The bronze surface was searing hot, but Leo didn’t care. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

On the surface, he was the embodiment of every parent’s dream, a strong, tall, well-dressed and well- mannered boy with talent and striking looks, not to mention the wit to joke with an adult. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Powell said: “Can you go out upon the surface? In the light?” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

“All those names and the black surface. It’s like looking in a mountain pond at night, but with the names floating on it.” Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

“But he can run across just about anything. Water, vertical surfaces, small mountains—none of that bothers him.” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Chaplains visit, too, trying to comfort the hysterical, whose bellies are at last full enough to allow their emotions to surface. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Seashells dotted the surface, evidence of the living sea that had once stretched from horizon to horizon. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Always, the pattern of death assumed a characteristic shape: the smell of DDT over the forests, an oil film on the water surface, dead trout along the shoreline. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

She stirred the water in the pot, which was beginning to show occasional small bubbles at the surface. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had started with one anomaly, the floating chip of ebony, and discovered another, the floating needle; as a consequence he had done his best to make sense of surface tension. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

The ripples it made turned into flame-capped waves as a long, gnarled shape sliced up through the surface and into the air. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

They both stood and watched it floating there for a moment, before a large tentacle rose out of the water and scooped it beneath the surface. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Not a breath disturbed the oily surface of the low swells that slid gently beneath the Frog. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

The two young men had little in common, but they did not realize it, for they shared a number of surface traits. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

There’s a hard surface, but it breaks easily, and my finger comes up drenched in white. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

Their goal was to investigate the structure of light by measuring the interval from the moment a quantum particle of light, a photon, strikes a target to the emission of an electron from its surface. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

Now that we have the defoliant, the Collective will have us return to the surface once the winds are calm. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

I knew that hidden in the tiled stone surface of the floor were several spring-loaded trapdoors. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

He surfaced, spluttering and tugging off the blindfold. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

One dropped on the smooth surface of the cup and splattered. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Reaching as high as I could with my left arm, I swung the ax gently at the shiny, opaque surface, not knowing what I'd hit beneath it. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

A rippling just below the surface, like something is trying to get out. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

Like rain on a cold window, these thoughts pattered against the hard surface of the incontrovertible truth, which was that he must die. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Or perhaps there is something particularly dangerous about the Martian surface. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

When she broke the surface of the water, men in diving suits were there. Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z

Another recollection broke through his thoughts, like a fish breaking the surface of water. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

We stood on the shore long enough to strip out of our surface clothes. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

He smooths his hand over the surface, unsure, so Abuela starts a corner of it for him. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

There were 512 copies of it, to be exact, which meant there were 512 white houses, spaced out evenly across the planet’s surface. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Wars were waged, the Internet was invented, and a robot had rolled on the surface of Mars, and in Afghanistan we were still telling Mullah Nasruddin jokes. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

I went outside with a bag and scraped along the surface. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lazlo walked down to where the wall was clear, and skimmed his own hand along the surface. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Kaz had looked down at their reflections on the bright surface of the canal and thought, I feel lucky now. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

A large vein throbbed just below the surface, under a thick layer of skin. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

Moss felt the roiling anger under the surface, and he was envious of how calm Kaisha seemed up there. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Miss Susan said, “Have you finished?” and came in to run her fingers over the shiny surface of the chairs and tables. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

She loved clothes—loved the feeling of silk, of velvet, of satin, of suede and chiffon—and was fascinated by the grace of seams, the intricate perfection of an embossed surface. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Her resentment surfaced in the form of vitriolic attacks upon your corporate structure.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

We were caught in a sudden rush of foaming surf that raced off it in every direction, thrown hard onto a surface of metal grates. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

The miners had a special yell, a “whoop,” when they wanted to get attention in the mine, and they often used it on the surface too. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Then he saw one on the surface swimming in circles. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

The njuzu girls rose to the surface of the water and looked expectantly to the east, from where the storm clouds would come. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

To my relief, no revolutionary red star appeared on the moon’s yellow surface. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

There was something there pressing against the surface of her words, but Maya couldn’t tell what it was. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

In addition, the accumulation of black soot and debris around the camp was soaking up the heat of the sun and warming the floe, turning the surface to slush. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

And it is one of the quietest and darkest and most secret places on the surface of the earth. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

The bigger asteroidal pieces, along with the comets, are mainly responsible for the recent craters on planetary surfaces. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

They reflect the shape of the Earth’s surface, portrayed by contour lines twenty feet apart. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

If that is the case, beneath its surface ice Titan probably has oceans at various temperatures, including those that nurture life deep in the earth’s oceans. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Here and there scrub pines and bushes jutted from the granite surface. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

He closes his eyes, grounds himself with his fingertips on the cool surface of his desk, the feathery little edges of papers there. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Inside the shack was the fully assembled bomb, a huge gray globe held together by bolts, with wires snaking in and out all over its surface. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

How will my logger get power once I abandon it on the surface? The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

She dropped closer and closer to the surface of the ocean. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

The giant bluefin back on the surface, swimming in a big circle around me and the keg. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

White caps of turbulent water ripple on its surface. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

But whatever keeps wages low—and I’m sure my comments have barely scratched the surface—the result is that many people earn far less than they need to live on. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Chips of ebony, he found, float if they are dry to start with and are placed gently on the surface of the water—but so do metal needles. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

His hand broke the surface; gray particles trickled and hurried down, fragments of plaster resembling the radioactive dust outside. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

On the surface it seems to be equal to my potential future in Baltimore, but there I still had a choice. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

On every surface, tables and desks and armchairs, there are meticulously constructed models of tents. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

It hit me hard, as if I’d been holding my breath underwater and I’d finally lifted my head above the surface. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

When she could push against the bottom hard enough, she lunged to the surface to gulp air before the river dunked her again. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

But the surface alone couldn’t account for so sluggish a workout. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mother took a deep breath, stretched herself out on the surface, and sank like a stone. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

I pictured them all down there in the bay, and the little dark hull of the boat rising slowly to the surface, sodden, dripping, the grass-green seaweed and the shells clinging to her sides. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

The photographs show the dry, pounded surface of the moon in the foreground, dead as an old bone. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Large, dark bubbles form on the surface of the water—the floating bodies of those who couldn't "go the distance." What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

When Florida surfaced, she was already far downstream of the boulder, spluttering and coughing. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

From the banks of Lake Carnegie, the boys, their oars, and the Husky Clipper looked like a single thing, gracefully and powerfully coiling and uncoiling itself, propelling itself forward over the surface of the water. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

All the frightful descriptions we had heard about each other, all the violent expressions of hate and hostility that had seeped into us from our surroundings, came now to the surface to guide our actions. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

The shock wave sent a ten-foot ring of water across the surface of the lake. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

I’m sure if an actual prophet surfaced today, he or she would receive plenty of Haldol injections, until the sky opened up and the doctors were slapped silly by the Hand of God. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

Many workers have noticed the tendency of resistant flies to rest more on untreated horizontal surfaces than on treated walls. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

Moments later, it surfaced again before sinking out of sight. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

The voice came from an oblong metal plaque like a dulled mirror which formed part of the surface of the right-hand wall. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

He reported seeing suspicious markings on Mars’s surface just as Schiaparelli and Lowell had. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

He was going to distract it to let me reach the surface. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

He swung the flashlight and saw a couple of wooden wagons that must have been used to carry equipment down or tin back up to the surface. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

The Prospector had a big flat surface about four feet high and six feet wide, and it rose up in the air at an angle. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

John dove below the surface, trying to find Eugene. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Its passage churned the water, sending out circular waves as if some huge stone were skimming across the surface. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

He hit the surface with a splash, and Jinny was almost surprised by how good it felt, the motion of grabbing him, pulling him down, hearing the splash and his shout. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

On the surface, I saw only my own round reflection. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

It swam to the surface and dipped its mouth above the waterline. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

But he couldn’t see anything breaking the surface. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

The blind girl’s blue scarf suddenly appeared on the surface of the water. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Another surge of profound relief overtook Koffi as her bandaged hands finally found purchase on the ledge, a flat stone surface just wide enough for her to heave onto and perch like a bird. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Her patterned dress was spread out on the surface of the water like a great floating flower. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

They marched at night, when the surface of the pack was slightly cooler and harder, but even so the labor was horrendous. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

Pushing my shortened hair behind my ears, I stepped onto the ledge at the base of the rock and placed my hands against its cool surface. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

When he saw the quantity of food she’d laid out for him, though, his ingrained abnegation rose to the surface. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Geochemists say that certain elements on Earth’s surface cannot have come from the upper mantle, but must have come from deeper within the Earth. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

By far the greater part of the earth’s surface is covered by its enveloping seas, yet in the midst of this plenty we are in want. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

She began to move, and before Kaede could stop her she slipped on the ice, sliding down several inches, and she gasped, scrabbling for hold on the slick surface. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

I decided to take a different route on my way back up to the surface, through a section of the museum I’d never fully explored on my previous visits. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

As Neil and Buzz descended to the lunar surface, I kept my eyes on them as long as I could. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

His shoeless foot slipped on the icy surface and he dropped, his forehead smashing against the steel corner of the raft. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Beneath the surface is a magma chamber that is about forty-five miles across–roughly the same dimensions as the park–and about eight miles thick at its thickest point. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

Another quick shower of soft dark earth and the moles were lost to view beneath the ground surface. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

At his feet, in between the creeping foliage, were dead leaves, rusty-coloured and dry on top, but packed to a damp mould just below the surface. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

As they stared, it swam upward with a lithe flicker and stopped just below the surface. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

The surface was puckered and flaking, with all of its many colors beginning to blend. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

But a few seconds later, up it came again, and this time, up it stayed, floating serenely upon the surface of the water. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z

“Perhaps it will, perhaps not. If I strike it sharply will it not mar the surface even more? See the hammer marks there already.” The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

After a few moments the metal changed again, and the surface became shiny and glistening, and sparks just like those from a firework sprayed up from it. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

The surface was covered with razor-sharp edges and spikes, seemingly impervious to the smoothing effects of the seawater barrage. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

They were perfectly fitted to her feet and gripped any surface with surety. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Abundant surface liquid water earlier in Martian history suggests that conditions for life were once more favorable. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

The ozone abundance is so small that germicidal ultraviolet radiation from the Sun strikes the Martian surface unimpeded. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

The devilfish was in front of us, swimming slowly near the surface, moving all his arms at once. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

And stupid me: I had trapped myself in a hole hundreds of feet below the surface. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

Part of the issue was that old acquaintances and distant relatives were surfacing from nowhere and with a flood of inquiries. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

He remembered the Enborne, its surface broken by gravel spits and plant growth. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I finally begin to surface into the sterile hospital room in 13, I remember. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Wrote again until he had something that could work, something that said a little of what he felt, even though he was just scratching the surface. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

The water boiled and a barracuda broke the surface, slashing through a school of needlefish. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

Candice looked at the bracelet once more, touching the scratches on its surface, wondering what secrets it held. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Again and again and again, on whatever surface of skin he could find, Hayes drove his fist into Liam, like he could pound his fury into him. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Every other surface is of metal or concrete or brick. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

A cocoon of bubbles spun around my body as I plunged down and bobbed back up to the surface, my T-shirt ballooning away from my chest. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

She notices that a number of tables have already been cleared, chairs placed upside down on their surfaces. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Below its surface, Archaide housed thousands of classic video arcades, each one a loving re-creation of an actual arcade that had once existed somewhere in the real world. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

I swim up through the firesnakes, hot dark whalecocks prowling the luminous green of the mere, and I surface with a gulp among churning waves and smoke. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sunlight is bounced about by atmospheric molecules until we lose all images from the surface. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

It begins with a disturbance off the port bow; a patch of bubbling white water marking something beneath the surface. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

When, the following year, Oklahoma entered the Union as the forty-sixth state, members of the tribe were able to sell their surface land in what was now Osage County. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Some floated up to the surface of the ponds, the scraps that fed the meerkats. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

She treads even faster to keep on the surface, but somehow I don’t count it against her. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

Under the inmates’ surface bluster, their cruelty and selfishness, was almost always something ineffably sad. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dawn’s pale light now reflected on its smooth surface like glass, so perfectly still she almost felt bad for touching it. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

I’m not sure if I’m terrified of the “risk” of being the first on the surface, or excited we’ll be leaving the ship. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

He watched the leaves uncurl and spread upon the surface of the water, unable to bear drinking the precious stuff. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

May lay in the river, just beneath the surface. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

His skin, white despite the faint flush from yesterday’s hunting trip, literally sparkled, like thousands of tiny diamonds were embedded in the surface. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

People resent being shown that they don’t approach the complexities of the problem— they don’t know what exists beyond the surface ripples. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

She wandered about, touching pottery with one fingertip, feeling surfaces. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

I headed back up to the planet’s surface. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

I watch as she runs a finger along the dewy surface of a glossy green leaf. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

Visible blemishes on the surface of the Sun seemed to be yet another nail in the coffin of Aristotelian heavenly perfection. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

He turned the page, and then put his head down on the cool surface of his desk. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

If their engine didn’t work, there was nothing I could do to rescue them from the surface. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

The bus bobbed to the surface, along with a couple of capsized, half-melted canoes. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

So we’re in the backyard, lying on the black woven surface of her trampoline. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Tendai swam along the bottom, over waterweeds that bent in the current, and splashed to the surface beside a flat rock. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

This pain chilled her—a cold, steady kind of surface pain. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

She tensed the muscles in her neck until every tendon rose to the surface beneath her skin, like strings under a drooping tent. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

Actually, what irked him was the mirrored lenses; it was unpleasant having Perry’s eyes hidden behind the privacy of those tinted, reflecting surfaces. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jagged flames danced across the surface of the fog, colored a bright sodium- red. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

A dragonfly skims over the surface, his crystal wings reflecting the sunlight. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

The cutting machine worked like a deli sheer, peeling off slices about this size: The slices fell onto a droplet of water and rested on the droplet’s surface. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

There were only some decreasing ripples on the surface of the moat. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

Winds that would make the lander crash were probably strong enough to lift dust off the surface. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

I lean forward, my gaze running over the surface of the cube. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

The long bones have risen to the surface of her face, the skin tugged downward on them as if by irresistible gravitational pull. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Her voice was low and expressive, with a current of laughter and happiness under the clear surface. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

I think maybe people thought that’s how Jesse was, but there was so much under the surface that no one, not even I, knew about. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

The birds white and flying just above the surface, sometimes going in with their beaks. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

The colored light shimmered and shone on the wings’ surface and I flexed them joyfully, delighted with how the colors spread and played upon their surfaces. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

No canoes cut the surface of the lake. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

Over the centuries it had spread like the roots of a tree under the entire surface of the world. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

For, on the old beamed ceiling of the parlor, streaks of light swam and danced and wavered like a bright mirage, reflected through the windows from the sunlit surface of the pond. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

There were no lumpy columns of rock here; nothing interrupted the wide flat surface of the water, which stretched out before them in the flickering light from their candles. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

My body sinks deeper and deeper, the cold pushing the air out of my lungs, bubbles pouring out of me and up to the surface. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

Like Dad used to do in church, I place a bead between my pointer finger and thumb and rub my fingers over its surface. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

The stone sailed across the surface of the water, but the momentum of the pitch threw Wash off balance, and he tumbled into the river. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

The lake’s surface was calm, and once the boats had pulled away from the shore, there was not much to see—just water and more water. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

He was a newcomer, a black man in what was historically a white man’s business, surfacing from obscurity with a weird name and odd backstory, hoping to strike a chord with the common Democrat. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

“But how do you know,” said Harry, “that those wands—the Deathstick and the Wand of Destiny—aren’t the same wand, surfacing over the centuries under different names?” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Together they kicked upward and broke the surface. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Anyway, he swore that if a woman, any woman, gets really carried away while dancing, what she truly is—at least potentially—will surface and show on her face. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

The lenses leave behind a harmless film on the eye’s surface that is only one atom thick. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

A huge, dark shape lurked just below the surface. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

But then something tickled my arms, and bubbles began breaking all around me, and a moment later Emma broke the surface, gasping for breath. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

The moon was not in view, and the surface of the earth was barely discernible. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Suddenly, he saw Buddy, saw him in the light of Jan. Buddy was soft and vague; his eyes were defenseless and their glance went only to the surface of things. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

The whole surface of the structure is smooth and sleek. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

Black smoke seemed to cloud the surface of the Mirror. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Of those million worlds inhabited by advanced intelligences, consider a rare planet, the only one in its system with a surface ocean of liquid water. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

Turner heard them ripping the surface all around him, and felt the diamond spray sprinkle down on him in the moonlight like a benediction. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

Jinny startled and flipped herself up, tilted upright with a gasp, as her arms beat the surface, became a sudden frenzy, and her head jerked back and forth in all directions, searching, hunting, wondering. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

This Mobius strip has only one side, you can prove it by running your finger along the surface. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

In the seventy-five years since the Dark Days—when 13 was said to have been obliterated in the war between the Capitol and the districts— almost all new construction has been beneath the earth’s surface. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Line is twanging like the high string on a steel guitar as the fish rises up to the surface, pulling the skiff behind it. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

As the virtual light reflected off its foil surface, I thought about folding the wrapper into a paper airplane and sailing it across the room. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

We sprang out of the water, grabbing a moment of hang time before smacking down onto the sea's surface. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

In the sugar colonies, the wounds of slavery were never far beneath the surface. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

It was as though the surface of the glass had been the arch of the sky, enclosing a tiny world with its atmosphere complete. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

I wish I could’ve kept the anger out of my voice, but I had buried everything deep for so long, and now all of it was bursting through the surface. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

But several days of crisp fall air and heavy labor by Vanderbilt’s men had dried the surface well. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

The surface was covered with horizontal strips of wood separated by gaps. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Just running right past her, back out through the labyrinth and up to the surface. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

My baby face is sinking down to the past and a new face is coming to the surface, with my grandmother’s slightly turned-up nose and my father’s deep-set eyes and my mother’s coffee-with-milk-color skin. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

But he didn’t put his hand out yet, because as he watched, a whale five times as long as the dory surfaced, and rode quietly alongside him in the smooth swells. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

“We are now going underground! All the most important rooms in my factory are deep down below the surface!” Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z

A little fur of frost gathered on the inner surface of the tent. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

When I rose to the surface, all of them had stopped swimming but remained in the water. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

Its underside, made of iron girders, was perfectly straight—parallel with the surface and about eight inches above it. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And the long-winged birds like swifts, I suppose they are the worst, for they can't rise from a flat surface at all?” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

