Hazel glanced at the sun, which was just touching the horizon. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

At the deserted riverbank, she knelt on the ground in the full sun and cupped the cold water in her hands, drinking deeply. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Do you come here often ? ” “Once in a while. Gosh, the sun’s strong.” In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

She sat down a few rows ahead of Park and, as far as he could tell, spent the whole period staring at the sun. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

The sun was out and the sky too bright a blue to look at as the snow melted off the yews and came clumping down. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z

It starts to get cold once the sun is down and the trade wind kicks up from the Arctic over the ocean and comes right into the condo. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

When the sun is low in the sky, the cart finally creaks to a halt. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

It did not cast much shadow, for the sun was now very high, but it cast a little. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

In early January the sun’s message was stronger. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

The sun cannot set quickly enough for these men. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

The setting sun hovered over the rooftops, casting a yellowish-orange glow in the darkening sky. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

Our shadows grow longer as the sun sinks toward the horizon. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

"For infinity," says Gerhard, who is nearly four years older than Helmuth and knows about heavenly things like planets and stars and suns and moons. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

Harry glanced out of the corridor windows as they passed; the sun was already sinking over grounds carpeted in deeper snow than had lain over the Burrow garden. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

There is great pleasure in being out in the city before the sun is up, streetlights glowing, the hum of a Parisian day commencing. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

“You flatter me, sir. If there is any wayward sun, it is this boy here. Move along, Mungo.” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

There was the hint of cosmic cruelty that I felt when I saw the curved timbers of a wooden shack that had been warped in the summer sun. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

But she didn’t know for sure—maybe she was done with the sun now, maybe night was all that the woods would give her. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

The tree branches brushed against the windshield, and it grew steadily darker; Hill House likes to make an entrance, she thought; I wonder if the sun ever shines along here. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

Because he has a magic sword that glows with the light ofthe sun. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

You might as well ask the sun to stop rising in the morning! P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

By the time the first light of the sun crept into the cave, Dragon’s breathing was rough; when Minli shook him, he did not wake up. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

She did not know, but before the sun went down she would find out. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

Rain splashed across the floor of the verandah, even though the sun blazed and I had to narrow my eyes to look out the door of Aunty Ifeoma s living room. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

I saw the sun again, a quarter of it, and then a slice, and then it disappeared, the last time ever that the sun would set on a day my sister had lived. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

By now the sun was getting low in the west, settling into the high mountains beyond the woods. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

So he sat in the dripping honey sun, pulling every nerve and muscle into service to stop the fall of water from his eyes. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sun browned his slender shoulders on the river bank, while bathing at the holy ablutions, at the holy sacrifices. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even when the sun had been trying to boil him alive a year past, he seemed to be ready with a joke. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

The new sun would be there any moment. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

He was all eyes then, the sun wasn’t bothering him then. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

The wind had died and already die sun was beginning to scorch. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

He that said “I bleed,” he reached up to the sun and pulled out handfuls of excrement from the bowels of the sun, and with that dung made the hills and valleys of the earth. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

Far down the road the sun glared cruelly against a tin sign nailed to a barn. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sun was moving down in the sky, but the heat still danced above the salt bushes in the canyon. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Thanks,” I said, “but are you sure you won’t be needing it to keep the sun off that nose of yours?” Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was a dark figure blotting out the sun. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

We’d just gone for our last swim at the pond, the summer sun warm through the canopy of leaves. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

Then, when the morning sun’s heat caused the dew to evaporate, he would float up with it—to the moon. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

After a week, when the sun went down, we turned off the lights and Mother came upstairs. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Everywhere lay sharp, broken remains, glittering in the noonday sun. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

“It will be cooler in here when the sun is up, Lupita. We can see outside, and we don’t have to worry that anyone will fill it with flour or grain.” Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

The sun is almost down, the sky orange and fiery on one side, luminous and blue on the other. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

At first, tired as they were, neither of them could sleep at all; but as the sun far away was climbing down into slow moving cloud, Sam dozed. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

She was tanner than when she had first arrived, but the sun was hot today, and she did not want to take any chances. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

Rivers running bright and blue below, glimmering in the sun. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Her nurse- slave carried an umbrella when my mother predicted rain and a parasol when she predicted sun. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Standing quiet at the edge of the little spot of sun, the two young bears gazed curiously, knowingly, at Omakayas. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

Just the weather for trying out his new disguise, he thought, as the sun warmed the back of his sturdy neck. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

Then I would shade my eyes from the sun and search far across the water hoping to see my father’s boat coming home. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

His one concession to the temperature was that we work indoors and not on the dock in the sun. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

And then the sun went behind a cloud and the lake turned back into a floor and Martha said, “Let’s just go talk to Isabelle,” and it was all over. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

“Let’s just go out there. Then maybe the sun will come out too.” Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

And in the late night, as the early summer sun is just beginning its rise behind the hills, I hear a rumble. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

And if you can’t have sun or blue sky, then you wish it would snow and cover all the gray world with a sparkling white so bright that your eye can’t take it in. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

The sun would not rise for a little while yet. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

The heat of the sun showed no mercy, and she couldn’t even wipe away the sweat that burned her eyes as it ran down her face. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sun seemed to be mocking him, deliberately growing brighter to remind him of the time. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

“He says the sun is shining,” said Kuda after the man spoke again. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

The sun penetrated the graveyard, and as we stood there, a slight breeze blew, causing the trees surrounding the mounds of earth to sway gracefully. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

The sun was at its highest point, which meant the sheets were dry. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

While the sun burst into multicolored flames on the horizon, its last wave goodbye before surrendering to the night, Ma handed Ba a bowl of rice porridge. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

The bayonets fixed to the ends of their long muskets flashed in the sun. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

He stumbled and ran behind the sun, not following but dragged with it across arroyos, over mesas and hills. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

When the sun sinks down, casting long shadows over glittering snow, it is time to return to the village. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

The sun, already long fallen from the noon, was shining in a windy sky. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Mostly the proper way to mix the clay, the proper way to form the tiles and smooth the dry ones, so that through wind, sun, rain they will last and last. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

The buildings, which seemed puny under the huge sky, had neon signs that didn’t look like they were on during the day because the sun was so bright. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Gordy Adam was content to bask quietly in the sun wearing his Indian headband. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

The afternoon sun sliced in through the cracks of the barn walls and lay in bright lines on the hay. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sun moved slowly across a white sky. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

Someone, maybe Ms. Laverne, had put pillows along the ledge, and bright sun was coming in. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

She worked from dawn to dusk, worked in the rain, in the heat of the sun. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I have no warmth of my own—only what the sun brings me, and the sun is halfway around the world. Keep me warm.” Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

She didn’t see the sun; it was as if there were no sun. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

The work was crushingly hard, the sun brutal, the dirt and ceaseless din almost unbearable, but the spaces were vast, the scenery staggering, and the company fast and fascinating. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Through a storm of tears that did not reach his eyes, he stared at the yellow room; and the room shifted, the light of the sun darkened, and his mother’s face changed. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

The sun had been shining on it all day, and the links were hot beneath my fingers. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

I am sensitive to noise of any kind—that and the bright sunlight both give me tension headaches, but the sun at least by then had gone down. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

The cottonmouth was no longer sunning on the steps, but Curly didn’t take any chances. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was the hot panic that welled up in my throat and swept through my blood when I first saw the lazy, limp coils of a blueskinned snake sleeping in the sun. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

They lay deep in the heather and counted out the slow hours, in which there seemed little change; for they were still under the shadows of the Ephel Dúath, and the sun was veiled. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

He stood there in his petty officer’s uniform, tall and almost shockingly broad-shouldered and thin-hipped, his cap pushed slightly back, the sun lighting on the patch of reddish hair that showed. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sun, risen behind the copse, threw long shadows from the trees southwestward across the field. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

The leaves dripped onto the wet grass, but the rain had stopped and a pale sun had risen. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

In the midst of it there stood a single stone, standing tall under the sun above, and at this hour casting no shadow. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Grey damp would be around them, and the sun, a copper penny, would fade away. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sun grew very white and warm in the clear, azure sky. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then he shook the sun out of his eyes and started removing the staples that held the wires in place on the chewed-up post. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

The Tullys kept a godswood, as all the great houses did, but it was only a place to walk or read or lie in the sun. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

They had been walking toward the sun on the way down. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

“A sun in splendor, transfixed by a spear.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Maa and I would wash our hair by the courtyard well and dry it in the sun. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

That evening I sat on the beach, watching the sun sink down behind the mountains of Zaire on the opposite shore of Lake Tanganyika. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

The way the sun shone brighter, and no trouble seemed to matter when he was near. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

The sun was overhead, the world still and hot. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

She thought for a moment that it was the sun. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

I look up, shielding my eyes from the sun; a small drone hovers in the air above us. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

The sun had set and the moon was just beginning to rise in the sky when Ma and Ba returned home from the fields. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

Hazel didn’t understand how anyone could shoot an arrow accurately from this high up, accounting for the wind and the glare of the sun off the water. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

The pen was grassy, and it was shaded from the sun by a shed roof. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

In these interregnums of order, Tlacaelel explained, the topmost brother linked himself to the sun, on which all living creatures depend. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

The sun slid slowly down the sky, hung still for a moment, then started up again. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

To hear what was now being said truly made the sun shine in my heart. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

It should be reported that the King’s Door was always in the east side of any room, since the King was, of all people, closest to the sun. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

In the bed of the river there were pebbles and boulders, dry and white in the sun, and the water was clear and swiftly moving and blue in the channels. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

While most scientists at the conference agree that the global cooldown is being caused by the dimming of the sun, none can offer a viable solution to halt or reverse it. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

When she moved her head, the morning light caught in her hair the way the sun had when she turned her back to the ocean. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

There are glimmers of light in the sky as the sun gets set to rise, the road pointing right toward it, the river, too, rushing toward the dawn. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

It was colder still underground, where it was always damp and the sun never shone. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

Even though the sun was starting to creep up into the sky in the east, it seemed like everybody was asleep on the entire bus except me. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

The sun gilded the spray that fell around him. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

I closed my eyes a minute and felt the warmth of the sun on my face and on my hands. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

The sun was sinking behind the mountains, and the shadows were deepening in the woods, when they went on again. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

We watched the medics go toward the buses while the rest of us stood in the sun. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

And then the sun comes out and makes everything sparkle. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

The last of the sun shone on the ship, on the bow, which was made like the beak of a bird, and on the two red sails. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

All the while that they dwelt there the sun shone clear, save for a gentle rain that fell at times, and passed away leaving all things fresh and clean. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

We found an opening where the sun had begun penetrating, and we squeezed and spread our shirts on the tops of the bushes and sat in the sun to dry ourselves. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

They tramped up a hill and down into a heavily wooded valley, careful to avoid the black-and-red-striped snakes sunning themselves on the rocks. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

When they reached the byanplats it was evening, and the sun was about to set in a splash of bloody sky. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

High rooms he saw ahead, airy and luminous as though with lusters of the sun and moon, bronze-paneled walls, at several distances, making a vista, with an azure molding of lapis lazuli. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Sorry,” she said, heading for the bow, where a spot of sun looked inviting. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

And when I came around the corner onto the crowded walk into the sun, they were already lining the curb and shading their faces with their hands. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Although the sun was slowly setting behind the treetops, the summer heat had no plans to pack it up for the night. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

The landscape was dotted with buildings that looked like ancient Greek architecture—an open-air pavilion, an amphitheater, a circular arena—except that they all looked brand new, their white marble columns sparkling in the sun. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

Ahead mountains loomed: a tall peak was catching the first rays of the sun. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Legumes used the sun’s energy to fix nitrogen in the soil. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

I sat in the sun and watched the bathers on the beach. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

We were rolling again before the sun was even warm. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He arrived late in the evening, after the sun had set. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

In the dawn the sun, through the crystal pillars, melted the fog that supported Ylla as she slept. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

And when the frog broke the surface, its long golden hair shone in the sun. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

The air was cooler and the sun was beginning once more to reach the north escarpment. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

No stranger to snobbery, he even wore a silk scarf tied around his head to keep off the sun. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

By the time I reached the marketplace, the sun had almost sunk behind the hills and dusk had painted the sky pink and pur­ple. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

The sun’s broken a hole in the fog and light’s reeling around in the trees. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

Sweating in the equatorial sun, some of the researchers admiringly fingered the plump, pendulous green fruit, each the size of a baby’s head, wrapped in clusters around the trees’ sturdy trunks. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

France was a rock rotating in another galaxy, around another sun, in another sky that I would never cross. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

I turned and watched it recede from the rear window; the sun caught its treetops, bathed its low-set buildings and ordered grounds. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then the sun was gone, leaving a pale lemon emptiness. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

Duke was at the far end of the pool, sunning himself on the deck. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Kitty Randolph rolled over languorously on her back and stretched in the warm sun. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Because of the time of year, the sun was already setting behind the buildings. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Neumann One’s vibrating leg shakes the truck lightly, and the sun flares through the remnants of insects smeared across the windows, and a cold wind sets the whole field rustling. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

When I walk home, feet and shoulders aching, ears ringing from the noise, the sun has already come and gone. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

And he began writing again...and crossing out words...and writing more, while outside the sun sank lower and lower until its rays were gilding the hilltops. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Kaede and the Huntsman passed through a forest of giant trees, their trunks black with age, the sun obscured by thick, tangled vines. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

The digging was easy and although they often broke off to feed or merely to sit in the sun, before midday Hazel was out of sight and tunneling between the tree roots. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sun blossomed slowly, so slowly, and it took such a long time to dry the berries. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

Abraham and I ran toward the east and the rising sun. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But doesn’t my smile light up those trees? Like the sun coming out from behind a cloud?” Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

They waved in the breeze, and flashes of sun winked from within, like stars inside a yellow sky. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

If the pillar is the sun, then these tables are like the orbits the planets take, making bigger and bigger circles the farther you get away. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

Far ahead they could see how the road curved and bent through the field as the sun began to set to the west. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

Parents walked over and smiled indulgently at their children, and by the time the sun disappeared, the goldfish man had sold out of his wares. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

It was a red brick building with skylights in the high ceiling, so that whatever sun made it in lit up the dusty beams and long fluorescent light fixtures suspended from them. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

I looked to the water, then to the rising sun, then to the water again. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was still almost eighty degrees outside, the sun hadn’t even set, and he stood in his dark three-piece suit, smiling his stiff, press-on smile, gesturing to everybody and nobody like the Queen of England. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

We were in a kind of sun porch and conservatory combined, spacious and damp and without many plants. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sun is out today, but the rain fell in sheets as soon as we pulled into the parking lot of Williamson. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

As the morning dragged on and the sun beat down, my head began to pound. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

The morning passed in a blink, and then the sun stalled at noon. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

The noonday sun was overhead, and Tristran found himself getting increasingly hungry. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

Many labored under hot suns and then killed the restless ache with alcohol. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

We went into the movies where it was cool and dark, and then we came back out into the bright, hot sun. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

Once I slid down a zip line from the Hancock building and imagined what the marsh looked like full of water, blue-gray and gleaming under the sun. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

“You don’t deserve an honor like driving the sun chariot.” The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

His dad’s smile was warmer than an August sun. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

Suddenly the sea winds caught the glider and lifted it upward toward the sun, veering and soaring like a thing alive, pulling stubbornly at the string. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

On the day of the meet, the sun was bright, the sky blue, and the trees infinite as we drove down the highway. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

He saw a receding wash of gray and blue fading in a haze toward the setting sun, like something oriental on a dinner plate. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

He also dragged in more wood— endless wood—and then relaxed and watched die sun set over the trees in bade of the ridge. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

He shifted restlessly but there was no avoiding the sun. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

They were half-naked, but the sun was up and flaring, so they didn’t shiver, even though it was the middle of a bitter winter. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

The earth is still making loops around the sun. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

The sun climbing over Mong’s big blue house behind us and touching warmth on the back of my neck. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

A great ridge of clouds stretched above the setting sun, and the air was cold and clean. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Kanei stretched his hands as if trying to catch the sun. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

We crossed some open rock, and since it had become much warmer, I was glad when the clouds hid the sun and dropped the temperature. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

The sidewalk was still warm from the day’s sun. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

“Do not gaze at the sun, lest you go blind, but stand in its light and let it warm you,” he instructed me. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

The bricks will soon be baking in the sun, thought Dany. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The red rim of the sun rose over the shoulders of the dark land. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

In a month, those leaves would shut out the sky, but now the sun came through and brushed streaks of gold across the sidewalks, the street, the talking women, and the playing children. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

Bear’s red beard seemed to glitter in the firelight, so that his face—despite the dark—was equal to any sun. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

The day was hot and she had taken off her sweatshirt and tied it around her waist, baring her shoulders to the sun. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

The ones that had sun dried were stiff with salt, but I whipped them against the rocks, salt rising from them in clouds, and put them on. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

Johnny could smell hemp and spices, tar and salt water, the sun drying fish. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the afternoons, the sun sapped energy and goodwill and the soldiers quarreled and played Biafran whot and spoke of the vandals they had blown up in past operations. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

The sun is rising through a window at the end of the room. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

“Wait until the sun shines on it,” she said. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I must have fallen asleep, the gin and the hot sun lulling me. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

The rising sun lit them from beneath with flames of murky red; but soon it climbed above them into a clear sky. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

