenly next to a battered red pickup. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The blackout hit her so suddenly, she didn’t even have time to say, Uh-oh. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

She was almost as tall as Baachan, but she suddenly felt very small and very young. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Palmer was about to throw his vote to baseball when suddenly the sunlight was briefly snipped, as if a page had been turned in front of a lightbulb. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

With the power out, the latter, he supposed, was suddenly a possibility. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

But when, several weeks later, I happened to see it next to her bed unread except for the first few pages, I was furious and suddenly wanted to cry. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then my body jolted and my eyes flew open, as if I’d been suddenly awakened from a nightmare. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

Why was I suddenly so attracted to him? A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

So I close my eyes, and suddenly I’m at the summer carnival in downtown Newark. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

She turns the boat toward the shore and suddenly I can see my Liars waiting, not on the dock but by the weathered wooden fence that runs along the perimeter path. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

I clenched my jaw, suddenly irritated by how hard she was pushing me. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

A humming overhead had become a roar; and suddenly he was in shadow, there was something between the sun and him. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

I smiled and sat down, suddenly aware of what being of Japanese ancestry was going to be like. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

Grace suddenly wanted her mom so bad that it hurt. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

His right hand suddenly ordered divine retribution to stand by. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

“How do you get on with Mrs. Danvers?” she said suddenly. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Laurence’s ruddy face changed suddenly, and he sat down, with a troubled glance at the picture of a handsome man, which hung over his table. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

He felt suddenly that he loved her, and it was a feeling he had never known before. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

When the first song winds down, the feeling suddenly clicks inside me—everything is in slow motion, and my body is light and heavy at the same time. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

So it was that, even as the Captains were about to turn away, the silence was broken suddenly. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

He watched the dust settle, and it suddenly came to him. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then one evening, at the end of June, soon after Frodo’s plan had been finally arranged, he suddenly announced that he was going off again next morning. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

This shirt suddenly feels itchy, like Maddy’s words are sticking to my skin. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

It suddenly made me very angry, that he should stifle my ambitions of getting into the University then come over and ask about my dead father as easy as saying good morning. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

For a second Sam halted, for suddenly things seemed clear to him, almost as if he had seen them with his eyes. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

Even things I had completely forgotten—the lamp on my small desk, the way the middle shelf of my bookcase sagged—suddenly came back into clear focus. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

But when I finally did move, I suddenly wished I hadn’t. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

“Not unless every other Messenger suddenly fell ill.” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

It could have been my mind playing tricks, but his face suddenly appeared much closer to mine. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Something beyond the grating and out of Taran’s vision swooped down and the blue eyes disappeared suddenly. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

When light suddenly burst into the car, Gabriel sprang up as one would do in the middle of a nightmare. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

The soil was dry now, completely out of reach of the water, except perhaps for when a tidal bore—a dangerous surge of water—rose suddenly after a storm and flooded the creek. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

The edge in her voice was suddenly sharp as a razor blade. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

It was interesting to be in the quiet old town once more, and it was not disagreeable to be here and there suddenly recognised and stared after. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

And when she gave up it was suddenly very quiet, and Dustfinger saw Meggie's slim figure standing there as if she would never move again. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

His eyes suddenly seemed to catch something in one of them, “The Westminster Gazette”—I knew it by the colour—and he grew quite white. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

After going over the adventure of the night he suddenly said:— Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

Jasper looked straight at him, rage suddenly flaming out over his disdain. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

Because I know how easy it can be for everything to suddenly become a nightmare. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

A nude, ridiculous man with a blushing appendectomy scar appeared in the doorway suddenly and bellowed, “What’s going on here?” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

The night sky suddenly comes to life, swimming past the flowers, the stars filling the air around me. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

I was thrown from the top bunk and suddenly found myself on my hands and knees on the deck. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bran itched under his grey and white woolens, and suddenly he wished he were anywhere but here. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

The elk stopped suddenly, and the ranger vaulted lightly from his back to land in knee-deep snow. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

If she was talking herself when she suddenly went to sleep, she would finish whatever she was going to say when she awakened. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

But he must’ve found something in my eyes because he suddenly exhaled, softly; he glanced, just once, at my lips, and he stepped back. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

Neil climbed into his car, and suddenly June came running with tomatoes in her hands. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

He opened his mouth to say something and then, very suddenly, changed his mind. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

He paused suddenly, as if he had become aware that he was speaking his thoughts aloud. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

A weird, completely alien feeling suddenly pierces my heart for a brief, fleeting moment. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

In an instant, he turned pale—pale with anxiety for Franny’s condition, and pale, presumably, because failure had suddenly filled the room with its invariably sickening smell. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

Mr. Galanter said, his voice sounding suddenly a lot less excited. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

The Redcoats, a British officer later wrote, were suddenly under “heavy fire from all sides, from Walls, Fences, Houses, Trees, Barns, etc.” George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

I suddenly felt very small, as if my skin was tightening and I was actually shrinking. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

He sits up straighter, as though I am suddenly much more interesting. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Instead of keeping safely motionless, my arms reached up to twine tightly around his neck, and I was suddenly welded to his stone figure. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

She backs away from the roller coaster like it might reach out and swallow her, and I suddenly wonder if this whole thing was a bad idea. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

The smell of a rainy Alabama night, the succession of sexual oddments turned me suddenly sick with dread at what this stranger would want. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

And then, as if someone had changed the prescription on her glasses, she suddenly saw how wild her ideas had gotten. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

When the sound of the car died, silence was suddenly everywhere. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

That was the one time our Christian neighbors treated us differently, as if we Jews suddenly were their enemies. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

When I speak to her, she goes suddenly deaf. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

And then, because I suddenly knew that I could, I slipped into the body of Rex Reese. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

A practical joke backfires, and suddenly you’re treated like Jack the Ripper. Doing Time Online 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was frightening enough to come upon him so suddenly, but as I dropped to my knees in fright I must have uttered a cry because he turned and looked directly at me. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Staring into the ring of candles—proud that the number of his years finally made a ring, all around the cake—Luke suddenly remembered another cake, another ring of six candles. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

He didn’t say anything else for a minute, just looked down the road, as if he were hoping this dog of his would suddenly appear. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

The kitten that leaps through the air from Poppet’s hands to her brother’s suddenly twists in the air, landing on its back rather than its feet and rolling toward Widget with an indignant howl. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

He shouldn’t have; almost every night he heard his parents talking of Eb and of what uncertainties they would face if he were really a deserter and if he should suddenly appear. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

Amah laughed, suddenly appreciating the character of her companion. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Mansfield recovered quickly, suddenly turning to me—showing the uneven application of her foundation, which made me think of my mother getting hers specially mixed. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

“What if I get caught with this?” said Andrius, suddenly full of anger. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

By heaven! when she vomited, all the sea was like a cauldron seething over intense fire, when the mixture suddenly heaves and rises. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Surround him!” the king yelled, “Save the horses!”— and suddenly I knew I was dealing with no dull mechanical bull but with thinking creatures, pattern makers, the most dangerous things I’d ever met. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

At the sight of the words I love you the desire to stay alive had welled up in him, and the taking of minor risks suddenly seemed stupid. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

Whenever the Parliament clashed with their monarch, the king would get his way by suddenly convening Parliament in a remote, unreachable part of the country. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

“Um, speaking of inheriting,” Grace said, and Maya looked over at her, suddenly still as a deer. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

He looked around, and Lina felt suddenly self-conscious, seeing her room through his eyes. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

But since she had suddenly realized how all the work had turned out she didn’t want to look at it. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Boxwood was about to reply when suddenly Pipkin spoke from the floor. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You’re sitting watching TV and suddenly you discover a wasp crawling on your wrist.” Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

This was merely embarrassing but then—being prodded a bit too energetically by the attorney—he suddenly and quite without warning lost his head. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

The ship suddenly groaned and shifted into a deeper tilt. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

I tried to focus on the mission, but the whole thing suddenly seemed blurry and illogical, as if we’d skipped a couple critical planning steps along the way. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

Then suddenly she stopped by a house where an older woman stood in front, watering her lawn. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

Andeg flew down suddenly, as though he, the little crow, had to protect her from her brothers! The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

With Henry suddenly tired of daddying, the twins melted back into the woods with Wash every chance they got, taking Edgar along for their adventures. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

We walked a few feet farther into the graveyard, and suddenly you popped out right in front of us, from where you must have curled up—on top of a grave. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Maya’s voice suddenly changed into a sweet and dopey imitation of herself. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

The maiden test flights into nearby space a few months earlier had been successful, but because we’re now leaving so suddenly, this will be the first interstellar journey. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Do I suddenly feel the need to have another religion? Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

I hadn’t flown a kite in a quarter of a cen­tury, but suddenly I was twelve again and all the old instincts came rushing back. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

I thought and thought, and suddenly I had an idea. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

Now instead of the tough guy and the not-so-tough guy, picture a high-school girl out for a nighttime stroll when she is suddenly set upon by a mugger. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

Some words of this conversation must have reached Wilson swaying in the office door, for suddenly a new theme found voice among his gasping cries. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

It’s cold out, especially since I’m only wearing my basketball uniform, and suddenly I’m sprinting, although I’m not sure why. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

And suddenly he readjusted his style to what it once had been. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

I could suddenly smell him—his particular, familiar scent—everywhere. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

But everything concave about Buddy had suddenly turned convex. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

There was never anyone there—not on any of those nights and not today—and yet I stopped dead as I looked into the darkness this morning, because I could suddenly see myself. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

The song of the river suddenly grew louder, the torches burned a little brighter than before, and the air was full of strange smells. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I ran in the direction of the sounds, and then suddenly I saw three men walking toward me through the moonlight, side by side. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the wavering firelight Gandalf seemed suddenly to grow: he rose up, a great menacing shape like the monument of some ancient king of stone set upon a hill. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

She felt like the muskrats, one moment she had seen them diving and swimming in the river, and then suddenly click! and they were caught fast in the trap. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Under the touch of his hands, Jonas had found himself suddenly in a place that was completely alien: hot and windswept under a vast blue sky. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

Then he stopped as suddenly as he had begun. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Everything suddenly tipped off-balance; the icy floor and walls and windows spun around her; she fell to her knees. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

The third quarter was as dull as the first two, but Cypress Bay’s offense suddenly got it together in the final period. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then the child smiled and dropped her head, suddenly a maid and no more a child. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

I felt suddenly light-headed, not knowing if it was from hunger or tiredness or this surprising piece of news. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I looked up, suddenly aware that the world had gone quiet. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

He was suddenly hollow; his fingers loosened and fell from the reins, slippery with sweat. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

Then, suddenly, those words “Your viewpoint is going to be particularly valuable” take on a whole new meaning. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

Percy looked down, suddenly interested in his cheeseburger. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

“This is my room,” Pearl said suddenly, and Moody sprang up again. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

As he did, the three roads vanished and a new one suddenly appeared, heading in the direction that the sign now pointed. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

I was only a beat behind; it took me a second, but I suddenly understood what he was trying to say. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

She suddenly wasn’t sure coming to Kin had been a good idea. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

He had been quite convinced that the common room was empty; he had not been at all prepared for a hulking figure to rise suddenly out of a distant chair. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

“Someday,” she said, moved suddenly to tell this man her deepest wish, “I will be a princess. ” The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

He suddenly rushed out, calling to Nurse Ramirez that he’d forgotten something important and would be back as soon as he could. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Pippin suddenly felt that he could not bear it any longer, and without warning let out a shout. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Kit choked suddenly on a giggle that rose unexpectedly from nowhere. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

And he understood suddenly the words of Christ, where it was written: “Many are called but few are chosen.” Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

While not all of the smells were appetizing, Shadow realized suddenly how hungry he was. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

When she ran to the bathroom suddenly, Gerald knew that she was more upset than she wanted to admit. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Do you like her shoes?” he asked suddenly. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

I was suddenly overwhelmed with love for that skinny dog. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

But with Ector’s closing, members of the white community suddenly began to see enormous value in some of its black stu-dents. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was some old joke between them which Johnny did not know, and both the men suddenly began to laugh. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

The history and character of Mr. Bilbo Baggins became once again the chief topic of conversation; and the older folk suddenly found their reminiscences in welcome demand. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

And then suddenly he heard cries and voices. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Jennifer forged ahead and I followed, suddenly feeling my heart in my mouth. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

At all events, she suddenly relented in her manner. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dad suddenly flung his napkin on the table and walked out into the kitchen. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then I let it play until the instant the electric shock had happened, when Zero suddenly stood in front of me. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

When Lyddie told the whole story, nearly crying again in her rage, she realized suddenly that Diana was shaking with laughter. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

People who hadn’t noticed me before were suddenly glaring at me like I was covered with festering sores. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

It was like the stonecutting shop at midday when the clatter suddenly died to silence all at once. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

We rode in silence for about fifteen minutes before the young woman’s husband suddenly stood and did something I’d seen many others do before him: He kissed Baba’s hand. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

There was nothing she could do, nothing she could make Leon do, and she suddenly felt the pointlessness of argument. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

But because Nick was Nick, he suddenly had an idea and it brought a grin to his face. Frindle 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then he suddenly thought otherwise and took a more businesslike pose, sitting forward with his hands in his lap. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