When he came to the surface he was weeping. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

Other than the hyena’s whining, I heard very little from the animals, no more than claws scuffing against a hard surface and oc­casional groans and arrested cries. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

More diamonds had surfaced around her, and her eyes stung from crying. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

I scoop up handfuls of water from the lake, wishing I could dive in and surface alone and naked and unobserved. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

At some point toward the end of the party, I turned my head to find that Queen Elizabeth had surfaced at my elbow, the two of us suddenly alone together in the otherwise crowded room. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Every touchable surface was a disease waiting to happen, every speck of dust an allergen poised to swell your nose and clog your ducts, every toothbrush bristle a bacterial playground. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Terrestrial soil is loaded with the organic remains of once-living organisms; Martian soil has less organic matter than the surface of the Moon. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

The last trace I saw of the ship was a patch of oil glimmering on the surface of the water. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Some places on the surface will absorb them or, if they are very rough, will scatter them sideways and so will appear dark to radio waves. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Slowly an idea rises to the surface, floats in front of Helmuth. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

“I read about that in science. It’s the fat breaking the surface tension.” Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

The underground current spat Anya out into murky light, and her lungs screamed for air as she clawed toward the surface. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

At first the globe was dark, black as jet, with the moonlight gleaming on its surface. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

He just held it in both hands, traced his thumb over its surface. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Their remains drifted down like ash onto the sand, the surface of the water, everything. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Below that dramatic vista, the sea is as glass—a perfectly reflective surface, mirroring the sky. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

A half-moon silvered the leaves of the fruit trees and shone on the surface of the stone bathing pond. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

The moon’s surface also was the subject of great debate in 1964. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

My hand shook as I tried to straighten a piece of the table surface that had cracked and curled tightly around itself. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

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

Plus the rain came harder, churning the surface. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

For my science project, I’m going to make a model of the moon’s surface and perform an experiment to infer how the moon’s impact craters were formed. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

When he opened his eyes he was lying on a hard, smooth surface, his hand tightly gripping Fflewddur’s harp. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

I found it hard to stay at the surface of the water; I was still very weak, and I had litde fat on me to help me float. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

It has the drawback, however, that it operates—at least at first—entirely below the surface of consciousness. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

But he plucked the weeds and filled in the rabbit holes and watered the garden, too, just in case there was something to salvage, something under the surface that couldn’t be seen. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

“We learned about them during the orientation for new citizens. They’re designed to penetrate deep in the ground before they go off. Because there’s no point in bombing Thirteen on the surface anymore.” Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

I said, the fear surfacing in my voice. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

It was a German submarine, surfaced now to watch the ship die. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ralph did a surface dive and swam under water with his eyes open; the sandy edge of the pool loomed up like a hillside. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

The winter days were short, so there was no time to waste, and rather than walking all the way around the pond, Roz tested its frozen surface to see if it was safe to cross. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

In Madame Bee’s salon, the whole place had been covered in reflective surfaces. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Slowly, under his murmured instruction, deep cuts appeared upon the rock’s surface. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

And there, sure enough, a brand-new piece of chalk was hovering near the grey-black writing surface of the blackboard. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

Her tongue was clenched between her teeth, and her eyes were fixed on the surface before her. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

On the white enamel surface is a pile of radishes, washed but uncut. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

I felt like I had stepped onto the surface of the planet Vulcan, and was finally going to master the Kolinahr discipline, embracing logic and purging myself of all emotions. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

On the surface, the water seems to stiffen and turn greasy. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

Her eyes rolled back and her head slipped beneath the surface. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

The little fish rose to the surface to feed. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The wind was swirling from the west, driving still more snow across the frozen surface of the lakes. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

And row on row of tiny wind waves flowed up the pool’s green surface. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

Huge fins on either side splashed at the surface of the water. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

In the screen’s polished surface, his own reflection surprised him. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

The serpent circled above us, blocking any way up to the surface. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

Both transverse and longitudinal waves cause a displacement of something: air molecules, for example, or the surface of the ocean. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

He felt the surface of the wall, and ran his paws up and down it. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

The envelope was a pale blue gray, small and square, and plastered with colorful stamps that took up one-third of its surface. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Then something from one of my conversations with her surfaces. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

As I got closer, the spot under the surface started to look like different things: a towel, maybe a scrap of a shirt, or a dress. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

There was a long pond that was heated in some way so the water wouldn’t freeze and kill the fish, and she looked strange surrounded by the mist that rose from its surface. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

The next time I surface, my hands are tied down to the table, the tubes back in my arm. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

When fish make a commotion feeding on the surface, birds will circle over and dive. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

If there were a fire in the fireplace, its light would be twinkling on the polished surfaces, glimmering warmly on flesh. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

She painted on over forty coats—she lost count—but by the time her lacquer had run out, the surface was at least five millimeters thick. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

He stared into the water, first from a few feet away, then, obviously very interested, kneeling down with his face close to the surface. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

At one point, the commander of one of the subs feared, incorrectly, that he was under attack from an American ship on the surface. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

The riding surface was all knobbly for traction, but it was amazing how easy it was to slip off. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

She sat with the girl, blowing bubbles—lovely, lurid, mostly magical things, with pretty colors swirling on their surfaces. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

Beneath the surface of everything else he’d been thinking about her with pleasure. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

A frail slush forming over the dark surface of the road. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

The road surface tore viciously at my tires and made Rocinante’s overloaded springs cry with anguish. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

And still the oddest, tiniest rise of anger surfaced when his grandmother talked to his father like that. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

Down below, the rink’s surface glistened with water, but not enough to make a difference in dampening the flames. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

If she jumped into the lake, she could surface inside the boathouse and climb into a boat. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

Beneath the water’s surface, a glowing purple cluster emerges from the core of the ferns. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Unruffled, Tanin settled in behind the desk and blew across the surface of her tea. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

As resistance developed, however, they could be found at rest on surfaces where the deposit of DDT beneath them was clearly visible by torchlight. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

Immediately, it began to scrape the surface, eagerly picking up bits of food, which slid down its throat in fast little bumps. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

I was that fish, infected with a parasite, swimming close to the surface, trying to get myself eaten. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

With some quick and careful digging, I exposed the bulk of it, though the large tetrahedron and the deflated balloons still lurked below the surface. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

The current still flowed black and strong beneath, but the surface was a roil of blood and flame. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

I pressed my forehead against the mirror’s cold surface, poised my fingers over it, feeling as if any moment I’d sink through the pane as though it were a pool of quicksilver. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

He scooped up some dirt, and was raising it up to the surface when Zigzag's shovel caught him in the side of the head. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

Eventually you’ll find the place where the surface just barely bears your weight. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

She began very carefully to paste them back onto the surface. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Nailer sank into the water and kicked silently away, surfacing safely in the shadows. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

Is she willing to know what’s beneath the surface, behind the scenes? The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

A memory struggles to surface in my brain. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

The torchlight gleamed on its mirrorlike surface and picked out the many locks and bolts. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

I learn to stay just under the surface, doing everything to the eight-count. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

“I’ve heard it’s kind of like the surface of the sun.” Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

I hope they are only paying attention to my vitals and not my movements while on the surface. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

But nobody could tell what the crocodile would be thinking, as it liked to lurk in the water and show only its eyes and the tips of its nostrils above the surface. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

Robbie was a tall Haitian kid with long locks who had shown up midyear with a goofy grin and wild drawings covering every surface of his clothes, his backpack, his desk. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

But I clung grimly, thinking my mast and keel would come back to the surface when she spouted. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

He brought the hovercar down, coasted above the surface for a time. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

The surface of the silvery stuff inside the basin began to swirl very fast. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

It was fast, and shots and passes rolled especially true on the smooth surface. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

Her voice is calm but already the ripples are beginning to form in the dark surface of the ink pooled on the desk. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

A burst of air bubbles blew out of his mouth and his grip slackened enough for me to shove him away, scissors-kick back to the surface, and take deep gulps of air. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

I felt that what I wanted that scene to say to the reader was more important than its surface reality or plausibility. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

I got the strange feeling that there was a lot more under the surface than what Sahil was saying. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

She washed her hair with lots of shampoo so that the suds would cover the surface of the water. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

They got along well enough on the surface. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Finally, clinging to the black, oily surface of the observation platform at the back of the crusher, he dragged himself clear and managed to stand up. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

He scraped the blue tip across the rough surface. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

The bookshelves, window sills, radiators, and all other flat surfaces are piled high with anthologies of plays, copies of scripts, and videotapes and sound tracks of Broadway productions. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

She settled down on the mossy surface, and as dusk fell she saw a doe and two fawns emerge from the underbrush on legs as slender as reeds. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

She waited too long, paralysed with disbelief, as the figure resolved into a large humanoid, running towards her across the surface of the water. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Put bluntly, Lawrence’s poorly focused beam was coating the cyclotron’s interior surfaces with deutons. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

Rising above the surface again, I feel the weeks’ mud dissolve and slide off my skin, my nails, the creases in my neck and toes. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

She tweezed out two freshly surfaced hairs in her mole. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

The artist’s many jabs left its residue under the surface of the skin. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The larger clans had been openly plotting to nuke the Sixer Operations Complex for several years now, but they’d never managed to get past the defense grid or reach the planet’s surface. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

The only doors that defeated him were those with porcelain handles, for he found it impossible to get a purchase on the shiny surface with his long monkeylike paws. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

The surface of the gem was smooth and round, and it gleamed up at the assassin like a purple eye. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Their wings created a small windstorm that rippled the surface of the water. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

It is always raining sulfuric acid on Venus, all over the planet, and not a drop ever reaches the surface. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

I looked down at the blob of milk foam floating on the coffee’s surface. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

Slowly, I measured the glistening black drops, seeing them settle upon the surface and become blacker still, spreading suddenly out to the edges. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

He got up and slowly waded in, trailing his fingers along the surface. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

There was an enormous black stove, and a metal sink, and every surface, every wall, was piled and strewn and hung with everything imaginable, from onions to lanterns to wooden spoons to wash- tubs. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

At Slidell we changed into another Greyhound bus with a new driver—a middle-aged man, large-bellied with a heavy, jowled face filigreed with tiny red blood vessels near the surface of his cheeks. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

A couple of drunks and wild teenagers had drowned there, and people at the Owl Club said when their bodies floated back to the surface, they’d been literally boiled. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

So when I surfaced, I flipped face up and started to do the backstroke, staring up at the sky. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

My dirty fingers skittered across the shiny surface like skates. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

When at last she surfaced and looked back, she’d put a good distance between herself and the shore, and saw to her relief that she wasn’t being pursued. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

The bricks, or crystals, first appear near the center of the cell and then migrate toward the surface. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was a passionate and articulate young man with anxiety and fierceness just below the surface. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Above us, the night sky gleams like polished glass, its wealth of stars reflected in the oddly still surface of the water. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

There was a long pause, a tap-tap-tapping of fingers on a hard surface, and finally a grunt. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

I trace my fingers over their cool surface. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

“If all goes well on your scouting mission to the surface, you will have even more important work when you return,” she continues. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Suddenly, like a lump of submerged wreckage breaking the surface of water, the thought burst into his mind: “It doesn’t really happen. We imagine it. It is hallucination.” 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

The first, at 1 per cent of the present level, shielded out enough ultraviolet radiation to permit cells to move into the surface layers of lakes, rivers, and oceans. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Because of its shape: flat objects are unable to penetrate the water and remain on the surface. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

What if I just want to think there was something below the surface? I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

But I didn't want to just die out on the surface. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

He longed for quiet—to be able to stand by a blue pool in the evening, and lob a pebble into the water, and watch the circles of ripples spread slow on the sober surface. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z

But he was that big and at the end of this circle he came to the surface only thirty yards away and the man saw his tail out of water. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

He imagined the tiger standing on the mechanical lift that would hoist him close to the surface. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

It raked back and as the fish swam just below the surface the old man could see his huge bulk and the purple stripes that banded him. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Making himself useful as always, he took upon himself the Sisyphean task of keeping all those Modernist surfaces sparkling. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Heather and trees and bracken scrambled down and overhung the banks, or sprawled out over the surface. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

They know that the pressures at the center of the Earth are sufficiently high–something over three million times those found at the surface–to turn any rock there solid. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

Precisely ground, the mirrors were able to start fires and project images onto flat surfaces, camera lucida fashion. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

My legs kicked me toward it on their own, my lungs screaming for air, and I clawed my way to what I hoped was the surface. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Then she let Gitl lead her to an unoccupied shelf, where she rolled herself onto it and, without even minding the rough surface, fell asleep. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Late that night after the fire was made, the cold supper eaten, the surface dust removed, Nel lay in bed thinking of her trip. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

They were almost exactly like the bubbles we ourselves blow from soapy water, except that these had even brighter and more beautiful colours swimming on their surfaces. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

The pencil made a slight sweeping noise as though it were grating down the finer, more resistant surfaces of the white page. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

Unchanged, too, was the eternal gurgle in her voice, laughter just beneath the surface, ready to break free, to erupt. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Her voice was cold and crackled like ice, but there was an undercurrent of pain in it, running deep beneath the surface, causing her anger to rupture and break. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

There’s a man in goggles pumping his sharpening wheel, a dull ax shrieking against its surface. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

I watched the currents meander, the lazy ripples that once in a while broke along the surface. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her voice echoed amid the sharp surfaces and the polished floor. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Her eyes traced the sleek shape of the table’s legs, the sinuous curves of its corners, the gleam of its reflective, dark brown surface. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

Some walked down to the edge of the waves, trying to skip rocks across the choppy surface. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

They discovered that they could achieve much better results by sowing the grains deep in the ground rather than haphazardly scattering them on the surface. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Waves are disturbances; they are changes in something — the surface of the ocean, the air, electromagnetic fields. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

She slid carefully toward the front of the paired boards, the toes of one grippy shoe sticking out past the riding surface. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

The present tense is moving forward, discarding concept after concept, and I am off to the side somewhere, fiddling with egg tempera and flat surfaces, as if the twentieth century has never happened. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

What happens is that deep in the Earth there is an explosion that fires, in effect, a cannonball of magma to the surface at supersonic speeds. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

Whenever Mars came near, the early astronomers focused their telescopes on it in hopes of seeing surface details. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

“If I rub the needle with the lodestone, I’ll magnetize it. Basically I’ll turn it into a compass needle. If we can get it to float on the water without breaking the surface tension...” Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

But these are the laws our planet obeys as we ourselves, glued by gravity to the surface of the Earth, hurtle through interplanetary space. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now it was merely a boring chore before exiting to the surface. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lorraine, my assistant, gave Barack a knowing smile each time he surfaced in my office. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Only the dusty little shop was visible on the surface. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

So while a strong 1990s economy might have seemed, on the surface, a likely explanation for the drop in crime, it almost certainly didn’t affect criminal behavior in any significant way. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

Empty coffee cups rested on every surface; take-out packaging littered the ground. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nucleus G was only about the size of a small mountain, but it created wounds in the Jovian surface the size of Earth. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

This patch was much smaller, and most of the bottles were intact and floated on the surface. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

They went down the long stairway and out into the main tunnel, where the river thundered alongside the path, its dark surface strewn with flecks of light. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Even without the nighttime fights and fireworks, the city’s surfaces shone with glass and metal, the unlikely spindles of party towers casting thin shadows across the island. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

He couldn’t spend ten or twelve hours a day studying chess and another six to eight hours on Bible studies; and the constant surfacing of impure thoughts and other minor sins was plaguing him. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Finn shouldered the young man aside but slipped when his shoulder hit not flesh, but a slick surface, and he spilled to the dirt. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

He looked into its surface and it was gray and ulcerous. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

First the ripples spread from a point on the water’s surface, then I throw a stone into the pond. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Neady stacked piles of paper and pencils lay about the table’s surface, one for each chair. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Twenty-one hours on the surface of the Moon for two astronauts in the lunar lander, while the service module circled the heavenly body in a parking orbit. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

He hoped it would be a simple conversation, but there were layers to this case, political hurdles, just below the surface. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

She brought her eyes close to the surface of her desk and examined the patterned grain of the wood. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then he stared at them more closely and saw that the haze was only the moisture that formed a gray film over almost every surface in the rest room. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

As we flew across the surface of the moon, I couldn’t sleep. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

It took me a little over an hour to make my way back through the tomb and up to the surface. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

When the sun was below the horizon, the surface was either barely visible if it was in earthshine, or totally invisible in a black void if there was no earthshine. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Instead of dust and tumbleweeds, mist slinks over the surface. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

The top side was painted to look like the surface of water—dark, dirty water you’d never want to drop a drinking bucket into. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

He ran into the water almost headlong and paddled over fast, leaving an arrowhead ripple on the calm brown surface. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

He could be courteous and helpful 011 the surface, but you never knew what was going on underneath. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

This one had a roll-top and plenty of drawer space both above and below the work surface. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

“The Apollo missions have already descended close to the moon’s surface. And you two have already succeeded.” Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

They will stream by squid, sea turtles, clouds of shrimp, schools of shimmering fish, and enter the vivid turquoise world just below the surface. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

He ran his fingers along the ceramic surfaces. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

The bird could have reached South Georgia in a matter of hours, if it chose, while the men in the James Caird were crawling like a beetle over the surface of the ocean. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

It was a single word in her mind, but it was sure, repeating itself like ripples on a pond’s smooth surface. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

I almost left the money on the counter and disappeared, but Mrs. Lynch appeared with a thin textbook and placed it on the surface in front of me. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

We walked out on the gritty surface of the dump. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

He picked his way across the surface along with the other men. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

She held her breath, and sank, leaving her hair fanned out across the surface. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

White mists began to rise and curl on the surface of the river and stray about the roots of the trees upon its borders. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

I am delirious with longing and the fulfillment of that longing, the desire to touch his warm skin, trace the sinew and muscle just under the surface, pulsing with life. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

Like the open code in Dickinson’s letters, Elizebeth could appear ordinary on the surface. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

It was a vast expanse of cherry wood the size of an English baron’s dining table; smoked glass covered most of its surface. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

We sink beneath the surface, gasping and gurgling. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

Every surface in the house probably has lice on it, the couch and chairs and Mrs. Grote. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

Soon, other two-legs would come to do the mysterious things that would hoist him to the surface of the arena. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

And in the surface of the pearl he saw Coyotito lying in the little cave with the top of his head shot away. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

A key forms in his hands, blacked out and ever-shifting, its own surface coated with the same endless patterns. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