No Joshua moments for him, no sun stilled in the sky. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Now his life had the sun and the soil to keep growing. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

By the time Luna regained consciousness, the sun was already high in the sky. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

And in her dream Coraline saw that the sun had set and the stars were twinkling in the darkening sky. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

It was her chang, a small tablet of red jade which held the sun’s fire. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sun had now begun to shine weakly on Hogwarts again. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

And if you folded it over one more time, the stack would be as high as the distance to the sun and back. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then the line would not come in any more and he held it until he saw the drops jumping from it in the sun. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Of course because Mama is Mama and the sun hasn’t gone down, she strolls right in and “wakes me up.” Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

My bonnet was a feeble shield against this sun. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

Even with the sun getting low in the sky, it’s still ninety degrees, and the ice is already melting. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

Spectacular white cheeses lay lined like thirty perfect moons on a dark cloth, drying in the sun. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

It glittered red and purple in the light of the setting sun. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

If we held the spacecraft in any one position, the side facing the sun would become too hot and the side in the shadows would become too cold. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

She looked at the sun; it was setting behind the trees. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

As the light of the sun streamed into the pot, the boy sat up and quickly jumped to the floor, dripping. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

The sun is out, the sky is clear, and I’ve got my head pointed to the sky, letting that sun just shine on my face. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

The sun was warm here, she knew that. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

The llano was beautiful in the early morning, beautiful before the summer sun of August burned it dry. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

The clouds scuttled away and the sun blazed, turning the yard into a garden of jewels. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sun has dipped behind the hills, the twilight coming down, and the streets are clearing. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

As I pulled it out, revealing its body to the harsh winter sun, the brisk marine air. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

I walked over to where it was stretched out under the sun. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

But when the Cal boys showed up at the Montlake Cut on Wednesday morning, the sun was out in full force and the water was glass smooth. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

“No, I’m not,” I said, looking back to the kid selling clay suns. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

The sun was on the old man’s left arm and shoulder and on his back. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

The bat was the child's shadow, shrunk by the vertical sun to a patch between the hurrying feet. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

Tibbets and the crew watched the sun rise as they passed over Iwo Jima. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

When they reached the palace gates, the sun hung straight overhead, beaming down hot on their heads. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

The pastor mopped his forehead and squinted at the noonday sun beating down through the trees. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Feathers and beads of every color under the hot sun fly everywhere in swirls, as people clap along to the music and dance on by. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

She looked skyward, where the sun was making the horizon rosy. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

It shifted slowly across the floor with the sun’s progress. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Since Saturn moves around the sun once every thirty years, the length of the seasons on Saturn and its moons is much longer than on Earth. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sun rose on the flawless brimming sea into a sky all brazen—all one brightening for gods immortal and for mortal men on plowlands kind with grain. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Before the sun rose, Nok walked up the road to the village, the fresh smell of green herbs and steamed fish rising up from the dish. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

Within minutes the hot June sun burst down on Mossflower, as if in apology for its absence. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Mr. Curtain glanced up, his lenses gleaming like polished chrome in the sun. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

The sun was still high and her shorts were white. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

I swore I’d never set foot in anything remotely Catholic again but it feels good to get out of the sun. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

She blames the sun for this, for the false shadows it casts in her house, and she tightens the shutters against enemy rays. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sun was constant there, a warm white light that bleached the stone buildings and cobblestone alleys, that brought incredible clarity to the surrounding cobalt sea. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

The sun was beginning to get low and the light of afternoon was on the land as they went down the hill. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

I long for one, just one, rubbishy and insolently random and hard to get rid of and perennially yellow as the sun. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I just haven’t been out in the sun for a while, remember. Not that I’m complaining, of course,” he added hastily. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

All my early images of him are clear and sharp and Technicolor: his baggy-legged shorts, his striped T-shirt, his raggedy hair bleached by the sun, his winter breeches and leather helmet. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

With the sun and sky just a pinprick far above, the light around takes on a dimming azure shade. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

The sun’s well and truly up and people are going to work. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

Even with the sun burning down from overhead, he was freezing. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

She is still in the red sun visor and tennis whites she wore leading her fitness class at the Forum Gym and winning at doubles afterward. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

The baby Francie crowed with delight as her grandmother held up the cruet and the sun shone through it and made a small fat rainbow on the opposite wall. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

How they die without the perfect amount of sun and just the right amount of water. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

He squirmed on his mat, wishing uselessly that Headmaster hadn’t selected him, picturing the cub chased by a hungry crocodile, counting the minutes until the sun would finally rise. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

He looks at me harder, his Noise focused like a sun ray. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

“So much for each ton. The sun makes the cane light- light.” Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were six lawyers in frock coats and top hats who endured the violent November sun with stiff stoicism. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

“It is an eternal atonement, to watch over the children of the sun, the children of my people, the Azteca bloodline.” Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

At that very moment, the sun burst out from beneath the horizon, and La Llorona’s features changed. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

The belly was bloating out as the sun climbed higher in the sky. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

The sun streamed through the window, blooming light through a jar of amber honey on the sill. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

“One morning we woke up when the sun was nearly a quarter way cross the sky. Bright as anything. And blue. Blue like the ribbons on my mother’s bonnet. See that streak of sky?” Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

From here, I can also see that the Florida sun is already working its magic on him. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

On the west side of the beech hanger, in the evening sun, Hazel and Fiver were sitting with Holly, Silver and Groundsel. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sun was just right, and the plate glass was a perfect mirror. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

But the whole beach, throbbing in the sun, was pressing on my back. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

The fore of the ship passed into the sun, enveloped in clouds of light. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

But the morning broke clear and in front of me lay the dim line of the island like a great fish sunning itself on the sea. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

Later, when they opened again, the sun was fully risen. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was dark, except for the shine of the sun on the reeds, and the shimmer of the Bog under the sky. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

I saw the sun caught in sweaty black wrinkles at the back of his neck as his head flopped forward. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

It stretched into the tips of her fingers and all the way to her toes until it felt as though she’d been sitting in the sun for hours. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

The afternoon sun drew the warmest tones out of it all, and the air felt rich with it, almost the color itself of heavy golden wine. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Light broke and grew inside Ranofer; he felt as if the sun were coming up. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

Joe, sun bronzed and barefoot in his jersey and shorts, took Joyce, slight and slender in a frilly white summer dress, and twirled her once under his long, outstretched arm. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

They gathered inedible reeds when they camped along rivers and dried them in the sun. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Rubio is over two hundred meters to the east measuring the atmosphere, and Feathers is way too close to the jungle’s edge, holding a rock up to the sun. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

These streets, the sky above, the sun, the drifting people, all had, in a moment, changed, and would never be the same again. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

The sun had not yet blistered the sidewalks of Maycomb, but it soon would. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

The stream of water sparkled bright in the sun. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

The dawn is angry crimson, and the sun—which has now risen enough to peer out from behind the mountains—is practically maroon, looking more like a blood moon than the sun. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

Dad says, "Bingo! That plane is invisible to the radar. But does the plane make a shadow when it flies between the earth and the sun?" Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had been content to sit in the sun and watch the chickens scratching around in the chicken run. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

Despite the sun bearing down like a branding iron, the market was crowded that day and sales had been strong—it was only 12:30 but we’d already made $160. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

The sun was shining into the kitchen, illuminating everything: Ulysses's whiskers, the typewriter keys, her father's upturned and smiling face, and her mother's astonished and disbelieving one. Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z

The late sun sifts through the bougainvillea trained to climb the walls of the patio, to thread across the trellis roof, to pour down magenta and purple blossoms. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

The sun shone, rain fell, winds blew, currents flowed, the sea built up hills, the sea dug up valleys—the Tsimtsum did not care. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

So, lacking any better plan, I set the sun on my left shoulder and tried to cover as much distance as I could. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Every morning the world flung itself over and exposed the town to the sun. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

Our sun is but a tiny speck in our home galaxy, the Milky Way, which in turn is lost among countless other galaxies. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

She preened her feathers and watched the sun set. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

The sun has set and I can only see his face from the light of the distant moon. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

The sun warmed the streets and warmed the cold and vacant sky. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

A dispassionate white sun shone at the summit of the sky. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

Every man of the party was of better birth and higher station than Davos Seaworth, and the great lords glittered in the morning sun. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

The morning sun brightened the living room beyond. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then, when the sun had gone down, the children would come out of their dark hut and begin their work. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

We were heading up the coast along the North Sea, the sun hanging low in the west-sky and sea and sand all gold, gold light all around us. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

The sun will be up in a few minutes. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

And there’s Jamie and me in June, the sun on our faces and the sand at our feet, finding each other again after all those years. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

I sat down at the dining-room table and squinted against the sun coming in through the windows. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z

“I’m afraid we—we fell asleep in the sun and...he just—when we woke up—he just wasn’t there. We looked for him,” he added quickly. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

The late afternoon had come and the sun made long, yellow slants through the window. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

The sun, behind his head, gave him a halo, but he smelled awful, like old fish and old man, both of which needed a bath. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

Apart from the line of copper suns that ornamented his belt, the Domishman was plainly dressed. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The sun dipped low in the sky, sinking behind the trees as Anya came to a shivering stop on the road. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

The sun beat down on the tent, and the dust found its way through the floorboards of the wagon. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

One of the pilots had used a watch crystal as a magnifying glass to focus the sun and start a fire so they didn’t have to eat the lizards raw. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

The air was still damp from rain the night before, but the sun had burned through the haze of the morning and shone brilliantly in the sky. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

And she was wearing the fake diamond earrings she always wears that sparkle when the sun hits ’em at a certain angle. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

The rising sun had not yet cleared the walls of Winterfell, but the men were already hard at it in the yard below. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

I tipped my lute case onto its side and flipped it open so the sun could warm the new strings, helping them stretch. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I can see it all, since the sun is hidden behind a cloud and there's no glare. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

The sun is high over the east ridge now and the valley is beautiful in the morning light. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

I got up with the sun, found paper and pen, and wrote a letter to the Diamants. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

The sky darkens, like a cloud is passing over the sun. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

He could see the white town of Salinas far out in the flat and the flash of its windows under the waning sun. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

At the end of each day, we leave the tiles we have made stacked against each other, ready to bake in tomorrow’s sun. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, why did you say that I don’t know about love?” the sun asked the boy. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

This year it was to be a plantation of sun flowers, the seeds of which cheerful and aspiring plant were to feed Aunt Cockle-top and her family of chicks. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

Finally, as he walked back to his taxi, moving across the wide parking lot in the midday sun, he checked his watch. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

Though the late afternoon sun was slipping through the trailing edges of the oil cloud, it was warmer than ever. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Or for me to have taken off my shirt, to have let the sun burn dark on my skin, and to have run barefoot on the warm wet grass. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

The morning sun disappeared as they rushed under the 880 overpass. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

“Can he have some water, please? We have been traveling in the sun all morning.” Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Not the tense one she’d worn for him, but one that seemed to be as bright as the sun. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Always, then, just before starting the coffee, Bernabe ambled into his backyard to check out the sun. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

At home it would be one or two if the sun were that high. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

I recognized Zeus with a lightning bolt, Ares with a spear, Apollo with his sun chariot. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

The sun is shining, the sky is deep blue, there’s a magnificent breeze, and I’m longing—really longing—for everything: conversation, freedom, friends, being alone. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

They went into the golden room, and it was just the same, except more beautiful because the sun was pouring through the south windows. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

She told him it was unfair that one cow got milked and the other just sat out in the sun chewing grass. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

And on the countless other planets that may circle other suns, is there life also? Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Trucks roared by and the sun grew hotter. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dawn broke in a clear sky and as the sun came out of the waves I saw that it was far off on my left. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sun sat just above the houses across the street. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

He stood and moved out into the sand and looked up at the sun. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

Before the sun had a chance to rise, and the forest was still eerily quiet, Roosevelt emerged from his tent. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

He heard her laughter on the terrace and smelled the sweet, subtle aroma of her skin and hair when she walked past him in the midday sun. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

The road curved west, where the sun had now dipped low. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sun rose and beat down on them, and still they traveled. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

The room slowly turns around us, the ledge still slippery, the wall of water shining white with the sun. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

He had come up so fast and absolutely without caution that he broke the surface of the blue water and was in the sun. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

His words would take hold of me and lift me far away, to the sacred mountains and the hot jungles and the first conversations our ancestors had with the sun. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

He would rise with the sun’s color, before the sun itself, before the bison, and set out. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sun came up, although you couldn’t see it through overhanging clouds. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

With the raft secure he climbed on top of it and lay on his back for fifteen minutes, resting and letting the sun warm him. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

Of this she was sure, for on that day the sun lingered below the horizon for about one hour. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sun had nearly set when my parents' bedroom door finally opened. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

The nut tree, wide above my head, stretching its cool black limbs to take the sun, sends darkness down my chest. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sacred mission of the Triple Alliance, Tlacaelel proclaimed, was to furnish this vital substance to Huitzilopochtli, who would then use it for the sun, postponing the death of everyone on the planet. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

I drink down the rest of Aibileen’s good coffee, watch the sun sink. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Once out in the street, because I was so tired and also because we hadn’t opened the blinds, the day, already bright with sun, hit me like a slap in the face. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

He needed to stay out of the hot sun like everybody else. Rickshaw Girl 2007-02-01T00:00:00Z

With the sun resting above the peaks, the wooden skeleton of the great ship stood out sharply against the mound which nearly enveloped it. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

As the sun climbs higher in the cloudless sky, we take a break and rest under a tree. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He and I had a good time finding limbs that were twisted and bent by the wind, the sun, and the ice. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

It plummets down towards the sunning man on the lawn. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

The abode of Sleep is near the black country of the Cimmerians, in a deep valley where the sun never shines and dusky twilight wraps all things in shadows. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sun must have gone down behind the houses; it was not shining into the yard any longer. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

"Either this road went and turned again, or that sun's setting in the north." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

By midafternoon the sun had broken through, unfurling a warm, translucent day of golden light. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

By afternoon the sun had gone, and the day turned grey and gusty. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

When Turner left Mrs. Cobb, the sun was still high, his shadow was still small, and the mischief of a sea breeze was still hovering by the gate, waiting for him. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

I prayed for rain, but the sun kept beating down, turning the puddles into mud. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

When they reached the corner of the wood, they found the others feeding or basking in the evening sun on the north side of the beech trees. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

A few, however, had ventured out into the field, to browse and play in the last of the sun. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

I cheeked to see where the sun was starting its midday descent. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

The sun was shining, and a breeze was blowing, and Jinny could find nothing to worry about. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Although out here in the bright sun, which was reaching higher into the sky, the other students’ hair looked even blonder. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

“Oh, certainly. We never let anyone try their talent until the sun is down.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The glare of the sun felt good, even while it was almost immediately uncomfortable. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

Father Mike took advantage of this to lead Tessie up to the sun deck. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Brian was moving the raft and the sun was shining down on him and it was all, everything, completely new to him. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z

But the sun would be up soon, so I knew I could crash there in my hideout without worrying that I would freeze to death. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

“No, but in the fall, when we go back to the garden—I could find him then. If I got something shiny and put it out in the sun, he’d come to get it.” Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

A star in the daytime, maybe, or the sun to shout, or even a mutter of thunder. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

By the time he had found the gap, right down at the far end of the wood, the sun had come right out, the sky was clear. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

The orange-gold flowers waved slightly in the wind as the sun set to their left, casting the entire area in a golden haze. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

As we move out away from the sun, our nearest neighbor is Mars. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was only the glint of the sun and the sight of the grass slicing itself in half that revealed the horrible truth. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

When the paramecium bursaria runs out of food, all he needs to do is stay in the sun and his green endosymbionts will keep him supplied as though he were a grain. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

They found the Golden Company beside the river as the sun was lowering in the west. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

It was purple and lavender, and had designs of the sun, moon, and stars stitched all over it. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sun was already high in the sky, a filmy white disc that winked at me through my window. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

The sun was already in the trees when I stepped outside. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sun shone at right-angles to the north wind, leaving the east side of the furrows white with frost. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

But as the sun rose and the mist burned off, we really warmed up in our fashionable get-ups. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

A shadow fell across them both, blotting out the sun. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Hatching from their black eggs, they detected the dry, indoor air and the false sun of the lightbulbs, and began to shrivel up. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

He says, “My very excellent mother just served us nachos,” and claims it is an easy way to memorize the planets in order from the sun. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

I figured we’d come about thirty miles, and the sun wasn’t even fully at zenith. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The sun was cruel enough that day to bloat the body quickly. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sun was out, there were small popcorn clouds moving across the sky, it was a soft summer afternoon. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z

To Ranofer, it was as if the sun had come out at last after weeks of gloomy night. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

To the left of the sun, and higher up, there was a single star, big and bright. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

Up ahead sat the fat black mother cat enjoying the warm sun on her fat black back, licking a paw as if there were cake batter on it. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

I thought of all the times we had sat in the sun together. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

They’d met at the pool and maybe it was the sun, the heat, but she had invited Toby to her house. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

“They like dark shadows. So, stay where the sun is shining.” Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

The sun rises over the motel parking lot. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

The sun went down, blood-red in a smoking haze. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

The sun rose grey and smoky that morning. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

In the sun, the fish scales on the seafood vendors’ arms and faces sparkle and shimmer, reflecting the sunlight. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