It was only when I was virtually right up to them—maybe there was a look exchanged between them—that it suddenly hit me what was about to happen. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then Seanie said, “Why do I suddenly feel like we should go back to your place and make out or something?” Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

And he became suddenly aware of the prince's hand clasped in his own. The Whipping Boy 1986-04-01T00:00:00Z

And suddenly there was only one thought in her head: Suppose he crossed their path before they left the village? Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Later in the evening, when his mind had been set at rest about the bootjack, Laurie said suddenly to his wife, “Mrs. Laurence.” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

The tiny sip of the drink I took is suddenly not working. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

He suddenly felt more tired than he’d ever felt in his life. I Survived Hurricane Katrina, 2005 2011-04-01T00:00:00Z

The Doctor’s agitation and his mild and husky question made Jake’s eyes brim suddenly with tears. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

She sat paralyzed on the bed for fifteen minutes before springing up, suddenly decisive. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

When Hoover met with White, his grip on power remained tenuous, and he was suddenly confronting the one thing that he’d done everything to avoid since becoming director: a scandal. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

I suddenly see vines and lush plants clumped together, and the air is pungent with the smell of life. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

I had not slept long when I was suddenly awakened by what I thought was thunder, but upon looking out from my shelter I saw that there were no clouds in the sky. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

Vast as the Pacific was around us, suddenly, between us, it seemed a very narrow moat, with no bars or walls. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Gamigin,” said the one on his right, who sounded like a horse that had suddenly learned to speak. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

After stumbling along for some way along the stream, they came quite suddenly out of the gloom. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Then down the long avenue of trees I saw the familiar Cadillac approaching and started inside the building, suddenly filled with panic. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

I get up from my chair so suddenly, she startles. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

Petra suddenly felt as though she had forgotten something important, or as if she was supposed to be someplace but couldn’t quite remember where. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

He moved on, until quite suddenly the tunnel opened out, and he found himself at the top of a vast cavern: a vault immense enough to contain a dozen cathedrals. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Jesse looked deflated, resigned, as if the wind had suddenly been knocked out of him after days of intense focus on the trip. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He smiled--and suddenly there seemed to be a pleasant significance in having been among the last to go, as if he had desired it all the time. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

I was in the fields ... and had only just got one horse harnessed to the harrow and begun to attach another when suddenly I heard what sounded like a single loud shot to the right. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lyddie said quickly because the door from the kitchen was moving and suddenly Mistress Cutler was in the dining room. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

Lyra felt Pantalaimon tremble suddenly, but he was on his best behavior. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

Then suddenly all would be forgotten and she’d treat me like everyone else. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

He ventured forwards, and suddenly slipped and fell down a hidden gap between the bales. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Something powerful moved through her body, and suddenly the pain that had resided in it vanished. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Basta swore and threatened, giving me a nasty cut on my upper arm, but then, suddenly, the front door was thrown open and they both disappeared into the night, still reeling like drunks. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

But Faramir sat down again in his chair and began to laugh quietly, and then suddenly became grave again. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

I’m starting in on that theme when she suddenly dives behind the rack that separates the place where we’re standing, in the Jordache/No Boundaries section, from the Faded Glory region. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

I knew the place was emptying, and suddenly I realized what Lorraine was saying. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

She sat back and suddenly turned to her left, the side closer to the bank. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

Hood, who had been silent, said suddenly, softly, “General Lee?” The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

After rowing in the number three and four shells all fall, Joe couldn’t fathom why he had suddenly been promoted. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

The fire, which I’d thought was pretty much out, suddenly crackled before spitting a large ember my way. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

I went ahead spending most evenings at the films, vaguely dreaming that any moment the answer would suddenly hit me. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

I roll my shoulders a couple of times, trying to loosen up the suddenly tense muscles. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

Last night I had the worst nightmare: I was on live TV with Mr. Keller but suddenly the station turned into a stage. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

I didn’t know, but my heart suddenly hurt for the teacher from across the hall. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

Then suddenly the heavens opened and he let fly with a series of the loudest and rudest noises Sophie had ever heard in her life. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I lowered myself painfully onto the round bed, suddenly feeling very tired. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sound of their conversation filled Moss with a familiarity; he remembered suddenly how much time Shamika had spent at the house after his father had died. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

As I ask it, I suddenly can see that my mom looks worried and tired, and I try to imagine what would be happening right now if it was me and not Finch who’d disappeared. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Some turn in the road, some new object suddenly perceived and recognised, reminded me of days gone by, and were associated with the lighthearted gaiety of boyhood. Frankenstein 1818-01-01T00:00:00Z

It had all cleared up suddenly afterward, but at that unique moment, my face was a mass of cherry-red—and cherry-size—zits. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

I shouted down through the mesh, suddenly angry. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The click of her high heels reminded Gerald of that day long ago, and he suddenly felt a little dizzy. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

She stared at Ivy and then back down at her drawing, and then suddenly tears were streaming down her cheeks. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

A bustle of activity on the decks was suddenly visible. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

Then suddenly, for no apparent reason—she might have gotten the accelerator and the brake pedal mixed up—she stood on the brake pedal with all her might. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Its movable headlights jerked back and forth suddenly, and caught at Montag. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

As he spoke, he suddenly saw that the beautiful woman on his floor was changing into a leopard. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

Pity filled his heart and great wonder, and suddenly the slow-kindled courage of his race awoke. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

Through it a worn path passed and dived suddenly down a long steep slope. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

And then suddenly it was not outrage that I waited for, out of which I had instinctively cried; it was not terror: it was some cumulative over-reach of despair itself. Absalom, Absalom! 1936-01-01T00:00:00Z

Before their eyes had time to grow wide, they suddenly found themselves falling to earth. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

I knew we had potassium in the kitchen and suddenly I knew that if I were writing a story about a Communist cook, I’d have him poison his foreign employers with potassium. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Everything that had once felt so alive now suddenly felt so dead. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

When we stopped, suddenly both of us had sweat. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

He remembers suddenly about Ghosh, his companion on the train, who had returned from England for his wife’s sake. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t know how he opened the door while carrying me, but it was suddenly warm, so I knew we were inside. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Frodo gazed at the ring with awe; for suddenly it seemed to him that he understood. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

I looked up the lighted avenue for another, hearing suddenly the screech of brakes and turning to see the cab stop and a white arm beckoning. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’d like to tell you that at that point I suddenly remembered a time when Gabriel came bouncing through the house on a stick horse, but that wouldn’t be true. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

Suit #2 draws a gun, and suddenly time slows down, like it’s viscous, and my entire body is drenched in sweat. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

And I suddenly realized that he was not trying to miss. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

“Do you think you’re a pirate, Nick?” asked his captor, and suddenly something about him seemed familiar to Nick. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

“And I should be extremely miserable,” he answered, suddenly finding himself in intense good humour. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Swiftly it drew near, and suddenly the boats shot through, out into a wide clear light. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

There was one metallic crash of thunder and the air chilled suddenly. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Lupita saw her mother bite her lip and then look suddenly away. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

On the morning of October n, as we were preparing to go to court, we heard an announcement on the radio that the prosecutor, Oswald Pirow, had died suddenly from a stroke. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

On one holiday visit, he was hanging out with old friends, telling them some anecdote about school, when a strange look suddenly clouded his friends’ eyes. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

I’d had a fancy speech rehearsed in my head, but when I saw her there, all normal and ordinary, it suddenly seemed like too much and all I said was “Thank you.” The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Lemme guess. Adams suddenly decided he wants his back rent or out we go.” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the classical music world, 80 percent of the information available to the maestros was removed, and lo and behold, the maestros suddenly exercised much better judgment. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

And suddenly, I’m very aware that Caitlin only has one bed. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

She coughed suddenly in the back of her throat, and then she opened her mouth. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

And suddenly she was so strange he couldn't believe he knew her at all. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s a good thing that, at the height of my glory, I was suddenly plunged into reality. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

And then suddenly he thought of the kind-eyed therapist, and he did know. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

The petals, one moment unfurled and bright, retreated into the center, curling up as an oily stench suddenly wafted through the greenhouse. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

Mama was using her very angry voice now, and Pinch felt so terrible that his brain raced and he seized suddenly upon a blaming lie. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

The Buchanans' house floated suddenly toward us through the dark rustling trees. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

Then he turned suddenly and marched out to the kitchen. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z

“I know,” April said suddenly, “Marshall can be the young pharaoh, heir to the throne of Egypt. Only there’s a civil war going on, and the other side is trying to kill him.” The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

As if the mac and cheese was spoiled and was suddenly tying his stomach in knots. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

However, when they reached Fruitless Mountain, Dragon suddenly stopped. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

I suddenly had this crazy feeling like I wanted to bolt from the car and run through the fields until I couldn’t run anymore. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was weeping violently and his anger went out of him as suddenly as a wind and he stood shaking and weeping. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

Heat rises to my face, and suddenly I feel embarrassed. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I feel excited, suddenly, to learn more about my genes, which feels like the same thing as reading my mother’s journal: I will get pieces of her back. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

She stepped aside, and suddenly the doorway swarmed with men in blue uniforms. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

At that moment, when the sound of Om reached Siddhartha’s ears, his slumbering soul suddenly awakened and he recognized the folly of his action. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z

But to see Angel sitting there, looking so...so uncomfortable, Gerald thought suddenly. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

He wanted suddenly to stand up and shout, telling them that he had killed a rich white girl, a girl whose family was known to all of them. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Easy as a gull oared by her wings the ship went now, and the noise and hurlyburly of the City fell away suddenly behind. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

Eleven hundred screaming, cheering kids went suddenly silent at the sight of the eighth grade president stretched out, dazed, on the grass. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

Once, when the boy’s face reminded him of Kamala, Siddhartha suddenly remembered something she had once said to him a long time ago. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z

According to eyewitnesses, he swam for a few feet before he suddenly sank and drowned. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

I am suddenly self-conscious in my prim blouse and modest skirt, my sensible shoes and churchy earrings. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

The only way you can get the answer is if it comes to you suddenly in the blink of an eye. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

After he had cut but the light again I suddenly heard his stammer in my inward hearing—“Genry—” Even mindspeaking he never could say “l” properly. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

The ground beneath her feet shifts, suddenly unsteady, but Marco puts a hand on her waist to keep her upright. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

His head ached suddenly, and his throat was sore. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

Mamá, who up to now I assume had been too embarrassed to speak, was suddenly standing right in the middle of things. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

“Sorry, Miss,” Harry said, his voice suddenly light. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

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

“I say, look at that man!” said the boy suddenly, nodding toward the front window. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

“Where’s the boy?” asked Jonathan, suddenly feeling the absence of the child, who was no longer by his side. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

It was so much more vibrant than the Rusty Ruins, Tally suddenly saw. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

I was tired suddenly of feeling so bereft, so unmoored by sadness. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

The plane kept lurching down suddenly, as if it would fall out of the sky. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Under the constant pounding of countless feet the whole area that had been marked out by the moles suddenly sank into a trench. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Drawn to the spot by the mysterious power that seemed to connect him with his foul cat, Argus Filch burst suddenly through a tapestry to Harry’s right, wheezing and looking wildly about for the rule-breaker. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

He went to the gray metal box and flipped a switch, and suddenly everything was bathed in light. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

A tenor as overwhelming as anything Sansa Stark had ever felt filled her suddenly. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

The light hit both of their faces at the same time, so that Voldemort’s was suddenly a flaming blur. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

I was a-tingle, the way a magician must feel when he swallows fire, because suddenly I knew that the boat was mine. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I open my mouth to raise such questions, but then suddenly stop myself, remembering what my father always told me about the sheep. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

In the silence, and standing over the dry blood, they looked suddenly furtive. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

It never happens that a new constellation suddenly rises out of the east. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

And I suddenly realized that, well, I guess I had. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

Then suddenly Garrett’s there, jumping out of the car, and grabbing at him. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

Throughout the morning they continued to row toward these small landfalls, and then, at about eleven o’clock, they suddenly broke free of the pack and found themselves in open ocean. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

But the day before, on Sunday, June 21, Dasch suddenly remembered the name of the malodorous chemical. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

Ron’s voice echoed suddenly from the other side of the wall to Harry’s right. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

The feeling suddenly surged back into Harry’s legs. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

The King suddenly pulled himself out of his chair of state. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

And suddenly, Aziz was in a room with the man who took her first husband from her, and the one who took her second. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

Then suddenly he caught him as he swayed, and lifting him gently, carried him to the bed and laid him there, and covered him warmly. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

For a minute I thought I was dreaming because from outside there suddenly erupted the same volcano of noise of a day ago. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her wrists suddenly free, she shoved her thumbs, into the corpuscule’s eyes and pushed. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

The gambling fever he’d had for twenty-six mondis broke, sending a last wave of heat over his skin, and suddenly his entire body was dripping wet. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

What would our fathers do if we suddenly stood up and came before them and proffered our account? All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

The child starts to wail suddenly and loudly, and Anna gets abruptly to her feet. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then it was as if I were suddenly awake. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nailer rocked back on his heels, suddenly thoughtful. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