The skin burned off straight away, but just under the surface the marble-grey flesh was still cold and raw. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

Even in its stillness, a roll heaves beneath its vast surface like a giant turning over in his sleep. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

On the uneven surface of the ice, the machine turned out to be awkward and impractical, and plans to use it were abandoned. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

I drew two triangles against the ridged surface for the eyes, which Mr. Pirzada dutifully carved, and crescents for eyebrows, and another triangle for the nose. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

The humming of distant machinery had grown louder, and the wall vibrated as his fingers traced an invisible line along its cool surface. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

He waited until a cloud of stinking smoke billowed off the yellow surface, and darted upward into the thick of it. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

No one has ever tried to see how long Marburg or Ebola can survive while stuck to a dry surface. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The dust which had contaminated most of the planet’s surface had originated in no country, and no one, even the wartime enemy, had planned on it. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

He stood with his knees slighdy bent, his lips partly open, his shoulders stooped; and his eyes held a look that went only to the surface of things. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

He relit his cigar, then hunched forward, restively, both arms on the cherry wood surface. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

He raised his wand and made complicated movements over the surface of the potion, murmuring soundlessly. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

I was sitting at a perfect piano, it turned out, with its surfaces carefully dusted, its internal wires precisely tuned, its eighty-eight keys laid out in a flawless ribbon of black and white. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

They stepped lightly across, splashing through three inches of water sitting atop the slushy surface. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

And the other girls gathered their tampons, gummi bears, and beauty samples — a smokescreen of female products — and headed back up to the surface. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

All around her people laughed and clung to one another as they climbed higher above the ice moat, its surface shining below, a near-perfect mirror. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Some of the oldest known painting on rock surfaces comes from Australia. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

She inspects it crumpled surface: Any change since yesterday? The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

She herself was leaning over in concentration, forehead very low, arms up on the surface, scrawling furious lines over a page with a pencil. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Yellow birch leaves blew from the trees and drifted down to rest on the surface. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

On the water’s surface, a bright orange fish swam through Petra’s reflection, blurring all definition. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

The water pounded Kermit’s helmet down over his face and held him under the water’s surface. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

But they jerked and pushed and he was headed up when they jerked and he shot to die surface, still inside the birdcage of formers and cables. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We can’t go out on the surface, with a robot or without. Oh, for the love of Pete”—and he snapped his fingers twice. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

It doesn’t seem like we have much control over whatever bubbles to the surface from our unconscious. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

Sula stood in the doorway looking at his knees glistening just at the surface of the soap-gray water. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

The saris of the wading women floated on the surface of the water like the petals of pond lilies. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

She focused on each move, placing each foot meticulously, feeling the surface with her toes, assessing the texture, shifting her weight before she took the next step. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

The "paints" used were chunks of red and yellow ocher ground into powder and applied with brushes or blown onto the surface through hollow bones. The Annotated Mona Lisa 1992-06-01T00:00:00Z

At first I just sat there trying to glue together any two thoughts that seemed to even break surface, but still I found nothing. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

All that could be seen was the still, dark water, broken at intervals as the sleek form of an otter surfaced and dived again. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

And when I woke up the sky above the ocean was completely clear and the sun was blood-red and falling behind the surface of the water. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

She ran to one of the glass walls and placed her hands against the crystal surface. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

He had learnt to think of the painted surface as a piece of glass that you look through. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Those around him leaped up and down, their arms outstretched so they could touch the shiny surface. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

I leaned over, hoping to catch a glimpse of the fins coming to the surface. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

“Just think,” said Nat, staring at the flat white surface of her stone. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Whatever thin lacquer on the surface makes it reflect has grown chipped. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

The surface of the board was white, just as he had seen it before, and covered with the sharp black lines like sticks. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Blue, green, red, gold and violet flickered and shimmered neon-like on its surface as it struggled. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Huge drops pelted the grass and the surface of the sea. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

The hard surface beneath her was strangely cool and damp, and the air she breathed slightly dank. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

She seemed like a fair bird-girl girdled in veils calling to me from the angry surface of some gray and threatening sea. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

At first, all he could see was aV-shaped ripple on the surface as the big animal swam closer and closer. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

Her voice felt buried underneath her crying, and there was no way to bring it to the surface. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

All my suppressed animosity came to the surface, and I decided it was time for me to leave Wilson. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Now a three-dimensional creature can exist, in Flatland, only partially; only a cross section can be seen, only the points of contact with the plane surface of Flatland. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

In his dream the sea would sweep the lagoon away too, swallowing everything—the houses, the bridges, the churches, the palaces, and the people who had built so boldly on its surface. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

All the good thoughts—the normal ones, the ones that have occasionally surfaced since last fall—scramble out the front of my brain in terror of what lives in my neck and spine. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

There’s a cache of blue shadows in the pearls, a coolness in the smooth surfaces. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Susan Calvin had never left the surface of Earth before, and had no perceptible desire to leave it this time. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

If they could sink the boat over the deepest part of the lake, the barrels of heavy water would come to rest 1,300 feet below the surface. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

He could see the light shimmering like hammered gold off the surface of the Milkwater as it curved away to the south. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

It’s as if they were meant to physically drive us away from the surface, which I suppose they are. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

The sky was a ragged blaze of red and pink and orange, and its double trembled on the surface of the pond like color spilled from a paintbox. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Under the surface, she turned the bag inside out, swishing it back and forth so that all the flies were washed off into the lemonade. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z

The lot is nearly empty, the outer perimeter defined by people and animals, all running as far and as fast as they can, expanding and dispersing like a ring on the surface of a pond. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

They were standing on a flat paved surface and buildings rose all around them. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

The moon seemed huge from this altitude, the craters on its surface easily distinguishable. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

I came up for a second, took a deep breath, and swam for the rock, timing my strokes so I wouldn't be thrown onto the lethal surface. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

His tires were so thin he no longer wanted to risk the wear of riding them on the rough surface of the carpet. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z

A ravenous piranha surfaced briefly to eat several floating sequins. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

I thought it was a dragon scrabbling at the surface with its claws, just about to break free. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

They had what every story should have: action running like a fleeing suspect across the surface shadowed step for step by big risks and big emotions. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

It hit the water’s surface with a loud splash. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

The kitchen door had opened, and there stood Harry’s aunt, wearing rubber gloves and a housecoat over her nightdress, clearly halfway through her usual pre-bedtime wipe-down of all the kitchen surfaces. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

As we walked toward the frozen pond, we saw them flailing their arms and squealing as they cast their bodies across the surface, half squatting to steady themselves. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

The first real clue to the nature of Venus came from work with a prism made of glass or a flat surface, called a diffraction grating, covered with fine, regularly spaced, ruled lines. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

On the surface, he was one of those pale, ingratiating kind of men who tiptoed through life on small, quick feet. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

In contrast to its all-black surface, the submarine section of the Rock of Nisir was vividly bright, clad in rosy coral and coated in plant life. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

It not only provides the appearance of three dimensions on a two-dimensional surface, it also makes it easy to answer the question ‘How big does the Baptistry look from here?’ The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

She turned it this way and that, watching the little good deeds she had done throughout her life shimmer on the surface. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

You understand that there is the surface and then there are all the things that glimmer and shift underneath it. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

Rowan grabbed the man’s heavy, multilayered robe, tugging it over his head, and both he and Tyger helped the High Blade up to the surface, where he gasped, coughed, and sputtered. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

Slowly, I put my face in the water, my arms floating on the surface. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Children’s tears are very near the surface, and come at the first crisis. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Until I can barely see his shaved head bobbing up and down above the water’s surface. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

The droplets of water came from somewhere high up in the dark recesses of the roof; they dripped steadily down and broke the surface of the subterranean lake, causing a continuous ripple. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

I keep pushing until my back hits a surface that's hard and smooth. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

We were skimming along approximately sixty miles above the moon’s pockmarked surface. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Why was it necessary to calculate an error ellipsoid to accurately predict the satellite’s return to the planet’s surface? Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

This anger is always near the surface in Jesse, even now. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Actually, the thought of striking anything below the surface was so abominable that Malcolm put it out of his head at once. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

The surface of the table reminded Stanley of the surface of the lake. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

I lean back against the trunk of my tree, one finger gingerly stroking the sandpaper surface of my tongue, as I assess my options. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

And when the core at last burns itself out, will some of the Earth slump into the void, leaving a giant sinkhole on the surface? A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

The movements occur not just laterally as the Earth’s plates move across the surface, but up and down as well, as rocks rise and fall under the churning process known as convection. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

Looking into her face is like looking at the flat, smooth surface of a gravestone. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Miles guided the rowboat near a spot where lily pads lay like upturned palms on the surface. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

After Chris unearthed the particulars of Walt’s divorce, two years passed before his anger began to leak to the surface, but leak it eventually did. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

We knew it had no atmosphere and we knew its surface could be either colder than Siberia in January or hotter than the Sahara Desert in August. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Wide as the widest street in Ember, churning and dipping and swirling, the river roared past, its turbulent surface like black, liquid glass scattered with flecks of light. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

The pencil was to form a hole in the powder, increasing its surface area, according to Quentin’s idea. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

The swirling yellow water was so close that I could have touched the surface of the river. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

And with Rhiannon, it seems as if the understanding has already surfaced. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

If the philosophers were right and the habitable earth was a sphere floating on the surface of a larger globe of water, then a map should show the habitable earth as a circle. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

A glittery shadow appeared to my left, just beneath the surface. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

“That story seems familiar,” Percy sounded surprised, like an old memory had partially surfaced. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

I could see my face in the surface of it. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Just the dark drift of garbage downriver, the enormous catfish gliding by, the flash of sunset on the water’s surface far above, turning everything the color of butterscotch. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

That was how we would get back to Hermes after surface operations were complete. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

I look down at my phone, the bejeweled rubber case, the scratches on the glass surface, the screensaver of David and me—a selfie of us on a hike not far from here. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

It is called the “swan grebe” with reason, for it glides with scarcely a ripple across the lake surface, the body riding low, white neck and shining black head held high. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

It would not be her kind of book, or anyone’s really, but she had handed it to him from the library steps and somewhere on its leather surface were her fingerprints. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Some remain, each cleaning a massive section of floor that looks like you could safely lick its surface. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

But inside were vast cavern-ous spaces where slabs of stones had been cut, hauled to the surface, and transported down slippery narrow roads to make distant buildings. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

He held it above the surface of the water and let it fall. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

As we wandered along the shallow shore, the mist dissipated, exposing an entire community of canoes being steered by both men and women on the surface of the lake. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t find any markings or writing anywhere, on either side of the wrapper’s surface. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

A whale must have surfaced right next to the Frog and blown on him. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

The surface of the sawdust was combed smooth, the treasures hidden beneath marks that only he, the king, understood. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I can feel it rising to the surface. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

Dr. Treisman herself made an indirect discovery about the kinds of things that pop to the surface, even when we’re trying to ignore them. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

HeLa cells, it turned out, weren’t picky—they didn’t need a glass surface in order to grow. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

They carry specific information in their surface receptors, presented in the form of a question: is there, anywhere out there, my particular molecular configuration? The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

In mathematical terms, we are barely scratching the surface of our lives at this point. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

She must be a really castrating lady with a facade of passivity — or perhaps she is a warm, passive-dependent woman with a surface defense of aggressiveness. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

To Gogol’s surprise they are told not to draw the gravestones, but to rub their surfaces. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

What is it to be admitted to a museum, to see a myriad of particular things, compared with being shown some star's surface, some hard matter in its home! Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I swam around to the port side and quietly broke the surface. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

Colonel Cathcart winced at the words “black eye” and, without any apparent premeditation, hurled his slender onyx-and- ivory cigarette holder down viciously on the wooden surface on his desk. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

“Sure, I get that. It’s like you feel as if all your emotions are right on the surface.” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

I watched falling leaves skitter over the watery surface, which gurgled as it tumbled over the rocks. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

The other sharks paid a longer visit, coming and going at different depths, some in plain sight at hand’s reach below the surface of the water, others deeper down. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes a fish will run right across the surface, skipping and leaping and trying to shake the barb loose. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

Seashells are lined along every available surface, shells on the sills and on the dresser and jars full of pebbles lined up on the floor, all arranged by some indiscernible system, and here, here! All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Nobody wants to think that the rapidly expanding mass of mankind, spreading out over the surface of the earth, blackening the ground, bears any meaningful resemblance to the life of an anthill or a hive. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

This information was on the tip of my tongue and yet never surfaced. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

“No!” she shouted, hands scrabbling over the surface of the door. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

They look at the surface of things and see what they want to. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

The pieces are soft and chewy, and the surface of the soup glitters with yellow globs of delicious fat. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

The roof floor was not the typical concrete, sandpapery surface that covered most roofs in New York City. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

The sun took pity on these bewildered souls, gave them maize to eat, and distributed them across the surface of the earth. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

“Great!” he said, bobbing instantly to the surface again, his wet hair plastered in droll bangs on his forehead. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

A long time later, or maybe no time at all, it came to him that he must exist, must be more than disembodied thought, because he was lying, definitely lying, on some surface. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

On the surface it may look the same again, but it is forever changed by what lies within. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

Space-time would be like the surface of the earth, only with two more dimensions. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘I’ll let him go as soon as I reach the surface. No worries.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

As we crossed the bridge, the water of Lake Pontchar-train reflected the sky’s gray tone, with whitecaps on its disturbed surface. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

It started to scuttle frantically across the wooden surface. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

The inner surface of the tall wall seemed smooth as glass. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

Just when I thought I couldn’t go any farther and my chest felt like it was going to explode, my head broke the surface. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

The lights of the chamber flashed off the silvery surface—a wicked- looking dagger, gripped tightly in his fingers. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

He found a large rock he could use as an anvil base, and he pulled nails from his tool belt until he had enough to melt into a plate for a hammering surface. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Most of the time I manage to hold my tongue when I’m annoyed, and she does too; so on the surface, we seem to be getting along better. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

She was skimming the surface of the world again, but now that surface was shattered, littered with debris. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Then I felt the hull vibrate against my feet, and a moment later Bronwyn surfaced holding a rectangular piece of metal about six feet by four, with a riveted round hole in the top. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

Finally we rowed past the breakwater and into the great blank open, and the glassy surface of the harbor gave way to little waves that chopped at the sides of our boats. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

Her wail echoed off the kitchen’s hard surfaces: the toaster, the oven, the refrigerator. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

I shot to the surface and broke through. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

There were bloodstains floating like crimson flowers across its surface. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

His face looked slightly transparent, the veins too close to the surface. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

She was to leap from the top of a jagged boulder across the gap to a flat granite surface. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Standing in the pond, my ankles look crooked, cut by the water’s surface. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had always been about surface, her beautiful, sunny, shallow boy, and on the surface she couldn’t see what would draw him to Pearl. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Gum Baby and Chestnutt sat on the surface and shared a plate of steaming carrots. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Niceron explains how to produce anamorphic shapes: shapes like the skull in Holbein’s Ambassadors, which takes form as a skull only if you view it at a sharp angle to the picture’s surface. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

When Tzara mentioned it to him this morning, he had gone himself to examine the surface, looking for any hint that Thyon had been successful. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

She couldn’t tell; she was hurled this way and that, crushed onto a hard surface which then began to lurch and bump like a sledge. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

With a millisecond to spare, he’d summoned the winds and avoided becoming a floating patch of demigod grease on the surface of the Adriatic. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

The toll collector had a couple of knickknacks littered across the surface: a unicorn with its wings outstretched and a tiny clay bear. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

She lowers her face and touches her lips to the water’s surface. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

As California continued to improve, other issues surfaced, new resentments arose, and the relationship between the two programs deteriorated further. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Furthermore, as two particles merge, no longer do they meet at a pointlike singularity; they form a nice, smooth, continuous surface in space-time. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

Something large and loud in the center of the painting had the hind legs of a goat, fur like grated bone, solid thighs, their surface thrusting toward the ceiling of the studio. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

I drew the gauzy curtains shut, my fingers sliding over their silky surface. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

He knelt beside the first of these and looked through into a large white-tiled room, a laboratory with complicated glass and steel equipment laid out over work surfaces. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

“It has yet to surface anywhere on the world market.” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

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

And he was lost somewhere, deep beneath the surface of his own body and consciousness, swimming away from all his life before that hour. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

He could run across any surface, even the sea; but she’d been afraid he wouldn’t follow them into the ancient lands. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

The determined, proud expression we all knew so well surfaced from beneath the sorrow. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

The scene kept surfacing in my memory like lightning on a dark rainy night, and each time it happened, I heard a sharp cry in my head that made my spine hurt. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

She watched it, frozen with fear, and then it breached the surface. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

They looked out over the pool with the afternoon sky silvering its surface. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The settlement included a number of religious shrines, the earliest found so far, and on their plaster-covered walls we encounter the earliest paintings on a man-made surface. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t think I want to play soccer on the surface of the sun.” Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Perhaps ten minutes later a boat floated down the serene surface of the canal, a tall lank man with black hair poling it along with leisurely drives of his arms. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

Beetles skittered like bullets on the surface, or carried a silver bubble of air with them to the bottom. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was only a small flame, but it cast glints of light on the tunnel walls and the silky surface of the water. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

The underlying color was dark, almost black, but the surface was paler, as if it had been ground down or worn by crushing. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

The flippers and life jacket keep me floating on the surface and it only takes a few minutes for me to get used to breathing through the mask. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

One of her perps had skipped out to the surface and tried to bargain with the Mud People for asylum. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

There were dents and scratches in its hard, smooth surface. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

There, I found a raised stone altar with the five-pointed red star etched into its surface. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Sprint like hell, back up through the dungeon to the surface, then high-tail it back to the nearest transport terminal. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

The cabin was dark and damp, the usual smell of mold clung to every surface, but I would have taken that over the Infirmary’s clean, sterile stench any day. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Thus there will be slightly fewer virtual photons hitting the inside surfaces of the plates than the outside surfaces. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her mother had always told her there was some hidden energy to the world, some light simmering just beneath the surface. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

And in any case, why does a flat sheet of ice bob back to the surface if you push it under? The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

I pulled myself slowly up the ladder, and then Bronwyn, Emma and I broke the surface just enough to breathe and talk while Millard stayed safe a few feet below, the tube all to himself. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

At this point, our questioning of the picture’s surface comes to an end, for the portrait fails to yield up further clues. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

And so swift, like shadows on the surface of a river. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

He manages to stand, and he runs along the top of the fuel car, desperately trying to balance on the smooth, curved surface. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