A girl walking through the woods, alone, half-naked, as the late afternoon sun plays with the light, twigs and branches cracking in the distance. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

The sun and salt and wind and currents had melded the bags into ropes and clumps. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

They waited on the steps for hours, until the sun began to set. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

I watch the sun go down over the soccer fields; the dads toss their kids on their shoulders and carry them home. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

He wanted to have breakfast sitting on the verandah, to watch the morning sun. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

Matthew shuffled in a circle, one hand shielding his eyes from the sun as he took in their new surroundings. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Near them, half-moon lobster traps bleached under the heat of the sun, the salt dried to white streaks along their boards, their rope netting stiff and a bit ragged. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

We searched until the sun started to rise, but no luck. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

By the time I removed my crampons to walk the last hundred yards to the tents, the sun felt like it was boring a hole through the crown of my skull. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

The late sun burned down on their heads and there were brown, crumbly ant beds all around them. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Pretty soon, though, she’d shifted on the step, and with her big, beefy hands on her knees she turned to face the sun. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

I must have slept because when I looked out the window again, we were passing the New Paltz exit and the sun was beginning to rise over the mountains. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

The old man slept day and night, and ate what was given him and there was still strength in him to creep about the dooryard at noon when the sun was warm. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

They showed pictures of a grove that had been iced over; it was now dripping in the sun. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sun seemed colder than it had a moment ago. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

A gate in the wall led out into a kitchen garden, where beds of vegetables and herbs lay baking under the morning sun. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Two planets are nearer to the sun than earth, but neither Mercury nor Venus is fit for humans. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was associated in his mind with flame; with fiery leaves in the autumn, and the fiery sun going down in the evening over the farthest hill, and with the eternal fires of Hell. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

The quiet glade, the sun on the alders, seemed suddenly menacing. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

I’m never sure if they can actually see me, so small in my high-up window, with the sun glaring against the glass to boot. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Though the sun was setting, it was still hot, as if some invisible sun were beating down on me. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

He was wearing his school polo shirt and khaki pants, holding a book at an angle to block the sun as he read. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

When they woke up, with the sun already high in the sky, they were speechless with fascination. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

The sun came out, and the steaming heat rose up all around us. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sun heated them and the moon slid down their backs. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

The sun's still in the sky, and I can feel beads of sweat on my face. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

The sun was just a few hours from setting when they arrived at the base of the hill below the outlying shacks and huts. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

I could disappear with the sun; I could turn quickly sideways and slip into a different world. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

They harvested birds for the next hour, and the next hour, until the sun sank low and the remaining birds withdrew to their perches for the night. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

You weren’t as sheltered from the sun as I’d have liked, but there was nothing we could do about that. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Now, with the sun newly risen and the mist lifting, they could see the city of tents that stretched in every direction. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Out a nowhere, a big heavy cloud cover the sun. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Gwin blinked up at the sun, chattered crossly, presumably complaining that it was the wrong time of day, and scurried over to the boy. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t until the sun started going down yesterday that Rondell finally asked me anything. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

In twenty minutes the rain stops, though, the sun comes out, the birds start to sing again—all those worms oozing up through the wet mud. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then all the long afternoon they must sit in a row on a bench and study their catechism, until at last the sun went down and Sunday was over. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was the white rock with the golden ropes tied tightly to it in order to capture the sun and hold him firmly to the world. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

Mo had closed the shutters that morning so the sun wouldn't make it too hot. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

The sun was still shining when we opened the door, and some of the people on the floor gasped when they saw the light pouring through. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

The former members of the Blue Team are scattered all over the cafeteria at lunchtime—twelve bodies orbiting the white-hot sun of the cool table. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

The shadows of the poplar trees had fallen across much of the lawn, but the sun was still lighting up the far comer where the grass sloped up to the summerhouse. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

So here I am, writing in my diary, trying to see the sun. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

The sun was in the west and I had a long way to go to reach home, but I was curious about the hawk and the place he lived in. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

He sat and nodded off in the sun, reading the poetry of Hafez, and sighing. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

On the ferry deck the sun was sharp and the coast of the mainland only an hour away. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

I took Rose down to a spot in the sun behind the big house. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

The sun was climbing then, and it looked small in that empty morning sky. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

Copernicus had described a spherical universe with the sun at its centre. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

She lost track of time, which was easy to do with the summer sun staying up so long. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

On days like today, with the sun shining, when you walk down our little street—tree-lined and tidy, not quite a cul-de-sac, but with the same sense of community—it could be perfect. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

He seemed to be more tan than pale, with freckles or faint sun spots on the bridge of his nose. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

In some versions of the story, the brother became the sun; in others, he merely supervised its workings. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

She was not seated close enough to the window to retaliate.“Nobody likes the sun in their eyes, Seth,” Grandpa said. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

When I went outside, the sun was up. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

I trudge along the base of the cliffs, watching the horizon pale as the sun rises. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

I was walking slowly toward the rocks and I could feel my forehead swelling under the sun. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

It was cool, which helped, for it had been very hot on the cliff face, and the sun had made it hard to see at times, shimmering as it did on the granite. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

The sun had risen now; its light dazzled them even through the grimy landing windows. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

The late-afternoon sun turned all the new light green leaves to gold, like King Midas had been walking through the forest. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sun continued making its way westward in the sky and was almost directly above us now. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

A small wind had risen with the sun, blowing drifting snow over the smoking ashes. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

The weather was shifting fast, and you couldn’t see your breath anymore, not even in the hour before the sun rose. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

“The wind told me that you know about love,” the boy said to the sun. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

For hours, until the sun was nearly gone from the sky. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Hardly more than a creek,” Gold said to himself as he waited in the bright sun. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

The two men headed for the tavern as the sun finally dropped out of sight. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

On came Achilles, glorious as the sun when he rises. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

To the east Bigger saw the sun burning a dazzling yellow. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

The strange light the sun made in the water, now that the sun was higher, meant good weather and so did the shape of the clouds over the land. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sun was hanging low in the branches of the pines at the top of the ridge; the thicket and clearing were in deep shadow. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

There was a hush of wonder over the room as Somkit explained how he had used the faded orbs to collect light from the sun. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

Before the sun even popped its rays through the lowest brush, she was carefully rolling up the rush mats she had woven. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

Alex laughs, glancing back out at Henry, the sway of his back under the afternoon sun. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

“Tell me what happened,” I said finally, late one evening when the sky was striped pink and gold and the garden was lit with the last rays of the setting sun. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sun was in his face, and that was why he had been hollering. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Words of the state song hummed through my memory: Way down South in Mississippi, Cotton blossoms white in the sun. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

In Understanding Our Universe I read that stars are really distant suns. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Whether any one spot on its surface was hot or cold depended on its angle to the sun. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sun was baking the sidewalk and it was so hot I sat down on the steps, placing my tape recorder and notebook next to me. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

This is about a thousand times the temperature at the center of the sun, but temperatures as high as this are reached in H-bomb explosions. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

The light Ruta Skadi saw them by was still not that of the sun now climbing the sky, but some other light from somewhere else. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

When my mother comes, she will be the bright midday sun that will warm up these cold days and nights. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Here, the sun is only just beginning to set, hurling up streaks of purple and orange as the night pushes it away. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

Then he shrugged and looked down at the man in the yellow suit, who lay motionless on the grass, the blazing sun white on his face and hands. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

It is rising, rising from the ground until it is so big that it blots out the sun. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

They were in the sky now, racing the rising sun. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

I look away quickly, squinting up at the sun. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

He never seemed to see the sun in Chicago. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sun had been slanting through the chinks in the shed wall for hours when Kit heard the heavy bolt withdrawn and the shed door opened. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

The sun was just about to set and the two of them were in the backyard, crouched under the lone plum tree. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

The sun was a bright ball of glittering fire; there was no fog in the air today. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

The lights grow brighter as the earth lurches away from the sun and now the orchestra is playing yellow cocktail music and the opera of voices pitches a key higher. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

The planes of his lined, wind-hardened face were dark in the afternoon sun. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

And this time, without getting up, the Arab drew his knife and held it up to me in the sun. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

My face was warm, and from under my eyelids, I could detect the reddish glow that meant bright morning sun streaming into my room. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Normally, I would have considered this unfit for consumption, but we reached in with our unwashed hands and ate as though we had been provided with the most delicious delicacies under the sun. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Because by the time the sun came up, he’d be gone. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Abruptly, she cast an eye at the setting sun. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Soon the sun was dipping low in the sky, and the cicadas were singing. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

They sat on some rocks, dangling their legs over the edge, and shared a few sips from the canteen while the sun sank closer to the mountaintops and the clouds turned from white to pink. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

“Oh, God, what a divine day,” he said appreciatively, squinting up at the sun. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

He emerged from the water twenty feet from the man, the beautiful green head trailing from its outstretched wing, the sun striking the iridescent plumage. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Instead of shivering and worrying about frostbite, I was now sweating heavily beneath a scorching sun. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

Afterward we passed through the Landes and watched the sun set. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

“Be good for him to be out in the sun,” Billy assured him. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

They had been in the locker room so long that the sun was up completely now, although remnants of mist hung over the grass in the stadium. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

The goldfish man looked at her; the sun setting behind him made him glow bright red and yellow. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

And he went on and out to his fields and into the high sun of noon, and he was spent as with the labor of a whole day. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

She looks up and sees faint lights in the sky—the sun, the moon, the other planets. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

The buildings are blocking the sun, so it’s starting to feel cold. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

The morning sun was coming through the window behind him, falling on the pink flowers of the hibiscus plant that sat on the sill. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Babylonian records for the movements of the sun, moon, and planets were impressively comprehensive by Eratosthenes’ time. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z

Mother packed Zuraiq’s skin with salt and set it in the sun to dry. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

Princesse asked, her eyes closed against the glare of the sun as it bounced off the glass of clear white rum in Catherine’s hand. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

Whether I’m a longa or mestiza or whatever, Antonio was right, I have a blazing sun inside me and I will use it. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I listened to the sound of his even breathing, watching the sun and wind play in his bronze hair, more human than any other part of him. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

The sun was streaming across the field so one half of her was lost to the low, blinding sunshine, the other half to shade. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

‘Giants appears and that’s all there is to it. They simply appears, the same way as the sun and the stars.’ The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

If that time was missed, the prayer had to be deferred until the sun was beyond the horizon. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Outside, Jon looked up at the Wall shining in the sun, the melting ice creeping down its side in a hundred thin fingers. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

It was full of clear cool water, and it sparkled like a giant emerald in the sun. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

The sun felt like a hot piece of iron pressing down on his head. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

The sun had come out again, and I watched it bounce off the plants and sprinkle itself over the dining-room table. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z

It was a cheery sun, which suggested another hot day. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

Although the sun was still up, it was quite late, and most of the people on the trolley were making their way to the theater or a picture show. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

Just as the first ray of sun glints off the gold Cornucopia, there's a disturbance on the plain. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

The one time we took it down, there was a pale square behind it, as though the sun had tanned the wall around the painting. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

Galileo began to observe Venus in June 1610, as soon as it distanced itself enough from the sun to be visible. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

“Maybe we can lay out in the sun?” Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Janie dozed off to sleep but she woke up in time to see the sun sending up spies ahead of him to mark out the road through the dark. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

But by nine, when the boys finished work—during which they noticed nothing amiss—the sun had risen, delivering another day of pheasant-season perfection. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

By the printing-shop clock the sun had been set for almost an hour. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sun loomed larger and larger, closer and closer in front of the ship, as flurries of light broke over the masts and rigging. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Men everywhere, of every color, stripped to the waist, labored in the sun. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

Then, at the end of the afternoon, the mirage subsided and the horizon became level and blue and clipped as the sun declined. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

She tugged Ess up over the dunes, onto a pile of low flat rocks that baked all day in the sun. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Each night he gave memories to Gabriel: memories of boat rides and picnics in the sun; memories of soft rainfall against windowpanes; memories of dancing barefoot on a damp lawn. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Why you wear those sunglasses if you can’t see no sun?” As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

The nine men spent then- time doing experiments that increased our knowledge of the sun, the surface of the earth, and the human body. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

When Macon walked out of the yard, the sun had disappeared behind the bread company. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

A bank of clouds had moved across the sun. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

They walked through Seven’s yard, the sun making rainbows against the crystal wind chimes hanging from the trees. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

When the sun was bright we ate lunch on the porch but the rest of the time we ate upstairs in a small room with plain wooden walls and a big stove in the corner. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

Outside light from the moons and dwarf sun in the purple sky fills the room. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

But now and again we swap a story under the sun. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z

But soon, we had a flimsy shelter from the burning sun. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bruno was right—the universe was infinite and there were other earths; and Kepler, who had always insisted that the sun and the Earth were unique, was plain wrong. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

All the fairies gleamed brilliantly, outshining the flowers of the garden like the sun outshines the moon. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

The curse of physical shame was broken by the sun; I was no longer ashamed of my body. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then it came to me that if the sun was up, I should be too, long since. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

After that, the nights lengthened rapidly until November twenty-first, when the sun disappeared for the winter. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

He squinted up at the sun and nodded. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

All this, before the sun was barely up. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

By the time the sun rose, none of them had slept. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

The blood pulsed thickly with her heartbeat; the glass, stained with red, glittered wickedly in the sun. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Then it appeared against the rising sun, Apollo’s own chariot, only electrified. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Way up in the sky, along with the sea gulls, my kite, tugging up and up to catch the last gold flash of sun. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sun is just peeking over the horizon when we straggle back to the twelfth floor of the Training Center. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

The word for sun was jejz, which was also the word for day. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

She saw herself sitting on the spacious porch of some fine riverside hotel, sipping tea and watching the sun descend. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Others from Block 2 trudge their weary bodies into line for roll call, shading their eyes from the dust and sun. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

The sky was an intense blue with a hot, flat sun high overhead—he thought it might be noon but could not think of what day it was—and there was absolutely no wind. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bando stands over the sun compass squinting, scratching his head, and finally grinning as he compares it with his own compass. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Didn’t see much but waving grass and a setting sun. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

There was the gray cat sunning himself outside the tailor’s shop, and the hams and sausages hanging in the butcher’s window. I Survived the Great Molasses Flood, 1919 2019-09-03T00:00:00Z

First, its rays penetrated through the leaves, and gradually, with cockcrows and sparrows that vigorously proclaimed daylight, the golden sun sat at the top of the forest. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

The sun was going down and looking up along the bank as we drove I saw the Austrian observation balloons above the hills on the other side dark against the sunset. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

By the time Celia and the twins arrive in Santa Teresa del Mar, the sun is as certain as if the day had just begun. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Balder’s face shone like the sun: he was so beautiful that he illuminated any place he entered. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

Our house never did burst into flames, but the thermometer on the patio, hanging there in the direct sun, did climb to over a hundred degrees. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“If we work all day in the hot sun,” said Jorge, “what happens to our bodies?” The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Refreshed, I treat my burns again, braid back my hair, and dress in the damp clothes, knowing the sun will dry them soon enough. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

“My old man died one month later in the hot sun in the middle of a potato field outside Saguache, Colorado,” Joe finished quietly. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

By midday, when he took his place in front of the Capitol building, the sun had come out and the streets were slushy. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

"The people can enjoy the sun forever," Jade Dragon thought resentfully. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

I vote for the cat sleeping in the sun. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

But then, said, 'No. No, you had really much better be playing cricket in the sun, Edmund, something of that sort. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

As soon as the moon finishes passing the sun, my blood rushes into my ears and my palms dampen with sweat. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

Each day I found some time to walk to the pond where people went to catch sun perch and striped bass. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

We sat on mats on the floor, beyond the shade so we could feel the mild morning sun emerging after the rain. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

The next time I checked my watch it was 1530 hours, and we were still standing in the sun. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sinking sun made it glisten like the skin of a beautiful snake. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

And his skin was perfect and tan, but that came again from slaving; in the sun all day, who wouldn’t be tan? The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Instead of lying on the floor of my living room, I was lying on the ground in the sun, almost directly over a hill of large black ants. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

I would have liked to have a good, maudlin drunk, but I couldn’t afford it, so I made my slow, limping way back across the river as the sun was setting. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

My own dark, Persian hair was baking in the sun. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

More trees and shrubs joined me, but there was plenty of sun for all of us, and we never wanted for water. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

She could not see it now, with the sun set, but she knew that it was there. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Ice, under the pale, strong sun, melted slowly on the branches and the trunks of trees. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

She was waiting there and looking up at the sun hitting one of the department stores. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sun caught the ring in his ear and blazed as he tipped his hat to me. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

In Cuba, everything seemed temporal, distorted by the sun. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then the strangest thing happened: The clouds parted and the sun burst out, flooding the spectacle. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

But the truth was, Luke knew he wasn’t coming back long before the sun came out. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

The air was warm, and the sun was already high overhead. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

The first thing I saw was a yellow swirl across a blurred, reddish setting sun. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

I leaned on the window ledge and watched the morning sun contend with the fog. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

The Warrior Twins had used arrows made of lightning and sun rays to kill the monstrous Enemies that ate humans. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

As they walked, the patterned stone pathways gently massaged her feet and the sun seemed to disappear like a closing flower. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

This is the moment I would have held the pendant up to the sun. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

The wind was listening closely, and wanted to tell every corner of the world that the sun’s wisdom had its limitations. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Just let the sun bake my face and listen to those waves hitting the shore, one after the other. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