“A couple weeks ago, that guy out there suddenly starts coming in every day to get a butter-on-white and a banana, and he always pays with these two- dollar bills.” When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

The corset, of course, reminded Desdemona of her mother, and suddenly the wrongness of what they were doing assailed her. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

In any case, it was very dark now, and she was suddenly groggy with exhaustion and freezing cold. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

“She suddenly began to utter the names of the women who had worked with her as if in a final roll call,” Shaw later recalled. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

Vanessa began thumbing through the book, which suddenly looked very much like a textbook. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

I was like someone who for twelve years had had an inseparable, beautiful marriage— and then suddenly one morning at breakfast the marriage partner had thrust across the table some divorce papers. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

A guffaw burst from his lips, and suddenly Tyrion could not stop laughing. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I knew I had to do something, call someone, but my mind was suddenly blank and I couldn’t think what it was I needed to do. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

When he saw Kingshaw’s body, upside down in the water, Hooper thought suddenly, it was because of me, I did that, it was because of me, and a spurt of triumph went through him. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

And I was suddenly tense—to me also very significant. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

There he wandered long in a dream of music that turned into running water, and then suddenly into a voice. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Shorty suddenly swung himself up so that he was seated on the arm of the chair. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her jagged blade suddenly felt ice cold in her hands. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

It’s as if I’d suddenly been taken out of the game. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

He was suddenly intense, all trace of teasing gone. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

I was twirling in exhilarated laughter when I suddenly fell into a trench. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

The reader suddenly sat up, cast away the paper, displaying a flushed countenance, and with a funny mixture of solemnity and excitement replied in a loud voice, “Your sister.” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

Apparently, without the target below to focus on, Russell had suddenly discovered how high he was. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

She steps closer, and I am suddenly aware of how very alone we are. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

Then suddenly she laid her hand on his arm. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, I am,” said Harry, suddenly realizing just how hungry he was. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

No matter how hard I tried it seemed I could not rid my mind of the sinister force that had suddenly blotted out all memory. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Todd,” he says again, then suddenly he grabs me and hugs me to him as hard as he can. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

Chester was leaning up against the matchbox when suddenly two fingers began to work their way through the bars of the cage toward the little silver bell. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

The humps of shadow suddenly threw off their hoods. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

He had heard or read somewhere that right before a person freezes to death, he suddenly feels nice and warm. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

I get on the escalator, but suddenly I’m going up. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

My legs feel suddenly heavy as sandbags, and minuscule particles float in front of my eyes. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

A red-gold glow burst suddenly across the enchanted sky above them as an edge of dazzling sun appeared over the sill of the nearest window. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Right when I was about to show Vega the video, I suddenly flew backward in my chair. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

But now, suddenly, he couldn’t shake it from his mind: fission might make it possible to build a whole new type of explosive. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then suddenly, a picture of Met Bong lunging at the fishermans throat with her sickle flashes before my eyes. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

But suddenly he raised his head and looked straight at me. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

They had almost reached the theater, when the driver suddenly turned. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z

That really only left June, which suddenly made perfect sense. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

The ship’s main sails rippled and furled, and suddenly Nailer felt wind on his face. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

I dart sharply sideways, too, so suddenly that I almost topple out of control. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

The boys from Berkeley executed a tremendous surge, suddenly blowing past both Navy and Penn, seizing the lead and winning by a quarter of a boat length. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Then suddenly, as I was suggesting I take over the daily snare run, he took my face in his hands and kissed me. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

He picked it up and his mouth was open, a little free drop of saliva flew on the air, and he was suddenly shivering. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

He grinned suddenly, showed his white pointed teeth. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

Love always, Charlie May 8, 1992 Dear friend, It’s strange how things can change back as suddenly as they changed originally. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

In the eeriest way possible, I suddenly had a glimpse of what white people must go through at a dinner table when they are trying to prove that Negroes are not subhuman. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z

Gollum coughed and retched; but the hobbits breathed deep, and suddenly Sam laughed, for heart’s ease not for jest. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Thus we suddenly find sailors and jewellers being asked to resolve disputes between philosophers and gentlemen. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

The air is so dry that evaporation makes you feel suddenly cold. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

The entire world is suddenly dappled with white. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

Did that mean he was suddenly getting religious, as people are said to before they go into danger? Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

We see her desperately clasping her hands before her, her face distorted with the tension of the moment, then suddenly, dramatically, she lifts her hands high and closes her eyes. Monster 1999-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even now he looked at the stone trolls with suspicion, wondering if some magic might not suddenly bring them to life again. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

I suddenly feel like it’s all up to me to protect her from the creeps. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

When he had winked the tears out of his eyes he suddenly discovered that he was hungry. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

“I can tell you one thing,” the doctor said, “if it was the younger sister sneaking around this house at night, she had nerves of iron. It watches,” he added suddenly. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

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

He pressed at the pain in his eyes and suddenly the odour of kerosene made him vomit. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

As they passed the primary school with its trimmed hedges of whistling pine, Ifemelu suddenly imagined that she was indeed pregnant, and the girl had used expired test chemicals in that dingy lab. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

And suddenly, I felt like I was going to cry. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

The sunflower is a symbol of constancy, and the portrait represents Digby in mourning for his wife, Venetia, who had died suddenly in 1633. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

It starts to rain suddenly, the way it does sometimes in the spring—kind of warm until it’s dark and cold and not warm at all anymore. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

“We’re done for!” he moaned as the ceiling sagged, but suddenly the floor of the car was vibrating — the engine had restarted. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

And, strangest of all, an awareness of the odd birthmark on her forehead, as though it was, quite suddenly, shining—bright and clear, like a lamp. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

I suddenly hate the twins for being born, and Tía Inés for not using babysitters. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

But couple it with magnetism, and suddenly you have movement—waves. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Frankie pushed back, and suddenly the two of them were wrestling on the floor. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Stuart strained his eyes, and suddenly, dead ahead, right in the path of the Wasp, he saw an enormous paper bag looming up on the surface of the pond. Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z

My grandparents gaped at it from the car, unable to move, until suddenly the front door opened and someone stepped out. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

She stopped in midsentence, because something had suddenly come into her mind. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

He suddenly hated them with an immense hatred. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

He let himself hope that maybe he’d get one in response—as he had for the dozens they’d shared before suddenly everything had changed. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

She was suddenly dizzy and thought this must be what people meant when they said that a person was “in shock.” The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

“We going to a picnic—a church picnic,” she said, and suddenly, unaccountably, and for the first time, smiled. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

But with Tycho Brahe, measurements of distance suddenly became critical. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

My fingers tingle, suddenly, with the urge to draw. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

In the early 1950s rural areas suddenly awoke from their trance and discovered that kudzu was eating them alive. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

For both of us, it’s been quite a blow to suddenly realize that very little remains of the close and harmonious family we used to be at home! The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

Then suddenly they felt that they were standing on something solid. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

“Miss Riley—” I realized suddenly that I loved her, that I had never known and never would know anyone as good as she. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

The room flickers, and suddenly it goes dark, leaving me suspended in complete blackness. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

It shattered on the cobblestones and the night air was suddenly filled with the smell of blackberries. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

And how easy it is to suddenly find yourself alone in the playground. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

Instead, as if suddenly waking, she looked at them. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

Murderers suddenly found themselves face-to-face with their victim’s relatives. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Then suddenly he stopped moving and she stopped too. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

The thought of sleep, horizontal sleep, suddenly overwhelmed her. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

They had both been aiming at him, but with the Jeep suddenly out of their sights, they had ended up firing at each other. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

“Oh, hey,” Dimple said, suddenly remembering in a mild panic that she hadn't come up with any good responses. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

But before he could suggest that, the top of the stand was suddenly lifted off. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had it all worked out when suddenly the obvious flashed on me: Half the town knew me by name and the other half by sight. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

Approaching the meadow from the forest above, Gray stopped suddenly, nose in the air. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

The Earthman laughed quite suddenly, “In Earth’s name, why?” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

My shoulder and legs suddenly feel very exposed, and the flush on my cheeks now turns to magma-level red. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“They said he should be—” and then suddenly our worries disappeared as a blue minivan rounded the corner toward the parking lot, and I saw a man inside wearing a suit. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

His voice was suddenly adult—calm and disappointed. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

June’s face goes utterly blank for a second, and suddenly, vividly furious. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

“Did you follow?” repeated Jonathan, suddenly not sure he wanted the answer. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

“We can talk here,” I said, suddenly embarrassed about how messy the counter looked and how the dishes were piled up in the sink. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

I screamed, as if a big rock had suddenly been removed from my throat. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her question startled me—suddenly I worried that my request for a dollar may have been out of line. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

His bird terrified in the smothering darkness of the box—it’s like a coffin—when suddenly one wall springs up and light pours in and he’s free to go. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

And then suddenly: “God, are those Timberland boots? Mega mistake. How much did you pay for them?” A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

And then—imagine it—Annabelle’s wrecked self suddenly takes off like a lightning bolt. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Nobody got a chance to see what I would do, because suddenly the kid bolted. Fourth Grade Rats 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

He stared down his very crooked nose at them, and Harry suddenly found himself wishing he and Ron were still being beaten up by the Whomping Willow. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

Then suddenly with clear voices they spoke a courteous greeting in their own tongue. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Then, as suddenly as it had appeared, the Spirit Bear swung its massive head around and ambled away, vanishing ghostlike into the trees. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

“And where were you this afternoon.'1” Lourdes suddenly shouts at her husband, but she doesn’t wait for an answer. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

The thinker, slowly going on his way, suddenly stood still, gripped by this thought, and another thought immediately arose from this one. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mom must see the expression on my face, because she suddenly says, “We’re not getting a divorce. This is temporary. I promise.” A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

What must it be like to suddenly be swallowed by the earth, finding oneself nearly ten graves deep? Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

The birds in the sky, then suddenly not in the sky, only feathers fluttering. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

Many in the overwhelmingly white crowd had by now turned suddenly and savagely against Louis. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

It suddenly occurred to Reynie what had struck him as familiar. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

He called to him, “Where has that girl gone who was here a moment ago? Here are her footprints and they suddenly stop.” Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

The lock clicks, and suddenly Jamie is there in his shorts and shirt, and his hair is everywhere—literally everywhere—and his blue eyes look as panicked as my heart feels. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

When most of the others had settled down for the night, he suddenly began to leap about wildly through the branches. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

Thomas asked, thinking it kind of strange that Chuck was suddenly acting like an adult instead of the little kid desperate for a friend he’d been only moments earlier. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

She suddenly thought about the Lady Am I thinking clearly? she wanted to ask her. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

And again she said, suddenly, “How can that one feed him and care for him as I do? Beauty will not bear a man sons!” The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

As Chester tells it, he suddenly felt compelled to look at the rabbit. Bunnicula 1979-03-01T00:00:00Z

It was suddenly a good thing he had cut his nail; Ugwu could not bear the thought of that nail being blown up. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

My eyes scan this space that suddenly feels like it’s not my own, not the place I’ve spent every night for over a decade. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

“Have you decided what color you’ll be? And what jewels you’ll have on your robe?” a girl asked, suddenly hanging on his arm like a fast-growing vine. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

The wagon suddenly lurched to one side, the horse snorting and neighing as it pulled at the reins. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

The mellow eyes of the man followed the boy’s puzzled glances as they studied the strange warm world in which he had suddenly found himself. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

And, spontaneously, suddenly now, that idea caught on. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

His face was all serious, and even though we were, like, three feet apart, suddenly he felt super-close. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

He’d been leaning against his car; he suddenly stood up straighten He shoved his hands in his pockets. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

What I saw next brought me to my knees more suddenly than any slap of wind. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

I suddenly missed her so much that my chest hurt, even though I hadn’t played with Dee since I was ten. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

A few drops fell, and suddenly the drums broke out again into a panic of hurrying notes; there was a great shout. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

The woman had barely spoken during the entire voyage and suddenly we couldn’t make her stop. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

She dived suddenly and disappeared for a moment as Caleb and I watched. Sarah, Plain and Tall 1985-04-25T00:00:00Z

Mind you, though I say I never go looking for Hailsham, what I find is that sometimes, when I’m driving around, I suddenly think I’ve spotted some bit of it. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

I needed to get out of town anyway — it was suddenly the perfect time to go. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

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

We were silent for a while, and suddenly Lucy murmured as if to herself:— Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

I suddenly remember how different I am from most of the kids here. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

And suddenly I am so afraid for him. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

In spite of all the food I can’t wait to eat, I suddenly have no appetite. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

I resumed groping for a way from under the table, to find out where my mother had suddenly gone, and why she had awakened me. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

It's the gentlemanly thing to do, and I suddenly feel very nervous being alone with him. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

I go along with the Kiss of Peace, but paradoxically I feel isolated sitting in half-empty churches among people I am suddenly aware of not knowing. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

And then it was suddenly quiet in the little house. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

As he stared at it, the ground suddenly opened around him. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

Faint almost to imperceptibility, but appalling, she suddenly heard the grinding of his teeth. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jay Cee wanted to teach me something, all the old ladies I ever knew wanted to teach me something, but I suddenly didn't think they had anything to teach me. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

