Police officers surround every corner of the building, and there are even a few cruisers at both entrances to the parking lot. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

For several minutes I remained there, holding my head and letting my mind adjust to these new and strange surroundings. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

He didn’t seem to notice their ominous surroundings, or if he did, he hid it far better. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

The brooding spirit of the trees surrounded him like the coils of an electric dynamo. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

There’s a tall black gate surrounding it, and maybe whoever lives there is a superstar. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

The Pacific Ocean was a body of water surrounded on all sides by elephantiasis and other dread diseases to which, if he ever displeased Colonel Cathcart by grounding Yossarian, he might suddenly find himself transferred. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Off-white rugs on the gleaming parquet floor—faintly tinted walls—a long mirror surrounded by lights. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

The only break in all that whiteness was a drain at the very center of the floor, surrounded by reddish stains. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

As he approached the seafloor, he realized the patches were glowing fields of algae surrounding the ruins of a palace. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Thousands of people found themselves surrounded by flames and smoke and rushing headlong to escape. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z

For a moment, I imagine myself back at Jefferson Academy surrounded by Emily Grant and her friends. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

They surrounded him and the fingers of their hands shot out like pistons as they questioned him. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

They were tribesmen dressed in blue, with black rings surrounding their turbans. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

At 2:45 a.m., they crammed into a small truck and a taxi and drove, headlights off, along the dark, tree-lined avenue leading to the concrete walls surrounding the embassy of the United States. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

The people surrounding us shouted, stomped, and whistled as though her awful predicament were a triumph for them. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I lick the edges of the fake-tasting vanilla first, then bite into the coolness that’s surrounded by that yummy chocolate wafer. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

He found himself surrounded by dirt and debris. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

Pa tells me that when I was born he saw a bright red aura surrounding me, which means I will be a passionate person. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Keeping one eye on the game, I tried to make sense of my surroundings. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

The Mondragon house was surrounded by junk, by old engines, by parts of motors, by automobile guts, refrigerator wiring, tractor innards. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Constance Culmington, he reflected to himself, was exactly the sort of woman who would buy an island and surround herself with mystery! And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

I tried to keep it focused on my surroundings, but I was tired and so I let it run a bit off leash for lack of the energy to remain disciplined. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

There must be dozens of temples in the mountains surrounding Songdo; even if Tree-ear could find that monk, it was likely that he would no longer remember. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

And whether from the fact of sleeping in new surroundings, or from the loss we had sustained, I was unable to sleep again. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Why is it,” I say, “that we always find ourselves surrounded by people?” Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

I’d spent most of my early life in the crumbling east end of the city, surrounded by urban decay and concrete waste where the skyline looked like a ruined mouth of rotted teeth. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

He quickly scanned his surroundings, checking to see if anyone had seen his drop. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

Another swears it was a mirage, some sort of hallucination, possibly caused by evil emanations surrounding 803 Oriole Street. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

It looked like a piece of furniture, the screen encased in wood and surrounded by little fake drawers. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

The castle rose from the shores of Cape Wrath, on a lofty crag of dark red stone surrounded on three sides by the surging waters of Shipbreaker Bay. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

They had pulled into a muddy parking lot that surrounded a nondescript building with several rows of windows. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

The robots were on the lowest sublevel—all six of them surrounded by musty packing cases of uncertain content. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

When Winston followed her, he found that they were in a natural clearing, a tiny grassy knoll surrounded by tall saplings that shut it in completely. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

Suddenly a group of colored men came into the room, walked over to Shadrach, and surrounded him. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

The entire perimeter of the hall was surrounded by gun-toting policemen and soldiers. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

But if the answer was no, then Briony was surrounded by machines, intelligent and pleasant enough on the outside, but lacking the bright and private inside feeling she had. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Many a day the Apothecary went walking to collect the herbs and leaves of the surrounding green. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

A mountain of new possessions surrounded his wheelchair. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

When strawberry seeds are still young and not yet ready to be planted, the surrounding fruit is green, sour, and hard. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

I noticed more than a few of the surrounding students were watching the show from the nearby tables. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

There’s no reliable statistic documenting how many people embraced the game as a result of the publicity surrounding the Fischer–Spassky match, but some estimates put the number in the millions. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Percival, released, surrounded by the comfortable presence of humans, fell in the long grass and went to sleep. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

As time passed, I began to understand that no one in our community could control, stop, direct, or quiet the white people who surrounded us. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

No one had ever witnessed my mud ritual, and I prided myself on being aware of my surroundings so that I wasn’t taken by surprise as I just had been. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

Just sucks that he’s still in his cap and gown, surrounded by his classmates and their families, when someone does. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

The SS surrounding us, machine guns aimed at us: the usual ritual. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

The ejected matter would still be in orbit about Jupiter, as Io is, and supply the great tube of atoms which surround Jupiter at Io’s distance. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the first anniversary of Halliday’s death arrived, the fervor surrounding the contest began to die down. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

I am in the middle of the crowd, totally surrounded by people. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He mopped his brow with the cloth that Ethyne had embroidered—his name surrounded by a series of skillful knots. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

Suddenly I feel like I’m in zero gravity, untethered from my surroundings. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

He felt himself surrounded by dense, overwhelming fogs of possibilities in which he could perceive no glimmer of light. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

But if you’re surrounded by people who say ‘I want mine now,’ you end up with a few people with everything and a military to keep the poor ones from rising up and stealing it.” Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now, surrounded by all of Malia’s bright pink stuff, it barely stands out. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

He’s standing in the wings, half in costume, surrounded by dudes. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

One of the advantages of all that surrounding flatness is that you can see danger from a long way off. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

We emerged, into a valley, surrounded on all sides by high walls of smooth rock. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

The lobster was instantly surrounded by a halo of pleasing reminiscences, and curiosity about ‘the charming young ladies’ diverted his mind from the comical mishap. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

The ocean surrounding Puerto Rico looks like it’s made of blue crystals. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

A swarm of yellow and brown surrounded him, like the swarm of bees that had surrounded Pablo de Pablo in the bedtime book. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

When I reached the office, I was surrounded by a half-dozen armed warders. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

But the foreground showed a heart, a black heart surrounded by red flames. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Without the hired lamplighters, most of the city’s 662 whale oil streetlamps remained unlit, the surrounding areas cast into a gloomy darkness. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

Off to the side is the garden—a bit of an overblown name for it, since it’s mostly large, uneven rocks surrounded by pale-green shrubs, the color of eucalyptus. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

A tangle of sunken living room surrounds me. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

The students surrounding him, the boys especially, have gone silent, jabbing one another with their elbows as they try to figure out who I am and how Christoffel knows me. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

The mmuo making its way down the road was surrounded by a few elderly men who rang a shrill bell as the mmuo walked. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

The logs were surrounded by crystals, white needles of minerals that had grown out of the rock. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Edwin glanced down at the bloody red gashes surrounded by puffy ashen skin and whistled low. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

Raising the dust jacket with her finger, Meggie saw the dark red cloth, as red as the flames surrounding the ink-black heart. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Reb Saunders sat in his straight-backed red leather chair surrounded by books and the musty odor of old bindings. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

That was when she remembered the dream: she had been at a Seder, surrounded by familiar faces, and for some reason she hated being there. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

I remember how he would make fun of Joe Namath in those old cologne commercials, remark that he was too ugly a man to have so many beautiful women surrounding him. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

It rose, quite undamaged, from the rubble of the surrounding buildings. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

The glowing embers cast faint shadows into the surrounding night, and under the trees, a large set of eyes reflected the light, staring patiently out of the darkness. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

Presidents are surrounded by bodyguards, and bodyguards are supposed to be on the lookout for people like John Hinckley. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

Or about the time he wrestled a pack of wild dogs that had surrounded a lame mustang. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Only these trees are not green but bright and white, luminous in the darkness surrounding them. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Instantly she was surrounded by excited children, waving clippings from the Cucaracha Voice and trying to talk at once. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z

The rest of the field was completely surrounded by woods. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

I thought they were going to tear them out of the frames, and I wanted to put my hands to my ears to shut out the jungle that had surrounded us. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

Below them as they came safely down to land, the surrounding orchards were foamy with white apple and cherry blossoms, in spite of the bloodshed so close by. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

They fieldstripped Spassky’s chair, x-rayed it, took scrapings of all the surroundings, and even examined the air on the stage. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

She also said he had an advantage over other North Koreans: he had not been contaminated by propaganda or the cult of personality that surrounds the Kim dynasty. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

Those loyal Dauntless gathered in the lobby and split into four groups that stormed the stairwells simultaneously, surrounding the Dauntless traitors, who had clustered around the elevator banks. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

Design specifications required that every building be surrounded by an underwater main and be plumbed with interior standpipes. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Down across the field there was a small farmhouse surrounded by horses, flags, many soldiers. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

In an instant I’m surrounded by love and chatter and half-eaten pizza. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

Their delicate song surrounded her, running in waves though the leafless trees. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

This pond looked muddy and dark, surrounded by nothing but sparse blades of dying grass. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Lupita admired Linda’s pretty face, her red fingernails, her golden hoop earrings, and the scent of perfume that always surrounded her. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

Thick, tall trees with wide, green leaves and fat elephant grass surround us. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

And it also is surrounded by a dozen or more satellites. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

In just a few minutes, I’m surrounded by other kids who look about my age. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

From that point on the path led through a wood and downward toward the valley of a stream which joined the one surrounding the castle. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z

The green prickly house was surrounded by a dried-out but neatly trimmed lawn. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was surrounded by comfort while Mama and Baba were comatose in the hospital. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

I wouldn’t be surprised if there was a dense layer of Candor surrounding the entire complex of Erudite buildings. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

The dark forest seemed to surround us, impenetrable. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

He arose, turned around and around, and looked at his surroundings. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

There are some things she's better off not knowing, and the sordid details surrounding that lock-picking set is one of them. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

Even at the Children’s Aid Society, in my iron bed on the ward, I was surrounded by other girls. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

His physical self might be plummeting to his death, or surrounded by monsters. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