We stand there with the sun going down and the sky getting dark blue, purple way off in the distance. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

Like the sun it rose in the east, set in the west. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z

She was a little tired after her dash from the cat, so she walked along slowly, feeling the warmth of the sun and the smell of the breeze. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

Although the sun had barely set, light shone from the kitchen window, and I smelled food cooking. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

They rode south with the sun climbing up in the east, making the sky bright, almost blinding. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Stay out of the sun today so the spots don’t scar.” When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

And all the temples, towers, palaces, pyramids, and bridges cast long, disastrous- looking shadows in the light of that withered sun. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

Sky showered Beauty with gifts of his loveliest objects—the sun, the moon, the clouds, the stars. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

Tuesday, January 8,1935 The next morning seems just like normal, with Natalie watching the sun rise and then asking for lemon cake. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sun had dipped below Buck’s Peak but the sky still held a few hours of light. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

They had had to wake her, because the sun was just coming up and everyone was still asleep. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I stand in the sun, shading my eyes. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

There was no breath of wind; everything was quiet; it was the time of the long twilight that valleys have while the sun is still setting outside. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

Harlem’s sun is blazing down on us, so we go inside and sit in the living room. Watch Us Rise 2019-02-12T00:00:00Z

Nathan pulled out a bracelet and it reflected the sun like clear water. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

I felt dizzy in the hot Carolina sun and leaned against Phil for support. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

The red ball of the sun appeared to her left over the gray-green smudge of the shore. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sun was rising by the time he emerged from the stacks clutching the book, and he might have been tired from staying up all night, but energy thrummed through him. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

The sun burned off the haze, and the dew vanished. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But when I found a place in the sun where I could read, a beautiful girl came along and kept me from doing anything of the sort,” Bast finished with a flourish. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

He felt the sun upon his face and hands when they passed through an open glade. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

By noon, as race fans began to arrive by train and by automobile from all over the East, men were already shedding their coats and ties, women donning broad-brimmed sun hats and sunglasses. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Nor were they of smooth gold leaf as in reality, but were patterned instead in fish-scale tiles of darker gold and brighter, so the sun didn’t merely glint on them. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

The sun dropped behind the hills in back of me, leaving a red smear on the sky, which slowly turned blade. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

During the night I had drifted south of the place I wished to go, so I changed my direction and paddled along the path made by the rising sun. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even before the sun made itself known, the animals and owls departed the safety of my limbs. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

When she hit the water, waves surged up around her and the water she sprayed out turned golden in the setting sun. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

When Salim wakes, the cold sun creeping into the white room, he is alone. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

The sun dropped low over the west fields. Sarah, Plain and Tall 1985-04-25T00:00:00Z

I looked up the road past several curves, and the sun sparkled off parked cars as far as I could see. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

The sun backs away from the world like a crab and the days grow shorter, the nights grow longer, more dark and dangerous. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

It glows like a sun inside my dimly lit bed canopy, and knocks around the night-lantern. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

The sun was low in the sky and surrounded as I was by trees, I had no reference point to tell me whether it was rising or setting. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

And then one day, Roman won't get up, sun coming in bright through the bedroom window, the rest of us dressed and ready to go outside. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

“Keep going,” she says, shielding her face from the sun. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

A silver line lay across the opposite bank, sun cutting into the last of the night’s royal blue. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

His gray eyes seemed shades lighter by contrast to his darkened skin, and the months of traveling into the sun hadn’t only earned him squint lines. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Drops of dew, catching the sun, made the web stand out clearly. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

The sun also took care of all smells. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

The sun was climbing up the sky, and her people would soon be gathering. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

It was as though all those layers of cloud were gradually being peeled away until, at last, on the sixth day they rode with the Xi, they saw the sun. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

We’d been working for the last hour, racing the sun to get this section of fence fixed, and I was exhausted. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

I survey the camp, raising my hand to shield my face from the sun. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

But the moment the sun dipped behind the conical summit of Pumori—a 23,507-foot peak immediately west of Base Camp—the temperature plummeted into the teens. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

Their oldest son, Logan, round and berry-brown from a day in the sun, is digging a hole nearby, while the newest addition, Luke, lies on a quilt wearing a swim diaper. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

The sun was already high in the heavens and the cool morning hours were already wasted. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

Outside, the wind still blew, the sun was weak, and the earth was gray. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the bay, a mother seal played with her spotted pups as a golden sun peeked through the gray overcast and glinted off the waves. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

The edge of a brilliant red sun was now gleaming through the trees. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

Somewhere inside sat the Buddha statue, waiting for the rays of the next day's sun. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

It was nearly nightfall, the trees’ shadows growing longer in the absence of the sun. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

As he speaks, the sun bursts through the clouds, its light surrounding the tall and outwardly serene Lincoln. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

It came one night, early, when the sun was scarcely set. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

As the sun rose, she sipped the tea, feeling her body slowly coming to life. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

I back away from the bakery and bump into something, lose my balance, and find myself sitting on a hunk of sun- heated metal. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Our bodies turned to each other as inevitable as sunflowers following the rising sun. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

It’s concrete all around the pool, but people have set up deck chairs and sun loungers, and they’ve got large parasols to keep them in the shade. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tia Alicia appeared in a petticoated dress, carrying a parasol against the mild winter sun. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was broad daylight I remember, there was no longer any pretense that the drawn curtains hid the sun. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

And miraculously, as she stumbled over these words, there was light, for the sun came up out of the sea. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was a drawing by his daughter that showed a rabbit under a shining yellow sun. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The cave went far back into the hill, around many turns, but I needed only that part which lay near the opening and which the sun could reach during some of the day. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

The people had all left once the sun began to set. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

Beginning about the twenty-first, the top of the world began to glow like an eclipse as the sun circled just below the horizon. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

The rain had stopped and the sun was setting in the clear sky. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

But the trees don’t make a canopy; rather, the sky is open and sun shines like God’s or an angel’s light. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

The sun seemed to light up the top of his head. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

He was as trustworthy as the sun in this. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z

Long streaks of sun crossed through the window, like spirits through walls. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

The heavier feather quilts were spread out on clean sheets in the sun, and we took turns shooing the inquisitive dogs and cats and chickens away from them. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

Tears well in her green eyes like ice melted by the sun. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

It was hard to see much in the dawn light—the sun was rising behind the house—but with the curtained windows glowing, it looked warm and cozy. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

The Corporal looked beyond Jonathan to the house, then to the line of retreating men, then to the rising sun. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

The boat moved steadily and when the first edge of the sun rose it was on the old man’s right shoulder. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sun suspended above it in the afternoon is a pink, round dot in the distant white haze you may stare at and never go blind. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

His four rings, tipped with sharp canary diamonds, flashed in the sun. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

The sun was a bright orange disc hovering over the sea, and the sunlight glittered on the surface like a web of light, or lace that ever changed its pattern. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some of these fixed stars do, in fact, appear to change very slightly their positions relative to each other as the earth orbits around the sun: they are not really fixed at all! A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Joe Rantz and his crewmates lined up along the ferry’s railing and gazed out over the water, using their hands to shield their eyes against the glare of the late afternoon sun. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

“Not much doubt anymore— somehow the Grievers can leave the Maze this way. Looks like magic, but so does the sun disappearing.” The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

“The sun, stars, ocean, trees, everything, I gave it all up for you.” I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

As the sun climbs above our head, our stomachs grumble in unison, asking for food which of course we don’t have. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I find a quiet spot in the sun away from everyone else in the school yard. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

The conch glimmered among the trees, a white blob against the place where the sun would rise. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

Because the sun could not hold out forever against its foes, one sixteenth-century Nahuatl account explained, it would one day inevitably lose—there was no getting around it. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

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

It’s March, which means that the sun goes down around five, five thirty. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Christine dutifully submitted to civil defense drills at school, ducking and covering under her desk, practicing the maneuver that adults said would protect her and her classmates from that telltale flash “brighter than the sun.” Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

We had put straw and leaves on the roof of our hooch back at the base to keep the sun from baking us, but it didn’t help that much. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sun will bake it out well now, he thought. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

She’d shoved two sticks into the sand and rigged a piece of metal plane wreckage between them so that it caught the sun’s light. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

“That’s what happens when a room stays shut up. The sun may fade it a little, but at least it won’t smell musty.” Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

I sat outside in the sun, rocking back and forth. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

When I next woke, the hot sun was slanting through the windshield. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

Instead of placing Earth at the center of the universe filled with epicycle-filled clockworks, Copernicus imagined that the sun was at the center instead, and the planets moved in simple circles. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

The surface of the shell was covered with tiny scales, and as she turned the egg between her fingers, they shimmered like polished metal in the light of the setting sun. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

From there, we spot mermaids and merrows sunning themselves near craggy caves, their scales reflecting the amber glow of the late-afternoon sun. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Beyond the woods and the strawberry fields, the Long Island Sound glittered in the last light of the sun. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

Sets of armor hung under the windows, their bronze plates glinting in the sun. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

Nearly always the sky was a glassy, brilliant azure and the sun burned down riotously bright. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

It obviously wasn’t functioning from the old GPS satellites—they’d all been destroyed in the radiation holocaust of the sun flares. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

He was lean and leathery from the sun, with a scraggling beard. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

His flesh crept and he shivered in the evening sun. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

The Special who’d instructed her had explained that it needed as much surface area in the sun as possible while it recharged. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

The sun turned white, the color and shape of the host. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

The weather was so foul that in the whole journey he managed to take a sight of the sun only four times. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

The first thing that came to Roz’s mind was the sun. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Tayo had been drowsing in the sun with his back against the cliff rock; he sat up stiffly and looked at her. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

The sun beat down hotter, and her skin started to run with sweat. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

February in their small town of Darling, Georgia, was chilly, but the sun still rose every morning to remind everyone that spring was on its way. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

As they approached, the sun came out of a momentary eclipse behind a cloud. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

They walked side by side down the road, the sun a blazing pumpkin as it fell rapidly behind the western mountains. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

I shielded my eyes from the sun and admired my completed work of art. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

He stood there in the front doorway with the sun just squeaking by him on all sides. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, we’d better start, then. No point in waiting till the sun comes out.” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

Thus one does not need to have a theory of the structure and constitution of the sun and the planets in order to calculate their orbits. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“They gotta figure out how to keep a tan and avoid the sun at the same time. But it’s, like, the 1800s, so there are no tanning beds. Chew on that.” The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

I felt the warm light of the sun running over my skin, tut my arms and legs were frozen. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe you notice that your bathing suit straps are just a little too tight on your sunburned shoulders or that the sun is too bright in your eyes. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

I'm sitting at Ruth's table, and the sun is hanging low over the sea. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

The sun had gone down while he had been in the Bght with the sharks. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

The three remaining fiery fingers lit the nightfire as the sun went down, but they wore their ornate armor as they led the crew in prayer, and their spears were close at hand. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The sun was still strong, but it lacked the vitality of the summer sun. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

The sun was casting an orange glow over the market as I headed toward a bus leaving for Harare. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

I looked up to watch him, to watch his dark skin covered with beads of sweat that gleamed in the sun. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

With Geak on her hip, Ma walks over to me and wraps my scarf around my head to protect me from the sun. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The moon might be up in the pastel aqua blue overhead while the sun flamed orange in the west, and other kids, younger boys and girls on bikes, might also stop by. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

But somehow the sun rises, the Nazis go to work, and we are all alive. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

The sun moves higher in the sky; she has to tilt the book out of the glare and then, after several minutes, switch to the other wingback so she doesn’t have to squint. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

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

The sun was already low in the western sky as they approached the town of Wall. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

When the sun finally rose I stayed on the floor, eyes closed, breathing slow, deep breaths, while my parents ransacked my mini fridge and discussed me in hushed tones. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

The sun slanted low in the sky, and behind her there began a sweet, disturbing melody. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

The bright sun blinded me as I stepped outdoors. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was a roar as if great spears were breaking in battle, and in the red light of the sun the spray that flew around them looked like blood. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her face burst into a grin, and it was like watching the sun rise. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

Outside them, in the yard, someone played a country tune on a whistle, a melody redolent of orchards and sun. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Bigwig, Dandelion and Speedwell were ready, but the others preferred to graze their way back to the thorn trees and go underground with the sun. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sun rose high enough to shine into the pit. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sun had almost set and left the sky swathed in smothers of purple and red. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

The sun distresses you like a crowd, a noisy, invasive crowd that makes you cup your ears, that makes you close your eyes, that makes you want to hide. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Based on that, Erik was telling his friends this story: The reason for the Coke-bottle glasses on my eyes was that I had stared at the sun, unprotected, during that eclipse. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

In that direction the land rose in wooded ridges, green, yellow, russet under the sun, beyond which lay hidden the valley of the Brandywine. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Everything else was sharp and hard, but this Grecian sun evoked joy from every angularity and blurred with brightness the stiff face of the countryside. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sun wasn’t out yet, so I decided not to get up. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

The sun was under a cloud and the water was dark and smooth and very cold. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

I knew that day and night came and went because of the presence of the moon and the sun, but I had no idea whether it was a Sunday or a Friday. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

Gilded harpies stood atop the center poles of each of its nine peaked roofs, shining in the sun. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The sun is just coming over the millpond and there's this spooky mist on the water. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

‘Won’t somebody give us a bit of a song, while the sun is high?’ said Merry, when they had finished. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

And that was in another place—a dry, stony land of long winters and low sun, distant. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

To lose your mother, well, that is like losing the sun above you. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

He was staring at the sun reflecting off his mothers mirror. 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 was holding up an orb light and drawing a picture of the sun on a chalkboard while his students took notes. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

His shirt had been patched so many times that it was like the sail and the patches were faded to many different shades by the sun. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Suesetta eats so slow, I think that by the time she finishes, the sun will be setting and it’ll be time for her to go home. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

The sun slanted in strong, bronze-colored rays over the green fields of the new cotton. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

When the sun rose, the men stared bleary-eyed at the coast of South Georgia. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

The sap went down into the roots during the cold nights, came up strong when the sun warmed the trunks during the day. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

The Pacific was turning gold in the setting sun. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

Four people stood in the driveway's melting snow, shivering as the sun dropped behind Sunset Towers. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

He took his cup and went to the window seat, where he sat drinking and watching the sea while the sun darkened over Pyke. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

They sat on the boarding house porch and saw the sun plunge into the same crack in the earth from which the night emerged. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

She dived under the table to retrieve the bowl and emerged with her face glowing like the setting sun. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

The sun was directly in my eyes, so I put my hand up and under my baseball cap, like a salute, and I squinted in Declaration’s direction. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Down below, a bunch of sea lions were sunning themselves on the rocks. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

The sun was shining in the morning but Kira woke groggy after a fitful sleep. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sun was getting low by the time he reached the ruins of what had been the county’s first schoolhouse, a landmark known as the eight-mile point north of Newton. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

Frodo knew just where the present habitation and heart of that will now was: as certainly as a man can tell the direction of the sun with his eyes shut. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

When I awoke, the sun was high in the sky. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

A block before she got to their house, her eyes were dazzled by the sun glinting off the brass handlebar of a handsome tricycle. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Potatoes too can be poisonous, if left in the sun to turn green. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

The sun was down, and the twilight chill sucked the last of the deer’s life away—the eyes were dull and sunken; it was gone. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

He stood feeling the sun on his face the way the cattle did, until she turned and faced him. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

The hot African sun felt good on my skin after the long winter in New York, and we gawked at hippos, rhinos, giraffes, and zebras. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Our Sun or suns might set, but the night would never come. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sun is gentle and golden at this time of day, melting like butter behind the mountains. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was around ten a.m., the sun still coming up, the skies clear, not like the morning it happened. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

When Jacqueline and I stepped out into the yard to wait for the burning, I raised my head toward the sun thinking, One day I may just see my mother there. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

I notice a fourth figure then, lurking in the shadows behind the legionnaires, his skin and hair as white as bones bleached in the sun. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

The sun on his face and the girl’s smooth body touching his own gave him a strong, sleepy, confident feeling. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

A rapid scurrying through her well-worn Bible and she had located several passages to shake over our heads—telling us of the sun turning to darkness and the moon to blood. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Recognizing that the termites were eating his wide-brimmed sun helmet, he reached down and grabbed it. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

According to Descartes, in the case of gravity this pushing process was the result of the Earth being caught up in a vast vortex of fluid swirling round the sun. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

As the sun climbs in the sky, we find ourselves among wide brown pastures. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

“You missed them. I heard they won’t be back till spring, after the rains. When the sun’s here to stay for a while. Figure on late May.” Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

When she put an eye to a knothole in the floor, she discovered two thick-bodied rattlesnakes, taking refuge from the fierce sun. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

The rims of his eyes were red with sun glare. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

He couldn’t read the text, but it had lots of illustrations: scythes, different plants, a picture of the sun, a team of oxen pulling a cart. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

It was hard work, though—Hatsue and her sisters would do a lot of it in their lives—stoop labor performed in the direct sun. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

The sun had treated his skin to a happy golden hue, and bleached the tips of his hair to a pale gleam. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Ba seemed to drop his gray and work weariness — his black eyes sparkled like raindrops in the sun when he began a story. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

The girls from Dora’s emerge for a bit of sun if there is any. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sun was down, and a cool pale evening was quietly fading into night. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