It was enough to know that I would not be suddenly attacked. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

“Measter,” said Wat, suddenly remembering one word, the word which he bad always been accustomed to offer to the great people who made him a present of food, his only livelihood. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

And when, suddenly, he leaned in, she did too. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

It was as if the very buildings—this very alley—were suddenly holding their breath. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

The man looked at his face, seemed suddenly embarrassed, realized he had gone too far. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the hermit came in, the whole room was suddenly absolutely thick with the smell of goats, just like Chrissie said. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

Then he suddenly wondered what it would be like to lead the orchestra and to color the whole world himself. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

Maddy, who had been kicking the back of my seat, suddenly stopped. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

Hanako remembered suddenly that the emperor’s name was Hirohito, but she was sure this little snippet of information wasn’t going to impress these girls. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

And with that menacing gesture, Linda suddenly realized something was terribly wrong. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“What happened?” he said, sitting up so suddenly they all gasped. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

I suddenly felt like a suspect myself; Mr. Clarkson was looking at us like we were criminals. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

A jolt ran through the ship and suddenly it righted itself again. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

“Oh,” she said suddenly, “we forgot the bear.” The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

His near-expulsion actually seemed to shake something loose in her brain; she was maybe more surprised than anyone that Ocean had voluntarily broken someone’s nose, and, suddenly, she was asking him questions. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

He had to duck when the man suddenly swung a fist. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

The friend had left something he wanted to show me out in his truck and he suddenly stood to walk around me to the door to bring it in. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Then I freeze, suddenly realizing that I’m not alone. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

This stage lasted around three days, and then the fever suddenly broke and the patient seemed to recover. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

He watched her at this and suddenly he said, “I will take the box. Here is the basket.” The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

I had the impression it wasn't night and it wasn't day, but some lurid third interval that had suddenly slipped between them and would never end. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

Then what's especially strange is that suddenly it feels as if we all really do live at the Gardens of Glenwood. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

We're suddenly quiet, lying next to each other on the pillow, so close. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

So I was running, chased by myself you might say, and I turned a corner and was suddenly flat on my back. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

Ma’s voice thinned, as if she’d suddenly become too tired to speak. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

Frank could feel its absence, as if the humidity had suddenly dropped. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

After death, the cadaver suddenly deteriorates: the internal organs, having been dead or partially dead for days, have already begun to dissolve, and a sort of shock-related meltdown occurs. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sun came suddenly from behind a rain cloud, flooding the room with glorious light that wavered on the walls like water. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Malachy says the smell is gorgeous but when Mam comes back she says What’s that horrible stink? and wants to know why our heads are suddenly greasy. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Chronicler felt himself go cold as he suddenly realized what a dangerous game he was playing. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

This was the longest string of words he had uttered in months, but it suddenly dried up, as if he just couldn’t find any more to say. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

As I was looking courteously at the stock, it suddenly occurred to me that I had more than he had. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Don’t you see it?” asked the girl, voice suddenly wavering. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

Snape snarled, and he actually turned his head and stared right at the place where Harry was, as though he could suddenly see him. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

“Oh, this is ridiculous!” the chaplain shouted, suddenly losing all patience. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Then, suddenly, there she is—that famous coppery green woman, raising her torch high in the harbor. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

He crashed into the woman and the two were suddenly locked in an embrace. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

There was a knife in his hand suddenly, its blade thin as her little finger. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

As the two men tramped through snow-covered woods, several “French Indians,” as Washington called them, suddenly appeared. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was about to lead the way up the south side of the combe when suddenly a rabbit shouldered him roughly aside, pushed past Fiver and was gone into the open. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the sun struck them suddenly, flying through windy clouds, the brightness was almost more than Marly could bear. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

To the south, a red-tailed hawk circled—suddenly it dove toward a prairie dog settlement, but came up empty-handed. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

She didn’t get to suddenly get a fresh start after everything she’d done to Seven. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

I was suddenly exhausted, lungs squashed flat, limbs too heavy to lift. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

Then suddenly the woman had left, and we all kept standing about, avoiding each other’s eyes. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Some of these rabbits were still chasing us and suddenly I thought, ‘Well, I’ll have one of them anyway.’ Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes it would drum suddenly on the roof. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was suddenly aware that she was the prettiest girl I had ever seen up close. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

It suddenly all makes sense, and I start laughing. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

Nathaniel and I had suddenly run out of things to say. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’m frozen for a moment, suddenly uneasy in the midst of this extravagance. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

All my friends and I are obsessed with these animated tigers called Ti-grrlz, which are suddenly everywhere: on TV, clothes, backpacks, stickers. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

She had not planned to resign, but it suddenly seemed to be what she had to do, and so she typed the letter on her computer and took it to her manager’s office. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

"Lots of people come who haven't been invited," she said suddenly. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

“No status” — that was how they stood with the Immigration Department, suddenly naked as winter trees. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

During the day sometimes, or when she had just waked up in the morning, a new part of the symphony would suddenly come to her. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

We’d reached a spot where the hedges were high on both sides, and the ground was covered in frozen cowpats, when Ruth suddenly stopped a few steps behind me. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

“BaiMa reared suddenly. It’s not like him at all. Something unexpected must have surprised him.” When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

I was wondering what he had planned to do with it when the idea suddenly popped into my head. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

I saw the rest of our team had suddenly come back to life and was throwing the ball around and talking up the game. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

It just sort of happens, and suddenly you realize the cloud that looks like a big hand with fat fingers now looks like a catcher's mitt, or a big soft TV set? Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

Hanako suddenly exclaimed, as if accusing Mama and Papa of something. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

It was as if he suddenly owned the world—he and the Frog owned the ocean, owned all of the ocean and the world was mostly ocean. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Once, looking suddenly back, as if some prickle of the skin told him that he was watched from behind, he thought he caught a brief glimpse of a small dark shape slipping behind a tree-trunk. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

The dog, coming suddenly upon him face to face among the rough tussocks, recoiled a moment, startled and confused. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Everything I had said, tonight and ever since I came to Winter, suddenly appeared to me as both stupid and incredible. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

He suddenly seemed young, a confused small boy looking helplessly at her. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

We crossed the residential street and were trekking through a barren patch of rough land that led to the hill when, suddenly, a rock struck Hassan in the back. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Elinor drove around the next bend and suddenly stamped on the brake. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Silvertongue was staring at the photograph and suddenly it was as if nothing else in the world existed. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Nailer waited, thinking he would see her torn apart, but then she curled her legs under her and she was suddenly aboard, clambering up the side of the train car. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Ha!” he said suddenly, and turned and looked enquiringly at Mary Poppins. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

The sword suddenly flicked its way to the albino’s throat. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Baby clung to his hand and refused to let go and Ugwu’s whole life suddenly gathered in a lump in his throat, and he was sobbing and the tears hurt his eyes. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

He felt suddenly depressed, flat, cheated by the flash of excitement which had come to him as he climbed, and was now gone. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

And suddenly the Shadow Host that had hung back at the last came up like a grey tide, sweeping all away before it. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

There are nights when she has been woken by her husband’s muffled screams, times they have ridden the subway together and the rhythm of the wheels on the tracks makes him suddenly pensive, aloof. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

The storm came up suddenly, howling, and Shipbreaker Bay proved the truth of its name. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Then suddenly he waved, jumped down from the wall, and disappeared into the woodlot. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even while he was screaming he wondered why he was suddenly so defensive—so possessive about his name. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

But suddenly, perhaps because he saw I was just a white girl, he lowered his spear. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

The ground was cool under my bare feet and suddenly, for the first time since we had crossed the border, I felt like I was back. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

And suddenly my own twelve years felt like a long time, as if I were young and old at once. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

As she trudged toward the garden, she suddenly grinned with relief. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Our father suddenly piped up with, “So, Dale, what's your sport?” It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

After a little while he turned suddenly, and choosing a place where the banks were lower, he waded the river, and then led them away due south into a flat land, treeless and wide. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Who the hell knows what he meant, but suddenly, he seemed kind of powerful, like someone who shouldn’t necessarily be wound up in a cocoon of pink insulation and hidden in a basement somewhere. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bobby Gene’s voice was suddenly clogged with tears. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

He suddenly felt a desperate need to get out of the house as fast as he could. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z

I ignored her, because I was suddenly distracted by the feet of the women. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was suddenly sure that she would find her husband there. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

The wind started blowing out of the north, and suddenly clouds were rushing over the island. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Presently it stopped, as though cut suddenly in exasperation. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Slowly the sky above grew lighter, and then suddenly the clouds broke, and their draggled fringes trailed away northward up the River. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

I suddenly worried that my father was going to wreck his car on the icy roads. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

He suddenly raised the pitch of his voice. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Zooey’s voice suddenly and suspiciously spoke up: “Mother? What in Christ’s name are you doing out there?” Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

Mandleve apparently decided that he had bargained with me enough, for he suddenly lunged at me. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

She turned suddenly and raised up on her tiptoes and bashed her forehead into my nose. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

But before he was even half way she’d suddenly broken in and started to talk herself. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dill looked down and toyed with the peg game, suddenly less cheery. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

But the people whose world Kenna was supposed to be changing, it seemed, couldn’t disagree more, and when the results of all of the consumer research came in, Kenna’s once promising career suddenly stalled. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

Then, suddenly, the engine cut off, the Gs went to zero, and we knew we had arrived. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Clancy laughed, drawing my attention back to him from the window, and I suddenly wasn’t sure how I could let my thoughts wander. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

I suddenly wish I’d told Dad about Harry Potter, but this isn’t the time. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

And then, suddenly, the voice on the loudspeaker crackled back to life: “Judges of the finish announce officially that Washington won by six feet.” The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Their suspicions about their neighbor and their teacher suddenly seemed overwrought and childish. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

Sure enough, after he did that, most people suddenly said aha! and came up with the pendulum solution. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

I was not quite halfway to the bottom when the burly, greybearded man who had played the second gravedigger suddenly appeared at the foot of the stairs. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

My lungs felt as if they were on fire, and breathing suddenly became impossible. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

I am a “good person,” as my demented charges at the nursing home agree, but maybe Em also just sick of my suddenly acquired insignificance. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

As though in answer to his question, the trapdoor suddenly opened, and a silvery ladder descended right at Harry’s feet. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

A few minutes later, he said suddenly: “Kath, can we stop? I’m sorry, I need to get out a minute.” Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was about to sit down next to her mother on the old sofa surrounded by Mo's bookshelves when someone suddenly whispered her name. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

He was eager to learn, and suddenly I could see the small boy who had once sat in a classroom. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

But Jeremy suddenly saw that she was trembling and realized that she must be afraid. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

The tight little crawl space under the floorboards suddenly felt like a coffin, like I was already dead and buried. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

Then suddenly she was so exhausted she fell back on the bed and went to sleep. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

But he did think she was beautiful, a fact that suddenly embarrassed him. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Aurora is suddenly filling the back seat with chants of “KITTYKITTYKITTYKITTY!” The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

Then, as suddenly as the panic had come, it left. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

I asked once, suddenly suspecting that he had lost our joint seventy-five cents during the night. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

My father looked around, as if he thought my mother might suddenly appear. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

He could not be quite sure, but it seemed to him that suddenly, before it passed out of sight, the horse turned aside and went into the trees on the right. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

At this time the winter which had been following my track ever since I left home suddenly struck with a black norther. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Reynie saw one of the men in suits glance at the dazed-looking children—giving them a little wink and a friendly smile—and suddenly it hit him. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

She looked so peaceful—it was as if her heart had suddenly just stopped beating. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

The Commandant's letter falls from my suddenly numb hand, and I know. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Lane started to say something to that, but the waiter was suddenly there to take away the empty Martini glasses. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

He who had been my benefactor within the College of Lucidity now lay in his sheets looking as vulnerable as a child, blinking at me suddenly in fear; yet he did not speak. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

In the cellar, the incinerator glowed suddenly and a whirl of sparks leaped up the chimney. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s like suddenly remembering where you put something you’ve been looking for.” The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

He gave his signal—and this other fellow suddenly appeared, from the back, walking toward me. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sound of it made me feel suddenly younger, a child. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

She was suddenly ravenous, but more than that, she was curious. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

And in the morning when Linda mentioned casually “1 wonder how the kids are doing? 1 hope they’re okay—” Bloom could feel himself suddenly grow tight again. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

A loud squawking from above suddenly gave me hope. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

That is, of course,' he said, sitting up again suddenly, 'unless Father has come up with an entirely new factor he wants me to think about.' The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

Zooey turned and looked at her, and—unpredictable young man—made a very dour face, as though he had suddenly eschewed any and all forms of levity. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

All the figures were suddenly so big, far too big for a small fat boy, who was clumsy even before his transformation! The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Are you writing in your notebook?” he asked, his face and voice suddenly, oddly, desperate. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

And suddenly the teacher I thought was invincible looks as if she wants somebody to say “there, there” to her, just like I often need someone to say it to me. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

It felt like my fingers suddenly swelled to three times their size, like cooked sausages splitting their skin, as I tried to flip through them all. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was suddenly cool to know stuff, to expatiate on the causes of the Spanish Civil War. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