It is no doubt the quiet of these surroundings that has enabled me to ponder all the more thoroughly these thoughts which have entered my mind over this past half- hour or so. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

Outside Lawrence, Kansas, two dogs and a man walk along a gravel road surrounded by open fields. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

Tall grasses surrounded it like a thick curtain, and ivy clung to its face. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

There was nothing official about it, just a wall of crumbly earth surrounding a pit. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

On the front was a picture of a beautiful blue lake surrounded by tall evergreens. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

The crowd surrounding the Commons had swelled to include the entire army and every soul in the city except for Madam and Becky. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

It played the same role that Columbia University did for the Harlem residents who surrounded it, or the University of Chicago did for the Southside. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

Even though ice surrounded him, Nathan didn’t feel the temperature cool. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

I shut my eyes and as long as I keep them closed, I'm surrounded by greenery. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

“I like to surround myself with reminders of ancient Kemet so the boys and I never forget our imperial roots. You know anything about that?” Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

They surrounded Mark and someone kicked him in the ribs; a woman let out a shrill cry and punched him in the stomach. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

“For this, I suggest a term of imprisonment in Azkaban lasting no less than —” But there was an angry outcry from the surrounding benches. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

He and Mr. Corcoran were in the kitchen, surrounded by a semicircle of people: Mr. Corcoran, who had his arm around Henry, looked as if he’d had a few too many. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

The medik moved aside, and Kaz blinked twice, trying to clear his vision and make sense of the absurd luxury of his surroundings. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

The dachshund gave a little yelp, then cringed forward, shimmying with ecstasy, till his mistress, shouting something at him, stepped hurriedly over the wire guard surrounding the tree and picked him up. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

She will be returned when the lies that surround the lifework of Johannes Vermeer have been corrected. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

It was small, but super sparkly; a circle of smaller diamonds surrounded the big one in the middle and trickled down the silver band. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

We slept in hooches that were surrounded by sandbags. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

When dawn finally lit up the world, I saw that I was surrounded by a large crowd. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

The afternoon was alive with the racket of a thousand different songbirds calling to us from the grove, surrounding us with their chants, their hymns, their lullabies. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

They had her surrounded, and in their stupid ways, they were determined to wear her down. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

I am surrounded by family, but none of them really knows me or understands what happened to me today. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

In fact, at this very minute, while I’m stuck here in Colby, North Carolina, surrounded by hillbilly kids, ole Scrappy is back in Raleigh in the county jail again because of his fondness for fighting. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

Perchance was tucked in a valley surrounded by wooded hills like a baby in a green cradle. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

When she was a little girl, she lived in a big house surrounded by saffron fields. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

An embarrassing sense of pride tentatively bloomed in the middle of the sadness I felt at my surroundings. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

As KGB officers surrounded Tolkachev, one of them forced a thick rope between his teeth, to prevent him from biting down on a suicide pill. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

She found her son surrounded by his father's lords ban- nermen, in a drafty hall with a peat fire smoking in a black hearth. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

The king rode on a litter, surrounded by Praise Singers, musicians and dancers. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

Ron ran to pick up Hedwig, who was causing such a scene that there was a lot of muttering about cruelty to animals from the surrounding crowd. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

The building was surrounded by people on all sides, but it was not as dense in the back, and the driver managed to make his way through to the rear entrance. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Looking up front, I saw attendants in white jackets rolling the portable ring away and placing a small square rug in the vacant space surrounded by chairs. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then he blinked and looked around: He was surrounded by mesmerized girls. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

The wide beds of kelp which surround our island on three sides come close to the shore and spread out to sea for a distance of a league. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

The woods that surrounded Grace Turner’s old bungalow were still there, and as the drive cleared a last stand of beeches, the main house came into view. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Chess’s mind worked strangely thinking about anything from the time surrounding Dad’s death. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

At the end of the scrimmage, the older players were dismissed to write in journals, which they did sitting on cross ties that surrounded the bark floor beneath the jungle gym. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

“Thank you. It’s good advice,” Nhamo said politely as she made sure she was surrounded by real trees and real sunlight. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

It occurred to me now that a great part of my mindless indifference to my surroundings earlier on was simply that I didn’t know where I was, couldn’t know where I was. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

Mapper stood on the roof, surrounded by flapping wings, shaking his head. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

It surrounded her with a swirl of gray ashes. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Through loudspeakers surrounding the pool, a Schubert sonata plays, violins and cellos. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

“The angel touched the man’s shoulder, and they were both projected far into the future. They were in an immense setting, surrounded by thousands of people speaking a strange language. “The man wept with happiness. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

As if it wasn’t bad enough to be locked up in a tumbledown house far away from ordinary life, surrounded by black-clad men with faces like birds of prey and knives in their belts. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

The body of Gabriel Pérdido was laid out in full view on top of the dinner table surrounded by the soft glow of dozens of gloomy candles. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

While Stalingrad was burning, they were cooling their heels in the fragrant fields of the Russian steppes, surrounded by sagebrush and birdsong. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

When I came into the yard, my sisters and brother surrounded me, their curiosity comforting, as they pulled on my dirty clothes with remarks that I smelled bad. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

He continued to force, and then the boulders were surrounding them. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

One by one, the lights inside the surrounding apartments turn off. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

She leads me into her bedroom, where Ziggy is laying on her bed, surrounded by pillows. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

The tree’s thick limbs draped all the way to the ground, forming a kind of low-ceilinged room surrounded by the waxy evergreen leaves. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

He’s surrounded by teenagers whose clothing, hairstyles, and dance moves all indicate that the time period is the late 1980s.* Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Then I pick up a rock and smash it into the wall that surrounds the hole. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

"You say you love Robert like a brother. Would you leave your brother surrounded by Lannisters?" A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

The captain explains that the cylinder is surrounded by soldiers carrying machine guns and rifles. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

Its windows afforded a stunning view of the surrounding “city.” Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

They are surrounded by small white candles that sit on the tables, making shadows and shapes on the tablecloths. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

She leapt up into the night sky, surrounded by the pulsing lights of the shadows, and landed far outside of the tide’s reach. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

I sometimes do this too, wallowing among the pages of colored paper, surrounded by the fuggy scent of boys. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

A bunch of white men chased us up the street and surrounded Dennis and tried to kill him, throwing bottles and bitting and kicking him until one of them made the rest of them stop. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now, standing in the barracks at Fort Sumter, she was surrounded. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

When Elizabeth looks up and sees who she’s been surrounded by, she coughs, draws her hand up to her throat as if she’s shielding herself from some kind of attack. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

His eyes were huge, dark globes that reflected back their surroundings. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

There was once a town in the heart of America where all life seemed to live in harmony with its surroundings. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

Eight men in official patterned clothes moved about a litter, a structure with a wooden base and ceiling surrounded by beautiful hanging cloth. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

The Memories play over and over, until I can’t tell whether or not they’ve started again from the beginning, and gradually, I drift off into sleep, surrounded by ghosts. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Rita was hiding in a tiny clearing surrounded by thick bushes. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

I had seen her coming home, surrounded by an escort of six or seven shouting Red Guards. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

The fogginess that had surrounded Matt had vanished. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes I took the picture out and just looked at Minerva, imagining the sadness surrounding her existence. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

This is when Scoob actually takes a gander at their surroundings. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z

Funny—surrounded by the kids at the Academy, Chloe looked kind of good. Ungifted 2012-08-21T00:00:00Z

Mum was at the dining room table surrounded by bank papers when I got back from school. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

About five of them armed with many rough old-time weapons, mainly machetes to hack you up, surround me. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

To get to work, scientists struggled through the mud to the half-finished Tech Area, which housed labs and offices and was surrounded by another fence, nine feet high, with barbed wire strung along the top. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Inside, Malcolm saw a new piece of large machinery, surrounded by coils of heavy wire flex. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

A mycorrhizal fungus has cells that surround or even go into the roots of a plant. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

That I had been lonely on the farm, surrounded by brothers and sisters with lives of their own, a mother with too many cares, and a pen full of chickens. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

The surrounding area folded in and swallowed it up. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

He let his gaze drift over his surroundings. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

“Brad’s surrounded by the best- trained people with the best equipment money can buy.” Ungifted 2012-08-21T00:00:00Z

He was surrounded by the scent of wood smoke mixed with distant honeyed flowers. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

When public trials were happening she had taken her place in the detachments ffom the Youth League who surrounded the courts from morning to night, chanting at intervals “Death to the traitors!” 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

It lightens the polish to a bright vomit green and bleaches the carpet surrounding it. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

As the horses pulled them closer, Hannah could distinguish a central open market with stalls, surrounded by stores. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

No one noticed; they worked for a public radio station, in the fund-raising department, and were surrounded by people who spent all day on the phone, soliciting pledges. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

The sounds surrounded us as I reestablished my footing and scanned the crowd for my brother. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

When he pushed on through the trees without answering they knew he was an enemy and they surrounded the wood. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

Atahuallpa was in the middle of his own empire of millions of subjects and immediately surrounded by his army of 80,000 soldiers, recently victorious in a war with other Indians. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

The mountain was surrounded by forests, with just a few towns dotting the valley. I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980 2016-08-01T00:00:00Z

The cabin smelled like a flower shop inside a forest: fresh-turned dirt, sweet spices and pine, surrounded by new blossoms. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

The animals must have understood, because they surrounded me and pressed into me. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

He glanced up at the dragon, now high in the air, surrounded by rings of storm clouds like the circles of an archery target. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

The Tang people had surrounded the bull, slapping and shouting and even cutting at him with knives, trying to drive him back to join his brother animals. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I sit up, I’m surrounded by the other girl trainees. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

They had even climbed the wall that surrounded the garden. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

While she was hungry, she was more interested in taking in her new surroundings. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

The Fourth Cohort was still surrounded by Cyclopes. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

A little distance away she glimpsed Goodwife Cruff, surrounded by a close huddle of whispering women, all darting venomous glances in Kit’s direction. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