The gnats and mosquitoes which avoid the sun came out and buzzed over the water. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

At the meadow I looked hopefully for the sun, but it didn’t have a chance. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

Back in Oakland the sun had been shining. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

Fall had barely touched the full splendor of the trees, and during the height of the day the sun briefly regained its summertime power. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

His skin radiated a reddish copper glow of tan, his brown hair had been a little bleached by the sun, and I noticed that the tan made his eyes shine with a cool blue-green fire. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

They picked shushrooms until the sun began to dip between the mountains. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

The sun had disappeared from the hills by now. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sun set, and a huge spring moon appeared, high already in the heavens. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Come back tomorrow afternoon. Bring your portfolio and a sketchpad. And tell your brother to give you back the sun, trees, stars, all of it already. I think you need.” I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

I stay up until the morning sun reaches me. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Tomorrow, on the first day of summer, as the sun was setting, he would finish his wall, and then he would leave Asgard with his wages. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

I dream about last night, the crackling sun of morning, and the shivering giant of a man. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

Gray squirrels streaked down mottled trunks of rubber trees that slanted towards the sun. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The silk basketball shorts she now wears are enormous, and the T-shirt is silk-screened with a rising sun. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

My mother didn’t need anymore to tell me to watch out for the sun. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

And as the sun’s rays peeked out of the horizon, turning the sky into an amethyst haze, the canoe people sang in a language I’d never heard before. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

Then he capitalized on the midday sun to maximize recharging. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sleeves rolled, though still long enough to protect her white arms from the sun. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

I seemed to see the whole universe, even the sun and sky, leaping forward, then sinking away again, decomposing. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

The orange glow of the morning sun had just begun its climb up the glass front of Sunset Towers when Turtle set out to collect the prize. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sun blazes hotly, the sweat stings in our eyes, we wipe it off on our sleeves and often blood with it. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

I look out the back window to make sure the evening sun is drying my clothes. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Beyond the open window, the garden lay in the heat of the early afternoon sun, full of bees and vivid flowers. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

The sun was newly risen, and the rocks and the lichens and mosses on them shone crisp and brilliant in the morning light, but nowhere could he see a figure. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Driving west you were driving against the sun. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

Always darkish in color, Simon was burned by the sun to a deep tan that glistened with sweat. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

In the mornings the sun streamed in through the east windows, and all the Littles were up early as a general rule. Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z

The sun could play tricks on your senses this far north and they had no compass with which to navigate. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

The dawn came quickly now, a wash, a glow, a lightness, and then an explosion of fire as the sun arose out of the Gulf. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

When they got to the forum, they sat by the fountains and watched the sun come up. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

The air's gone cold even though the sun's still up. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

As he speaks, the storm’s clouds finally reach us, and the sun disappears overhead. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

After the blazing heat of the other side of the sun, this cold was bone-deep. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Riddle, wrote one spectator, “was accused of everything under the sun save the shooting of Lincoln and the current recession.” Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sun feels comfy warm on my arms. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

The poor old Saturn was finished now; it was an empty carcass destined to orbit the sun. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Every village had a pelota court and on some of them kids were playing in the hot sun. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

Hoist the hoar sun to welcome morning’s minions. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sun was glaring through the smoky haze, but he ignored the heat as he ignored the charcoal dust that blackened his white fur and the midges that searched in vain for skin to bite. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

The sun was touching the hills when I got back to the stables. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

“Was it the Deplorable Word that made the sun like that?” asked Digory. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

Behind us I heard my mother moan and cry because with each turning of the sun her son was growing old... Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sun had moved across the sky, and he knew he had slept for hours. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

Under the Georgia sun, Connelly had recited verses while scourging field hands for infractions. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

There it was, the witchlight in his eyes, sparkling like sun on water. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Then, as the sun rose higher, there was maize to pound into powder and the yard to sweep. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

The sun that had looked warm and buttery at a distance was blazing hot here. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

When the sun sank, darkness dropped on the island like an extinguisher and soon the shelters were full of restlessness, under the remote stars. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

The sun was reddening the western sky and painting scarlet shadows on the golden skulls atop their spears when they took their leave of the captain-general’s tent. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The candlelight that served to illuminate the cage made the albino seem totally like a creature who had never seen the sun. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Word will get about as the sun goes higher of how I killed those lads. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sun was shining and in spite of the cold there were a few bucks and does at silflay, keeping out of the wind as they nibbled the shoots of spring grass. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Finally, I hear him whisper that the sun is rising. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

For both, the sun was just one star among an uncountable multitude, and the universe was, if not infinite, at least without any known limit. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

He has sleepy eyes like cats in the sun. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

It was late afternoon—the sky blue but dark, the sun gone—and there was still enough time to catch Mr. Patterson before dinner. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

The jungle foliage was so thick, he could barely even see the sun. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

The sun is bright As a hot dime. Neighborhood Odes 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

During my wait time, some days the sun beat down on my head and I got a headache. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

This should not unduly worry us: by that time, unless we have colonized beyond the Solar System, mankind will long since have died out, extinguished along with our sun! A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was an early riser but was not allowed out until the sun shot in through the crack near Mami’s sewing machine and swept a glistening stripe of gold across the dirt floor. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

He began to crawl slowly under the midday sun that illuminated the village one last time before we brought darkness to it. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

“You only get the sun if you finish that wall. Do you think you will be taking the sun home with you?” Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

“But it took me a couple of hours to come down the mountain to you. Thought you were an animal at first. Then the sun hit your mask.” An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

They ought to have moved with the angle of the sun, but she was sure they were frozen in place. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

There was no sound, only the sun, and the silent crowd of people. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

I gathered what apples I could, cut some in slices, and dried them on the boulder in the sun. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

She said Dad was like a sunflower—he’d die in the snow—and that come February he needed to be taken away and planted in the sun. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

The trees kept the wind at bay but the sun could still peer through as many of the trees were nearly bare. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The sea of white orchids could still be glimpsed from this side of the mountain, glowing like an encroaching desert in the sun. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

Trub laughs, and his gold tooth catches the sun, which is finally starting to come out. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

They were all tan, and her day in the sun yesterday had caught her up in brownness for what she’d lost during hours inside at Bridgeport. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

I look around and see the sun screaming through the blinds. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

During a stretch of overcast Paris weather in February 1896, he shut away in a drawer his latest preparation: a uranium salt sprinkled over the wrapped plate, awaiting the sun’s reemergence from behind the clouds. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

Turner couldn’t help thinking of Lizzie’s grandfather, dug up and tossed around, not allowed to stay on the island where he had seen the sun rise and set ten thousand times. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

“And this is after—” The lights start to recede, the patches shrinking like puddles of water drying in the sun. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Even when we went to the beach in the summer he never lay down to drowse in the sun the way I did. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

He stretched out his arm and puffed out his chest before leaving, blocking out the sun so that I was thrown into his shadow. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

It looks even worse in the full sun. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

When we stepped under that overhang, it blocked out the sun. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

The fumes from tourist traffic rose as the sun warmed the roads. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

Though the sky was still light, the sun had gone down completely, and everything on the ground had turned deep purple. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

When the sun started going down we just randomly wandered into this run-down park. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

It’s easy enough to figure out: 𝝅, our distance from the sun, three hundred sixty-five days, and there you go. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

By day, the sun barely peeked through the smoky haze, and at night the stars and moon remained invisible. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

They liked my necklace, the cape, and the cormorant skirt that shone in the sun. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

By the time the sun reached center stage, a punctuation mark in the cloud-lined sky, I was miles into the woods. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

Then, of a sudden, the clouds parted, he felt the sun like a crown of glory, and he was in a peaceful field. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

After the sun dried them, they would feed the fire. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

The work is back-breaking and boring, and the sun burns my black pajama clothes. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was a glare on the windshield from the morning sun. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

The dread in my stomach is flat and hard and hot, like a brick in the sun. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

“Did the sun flares do that to you?” he asked. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

He was head and shoulders smarter than the run of the mill, and after he’d watched the sun and moon and stars fer a long time he set down and he done some figgerin’. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sun stays longer each day now, climbing mechanical as a goat off the leaden horizon. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wish I could stand in the sun and run to the ice cream truck and buy a chocolate cone and eat it really fast before it melts all over my hands. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

The prints are deep because they were made in soft mud, but now they're nearly dry in the hot sun. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

The sun was only beginning to go down past the horizon when they saw the edge of the peach forest. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

The sun had almost decided to set by the time Turner reached the dock. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

A smell similar to that of rotten chicken innards left out in the hot sun for too many days. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then out again into the open beneath the sun and the indigo-blue sky. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

The sun had dropped into the Gulf, and the streetlights were coming on. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Monstrous, swollen, it looked as if it had swallowed the sun and woken with a fever. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Three people, working on an archaeological dig in the blazing sun, smiling together for the camera. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

I’m not sure if he can see me, though, because the sun hasn’t completely set and is probably blinding him. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

So as we sat there in the sun and the wind, I tried closing my eyes too. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

The sloped roofs above shine golden in the setting sun. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

Now the forty-foot-tall goddess gazed serenely over the River Acheron, her gold dress like molten metal in the sun. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

“The storm’s supposed to be here before the sun sets. Best get home as quick as you can.” Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

To protect him from the sun and rain, a tent was put up over his canoe. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

The clouds pulled back, revealing the sun high overhead. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

There had to be the dark and muddy waters so that the sun could have something to background its flashing glory. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

The deeps of heat there in the Indies — he shall not go there—the ranks of chained men led out to the sugar-fields — the sun, buzzing in the heavens. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

I saw them on a case strewn with sun visors, hair nets, rubber gloves, a card of false eyelashes, and seized the darkest lenses I could find. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

He carried in wood for the night before the sun began to weaken. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Calmly turning her back, Frightful took a bearing on the sun’s position and beat her strong wings. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

Sister Rita’s white habit is bright in the sun that comes in the window. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Inside the building, the sun lights up segments of the rotting wooden floor through the many holes in the roof. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

The sun sets red, and bats swoop after mosquitoes. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

The evolution of life on Earth is driven in part by the spectacular deaths of distant, massive suns. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

We had to squint 'cause of the sun. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

When the sun set that night, Sam cut one more notch in a stick to keep track of the thirty-one days of incubation. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

All that day the sun shone, the snow melted, and little streams of water ran from the icicles, which all the time grew thinner. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was enough for the moment to feel the warmth of the sun, smell the sea, see the sky. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bluebells swarmed in pools of light where the sun got through the trees. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

But with the khal off hunting, it was pleasant to lie back on soft cushions and be carried across Vaes Dothrak, with red silk curtains to shield her from the sun. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Just as the sun was coming up, Stuart saw a man seated in thought by the side of the road. Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z

Mount Hampden passed on their right, glittering with solar panels to catch the energy of the sun. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

That the sun was larger and more distant than the moon was generally accepted by most contemporary authorities. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z

So we remained outside until the sun finally went to sleep, tucking itself under the thin sheet of the horizon. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

“Then why? Why do you hold me here while the sun is about to rise?” Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

You do not have much time before the sun inevitably rises. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

I’d been uncomfortably cold since leaving camp, having underdressed in anticipation of the solar-oven effect that had occurred every other morning when the sun hit the Western Cwm. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

An early sun pushes its way through the gauzy canopy over the bed. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

We’re in the open, under a warm sun, so it’s probably the sandpit in the Infants’ play area, just possibly it’s the sand at the end of the long jump in the North Playing Field. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ralph sat on a fallen trunk, his left side to the sun. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

With his fair skin and red hair, Branwell never tanned, but after a month in the Florida sun with double-digit sunblock—he had freckled. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The car pulled up to the main gate and Ben pulled down the sun visor and tried to age his face five years by assuming a stern, no-nonsense expression. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

The best time to talk to ghosts is just before the sun comes up. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

No one followed me into the yard where the late afternoon sun had tenderized the midday harshness. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

At last, the train jolted and began to move, and I woke for good to a pale yellow sun rising above the trees in the distance. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

“And then we woke up,” Georgie said, sounding cheerful again, “and we were outside and the sun was shining.” The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

The day was dawning, and the shepherd urged his sheep in the direction of the sun. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

As far as I was concerned, the sun could have melted the blue right off the sky. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

The backyard is pretty busy and the party’s in full swing by the time the sun sets. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Armor and equipment proved heavy in the midday sun. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Be a breeze. A cool cool breeze,” Guitar continued, smiling at the sun, his eyes closed as though to ready himself for the gold by trying out a little bit of the sun’s. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

Shadows passed over Tally, and she glanced up to see two hovercars following her, their blades shimmering as bright as knives in the midmorning sun. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

The close-growing trees which almost met overhead would afford more shade when the sun rose higher. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

The forest offered a measure of protection from the sun, but after a time the pace began to tell on them. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

There was no sun, no stars, only the ground below coming up to smash him, and the grey mists, and the whispering voice. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Until luckily, the sun clouded over, and everyone began to get goose bumps. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

There is the oak tree standing in the sun. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

The morning sun was hot; three men were spreading palm fronds on the tarmac, working swiftly and sweating, pushing along large carts piled with fronds. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

I lay on the raft in the sun until I was dry. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

The curfew was still in place, but I needed to leave the city before the sun came out. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

We were on a beach and the sun was bright and I was in my mother's arms. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

I played until the sun shone through the trees. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

About four hours later, a red Acura pulled into the mall parking lot, and this hipster-looking Asian girl stepped out and shielded her eyes against the sun as she looked around. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

When the sun goes down I walk back into the town to find my car and am amazed to hear a sound I associate with cities like New York and Berlin. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was right on schedule and at the top the sun made the glass shine. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

The shared color, or more accurately the shared absence of color, produced an especially alluring range of effects as the sun traveled the sky. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Outside in the mittam, crisp saris lay in rows and crispened in the sun. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Their eyelids were rimmed and elongated almost to their temples with black eye paint, best protection against Egypt’s glaring sun. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

I thought she’d just get in and drive away, but she spun round, her hair, her teeth, her eyes flashing in the sun. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

The sun had all but set, the skies had cleared, and the lake spread out before him like a polished stone, glowing in the last reflected light of day. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

It was like thousands of fish rotting and oozing in the hot sun. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The bicycle-riders drank much wine, and were burned and browned by the sun. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

Somewhere, far beyond this endless curtain of white, green leaves and flowers were growing under a bright warm sun. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

One day, after sitting in the sun, Mother and I waded into the Angara. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

The sun, now, was always covered by cloud. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

They woke to find a cool sun shining into the great court, and on to the floor of the bay. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

The buildings were tall and graceful, carved from the mountain itself, carved of a bright white stone that held the sun’s light long after evening fell. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

As the sun climbed over the trees, black horse flies started attacking. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

The sun was going down when they went by Athena’s grove. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

No matter that it was a relatively warm summer morning: if you had lived in Milagro all your life, you started a fire in your combination stove first thing after checking out the sun. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sun had turned red and was about to fall when Aunty Ifeoma said we had to leave. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

The sun had changed only a few seconds at the equator, but it was telling her body to migrate. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

So quiet you could hear the water running far below the sewer grates while the sun shinnied up the rainspouts. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Abalones are larger than your hand and twice as thick when fresh, but they shrink small in the sun so you have to dry many. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

The redness seemed to come from inside each tree in a wonderful way; it was the red she saw through her hand when she held it against the sun. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

Outside, the late- afternoon sun gilded the roofs of the Cow’s Guts. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

Pillars of stone reached for the sun, their surfaces smoothed by wind and age. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

The night of my grandparents’ wedding, the sun set directly before the ship’s bow, pointing the way to New York. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Snow patches lay under trees where the sun did not fall. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

The sun lay outside, the shadows inside the trees. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

And the sun goes on, day after day, burning and burning. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

The spacecraft sat on the moon for hours and Vonetta and Fern wanted to go outside and run around with the chickens before the sun went down. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

Satisfied I’d done all I could, I waded out of the pond and sat in the sun. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

It was cool beneath my hand, immune to the sun’s touch. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

He smiles, his bright green eyes dazzling in the winter sun. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Otherwise, there’d be fireballs raining down and smoke and dust blocking the sun, making the sky pitch-black. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

Although the sun had not risen, we could see it clearly ahead. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

More than anything, more than even my next breath, I wanted to stay there at his side, to bask in the warmth of the morning sun and the security of his affection. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

He had on a sailors hat with the brim pulled down childishly to shield his eyes, although there was no sun out. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

Like, if the sun just up and left one day, you’d think someone would sound an alarm, right? Monday's Not Coming 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

As the morning wore on, the sun blazed and wind blew dirt into our eyes, our mouths, our noses. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

The kitchen in the pink house was painted a bright yellow, and being in that room with Betty Allen was like standing inside of the sun. Louisiana's Way Home 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

The sun climbed through the sky, reached its zenith, began to come down. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

The street was still hot, even with the sun sliding out of sight. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

The canals, gleaming in the sun, dappled the ancient brickwork with gold. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

After it had bumped back onto the table, the air around it shimmered, almost like the wobble of sun on a hot road. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

It was fun to see them playing or sunning themselves among the kelp. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Mademoiselle,” said one, in the dry and oft-repeated jest, “to see you depart from our circle is to see the sun cast oil' its planets and roam. What shall we, massy bodies, do, left bereft?” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