And suddenly the dam inside me burst, and grief gushed out in a torrent. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

So much has happened it’s as if the whole world had suddenly turned upside down. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

I wanted to laugh, for suddenly I realized that I didn't know whether I had been part of a sellout or not. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

He left me in the room, which suddenly became as foreign as another country. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

So when, reluctantly, Aurelia stood up and said it was probably time she went home, Marcus suddenly dropped his voice to a conspiratorial whisper. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

I suddenly remember how he pulled Valerian off me when I was choking on faerie fruit. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

My palms suddenly felt sticky and dirty, and I couldn’t breathe right. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

But the old man’s face suddenly contorted with anguish. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

Of course, he realized suddenly, he could veer, and find out. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

You suddenly notice that all of his friends are wild, bad kids, the kind that hold lighted firecrackers until the very last second, or torment the neighborhood animals. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

She laughed and laughed and laughed because the present scene, the past weeks, suddenly seemed fantastical. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

How the world suddenly seemed dangerous after that. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

“No,” he said, his expression changing suddenly from surprised embarrassment to sadness. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

She smiled at Aaron, suddenly feeling very adult. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

And this was what she suddenly understood about her mother: how with each man, each husband, she was really trying to fill in the sketchy parts of herself and become somebody she could finally love. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

April had followed, watching approvingly, but now she suddenly objected. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

She smelled, Mia thought suddenly, of home, as if home had never been a place, but had always been this little person whom she’d carried alongside her. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

This one’s cab was filled with something and I suddenly understood the purpose of those two holes behind the goalposts. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Banners and flags and gonfalons suddenly bellied from every cornice, a huge red banner unscrolled along the full length of the Machinery Building, and the canvas slipped from Big Mary’s gold-leaf shoulders. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

“What is your mother like?” he asked me suddenly. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

But it was too late now Despereaux's dire situation suddenly became quite clear to him. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

They flew apart as I entered and both their faces went suddenly crimson. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then suddenly Percy was next to her, lacing his fingers in hers. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

And suddenly I knew for certain that they meant to kill us. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Why are they suddenly coming along with us? Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Only in the 1950’s did their study become an exciting and fruitful field of research; suddenly they began to engage so much attention that 1000 papers on this subject alone appeared within a five-year period. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

Scanning the papers as he ate breakfast, he turned to the New York Times—and suddenly leaped from the chair. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Ishtar suddenly threw her arms around us both. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

He drummed his steering wheel with his forefingers and bit his lower lip as if he was suddenly in deep thought. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

They suddenly decided to get married and there it was. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Turner stood, and it suddenly seemed to him that his father was much smaller than he had been before. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

I wanted to protect him—at that moment, it was suddenly clear to me exactly what I wanted: to protect them, all of them. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

His voice dropped suddenly and then resumed, too quietly for me to hear. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

On the far side of the stoneworks, the mountains opened up suddenly upon a vista of green fields, blue sky, and snowcapped mountains that took her breath away. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

It pounded regularly for a minute, and then suddenly more softly, and then again in a quick flurry, seeming to be going methodically from door to door at the end of the hall. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

He looks suddenly alone, vulnerable even in his determination. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

What was worse, she suddenly didn’t want the olive at all and wondered why she had even asked for it. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

The veins of the young girl’s legs suddenly appeared like worms on her dark skin. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Where are you from?” asked the woman suddenly. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

I tilt my head back, suddenly fascinated by the stars. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

The whole thing was fairly painful, and I was thinking about going over and smashing his noisy fingers into the countertop when he suddenly sparked up a conversation. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

“If you have any extra clothes, put them on. If you have a blanket you could wrap—” He stopped suddenly and looked out across the circle of firelight. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Ekon had started to ask where they were when Father Olufemi opened a door and he was suddenly cast into a flood of golden light and noise. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

He takes the last tremulous step and he’s suddenly clasping forearms with the old man who keeps saving his life. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

After about a year of this sort of thing, he suddenly collapsed and was hospitalized. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

He broke off awkwardly, suddenly aware that he was preaching at me. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

Malecki looks at the bottle of water and goes red in the face, embarrassed, like it wasn’t too late for his humanity to suddenly come rushing back. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

Frightful was jabbing at some insect in the grass below me when suddenly a flashbulb exploded and a man appeared. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then, suddenly, he pulled away from my mother, and if my father hadn’t grabbed him, he would have come at us. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z

I’m struck, suddenly, by how handsome he is—all his features are proportionate, his eyes dark and lively, his skin bronze-brown. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

He looked at her anxiously, as if he had suddenly remem-bered who she was. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

“Almost time for Police Patrol. Monique said suddenly. “My lip hurts. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Like the girls at school, they were off gluten one week only to suddenly be on it again if the meal was enticing enough. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

As though the creature beneath the cloak sensed Harry’s gaze, the hand was suddenly withdrawn into the folds of its black cloak. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

I don’t know if she’s upset at the news she just heard or at suddenly realizing that I’ve been listening in on the men’s secret meetings for months. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

Jenny glanced at him anxiously and then suddenly blazed out at the questioner. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then suddenly there was a dreadful cry and a great shock, and a deep echoing boom. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

The train brakes suddenly and jostles us even closer together. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

At first he put it on the mantelpiece, but suddenly he removed it and stuck it in his pocket. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Then, after a hesitation, he suddenly lifted the jar and emptied all the water into the cauldron. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

“One can imagine the consternation and admiration that would be felt here if the United States were to discover suddenly that some other nation had already put up a successful satellite.” Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

That drew a grin from Obsle—a quiet, approving grin that made me suddenly revise my estimation of the man. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

His voice rose suddenly to a scream, and he sat up, still asleep, drumming his legs. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

But the soldier suddenly shouted at him and hastily lifted his gun. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

We, who were reduced to eating on the sidewalk, were suddenly elevated in status by this man’s misery. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

He stood up suddenly and knocked his nail keg over backward. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

The flush suddenly deepened; he was thinking of Lenina, of an angel in bottle-green viscose, lustrous with youth and skin food, plump, benevolently smiling. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Let me see if I can explain,” she says, her voice suddenly soothing again. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

She squeezed his hand, she smiled, her lips moved, then quite suddenly her head fell forward. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

And suddenly the United States became huge beyond belief and impossible ever to cross. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

He looked like he was about to say something but suddenly froze when he looked at me. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

Papa stopped suddenly and leaned on his pitchfork. Sarah, Plain and Tall 1985-04-25T00:00:00Z

“We brought a small travel bag,” I suddenly say. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

At Troniat, a small station that one of the men recognized, the doors were suddenly thrown open and they tumbled out into the darkness onto a gravel path. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was as if the lady who talked about Polident on TV had suddenly burst into tears. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

There was suddenly a sound of more galloping from the other side of the clearing. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

It was harder, suddenly, to balance on the bike, as the front wheel wobbled over stones and ruts. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

For suddenly, just behind him, James heard a rustling of leaves, and he turned around and saw an old man in a crazy dark-green suit emerging from the bushes. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z

“You screamed first! Just leave me alone, okay? You’ve been really good about leaving me alone my whole life, so why you choose high school to suddenly be interested I have no idea. . . .” Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

He’d suddenly remembered something else, and it was rare that he remembered two different things in so short a time. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

He draws back a few inches, still gripping my arms—and suddenly, our eyes lock. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

“Ah, I dare say I did. Deuce take me,” he added, suddenly, “I know I did. I find I am not quite unscrewed yet.” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

But at this moment the meaning of the masklike attachment in front of it suddenly sank into him. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

I suddenly felt the need to change the subject. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

His laughter filled the cavern, and suddenly the scene changed. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

Jonathan suddenly realized that he had never seen an enemy soldier before. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

The dogs had suddenly caught sight of them, and it was only by a swift dash for their holes that the rats saved their lives. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

There was just me and the boot, and then, suddenly, the warm weight of the rifle on my back. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

And if I suddenly have a notion that the earth is flat, I’m likely to believe that, too. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

I saw us walking slowly, silently, toward a far, verdant part of die convent grounds, where suddenly, and without sin, I would put my arm around her waist. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

I was worrying how I was going to get around that, when Dad suddenly started to talk. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Ash woke up suddenly and scrambled onto her knees, blinking rapidly. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’m suddenly very in the mood for this year’s game. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

I hugged her, partly because I didn’t want her to see the shame I suddenly felt. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

Her phone suddenly dinged, an email notification, and she opened it. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Sophie, still peering out from the blanket, saw suddenly ahead of her a great craggy mountain. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then, suddenly, without a word or a look in my direction, the two of them sat down at their respective desks and went to work. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

For suddenly there was a shriek, and then a splash, and into the river went Augustus Gloop, and in one second he had disappeared under the brown surface. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z

There was a day in June 1932, all the more beautiful for coming suddenly, after a long spell of rain and wind. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

When the telegram arrived at his door around midnight, his life suddenly changed. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

I reached for my bed and sat, suddenly feeling a little dizzy, my mind racing. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

His stomach hurt, and the thought of running the rest of the day suddenly depressed him. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

The fog cleared as suddenly as it had appeared and yet nobody made any allusion to it, nor did anybody look as though anything unusual had just happened. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Malcolm tried to catch it by turning suddenly to the left or to the right, but all he saw was the swift movement that showed where it had been a moment before. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

It made her hate him suddenly, hate him for leaving so fast, so soon, like he couldn’t wait to get away from all of them. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

He might have said more, but suddenly his eyes gaped wide. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Twilight was beginning to fall when the mountains drew back from the road and the sea suddenly appeared beyond green hills, a sea as wide as another sky. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

And then suddenly, while he was doing this, he happened to notice that right beside him and below him, close to the ground, there was a hole in the side of the peach. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z

Other spheres and cubes suddenly appear, scattered over the bridge and against the walls. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

This thought made him so sad that his knees felt suddenly wobbly. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

I heard the sharp intake of breath, like a toy balloon suddenly deflated. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

As if this period was suddenly the new episode of a soap opera, and the long-thought-dead evil twin had just sauntered back into town. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Then, suddenly, books were being printed all over the world. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

What did surprise him was that when Ron drew level with them, Parvati suddenly nudged Lavender, who looked around and gave Ron a wide smile. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

John turned suddenly, the movement like a curse, and knelt again before the altar. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

Then one day we heard from a neighbor that Noriega was gone, and suddenly there were voices in the streets again. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

The sky groaned and cracked, and suddenly the shrill, cold needles of rain pierced our hands and the backs of our necks. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had reached the front door and opened it, but now, she turned suddenly and bent down, clasping hold of him, so that his face was pushed up against her breasts. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

The alarm clock said just before five, and Meggie was going to turn over and go back to sleep when she suddenly sensed someone else in the room. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Fiver sat trembling and crying among the nettles as Hazel tried to reassure him and to find out what it could be that had suddenly driven him beside himself. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then suddenly the man jerked his head back and he twitched. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Silver seemed about to speak when suddenly there was a pattering in the undergrowth above and three more rabbits came over the bank from the wood. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

We’d just been looking at each other, hardly breathing, when suddenly the bell rang. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

And then, on the afternoon of August 21, the sky suddenly turned black. I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z

Then when it looked like the rain would keep on and on forever it suddenly stopped. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Then suddenly her fingernails did not bite into his wrists. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

He seemed suddenly to go into a higher gear. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“No, it came on quite suddenly,” she replies. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

He moved ever so slightly to the right, screening Aunt Petunia from view, as though he thought Mr. Weasley might suddenly run at them and attack. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Then suddenly, without warning, Uglúk sprang forwards, and with two swift strokes swept the heads off two of his opponents. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Then it flickered suddenly, and he felt tiny tongues of heat begin to creep across and into his frozen feet and legs. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Are you new here?” she demanded, suddenly defensive and startled. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

She sat on the chair, perched really, suddenly thinking that, from reading a City Paper ad, she was now alone with a strange man in the basement of a strange house in America. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Early one morning, about two weeks later, the doorway of the kitchen was suddenly darkened by the unexpected shadow of Mr. Derby. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

I suddenly wanted to know what they were saying. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

And suddenly, there were tears streaming down my cheeks. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

Then she suddenly patted my hand, stood up, and went back to the kitchen. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

And then, as suddenly as she had appeared, the woman began to fade from Petra’s mind. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

She dims the lights and the screen comes down, and suddenly we’re all screaming along. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

Maybe if the Collective has their samples, they won’t waste time searching for me if I suddenly disappear. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Because I suddenly saw what I must do. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

And then, suddenly, all the fires on the hillside form one great wall of fire stretching across the city and— it’s inevitable now—start moving down toward them. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Sefia was suddenly aware of his skin, of the dips where the water pearled and the sheen of bronze on his bare arms. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

“I just don’t know why we’re suddenly best friends with her.” Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

“Do you?” he said, and his voice was suddenly strained again. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

In fact, all the articles he had written for the Voice added up—Bloom suddenly felt—to a mistake on his part. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Polly’s stomach suddenly growled, and she pressed her hands against it. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

They just lay there for a while, dreaming and digesting, and then Melanie suddenly sat up. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the face of the enthusiasm of others, she suddenly felt flaccid and afraid. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