Philbert sits across from me on his visit, his usual buoyant energy rendered nervous and quiet by our surroundings. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had counted on me to take care of him, and now he was surrounded by soldiers. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Sorry,” he said from his spot on the floor, surrounded by thin strips of paper stamped “Top Secret.” Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Five crew people, who looked like they’d rather be doing anything else, surrounded the slouching old dog. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

An enraged mob killed the black man, then continued in its fury to destroy property owned by blacks in the surrounding area. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

From its focus on his pretrial placement on death row to the extra security surrounding his court appearances, the narrative in the press was clear: This man was extremely dangerous. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

No. I was back in Baltimore surrounded by them boys. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

The history of life on earth has been a history of interaction between living things and their surroundings. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

An inmate, perhaps surrounded by empty gas cans, stooping to light a match. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

They stood on the bank, overlooking the tiny beanfield surrounded by desolate land, busted fences, rotting houses. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

We were in the middle of nowhere, surrounded by a scattering of trees that housed millions of mosquitoes, and they seemed to be the only visitors we got. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

Nevertheless, central Indonesian islands between Bali and Australia remained surrounded and separated by deepwater channels. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Gabriel moved feebly against him and whimpered briefly into the silence that surrounded them. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

It’s a girl floating on top of the water, surrounded by fireflies and water lilies. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Just beyond the iron-gated entrance, about a football field's length away, stood a large two-story manor house surrounded by a park and garden. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

He seemed blind to the bleak desert that surrounded them, now that they had gone outside. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The daughter, surrounded by friends, waved to us. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

The scratch was shallow, but the area surrounding the abrasion was as red and swollen as a chain of kielbasa sausage. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

The old trees surrounding it all were intensely meaningful, with a message that was very pressing and entirely indecipherable. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

As they rolled to a stop, a dozen men streamed out of a nearby door and surrounded the cart. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

It was in the middle of nowhere, and the winter sun shone over the acres and acres of land that surrounded it. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

I think of how Peeta was always surrounded at school by a crowd of friends. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

He found just what he wanted in the misty woods surrounding Lake Cowichan on Vancouver Island. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

He was surrounded by people, and we didn’t have a chance to talk. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

Bolivia Mar— Bolivia-by-the-Sea—is a little island of Bolivia entirely surrounded by Peru. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

I could hide in the cave which I had stored with food and water, for it was surrounded by thick brush and the mouth of the ravine could only be reached from the sea. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

We went in, and the cold surrounded us. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

The pervasive television, billboard, and Internet ads featured a lush green oasis, complete with palm trees and a pool of crystal blue water, surrounded on all sides by a vast barren desert. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

San Francisco always felt like an island to me, surrounded by the mythical East Bay with its restaurants and parks and North Bay with its wealth and its redwoods. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

The playground was surrounded by a tall fence. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

Miles of little split levels and stretches of mall-lined highways surrounded the place. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her eyes swept the surrounding hills and through them I saw for the first time the wild beauty of our hills and the magic of the green river. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

The angry voices shouting at me made it all the more difficult to find my way through these unfamiliar surroundings. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

We were finally surrounded by protection and comfort. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

The thimble was a crucial part of architect Frank Burnham’s design, meant to shield the surrounding wooden walls from the superheated gases exiting the stack. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Over time, they would fade from our minds, but for a while those essays helped keep us afloat in our new surroundings. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Two thousand feet below, slicing a deep crease through the surrounding bedrock, the Dudh Kosi appeared as a crooked strand of silver glinting from the shadows. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

I live aboveground in the rebel villages or surrounding caves. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

As the general explained, this narrowed the targets to cities hosting large munitions plants surrounded by worker housing. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

It is changing the physical surroundings, now threatening to swallow the auditorium. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

“There’s a fence surrounding the platform. We can’t get too close, but I know we can get there and leave these flowers.” Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

The bride’s cloak Sigom fastened about Lady Alys’s shoulders showed a bronze disk on a field of white wool, surrounded by flames made with wisps of crimson silk. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“European countries are surrounded by countries that are similar to one another, while America has Mexico, which is really a developing country, and so it creates a different psychology about immigration and borders.” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Together they cleared a place for a fire, surrounded it with stones, then gathered twigs, leaves and branches to burn, plus four slim branches on which they could thread the fish. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was splendid in any case to be enveloped once more in our familiar surroundings. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

We’ve also seen him squatting in his front yard surrounded by other old men, every one of them falling over from drinking palm wine. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Shallow seas now surround much of Japan and coastal East Asia. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

This is where we were now, up against the high fences surrounding Four Winds Resort, according to the faux-marble sign at the end of the weed-cracked driveway on the other side. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

From my vantage point in the sky above, I could see that the Sixer forces surrounding the castle were already being overrun by the endless mob of enemy avatars. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

It was like walking through the blackness of the sky, surrounded by thousands of stars. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

Amari thought about it and realized that what had happened to her really was one drop of kindness in this huge sea of evil that surrounded them. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Western Market was a great square of beaten earth surrounded by warrens of mud-baked brick, animal pens, whitewashed drinking halls. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

I start moving through the crowd because I don’t like the way this guy is surrounding my brother in half-dance steps. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

There, the father was surrounded by visiting children, whom the goldfish man recognized as his earlier customers. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

And on the far side of the studio, three naked women, with thin red scarves veiling their bodies, are modeling on a platform surrounded by a group of students sketching. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

There was a formica-topped table in the center of the room, and the woman told the Tillermans to sit at the four chairs that surrounded it. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

The boys sat out on a rock surrounded by water, while the girls stood knee-deep in the waves, dipping and rubbing the clothing. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

I looked at our squalid surroundings, then at Julian, whose appearance and manner spoke of better things. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

But the extra visitors left just as a huge tray of dinner appeared, hunks of baked lamb surrounded by rice and pine nuts. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

The cold air masses created by this icecap clash with the warm winds from the ocean to churn up a storm belt that surrounds the continent, making the Southern Ocean the most treacherous sea anywhere. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

It was in a quiet part of the city, with tree-lined avenues and large houses surrounded by walls. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Once they had pitched the tent in the shelter of a small copse of trees and surrounded it with freshly cast defensive enchantments, Harry ventured out under the Invisibility Cloak to find sustenance. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

The thirty-six pictures around the dial were minute and clear, the three hands and the one needle were exquisitely shaped out of some silver-gray metal, and a golden sunburst surrounded the center of the dial. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

He was the first to recognize that Saturn was surrounded by a system of rings which nowhere touches the planet.' Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

At the same time he looks rumpled and bewildered, as if he’s just wakened from a pleasant dream to find himself surrounded by Munchkins. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

In a split second, my surroundings had changed. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

As migrants cross the bridge, the bandits drop out of the limbs and surround them. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

Renewed cheers and clapping greeted his appearance, and he was soon surrounded by a mob of people congratulating him. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

And she saw the frank relief on the pilot’s face turn to bewilderment and apprehension as he was increasingly surrounded by blue uniforms and the stripes and badges of the Royal Air Force. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

I didn’t dare look up to find out how many, but I could feel them surrounding me, on every side but forward. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

He sits in the darkened drafting room, surrounded by the desks of his coworkers, some piled with drawings and models, others as neat as a pin. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Finally they stood by the lighthouse, exhausted, surrounded by water on three sides, pale green in the harbor, azure behind. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

She’d liked the map of Kerch best, a whimsical drawing of their island nation, surrounded by mermaids swimming in the True Sea and ships blown along by winds depicted as fat-cheeked men. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

At the docks, surrounded by armed guards, we were hustled into a windowless truck. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Crowds of people were congratulating the performers, surrounding them, patting them on the back. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

“No one’s going to come around with that smell surrounding us.” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

The sun was just one among many stars, each surrounded by its own vortex. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

At this point, people seemed uninterested in the truth surrounding the crime. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Open fires dotted the valley, surrounded by small groups of people. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

Sedentary farmers become surrounded not only by their feces but also by disease transmitting rodents, attracted by the farmers’ stored food. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Each child looked haggard, haunted by the image of Michelangelo, surrounded by books, burning alive. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

At Adolf-Hitler-Platz, concentric rings of tall masts flying Olympic flags surrounded a central tower, sixty-two feet high, draped with twenty swastika flags, forming a dramatic, blood-red cylinder in the middle of the grassy square. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

They were among the crowns of a group of trees surrounding the tower of an old oratory: exactly where he’d thought they were, though it all looked different from high up in a tree. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

Harry stared: It was indeed Katie Bell, looking completely healthy and surrounded by her jubilant friends. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Elsie finally comes out, surrounded by a huge group of Junior Researcher trainees. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

Even the girl sitting on the couch next to him—with her perfect side braid and about five layers of lip gloss—gets lost to the blur that surrounds him. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

An adoring audience surrounds my carriage, eager to see what I look like, and what I can do. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

The intoxication of success had evaporated; he was soberly his old self; and by contrast with the temporary balloon of these last weeks, the old self seemed unprecedentedly heavier than the surrounding atmosphere. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

I look back at Olly’s ocean eyes and I’m drowning, surrounded on all sides by water. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

She was surrounded by three other tiny tots, all with big floppy bows. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

Down here, surrounded by all the metal and grease, the Jade orbs seemed less fancy and more powerful than they had up above. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

I could not take my eyes from the garden that surrounded the small house. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

A tide of women and girls surrounds me on the threshold and pulls me inside. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I closed my eyes and tried not to remember what it was like to go to sleep warm and full, surrounded by people who loved you. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

And behind the film of frost etching the glass I saw two brashly painted plaster images of Mary and Jesus surrounded by dream books, love powders, God-Is-Love signs, money-drawing oil and plastic dice. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

So long as I was surrounded only with what I knew, that’s what life had to offer and I took it. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

He lay on the concrete listening to the voices that surrounded him, voices that were either soft or distant. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

Then I saw my mother rushing across the asphalt surrounding the plant. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

Casks of wine and ale surrounded them, more than enough drink to see a thirsty dwarf safely through the night. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The Cayman Islands, surrounded by the Caribbean Sea, has the fewest drownings of all. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

I saw her standing in the hall, surrounded by a group of boys I didn’t know. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