You and Mom had left before the sun came up. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Abbot Mortimer pointed at the first rays of sun streaming in through the window. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

It was warm there, the sandrock still held the sun’s heat. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

The midday sun feels bright enough to melt my eyes when I step outside after class. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

We explored each planet, in order of increasing distance from the sun: Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Neptune, and Pluto. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

“Make sure you do fly out of the sun,” he told them grudgingly. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

He walks and walks, in the hot June sun, and well into the warm evening. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Chamberlain saluted, backed off, out into the sun. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

During the day they used umbrellas to shield themselves from the West Texas sun. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Oh, Garryowen may be more gay Than this quiet man from beside Lough Neagh And I know that the sun shines softly down On the river that runs through my native town. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

“At least, for hundreds of thousands of ye; rs. Have you a different sort of sun in your work ?” “Yes, it’s smaller and yellower. And it gives a good deal more heat.” The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

Yet the coast is not a classic, Sahara-style desert of sand dunes and scorching sun. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

The sun was sinking, maybe two hours from fully setting, when Alec stopped and had everyone huddle around him. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

The soot was gone, the oil in the waters, everything shone brightly under the blaze of morning tropic sun. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

He wanted the bright sun shining through the magnolia tree. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

The sun was beginning to come up over the hills as I turned onto East Main Street and headed toward Santa Maria to catch highway 101. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

He strikes a match and lights a candle, even though the sun is still up. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

I paint three faceless people—one becomes the sky, one becomes the ocean, and one becomes the sun. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Two hours later I exposed my entire body to ultraviolet rays from a sun lamp. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sun touched her face like the softest caress. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

The sun was up now, and even filtered as it was through the lacy young leaves, it made my head hurt. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

As the morning advanced, the sun emerged more fully. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

That day, May 21, Mollie had risen close to dawn, a habit ingrained from when her father used to pray every morning to the sun. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

A mere speck in the sky, she took a reading on the polarized light of the sun. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

The colt tried to get up on its feet, but its fragile newborn legs folded under it and it fell down, looking helplessly up at its mother who neighed a greeting to the morning sun. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

If it rained while the sun was shining, then the Devil was beating his wife. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

It is small in my palm, brown from the sun with black dirt burrows in her nails and the wrinkles around the knuckles. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Pretending she was just reading her magazines deeply and without a thought to the person painting windowsills in the hot summer sun behind her. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

And looking down from the sun, straight ahead, I saw a huge black shape come hulking out of the void towards us. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

Above them all the dragon turned, dark against the sun. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The sun was rising from wherever it rose, behind the distant factories maybe, or over the blind river. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

At midday, despite a scorching sun, Granny, seemingly indefatigable, went about with impressive skill trimming the rosebushes as we talked about trees and flowers and how to best cultivate them. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

She took the matches from her little sister, and the three of them stepped into the blazing hot sun. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

There were days when the sun was bright and the sea was calm—and there was no coffee ready to be loaded. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Spring passed and summer passed into harvest and in the hot autumn sun before winter comes Wang Lung sat where his father had sat against the wall. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

Gradually the sun changed from gold to blazing pink and seemed to turn liquid as it dimpled the horizon. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

Fie had argued that the moon was an opaque body, shining solely by reflecting the light of the sun. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Will the sun shine in this new place that waits for me? Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

The westering sun was caught into clouds, and night came swiftly. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

I felt beautiful, fragrant, warm as the morning sun. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

My mother carried the brown package to a clearing where several men, women and children sat underneath a blazing sun; some rested, tired from digging; others munched hungrily at dug-up sandwiches and other viands. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

The heat was oppressive and her fair-skinned face red from the sun. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

Hazel glanced at the evening sun, which was almost to the horizon. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

The first thing that struck me was the daylight—blazing sun coming through giant windows. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

When she thought, this is the same sun that strokes the faces of my old friends back in my earlier world, her eyes felt thick. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

As long as the sun wasn't out yet, he removed his cap and used it to help protect his hands. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

A gleam of sun through fleeting clouds fell on his hands, which lay now upturned on his lap: they seemed to be filled with light as a cup is with water. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

To be so near where Monticelli lived and painted, and to be able to paint in the air and the sun of the South of France! Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Boys, Laila came to see, treated friendship the way they treated the sun: its existence undisputed; its radiance best enjoyed, not beheld directly. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

I was still in water up to my waist when the sun went down. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

“At night, I swallow the setting sun. I give birth to the light each morning.” Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Everything that comes of morning undoes itself before nightfall: rooster walks back into forest, fires die down, birds coo-coo-coo, sun sinks away, sky bleeds, passes out, goes dark, nothing exists. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

He could sense the red batde forming today, coming like the sun. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sun was almost gone now and the block was quieter. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z

A hot spring sun beat down without relief. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

I glanced over at the red ball of sun, now clear of the horizon. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sun came up, gradually, and I marvelled at how, as it emerged mysteriously from behind the distant shacks and veld, everything suddenly sparkled and filled with warmth and sprang to life. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

"My sword? Oh, I left it in the sun somewhere. I need no sword." Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z

That it would be Esteban in the window, a silhouette with the sun coming in around him. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

The sun burned down on them with savage heat as they stood around the open dank grave. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

The light drained from the sky and the sun went down. I Survived Hurricane Katrina, 2005 2011-04-01T00:00:00Z

As I settle in, I note that the sun has crossed the meridian. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Frightening messages from the rays of the sun told her she was going the wrong way. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

Catching the afternoon sun, the petals filled with color, a clean cup of lemon in the winter light. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

The otter likes to lie on its back in the kelp beds, floating up and down to the motion of the waves, sunning itself or sleeping. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

On Earth, the earliest way to work out longitude required them to know the exact time, then compare it to the sun's position in the sky. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

He sat still and panted in the sun. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

Chills swept over him in steady surges even though the sun was pouring down on him. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

It was hot enough so that it felt good to wade in a cold stream, and the sun dried you when you came out and sat on the bank. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

Some are in jogging shorts and sun halters, some in exercise costumes like the ones they used to show on television, body-tight, with knitted pastel leg warmers. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

Shady looked up, and with the sun gleaming in through the stained glass, he looked like he was having a revelation. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

We stared at each other without blinking, and everything came to a stop there between the sea, the sand, and the sun, and the double silence of the flute and the water. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

The chrome glittering across the front grille gleamed so brightly that you had to take your eyes away from it when the sun struck just right. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

Zeus, the chief god, was angry at man and at Prometheus for taking some of his precious sun. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

The sun was already sinking behind the Forbidden Forest, gilding the top branches of the trees. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

A long sleek black car, its fenders glinting like glass in the sun, shot past them at high speed and turned a corner a few blocks away. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Her brooch, though, was like the sun peeking through dark clouds. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

The walls behind the counter were covered with wooden animal masks and bright tin suns, moons, and skeletons. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

She smiled at them and asked how she could help them, with the sun beaming behind her through large panes of glass. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

There was a door on a hinge and sun and moon cutouts along the back wall. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Quiet and moody by nature, Ang Dorje seemed especially somber as we sat together watching the sun come up. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

The weather held fair, which meant that the wagons rolled into Imre just as the sun was setting. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

It was very warm, and for a while they did nothing but exchange remarks about the heat the sun, the glare. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z

The shelf above the sink is full of different creams for her neck, her throat, her eyes, her feet, daytime, nighttime, sun and shade. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Gus and Bertha had a whole passel of cats, sleeping under the porch, sunning on the windowsills, swatting bees out in the garden. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

I sat on the porch steps with my earbuds in while Butternut napped in a patch of sun at my feet. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

The mountains, towering above her after three nights’ travel inland, seemed suddenly crystal clear, their snowy peaks catching the last rays of the setting sun. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

The sun sank and the shadows of evening fell like a curtain. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

“They say the sun shines even on mouse holes.” Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

The sun was beginning to set, glittering red through the cracks between the ramshackle buildings. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Thus one would expect that the whole sky would be as bright as the sun, even at night. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was early morning, and the sun hadn’t risen high enough to get into the windows yet. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

“Yeah. I don’t know how people can work out in the sun all day. I wouldn’t make it as a fruit picker. I’d be dead.” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

It had been icy that morning, but the sun had come out, softening the ground ice into mush. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

The sun cut through the cloud, and Stanley felt its rays beating down on him. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

Without the filtered light of the sun it was almost dark, and the sound of the rain hitting the pine branches high above their heads filled the grove with a weird, tuneless music. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

“You say you are so sad, maybe this is why. No sun. No trees.” I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

The day of the coup the sun was shining, a rare event in the timid spring that was just dawning. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, the sun don’t shine on the same dog’s tail all the time,” Teenie said philosophically. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

They turn their heads in greeting, shielding their eyes from the sun’s glare. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

He stood over her, beautiful in blue wool and black leather, his golden curls shining in the sun like a crown. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Hazel chewed on her lip, and then reached up and moved the clock’s arms so it read 7:00, and switched the picture of the sun to the moon. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

Henry’s sleeves were rolled above his elbows and the sun glinted metallic off Francis’s pince-nez. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

They were the makings of “hygiene” kits to be handed out, along with puzzles, books, and sun hats, at an orphanage in Puerta Penasco. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

Meanwhile, the sun was getting low outside and it wasn’t as hot anymore. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

When he arrived, shadow had almost hidden the mark, but he saw, in the red light of the setting sun, a shining scorpion. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

We cross the street slowly in the dark, and I wonder when the sun went down. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

The afternoon sun doesn't reach us, and it's chilly back here. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

So in the name of Brother Clifton beware of the triggers; go home, keep cool, stay safe away from the sun. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was putting a hook on the tail when the sun came out with such strength that the light creaked like a fishing boat. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

He trotted through the sand, enduring the sun's enmity, crossed the platform and found his scattered clothes. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

The tar had burst open in the sun. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

Suddenly the wood seemed a deal darker than it had a moment before, as if a cloud had passed before the sun. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

The sun was almost out from behind the clouds and the body of the sergeant lay beside the hedge. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

The only place we could be alone was outside under the sun or the stars. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then, in the patch of quickly fading sun that fell across the room, I noticed something I hadn’t before. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

She liked it a lot more when I was digging the bomb shelter in the sun. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

The sun was a cold steely color as it dipped below the mountain. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

The rattlesnakes liked to lie there in the early spring, when the days were still cool and the sun warmed the black lava rock first; the snakes went there to restore life to themselves. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

It resembles rotting chicken livers left out in the sun for too long. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

She got up and dressed and ran downstairs and straight outdoors into the bright sun. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

“She likes to watch the sun rise,” I say. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her blond hair shone white in the sun. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

While the sun’s hot and bright, the air’s warm and heavy with moisture, and I get the feeling I will never really be dry here. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

As it had years before, the Arizona sun revived Dad. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Mark and Linda would probably look for him, Joaquin realized as the arts center came into view, as the sun broke through the clouds. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

She lay down right next to me and the combined warmth from her body and from the sun made me doze off. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

The light from the overhead lamps seemed as bright and revealing as the midday sun and just as hot. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Tell her a vinegar and Pine-Sol soak. Then let it set in the sun a little while.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

The snake wasn’t lying in the sand, basking in the sun, like usual. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

I strained to watch and finally lost it in the rising sun. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

Outside, the sun had streaked the fog a molten pink and gold. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Outside, the air is crisp and cold and the sky is orange from the setting sun. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

He was shaking now, and even though he sat in hot sun, he felt chilled. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

I gobbled the food gratefully as the sun dropped and night settled over the village, which had no electricity, leaving a bright spray of stars overhead. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

I could only imagine what it might look like in the sun. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

If you take a bad boy and make him dig a hole every day in the hot sun, it will turn him into a good boy. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

Stars innumerable, cold and white, like the fragments of a shattered sun. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

There came many days when we ate nothing at all, spending the long evening hours simply staring at one another, at the empty pots, and at the sun going down. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

At evening, after the sun was down and dusk had come, they turned to bed and took the gift of sleep. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

A sphere two hundred light-years in radius contains 200,000 suns and perhaps a comparable number of worlds suitable for colonization. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

The dim sun was as high in the sky as it was going to get, only a hand’s breadth above the horizon, so it must be nearly noon, she thought. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

He lay on his bed watching the sun sinking behind the bars on the window and wondered miserably what was going to happen to him. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

When I open them, Mom's gone and the sun is strong. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

“Not yet. I need to wait for the sun to get a little lower. And if I get lucky, I’m going to coax a few birds to pose with it. A modern-day lion-and-lamb thing.” The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

A red sun rose and set and rose again, painting the snows in shades of rose and pink. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Some time later, while still walking under the burning sun, they met the son of Chief Mmeke. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

I had to shield my eyes from the sun. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

With the sun beating down on the top of her head, the heat and humidity make it difficult for her to breathe. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’m so extremely fair the sun goes straight to my head. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sun had set, but the western sky was the color of peach skin, while the sky over the ocean was a clear lapis blue. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

According to the estimates of this chapter, one of them is the sun of a civilization more advanced than ours. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Before the sun fingered over the tips of the San Gabriels, his stiff, gray form passed down the shed row at Barn 38. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

In such a system, the outcome is a chancy kind of order, always on the verge of descending into chaos, held taut against probability by the unremitting, constant surge of energy from the sun. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

On another, he showed the planets in relation to their distances from the sun, with Mercury the closest and Neptune the farthest away—almost in the kitchen. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

At night, their lights glow like a thousand little suns. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

The sun is too hot on my neck. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

She lived in an old three-story, rundown plantation house with morning rooms and sun rooms, and porches wrapped around every floor. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

He straightened up and glanced over Tayo’s head at the sun, which was almost down, and spoke in a more natural tone. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

She washed the shrouding clean as sun or moonlight. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Someone says we should let him sit in the sun, shave his skin open little by little, and rub salt into the wounds. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the sun set, we walked on the boardwalk, where we ate pizza and climbed onto the rides. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

As I walked along, the sun was shining and I could feel a little of that sunshine beginning to warm my heart. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

She knew when the sky would pour down rain upon them, and when the sun would burn their backs. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Reaching up to the sun, branches spread out wide. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

It's a long way, but the sun is out, it's in the mid-fifties, and I am wearing a shirt, some jeans, a jacket, Nikes—everything. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

It glides around and around—three times—then soars high like it’s going to burst the sun. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

Because they were so far south, the sun shone around the clock, and the crew was resourceful in finding entertainment. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

At first, I think it's the sun coming up, but it's way too early for that. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

The long horizontal fight of the sinking sun struck into their faces and made them seem much alike. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Yep, she called to me from the parking lot of abandoned cars. The sun was shining through her windows like a beacon of hope.” The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Before the sun set that night, the bear tracks were only shapeless marks in the wet, soft snow. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

It would be fifteen minutes before the sun went down and Bunnicula woke up. Bunnicula 1979-03-01T00:00:00Z

Moreover, it had a full set of phases, proof that it orbited the sun, as in the systems of Copernicus and Tycho Brahe. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

There was no wind, and the sun shone on the lapping water where it ran into the little pools in the rocks. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

It’s a Sunday morning and the sun is just coming out when I open my eyes. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

Farmers grab a few harvests, but the soil is not bared to rain and sun long enough to incur permanent damage. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

The air held a damp chill, as if the sun that had given a pale, late-winter brightness to the streets in Newton had been too weak to penetrate the dense branches above the woods road. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

The lavender sky above us shimmers with light even though I can’t see the sun or the moon. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

They would wake in the morning to see that the rime had frosted their beards, and, until the sun warmed them, they looked like old men, white-bearded before their time. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

Then she turned around, away from the island, to stare at the sea, and she watched the waves roll in, watched the sun glint on the endless vista. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

It felt good to sit inside the truck, out of the direct rays of the sun. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

A smell of tender mushrooms, of wood-flower fungus, of old and concentrated outdoors impregnated the air of the bedroom as it was breathed by the colossal old man weatherbeaten by the sun and the rain. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

But what's that to do with you in this heat under this veiled sun? Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

We walk, sedately- The sun is out, in the sky there are white fluffy clouds, the kind that look like headless sheep. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

Up above, the sun hides behind the clouds. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sun has made its entrance, and the sea-blue sky is dotted in white puffy clouds. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

And regardless of what I thought of her, to him she had been as constant as the rising sun. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

He doesn’t want us, meaning me, to get burned by the midday sun. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

The sun is warm and the sky is cloudless. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

The sun rose with the promise of bright warm weather. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z

He set up the distiller to catch another half cup of water before the sun went down. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then there was nothing to be done but watch the sun and look for the first star. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

The sun had died, and with it, humanity died, also. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

And then it came to me, like the first shocking glimpse of the sun’s disk rising over the horizon, what it was I did want to do. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

It was the same sun, the same light still shining on the same sand as before. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

The dwarf could see them basking in the sun, brown and black hummocks with jagged ridges down the center of their shells. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

A white strip of forehead, where his uniform cap kept off the sun, shone between his brown hair and his sunburned face. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

I silently wished for the sun to bounce off the window, blinding Trent and cloaking me from what was sure to be an unpleasant encounter. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

The sun was bright and danger had faded with the darkness. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

The sun had baked everything to perfection; even the gooseberries on the fence had fried to raisins. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sun rose on Monday, and Chicago continued to burn. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z

And during the day he would sometimes take off all the blankets that my mother insisted I be wrapped in and let me feel the warmth of the sun on my face and legs. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