As he said this a lust which he could not conceal shone suddenly in his eyes. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

“So it’s like five in the morning, and suddenly I’m wide awake, which is weird, and for some weird reason I’m thinking something’s weird.” Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

Mamá’s voice suddenly cracked, and her forehead creased with worry lines. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

The world, locked out for years, suddenly flooded in, and now Estha couldn’t hear himself for the noise. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Neither one, I blurt out because suddenly I see that what I’m headed for with either one is this mother-in-law. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He pointed to Esther, who almost fell forward in front of him, as if someone had suddenly kicked her in the back of the knees. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“When you gonna take me to a circus?” she demanded suddenly. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Many places on Earth seem suddenly to crystallize out, revealing an intricate pattern of squares and rectangles, straight lines and circles. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

If the person who’s meant to love you forever can suddenly stop, then what is there to believe in? The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

He never knew how long he was in the creature’s clutches; he only knew that the darkness suddenly lifted enough for him to see that the leaf-strewn ground was now swarming with spiders. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

The blue-collar factory jobs that had been plentiful in urban areas in the 1950s and 1960s had suddenly disappeared. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Walters stops midsentence, reaching up to touch the end of her suddenly long, pointed nose. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

That without us, rates of child abuse would suddenly soar. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Siddhartha understood that the spoilt and grieving boy could not suddenly be content in a strange and poor place. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z

Observing his second daughter employed in trimming a hat, he suddenly addressed her with, Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z

I was still angry and as I held her suddenly she shivered. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

He suddenly slammed his fist against the suitcase. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

As I watch Cook and Izzi, I suddenly wonder if they are related. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

It’s not that I didn't remember Mr. Harvey’s death and think about him, especially because suddenly a big row was being made over the hanging of my people. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

As if what Joe said had started the sound, she suddenly began to hear the whine of a saw. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

Peach was suddenly in love with the outdoors. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

But the 1936 Constitution of the Soviet Union “guaranteed” a multitude of rights it didn’t always deliver on, and a line on paper didn’t suddenly make everyone’s ideas shift from their old tracks. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

The night air is colder suddenly, and I remember the din and stench of Kauf Prison, where the Empire sends defectors to suffer at the hands of its most ruthless interrogators. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

I’m not sure what was going on with me the first time, except I’ve noticed that, sometimes, when we’re zooming along and it’s all blue skies, we can suddenly hit a bump in the road. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

And then, quite suddenly, they came to an edge and it was all before them. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

As if it were a great wave that swept my legs from beneath me, I sat suddenly on the floor and wept. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I’m suddenly picturing a pair of ruby slippers. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

I push back my chair so suddenly that Boomer startles and skulks away upstairs. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

People who have never spoken to me suddenly say what’s up. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

And suddenly I hate this imaginary underground city of District 13 and those who sit by, watching us die. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Her face—Julie’s face—her face suddenly lit up like a sunrise. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

It was very quiet and very dark in the alley and familiar things loomed up suddenly, huge and out of shape. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

They argue over who will get to ride the gryphon but Widget relents when Celia tells them the story of the nine-tailed fox just behind it, which suddenly sounds much more appealing. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

IT’s face suddenly pops up in my mind. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

As if his indomitable spirit had set its potency in motion, the glass blazed suddenly like a white torch in his hand. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

She motioned for Ivy to sit down and Ivy did, her throat suddenly all thick and annoying. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

A few minutes after he got back to his sister-in-law’s, Mr. Wood appeared suddenly. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z

They had moved suddenly, like a whirlwind, dust and sand flying up from their hooves as they chased him back toward the truck and horse trailer. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

And suddenly a claque of women crowded to the door and overflowed into the yard. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then I notice my bloody hand and suddenly feel nauseated. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was no answer and George Weston coughed and was suddenly extremely interested in an aimlessly drifting cloud. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

Now Dr. Maris was attaching wires to the brackets, and suddenly, Ernie, the boy with the perfect smile, had braces. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

The anger was leaving him as suddenly as it had come. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

The thing that now suddenly struck Winston was that his mother’s death, nearly thirty years ago, had been tragic and sorrowful in a way that was no longer possible. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

And suddenly, there was an avalanche of pain, red impossible agony! Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

And, suddenly, he did get up and come over. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

Gilly followed her to the door, eager to get her out of the looney bin the house had suddenly become. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

The garbage shifted again, and suddenly, miraculously, the beautiful, buttery light of late afternoon shone on Edward’s face. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 2006-03-30T00:00:00Z

She was wary of how sometimes when the music tugged, you might suddenly be next to a man and you didn’t know what he might do. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

She didn’t, she realized suddenly; she didn’t know how it went, not at all. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

It’s as if one of the firecrackers that have been going off all day long has suddenly fallen in the center of the group. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

He would be talking to us about this or that when suddenly he would stop in mid-sentence and a look of intense pain would cloud his ancient countenance. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

Gimli strode a pace forward, but felt suddenly the hand of Gandalf clutch him by the shoulder, and he halted, standing stiff as stone. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

"First place, we didn't have any president----" Gatsby's foot beat a short, restless tattoo and Tom eyed him suddenly. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

Bigger’s voice boomed so suddenly from his throat that Max started. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

“We shouldn’t have come here,” she says suddenly, frowning. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Believe me, child,” Teresita’s husband said, stepping out of the darkness that suddenly seemed to overcast the room. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

Hale had no need to get an insurance policy on his friend’s life—a policy that wouldn’t have a significant return unless Roan, who was then in his late thirties, suddenly died. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Armpit was lying there, his eyes closed, only half listening, when he suddenly heard her sing: These shoes, these jewels, this dress, A perfect picture of success. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

Leo’s fear suddenly made way for a whole lot of anger. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

I looked around my crowded office, at the stacks of records and papers, each pile filled with tragic stories, and I suddenly didn't want to be surrounded by all this anguish and misery. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Heike smiled at me with these big light-blue eyes and I suddenly wanted to smack her upside her head. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

So she asked louder and suddenly a young Talib ran over and hit her on the thighs with his wooden stick. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

They stood in silence for a few moments, separated by a body’s length of the deepening darkness, and Ash suddenly felt self-conscious, not knowing what to say. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

When Gustavus Swift died suddenly in 1903, acknowledged by the Tribune as having “revolutionized the industry,” his son Louis filled his shoes without missing a beat. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Nigel, too, was irritating him, suddenly talking about the town houses Obinze was planning to build, how exciting the new architect’s design was. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

“Now, that’s more like it!” growled Moody’s voice, and suddenly, Harry felt the empty, echoing feeling in his head disappear. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

She hoisted herself spryly into the back, then suddenly broke into happy laughter. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

And she now was suddenly aware of him: tall heir of kings, wise with many winters, greycloaked, hiding a power that yet she felt. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

She stared at the words and wished suddenly that she could turn back time and postpone this move back home. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Amaranta suddenly discovered that the girl she had raised, who was just entering adolescence, was already the most beautiful creature that had even been seen in Macon do. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

The reason for this was that the toothpaste factory, the place where Mr. Bucket worked, suddenly went bust and had to close down. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z

Then suddenly it occurred to me that the open door might have been an accident. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

He was just rolling over to get out of bed when suddenly Teresa let out a frightening scream. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

The shed is stifling suddenly, hot and close, and I’m across the floor and out the door. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

However, no sooner was he stretched out than he sat bolt upright, his head and shoulders suddenly propelled into view, with somewhat the macabre-comic effect of a corpse falling out of a closet. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

Edward’s tone changed, and the threat in his voice was suddenly much more evident as he continued. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

I was exactly where I needed to be to convince her, but suddenly I felt bad. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Mary stood suddenly from the sofa and said, “Classes start tomorrow. Time to stock up on groceries.” Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Then suddenly I realized that the cow-boys might be still around, hiding somewhere and watching me. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Rabbits were suddenly dying from a rabbit disease that seemed to eat up their insides. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

She stopped suddenly, her head bent in listening. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

I was watching television when Chapter Eleven suddenly appeared. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

I feel my cheeks growing warm and suddenly look away, glad for the coming darkness. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

But Goring raised his hand abruptly and Goebbels fell suddenly silent. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

The feedlot appeared suddenly, but the stench of the place had been rising for more than a mile. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

The woman was suddenly behind him, clutching at his elbow. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

And then, like the Scarecrow who suddenly got a brain, a lightbulb went on. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

Adrenaline had numbed her body for hours, abating all the usual signs of fatigue, but suddenly everything returned in a rush. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

That if one day she suddenly went berserk and slaughtered a roomful of people, they could hold up their hands and say, “We tried, really we did.” Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

So deeply conscious was he of violating dangerous taboo, that he felt that the very air or sky would suddenly speak, commanding him to stop. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Then there came, suddenly, quiet, and the secret creeping silence they all remembered; holding their breaths, they looked at one another. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

Annabeth was afraid her mother might suddenly appear and curse her with some terrible affliction. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

But then suddenly, following a particularly heinous insinuation against his employer, my father brought the car to an abrupt halt. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

I suddenly noticed all kinds of things about my looks—things that had never much bothered me before. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

It came to Chamberlain suddenly that they might move from here to batde. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then it became suddenly quieter, though it had been very quiet already. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

“Oh, good grief,” she suddenly groaned, and flung her bloodied arms down to her side. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

The dark-haired girl behind Winston had begun crying out “Swine! Swine! Swine!” and suddenly she picked up a heavy Newspeak dictionary and flung it at the screen. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

I was fighting automatically when suddenly I noticed that one after another of the boys was leaving the ring. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then suddenly, explosively, he coughed, ejecting the wad of grass. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

Then suddenly from one second to the next they were all transposed on Nelson, who came running into the house afraid for his life. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘But this Door was not made to be a secret known only to Dwarves,’ said Gandalf, coming suddenly to life and turning round. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Will darted forward suddenly, just as he’d done to the man in his house, and with the same effect: his antagonist tumbled backward unexpectedly, falling over Lyra to crash onto the lead. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Passing through an opening they came suddenly out of the trees. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

I suddenly wanted to blame it all on the Gator mascot, but knew I needed more than that, and more than just a gut feeling that the place was all wrong for me. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

That’s why it was such a jolt to have Ruth suddenly bring it up the way she did in the middle of the argument we were having that afternoon in the field. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was reading the billboards when suddenly the people around him were leaping from their seats, someone was shouting, “Look out!” Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

Leo staggered, suddenly feeling like he was standing on the surface of a trampoline. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

He had fallen deep into his own thoughts for a while, and came out of them suddenly and too late. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Everyone seemed mesmerized as they watched Crow on a small screen in the front of the cafeteria, the memories of it, the absolute magic of it, suddenly flooding back. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Had life suddenly become a crazy Thurber cartoon? Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Soon the coals in the brazier were dying, and suddenly the room was cold. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

Olanna stared at him, suddenly frightened at how frightened he looked. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

We were moving at the same pace, and unless one of us suddenly doubled back and bolted into the dining hah, the exiting crowd would draw us closer together. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

He suddenly felt overwhelmingly tired and hungry, hungrier than he had ever been before. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

A low rumbling sound comes from within, and then the box suddenly jumps and the sandwich goes flying onto the kitchen floor! Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

Nailer suddenly felt weirdly ashamed that he had prodded the huge creature. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

And then, as the room went black, I was suddenly hyperaware that Edward was sitting less than an inch from me. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

The lamp gave off the sort of light that comes from a television, which made the high ceiling disappear and then suddenly drop back into place. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

They gawked at me as if I had suddenly sprouted another head. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

I sure could because suddenly coils and coils of Jude’s hair are slithering in my direction like an army of serpents. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

She looked up suddenly, saw him, and nodded. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

As she thought about the gussaks she suddenly knew why the brown bear was awake. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

There were clips suddenly circulating from both the Milwaukee and the Madison speeches, focused on the part where I talked about feeling encouraged. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

A short time before the death of Amaranta she suddenly stumbled into an open space of lucidity within the madness and she trembled before the uncertainty of the future. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

Or a door— Nailer’s heart suddenly beat faster. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

I suddenly and maniacally imagined Papa-Nnukwu’s body being cut in pieces that small and stored in a fridge. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

He suddenly became very lively, almost dancing a jig on the sidewalk. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

Neither of them told me what I suddenly understood—that whatever it was, whatever the reason, it didn’t really matter. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Ignatius screamed, suddenly remembering the old man’s warnings about robberies. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

You better— And suddenly he bowls over, a look of horror on his face, and starts coughing while clutching his chest, only no sound comes. The Crossover 2014-03-18T00:00:00Z

Matthew and Mark suddenly noticed the bread Mother was doling out. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

That is, Pea was aware suddenly of how fragile her heart was, how much darkness was inside it, fighting, always, with the light. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

Bud Lawrence was suddenly flooded with orders for anything with the word frindle on it, and he quickly got interested again. Frindle 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I shall enjoy punishing you when we return to Derbyshire Farms. I am master there now, you know. My father died suddenly—not long after you ran off.” Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

“All right, then,” surrendered Katie, suddenly aware that she was nagging and ashamed of herself. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And now you!” said Mr. Jaggers, suddenly stopping, and turning on the two women with the shawls, from whom the three men had meekly separated,—“Oh! Amelia, is it?” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