Director Van Helsing is in the hallway surrounded by other agents. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

Being surrounded by books was comforting, even if she sat at a table by herself. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Here there was a delay, for Fiver—surrounded on all sides by the quiet summer evening—became helpless and almost paralyzed with fear. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now we’re standing on a hovering isle, surrounded by a hundred other floating isles, overlooking a beautiful lagoon. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

But in fact the lake is comparatively warm, and so the land surrounding it is less beaten by frost than the surrounding highlands. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

I dressed hastily, surrounded by silence and self-consciously averted gazes, then bounded down with a small, wimpily neutral good-bye. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

My voice echoed in the hollow that surrounded the quiet cove. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

Though my heart dilated with my good fortune, still was I surrounded by perplexities. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

Tables were set for the party in one of the vast gardens surrounding the Big House. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

It happened in 1848, long before I was surrounded by concrete and cars, when I was just a few decades old—still a youngster, by red oak standards. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Sometimes it’s a good thing to take a break from all that, but it does get tricky when surrounded by people who don’t always say what they mean. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Their footsteps made echoing, slapping sounds on the narrow rim of rock that surrounded the water. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

It was as though the bricks surrounded him and him alone. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

So he found the stars that formed the shape of the whale, inhaled the deep scent of earth that surrounded him, and began, his voice falling easily into the cadence of the old stories. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

I was surrounded by tissue boxes that seemed to be demanding, Cry! The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Some of the closer tents are splattered with mud, but none are burned despite the charred ground surrounding them. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

She was a mound of soiled clothes, surrounded by knotted plastic bags, bundled newspapers, and a falling-apart suitcase, stuffed with who knows what. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

“Now I live surrounded by the memory of my mistakes,” he said, gesturing at the mirrors that accompanied him. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

They saw the first house an hour shy of evenfall, a snug little thatch-roofed cottage surrounded by fields of wheat. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

This place feels like the eerie, abandoned suburban neighborhoods that surround nuclear power plant leaks. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

How could she stay there all alone, not surrounded by relatives? Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

His expression held indecision as he looked back and forth between Ekon and the surrounding fields. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Her daughter Diana quickly masters English, something she hadn’t done surrounded by Spanish speakers in California. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

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

Soon he would be surrounded by a houseful of independent American women. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

Then like country folk without any cares, we lay in the meadow, surrounded by tallgrass, and wove garlands of white daisies and purple columbines to crown each other. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

She could see the town below her, nestled on top of a low hill, surrounded by a crenellated wall from the Middle Ages. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

Just like the glass enclosure surrounding that vile display of weaponry. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

The councillors and politicians began their procession from the castle, followed by guards surrounding the king and queen. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

The kid grew up surrounded by wooden planks and fertilizer—the shiniest object in his life was probably an old pitchfork. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

A patchwork quilt of green and brown fields surrounded a huge barn and a slightly smaller house. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Or a yearning to be surrounded by strangers. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

After I use the bathroom for the billionth time, I finally find Lorena in the back porch, surrounded by a circle of cretins who are way too old to be at a high school party. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

It’s like a chameleon that changes colors to adapt to its environment—when these kids are surrounded by violence they become violent also. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Instead of water, I feel arms surrounding me. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

At the end of the first week in September 1941, as the German army surrounded the city of Leningrad, Marina gave a speech at a “women’s antifascist meeting” in Moscow. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

The bus lay on its side like an old sick horse, its broken headlights staring out mournfully into the surrounding trees. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

Sometimes, I close my eyes and I can hear the wind blowing against the trees surrounding the river. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

I have always known it possible that he could have many minions and pawns surrounding a case, a swarm invisible even to the spy. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

His eyes singled out a chubby Japanese woman surrounded by four chubby Japanese children. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

The boy who raised his head and looked around at the ugly old mountains surrounding him seemed far different than the boy I’d been merely moments before. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t spring—that was still weeks away, and the trees surrounding the house were still deeply asleep. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

He began to look around him, and most of the people who had surrounded him had disappeared. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Here one was met by a bench - and indeed, by a most marvellous view over miles of the surrounding countryside. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

We surrounded the Club House and, with birch-branch bows and invisible arrows, picked off the single miners who lived there as they came in from work. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

I’ve seen the stitches, up close, black thread surrounded by swollen purple. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

The glass table was surrounded by black chairs that looked like they belonged on a spaceship. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

“You’re surrounded on three sides at a distance of three arms’ lengths. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

In roughly the same positions in the hieroglyphic text is a set of symbols surrounded by an oval or cartouche. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Will try to assess themselves when requested and take in things that others point out as important in their surroundings. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

Three silly men who had drunk too much beer for lunch decided to climb over the high fence surrounding the pit, and of course they fell in. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sierra made her way up a narrow path surrounded by an herb garden and some scrawny trees. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

I tap the virtual words and I’m suddenly surrounded by dishes hovering in midair. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

She pushed herself up and eyed her surroundings. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

But now and then a lonely fear would fall upon her so that she seemed surrounded by a tree-tall forest of enemies. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

The garden was surrounded by three walls built of rough stone, the other two being not much higher than the one I’d just climbed. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

For most of history these man-made enclaves remained very small, surrounded by expanses of untamed nature. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

I did not have any more nightmares, but I always woke confused, thinking I was surrounded by people I knew, instead of sick strangers. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

My heart sinks when I see the rows of high metal fencing topped with barbed wire surrounding the camp. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

Billy looked up at the top of the hill that surrounded the ranch. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

Finally they wandered south of downtown, into a plaza surrounded by smaller glass and brick buildings. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

“I doubt that,” Celia says as she looks at the surrounding patrons, not finding a single eye turned in their direction. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

It was surrounded by a glittering cloud of dust—at least I thought it was dust, until I realized it was a swarm of mermen trying to attack the monster. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

The moment passes, and it’s just the four of us, surrounded by the rhythm of the sea, the cool blasts of air, the ancient rocks. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Across the valley, set on the opposite hillside, was a handsome manor house surrounded by a wide expanse of velvety green lawn. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

It replaced the manuscript, read more or less in isolation from other texts, with a book which could be consulted in a library, surrounded by competing authorities. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Further along, one could see where the street passed over a round-backed bridge and on into more rural surroundings. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

Heat surrounded us, hanging in the still air and coming up from the earth. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Huddled beneath her ermine mantle and surrounded by her ladies, serving girls, and knights, the southron queen seemed a frail, pale, shrunken thing. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

After the war, the Capitol destroyed all the nests surrounding their city, but the ones near the districts were left untouched. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

“I know your family. Tell the old men we have these soldiers surrounded. Most of our men came back from the second fight. I think the soldiers might try to break out, but we’re ready.” In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z

“Because the Pyramids are surrounded by the desert.” The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Rubbing their backsides and scowling, Jack and Sarah looked around to find themselves surrounded by stubby creatures with gray skin and pointed ears. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

For Ruth it was the summation of the affectionate elegance with which she believed her childhood had been surrounded. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were being beaten and choked, he was surrounded by chaos—it was too much to take in. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

She had half expected that the instant she put a foot on the stairs they would leap from their beds and surround her with accusations. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then I stood on my cabbageroses carpet in my new funeral dress, in my bare feet, surrounded by my things. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

That moment will begin when I walk across that stage today, diploma in hand, ready to start my new life at Crest Lake surrounded by meadows of sunflowers and rhythms of peace. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

She stood, rooted to the spot like the mammoth trees that surrounded her. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

The first several images in the stack are landscapes—shots of the surrounding bush, the overgrown trail, distant mountains, the Sushana River. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

He could hop onto it and trek right on back to the RV, which, relative to his present surroundings, is the world’s lushest palace full of what Dad would call “first-world luxuries.” Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z

It’s equally as big as our school, but tobacco fields, not woodland, surround the back acreage. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

You remember the image: a menacing, glistening heap of firearms surrounded by the mayor, the police chief, the neighborhood activists. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

There was never any real privacy, and we weren’t allowed to leave the area surrounding the girls’ camp. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

New York City was surrounded by water that nobody ever thought about. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

“See, you didn’t speak to me,” Humble says, pouring the salt on his chicken, looking at me through eyes surrounded by thin and purple-hued skin, as if he got punched in both a week ago. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

Walking past the trees on the northern ridge of the hill gave a gorgeous view of the surrounding countryside. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

At every opportunity we reminded her that we surrounded her, that she could come to us if she ever needed advice or aid of any kind. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

He lay quietly in his nest with his eyes closed, surrounded by chips of broken shell. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

So completely did they dwarf the surrounding architecture that from the roof of Victory Mansions you could see all four of them simultaneously. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

For a second I couldn’t even see Maddie because of the thick fog of anger surrounding me. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

At the start of the ninth game, more than ten thousand fans packed the playing hall, the lobby, and the surrounding streets. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

I feel sheepish, and Aiyi and the others seem delighted by our temporary surroundings. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Booth doesn’t realize the Garrett brothers are outside guarding the barn, nor does he know that the cavalry is surrounding the place. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

The dock was surrounded by anchored nauka bobbing in the current. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

When a gunter was surrounded by avatars she didn’t like, she would claim to have the Cataclyst in her inventory and threaten to detonate it. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

It was just like Mom and Dad’s bed, with a mirror in the headboard surrounded by carved dragons. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

At the moment, Oliver was surrounded by his basketball buddies, who signed their own names and made up additional names and addresses to fill up the sheets. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

They found themselves in a grassy clearing surrounded by bamboo trees. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

His arms surround me and I let myself, for this moment, forget where I am. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

When I was told the village was in a valley completely surrounded by mountains, the nearest hospital a two-hour drive over terrible roads, I was delighted. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

To make it much wider, they would first have to move some of the surrounding dirt piles out of the way. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

We were surrounded by nothing but polar tundra and the Laptev Sea. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

Jake was a hiker, and since I knew every nook and cranny in the surrounding mountains, he occasionally called me up and paid me to guide him and whatever girlfriend he had at the time. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

There were three cars surrounding our smoking, useless hunk of metal. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