So far as he was concerned, as yet, there might never have been such a thing as a single particle of sorrow on the gay, sweet surface of the dew-glittering world. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

It looked surprised, like a grizzled fish that had surfaced from the deep. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

It had gotten caught in the net and, unable to reach the surface to breathe, it had died underwater. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

He was frantic for air, but he stayed down, fighting the urge to kick for the surface, turning the wheel faster and faster until his lungs were heaving. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

The officers promised to search the river for Imogen’s body, but they also noted that if her body was weighted with stones, it wouldn’t surface easily. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

The spots on the sun reminded him of clouds; he knew they were not clouds, but they bore the same relationship to the sun’s surface as clouds do to the Earth’s. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Steam rises from the surface so thick it obscures the walls, the ceiling, the dark shape in the corner. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

The first signs of trouble surfaced in interactions between the refugees and the Clarkston Police Department in the late 1990s. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

She went around the tiny room a second time, running her hands over every surface that she could reach, feeling for doorknobs or switches or concealed catches—some kind of way out—and found nothing. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

When they were satisfied that all of the building’s inside surfaces had been scoured, they moved on to the final stage, the gas. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I didn’t entirely like this glossy new surface, because it made the school look like a museum, and that’s exactly what it was to me, and what I did not want it to be. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

A smile surfaced on his lips, but it never reached his eyes. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Here, slabs of sleek black stone were inlaid with the silver wolf’s head, the surfaces lit with eerie blue flame. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

The bed was made, most of the surfaces gleamed with a fresh coat of lemon oil, and a bucket and mop were propped up in the corner. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

Then, using a wooden blade, he scored the surface of the clay in the drainage bed so it would dry faster. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

Things float in it, flakes of ceiling plaster, maybe, and there’s grit on the floor beneath her knees, but she puts her lips to its surface and drinks her fill. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

There is a recurrent scene from those dinners that surfaces again and again, like an obsessive undercurrent in a dream. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

“Headless trunks were tossed out of the vortex to linger a moment on the surface and sink out of sight.” The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

The surface of the stern and side benches was continuous and unbroken, as were the sides of the buoyancy tanks. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

The water was a deep blue and sunlight glittered on its looking glass—clear surface. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

So its history in space-time is a two-dimensional surface called the world-sheet. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

On top of that, there are porcelain dolls on doilies on nearly every surface of the house. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

I knew from the first half hour, though, that I was seeing only surfaces. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

However, the surface of the planet is a scorching 467 degrees Celsius, the ground is barren and rocky, and clouds of sulfuric acid roam the atmosphere. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

And I guess I do, because the next thing I know, I'm driving this dune buggy at about a hundred miles an hour across a burning desert that looks like the surface of the moon. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was another guy behind the old counter, wiping down the steel surfaces in the front kitchen and serving area. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

Dad seemed chill on the surface as he waved goodbye to a few guys on the porch. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

This minuscule 2 per cent of the earth’s surface constituted the stage on which history unfolded. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

But without a moon the men could make their own, and could bring the sardines to the surface in stunning concentrations. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

Riding the muddy surface were sections of picket fence, giant tree limbs, crab pots, remnants of floats and crab houses, boats, and...“What’s that?” Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

He drifted forward in the water until he could breaststroke gently, barely rippling the calm surface. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

He fought to come to the surface, and he expected a rifle barrel to be shoved into his face when he opened his eyes. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Are you referring to the fact that you can’t walk across a flat, stable surface without finding something to trip over?” Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

There came the clink of a bottle being put down upon some hard surface, and then the dull scraping noise of a heavy chair being dragged across the floor. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Every Friday she made them and served them with a clear fish head broth on the surface of which floated fresh cilantro. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

The lighter would be there, the crane and the chain, and Rebecca’s boat coming to the surface. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Some are passed on to HLAs, special molecules that transport the snippets to the surface of the cell. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

The horse’s hooves turned the surface of the lake to salty mist. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Ekon felt as though he was sinking below some unknown surface as the words washed over him. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

I knew that somewhere down below the surface there had to be another hole in the trunk, as water had filled the hollow to the river level. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then Wang Lung rose, dismayed in his heart but upon the surface of his face and voice courteous. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

Surrounding it is a patch of blue strands,like someone injected blue dye into the tiny veins just beneath the surface of my skin. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

There are confirmed stories of drowning sailors being pushed up to the surface of the water and held there by dolphins, a characteris­tic way in which these marine mammals help each other. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Nearly everyone in the world has appetites and impulses, trigger emotions, islands of selfishness, lusts just beneath the surface. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

The baking machines had not completely dried the surface. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Awesome,” he says after he shoots a marble out of the Japanese robot’s belly to blast his own impact crater on the surface of my cake-pan moon. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

After Mama left, I stared at the closed door, at the smooth surface, and thought about the doors in Nsukka and their peeling blue paint. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

He studies the clay model beside the large rock, then closes his eyes and combs the surface with his fingers. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

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

He worked on his knees, cutting away the wire at ground level, where it continued under the surface six inches deep to discourage coyotes and wolves from digging under it. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

Actually the idea had first floated into his head in the form of a vision of the glass paperweight mirrored by the surface of the gateleg table. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

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

In the surface of the great pearl he could see dream forms. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

We have grown into everywhere, spreading like a new growth over the entire surface, touching and affecting every other kind of life, incorporating ourselves. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

But it did matter, of course, which is why I kept pounding at our cinder-block walls and why the questions had floated beneath the surface for a week. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

He could see its smooth, unnatural surface stretching away over the grass. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Prisoners from the general section painted the cement surface green and then fashioned the traditional configuration of white lines. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

They look like they’re painted to the surface of the water. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

The only constant is my hair, which is always thick and straight, cut in such a way that if surfacing from a dive, my bangs would fall to my lower lip. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

Its twisting body looked like a bird in the sky for a moment before it smacked back down on the surface and was gone. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

The boat shot along the surface of the river like a rocket from a bottle. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

Perhaps the Party was rotten under the surface, its cult of strenuousness and self-denial simply a sham concealing iniquity. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

The surface is coated with an elaborate, winding series of endlessly repeating patterns. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I squint at its smooth surface, its lack of patterns. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

It was so bright that you couldn’t see below the surface until the water was right up to you, and then it was suddenly clear, and buoying me up in its rush. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

A big carp rose to the surface of the pool, gulped air and then sank mysteriously into the dark water again, leaving widening rings on the water. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I finally entered the planet’s atmosphere and began to descend toward the surface, it was like flying through a swarm of metal insects. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

My foot has just broken the surface of the water when I hear a voice. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

I could feel tears burn just beneath the surface of my pretend smile as I put Papa out of my thoughts and listened to the cheerful chatter all around. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

When I see the next ladder leading up to the surface, I take my chances and pull myself up. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

The Arab fell flat in the water, facedown, and lay there for several seconds with bubbles bursting on the surface around his head. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

It was a brighter journey, closer to the surface. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

I peer over the side to find nothing but my own reflection in the mirrored surface of the sea. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

Piper blinked the yellow spots out of her eyes as the god Achelous wailed and dissolved beneath the surface. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

As though an invisible hand were writing upon it, words appeared on the smooth surface of the map. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

Then he rose to the surface and found himself in a huge glass tank filled with water and rocks. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

The crash bracelets lifted her up until she could grab on to it, her fingers clinging to its knobbly surface as she gasped for air. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

And from the way the surface kept on being disturbed, it was evident that more dead fish were coming up. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

An hour later it starts, sheets of rain pouring down and wind that ripples across the surface of the striped tents. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

A third ship surfaced from beneath, like a submarine from a horror show. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

On the surface, it was a ribald little tune about a donkey who wanted to be an arcanist. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Without a moon, they see only what the insectile headlamps illuminate: fifteen feet of granular, ice-blue surface, crisscrossed by tire tracks. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

No, on the surface I seem to have everything, except my one true friend. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

It consists of an inflatable transparent cone set upon a round lifebuoy-like buoyancy chamber that has a surface of black rubberized canvas stretched across its centre. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

The clink-clink-clink of a metal sphere bounces on a hard surface. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

I quickly examined the Crystal Key, tilting it up to study its glittering, faceted surface. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

I swiped it up, running my fingers over the rough surface. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

The night bombers didn’t need paved surfaces or even runways; the pilots just pointed their planes into the wind and took off from the dirt or the grass. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

The water was all slate gray on the surface and I couldn't tell if it was twenty feet deep or two. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

When I shift a little, the lenses glitter in the light, suggesting that their surface is probably coated with a fine web of microscopic circuits. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

The water butterfly nibbles on the surface of an aquatic fern frond. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Every day riders dug holes in the surface and burrowed in, Pollard and Woolf probably included. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

The crowd in the kitchen were all sitting on various surfaces, and no one was speaking. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

As ground and surface waters are contaminated with pesticides and other chemicals, there is danger that not only poisonous but also cancer-producing substances are being introduced into public water supplies. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

One man is lucky: he happens to have HLAs that can lock onto and carry pieces of all ten variants to the cell surface. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Meltwater sluiced furiously down innumerable surface and subterranean channels, creating a ghostly harmonic rumble that resonated through the body of the glacier. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

The Vonnegut’s perfectly rendered steel loading ramp lowered to the ground, standing out in sharp contrast against the digital blackness of Archaide’s surface. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Dicey stared out over the quiet blue water, knowing that although the surface was calm, the great tides were moving underneath. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

The soft purple liquid rippled, what sounded like hundreds of voices whispered softly at once, and on the surface of the potion, an image formed. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

Inside, intersecting shadows left by a vacuum cleaner were frozen on the surface of a plush pear-colored carpet. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

The panic comes back, stronger this time, and then I aim myself for the surface. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Special tactile feedback pads covered both palms, allowing the gloves to create the illusion that I was touching objects and surfaces that didn’t actually exist. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

As a roller came I dove, swam out under water, and came to the surface with all the chill gone. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

There were tea leaves floating upon the surface of the water. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

No evidence that Celia’s blood has ever marred its surface, but she knows that it is the same card. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

He dipped the brush into the paint and carefully painted, in brown paint, on the surface of the paperweight, the letters... The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

I swear I see the outline of el Conejo on its surface. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Cross-stitched roses in plastic frames hang from the walls, and crocheted doilies are draped over every surface. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Cervical carcinomas are divided into two types: invasive carcinomas, which have penetrated the surface of the cervix, and noninvasive carcinomas, which haven’t. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

The ground was hardest at the surface, where the sun had baked a crust about eight inches deep. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

A thousand flecks of golden light sparkled upon the dark surface of the water a few feet below where he crouched; the black wall of rock beside him was illuminated too. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Now the tension which had been growing in Juana boiled up to the surface and her lips were thin. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Sometimes I look out there, and I can’t believe it. Ocean water makes up seventy percent of the earth’s surface, you know.” We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

As I caressed the smooth surfaces, my mind drifted back through the years, back to my boyhood days. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Beneath the surface of Papa’s old proverbs was always some warning. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

He ran his fingers over the surface of the wall. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

It measures the heat of the clouds and the surface temperature of the sea. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

Random thoughts glinted in her mind, like gold nuggets coming to the surface: Daedalus. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

I hear the undertones now that shimmer under the surface of the words right and wrong. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

The next time I surface, Camel is lying flat on the cot, snoring, and Walter sits on the horse blanket in the corner with the lamp beside him and a book in his lap. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Aru leaned hungrily into the water, the tip of her nose almost grazing the surface. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Steam hissed up from the surface and collected into clouds a few feet above my head. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

The gray-green surface changes to the bright colors of our three images, sharpening and deepening all at once. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

A “smooth” strain possessed a slippery, sugary coat on the cell surface and could escape the immune system with newtlike deftness. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

Rémy leaves in search of food, and I watch his back disappear up the ship's stairs to the surface. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

It streaked across the surface of the Adriatic. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

The surface was sometimes loose gravel, sometimes patches of slime. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

The walls are bright orange, which sounds ugly but looks totally cool, like we’re on the surface of the sun or something. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

She went back up to the surface and took in another great gasp of air. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

He ran a finger over their convoluted surface. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

I was sitting in my command center, holding the Jade Key and endlessly reciting the clue printed on its surface: “‘Continue your quest by taking the test.’” Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

However, it is easy to draw diagrams of two-dimensional spaces, such as the surface of the earth. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Night-lanterns shine bright as the watching moon; the glow clings to the curved hedges arched over us, and skims the surface of the palace river ahead. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

This would drive some of the C02 out of the surface rocks, generating a stronger greenhouse effect, which would in turn incrementally heat the surface further. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

These doors opened into the launch tunnel, which led up to a matching set of armored doors set into the asteroid’s surface. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Tiny gas jets allowed compressed air to squirt out under this base, causing it to rise a fraction of an inch off the surface, so that the machine floated on a cushion of air. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

And skittering all around them would be the small, two-man fishing boats—like little water bugs skimming over the surface. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

He checked the injury himself, sticking his little finger into the opening to feel if the bullet was near the surface. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Nailer could just see pale objects floating on the surface, starting to sink. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

If she could only open it enough to let them through, they’d be able to hold their breath long enough to get to the surface. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

Your wit surfaces over and over like the rush of foam to the rim. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And yet,” said I, “beneath the surface of the earth, the sapper-composer would not constantly be exhausted by the particles striking the eye. The eye would have rest. No longer would the face receive blows.” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

These traits would surface in later life to bring him a lot more grief than a damaged nose. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

The sun played across the surface of the river, and the breeze carried the scent of leaves and pine needles. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Soon the other two-legs came and got ready to winch the cage up to the surface. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

Schools are supposed to be catacombed with secret societies and underground brotherhoods, and as far as they knew here was one which had just come to the surface. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

Seaplanes circle and dive, skimming across Lake Union’s blue surface. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

I surfaced, free from his grasp, and started swimming again toward the far shore. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bigger saw come into full view on the surface of the ashes several small pieces of white bone. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Then a loud boom made the surface of the water shiver and droplets fall around them like rain. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

I run my hand against the surface of the rock, feeling for the grooves of the initials we found before. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

He combed the surface smooth with his fingers and renewed the lines and hollows that told him where everything was. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Just beneath New York City's surface lies a network of subway tracks. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

He surfaced like a bullet, iridescent, grinning, splashing water. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

Adults had lost the wisdom from the surface of their faces. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

I know about ovipositors, for laying eggs, on leaves, on caterpillars, on the surface of the water; they’re right out on the page, clearly labeled, on the diagrams of insects my father corrects at home. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

A swarm of flies exploded from the heap’s surface. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

The absence of impact craters may be due to the heating and flow of surface ice upon impact. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Kabuo could not see the surface of the sea more than five yards beyond the bow of his boat from his place at the wheel in his cabin. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

There is no free water now on the surface of Mars, but there is evidence that there once was, and it is possible that there still is moisture trapped below the surface. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Joseph couldn’t help noticing how careful his uncle was with the surface, how he caressed it and stared at it, as if the table were the most important thing in the world. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Harry amused himself for a while turning the taps on and off, particularly enjoying the effect of one whose jet bounced off the surface of the water in large arcs. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

The planet’s only surface feature was a web of glowing green dots similar to the ground lights on an airport runway. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

The mujahideen will find you wherever you go on the surface of the earth. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Higher up, near where the old fishing nets drooped down from the rafters, the surface of the sea had been depicted. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The drifting steamboats resembled primordial creatures that the winter chill had lured to the surface. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Suddenly the cane pole jerked in her hands and bent into an arch, its tip dragged down nearly to the water’s surface. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

And while these surface thoughts were providing some distraction, I knew that the other nine-tenths of this mental iceberg, the deadly part that was hidden below, was all about Jeffrey. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

I dunk he is there, right under the surface. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

To her astonishment, she saw a bright plume standing off in the darkness from the satellite’s surface and soon determined that the plume was in exactly the position of one of the suspected volcanoes. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

The surface environment of Venus is a warning: something disastrous can happen to a planet rather like our own. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was afraid that the only way to get to it was to start back up at the surface, and dig down. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

That day, as the rickety cage elevator surfaced, a group of soot-covered faces emerged, only to be replaced by a waiting group of men ready to go below. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

Sarai kicked at the surface and watched the flying droplets shiver ephemeral rainbows. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

By repeating this process many times, they removed the copper atoms from the surface of the metal, creating a veneer of almost pure gold. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

There was a point in the far distance where the sky almost seemed to blend with the sea, stroking the surface the way two people’s lips would touch each other’s. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

But once we’re on the surface, I don’t care where the Collective goes. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

His friends were like him, sunny and wealthy people who existed on the glimmering surface of things. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Not even a waterbird floated on its surface. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

It was, according to those left behind, like waiting for a diver in water to return to the surface. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

So he decided that the only solution, if one wanted to retain the right ratio between water and land, was to break up the land and scatter it across the surface of the waters. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

The sea monster fell into a smooth glide just below the surface, the dark water skimming to either side as they flushed along the river toward the bay. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

One kilometer underground cosmic bombardments would be one millionth what they would be on the surface. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

“I can, sometimes. If it’s big enough. If the surface is just right. And do you know what I heard about human hands?” Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

When he surfaced, one of his eyes was closed and the other filled with the delicate silver of a moon small as a nail clipping. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

My life jacket drags us to the surface. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

They sensed there was something more, something beneath the surface. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

I instructed it to activate its cloaking device as soon as it dropped out of hyperspace, then locate me on the planet’s surface and land somewhere nearby. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

He found his way into the kitchen and tiptoed past a stretch of gleaming silver surfaces and an oversize fridge. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

Then he saw a small translucent shape hanging motionless near the surface. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Gather us here, for we must discuss!” said Vikus, slapping his hand on the stone surface. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

But it had only been fairly recently that man had begun to think seriously about using rocket power to leave the surface of the earth. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

But the gate was now floating in midair, suspended several dozen meters above the planet’s surface, over the crater that had been created by the destruction of the castle. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Blowing from the southwest, the trades push the warm surface waters northeast, pulling frigid water from the deep offshore trench to the surface. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Almost every surface had a tiny potted plant on it, some fragrant, some poisonous, and some Seven used for potion ingredients. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

Her voice is still rising from where it has been under her surface for so long. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

The nixies begin to surface, looking at us with hungry, opalescent eyes. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Unlike the other plants, I notice this plant doesn’t have a single nibble mark or bug on its surface, even though it's spread out everywhere. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Lena turns off her beeping watch and runs her fingertips over the surface. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Trouble surfaced at Bay Meadows a few weeks later. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