The hot, bright yolk was like a summer sun breaking through cloud, the first daffodil in the snow, a gold sovereign wrapped in a white silk handkerchief. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

He saw the sun on the frosted grass of the cloister. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

The sun was so low, she couldn’t see it past the cliffs anymore. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

“Yep. Sort out this whole mess before it gets out of hand in the rays of the sun.” Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

Throughout the afternoon they walked, following the path that led to the chief’s village, watching the sun go slowly down the sky. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

The mist was breaking, the sun was forcing its way through and throwing patterns on the carpet. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

When the sun rises tomorrow, it’ll be thanks to the paper chain. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

He had pinned his Head Boy badge to the fez perched jauntily on top of his neat hair, his horn-rimmed glasses flashing in the Egyptian sun. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

“Skin damage from their sun,” the Chancellor says. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

I burst out laughing, and Denna’s sudden smile was like the sun peering from behind a cloud. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The sun lighted her blonde hair and she scratched him over one ear. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Though tanned from the sun, Jorge wasn’t Indian or mestizo, a mixed blood. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

All around, crooked branches like witches’ fingers make patterns where the sun crisscrosses through. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

The sky was blue, the air warm and windless, and the sun beamed on the muddy ground with all the sweet impatience of June. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Omar's dark hair looked almost brown under the bright afternoon sun. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Jellyfish blooms, like garden flowers opening up to the sun. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

The June sun beat down fiercely on the tar, and on our faces. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

It seemed to break from scummy bubbles lanced by the sun, and drift downwind, getting thicker. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, at least you’re out of the sun down there,” I say. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

An eager sun outshone the neon sign atop the Squibb factory even before the first bell beckoned students to their homerooms. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

I loved the sun and the blistering heat. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Sometime later, the rain stopped, and a warm sun brought back the thick clouds of mosquitoes and horseflies.They swarmed over Cole’s body as if it were a dead carcass. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

The sun hid behind the dark and lowering clouds. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

Outside, the sun rose and the soft light streamed in. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

He said this, in his peculiar, subdued, yet emphatic voice; looking, when he had ceased speaking, not at me, but at the setting sun, at which I looked too. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

The sun was hot on my skin, too bright as it bounced off the white concrete and blinded me. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Can it be that there is a malign influence of the sun at periods which affects certain natures—as at times the moon does others? Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

Whereas before the road, the sea, the trees, the air, the sun all spoke differently to me, now they spoke one language of unity. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

His face was lined and toughened in the sun. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was desolate and afraid, and full of woe and terror; but when that beautiful sun began to climb the horizon life was to me again. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

Unaccustomed to such strenuous labor, they would stop digging as they pleased, basking in the sun until they were trodden on by columns of marching rats. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

All night they ran through the darkling wood, but as die sun came up the sound of a distant horn came faintly through the trees, and they heard the baying of a pack of hounds. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

But on calm days when the sun was not too harsh and on calm nights, he came out. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

You forgave faults, found perfection, fell madly; then the next day the sun came up and it was over. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

His muscles quickly grew bronzed and his hair ever blonder under the ardent desert sun. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

The sun went down smoothly behind the hills, slipping almost eagerly, at last, into the pillowy masses. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

There was a reason Charlie was such a bright blazing sun. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

I stood in the hall for a few minutes, the afternoon sun shining golden on the polished oak floor. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

The sun was low in the west now. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Perhaps I’ve been out in the fierce sun too long, he said to himself. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

A skyblue Plymouth, with the sun in its tailfins, sped past young rice fields and old rubber trees on its way to Cochin. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sun pours into this central atrium from a pyramid-shaped glass ceiling, flooding the place with light. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

He stood between me and every thought of religion, as an eclipse intervenes between man and the broad sun. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

The sun was very high in the sky. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

What mattered was that he and Sefia were there, legs kicking idly off the edge of the quarterdeck, with the breeze and the bright afternoon sun pouring over them. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

The cottonwoods along the river stood out like pillars against the gray backdrop of the sky, their white bark shining in the sudden sun. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

“There was the fish, caught only by one fin, and its tail wildly thrashing and shining in the sun. There was the web, sagging dangerously under the weight of the fish.” Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

We stand by the cab in the morning sun. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

Like an old cat, she slept more and more, some days awakening only to move into a new patch of sun and fall asleep again. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

But Manhattan has turned into a grid of rivers and streams, the fierce sun constantly reflecting off the waters in spectacular and blinding flashes. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

A splendid Midsummer shone over England: skies so pure, suns so radiant as were then seen in long succession, seldom favour even singly, our wave-girt land. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

The bus would be heated, she reminded herself, and in California the sun always shines. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

The light was just gorgeous, a rich orange glow filling the house, turning suddenly blue-grey when the sun went behind a cloud. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

A five-story-tall Roman coliseum gleamed in the sun, next to a long oval arena like a racetrack. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

The afternoon sun shone through the steel-mesh side of the freight car, casting a shadow across Thalia’s face. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

The sun would make a yellow pattern on the curtain. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

The sun was high in the sky when they began to slow down. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Each time she reached the top of her arc beneath the sun, her shadow legs were transformed into the thin, curved legs of an antelope, with small rounded hooves at the bottom instead of feet. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Despite the sun, the air was morning cool and fresh. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Just before the sun set, he sped earthward, landing lightly on his dead branch. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

Now a weird symbol appeared to be stitched into it, like a sun with rays that stretched out to infinity, or a flower with long petals. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Even my colors feel light—like the sun and the sky floating above me. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

When he stepped outside, the broiling sun dug into the back of his neck. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

“Hideous? No way. The most beautiful creatures you’ve ever seen. And way up at the top, way up there, nearest the sun, new branches grow.” A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

The afternoon sun casts long shadows across the tents, stretching over the dry ground. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

But nothing can keep Izzie and me locked up in the house while the sun is shining. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

But his eyes, dimmed a little by many paintless days under sun and rain, brood on over the solemn dumping ground. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

Melissa with her cheeks dusted with fine, pale brown hairs that could be seen only in the light of the sun. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

Even as they looked out in dismay towards the setting sun, it sank before their eyes into a white sea, and a cold grey shadow sprang up in the East behind. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

When he turned away from the sun to mount the mare, he saw the spotted cattle, grazing in a dry lake flat below the ridge. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

My hand shakes as I shield my eyes from the sun and scan the wasted landscape around me. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

The sun filled the car and the children, sleeping in the back, began to stir heavily against the new day. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was not used to the heat, the sun, and the hard ground then because Pa provided us with a sheltered, middle-class life. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sun lights a path for my balloons as they hover above the dark ocean, careful not to get swept into the masts of large imperial ships. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

But even though the baking sun is slowly laminating me, I am happy. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’d wanted to stay on that porch with him until the sun shone bright on both of us, but I didn’t. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

The sun is shining on me through the window, and my brain pounds against my skull. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

“But Ampai is still keeping the actual sun orbs a secret?” asked Pong. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

But the sun was so bright, everything looked too bright and quiet. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sun was dissolving the fog, and one day Tayo heard a voice answering the doctor. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

In the lowering sun their giant shadows flickered darkly behind them. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

To a windowless building where he stood in one place all day sifting through dirt without eating or drinking or seeing the sun? The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

We all squeeze in tight, resting our heads on each other's shoulders as the late summer sun sets over Bushwick. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

The sun was at its highest as I set out on my search. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Our days began before the sun came up and ended well after it retired. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

Up above, clouds will billow out of nowhere into dark monstrosities, pregnant with malevolent intent, and a clear blue sky is like a magnifying glass for a punishing sun. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

I can’t tell if the sun has just set or if it’s about to rise, but everything in this world seems to be at peace. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

After the bright white sun on the porch it looked pitch dark in there, and I couldn't make out a thing. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

Sarah Cohen had flaming red hair, the color of a penny in the summer sun. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

One morning ripe with sun a lady drives up to the place where we hopeful workers are waiting. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

Of any black person that Princesse knew, Catherine spent the most time in the sun without changing color. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

She looked at him for a long time, at the little pulse in his throat, at his chest rising and falling slowly, at the delicate shadows his eyelashes made when the sun finally reached them. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Yet he turned away her copper coin and laughed in the sun. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

With that last verse, Papa Legba’s cigar lights up, the streetlight buzzes, and as if God suddenly threw a blanket over this part of Detroit, a heavy cloud blocks the sun and it becomes dark. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

The sun had only just come up over the horizon, but he already could feel its hot rays against his face. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

The sky was still a deep blue, but the sun hadn’t quite risen over the trees’ peaks. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Good Weasel returned as the sun was dipping toward the western horizon. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z

As I stepped out I spotted a tall man in an Italian suit, standing in the bright spring sun glowing like an apparition. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

And there stood the poor lady against a moon as bright as the sun. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sun came out from behind the rain. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

We marched behind Grandma, and it wasn’t too bad until the sun came up over the tassels on the corn. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

The sun was up as I went along the cliff. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

And when Juana awakened, when the sun was high, Kino told her things she knew already. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

I see it, like a break in the clouds when the sun shines through. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

As they danced in the circle and music played, Spurge lifted the metal box hanging around his neck so he could expose the gemstone to the sun. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

He was sitting in the sun outside the screen door when they came driving into the yard. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

The color seemed to sparkle under the dazzling morning sun. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

He stepped off his board onto a boulder, and deftly climbed to a spot that lay shadowed in the setting sun. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

"Blood of my blood," Jhogo said in Dothraki, "this is an evil place, a haunt of ghosts and maegi. See how it drinks the morning sun? Let us go before it drinks us as well." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

I had sketched the sun sinking over the horizon. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

And the yellow sun threw their black shadows ahead of them so that they walked on their own shadows. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

It is scarcely worthwhile to attempt remembering how many times the sun has looked down on the slaughter of the innocents. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z

The sun faded to a pale white bloom. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

So Lyra and her daemon turned away from the world they were born in, and looked toward the sun, and walked into the sky. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

As we pulled away from the station, bright, afternoon sun streamed through the windows, making me squint. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

About fifty yards away two coyotes stood watching me, their tawny coats blending with sand and sun. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sun was near setting, and day animals were changing places with those of the night. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

So as the yellow sun falls to its knees on the horizon, we return to the road. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

It’s so shocking that I can scarcely believe it, but as I watch the sun rise it feels like mist lifting. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

He drifts toward second and raises his glove to shield his eyes from the sun. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

When the sun was overhead it lay anchored in Coral Cove. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sun began to rise, then, over the easternmost peak of Mount Belly, framing him in light. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

The sun was a hot white penny, shining down upon the grey river as it rushed around the charred bones of sunken ships. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

It burned like a thousand suns, and at its edge, something glowed a soft green. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Using the sun and the fact that it rose in the east and set in the west, he decided that the far side was the northern side of the ridge. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sun starts to set across the horizon. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

I do not remember much of this time, except that many suns rose and set. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

It blocked out the sun and ruined the views of the harbor. I Survived the Great Molasses Flood, 1919 2019-09-03T00:00:00Z

The sun turned the wave tips to sparkling jewels, and the fishermen filled their nets each day with their glistening catch. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

One man may put it down to sun spots while another invoking the law of probabilities doesn’t believe it. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

He knelt down and the arrow of the sun fell on him. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

The sun was leaning into the southwest sky. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

When the sun got its hottest in the midafternoon, the bonobos sprawled in the grass and relaxed. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

Through the twin whirlwinds she could see the sun and the river, the river twisting in circles, the trees upside down. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

The clouds separate in the sky and the sun shines beams of white light on our new home. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Under the hot sun, Milkman was frozen with anger. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was ready to fall asleep before the sun set. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Bamiyan sun had toughened his skin, and turned it several shades darker than I remembered, and he had lost a few of his front teeth. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Near noon, the sun blazing directly overhead, Lupita rose for yet another drink. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

At last he looked up and gazed straight at the sun. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

That’s a tasty green I had once grown in my Connecticut garden And there was wild mustard, another green, growing out in the sun. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

For the first time on the island, Piggy himself removed his one glass, knelt down and focused the sun on tinder. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

Addison had crashed in flames, the trout no longer ringed the pool, and a cloud covered the sun and put a chill in the air. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

We traveled by foot and in silence until the sun was sinking slowly toward the horizon. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sun came out and brightened the clean saucepans hanging on the wall above the stove. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

She wanted to look up at the sky, to gaze into the sun’s brilliant white-gold eye, but she had no control over her movements, and she had arrived at one of the windows. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

I would take off my shirt to the sun. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I look at the captain’s wheel and half expect to see Papa Joseph wearing his hat with the flaps on the side and back to shield him from the sun. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

Pray the sun will burn off the fog and let me see again. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

Bran had told himself a hundred times how much he hated hiding down here in the dark, how much he wanted to see the sun again, to ride his horse through wind and rain. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

The sun was beginning to rise from beyond the veld when Granny and my mother dragged me to school. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

I am grateful for the clouds that prevent the sun from wilting their leaves before they take root again and resume their growing. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

Of all the seasons of the year, the rabbit most preferred winter, for the sun set early then and the dining-room windows became dark and Edward could see his own reflection in the glass. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 2006-03-30T00:00:00Z

He listened to the kindness in Hendrik’s voice and finally ate and fell asleep as the sun was coming up. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

I would’ve given up the real sun, so giving him an imaginary one was nothing. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

The lizards sun themselves on the rock walls, dartling into slim crevices when peoples or animals near. The Unfinished Angel 2009-09-22T00:00:00Z

I sat for a long time, seeing these shapes and hearing the voices, until the sun came out and the fog vanished. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Rifthold smells terrible. Too many people. At least in Banjali, the sun burns up everything. And my father’s river palace smells like lotus blossoms.” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

The next few hours passed quietly as the sun sped toward the horizon and darkness fell on the land outside the Berg. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

The ride is Lincoln’s way of giving Grant his moment in the sun after so many months of hardship. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

The Next Day After a night of channel surfing and back-to-back reruns of Star Trek, the morning sun rushes in courtesy of the nurse raising the blinds. Booked 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

“Climb up the hill to the old fort and look at the little wriggling gold snakes, and watch the lizards sun themselves.” The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z

And the Domish sun was hotter than the pale, wan sun of Norvos, glaring down from a blue sky day after day. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

A week with no clocks, with no sun, can feel like an eternity. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

His scales were hot to the touch, like armor left too long in the sun. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

That the air, the sky, the trees, the sun, the rain, the light and darkness were all slowly turning to sand. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

But that revulsion got put away somewhere, and she studied us carefully, squinting in the setting sun. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

“They know,” Lovey said when the orange sun broke in the east. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

The low orange rays from the sun make everything, including the circus, look as though it is aflame before the light disappears completely. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

The curtains are still wavering in the small wind, the sun outside is still shining, though not in through the window directly. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

Amari knew, however, that it was just a matter of time before she would be toiling in the hot sun, up to her knees in water, planting the rice, one kernel after another. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sister Daniels comes into the foyer, in a floral dress with a matching hat that’s big enough to block the sun. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

They emerged from the alley and sprinted into bloodred sunlight, the last of the setting sun’s rays. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

For an example of a trivial sense, suppose the defenders of Ptolemaic astronomy had responded to the threat posed by Copernicanism by simply renaming the sun ‘the earth’, and the earth ‘the sun’. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

He looked at the sky: it had a bright blue intensity that only autumn and the movement of the sun from its summer place in the sky could give it. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

The white spokes wobble in the sun’s glare. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

Himself has hitherto sufficed to the toil, and the toil draws near its close: his glorious sun hastens to its setting. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

By the time they finally let me go, the sun was coming up. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Dany sent outriders ranging ahead of the column, but they found neither wells nor springs, only bitter pools, shallow and stagnant, shrinking in die hot sun. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Darkness has given me a brief reprieve, but by the time the sun rises, the Careers will have formulated a plan to kill me. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

I step out and face the man as the sun sets behind the house. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

The sun was lower in the sky than it should be—she hadn’t been in the clearing that long, but it looked like late afternoon now. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

Back out the door, the sun is set to full blast, lighting the streets a shimmering slick. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

The sun and every clock on the earth. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

Anyway I feel better with the sun and for once I do not have to look into it. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

He towered over her, a great beast of a man, as big as Yai but with an even thicker neck and arms that were muscular and brown from working in the sun. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

But when the western sun touched the clouds with orange and gold the vaqueros got in their trucks and headed home, and my father was left to drink alone in the long night. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Is he feeling out of sorts? Is he anxious? Does he want to be the main course at the crocodile farm? Find my children if you want to see the sun rise!” The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

She could see from the light filtering down the entrance tunnel that the sun was up, and bright. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

Only the tops of the Gabilan Mountains flamed with the light of the sun that had gone from the valley. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I was just asking. The sun is going down.” The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

Before they realized it the sun was cooler and the crowds came pouring onto the muck again. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

To get to the field, I have to wade across the river, climb a tall hill, cross a broken bridge, and walk thirty minutes in the scorching sun. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sun seemed to rest upon a distant hilltop like a giant orange on a giant table. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

I am not prepared for the bright California sun. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

The packed snow creaked underfoot, and everywhere I could hear a musical trickle and drip as the noon sun thawed icicles and snow crusts that would glaze again before nightfall. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

The lake boats go slowly by in the distance, their smoke trailing behind them, the sun sets to the left, pink and tranquil. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