I scream as they surround me, feathers flapping in my ears, beaks pecking at my shoulders, talons clinging to my clothes. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

There was a dreamlike quality to them; they were too vivid, too at odds with their surroundings. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ron and Hermione had lit their wands too, and were now examining the piles of objects surrounding them. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Across from the Taino, a Zulu warrior—looking guy stood at attention, surrounded by the lights of Brooklyn. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

Looking around, he could see a track leading down from the road that twisted up over the cliffs that surrounded them. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

Less than a week after the buses were integrated, five white men jumped out of a car at a Montgomery bus stop and surrounded a fifteen-year-old black girl. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

We were surrounded by silence and when we started to move towards the boat, you could hear the squelch under our shoes. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

The bulletin board was surrounded, and it took Alex a couple of minutes before he could see everything that had been posted. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

Now they’re surrounding our home in the middle of the night. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

In all my life—though surrounded by many people—I had not had a single satisfying, sustained relationship with another human being and, not having had any, I did not miss it. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

The house, surrounded by a chain-link fence, was off-white with dark brown trim. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

Now in Juba there were no trash collectors, so people threw their trash outside the fences that surrounded their homes. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

We are near my other grandparents' house, small red stone, immense yard surrounding it. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

A fireplace with raw brick showing where the wooden mantel and surround had been pried away and burned. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

To avoid the open area and regroup in the nearby forest, we had to make an opening for ourselves; there was too much firepower surrounding us. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

“Now then, as Director of the Unexplained, I believe the great many unanswerable questions surrounding young Amari here mean that she falls squarely under my jurisdiction.” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

I went toward the microphone where Brother Jack himself waited, entering the spot of light that surrounded me like a seamless cage of stainless steel. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

They surrounded me quickly and began to grab for my hand. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

He looked at the king before him and the vibrant flowers surrounding him. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

I don’t think I can explain the despair my surroundings inspired in me. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

But right away the four of them surrounded me in a big, squeezy hug. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

I twisted around to see myself in the washstand’s oval mirror, but all I could make of the rash was a stain a shade darker than the surrounding skin. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

There was Samar, looking up at him, surrounded by an odd collection of baby animals. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

A brick wall as high as me surrounds it and wild bushes grow higher. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

They were surrounded by the usual crowd of idlers and passersby. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

Once we left the industrial precincts of Durban, we moved through hills that offered majestic views of the surrounding valleys and the blue-black waters of the Indian Ocean. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The only pieces of the sky I see are flecks through the small, high win- dows, and a patch above the courtyard where I wash clothes, surrounded by walls. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was like a small panther when confined with the same people and surroundings for any length of time. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

The rest of the town looked like servants’ quarters surrounding the “big house.” Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

“I’m going to press the surrounding area of the wound to see how far the infection has spread.” Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

A gray-green mist filled the wooded air with a soft half-light, making the surrounding trees rise up like vaulting shadows. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

They bandaged her wound, but there was nothing else they could do until they set up camp, and none of them wished to remain here, surrounded by the stinking corpses of dead wolves. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

The last thing Nailer saw was Sadna’s shadow plunging into the wind, running down the beach, surrounded by lightning strikes. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

The four captives rode standing, surrounded by the six military personnel. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

Having heard Imani’s scream, other girls are surrounding us, looking shocked, everyone talking at once. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

And when I looked around, I saw that a flurry of magnificent mariposas swarmed around us as we stood waiting on the summit of the hill, awed by the surreal beauty that surrounded us. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

There was a smattering of applause from the surrounding crowd. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Her black hair is short, like mine, and a halo of frizz surrounds her head. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

I was looking at the girls who surrounded her. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Of course, Ben thought, Red has ten or twenty of his buddies surrounding him which gives the battle of poundage back to Red by several thousand pounds. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

We sat at the kitchen table, surrounded by wicker chairs. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

But there had never been anything like the coverage surrounding Walter’s exoneration. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Pale, her blue eyes clouded with an unwonted melancholy, she sat in a corner, cut off from those who surrounded her by an emotion which they did not share. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

“They surrounded him,” he said numbly, “and Mordred stabbed him in the back.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

In a moment the three attackers were running toward the fence surrounding the basketball courts and climbing over it. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

I move away from the road, toward the chain link fence that surrounds a vacant lot. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Shin knew the layout of the camp from countless days of gathering wood and collecting acorns, but he knew nothing about how to get over or through the high-voltage fence surrounding the camp. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

At least twenty small, circular tables were crammed inside it, all surrounded by chintz armchairs and fat little poufs. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

Memories of Blue Eyes hit me rapid-fire, and I had to turn in a full circle to make sure my surroundings were normal. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

Noam said he would climb to the top of an active volcano, and, surrounded by grand ceremony, hurl himself into the lava. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

The sun was shining, fields of grass surrounding the parking lot swayed in a light breeze, bright little bird chirps ruffled the air. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

I race down the hall so I can catch a glimpse of El Jefe, surrounded by his throng of bodyguards and important people from his cabinet. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

To Ekon’s horror, several Sons of the Six were already standing there, surrounding a larger group of people seated in the grass with bound wrists. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

For all she knew, they were surrounded by the things. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

On the left wall, surrounding the windows, hung a huge curtain of African-print cloth. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t his security detail surrounding her remains; instead, there were at least a dozen men and women, all in cloud-colored suits, forming a circle around her. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

Confined to the Birthing Unit and its surrounding grounds for over a year now, she had not needed any kind of transportation. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

The white clerks registered me, surrounded me with smiles, sent me to my comfortable room accompanied by a Negro who carried my bags. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

In effect, Mount Vernon became an enclave within enemy territory, surrounded by neighbors committed to a Virginia-writ-large version of the American republic. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

Maybe if Guitar was back in the city now, among familiar surroundings, Milkman could defuse him. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

He could not consider Trina's age, mental illness, poverty, the abuse she had suffered, or the tragic circumstances surrounding the fire. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

My heartbeat quickened as I looked up to find myself surrounded by a group of teens. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

She slipped quickly down the stairs and into the crowd, moving steadily toward where a group of soldiers garbed in silver-and-white military dress surrounded a portly man with a luxuriant mustache. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

His surroundings were not hidden by cloudy vapor; rather the cloudy vapor had not yet formed into surroundings. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

I stood surrounded by water and sky, and it seemed the night could swallow me. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

Wooden crates, similar to so many I had carefully belted and fastened, stood in stacked rows, surrounded by armed guards. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

The section was surrounded by a metal fence topped with a band of electrified chicken wire which during the cool summer mornings would be black with roasted swallows. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

He was hinting here, in print, about the transmutation of species, about how new species were created, by adapting to their surroundings, by the means of natural selection. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Reggie was living in an apartment complex in a busy part of Salt Lake City, surrounded by commercial strips, chain restaurants, and retailers. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

My parents were asleep down in the streets somewhere while a monster army surrounded the building. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

Reed snuck a glance at the surrounding sea, but there was no sign of another ship. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

I could barely see her bright eyes through the sea of wrinkles surrounding them. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

They decided they had to warn the communities surrounding Boston that the British were on their way, so that local militia could be roused to meet them. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Beside each of them stood a man—some tall and slender, some burly, some average, all of them surrounded by at least three vigilant guards. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Werfel said, “My house is surrounded by soldiers. Eight or nine. On the lookout. They’re waiting for us to come back. They know it was you. Whatever it was you did.” The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

A dab of white, surrounded by orange, appeared on the bread. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

He collapsed to the ground, heaving, surrounded by a long, thick trail of yellow vomit. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

Just a roomful of men sitting at control panels, crowds of people waiting for something to happen, and a tall space rocket with a lot of white smoke surrounding it. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

They were surrounded by Indians, and it would cost them too much in time and physical labor. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

He looked down and there, surrounding him, was a pack of golden-eyed dogs, each of which had the intelligent child’s eyes he had seen from the window. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

They did this because life in those places, even though they were surrounded by bugs, was more tolerable than among the general population of a max. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were surrounding him, but they could not come for him without exposing themselves. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

In spots the rocky sides of surrounding peaks still displayed some snow. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

After that he stood up, shaking the water out of his ears and flinging the wet hair back from his forehead, and began to take stock of his surroundings. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

In the surrounding darkness I sensed the tension. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

They surrounded the property and a handful of officers entered the main building and the principal outbuilding. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was the face that haunted him most; surrounded by a nimbus of fire, hair blazing like straw, the dead flesh melting away and sloughing off its skull to reveal the gleam of bone beneath. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

At the town of Knysna, more than a hundred miles west of Port Elizabeth, I stopped to survey the surroundings. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

A British reporter covering the trial marveled at "this crew-cut, diffident, simple, rather polite man, surrounded by the entire apparatus of Soviet law." Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

I am surrounded by nothing but suicidal muttonheads. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

“The sea which surrounds the Island of the Blue Dolphins belongs to us,” answered my father. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now we sat in his office, surrounding him in his re- cliner. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

We sat in the stockade, blind to our surroundings. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

All water is potentially part of the ocean which surrounds the earth: in a river it flows downhill in order to realize its potential. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

“I’m surrounded by boys in my life. My father. My uncle. Seriously, until a few weeks ago, I thought you were a boy. It’s nice to have some girl time.” George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

A small crowd stood at the low railing, surrounding a swathed form. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

It was circular, with a round desk at the center that was surrounded by four rings of reading desks. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

But they were plainly so ill at ease in their new surroundings that Holly was already contending against his own belief that there was little to be hoped for from them. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Otherwise, miles of farmland surrounded Hatfield, even though it was less than an hour away from a major American city. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Long enough to watch the city of my birth recede from view on the road behind us as we rolled through the sea of wind turbines that surrounded it. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

It’s your job to make our new students feel welcome and comfortable in their surroundings.” Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

He could feel his face swelling rapidly under his hands as heavy footfalls surrounded him. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Given the position, I had this weird high-level view of my surroundings as we left the lot. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

Cara reached into her coat, pulled out a copy, and carried it down to Mr. Larson, who was surrounded by reporters. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z

Tally remembered growing up surrounded by Sol’s woodwork, abstract shapes fashioned from fallen branches she would collect from parks as a littlie. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