But here the water is compared to the neighbouring air—both lie on the surface of the land and flow around it and across it. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

But, above all, I learned that these things are all so simple that they could be written on the surface of an emerald.” The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

They showed me something that all men have but seldom bring to the surface, since most men seek health. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

She kept pulling until a head—a girl’s—popped above the surface, gasping and choking. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Sean sat in the dim light of the kitchen, a sketch smoothed out on the surface of the table. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

For birthdays his mother orders a cake on which his name is piped across the white frosted surface in a bright blue sugary script. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

When her eyes could open again, Tally spotted the shiny solar surface of her hoverboard. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

We stood on the volcanic surface of Io while our teacher explained how the moon had originally formed. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

It is the nearest planet whose surface we can see. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

The child’s mental powers bothered no one and produced no great disorder; they almost always surfaced in matters of minor importance and within the strict confines of their home. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

It will be like the ripples that spread out on the surface of a pond when a stone is thrown in. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

They took turns flinging their heads back in defiance of gravity, letting the ends of their hair trail along the water’s surface, reveling in the feeling of weightlessness. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

A wooden door with odd characters carved into its surface was set into the west wall. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

All the grandfather's Caribbean fondness for a male heir and for fair Nordic looks had surfaced. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

The pebbled surface is a magnet for grease and dirt, and you can pretty much forget about reaming out the gaps in the keyboard. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

Montana is a bit smoother of surface, but not much. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

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

The bear watched, his long white face lurid in the glare, and Will saw the surface of the metal begin to glow red and then yellow and then white. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

The ice was breaking up on it now, with just a few glazed islands of ice remaining in the center and a fringe of hard surface glinting along the banks. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

Instead, he runs a scanner over the hill’s surface until it beeps. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Even from this distance, the lake’s spray is visible skirting off its surface from the gusts. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

With the reflective surface showing again, the swarm pressed close. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

In that moment, any deep-rooted resentment I had for being trailed my whole life by my younger brother came to the surface. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

‘We’re going through that doorway. If this works, we might find ourselves back on the surface.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Her fingers trailed lightly across the surface of the shell, tracing the wisps of gold, and deep in the stone she felt something twist and stretch in response. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

My head broke the surface of the water. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

Breezes ruffled its surface, and occasionally a tiger fish leaped after a low-flying dragonfly. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

He sat down on the topmost step and looked across the moonlit surface of the water. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

If you had one of these black holes on the surface of the earth, there would be no way to stop it from falling through the floor to the center of the earth. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

A whole lake of tears has been under the surface for years, waiting to come out. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then a memory surfaces—of Dad, that night in the kitchen, wincing as Mother slathers salve on his hands, which are red and blistering—and I know what he must have done. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

The stone banisters on the outside stairways were chipped, their surfaces blotched with dirt, and the edges of the stone steps were round and smooth from years of use. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

He pointed at the thin fractures that crazed the smooth black surface of the body. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

She watches it bob for a moment in the waves and then, slowly, descend below the surface. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

He unzipped his knapsack, pushed Miranda’s basket of manicure supplies to one side of the table, and spread his crayons over the surface. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

I looked all over the surfaces of the rocks again but there was still nothing. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

A broad rounded tail slapped the surface so hard, it sounded like a rifle. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

He was running along the docks, trying to keep even with me, so I dove beneath the surface. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

Marco picks up the card and runs his fingers over the mended surface. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

He bounced through the snow, tunneled through deep drifts, surfaced, and ran down the trail. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

Wilfred and the white woman were standing on a patch of freshly mown grass in front of the first of four all-weather tennis courts, whose surface was strewn with Dunlop tennis balls. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

I only need to keep playing the part long enough to create Nyla’s defoliant, so she’ll send us back on the surface like she said she would. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

I throw myself down into my desk chair and lower my head to the smooth surface of the desk. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

In the distance, a bunch of seagulls are dive-bombing the surface of the water—a sure sign that there are fish there. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

My head was buzzing; the same thought surfacing over and over: not to be separated from my father. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The sooner, the better. I noticed a squirrel having an upside-down feast on feeder number eight. We need to put an end to that. A slicker surface might do the trick.-” Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

The crew looks out and sees only dead things, floating and rotting on the surface of the ocean. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

When she touched it with her finger, ropes of slime pulled away from its surface. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then, he digs his fingers against the surface and pushes. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Within hours, tens of thousands of dead fish were floating on the surface like autumn leaves. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

As a result, some worlds had over a dozen copies of the Tyrell Building scattered across their surfaces. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

It now seems reasonably clear that the high surface temperature comes about through a massive greenhouse effect. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

His skin looked brown just under the surface, unlike the slate-gray color of Sookie’s shark that hung on the dock, or the one that washed up on the Cape. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

Her body made an awful sucking sound as it broke the surface. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Through my dream gurgles the fateful brook where I swam as a child and where the willow boughs skimmed the water’s surface. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

As Nailer passed one, he spied the faded image of an apple stamped on its surface along with letters. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

Arturo was going with us to the wide, silent lake and the butterfly fishermen who glided over its surface. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

Or had it been airborne, drifting down as fallout on the surface of the creek? Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

A milky, transparent blob floating near the surface of the water. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Upon further analysis, another geologist concluded that it might be possible to “age” the surface of a dolomite marble statue in a couple of months using potato mold. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

Its surface was lighted by earthshine, which was sunshine that had bounced off the surface of the earth onto the surface of the moon. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the castle of Benwick, the French boy was looking at his face in the polished surface of a kettle-hat It flashed in the sunlight with the stubborn gleam of metal. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ninety-seven percent of him was under the surface. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Normally at school he turned away when the distrust surfaced. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

“Certain items supposedly from the estate of President and Mrs. Abraham Lincoln have surfaced in a house the bank is forced to foreclose on. Do you grasp what this could mean, Mrs. Dowdel?” A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

Four times it lit on the surface; how was it that a stone could be so like a bird? A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

A shimmering, shifting light cascades up through the surface of the water. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

The earth’s surface slipped past and there, standing at the gate still in her church clothes, was my mother. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

I nodded and walked over to the big rocks, started scanning the surfaces of them all, looking for what Mong could’ve put. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

Whose shining, polished surface had entranced Pearl with her own reflection. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Chin down, Kristi skims her fingertips across the surface of the water. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some previous fears surface, and I cringe at the idea of her noticing me and thinking that I like to hang around school yards. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

In 1943, a strike at the R. J. Reynolds factory in nearby Winston-Salem brought the always present but rarely discussed class divisions within that black community to the surface. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

Silver shapes were moving in it, emerging from below and breaking the black surface of the water. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Each of us is a self-contained, free-standing individual, labeled by specific protein configurations at the surfaces of cells, identifiable by whorls of fingertip skin, maybe even by special medleys of fragrance. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Their surfaces were studded with stems that connected them to the surrounding twigs. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Then a face rose almost to the surface of the water, right at the end of the dock. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

Jason summoned the winds and whisked Piper and Leo down to the surface. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

On the surface—where the elites of both races attempted to live their lives—all was serene. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

He swam to the rocks and looked for one small enough to bring to the surface. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

Another commented that they “could have turned their shells upside down and rowed without making much difference in their progress. It was nearly as wet above the surface of the lake as it was below.” The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

They have pressure seals, allowing the occupants to drive without space suits during long periods traversing the surface. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

There are no mountains, valleys, volcanoes, rivers; no boundaries between land and air; just a vast ocean of dense gas and floating clouds—a world without a surface. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

With so many axioms, all the theorems are surface ones requiring only three or four steps to prove; none has any depth. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

It can empty itself of surface, and more like the ocean than the ocean itself, go deep, starless. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

He found two places, all the same, where he had to trust wholly to it: smooth surfaces where there was no hold even for his strong hobbit fingers and the ledges were far apart. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

As the ship cleared the surface, the armored tunnel doors slammed closed behind it. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Astronomers think that regular outbursts continue on the Mars surface and more cylinders will soon land on Earth. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

The entire surface of the planet had been wiped clean. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Slant of light catching a big fish ten or fifteen feet below the surface, streaking like a torpedo, so fast that the eye can’t hardly keep up. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

The sheen of its blue surface pulled at him. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

The grandfather would take a huge breath and then use the dock posts to push himself down under the surface. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

At the heart of it, magnified by the curved surface, there was a strange, pink, convoluted object that recalled a rose or a sea anemone. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

In lectures given at Gresham College around this time, but not published until after his death, Hooke also specifically recognized that this implied major transformations in the surface of the Earth. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

We move on to ping-pong and score based on who can hit the most surfaces around the room with a single shot. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

Then slowly on the surface, where the wizard’s hands had passed, faint lines appeared, like slender veins of silver running in the stone. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

We believe that Titan has a hot core and a surface of frozen liquids. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even the start of the correspondence exposed the awkward tensions just below the surface. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

On the surface, they were accepting, but they didn’t ever seem to want to talk about their daughter’s interest in girls. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Then the warmth melted through into the cold concealed box where he stored forbidden thoughts, and the thoughts came timidly up to the surface like children who do not know whether they will be received. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Banana slices are balanced on its surface, arranged in the shape of a smiley face. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Its banks were crowded with people and its glittering surface teemed with boats. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

On the surface, the warmth of their friendship endured well into the 1940s, surviving the kinds of changes in personal lives and careers that can drive a rift between the closest of friends. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

When he surfaced, it was not always to ease the way forward. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

I wait until my lungs threaten to give out before surfacing. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

On the map, the school campuses appeared as thousands of identical numbered rectangles dotting the planet’s surface. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

On the surface, at least, it was much like before, but we never mentioned the animals or what had happened in the churchyard. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

She glides as easy as a hand on the surface of water. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

I remember the river, which was calm; I remember the slow drift of autumn leaves resting on the glassy surface. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

I was misled partly by the analogy with the surface of the earth. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

When finally I was sent to the Gohannases’ home, at least in a surface way I was glad. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

As soon as any light touched the water, it sank beneath the surface and disappeared, gobbled up by the darkness. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

The light swept across the surface, making a spatter of ink- gold splotches before it stopped, abruptly. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even from here I can see veins bulging to the surface of his arms, his face. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Turner drummed his fingers on the polished surface of his desk and studied my calculations, slowly turning the pages. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Those seeds of all kinds—carrot, pea, squash, pumpkin, onion—rested just beneath the surface. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

The surface shimmered maybe a hundred and fifty feet above. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

This knowledge must have been simmering under the surface of my thoughts. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

The creamer mixes in and the coffee turns a light brown with some dark coffee grounds rising to the surface. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

They are cold and hard and human beings like myself live upon their surfaces—many billions of them. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

And just about every available surface inside was painted with bizarre and colorful graffiti, some of it very artistic, and a lot of it just nasty and drugged out. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Its rough surface tore his shirt and grazed his skin. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

Fish swam about in aimless circles near the surface. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

Everything was brilliantly lit, with the glint of shiny white surfaces and stainless steel. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes this comes to the surface, sometimes that, sometimes nothing. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Celia puts down her tea, watching as the smooth motion of the train sends soft ripples through the surface of the liquid. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

On any sunny day you would see sailboats gliding over the surface, leaving fine white lines behind them that were their wakes. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Posters were tacked to the wall, almost haphazardly, as if Javier had tried to cover every bare surface with something he liked. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

My lungs burn as I gaze up at the light from the hole that I fell through, the thin cord from the oxygen concentrator a guide to the surface. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

His face was covered with old poison burns, gouges, and scar tissue, so it looked like the surface of an asteroid. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Even with the dirt coating, its surface has a glint of something more special and sparkling beneath. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Evil was always here, regenerating, bubbling under the surface. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

I’m past the shields that protect the surface level of Warcross and have dived into the sprawling, encrypted, anonymous underground world of virtual reality that has sprung up right under the Warcross platform. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

He said it lightly, but something hard and dark flickered beneath the surface. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

To simplify things, Apian treats this grid as if it were a flat surface, not a sphere. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

The roof is not lit at night, but as soon as my bare feel reach its tiled surface I see his silhouette, black against the lights that shine endlessly in the Capitol. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

For an information crime to reach the surface, something drastic must happen. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

The imaginary lines on the earth’s surface only needed to be unimagined. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

I could see my avatar’s warped reflection on its curved surface. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Of course, the conversation was real; it dealt with my welfare, but it had brought to the surface of day all the dark fears I had known all my life. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

He banged it purposefully at little circles of green lichen scattered on the stone’s surface. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

Basically I had to do stuff like touch my callused finger against a dirty surface and then not clean it or put a Band-Aid on. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

No trace was ever found of the other, not in the air or on the smooth surface of the jade waters below. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Some are chemically combined with the surface rocks. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

And—though the immediate danger was apparently gone—there was no guarantee that it wouldn’t surface again a year, twenty years, fifty years from now. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

For years scenes from that movie have haunted me, and the images still bubble to the surface whenever I remember my time at the Pottses’ house. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

Meanwhile, I watch as the plane returns to the lake, skimming water from its surface, filling up for a second run. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

The jam was still hot and on its sticky scarlet surface, thick pink froth was dying slowly. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

They kept sinking and surfacing, but Nhamo thought she could see twenty adults and six babies. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hence a sheet of ice floats on the surface of a pond. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

There were small waves inside the big waves, and the surface reminded me of an elephant’s wrinkled skin with lines in all directions. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

A question bubbles to the surface, and I turn to Ronan. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

“You went under the surface, I couldn’t see you. My clothes were weighing me down. We could have drowned, both of us. Is it your idea of a joke? Well, is it?” Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

He was conscious of something warm and sticky on his hand and his sense of it covered him, all over; it cast a warm glow that enveloped the surface of his skin. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

We know nothing about how those earliest known surface glazes themselves were developed. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

I sip the tea I made for myself, blowing over the top to cool it and watching as the ripples on the surface move away from me. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

But here, on the Test, there were no submerged branches and no gravel spits or beds of weed above the surface at all. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Suppose an intrepid astronaut on the surface of the collapsing star, collapsing inward with it, sent a signal every second, according to his watch, to his spaceship orbiting about the star. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then he dove suddenly and the old man saw flying fish spurt out of the water and sail desperately over the surface. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

She saw little images of herself flashing on its surface. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Ordinary matter, which has a positive energy density, gives space-time a positive curvature, like the surface of a sphere. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the brilliant glare of the moon the only colors were stark black and dead white, and every edge was jagged and every surface bare. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Never once did the board dump her for getting too close to a tree, and her shoes held on to its grippy surface like they were glued there. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

“Something huge. It had scales. They felt like steel. Then it dove deep, and launched itself toward the surface. I could feel its hunger. It wanted to devour me.” Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

A watershed map of veins spread out under the surface of their skin. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

In a two-dimensional universe, curved through a third dimension, there is no center—at least not on the surface of the sphere. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

James was crouching close beside the Earthworm in the tunnel entrance, just below the surface, waiting for the first seagull. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z

I broke the surface and found Mo had already climbed onto a small rock, barely breaking the water's surface. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

She doesn’t say anything, but I can see the pleasure in her body language, the way she hunches hungrily over the bills and runs her good hand across their crisp surfaces. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

After barely surviving the nymphaeum, he wanted to go back to the surface. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

I could see that I was just beginning to scratch the surface of understanding race in America. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

She saw storms, rain, water droplets forming and falling and breaking apart as they struck the surface of the sea. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

The pure gold surface has been designed to resemble the woven horn that we fill at harvest, so there are little ridges and seams to get a decent hold on. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Thus a chip of ebony, which is heavier than water, floats if placed on the surface of a bucket of water. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

With his face so close to the surface of the sea he imagined he could smell the salmon running. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

The analogy that is usually given for explaining the curvature of space is to try to imagine someone from a universe of flat surfaces, who had never seen a sphere, being brought to Earth. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

The stream of molten gold flowed smoothly from the crucible, reflecting in its surface the cloudless blue of the Egyptian sky. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

They spread the surface of the water with pure green flame. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

Interestingly, oil company geologists had known for years that if you wanted to find oil you had to allow for precisely the sort of surface movements that were implied by plate tectonics. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

The instant the pebble struck the surface of the sand, the desert floor erupted. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Pads of butter floated on the surface and a faint chickeny aroma fumed up to my nostrils. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

He gave the impression that he understood much and spoke out of a knowledge far deeper than appeared on the surface of his words. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Each crew member had two space suits: a flight spacesuit to wear during descent and ascent, and the much bulkier and more robust EVA suit to wear when doing surface operations. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nyla waves her arms, and in an instant, just like when we stood among Earth and the moon and Halley’s Comet on the night of the party, Sagan’s surface suddenly surrounds us. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

She crawled across the rocky surface and crouched next to him. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

The idea that excellence at performing a complex task requires a critical minimum level of practice surfaces again and again in studies of expertise. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

Naturally, they didn't send us to Mars until they'd confirmed that all the supplies had made it to the surface and their containers weren't breached. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

During the day they would swim down deep, or hide in cuts along the banks, but when the sun was newly risen they came, to the surface. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The log was surfaced off, and there was a sapling bent across for a rail. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

Bright high lights shone on the tips of waves, and beneath its gray surface I could see lurk ing a deep midnight green. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

From their position at the top of the lawns overlooking the grounds, they had a clear view of the smooth black surface of the water — except that the surface was suddenly not smooth at all. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

The road was scarcely wide enough for two riders to pass abreast, its surface cut by tiny streams and littered with stone. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

He eeled in through die cables and formers, wiggling and pulling until he was inside the tail with his head clear of the surface of the water and his legs down on the angled floor. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

At the word trident, it’s as if the old Finnick surfaces. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

In the middle of the bay, the glistening back of a whale raked the surface. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

I wondered if she had flailed and jerked toward the surface at the last second, or did she go without fighting, embracing the rock, letting it soak up all the pain she felt? The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Salva was forced under the surface without time to take more than a quick, shallow breath. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

I tried to focus in on her face, but the sun’s reflection bounced off the surface of the water and her form wavered in the afternoon light. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

Clumps of weedy grass poked through the surface here and there, but it still looked like a serviceable road. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

When you bite into a ripe guava, your teeth must grip the bumpy surface and sink into the thick edible skin without hitting the center. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

The gulls wheeled overhead, mewing like hungry cats; some of them settled on the ledges of the cliff, while others, bolder, rode the surface of the water beside the ship. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Beneath the surface, claws of metal raked into her leg, splitting open her flesh. I Survived the Great Molasses Flood, 1919 2019-09-03T00:00:00Z

I’d entered the museum next to an old arcade called Aladdin’s Castle, close to the surface. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