She shakes her head, her pale face suddenly pulled into a deep frown. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Petra thought suddenly of the calm, intelligent woman in her dream, the woman in the yellow jacket. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

“If I am earning wages,” she said suddenly, “then perhaps you will all think I am of some use, even if I’m not a boy.” The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

He remembered how the direwolves had come at him out of the shadows, and suddenly he could see them again, snarling and snapping, teeth bared in his lace. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

I tapped him on the shoulder and he looked up suddenly. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

Straight down upon the Nazgûl they bore, stooping suddenly out of the high airs, and the rush of their wide wings as they passed over was like a gale. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

She hugged her knees against her chest, suddenly afraid. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Then his head suddenly came out into the air and he found himself scrambling ashore, out on to smooth grassy ground at the edge of a pool. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

It was as if they had suddenly discovered that they were standing on the moon. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was like a formless white death, suddenly appeared before me, a death which had been there all the time and which had now revealed itself in the madness of the Golden Day. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

They must feel as if a giant wind suddenly picked them up in Pakistan, blew them across the globe, and set them down here in this foreign place. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Inside the hospital, marching purposefully down a concrete-walled corridor of the TB wing, his stethoscope draped over his neck as he prepared to see patients, Farmer suddenly stopped. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

Then she stepped back suddenly and said, “What do I thinking? Let me make you dinner.” A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

But Ron was staring at Hermione as though suddenly seeing her in a whole new light. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Because the math he suddenly understood instinctively, like a truth. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

Five members of the king's small council broke off their discussion suddenly. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

The sky was suddenly thick with birds of all sizes and descriptions. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

She suddenly gave up and began to cry. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

The ache in my chest expands, and my eyes are suddenly hot. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

“Highways closed both ways,” he said, suddenly sounding all businesslike. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

Then, suddenly, he was in the Annex room again, writhing on the bed. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

And suddenly I know why the woman is here. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z

All of these rebels, many of whom fought alongside my parents, suddenly know whose child I am. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Powers thought of the silver dollar in his pocket, and it suddenly occurred to him that if he were captured, "it was one of the first things they would take." Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

With their goal in sight, the riders’ hair stands suddenly on end as they hear behind them the ferocious roar of a charging tiger. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

And suddenly Frank’s ability to turn into a bunch of different animals didn’t seem so awesome—not if it came with a big catch like that. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Before the Marines even spotted anyone, shooting could suddenly erupt from the dense foliage of the jungle. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

And he said suddenly, seeing Wang Lung near him, “And I had one woman and my father had one woman and we farmed the land.” The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

She stops suddenly, putting her hands to her face, pressing her white-gloved fingers over her eyes. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

“No warning, just suddenly gone. Sometimes for a span. Sometimes for months.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Camel’s remark about having an appointment with Blackie suddenly makes sense—as do various comments from my first meeting with Uncle Al. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

When she was finished, Sam piped up suddenly, from across the fire circle. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

When she said things like It’s not a democracy, suddenly I couldn’t stand to be having this whole conversation. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then he suddenly says, “I'm on my way,” and tosses the phone on the backseat. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

But the virus had suddenly become much more deadly. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

There’s something missing here, as if a new development had suddenly changed Hideo’s mind about everything. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Wishing Rekh the goldsmith would suddenly send him on an errand to the other side of Thebes, Ranofer turned his back on the man and reached for the oil jar. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

The wind dropped, and it suddenly grew cold. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

I suddenly feel everyone’s eyes on me from around the room. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

When suddenly I notice Peeta, he's about five tributes to my right, quite a fair distance, still I can tell he's looking at me and I think he might be shaking his head. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Buford waited in the cupola, weariness suddenly beginning to get to him in waves. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I can run faster than you drive,” she said, and was so exasperated she suddenly lurched forward and stomped her foot down over mine. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

“Oh! She speak so softly, and then suddenly she speak loudly,” said Jiichan. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

On this night, long after the Red Calf was asleep, the Red Cow stood up suddenly and began to dance. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

Hermione’s lip trembled, and she suddenly dashed at Harry and threw her arms around him. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

Nas once called sleep the cousin of death, and I suddenly get that. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

And then suddenly, click went her face into a look of almost seraphic calm. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

Yet suddenly for Faramir his heart was strangely moved with a feeling that he had not known before. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

I always look there, just in case R. M. Wildsmith has suddenly decided, after fifty years, to write a sequel. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

To some people it looked as though the Pied Piper of Hamelin had suddenly descended upon New York. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z

Granddaddy calls the eyes the windows to the soul, and I suddenly get that. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

There they saw close beside them a great rubble-heap; and suddenly they were aware of two small figures lying on it at their ease, grey-clad, hardly to be seen among the stones. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

As Meggie was going through the dark garden behind the house she suddenly heard unexpected music. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

“Do you mean——” stammered the bug, who suddenly felt a bit faint. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

She was not sure why she suddenly wanted to go, she told us, probably the thought that she might be gone for a long time. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

For suddenly...WHOOOSH!...and they looked up and saw a huge four-engined plane come shooting out of a nearby cloud and go whizzing past them not more than twenty feet over their heads. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z

I put my hand on the bed to shake it and suddenly I realized I was touching something funny. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Fancy you saying that,” Magdalys chided, but then a terrible moan rolled through her so suddenly she almost toppled into the hole. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

“You’re fortunate that one of our nicest rooms has come up free—here, in the house. We had a security man staying there. But he left us quite suddenly.” Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

She had never consciously made any decision, but suddenly there it was waiting and unmistakable. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

We pulled off his shoes and flung them into the street, and all the people on the other side suddenly had eyes and dove for the shoes. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

And suddenly I realize, it doesn’t matter what she actually says to him. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

There was no doubt that we were weightless, however, as the cockpit was suddenly filled with tiny bits of debris that had come out of their crevices. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

I must look as stricken as I feel, because she suddenly stops and wipes her palms down the front of her thighs. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Smoke was suddenly everywhere, like the air in a living room where someone forgets to open the flue before starting a fire. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

A pit bull lying in the backyard suddenly perks his head up and barks at us. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

But her hands shook, and her mouth felt suddenly dry. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

He pointed out that a few years earlier, when scientists started taking protective measures against cross-species contamination—such as working under sterile hoods—it had suddenly become harder to grow new cell lines. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

They were whispering out there; and suddenly the branches were shaken furiously at two places on his right. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

The Empress, suddenly alerted by the nurse’s questions, guessed that. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

In this light he was suddenly shy when he found himself alone with the woman and he was compelled to remind himself, “There is this woman of mine. The thing is to be done.” The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

I was no longer extrapolating; I was looping it through the core, freely talking about my life, suddenly breaching the confidences of my father and my mother and my wife. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had now stationed herself directly behind Rupert, and suddenly she extended a hand the size of a tennis racquet and grabbed all the hair on Rupert's head in her fist. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

He knew, suddenly, that he didn't want to leave the island. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

Here, leaning over the banister, I cried out suddenly, and without at all deliberating on my words— Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

“How a girl who worked at the Night Zoo as a beastkeeper suddenly has an interest in helping you find the most dangerous beast in the entire region?” Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Finally, under the cover of darkness, the enemy suddenly disappeared, like ghosts. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

Hush Puppies had suddenly exploded, and it all started with a handful of kids in the East Village and Soho. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The arrow in his arm suddenly didn’t matter. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

I examine Nico more closely, as if he’s suddenly going to seem different to me. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

I read through the letter several times, feeling suddenly very sad and tired. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

A rainbow arced suddenly across the field, connecting the two balls of light. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

I rubbed my eyes, and they felt sandy as though all the fluids had suddenly dried. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

I stared at him, my heart beating strangely, my hands suddenly cold beneath his hands. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

I stand, suddenly realizing I could totally climb the fire escape that scales the side of the warehouse. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

In the morning, when he had watched, I had appeared suddenly beside the store. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

I shrug and clasp my hands, feeling suddenly small in Garrett’s hoodie. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

Gareth untied her hair—and suddenly she was off, running for all she was worth away from the tragedy, toward the castle. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

And suddenly he realized that he could—the DS was in his pocket. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

I’m suddenly very aware of the collar on my white shirt. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

She says, I sat up in bed and tried to hear what was going on, but suddenly I was hurled out into the middle of the room. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

But the engineer, one bulging arm still around my shoulders, suddenly yanked me towards the train. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

He stared at Mrs. Larkin as if she had suddenly become someone else. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

He was suddenly in a roomful of strangers and he decided to do nothing at all. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

One afternoon Peeta stops shading a blossom and looks up so suddenly that I start, as though I were caught spying on him, which in a strange way maybe I was. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Aimee told me later that as I launched into my first tumbling pass, people who were milling around and chatting suddenly became still, watching me. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

And then the news of the war in Europe suddenly reached a peak of feverish excitement. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

The snowbird people from cold places like Michigan and Canada suddenly start to wander into El Caribe to make it even more crowded. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

With three quick strokes she sketched the problem on the page—across, down, and then a sinuous line that made him think suddenly of lips and hips and other curves. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

There was a loud crack, and Harry’s fist was suddenly clenched on thin air. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

Then, suddenly, I wasn’t dreaming anymore and Pita wasn’t so far away but right beside me—screaming her lungs out. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

His face had a strange elasticity: It would be slack and expressionless one minute, only to twist suddenly into a gaping, oversize grin that distorted his features and exposed a mouthful of horsy teeth. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

The man’s yellow horse teeth flashed, suddenly benevolent. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

But I have this feeling, suddenly, that I’m on a too-fast treadmill—like things are moving so quickly, I might slide off the back end. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

As I wandered about the kitchen I suddenly smelled feces and urine. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Under his serious gaze Kit was suddenly uneasy. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

That he would not be able to let the princess know what had become of him seemed suddenly unbearable to the mouse. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

She said this more than once, and then suddenly she had a hold of his right elbow as she literally led him outside. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

And suddenly he realized what it was, for Tock was no longer ticking and the Humbug, although happily singing, was doing so in complete silence. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

His voice had suddenly become soft and dangerous. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

As I hesitated, unsure whether I would look more like a fool by picking it up or by letting it lie, Julian suddenly stepped between us, his stick at broad ward. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

The chanting of the crowd faded suddenly, as if turned off by a spigot. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

A lifetime of slavery shifted suddenly into the past tense. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

The air suddenly seemed stale, like a tomb that hadn’t been opened for a very long time. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

But even while we were wondering, the situation suddenly changed. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We should have come here years ago,” my mom suddenly offers. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

But suddenly the fog had cleared, and they had landed in Barrow. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was too dangerous to do what she’d done before, to take part of the splendor in Adiah’s body away again so that she could be human; Koffi suddenly wished she could. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Why did she suddenly sound like an ignorant tyke, pretending that there was no danger? Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“She lived in an apartment, and her husband died suddenly. She couldn’t handle the dog on her own. Bless her heart.” The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

As suddenly as it came, the pain disappeared. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

The man, who had been standing some distance away, was suddenly so near that Gabe could smell the stench of him. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

I don’t know how long I'd been standing like that, gawking, mouth agape, when Jules suddenly tugged my arm and dragged me into the crowd after her. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Simon saw a humped thing suddenly sit up on the top and look down at him. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

“Yes,” I said, “Charlemagne’s coat of arms was an eagle—” I stopped speaking, for I suddenly knew what William had meant. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

Sometimes, for no reason that I could see, he would suddenly stand up and clap his hands together really loudly. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

“Before the whole sentence of the broadcast was finished, one suddenly got this horror of all the people who had been killed.” Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

He takes the walkway in long, eager strides, a smile suddenly stretching across his face, his deep fatigue vanishing at the sight of his favorite general. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

I was apologizing again to the daughter for what the court officials had done the day before when suddenly there was a commotion at the courtroom door. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

How I suddenly made the right movement, I don’t know, but before we went downstairs, he gave me a kiss, through my hair, half on my left cheek and half on my ear. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

“Get along to the dormitory, Forrester,” he said with a dry certainty in my obedience which suddenly struck me as funny, definitely funny. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

Especially a four-year-old who could march steadfastly by a garbage can that had suddenly developed a hunchback and great lopsided eyes, without even seeming to notice. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Michael, who had mostly been quiet until then, suddenly piped up. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

Because suddenly he knew exactly what to do, exactly how to help Mom. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Then she let her hand fall, and the light faded, and suddenly she laughed again, and lo! she was shrunken: a slender elf-woman, clad in simple white, whose gentle voice was soft and sad. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

She scratches the back of her neck, her expression suddenly serious. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Hannah realized suddenly that she was one of the moaners, though she didn’t know what going to the wall meant. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

And then, just as suddenly, the flying food stopped. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

On the fifth Saturday, however, as the cab started north in York Avenue, Ginnie suddenly spoke up. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

Who is suddenly close enough for me to feel his arm brush against mine. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

I gaze at the huge, shadowy box, and suddenly I understand how Ruby feels. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z

What have I got that IT hasn’t got? she thought suddenly. A Wrinkle in Time 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