I peered down the sun-baked dump and then at the surrounding mountains, my imagination clicking into overdrive. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Bikes and Vespas clogged the surrounding streets, but the square itself was empty except for pigeons and a few old men drinking espresso. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Without the nitrogen-fixing bacteria, for example, plants would starve for want of nitrogen, though surrounded by a sea of nitrogen-containing air. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

They might be encamped on the surrounding hills, or they might be only a small company. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z

After that fateful contact with endrin, this normal, healthy child became little more than a vegetable — unable to see or hear, subject to frequent muscular spasms, apparently completely cut off from contact with his surroundings. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

They made for a pretty portrait, the proud old woman all in green surrounded by the little girls robed and veiled in white, armored in their innocence. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

A mist of Lily of the Valley surrounds us, chilly, crisp almost. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

All I know is that suddenly I snapped out of it, surrounded by the sharp odor of my own sweat, and felt prickled and exquisitely wide awake below the waist. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

It is enough that I am surrounded with beauty.. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Where’s Mom?” she asked her dad, who sat at the table surrounded by sections of newspapers. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

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

The Amish girls were handing out wood-handled carving tools and all the kids were sitting at picnic tables surrounded by the moms who were helping them. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Cooler air blew off the sea, surrounding us as we marched behind him. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

We did not venture much out of the house and its grounds into the city that surrounded us. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Quickly, they shifted so that we—the steward, Bear and I—were completely surrounded. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

Through the arches, Serra's lights glow dully, tens of thousands of oil lamps dwarfed by the vast darkness of the surrounding desert. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

The noise is like a barrier, a w'all surrounding us, and I feel as though we are truly alone. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

It had been taken at night under a full moon, and it showed a wooden hut in the middle distance, its walls dark against the snow that surrounded it and lay thickly on the roof. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

Bright red and green lights and Santa figures surrounded us, but they weren't for me. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

One minute, it had looked like an arm sticking out of the waves; now it was an ominous black-granite mountain surrounded by half-submerged clawlike reefs. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

She picked up a jar of seeds, and a cloud of birds fluttered down from the trees to surround her. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

And where the circle of thrones had once surrounded them, now something else did: five gigantic statues. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

The Hot Pot was a natural sulfur spring in the desert north of town, surrounded by craggy rocks and quicksand. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Soon there were half a dozen surrounding them. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

The old man opened his eyes wide at us and turned in a circle, surrounded. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

A young white male wearing baggy pants, standing in front of his high school and surrounded by his friends, might well be ignored by police officers. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

They were suddenly surrounded by unfamiliar sights, sounds, and languages. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

Then the instant was gone as he was surrounded by the ecstatic Garikayi clan. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

I kept my head still while my eyes darted about my surroundings. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

Her surroundings looked almost white, washed out and devoid of all color but that same constant white-gold. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

There was a landscape in the background that looked like a slightly different version of the hills surrounding Capricorn’s village. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

The morning’s brightness drew me awake and I was surrounded with strangeness. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

At that moment, as she had changed, so did their surroundings. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

I reach the end of one hallway and find myself in an atrium, surrounded by the smell of wet earth. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

She clutched her fish and flour and scrunched her shoulders, trying to erect some sort of wall between herself and the boys surrounding her. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

After all that effort, here he was, surrounded by Grievers. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

There are still tendrils of mist threaded through the evergreens that rise along the surrounding bluffs. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Every time I went in, I saw Papa sitting on the floor, surrounded by men, talking, laughing, eating, and smoking. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Genêt had fled Philadelphia and its epidemic for Manhattan in September, but the passions surrounding him and the Neutrality Act seemed to have died along the way. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

Finally, he gave up hope and sent urgent telegrams to the surrounding cities and towns. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z

But the Jews of today were not warriors—how could they be in their cramped alleyways, surrounded and outnumbered by Christian soldiers and Christian knights? The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

He stood well back in the meadow behind the ditch, surrounded by his captains. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

It is within our capability to land a rover on Mars that could scan its surroundings, see the most interesting place in its field of view and, by the same time tomorrow, be there. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the blink of an eye he was surrounded by Stark guardsmen, bare steel in their mailed fists. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

He was always surrounded by funky, lively people, by cute girls with dyed hair and piercings, by aloof guys who perked up when Adam rock-talked with them. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

The singing surrounds me before I can come up from my thoughts. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

As she spoke it seemed like a world of sadness surrounded her. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Still right today, on my home telephone, if I said, “I’m going to bomb the Empire State Building,” I guarantee you in five minutes it would be surrounded. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

They all looked the same: a big muddy field surrounded by barbed-wire fence, with a bullet-ridden brick wall especially for executions. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

In the parlor, Frank sat on a velvet sofa, surrounded by vintage family photos, porcelain vases that had been too large for his wagon, and red Chinese calligraphy banners. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

As we get closer, we see the house is surrounded by a foreboding iron fence. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

It helped we were competing in a Muslim country surrounded by people who looked like me, so I didn’t have to worry about how I would be received. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

I’m surrounded by bulging backpacks and loud voices and people who laugh as they shove one another. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

He chopped down with his hand, a furious, angry gesture . . . and screeched in pain when his arm brushed against one of the sharp metal fangs that surrounded him. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Most Saturdays he was installed on the corner, surrounded by other young men. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Militia units from the surrounding colonies piled into the city. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

I sit at my desk now, surrounded by versions of paragraphs and pages of this book, considering that question. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

First step: Scan your surroundings for immediate threats. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

The first time was the day after one of the colored girls from Central had been surrounded by a mob at the bus stop. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

But instead of responding, the three men knelt to the ground, their knees touching Lana’s body as they surrounded her. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

Maybe there’s a reason Madame Bee surrounds herself with false mirrors, thought Aru. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

The surrounding mountains were huge, dark living things that reached up, up, up, and touched the tiny, bright flecks of light that lived in the night sky. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

The scent of bark and herbs surrounded me. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

In the area about Freiberg, Saxony, smelters for silver and lead poured arsenic fumes into the air, to drift out over the surrounding countryside and settle down upon the vegetation. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

She’d been so agitated by the visions in the doorways that she must have summoned every bit of silver in the surrounding countryside. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

They were set flush with the face of the door, which was flush with the front of the frame, which was flush with the wall surrounding it. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Four armed guards were patrolling the parking lot, and cars were parked all around the wire-netting fence that surrounded the former football field. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Gradually, he began to see in the darkness; she was on the other side of the bed, her dark body like a shadow in the denser darkness surrounding her. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

The herd surrounds us and takes up everything, leaving just the sky and us. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

He smelled the distant odor of the desert, perhaps even of the mesquite surrounding the oasis.Things traveled so much farther at night. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I walk away from the lake and toward the forest and surrounding shrubs. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

She sprawled forward and surrounded the two stacks of shuffleboard discs with her arms to show off her accomplishment, to isolate it from whatever else was aboard ship. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

At this moment, surrounded by so many people, I feel utterly alone. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

They became trapped in rush- hour traffic again, surrounded by half-asleep yuppies in suits who were sucking coffee from foam cups and listening to traffic reports and easy rock and roll. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Pasted inside the front cover, surrounded by an elaborately inscribed tree, Celia can barely make out something that must once have been a newspaper clipping. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Deeper it went, its red light glowing brighter as the surroundings darkened. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Con’s stomach reeled as he watched the wolves tear into the packhorse; they had split into two mobs, one surrounding the horse, the other surrounding Pol. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

They came down to a large flat field surrounded by hills. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

He imagined some hapless monster terrorizing a random demigod in Kansas, only to find itself surrounded by several dozen carloads of heavily armoured Romans. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Arles and its surroundings look the way he imagines Japan. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

On these occasions, the regent was surrounded by his amapbakathi, a group of councilors of high rank who functioned as the regent’s parliament and judiciary. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dozens of tombstones surrounded by dense shrubs and weeds. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

She was surrounded, and there was no honorable way out save death. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

The surrounding landscape grew covered with smoke, and it was even harder to find the way home than it had been to get to the target in the first place. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

Cat and Kittens surrounded him, buried him, and their thick and rumbling purrs reminded him of the hum of the bees, and the taste of honey. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

They stopped long enough to issue threats from where they stood on the grass surrounding the basketball courts. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

She awoke from a long childhood in which she had always been protected and surrounded by attention and comforts, with no responsibilities. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But the wall where you suggest is the highest wall surrounding all of Florin Castle—it is fifty feet high at that point—so that would seem the least likely point of attack.” The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Things are foggy, but a group of five people surrounds Suma. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

The grass was green and neat, the mulch surrounding the various trees bright and woody. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

To cut some of the discomfort that now surrounded us, I flipped through the pages in the sketchbook to show her some of my more finished pieces. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

He glanced around at the surrounding trees again, but was convinced now that nobody was going to attack him. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

There were news vans set up like permanent trailer parks—surrounding the strip mine, outside the school, and along US Route 30. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

So it wasn’t at all surprising to me that they took the time to explain the strange circumstances surrounding the arrival of the little bundle with the glistening eyes now among us. Bunnicula 1979-03-01T00:00:00Z

Once we reached the clearing that, I assumed, had once been used for campers to set up tents, we were surrounded by dozens of kids. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Not in the heart of the minuscule town, nor in the surrounding fields, nor in the area around Jot: Mondragon’s house, nor around the lawyer’s home either. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mismatched candles in silver candelabras, burning in sets of three, surround the desk in the center of the room. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

The relief to be there, surrounded by friends, away from the hostility and the threats of the bullies and castraters, was so great that we were suddenly filled with exhaustion. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Warm air surrounds me as I pass through the doors. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

And though Charlie has not understood what passed between them, he is afraid and sinks beneath the covers, eyes open, trying to pierce the darkness that surrounds him. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

In these gloomy surroundings I stumbled through my explanation. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

He looked round him, at the dark fir trees on the hills surrounding the lake, and at his mother and Mr Hooper, only paying attention to each other, now. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