On the surface it appeared to be totally peaceful and almost a refutation of the term “revolution.” I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

We bailed out the skiff until it was bobbing merrily on the surface. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Primarily, to scarify is to cut or scratch marks into the surface of something. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

The longer the interview goes on, the more my fury seems to rise to the surface, until I'm literally spitting out answers at him. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

On the surface of the warrior’s breastplate, murky faces appeared and submerged—giants, Cyclopes, gorgons, and drakons—all pressing against the armor as if trying to get out. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

He was about to point it out to Lemore when it came to the surface with a wash of water that rocked the Shy Maid sideways. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I knew he was tangled in the debris under the surface. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Since there are so many of them, they can make collective guesses at almost anything antigenic on the surface of the earth, but they must do their work one notion at a time. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

That would please Uncle Matthew anyway, Kit thought, bewildered and a little dismayed to glimpse under Nat’s nonchalant surface a flash of the same passion that made life in the Wood household so uncomfortable. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

There was no possibility of forcing your body all the way back up to the surface. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Having lured the unwary on to its back, it will dive straight to the bottom of its river or lake and devour the rider, letting the entrails float to the surface. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Grabbing Guosim between them they rushed her into the shallows and ducked her under the surface of the river. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

The end sank lower a few inches, but still was well above the surface. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z

It was a large world, and like the planet Middletown, its surface was covered with hundreds of identical copies of the same simulation—in this case, re-creations of the Zork playing field. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

The chair made the same groan beneath her as an icy pond made in the wintertime when she walked on its frozen surface, but it didn't break. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

“I apologize for the uneven road surface,” says the car. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

His eyes had the opaque, spiritless surface of stone. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

The ashes scatter into the sunlit air, land on the surface, and sink almost immediately. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

The wave grabbed her, pushed her over until it seemed the mast and sail were skidding along the surface of the water. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

From beneath the surface, undulating globes of gold-and-purple spotlights trail us. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

The ruins stretch as far as I can see, dappled sunlight dancing against their surfaces, and drifting over them are a field of shining, jewel-like power-ups. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

The surface was the colour of damp sand, rough and grainy to the touch, except where bits of moss and lichen grew out of the cracks. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

The surface of the ocean separates the two worlds of hot air and cool water. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

The difficulty is that in an infinite static universe nearly every line of sight would end on the surface of a star. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

He reached into his pants pocket and pulled out a small pocketknife, sharpening the edges on the metal surface of the fence. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

The windows were all below the surface now, swallowed beneath the brown water. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

While earnestly wishing to erase from his mind the trace of my former offence, I had stamped on that tenacious surface another and far deeper impression: I had burnt it in. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

Once a day, its owner could write any avatar’s name on its surface, and the tablet would display that avatar’s location at that exact moment. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

She became aware of Orion, still roaring in pain as he staggered across the surface of the water. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Later, his colleagues would suggest that the telltale signs of decline had lurked just beneath the surface, quietly ravaging the scholar’s mind like moss on a rotting tree. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

That reminded him of his frantic search along its surface. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

Biting my lip, I pivoted the candle gingerly on its side and watched as one drop of wax after another plopped onto the surface. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Before Ben could answer, Jinny dashed forward into the water, dived under the surface, and swam out evenly in a straight line. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

The pond—remember, forty feet across—was filling up with all kinds of dead fish until its surface was no longer black but silver. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

He peered at the table so closely that his nose nearly touched the surface, but whatever he was looking for, he didn’t find it. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

With more oxygen we might breathe the atmosphere, and ozone would form to shield the surface from solar ultraviolet radiation. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

I asked the Holy People to remember me and help keep me safe on the ocean from the monsters that hid beneath its surface. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

After a grumble of agreement and a scuffling sound, the room lit up with the glow of the workpad’s surface. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

The young soldier stood off by himself at the center of the field in knee-deep water, reaching down with both hands as if chasing some object just beneath the surface. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

But in the evenings the suppressed longing of the entire day, the happiness and the bliss of all the times before come rushing to the surface, and all we can think about is each other. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

But he’s still safer in the shuttle than on the surface with us. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

The surface of the tabletop was almost mirrored, and, had anyone cared to look, they might have observed that the tall man had no reflection. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

The boulevard was as clean as the surface of an arena two minutes before the appearance of certain unnamed victims and certain unknown killers. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dust clouded the air in the living room when I got into the house, and setded on every surface. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

A small, clean part of me waits to warm and burst through the surface. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

Mum had covered the surface with a white tablecloth and had made me lay it because that was my job. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then, there are oval organelles, embedded in the surface close to the point of attachment of the spirochetes, and other similar bodies drifting through the cytoplasm with the particles of still undigested wood. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The world went even darker around him as his feet thumped to a landing on a slippery surface, then shot out from under him; he fell backward into Teresa’s arms. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Then all at once, the powerful suction took hold of him completely, and he was pulled under the surface and then into the mouth of the pipe. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z

No breath of wind disturbed the surface of the water. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Its residues are long persistent in soil, on foodstuffs, or on surfaces to which it may be applied. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

Now and then, an inch below the water's surface, the muscles of his stomach tightened involuntarily as he recalled another detail. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

But experience had taught her this much: scratch the surface and you’ll find the racist. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

“What can I get you?” the counterman asked as he wiped in front of us with a rag that spread a thin film of grease on the Formica surface. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

Harry let himself float back upward and broke the bubbly surface, shaking his hair out of his eyes. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

It is heavier than he had expected, a complicated mechanism of gears partially encased in worn and tarnished silver, with symbols he cannot distinguish etched into the surface. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

All the emotions I had covered up before began to surface. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

So, with people yelling my name, I saw the shark’s shadow coming into view just below the surface. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

Kyril Montana broke the surface smiling, and he directed that smile at his wife. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Yet no evidence had ever surfaced implicating Hale or his henchmen in Whitehorn’s murder. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

He bowed respectfully and said, “I will take you to the surface.” When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

I also saw airfields dotting the surface, where rows of gleaming gunships, spacecraft, and mechanized battle tanks stood waiting for action. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

They floated, her palms little ragged cups bobbing on the surface, the water weaving in and out of her fingers. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Reports have surfaced that Bell refused to see a doctor. The Crossover 2014-03-18T00:00:00Z

As I rose toward the surface, East called out, “Hey, kid, any time you got a sand dollar to spend, come on back. Assuming you live.” The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

Another, wilder and more tangled landscape rising up, from beneath the surface of this one. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

The cousin reemerged at the surface and took a big gulp of air. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

Instead, Francis had the feeling that DNA replication involved specific attractive forces between the flat surfaces of the bases. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

Something about the way his skin felt against mine drew all these doubts to the surface that I didn’t even know I had. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

The virus surfaced in the Yambuku Mission Hospital, an upcountry clinic run by Belgian nuns. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hand over hand she moved along the walls, stopping at each step to explore the surface, searching for the door to the fuse box. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

She did not dabble with minnows at the surface when there were thirty-pound salmon swimming deeper down. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

Her fingers simply would not stay on the surface. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

It is like the surface of a straw. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

What if we reach a snap judgment without ever getting below the surface? Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

The pink light rests on the surface, trembling, then fades and is gone. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

They are outsiders, in to help with the business: fully formed, perfect spirochetes that have attached themselves at regularly spaced intervals all over the surface of the protozoan. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Fine blurs of mist were sifting gently across the still, lavender surface. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

He ran his fingers fondly across the rough surface as if he had touched the rock before. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

The waves trickle and hiss across its smooth wet surface. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

The mesmer was her only hope, but that couldn’t penetrate reflective surfaces. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

The variations in its colouring, however they were to be explained, were certainly not due to any surface irregularity. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Just as he said it, eleven other faces appeared, one on each surface, and each one wore a different expression. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

I slipped out the window as quietly as possible and, clutching the bottom of the window frame, slid down the cold surface of the trailer’s metal siding. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

The two aims of the Party are to conquer the whole surface of the earth and to extinguish once and for all the possibility of independent thought. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

Her shoes slipped across the surface of the board. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

The only light was from a single green-glass desk lamp which illuminated little more than the tooled leather surface on which it stood. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

At the same moment, the van shot off, the wheels skidding over the surface of the road. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

What a wonderful feeling to pick something up, hold it for a moment, feel its contour, run her hand over its surface and then replace it carefully. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

I grab on to Will’s hands as we slip across the surface of the ice, laughing as we struggle to keep our balance. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

When you picked up objects, opened doors, or operated vehicles, the haptic gloves made you feel these nonexistent objects and surfaces as if they were really right there in front of you. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

The harbour-master went back in his grey motor-boat, taking some men with him, and the diver who had come to the surface for the second time. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

She called out to the dolphins and they rose to the surface, leaping from the water to match her pace. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

Gregor cut the surface of the pool with his hand, and the water ran through his fingers. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Coming to the surface from my last spasm, I told my grandmother about the Palmer method. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

He slumped forward and, from his hand, his miniaturized laser beam rolled across the surface of his desk. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

But other scientists thought there was a layer of dust on the surface which in places might be thirty or forty feet thick! Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

There were piles upon piles of books and papers on every surface. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

He shuddered, thinking of funeral pyres burning on the surface of the water, of red lights in the deep. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

It has a prickly surface and it has sticky juice. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Each pocket of foam glowed pale in the moonlight as it surfaced, before the water’s bulk swallowed it back down. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

At Ernest Burkhart’s trial, the first panel of prospective jurors had been dismissed after evidence surfaced that Hale had attempted to bribe them. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

On the surface, Matt read, nothing could have seemed more humane. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

She searched the river’s surface for a full minute, but no splash came again. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

They order espresso and share a creme brulee, their two teaspoons cracking the hard amber surface from either side. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Dawn was breaking and pale ripples of light shimmered an the surface of the river, shattering under the poles and re-forming when the ferry had passed. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

The surface beneath my feet hardens, and under the carpet of ash, I feel the paving stones of the square. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

“I hear I may have been the one chosen to accompany the Zetas tomorrow to the surface.” The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Smooth rocks encircle the edge of the spring, while cherry blossoms drift down from the trees, coming to rest on the water’s surface. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I was after him, holding the cheese, its smooth surface covered with brick dust. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

Every surface was covered and boiling, and the path like black flowing lava in the moonlight. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

A hotter surface would vaporize still more carbonates into CO,, and there would be the possibility of a runaway greenhouse effect to very high temperatures. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

I entertained the thought again and again; I broke the surface smiling, and gasped for air. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

He takes a seat at the desk, his frame casting a moving shadow over its laminate surface as he swivels the chair to face me. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

But I looked up at the sunset darkening on the surface. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

So I flew really good when I got up above the surface, going over the shantytowns that had been built up around the cooling steeples. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

He started clambering sideways toward the helm, but when he saw the monster surface, he forgot how to move. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Eventually, like a falling leaf, our square slowly descends to the surface. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

The lights on its surface were green and lovely. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

With a flourish, Miss Ohio dropped a fish on the metal’s steaming hot surface. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

The long, the jagged, the hooked surfaces picked up the light from a rack of black candles against the wall. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

For the truckers cruise over the surface of the nation without being a part of it. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

The mall was right on the surface, and you could see the sky through the dome. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

He twisted around and pushed himself up toward the surface, only seeing at the last second that the jellyfish had drifted above him. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

I turned away, ready to perform my good deed, but when I looked back down, there it was, bobbing to the surface in a fresh pool of water. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

There’s that word again, “damage,” the one that’s been sinking and surfacing, sinking and surfacing in my mind since the genetic test. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

The reason we had to practice in helicopters was that the lunar module’s descent to the surface of the moon was very similar to a helicopter’s vertical descent and landing. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

The seven silhouettes seemed to float across the surface of the earth, like spirits, vaporous and unreal. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

The lunar surface offers eloquent testimony of a previous age of the destruction of worlds, now billions of years gone. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I held one of the glass ovals near his mouth, there was no breath to cloud the surface. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

Once he was no longer being coerced, his instincts bubbled back to the surface. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

I entered into it, and it enveloped me, and beneath its roiling surface I discovered something quiet and gentle. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

Two huge gray fish with fins of silver surfaced for just a moment, their backs gleaming in the sunlight. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

So it became imperative to establish design templates for instrumental music, even if the template was hidden beneath the surface of the music. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

I took the older iron and flicked a few drops on its surface. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

As a child, Petey would catch a glimpse of herself in a mirror or a window or the surface of a still pond and find her own outsize features interesting and unusual—unforgettable even. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

“That wouldn’t interest me very much. Doctors stay too right on the surface. They’re always talking about cells and things.” Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

The body was still mostly Penelope’s, but she could see bits of Clara coming to the surface, subtle changes that made Ophie’s stomach turn. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

As my eyes adjusted to the dim I saw dirty dishes, apple cores and soup cans littering almost every conceivable surface. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

There have been some hints of an enhanced surface temperature due to an atmospheric greenhouse effect. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

The shark lay quietly for a little while on the surface and the old man watched him. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

The tension radiated from the surface of the photograph like heat off a summer sidewalk. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

The surface of the lake was once more shining black glass: The ripples had vanished unnaturally fast; Harry’s heart, however, was still pounding. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

The people who lived near the lake hadn’t noticed the smell for a long time now because when air conditioners came, they shut their windows and slept a light surface sleep under the motor’s drone. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

I hold it out on my palm and examine its iridescent surface in the sunlight. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

She could feel it all the time now, shimmering beneath the surface of things. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

A deafening roar shook the surface of the water, creating thousands of waves. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

The surface was covered in overlapping rebozos of different colors. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

Falco had only a few square kilometers of surface area, but it had still cost me a pretty penny. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

So that, when Will surfaced again, still spitting and floundering, no one was there but Beetle in the tree, looking down at him with her eyes great in her white face. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was also three-dimensional, by which I mean that we could see its belly bulging out toward us, while its surface obviously receded toward the edges. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some of the windows were still lit and their glow reflected on the water's surface. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

The dactyl lifted one clawed foot then the other, its nails scratching nasty gashes into the surface of Weed’s once fancy desk, and squawked. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

There was some grass around the field’s perimeter, but most of the playing surface was dug out of dry Georgia chalk. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

She skimmed along under the surface like an otter. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

The currents shifting, as though something was swirling and swimming, creating eddies under the surface. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

How had the People ever left the surface? Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

He kicked toward the surface and emerged, panting, to see enormous ripples emanating in circles from the places where Ron and Hermione had fallen. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

The illusion of depth, created by a frame, the arrangement of shapes on a flat surface. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was brought back, almost to the surface, by a sharp pain slashing my upraised hand, but I couldn’t find my way back far enough to open my eyes. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

They had known all the angles, but beneath that surface they were poor, ignorant, untrained black men; life had eased up on them and hyped them. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

At once, the Marauder’s Map appeared on the parchment’s surface. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

His hands felt before him and then pressed against the surface of a crystal. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Nathan carefully tapped his toe on the surface, and multiple ripples disrupted the calm surface and went beyond the reaches of the light and kept going in the darkness. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

He tied off the bag and hung it so it trailed us just below the water’s surface. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s like seeing each other from the waist up helps us forget about the stump lurking beneath the surface. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

We broke the surface of the water and raced away from Polyphemus's island. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

Viking mission, which had been informally scheduled to set one of its two descent craft gently down on the Martian surface on the Bicentennial of the United States, July 4, 1976. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Memory is an ocean and he bobs on its surface. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

In Houston we even had an imitation lunar surface, a slag- covered field with make-believe craters in it. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The past is close to the surface in this place,” Hecate said. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

“The posters would appear a few days ahead—they’d cover every surface in town! You couldn’t see a brick in between!” Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

And when we return to the surface, if we escape and find them, what’s to stop the Collective from using the poison on all of us? The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

They were only visible through one small part of the lacquer, and then Mary realized why: at that point she had touched the surface of it with her oily fingers. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Sooner than Piper expected, Percy broke the surface, gasping and flailing. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

The little sea water pump whirred softly and the needles of driven water hissed into the tanks forcing lines of bubbles under the surface. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Every drawer was empty, every bare surface without so much as a fingerprint. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Tally laid it flat, stretched out in the sun, where its metallic surface turned jet black as it drank in solar energy. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

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

Would he have time to take Ron to the surface and come back down for Hermione and the others? Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

He straightened his legs, and as he did, the ladder rose from the water until he saw light breaking the surface, until he felt the air on his face and was finally able to exhale. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

Even if he got us to the surface, we’re still not safe. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

The wine was steaming and bubbling, and it came to Tristran then—the information surfacing from some long-forgotten fairy tale or piece of children's lore—that a unicorn's horn was proof against... Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

Fish lurked beneath The surface, the big O of their mouths Gulping bubbles. Neighborhood Odes 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Lavalas, wash us like beans. Help us find the wicked and throw them out” She scooped the rotten beans off the surface where they floated, and pitched them out the door. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Arturo walked to the edge of the frozen grass and stepped onto the ice again, tapping his boots against its marbled surface. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

He holds his cup in his hands and brings it to eye level, staring at it until a soft curl of steam rises from the surface. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Weight must be measured on a hard surface. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

From below the surface, he could see the woman let go of the bookshelf and grab the ladder. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

The surface of the water breaks like glass. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

This makes it more or less impossible for it to get its teeth into a vast smooth curving surface such as the side of a peach. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z

And then Wormtail lowered the creature into the cauldron; there was a hiss, and it vanished below the surface; Harry heard its frail body hit the bottom with a soft thud. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

He had a fleshy face in need of a shave and his hair looked a little like that of the main character in Eraserhead, high and square on top like an elevated putting surface. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

We sat in silence a hit while watching the water reflect the pink and orange sky on its surface. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

The sun created a halo around it, making the moon’s surface dark and mysterious in comparison with its shining rim. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her next lunge to the surface brought her forehead smack against a wide log, floating free in the water. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, get us out of here—out to the surface.” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

His head broke through the surface, but even so, when he finally opened his mouth he was amazed he could actually breathe. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

She wishes she could slide her fingertips along the surfaces, memorizing textures and letting the artifacts of other people’s lives seep into her. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

It first surfaced in the midst of a scorching workout alongside Howard’s excellent sprinter, Exhibit. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

On second glance, the panels have the Henka Games logo carved subtly into the surface. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Ben just walked and with all his powers of concentration rising to the surface of consciousness, of being alive, and of being son, Ben tried not to cry. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

The cube grows larger, and as it does, he pulls one side of it so that I can see its surface in detail. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

As the star contracts, the gravitational field at its surface gets stronger and the light cones get bent inward more. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