I hurried to the window to check, and sure enough, there was the sun. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

They just wanted to get away from the elfin camp before the sun rose too high. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

The sun was up, and Stanley's heart was still beating. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

The summer sun was not meant for boys like me. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

Nathan rubbed his arms to get rid of his goose bumps even though the late-morning sun was quickly warming the air. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

The sun was getting hot, and he thought about flies buzzing around their faces as they slept in the weeds along the arroyo. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

We sat on makeshift seats under a simple zinc shed shielding us from the sun. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

They glowed when the sun shone on them. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

But first I put on my red sun hat. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

The awnings over the closed stores were raised and the buildings had a bare look in the bright sun. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

By the time the sun dips near the horizon, he’s found seven of our eight maximum the park rules allow. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

In spite of the shining sun the wind seemed chill after the warm darkness of Moria. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

“I’m pretty sure my eyesight is ruined from the sun glistening off all that shiny golden hair,” she says. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

And there was life everywhere—zumming insects, squirrels scampering along boughs, birds twittering and hopping about, spider webs gleaming silver in the sun. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

A wisp of a cloud moves by in the sky, allowing the morning sun to shine brightly on our faces. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

He looks up to see, there in the sky and blocking out the sun completely, the long-lost Lazarus woodpecker, with its wings outspread and its beak pointing upward, nearly piercing the blue of the sky. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

Lest I might disturb the early-morning sun rays streaming across her forehead. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

Hideo stands up straight and stretches, savoring the warm glow of the afternoon sun. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Down below, the racehorses burst from the gate, like inkblots in the glow of the setting sun. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Blocking the sun with his fist, Palmer watched the bird circle the field, as the others had done. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

For a long time I stood beside it, looking at the bracelets and the beads hanging from my neck, so beautiful and bright in the sun. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

The big man pointed out the Butcher King to him, sitting stiff and tall upon an armored horse in a suit of copper scale that flashed brilliantly in the morning sun. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Her cheeks are already warm from the heat of exertion and the April sun, but this is an actual blush. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Each night, the sinking sun, like a ring on a window shade, pulled night down over the neighborhood. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

As long as the sun lasted, the day had been dry and warm— October weather in January. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sun bakes the slates above their heads. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

The sun hadn’t quite set when we drove into Jalalabad, capital of the state of Nangarhar, a city once renowned for its fruit and warm climate. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Johnny whispered, ‘Just like the sun coming up yonder out of the sea, pushing rays of light ahead of it.’ Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Over in the east, behind the house, the last star would be fading as the sun surged up. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

We sit around the house waiting for the sun to come out so we can go outside. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

“But this room gets the best sun—all morning and most of the afternoon. So we made the other into the guest room and kept this one as a place for Mirabelle to play.” Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

So if he burnt things with the firemen, and the sun burnt Time, that meant. that everything burned! Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was while he was sitting there, facing southeast, that he noticed how the four windows along the south wall of the kiva had a particular relationship to this late autumn position of the sun. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

And tossing the Puffs onto the snow, now crusted and gleaming with sun melt. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

The sun beat down as if trying to hammer the countryside into a Celestial bronze shield. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

She lofted her hair out neatly behind her and let it spread against her back to catch the sun. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

As the sun went higher and left the eastern sky, the square of sunshine on the wall grew larger and diffuse, and the bright yellow color of early morning was gone. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

The sun was rising out of Lake Michigan. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

And I write sun with all these little lines around it pointing outward to look like the sun. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

They set off just as the sun rose in a dull red ball beyond the musasa trees. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

They didn’t seem concerned about spending hours lying in the sun, because their olive skin only burnished and became more radiant, while mine either freckled or fried. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

The sun filtered through the trees and light reflected off the river like shiny scales, while we sat on the banks enjoying the peace and beauty of the place. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

About its feet there flowed, as a thread of silver, the stream that issued from the dale; upon its brow they caught, still far away, a glint in the rising sun, a glimmer of gold. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Fred was looking up at the straps, shielding his eyes from the sun. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

The next morning, as the sun rose, the gods stood to watch the man work. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

I would have liked to lie back, as he did, and let the sun warm my face. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

We’ve been in the blazing sun for a few weeks, and yet my mom is a ghost. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

And headed back toward the bass stands, eating the jelly beans as I went, so lost in thought that I almost tripped over Mouse, who lay sunning herself on the path. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

I learned later that he was a beloved pastor who had led the prayers in the camp every morning before the sun rose. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Down the embankment they swayed and there it was, a plain, homely little house, barn-red, and below it the last of the sun flashing on the wrinkled surface of a tiny lake. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lena gardened in the back beneath a large sun hat. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

Henry walked at a distance from the palms and the shade because he was too young to keep himself out of the sun. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

A molten pink band flowed across the horizon, where the sun had been. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was nearly dusk now, the time when Lkossa’s blood-orange sun fell behind the trees and set their silhouettes ablaze, the time he least liked to be near the jungle. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

But the sun was blotted out by the ash and smoke. I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980 2016-08-01T00:00:00Z

Suddenly the clouds rolled back and the late morning sun brought the whole city, shining, into view. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

Away eastward the sun was rising red out of the mists that lay thick on the world. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

I held tight to that hope through the dark hours of night, until the sun rose and I fell asleep. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The air hung hot and heavy, and the sun was so bright that both of them were squinting. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

And behold! when he washed the mud away, there in his hand lay a beautiful golden ring; and it shone and glittered in the sun, so that his heart was glad. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

The kitchen grew dark and light again as the clouds covered and uncovered the sun. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

The wings above their heads cut out the sun for a second with the sweep and billow of a sailing yacht. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

So I fought against my weariness and the sun rose higher. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Beetee’s articulated a theory far beyond my comment on the sun. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

As he brushed his hair out of his eyes, the sun shone upon the fresh scabs marring his knuckles. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

The sun was blinding white on the porcelain-blue water below and on the flashing edges of the other airplanes. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

The elevator takes us to the roof of Batalla Hall, twelve stories high, where the shadows from surrounding buildings don't protect us from the sun. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

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

The sun was setting outside, so the attic was even darker and creepier than usual. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

Therefore, the spacecraft had to be rotated, like a chicken on a barbecue spit, to distribute the heat from the sun evenly on all sides of it. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

The second time he passed before the sun, his black wings spread, and the world darkened. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Her graying hair is parted in the middle and tied in a ponytail, her nose pierced with a stud shaped like the sun. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

By day the banished sun circles the earth like a grieving mother with a lamp. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

“I want to stay alive, right here in my comfortable manure pile with all my friends. I want to breathe the beautiful air and lie in the beautiful sun.” Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

Emily’s face burned so furiously she thought her eyes might act like magnifying glasses in the sun and set her binder paper on fire. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

She imagined lizards sitting outside in the sun. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

It was chilly in Capricorn’s church—Meggie was to remember that later, too—although the sun must have been hot outside and high in the sky by the time Mo began to read. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Most of them won’t be able to stand up, there’s going to be no privacy, and beneath the summer sun and the tin roof, it’s hot as the devil’s stove up here. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Her stiffness reminded me of all the fish lying curved and stiff on the riverbanks, flaking in the sun like old white bars of soap. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even though it was eight in the morning, the sun was already melting the pavement. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

They came to see him as something new under the sun, what in modern parlance might be termed a rowing “geek.” The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Finding just the right spot on a giant rock, I stretched out like a lizard till the sun warmed me through. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Viola’s skin was no darker than mine at the end of summer, although she was careful to stay out of the sun, while I didn’t care. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

There was the aching glory in masses of clouds burning gold and purple from an invisible sun. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Afternoon sun played off the dull mahogany of its propeller. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

The wind moaned and cried, and in the middle of the sky the sun was a blood-red dot. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

The afternoon sun reflected off the water onto their faces and arms and legs. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

“If you come outside you won’t see any tears because the sun is so blazingly hot my sad tears evaporate before they even have time to leave my swollen red eyes.” Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Outside she could see the sun glint on the Hudson. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

We are sitting on hard chairs on the back porch, warmer now than it was earlier in the day from the sun and the heat of the stove. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

Ahead of them was a train station, its windows sparkling in the bright spring sun. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

They faced the morning sun and began their pujas, reciting their prayers and making their offerings of flowers or grain. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

The men were gone, and the sun was leaving. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

The boy had hoped the sun would shine. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was a blighted, hellish place full of noise and dust and smoke and inhuman towers that blocked the sun, and she hated it—hated especially this gloomy building and the ceaseless clamor of construction. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

The sun was high in the sky before I had dug Old Dan out. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

I lifted his hand, turning it this way and that as I watched the sun glitter on his palm. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

The sun rose higher as the morning went on, drawing heat from every crevice of the city’s roads and buildings. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

They surrounded her, five huge forms glowing in the dark air, lit by an invisible sun. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her face is smooth for her age, but the wrinkles on her neck are like ripples in the ocean; the tiny brown spots above the neckline of her white dress are like small, muted suns. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

The sun shone down through a hazy sky, and there was the smell of burning in the air, as well as something less pleasant. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

I’m watching die sun set in the west. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

I saw the sun blaze upon the new blue overalls as the man appeared around the cabin. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bull Meecham had grown fond of being in Hobie’s restaurant in those early morning hours before the sun had time to penetrate the deep winter shadows that hung between the buildings of River Street. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

And when a seed is dropped in, it can easily germinate and take root and push its tender new leaves toward the sun and begin the marvelous process of photosynthesis. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

The prairie became as hard as stone, birds disappeared from the sky, and the Grandfather sun looked pale and distant. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

The sun had eclipsed nearly half the sky, blasting it of all color. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

A lantern of golden candlelight flickers over a rocky archway, like the sun over the Sangre de Cristo Mountains at sunset. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t until much later, when the sun came up, that Carmen finally let go. I Survived the Great Molasses Flood, 1919 2019-09-03T00:00:00Z

Each summer day they prayed for a storm to cool their skin from the burning sun. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

The sun felt good after the cold of the store, both of us still hopped up on what we had done. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

The sun is already peeking above the horizon when we finally reach the main road out of Kobani, busy with shared taxis, minibuses, and people on foot, all departing the city. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

Many times when I came home, the sun was high in the sky. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sun shines, the marbles return, from wherever they’ve been all winter. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

“If you hold it up to the sun, its light glows through the obsidian.” The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

And beyond the dead trunks, maybe sixty yards away, was the boat, sitting beached in the marshes under the weak sun. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

We saw Masson making his way back to the beach to stretch out in the sun. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

“When your father and I were your age, we used to play this game. Especially in the winter, when it snowed and we couldn’t go outside. We used to play until the sun went down.” The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s sure pretty outside with the sun shining on the snow and the sky so blue.” Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z

He found a window seat in the back all to himself, and all of Georgia slid before his eyes, until the sun shrugged out of sight. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sun comes out, and the stage and its occupants light up like a Christmas creche. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

Finally, like the sun peeking out from behind gray clouds. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

“When I’m in the sun too long,” she said, “I look like a lobster tail that’s just been pulled out of a pot of boiling water.” The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Fang looked up the hard gray wall, damp and dark at the bottom where the sun hadn’t hit. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

A fellow pilot draped his flight jacket over the U-2's cockpit window, trying to give Powers some relief as the unmarked black aircraft baked in the sun on an airstrip near Peshawar, Pakistan. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Beneath both sun and rain, with my sons and daughters, and their sons and daughters I will labor. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

And he would have thought of it, but the evening was falling and his bones ached in the air left raw and chill when the sun withdrew. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

What he does not say is as important as what he does: he does not say that Venus orbits the sun. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

To the left, the unmistakable shape of a church rose up, the teardrop tops of its towers glowing in the sun. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

The sun was down beyond the Methodist church now, and the pigeons were flying back and forth around the steeple, and when the band stopped I could hear them cooing. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Mayhap in spring we can toughen her up. The sun, and air. That'll be good for strength.” Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

It was like someone had left a photograph out in the sun too long. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

The sun was high overhead now and the sweat made his curls stand up rather rakishly. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Despite the blinds, the sun filtered through in places and the air was already stifling. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

On Fridays, the lake was bustling with families out for a day in the sun. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

At first I think it’s the glare from the sun or the heat shimmering up off the ground. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

The sun was still straining to clear the east end of the grandstand when the Howards pulled up to the barn. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

By 17:00, when the sun began to set, I had drilled seventy-five holes. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sun went down and gave way to the moon. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

There’s Noah and me walking along the path the sun makes on the ocean but in opposite directions. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

I sat up in my bed and looked outside as the sun began to set. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

The sun had gone down about fifteen minutes earlier, and since the lights were always turned off at exactly eight o’clock, most girls were already in their assigned beds, chatting until total darkness set in. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

My eyes opened and I could see the sun behind the branch of a Christmas tree. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

From the book he learned that pigeons go to sleep as soon as the sun goes down. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

His voice reminds me of the days with my Aunt Fannie Mae, of the towering trees and Georgia’s glistening stars, of the rooster that woke us to the morning sun. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“They burn like the fire of ten thousand suns,” Colin said, deadpan. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

Their sun was up and you could see the sky was peeling. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Via put some gel in it this morning,” I said, pulling down the sun visor and looking in the little mirror. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

The sun had already begun to punch us by the time we’d crossed the bridge over Salt Creek. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

This plain of snow shone a powdery white that morning; the sun blazed icily somewhere too low on the horizon to be seen directly, but its clean rays shed a blue-white glimmer all around us. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

Slept but a sea apart on another beach among the bitter ashes of the world or stood in their rags lost to the same indifferent sun. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

I waited many an afternoon to catch sight of the beautiful golden carp as it swam by, and while I waited in the sun I pondered over his legend. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Away from the coral, the sun’s rays form rectangular columns of light in the water. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

The first two hold me up with the rising of the sun. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

He liked the way the grass let go of the sun’s warmth. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

The sun came out, and in spite of the chilly wind they were soon puffing and sweating. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

He stands over me and takes off his shirt, momentarily blocking my sun. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

Ptolemaic astronomers were unable to agree on whether Venus was closer to the Earth than the sun. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

It had grass, proper soccer goals with nets, and lights overhead that allowed for practice when the sun set early in the fall. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

The sun sank below Ladle Hill and the autumn stars began to shine in the darkening east—Perseus and the Pleiades, Cassiopeia, faint Pisces and the great square of Pegasus. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Finch steps back, shielding his eyes because the sun is peeking through the branches, and there is a crack as his foot comes down on a twig. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

The constant pressure of the sun was replaced with a refreshing coolness. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

He fetched some biscuits for them and they lay by the wall of the house in the early sun, watching him. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

It came out of nowhere, like the sun from behind a raincloud. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

But at last the setting sun warned them the delightful day was over. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sun came up and pointed out the names of young lovers painted on the wall. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sun was just appearing over the volcano, but the day had not settled in yet and the earth was still yawning. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was hard work, walking around and around the field in the hot sun, and with both hands swinging the heavy cradles into the grain and cutting it, then sliding it into the piles. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

They all heard the lock removed, and the bright sun shone in like a harsh surprise after the darkness of the smokehouse all night. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

His sun sights were the crudest of guesses, and to look up positions in the tables he had to peel apart the wet pages one by one. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

Before I can pull away, I feel her bend and then melt into me as I melt into her under the warm Indiana sun. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

It was in the sun, they in the shade. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

All day long it had been springlike; but now dark clouds were slowly swallowing the sun. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

We were out of breath; the truck was bumping around on the uneven cobblestones of the quay in a cloud of dust and sun. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

The sun was glistening on her head like a spotlight. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

As the sun sets and the oppressive heat breaks, he hears crickets and frogs begin their music and join the migrant chorus. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

“So she had to protect it from the sun. Or she could have done a lot of damage.” How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

Now that the sun was down the night was cold again like November. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

It was a glorious afternoon, the sun shining as he walked out onto the road. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

Upon discovering the wolves, she had settled down to live near them in the hope of sharing their food, until the sun set and the stars came out to guide her. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Spring is finally burgeoning after the longest winter, and the birches' new leaves turn their faces toward the sun's warmth. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

She sighed, coming out of her trance, and tucked the hair behind her ears, feeling the first warmth of the sun on her face and shoulders. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

The drone of cicadas in sun and the cries of birds gave way to silence and coolness. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

There in a dark room sat an aged woman, her profile etched against the sun shadow in the one window of the room. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I suck in breath: a photograph of a papaya tree swaying broad, fan like leaves in the full sun, showing off a bundle of fat orange piglets. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

Only the soles of my feet were warm, heated by dirt that had absorbed the sun all day. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The trees were full of birds singing ahead of him in the sun. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

There icy runoff from the eastern snowcaps meets the sun in the west, pouring into a river that feeds the glacier blue lake. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

I’d shot at the sun, but of course it was too far. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

A cartoon sun sat underneath a palm tree, holding a coconut drink. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Purple like the sea after the sun has set. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

But the earth, the sun, and the moon keep on their course, utterly oblivious. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

He had them brought to him early, while the mist still hung above the hills, with the sun swimming in it like a ball floating in murky water. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

During the day he had taken the sack that covered the bait box and spread it in the sun to dry. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Liyana lay on a low wall outside the school, her head swimming in a pool of sun, body hidden by a tangled vine from anyone who might approach. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

The position of the sun in the sky was delicate, transitional; and the season was unmistakable. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

On one page is a really cool picture of the sun. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z