Like Tawantinsuyu, it was a patchwork of satrapies rather than a unified state; indeed, several large groups within the Alliance had managed to hang on to their independence despite being surrounded by hostile forces. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

And our surroundings are crusted in frost: the railing along the stairwell, the windshields of every car in the parking lot. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

They surrounded the defenses and hemmed my friends in. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

I was completely surrounded; there seemed to be no escape. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

She remembers how all those years ago Vincent journeyed to see their old neighbor who was dying and said afterward, “When I die, I hope I shall be lying just like him,” surrounded by family. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

While on these rocks, some far apart enough to make them pause and consider the best way to reach the next one, water had surrounded them on both sides. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

The Nightbeast howled helplessly, but it was imprisoned, surrounded by a sphere of spiky vines that Thorn had weaved together. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

Without the chaos of all these panicked mortals, the Romans would have already surrounded their outnumbered crew. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

The bride wore so many jewels, she looked like one of the trees strung with strands of twinkling lights in the surrounding garden. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

“Ah, yes. That which surrounds the game—the buildup, the crush of fans in the trains ...” “The parties,” said Hugh, with a dreamy look on his face. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

My dad’s hotel in Dubai had a pool surrounded by date trees, under a sun so bright hot and white that it bleached everything. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

Even so, considering the legion of fierce fairies surrounding her, Kendra liked her odds. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

The bespectacled man seated behind it is almost invisible, blending in with his surroundings. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

"They've taken a ram to the gate, you can hear them, we need to disperse them—" "Open the gates. When they rush inside, surround them and kill them." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

He was surrounded by his years of notes and research. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Before going to bed himself, Scoob went outside and took inventory of their surroundings. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z

She would sit on a throne before the sacred fire, surrounded by swirling mystic vapors, and people who wanted predictions would write their question on a slip of paper and drop it in the fire. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was a glamorous reenactment of a wedding, with a “bride and groom” surrounded by dancing girls and drumming boys. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

At many moments in history, states have arisen independently—or, as cultural anthropologists say, “pristinely,” that is, in the absence of any preexisting surrounding states. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Lord Jason Mallister himself rode with them, surrounded by his knights, his son Patrek by his side and their squires close behind. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

It was arranged for the Laughing Man to meet the Dufarges at midnight in a designated section of the dense forest surrounding Paris, and there, by moonlight, Black Wing would be set free. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

To the great delight of the crowd surrounding the boys in the grandstands, Germany came in first in all six heats. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

“Some are on the hills to the south, digging holes. I think they know we have them surrounded. Our men are all around. Some are trying to get in closer by crawling in the grass.” In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z

“Throw it to somebody else. Otherwise, naturally,” he talked steadily as he ran along beside me, “now that we’ve got you surrounded, one of us will knock you down.” A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was weird how she almost turned invisible when she was surrounded by plants. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

The men quickly surrounded us in a circle. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

He trembled with the presence that surrounded him now; he could scarcely keep his seat. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

They surrounded the cages with electrified wire, powered by a battery, to discourage leopards from trying to eat the monkeys. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The gray pupils were too small, surrounded on all sides by white. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

“If so, they didn’t make it public. The last press report only said that VanQuish is considered missing in action and that all details surrounding the investigation are confidential.” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

He was looking solemnly out at the adult world that surrounded him. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

Grab set down his rifle and the bag of cans and bottles on the ground and began pulling on some of the tree branches that surrounded the area. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

A layer of clouds muddied the sky, bleeding the surrounding color, leaving everything monochrome and drab. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

Outside, my dad, Violet, and three police officers surround the open window of Officer Jameson’s squad car. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

Across the street, Milo and three of his friends had surrounded Brandon. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

When they had assured her that they were indeed supporting Ireland, they set off again, though, as Ron said, “Like we’d say anything else surrounded by that lot.” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

There he lived surrounded by his mahogany furniture, his Victorian glass cabinets, and his Persian carpets. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now and then it paused to check its surroundings. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Both sails luffed in the night breeze, which was still light and spotty because of the surrounding hills. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Guards drew their swords and surrounded the king. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

I heard a sound like metal rain, and when I opened my eyes, we were surrounded by wreckage. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

Even Vannevar Bush, who had spent his career surrounded by accomplished scientists, felt overcome by the “stimulating” and “refreshing” atmosphere in the lab when he paid a visit in February 1942. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

I stand on the swirling marbled floor, surrounded by posters of coming attractions. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

“Let us speak openly. Why have you come here tonight, surrounded by henchmen, to request a job we both know you do not want?” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Vikus was sitting at the table alone, surrounded by piles of scrolls and maps. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Bronn was surrounded by three.foes, but he lopped the head off the first spear that came at him, and raked his blade across a second man's face on his backslash. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

It was a blue shimmer that surrounded her. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

The kids surrounded it, eager to see the contents that had been locked away for the past eleven months. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

To Thomas, there seemed to be a shadow hovering over it darker than the gray air surrounding everything else. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

He stepped from the train into the heart of Englewood and took a moment to survey his surroundings. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

The school was a different world from Jefferson, with a leafy campus straight from a movie: The main building looked like a castle, surrounded by a sprawling lawn of freshly cut grass. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

A boy of about fourteen was approaching them fast, surrounded by a pack of wild dogs. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

They knelt alone in the hushed dimness of the sept, surrounded by shadows and flickering candles, but even so Lancel kept his voice low. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

On September 14, the army took control of the momentarily independent Republic of Congo, and Lumumba was put under house arrest in Léopoldville, surrounded by Mobutu’s freshly purchased soldiers. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

An army of Sixers stood in front of me, and several different gunter clans surrounded me on all other flanks, brandishing swords and guns and weapons of powerful magic. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

He was surrounded by several generations of relatives, all of whom welcomed us enthusiastically. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Two guys are on the floor in front of her, playing a video game, and she’s surrounded by white girls who all have red plastic cups in their hands. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

At first it appeared to be only a shadow of the surrounding trees. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Our siege teams have the Greek camp surrounded. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Percy stood over her protectively, scanning their surroundings. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

On the other hand, I didn’t see how even someone much wiser than I was in the ways of the time could escape from Louisiana, surrounded as they would be by water and slave states. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

The arrangement with Teller, York reflected, was “peculiar,” but it did the job: “None of the strained relationships that had surrounded Teller at Los Alamos developed at Livermore.” Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

Glancing down, Kendra saw that the two-inch dune of salt surrounding the bed indeed marked the line the goblin could not cross. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

In other words, the average forager had wider, deeper and more varied knowledge of her immediate surroundings than most of her modern descendants. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Struggling for control with herself and her surroundings. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

I stare at the heaps of bags surrounding us. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

The wind was bitter, but it was impossible to row fast enough to keep warm—the danger of ramming into the large chunks of brash ice that surrounded them was too great. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

Edward was never surrounded by crowds of curious by-standers eager for his firsthand account. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

The lot was empty, and the surrounding area appeared deserted. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

The waxing moon is low, dull as dry blood; a great brownish, iridescent halo surrounds it. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

Rumfoord didn’t have to look at Billy, because Billy was surrounded by white linen screens on rubber wheels. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

I walk the halls surrounded by an aura of potential verbal danger, and am treated with caution, which suits me fine. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

“This is not magic. This is the way the world is, only very few people take the time to stop and note it. Look around you,” he says, waving a hand at the surrounding tables. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

We walk to the rock ledge that surrounds part of the Hole and climb up onto it. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Evergreen trees grew along the sides of the surrounding mountains, but the forest of the valley below appeared no larger than bits of lichen and twigs. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

It took us all day to get there, but at sunset we were walking through the gap in the acacia-branch fence that surrounded our camp. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

They’d been wondering if the women who kept turning up in Vermeer’s paintings were his family, surrounded by the everyday stuff of their lives. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

Salim thinks of the desert then: red sands blow a dust-storm through his thoughts, and the scarlet silks of the tents that surrounded the lost city of Ubar flap and billow through his mind. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

Our shared room resembled an ideological battlefield, with Suzanne presiding over a wrecked landscape of tossed clothing and strewn papers on her side and me perched on my bed, surrounded by fastidious order. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

It is inconceivable that their surroundings did not induce awe. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

The rest surrounded them, baying and snafling, snapping at them every time they moved, holding them there until Ramsay Snow rode up with his huntsmen. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Now the Keepers were surrounded on all sides. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

That’s the sound I hear as my family huddles in the kitchen, lights off, hiding from the Feds who’ve surrounded the house. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Percy had seen Frank surrounded by cannibal ogres, facing down an unkillable giant, and even unleashing Thanatos, the god of death. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

So in the end Link and Grandma formed something of a friendship as they discussed all the tasks surrounding Nana Healey’s care which compelled them to get to know each other. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were young and old, fat and thin, dark skinned and pale, surrounded by thick curls or bald scalps....But all of the faces were twisted in terror, and that made them all look alike. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

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

Jam looked at the creature, now free and sitting on the floor beside the empty canvas, surrounded by smoke and rubbing its horn. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

Many of them were Irish and lived in the surrounding neighborhood, which to some marked them as both ignorant and incompetent. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z

A circlet of silver sat in the crimson headpiece that surrounded her dark hair, and her dress was as scarlet as her lips. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

The snowfall obliterated the borders between the fields and made Kabuo Miyamoto’s long- cherished seven acres indistinguishable from the land that surrounded them. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

His friends were lurking shadows behind him, moving to surround me. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

We went downstairs and found Mr. Hadley sitting in one of the lumpy chairs, trying not to look offended by the surroundings. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

An older female whom she called Donkeyberry, because of the creature’s fondness for the fruit, sat surrounded by a respectful gathering of younger females and babies. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

The inmates whose cells surrounded the courtyard were shouting obscenities at us through their windows. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

A vast collection of troops, tanks, weapons, and vehicles surrounded the castle on all sides. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

The two lymers plunged immediately into the covert which the hunters surrounded. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

The surroundings seem to have changed very little since I last saw them. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

From the windows of the residence, I could see the red tulips and lavender grape hyacinth that surrounded the fountain at the base of the hill. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