But all the surface of the waste looked level. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

Its sole purpose is to get six humans from Mars orbit to the surface without killing any of them. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

He dived into the water and swam with only his sleek head above its surface, climbed the bank, and shook the water from his fur. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

We do this for a while, and I chase her around the surface, ducking under, grabbing her legs. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Ted Skopinski was the trajectories guy, elaborating on the math describing the path taken by a space vehicle as it left Earths surface and settled into orbit around it. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

Several days later, when they bumped into each other in the Cavendish tea queue, Francis learned that a semirigorous argument hinted that adenine and thymine should stick to each other by their flat surfaces. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

The memory has barely surfaced, but already it's begun. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Countless vases sit on every surface, holding snow-season flowers—tangerine calendulas and creamy candytufts and crimson cyclamens. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

You couldn’t see the bubbles yet, but they were there, simmering below the surface, just waiting for someone to turn up the heat and all hell would break loose. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

It slides across the surface like a miniature iceberg. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Under the surface of the ice was the translucent figure of someone swimming. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

I felt it—like a plunging rock hitting the surface of a stream and slowly starting to sink. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

Another loggerhead turtle surfaced in the chop off the beach. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

The Pythagoreans believed the sphere to be “perfect,” all points on its surface being at the same distance from its center. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’d been thinking a lot about Dad and Grampa, about how the three of us were connected even though on the surface we seemed to be pretty disconnected. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

These golden surfaces were encrusted with countless jewels—blue, purple, and red—which, in the flickering candlelight, seemed to pulse with a life their own. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

The log checked the speed, the lookout warned of dangers they could see, and the lead warned of dangers beneath the surface of the water—sudden shoals and reefs where they might go aground. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Litter bobbed on the surface: empty plastic bottles, sodden burger containers, soda cans, and pieces of Styrofoam. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

The weapons, the boat, and all of the passengers sank quickly beneath the surface. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

The chemical has also destroyed some important insect predators and so has caused an increase in the tortricids — small, stout-bodied moths whose larvae scar the surface of the bananas. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

He hated unnecessary risks and disapproved of such shenanigans, knowing that leopard seals and killer whales could easily surface inside a lead and make a quick meal of the men. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

Her wet clothes and gear dragged at her, but just as her lungs were about to burst, she broke the surface into the maelstrom. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

Hazel remembered the Hubbard Glacier in Alaska—how the surface had cracked under their feet. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

The moment it made contact with its surface, the potion began to froth and smoke, then, all at once, it turned a clear, bright gold. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Within days of the raids, widespread reports of serious abuses that had taken place during the January 2 raids began to surface. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

She moved it laterally on the surface of pebbles, where its numerous heraldic tufts and foliations made a rustling noise, and sometimes she scratched the bluff with a small whimper. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

They would inevitably surface within a rectangle of barbed wire, would find themselves greeted listlessly by dying Russians who spoke no English, who had no food or useful information or escape plans of their own. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Water swirled around me, and I shot toward the surface at speeds that would’ve caused any normal human to pop like a balloon. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

The beating of its legs against the benches made the whole boat shake, and its claws were loudly clicking on their surface. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

As cyclotrons around the world contributed to the list of known isotopes, rumors and expectations began to surface that the accelerator’s inventor might be in line for the Nobel Prize. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

He disappeared under the surface, came up gasping for breath, and vanished again. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

Candles flicker in glass holders on every available surface, and the walls are painted a rich, bold red. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Neither sky nor sunset was reflected on its sullen surface. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

I head all the way down to the floor of the building that sits right at the water’s surface. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

I rose to the surface, shaking out my curls. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

But I’m sure it wouldn’t have been the same if the astronaut had said “The Spider has landed” when they first touched down on the moon’s surface. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

I’m kicking, trying to get back to the surface, fighting the steady tug on the line. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

She said that for months she was in as dark a place as I. Maybe staying on the surface keeps her from returning to a place where she can’t breathe. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

Not even a stationer’s imprint marring the surface. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

He had pushed the thought down and out of sight, where only some positive reminder like this could bring it to the surface. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

North Carolina was an improvement, beneath the surface. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

She knew she did not bore him, and she buffed or painted her fingernails studiously while he dozed or brooded and the desultory warm afternoon breeze vibrated delicately on the surface of the beach. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

I could barely keep my head above the cold water, but I was alert enough to see the searchlights from above dancing over the lake’s surface. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Before you know it, it’s pitted your surfaces and darkened your windows. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Just when I was about to give in, the roaring stopped and I felt myself break through the surface. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

The gurgling began to surface, growing louder and deeper, with fewer pauses in between. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

There was a large, grainy image of a body of water and two shapes were at the surface: a long mass like the trunk of a tree, followed by a stubby triangle. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

Alex kicked in the water, keeping his head above the surface, his eyes fixed on the jellyfish. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

A smith could make a shield which showed on its surface a lion hunt, two lions devouring a bull while herdsmen urged their dogs on to attack them. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

Down either side of his thighs he felt the sweet gum’s surface roots cradling him like the rough but maternal hands of a grandfather. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

“When you return to the surface, will you learn what they’re afraid of?” he asks, with the eyes of a curious child. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

When it collapsed, everything on the surface above it collapsed, too—in this case, the area of the field that contained Portables 16 through 21. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Melissa and others on my team became my enforcers anytime an image of one of the girls surfaced on a gossip site, making haranguing phone calls to get it taken down. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

He washed his face in the water; the surface water was still warm, so he plunged his hands deep into the cool layer above the yellow sand. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

The whole surface of the cloud was literally swarming with them, and there were hundreds more up above, climbing about on that monstrous crazy arch. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z

I know the Abyssal Serpent follows us somewhere beneath the glassy surface of the water, but like the ship, it travels in complete stealth, leaving no evidence of its passage. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

Under the surface of his daily life was a life he lived as if underwater. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

He paddled frantically for what he thought was the surface. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

We exploded on the surface, in the middle of the Santa Monica Bay, knocking a surfer off his board with an indignant, “Dude!” The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

“And because my mind is sharpening day by day, I was going to ask if Epsilon-5 could accompany me to the surface tomorrow. We make a good team. My knowledge, combined with his experience.” The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Eril-Fane and Azareen were deflecting blows, sending kitchen knives skittering over the metal surface of the terrace that was still beneath the sleigh. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

During our underground journey, we have left the evacuated zones far behind and surfaced in a busy section of the Capitol. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

It was enormous, as big as Loo, stretched out, so that its many strange slimy legs draped and fell over the rough board surface into the sand. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Styx surfaced in the middle of the water. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

It was of him, diving into a river after his younger daughter, Rose, had gone under and hadn’t surfaced. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

The bright gold gleam of a tracker jacker lazily making its way across the papery gray surface. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Tired of it because in the end he never surfaced holding anything more potent than a pair of treys. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The hard surface knocks the air out of my lungs. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

Thanks to his father’s ointment, the raw surfaces were healing well, but they were still very tender. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Run my hand across the cedar chest’s smooth, polished surface. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes they went below the surface and came up again, but mostly they waited for him in his puny tender. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

He fell and came heavily on his hands, which sank deep into sticky ooze, so that his face was brought close to the surface of the dark mere. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

The last surface on which Harry spotted a candle was a bow-fronted chest of drawers on which there stood a large number of photographs. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

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

Liang looked over the edge of the boat, and there, under the surface of the water, was the figure of a girl. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

Then a submarine slipped to the surface half a mile away, and the day lost part of its brightness. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Deadly antiship mines known as torpedoes bob on the surface, drifting with the current, ready to explode the instant they come into contact with a vessel. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

Therefore, at one time there might have been a different kind of life than could exist today, and even now there might be primitive life somewhere below the surface. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

It would be so easy— He came out of the oil like a whale surfacing, oil sheeting off his face. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

The potion within was splashing about merrily; it was the color of molten gold, and large drops were leaping like goldfish above the surface, though not a particle had spilled. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Our shuttle, which seemed to be flying on automatic pilot, quickly reached the planet and began to skim its mirrored surface. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

More tentacles sprouted from the shattered surfaces, like roots searching for earth. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

I look back down at the crew skimming along the glacier’s surface. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

We carry it furtively back up the hill and shove it through a grating in the pavement; it floats down there on the surface of the dark water, pallid and drowned-looking. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

If the track stayed loose and wet, the horse was in; if the rain stopped and the track turned into the kind of thick surface that would pull on Seabiscuit’s legs, he was out. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

He looked about the hallway and to the landing below, at the champagne glasses and half-eaten samosas and napkins smeared with lipstick abandoned in every comer, on every available surface. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

They were plastic flowers of words—but they looked nice on the surface. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

The whole point was to take pictures of the surface and send them back. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Voyager 1 image of the surface of Io. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Maribel crouched down and ran her hand along the sand, barely skimming the surface. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

She had swam away, her serpentine head undulating on the surface Hke a swimming grass-snake, and the King had hailed a passing ship which looked as if it were off to the Crusades. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

But hidden underneath the tranquil surface was a maelstrom of fear and suspicion. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

A pale form floated half-submerged upon the surface; in the shadows, it took the shape of a drowned man. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

It seemed to be placed on a hard green surface that was hurting my right cheekbone. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

Much of the surface of the table had been made of glass. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

The fat guy grabbed hold of the counter, arms warbling, spread his meaty fingers across its cracked surface and gave Faith a long, leering look. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

I don’t know what to say or do around the erratic part of him, and it is here, bubbling just beneath the surface of what he does, just like the cruel part of me. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

He launched himself upward again, hope running wild as he surfaced. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

She stopped abruptly, staring at the smooth bronze surface. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

He wore a handsome beret on top, and peering intently from one of his several surfaces was a very serious face. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

He had been fascinated by the colors of the desert, the blues, the purples, the yellows of the minerals lying on the surface of the earth. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

We both tumble straight into the glacier’s surface. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Somehow I had expected waxed surfaces and carpeted floors. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

By off the plastic he meant that the dead cells had detached from the surface of the flask and had floated away in the broth. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

So far in Blink, I have talked about how extraordinarily powerful thin-slicing can be, and what makes thin-slicing possible is our ability to very quickly get below the surface of a situation. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

Every once in a while a creature’s tail, fin, or snout would surface as some peculiar behavior. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

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

My father was mild, like the sea oil a windless day, with an unruffled surface and little variation. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

She had vanished into an intact inner world of which the writing was no more than the visible surface, the protective crust which even, or especially, a loving mother could not penetrate. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

In the saddle, Woolf could feel his mount fighting the surface. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

The pole slid easily between her fingers as she steadied her hand on the felt surface of the table. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

She followed the wall, her hand skimming along the surface, taking small gliding steps through the darkness. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Nye sits there, reptilian in his stillness and as barren of warmth as the surface of the Moon, staring at me. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

It cracked with a sound like a bullet in the silence: The surface of the pool broke and chunks of dark ice rocked on the ruffled water. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Garbage from the city and ash from a nearby crematorium floated past on the water’s surface. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

When he surfaced, he was laughing and snorting with water up his nose. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

Before I leave the bathroom, I pinch my cheeks hard to bring blood to the surface of my skin. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

Apa sits at his card table desk, both elbows on the surface. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

All her frustration and sadness began to bubble up to the surface, sliding out of her in hot teardrops. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mitchell Sanders finally nodded and said, “Let’s get it done,” and they took hold of the legs and pulled up hard, then pulled again, and after a moment Kiowa came sliding to the surface. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

A space-time in which events have imaginary values of the time coordinate is said to be Euclidean, after the ancient Greek Euclid, who founded the study of the geometry of two-dimensional surfaces. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Internal geological processes slowly deform the surfaces of Venus, Mars, Ganymede and Europa, as well as Earth. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Three wake lines appeared in the gray water, and a pod of hippocampi broke the surface. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

A hand emerged, like a submarine periscope breaking surface, and dropped. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

We are unlikely to determine the answer to this question without landing instrumented space vehicles on the Titanian surface. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

"I don't know," I said, realizing that I could feel nothing beyond the pressure around my head and the tender surface of my body. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

As he walked home that evening, no answer surfaced among the questions that darted about like fish in his mind. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

Primeval bubbles surfaced it with lethargical majesty as Billy Pilgrim stared. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

The striped canvas sides of the tent stiffen, the soft surface hardening as the fabric changes to paper. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

My legs hit the soft mud of the bottom, and immediately I was on the surface being congratulated. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

They caught these in their hands just like people, rose to the surface, and ate while treading water. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

She walked over to the stove and ran a sponge on the warm surface, over and over, her back to Odenigbo. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

And what of the scientific analysis that said that the surface of the Getty kouros could only have aged over many hundreds or thousands of years? Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

But when Jinny popped up, head above the surface, a few feet away from her Care, she paused a moment, treading water, and stared. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

But let’s dig below the surface and ask a few simple questions. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

I was behind Alhaji, who parted the bushes like a diver heading to the surface for air. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

He barely had time to register what looked like a brown carpet, stretched out over the curving surface below. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

Between this level and the surface was a mixture of sand and clay so saturated with water that engineers called it gumbo. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

The surface glistened like abalone shell, but it didn’t seem beautiful to Annabeth. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

The sky to the southwest burns pink, and every so often there’s a break in the mist, leaving a stained-glass reflection on the surface of the lake. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

The water was choppier in close, and twice he struck a stone ridge just beneath the surface, the second time so hard he was afraid it might bash in the boards. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

My fingers brushed against the jagged, raised surface of my skin, feeling each coarse stitch holding it together. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

The hornets zinged about waiting for snouts to break the surface. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Others had escaped but hadn’t surfaced after the war’s end, including Mama Evangeline. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

Dumbledore added this fresh thought to the basin, and Harry, astonished, saw his own face swimming around the surface of the bowl. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

As Matthew Stirling and his team were dodging ticks and unearthing stelae in Tres Zapotes, they found a cache of fifteen upside-down pottery bowls tucked into the ground six feet below the surface. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

They began to scrape footholds in the surface. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

The foil, similar to that used by NASA, trapped the heat inside the structure while preventing the camouflaged outside surface from overheating. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

With deep concentration, Jet Stone Boy gently pressed the tip against the surface of the earth. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

If the chamber hadn’t been close to the surface, he would have passed out from lack of air. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

The moment the board banked, her dirty feet skidded across the surface, spinning her halfway around. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

Daddy drums the mahogany surface of the dining table, making a thump-thump-thump beat. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

There are polar ice caps, drifting white clouds, raging dust storms, seasonally changing patterns on its red surface, even a twenty-four-hour day. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the first kind of Friedmann model, which expands and recollapses, space is bent in on itself, like the surface of the earth. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

As if this sight wasn’t horrific enough, the water churned as enormous piranha-like fish surfaced and fed on the screaming rats. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

I could almost see the widow cleaning it behind closed doors, her big, meaty hands moving with as much care over the hard metal surfaces as they would over the planes of a corpse. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

I pressed my cheek to its wet, solid surface. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Holding it close to his face, he ran his fingers over the surface and squinted at the texture. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dozens of skeletal soldiers clawed their way to the surface. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

She wanted to consume every human, god, and demigod that dared to walk across her surface. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

Then my fingers felt something that my eyes missed: a maze of grooves etching the surface of the bars. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Somehow made me think of the surface of the watering hole. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

It was a misty, gray lake, wide and ringed with firs, its calm surface smooth as slate. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

They seemed impossibly high, and from a distance, their white lime surface looked clean and bright as ice. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

“Vikus tells me you are very anxious to return home. It pains me that we cannot aid you immediately, but to seek the surface tonight would be impossible,” she said. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Mayflies skimmed in and out of the shadow of the bridge just above the surface. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

The surface of the sea is a mirror, reflecting divergent evolutionary paths. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

My command center was located under an armored dome embedded in the rocky surface of my own private asteroid. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Chances are the thread viruses can survive for some time—if the surface is free of sunlight, which would break apart the virus’s genetic material. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then I kicked up through the muck and swam for the surface. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

The fear of the sea that was always there, simmering beneath the surface of their island lives, would boil up in their hearts again. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

His own reflection rippled next to Narcissus’s on the surface of the submerged bronze. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

The surface is covered with courtier portraits and tiny beads from broken beauty-scopes. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

On the surface, Constance cried out to the waiting defenders. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

The numbers were like war paint on the white face of the clock, the hands like swords as they slashed across the pearly surface. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Gunters had turned all of those planets upside down and scoured every square inch of their surfaces. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

The surface temperature and atmospheric thickness are still under debate. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Also, in my training I always stayed on the surface of the table, but in space I could rise up or sink down. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

There were hundreds of school campuses here on Ludus, spread out evenly across the planet’s surface. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

The diamond surface of the water broke and hissed; it sent sparks in all directions and turned a vivid, poisonous-looking blue. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Garrett is on his knees licking the boulder, catching tiny rivulets that course down its side—and then I see that there are dips and indentations on the surface of the flat stone. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

I knew where the moon was, but in the total darkness, its surface was not visible: it was simply that part of my window which had no stars in it. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Here between the volcanoes it is about four miles wide, and should not be hard going farther in towards the center, though it is more crevassed than I had hoped, and the surface rotten. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

The surface of the Earth is the shore of the cosmic ocean. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Most of what I do is drawing, because the preparation of the surface, the laborious underpainting and detailed concentration of egg tempera are too much for me. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

The edges were uneven where the alkahest had eaten away at it, but one facet was as perfectly smooth as the surface of the anchor. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

From below it must seem to be something flashing just on the surface of the water. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was simply the one—as a Chief Rabbit ought to be—through whom a strong feeling, latent throughout the warren, had come to the surface. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

She bobbed up and down on her uneven legs, which worked well enough on the flat surface of the clifftop, but once she entered the forest, her problem became clear. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Because Thanksgiving was going to happen while we were doing surface operations, and NASA's shrinks thought it would be good for us to make a meal together. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Medieval painting, for instance, is to a large extent “applied,” in the sense that it embellishes surfaces which serve other, practical purposes as well—walls, book pages, windows, furniture. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Everyone was sitting forward now, tense and silent, and Ash felt the breeze on her skin bring a rush of blood to the surface. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sewage and drainpipes fed directly on to the muddy surface. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

It was cantering back toward Harry across the still surface of the water. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

Marshy silt and decomposed plants made a surface that looked completely solid, but it was even worse than quicksand. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

There might even be potholes or underground weaknesses which would cause the surface to collapse under their weight. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Another man was thrashing wildly, trying to keep his head above the surface. I Survived the Great Molasses Flood, 1919 2019-09-03T00:00:00Z