On the contrary, he probably finds suddenly that it has become an excellent day, the weather remarkably bracing, the time appropriate for a bit of exercise of the old wings, a brisk turn upwind. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

And suddenly, Turner had a second thought that had never occurred to him before: he wondered if he believed a single thing his father was saying. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

Then Wang Lung perceived suddenly out of his astonishment that all these men seized were as ignorant as he as to why they were thus being taken, willy nilly, whether they would or not. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

Then the little gurgling laugh came again, and the rising mad sound of it drowned out the voice, and then suddenly absolute silence. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

But when they did, their grimaces of pain turned suddenly to broad white smiles, smiles that decades later would flicker across old newsreels, illuminating the greatest moment of their lives. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Then suddenly I felt a huge pleasure—and something else, something more complicated that threatened to make me burst into tears. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

The three of them were quiet for a moment, until Gen’s face suddenly lit up, just as it had before. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

The church suddenly went dark and this collective whisper rolled through the congregation. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

What was worse, she never knew at what moment she would suddenly go to sleep. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Go down there!” said Alice suddenly, pointing to a street of little shops at right angles to the current. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

Now, suddenly, I was scared out of my wits again. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

He suddenly whipped off his glasses and polished them hurriedly on his robes. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Then he sank to his knees, for his legs had suddenly become too weak to support him. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

The skin on her face suddenly felt stretched tight across her cheekbones and her eyes began to prickle with tears. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

But “once out upon the street, the magnitude of the fire was suddenly disclosed to me.” The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z

But now, the plainclothesmen had gone away as suddenly as they had appeared. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Shauna’s my friend, and I don’t want her to suddenly become afraid of me.” Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

Fudge subsided into what was clearly an aggrieved silence, but it was broken almost immediately by the portrait, which suddenly spoke in its crisp, official voice. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

And suddenly it felt like everything was changing. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

In the afternoon suddenly we heard him call, and saw him crawling about in No Man’s Land. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Myrtle pulled her chair close to mine, and suddenly her warm breath poured over me the story of her first meeting with Tom. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

A fresh adventure ahead, not an exile at all, he was suddenly certain. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

At first the wet brown leaves had lain over everything, everywhere, and then suddenly the peepholes started showing, and then through the peepholes came leaves and stems. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

My sister’s chances of marriage were suddenly uncertain, although not as uncertain as mine. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

Pinpricks run up my spine, and my mouth is suddenly dry. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

He realized that the touch of the hands felt, suddenly, cold. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

It was verging on dusk, and the clock had already given warning of the hour to dress for dinner, when little Adèle, who knelt by me in the drawing-room window-seat, suddenly exclaimed— Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

I let go of the railings, suddenly needing to ease myself. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

Dr. Wellington, returning from town, suddenly appeared in the midst of this commotion, and his arrival shook us considerably. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I gripped both sides of the boat, suddenly fearing I might vomit or pass out. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

She looks at the surrounding rock like she’s suddenly noticed where we are. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

The door shimmered when they pulled together, a vibration that traveled all the way up their arms, then it opened so suddenly with an unsticking feel—like tearing loose a strip of silent Velcro. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

She was still standing outside the library, undecided, when she felt a hand suddenly laid on her shoulder from behind. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

“You’re a warrior. Octavian is a talker. Put him in front of the senate, and suddenly he becomes the powerful one.” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

I suddenly think I know a tiny bit how parents feel. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Then suddenly he remembered, and jerked back on the leash. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

Then suddenly his voice came clearly to me, and I realized he was calling my name. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

Knowing that everyone still in the hall was staring at her, and conscious of those thousand sovereigns she was suddenly worth, she blushed and hesitated. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

First you are an applicant, then suddenly you are an orientee. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

With this they drew their swords and rushed together with such ferocity that each, after dealing the other a dint on the helm, sat down suddenly backwards. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

That man turned out to be a great actor from a world-famous family, and soon Mabel married him and changed her name to And suddenly it dawned on Joseph who the story was really about. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

“This one must take the muteyo” he cried suddenly, pointing at an old woman Tendai recognized as one of the midwives. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

The train finally begins to slow and suddenly bright light floods the compartment. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

“When it was time for me to choose, I suddenly saw I didn’t have to ask it.” Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

It suddenly became very important that he understand. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

“Jenny,” he asked suddenly, “do you think this will last?” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

I am suddenly reminded of how small my bathing suit is. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

As the crowd of looters made its way down Twelfth Avenue, a cry suddenly went up: “The army is coming! The army is coming!” Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

If it suddenly dropped the last bit without warning, it’d cut them both in two. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

But somehow, suddenly, it was like I was seeing them for the first time. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

Fflewddur suddenly gave a great shout and waved his sword excitedly. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

Mahmood’s laughter was about as convincing as Tanya’s smile, and suddenly I wondered if maybe, on some level, their son frightened them. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

But then I imagined that LOL on her tombstone again and suddenly felt too silly to say anything else. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Wraiths of mist suddenly moving like serpents of the air would coil about them for a second. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

It occurred to me suddenly that not a single word had passed between him and his father all evening, except for the Talmud contest. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

She was suddenly aware of how alone she was in this queer place, and she had the uncanny sensation that the singing trees had been singing about her. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

The guests became suddenly aware that they were singing merrily, as if it was easier and more natural than talking. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Their names suddenly appeared on the enormous, forty-three-foot-wide announcement board at the eastern end of the stadium. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

“You can see,” Ophie said, her mouth suddenly dry as she stared at Penelope. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

What had happened in court that day suddenly became clear. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Cal suddenly felt a deep love for his brother and an impulse to protect him in his weakness. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Robin turned into the opposite lane in order to pass a truck, and suddenly we were headed straight for an oncoming car. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then, as suddenly as she’d been pulled under, she was thrust to the surface. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t quite understand why white people would suddenly give a black child things. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

A lie came to her suddenly, but it seemed so right that she blurted it out at once. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“They say the poor boy still hasn't uttered a sound. I don't blame him. I can tell you, it's a horrible feeling suddenly landing in someone else's story.” Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Now she tickled the fish for a few moments and then lifted her hand suddenly and watched it flash away amid the bright drops from her fingers. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

“Pigeons are suddenly dropping out of the sky dead,” said one witness. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

And after hearing those words, seeing the look on her face, something suddenly takes me over—this strange, innate force. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

Taisin suddenly felt every inch the farmer’s daughter— clumsy and foolish. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

There’s suddenly an invisible hand gripping every single muscle inside my chest. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

And on this day someone did come out on him suddenly, a creature the like of whom he had never seen before. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

Wherefore, husband, I counsel you that we depart from hence suddenly, that we may ride all night to our own castle.’ The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was vaguely familiar: Racking his brains, Harry suddenly realized that this was Elphias Doge, member of the Order of the Phoenix and the writer of Dumbledore’s obituary. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

And then, very suddenly, things went wrong between him and Patricia Marx. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Mud filled his eyes, his ears, the horn boss on the moose drove him deeper and deeper into the bottom muck, and suddenly it was over and he felt alone. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

Around her, the crowd and their laughter seemed suddenly very far away. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

And the General—Lieutenant Dubose’s own particular General—had suddenly looked ten years younger. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

Back in his room, Alex quickly tugged on pants and a shirt, suddenly anxious to get out there. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

He felt suddenly anxious to know about the calf, it was some kind of visible link between himself, and Fielding and the farm. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

As I wrote down Mr. Browne’s September precept, I suddenly realized that I was going to like school. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

The proles, it suddenly occurred to him, had remained in this condition. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

Then suddenly as he fixed the miserable rags round himself a feeling of pity for his ruined body overcame him. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

Then I look at the Peacekeepers as if I'm suddenly remembering they’re there. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

And I suddenly became very conscious of the fact that we were the only people in the shop, except for the old guy behind the counter at the front engrossed in his paperwork. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

So they climbed out of the gorge and sped along the mesa in a dust cloud, singing fervently and almost joyously together, until suddenly the car hit a confused jackrabbit and Linda burst into tears. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

They dared not go to bed with over a thousand British soldiers suddenly camped upon them—defeated soldiers whose mood might turn ugly. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

As the horses were midway down the first pass through the homestretch, the crowd suddenly gushed over the infield retaining fence ten feet inside the track rail. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then suddenly he turns fiery red and looks confused. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Till suddenly lights blink—on, off, on, off—ahead. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

Here he suddenly broke down, and threw his arms round my shoulders and laid his head on my breast, crying:— Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

Every head in the Great Hall swiveled toward the stranger, suddenly brightly illuminated by a fork of lightning that flashed across the ceiling. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

“I—I’m sorry,” he said, his breath coming in short gasps, and then suddenly he was leaving the patio, running down the street, sprinting away from them, trying to escape. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

He caught the glint of clear grey eyes; and then he shivered, for it came suddenly to him that it was the face of one without hope who goes in search of death. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

Then, suddenly, Hagrid let out a howl like a wounded dog. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

This investigation produced no information that would explain why Prince Jones would suddenly shift his ambitions from college to cop killing. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

Madame Duboise’s pale green face and flowing rose petal locks suddenly appear on the blank page. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

“Is there no work for a man’s hands?” he asked of the man suddenly, turning about. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

Pita shivered, pushing her wet hair out of her face and scooting over to stand behind me as if she were afraid the man was going to suddenly get up and come after her. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

And somehow, suddenly, I couldn’t stop staring at his face. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

As the lightning ceases and the blood rain begins just to the right of it, her words suddenly make sense. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

“They couldn’t have—” Aunt Bushy, clad in a school uniform and standing alongside Granny, suddenly burst into tears at the mention of Uncle Piet’s name. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was perfectly black, and in this perfect blackness they moved, stalking from room to room, until Milligan suddenly froze. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Now, suddenly there was no equation; e was no longer a constant. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had to lick my lips—my mouth had suddenly gone dry. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

Judith blossomed suddenly in the firelight, and her laughter was infectious. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

A man wearing a shirt and tie and one pearl earring suddenly approached the table. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

It was marked by two tall white posts that suddenly loomed up on their right. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

That moment when we decided to go searching for my lost tape, it was like suddenly every cloud had blown away, and we had nothing but fun and laughter before us. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

And then suddenly I knew what this meeting was about. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

And I suddenly felt so sick to my stomach I thought I might faint. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

And again there was nothing but dull silence, until from the end of the room, Susan Calvin’s laugh rang out suddenly, high-pitched and semi-hysterical. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

He saw her, spun, and suddenly an axe came flying from his hand, die blade gleaming as it tumbled end over end through the torch-light. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

A birch, she says, is a kind of tree then magically she pulls a picture from her desk drawer and the tree is suddenly real to us. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

I wonder, suddenly, how she knows that I am Dauntless. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

He stopped suddenly, the fire bouncing over the planes of his face, something so sad it hurt to look in his eyes. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

Any awe I’m feeling for the ship suddenly disappears when I remind myself why we’re here. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

A few moments later the blond girl sat back suddenly on her heels and clapped a hand to her right eye. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t want to go away. Where would 1 go? There’s probably some violence freak outside waiting to plug me. Arid anyway, suddenly I really feel like hurting you.” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I suddenly feel excited and nervous at the same time. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

Whenever a bunch of them suddenly popped out, I would cry, “Gotcha!” The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

He also felt as if suddenly his life wasn’t worth a plug nickel. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I suddenly wish Urdu didn’t jumble in my head and come out all wrong. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

“Hazel,” said Fiver suddenly, “I want to get a clear idea of this Silverweed, but I daren’t go closer by myself. Will you come with me?” Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Late on the second evening an army truck pulled up beside us, and a man threw us suddenly into the back, where we landed across laps helmets rifles. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Who you writing to?” he asked, as oppressed suddenly by the silence as he had been by her talk. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

Then, suddenly, a voice from outside rose above the crowd. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

The "crackpot—clown" with the streak of gray hair sitting before him suddenly had Traynor's full attention. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

Dauntless's sails flapped and then suddenly filled with wind. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

They skip forward several years after that: suddenly Megan is twenty-four, living in London, working as a waitress in a North London restaurant. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were still just standing there looking around and wondering what to do, when suddenly Melanie pointed at the horizon. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

He then seized Merry’s feet and drew him out of the suddenly widening crack. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

“Henry,” he suddenly says, the sound of it strange. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

When we get to this point in the evening I suddenly forget the happy, earlier hours. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

I am suddenly aware of my quivering hands and the tremor in my leg. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

As she was riding along with the group, suddenly there was a loud crack, and everyone came to a halt, surrounding one individual whose wheel had split. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

However, that may be: they woke suddenly and uncomfortably from a sleep they had never meant to take. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Sierra turned suddenly, catching her mother off guard. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

William suddenly didn’t know if he wanted to scream or to cry. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

I blinked back to reality, suddenly aware of everything. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

It was a strange feeling—as if my family were suddenly gone. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

I had been avoiding him, but suddenly that seemed unfair. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

“You are going back to sleep now, my lady,” the Spaniard said, and his fingers suddenly were touching her temple, her shoulder, her neck, and she was unconscious again.... The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Flying past the three-eighths pole at breakneck speed, Modern Youth suddenly spooked, bolting to the right, and headed straight for the outer rail. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z