The colonel lifted the box of matches, took one out and held it poised against the striking surface, watching with glowering eyes for the chaplain’s next sign of defiance. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

The clays have a complex active surface, given to absorbing and releasing gases and to catalyzing chemical reactions. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then he, too, went to the trunk, standing discreetly to one side, away from the two white men, looking with surface eyes at what they were doing. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

I sit back on my bed cross-legged and find myself rubbing the smooth iridescent surface of the pearl back and forth against my lips. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

The Earth, the meeting agreed, was a mosaic of interconnected segments whose various stately jostlings accounted for much of the planet’s surface behavior. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

He stroked the black leather surface of the briefcase. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

I become fascinated with the effects of glass, and of other light-reflecting surfaces. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Ripples disrupt the calm surface as cracks tremble across the glaze, and then it collapses in shards of flowered porcelain. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

I dart up to the surface and shake off these thoughts. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

This argument, on the surface, seems relatively straightforward, but there are actually many layers to it, some of which are quite problematic. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

Consider a transaction that wouldn’t seem, on the surface, to create much fear: selling your house. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

“But—” Kote looked up, and for a second Chronicler saw past the anger that lay glittering on the surface of his eyes. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

We didn’t fight often, and when we did, it was typically over petty things, a string of pent-up aggravations that surfaced usually when one or both of us got overly fatigued or stressed. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Sometimes the water is so still, sometimes bubbles come up, sometimes the wind comes and the water’s got ripples across the surface. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The swirling water sucked Dismay around a tree and under the surface of the water. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

There is no effective way for this heat, accumulated over billions of years, to reach the surface and be lost to space, and the radioactivity inside Ganymede and Callisto must therefore melt their icy interiors. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

This vortex both held the planets in their orbits and pressed objects down towards the surface of the Earth. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

From here it looked solid, its surface polished bright as a mirror and illuminated by the guard towers on the White Island. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

When at last he did succeed in getting to the surface, tired and smelly, he observed that the truck was not making any more collections but was rumbling rapidly along. Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z

Clutching his arm in his hand, he backed into another corner and rose back up, gasping for breath as his head broke through the surface of the water. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

Most of the time I’d play in the dirt surrounding the trees that had pushed their way through the hard surface of the playground. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

You submerged it in a bath of water, and then it rose gradually up to the surface, on a stream of bubbles. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

Billows of white sari are bubbling to the surface. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I take a good look at the surface of the river. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

For example, the surface of the earth is a two- dimensional curved space. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Something grasped my chin and lifted it above the surface. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

We are looking at a fresh planetary landscape, a surface newly hatched. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The lenses leave behind a harmless film against the eye surface that is only one atom thick. This film acts as a conduit between the lenses and your body.” Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Then she relaxed into the tremendous upsurge as huge torrents of water heaved her toward the surface. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

And then she was in the middle of the ocean, carried by warm currents, the water changing from sea green to midnight blue as she sank from the surface into the depths. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

As she scraped at the hide, nicking bits of meat and gristle from the surface, she began to get all empty and peculiar and faint inside. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t terribly wide, but it ran with such speed that the surface was churned into white foam. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

When I surface into wakefulness, I’m gasping for air and my chest hurts. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

The surface, however, the visible terrain, was a landscape of old clothes and crates and newspapers. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

But before he had even started to plan a possible counterattack on a boggart-Voldemort, a horrible image came floating to the surface of his mind... Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

After the wonder and ease of flying in so real-seeming a dream, he felt heavy and trudging and trapped down here on the surface of the world. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

After cooking, I put them back out on the surface to freeze. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Five Soviet spacecraft— Veneras 8 through 12—have landed on Venus and successfully returned data from the surface, no insignificant feat in so hot, dense and corrosive a planetary atmosphere. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

The dark surface of the water was disturbed by trout that had been planted there. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

My parents sheltered me from many of the civil war images that surfaced on TV. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Since that time, Tokyo has been eerily quiet, so the strain beneath the surface has been building for eighty years. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

No larger than grains of dust, these transparent larvae swim about in the surface waters, feeding on the microscopic plant life of the plankton. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

He lowered his head and puckered his lips against the surface of the milk. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

"They don't have any way to get Watney off the surface." The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

The meal of beans and milk was carried through in silence, and as they left, the strip of hidden wall rose up and formed an unbroken surface once more. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

Strangely enough, my mean behavior doesn’t result in fewer friends, but, on the surface, more. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

They put their snouts on the horn, sniffing and tasting the metal, scraping paws over the surface and then making highpitched yipping sounds to one another. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Still hanging on to his skates, Stuart tried to make his way up to the surface of the garbage, but the footing was bad. Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z

Lazlo set the book down on the pocked surface of the worktable, noticing only now the engraving on the cover. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

He had only an instant to look at it before it was gone, twisting between the bars of the portcullis and racing across the surface of the water, but that instant was long enough. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Nor evidently did he transfer the design onto the canvas but worked directly on the surface, making subtle adjustments as he went along. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

She swam up to the surface of consciousness before diving again. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

It was a lovely thought, but hearing Arturo’s optimism bubble to the surface, hearing the rawness of it, was excruciating. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

During the day, turning, we saw the smoke of Drumner’s eruption hang behind us like a gray-brown extension of the surface of the Ice. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

He gave the stack of cardboards a solid-sounding double tap on the desk surface, as one taps a deck of cards, then dropped the stack back into the bottom drawer and closed the drawer. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

I thrash, icy water all around me as I try to swim to the surface. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

Her knees bent under the force of braking, her grippy shoes squealing as they slipped across the riding surface, her body turning almost parallel to the ground. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

The river was dark as ink, and the boat soon vanished against the glass-smooth black surface of the strong current under a moonless night. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

I pull the toxometer out of my bag and run it over the leaf's surface, careful not to get any on my gloves. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

He was floating just below the surface of the water and I could plainly see his eyes. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

The surface of the grave at Harry’s feet cracked. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Down here, on his own, far beneath the surface of the earth, he couldn’t make an enemy of his imagination. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

Her heart jumped, so hopeful that Ivan’s dark head would break the surface. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

Its diameter is about half the earth’s, its surface desert-like, marked by huge mountains and deep canyons. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘But there is more about you now than appears on the surface. Good luck to you!’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

“Liberacorpus!” yelled Harry, and with a crash he and Griphook landed on the surface of the swelling treasure, and the sword flew out of Harry’s hand. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Once the door seal was opened, sweet surface air flooded the cabin. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

She put her hand on his arm and let him lead her off the path and toward the river, where the water rushed by with the half-moon wavering in the moving surface. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

The surface was level and solid and firm, and he easily kept his balance in the strange gravitational field where everything weighed only one sixth its earth weight. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Somewhere in my head an image surfaces of Boggs with a young boy perched up on his hip. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

The blood gurgled out of the wound it made and sprayed along the concave metallic surface. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

The scale is of course more an idea than an object, an arbitrary measure of the Earth’s tremblings based on surface measurements. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

His mind rejected it, even as, under the surface, puzzle pieces were snapping together. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

“I used to sit by the pond and watch him swimming to the surface, biting the air with his little beak. He is a very old turtle.” The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

He managed to catch it again at the last minute, but even so it banged down heavily on the stone surface. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

With her eyes almost shut, she watched traces on the drink’s round surface swirl. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

She picked at her teeth with a long crimson-varnished fingernail, then she tapped the finger, gently, tap-tap-tap against the polished black surface of her black button eyes. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

In one of the books he learned that the most important text in the literature of alchemy contained only a few lines, and had been inscribed on the surface of an emerald. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Daniel Chester French’s “Statue of the Republic”—nicknamed “Big Mary”—stood in the basin complete and gleaming, its entire surface gilded. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

It’s only when I feel her tug at my hand that I let myself be pulled back up to the surface, where we break out of the water and fill our lungs. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Their contempt for Miig and his power over the group seeped to the surface. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

String theory has further spawned something called "M theory," which incorporates surfaces known as membranes–or simply "branes" to the hipper souls of the world of physics. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

A mark was faintly carved into the surface, practically invisible to the eye. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

All the field, and all the people in the field, and all the towers of the castle, seemed to be jumping up and down like the surface of a lake under rain. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

That point would be marked by a gigantic thunderclap, after which Alvarez would haul his gangly frame into the tube to strip away the stalagmites and stalactites and buff the surface smooth. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

He skimmed a flat stone over the dull green surface, and it skipped seven times before it sliced out of sight. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

It takes longer to get back to the surface than you think it will and there’s a moment of feeling as if you’re on another planet or nowhere at all. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Very high winds have been recorded on the surface of Mars, and sometimes nearly the entire surface of the planet is obscured by blowing dust. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

I kept kicking and stroking my arm overhead until I broke the surface and sucked in a lungful of air. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

Now the big wave a long time kept him under, helpless to surface, held by tons of water, tangled, too, by the seacloak of Kalypso. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

The splash of a feeding tarpon upstream put him on alert, and sure enough, the surface of the water began to shake and boil. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

As he stared, the black sticks flickered on the white surface. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Diamonds broke the surface—a glittering milky way of stones. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

The corner post leaned toward the road, and large black ants covered its surface. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

He looked back at the body that now floated faceup in the water, that now slid below the surface into the darkness. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Around me were seabirds, egrets, and herons, as well as species of murky fish, many of them probably unknown to science, the only evidence of them the occasional spiny fin rising from the surface. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

The water was green with plant life, and the trees hung over its glassy surface. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

The distance from the surface of Earth to the center is 3,959 miles, which isn’t so very far. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

Clancy let me fall to the ground like a board, and actually stepped over me to examine his scratched cheek in a pot’s reflective surface. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Two streetlights illuminated the surface of the cracked asphalt, and a tall wire-netting fence rose to their left. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Savery thus proposed mounting his device near the bottom of a mine and using it to pump water to the surface. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Her hands were bony, and there were veins so close to the surface that it looked like you could rupture her skin if you touched her too hard. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

For life to be detected on Mars photographically, even from Mars orbit, it must likewise have accomplished a major reworking of the surface. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had a pretty naiad’s face, a girl on the surface with a boy holding his breath just beneath. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Kristi stands in the shallows, her hands tracing across the pond’s surface. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

The atmospheric pressure is so high, however, that we cannot see the surface. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

No matter what its original condition, the intense rain and heat of the forest have eroded its surface, washed out all its minerals, and decomposed vital organic compounds. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

We had left the surface of the earth, which of course was itself hurtling through space in its orbit around the sun. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

The corresponding surface pressure is 90 atmospheres, 90 times the pressure we feel from the Earth’s atmosphere, the equivalent of the weight of water 1 kilometer below the surface of the oceans. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Once the sphere of waters and the sphere of land had been merged into one, it seemed evident that there was not enough water to cover the whole surface of the globe. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

“We have a friendly contact with the complicated surfaces of the globe.” Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Argo II listed dangerously to starboard, then righted itself and rocked on the surface of the lake. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

But this thin atmosphere can serve a useful purpose, because it may be just thick enough to protect the surface from the intense charged particles in the Jupiter radiation belt in which Io is embedded. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

She opened the box and looked down on a small, dark green jade button, and carved on its surface was a human right hand, a lovely hand, the fingers curved and in repose. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

He looked out at the river, at its eddies and swirls, the patterns forming on its surface and disappearing. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

Then Jacob plows right into her, from above, and they’re grabbing each other, pulling each other down, swallowing water, grabbing each other’s hair to stay above the surface. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

When she was ten a neighborhood boy taught her how to swim and offered her the use of his glass-bottomed box so that she could look beneath the surface of the waves. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Seagulls were flying over the ocean’s surface together crying out their seagull cries and flapping their wings every few seconds. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

Sunlight passes through the atmosphere and clouds of Venus, which are semi-transparent to visible light, and reaches the surface. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

They really sounded good on the surface, not tired at all, but I was still relieved when they got back inside Eagle and got the door locked. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Beneath Virgil’s placid surface was a terrible ice. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

This model was also equipped with built-in lifts and an amorphous surface, so that it could simulate walking up inclines and staircases. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

The thing to do, I thought with a smile, was to give them hints that whatever you did or said was weighted with broad and mysterious meanings that lay just beneath the surface. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then our heads broke the surface and she started to fight again. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

She skimmed her paint-crusted fingers over the water’s surface, and the stream seemed to skip at her touch. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

There is a gleaming puddle of sunlight across the surface of my desk. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Such a drop in carbon dioxide may have impaired the “greenhouse” property of the atmosphere, which holds in the solar heat otherwise lost by radiation from the earth’s surface. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The workers carried oversized wrenches, cranks, and other tools, and were using them to make adjustments on some unseen apparatus beneath the water’s surface. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

There were studies of shadows against a faded brick wall, photographs of feathers clotting the shoreline of Shaker Lake, experiments Mia was conducting with printing photographs on different surfaces: vellum, aluminum foil, newspapers. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

The genetic information includes how to convert plankton into blubber; or how to hold your breath on a dive one kilometer below the surface. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

I gazed at the surface of the desk. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

It was a gruesome mosaic of bones and gems—human femurs, hip bones, and ribs twisted and fused together into a smooth surface, dotted with diamonds and rubies. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

I’m at the surface, bobbing up and down. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

Might we not be asphyxiated before the Nautilus could surface? All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

A great complexity of surface activity, but all happening as a result of the tick-tock of a simple pendulum. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

Near them a black and khaki army of labourers was busy revitrifying the surface of the Great West Road. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

At the opposite shore, we sat on the edge of a dry-rotted wooden boat dock and dangled our feet over the Mars surface of the dead lake, which was nine feet below us. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

Powell touched a still gleaming metal surface gingerly. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

It fell unceremoniously to the surface, bouncing and rolling, until it finally came to rest. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

The tip of his necktie undulated near the surface. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

She could see what looked like a small, limp body on the surface. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

When she had left, I read Mate’s note over and over as if with each reading, new information would surface. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had a tightrope walker’s feel for the land beneath him—its surface tension, the give and take of things. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the first Friedmann model, space is just like this, but with three dimensions instead of two for the earth’s surface. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

The surface of one reflected like a mirror. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

Ralph’s tone was teasing; still Helen held her breath until Theresa surfaced, brandishing the retrieved chopsticks. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

While surfaced, the U-boat could travel faster—at about the speed of a bicycle. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

When we surfaced again, she grabbed me and screamed, “Why did you do that? I nearly had them!” Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

Thus recent American and Soviet missions to Venus seem to have provided verification that the greenhouse effect is indeed the reason for the high surface temperature. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Strings of them ran over the surfaces of the liver, diaphragm, intestine, appendix, rectum, and heart. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

I stared at the surface, desperate to beat my way up to the glorious air, but...but... City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

The picture built up, line by line, until with enormous relief we saw the footpad sitting high and dry above the Martian surface. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

A thought hits me, and I'm amazed the question's taken so long to surface. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Leo staggered, suddenly feeling like he was standing on the surface of a trampoline. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

She was in my right pocket, and I was using my left arm to brace myself as I was pulled closer and closer to the surface of the water. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

If we drop a small mass, the surface is deformed or puckered. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

She swirled the surface of the cloud with her hand, rippling the mist. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

The idea that space and time may form a closed surface without boundary also has profound implications for the role of God in the affairs of the universe. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

When Calliope surfaces, she does so like a childhood speech impediment. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

White dust coated his face, and he looked like the surface of the moon. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

He heard boys’ voices and the splashes of them diving in and popping back to the surface again. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

On some, intelligent life may have evolved, reworking the planetary surface in some massive engineering enterprise. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I can find no more surfaces to wipe and have finally exhausted the supply of rooms, Maddy assigns me to do the kitchen floor. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

The river world was all brown and shadowy forms—a universe of nameless undefined matter below the surface. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

And waiting for them under the surface would be the crocodile. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

The dome on the yard’s pod was all blue, like it was night, which it was, I mean, up on the surface, but it was blue there at the house, too. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The surface was black tar and it was sticky and melted; our flip-flops sank in as we stepped. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

How many times I've tracked game with the help of its soft, readable surface. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

The water feels darker the deeper I go, and too soon I have to push up to the surface and fill my lungs. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

The instant I did, a panel slid open in the surface of the Voight-Kampff machine, revealing a keyhole. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

I turned in time to see Cico hurl his spear at the monstrous black bass that had broken the surface of the waters. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Night-lanterns rub along its surface, bathing the enameled décor in light. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

Dumbledore laid Mrs. Norris on the polished surface and began to examine her. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

Outside, the sky had whited over with clouds, and shine spilled across the surfaces, sending motes before my eyes. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

"The total sunlight reaching the surface is very low in the area of the storm. Right now, it's twenty percent of normal. And Watney's rover is powered by solar panels." The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was always a dark, far-off look in his eyes, a kind of sadness, as if he were troubled by something sliding beneath the story’s surface. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Miles drove through the streets of Crane, memories of the cross-burning and the colored pool and the wall that the whites built bubbled to the surface. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

It surfaced, like something long sunken rising up out of black water. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

He turned back to the writing-table surface again, frowned, and gave the snowman a shake. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

He was unusually aware of the surface of himself, of the lines of his body and the planes of his face, as though his skin were alive with some subtle vibrations. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

On its surface are arranged, seemingly at random, several bright pink objects not unlike those to be found in abstract paintings. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t know why I'm tying it up. I should just let it float out there and sink,” Gabe’s voice was shaking with tears very near the surface. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

I lifted the plate and brought it to my lips and saw floating on the surface of the black liquid green and white bits of mold. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

I finally put together the breathing—how to blow out all my air while under the surface, just how much to roll my head—and I’d stopped slapping the water with every stroke. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

He made space for it on the messy table surface, pushing aside the collapsed pile of unopened letters and packages. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

I struggled against the water, flapping my arms to break to the surface. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

By the following morning the surface of the chef, as it’s called, was bubbling like pancake batter on a hot griddle. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

Spy-hopping—Great whites, one of a few shark species to regularly lift their heads above the surface to seek prey! The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

She bounced twice, straight up and down, then settled onto a hard surface and found herself in silence and absolute blackness. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

Or the sauropod might decide to dive beneath the surface, and well, that’d be that. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

A level below the surface, he, much like Adams, was preoccupied with the long shadow of George Washington. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

No matter how far he roamed across the planet’s surface, he would never find an edge. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

She can make stones jump about like frogs and she can make tongues of flame go flickering across the surface of the water. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

Also, as their flowering bodies breach the surface, I can replant them deeper, then plant younger plants above them. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z