The white-hot reaction devoured the surrounding oxygen in a nanosecond and surged down the path of least resistance, which was, of course, immediately after LEP Commander Root. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

Aristotle’s universe is finite and spherical; moreover, it is not surrounded by infinite space and there is no such thing as empty space. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

An impressive number of emergency vehicles surround my house; red-and-blue lights splash across the lawn and down the street. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

The hole surrounds me and I drop into darkness. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Just like the old women who’d surrounded her bed, despairing of their inability to murder her. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

He wanted to lure Mark Antony’s ships farther out into the open water where they could more easily be surrounded. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z

A city provides goods and services for its surrounding area, exchanging food from the countryside for the products of its sophisticated craftspeople. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

There were hot dogs and peanuts, and surrounding him was the scent of tobacco and whiskey. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

Nondescript grey stone renders it indistinguishable from the surrounding buildings save for a tarnished sign hanging by the door. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

I am farther back, surrounded on all sides by wailing men, their faces shiny with tears. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

He was surrounded by a mass of people—too many to shoot. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

They were surrounded by hollering and rumbling and things moving into place. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

He was surrounded by three men fully dressed in black riot gear. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

I have a good life, as far as the overall surroundings. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jurisdiction over the city of Detroit and the surrounding fifty-three suburbs. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Frieda and I lag behind, staring at the patch of color surrounded by black. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ingrid’s nostrils pulled at the surrounding air, but she did not reply. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

They might already be captured, or eating at the snack bar, completely unaware that we were being surrounded. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

The platform was teeming with people dressed for the World’s Fair, a riot of bright colors at odds with the surrounding cityscape. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

He looked up and I flinched—the right side of his face, up to and surrounding his right eye socket, was a mass of viney wood stems and shredded cotton. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

I have memories from when I was a child of her never-ending arms surrounding me, her fingers, each as long as my whole hand, picking at my hair. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Japanese soldiers had been taught that there was only one thing to do when things were hopeless, when they were surrounded, or when their leaders were killed. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Before them, surrounded by ferns and palm trees, white and powdery in the silent morning light, was an enormous Spanish galleon. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

I tried to take in my surroundings with my peripheral vision. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then, before the marchers had gone more than a few blocks, the line stopped and they were surrounded by a “horrible howling mob.” Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

I am surrounded by flatterers and fools, the king had insisted. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

She shivered and saw that she was surrounded by children, staring wide-eyed at her and Salvador as they dressed themselves on the living-room floor. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

And it was surrounded by spongy packing foam. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

“Pack the egg in a plastic bag, surrounded with cereal. That’s what I did when I was your age.” The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“Wow,” I said, but my voice cracked like a kid who suddenly realized he was alone inside the bedroom of the girl he loved, which made sense, considering the oppressive reality of my surrounding conditions. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

When the wound did heal, it left a long and crinkled scar, and while most scar tissue is lighter than the surrounding skin, Charles’ scar turned dark brown. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

The eight tiles surrounding the glowing tablet also started to glow. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

Some stars may be surrounded by millions of lifeless and rocky worldlets, planetary systems frozen at some early stage in their evolution. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s on the prestigious Main Line, just twenty-five minutes outside Philadelphia, on a rolling campus surrounded by overgrown foliage. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

We were surrounded by thirty-foot-tall giants who were about to kill us. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

My room fades away, and I’m on that beach surrounded by love and salt air and the fading warmth and lengthening shadows of sunset. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

All this calamity surrounded Helmuth, but he stayed in the city and made daily door-to-door visits, cautiously walking deserted streets and abandoned alleyways “with a trembling heart.” An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

There had been, once upon a time, a great deal of curiosity surrounding the vanished city and its fate, but after two centuries, it had become little more than a fable. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Medicinal pastilles burn on chafing dishes surrounding Charlotte's bed. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

Several of the surrounding, trick-or-treaters turned to look at him, and the other three Egyptians stared in astonishment. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Giving their guests a subtle hint that they should be moving on, 140 armed locals surrounded their encampment. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

He was sitting comfortably in the notorious wine house; he was surrounded by women who seemed to enjoy him and who laughed out loud. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

But one picture stood out more than any other: in it, Henrietta’s daughter, Deborah Lacks, is surrounded by family, everyone smiling, arms around each other, eyes bright and excited. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

The observing self saw the Negro, surrounded by the sounds and smells of the ghetto, write “Darling” to a white woman. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Early September was always hot, but there was now a chill surrounding it, one that hadn’t been there when we stepped out a few minutes ago. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

I tried to avoid looking at the faces surrounding me; I could not bear the expression of fear and anguish written on them, as they realised that yes, I was leaving. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

The land surrounding it was rockier than any other place we knew, and the path to it branched off underneath a massive fallen oak that looked somewhat like a mermaid. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

We pointed toward their choice of seating—either the tables, which were surrounded by four plastic chairs, or rows of chairs near the window, where they could sit next to an inmate. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

We’d barely made it out of the Tokyo Dome when the first enormous broadcasts appear on the sides of the buildings surrounding the arena, the headlines in giant, screaming letters. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

As Mark unloads the supplies, he wonders if Boss and his partner have bothered to so much as dip themselves in the warm waters that surround them. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

He’s trying to keep a distance from the gas while steering us toward the water that surrounds the Cornucopia. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

When Bear was finally done and stood all in a sweat, people gathered around him, even as children surrounded me and pelted me with questions. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

In front of the cave was a high ledge of rocks surrounded by deep kelp beds, and I would have paddled by it if I had not seen a sea hawk fly out. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then, around the corner, gliding noiselessly, came dementors, ten or more of them, visible because they were of a denser darkness than their surroundings, with their black cloaks and their scabbed and rotting hands. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

The last images show different angles of my house-to-be, surrounded by friends. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

He did this for a while, making different noises out of the cacophony surrounding him. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

Five days later, the Russians surrounded the inner city, prepared for siege warfare. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

Then the silence was shattered with the thunder of hoofbeats; vaqueros surrounded the small house with shouts and gunshots, and when they entered the room they were laughing and singing and drinking. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

He thought of Warings, surrounded by the high hedge, dark and inaccessible. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

There was still about a fifteen-foot open space between the edges of the moving disk and the real land that surrounded it. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

I stood on the familiar front porch, surrounded by foreign wicker furniture. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

To his side were giant glowing jellyfish that lit their surroundings with their streaming tails. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

The broad, rain-blotched boulevard was illuminated every half-block by short, curling lampposts with eerie, shimmering glares surrounded by smoky brown mist. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Cordelia lives farther east than I do, in a region of houses even newer than ours, with the same surrounding mud. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

“No, no,” I begged, but they surrounded me. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

The people-sea surrounding the bar parts and Tiny gets a couple of beers and offers me one. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

Instead, there’s no smell, no movement in the air surrounding her body. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

It took several more minutes for me to connect the name with the image on the screen—of a dark-skinned man standing in front of a white marble temple and surrounded by a vast crowd. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

The high narrow kitchen faced on the yard which was a flagstone walk surrounding a square of cementlike sour earth out of which nothing could possibly grow. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

They greeted loudly, calling and rubbing against one another to purge the anxiety of their new surroundings. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

“According to plan!” gasped Holly, pointing to the devastation surrounding them. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

Harry saw little disturbances in the surrounding air: It was as if Hermione had cast a heat haze upon their clearing. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Unless you pulled focus and stopped to examine your surroundings more closely, it was easy to forget that everything you were seeing was computer-generated. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Mrs. hugged Fern to her belly and told her not to give up hope, and then Big Ma, Uncle Darnell, JimmyTrotter, Fern, and even Mr. Lucas surrounded them. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

The silence surrounding them was so absolute that Meggie hardly dared to breathe. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

The guardian of the realm raced about in happy puppy circles, too young as yet to comprehend the danger that surrounded them all. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

Minli was so happy to see the dragon that she didn’t notice that most of Da-A-Fu’s family were surrounding them in awe. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

A swarm of faces—some encased in glass tanks, some covered in fur, some with way too many fangs—quickly surround the three of us, hurling questions at me from every direction. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

Princess Nehemia was safely in her chambers, surrounded by her guards. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

He was whisked by car through the dense pine forests surrounding the airport to an address on Durham's North Side. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

The houses there were modest but neat, with patches of new lawn that seemed oddly green and out of place in the uniformly brown surroundings. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

We gaze past her, across the bay, at the great abbey on the mountain, surrounded by the sea. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

As soon as they had fed, Hazel set them to exploring the surroundings. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

The wooden watchtower was the tallest thing this side of the mountains, rising twenty feet above the biggest sentinels and soldier pines in the surrounding woods. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

At the beginning of night, I saw owls coming from their hiding places, revolving their eyes, and stretching to become familiar with their surroundings and get ready for the night. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

The spiders blanketed the walls, crawling over one another, spreading across the floor and gradually surrounding her. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

So he laid a siege, surrounding the city so that the British couldn’t come and go. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the middle, the Leader sat complacently, laying eggs, attending to the broadcasts, issuing directions or commanding executions, surrounded by a sea of adulation. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

For the first few days at Princeton, the boys kicked back and luxuriated in the posh surroundings of the hotel and country club. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

The bullet wound itself is just a round, red circle in Lynn’s skin, but surrounding it is what looks like a bruise. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

It’s surrounded by bowls of coarse white sugar and lumps of natural brown sugar, and various cookies, fruits, and sweets arranged on plates. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

She’s staring straight ahead, wearing a white dress with a necklace this rainy afternoon, her long nose and dark eyes seeming to blend in perfectly with the mostly eastern European faces surrounding her. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

It cantered forward, and now the dementors scattered in earnest, and immediately the night was mild again, but the sounds of the surrounding battle were loud in his ears. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

But so many people surrounded them now that he and the others could no longer dart ahead as a pack, slipping beyond the rest of the crowd. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

The girl in charge opened her mouth, but an older boy stepped up and leaned the rake in his hands against the simple fence surrounding the garden. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

I paid no particular attention to them until they had surrounded the junkyard. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Suddenly the air surrounding him was abuzz with stinging insects. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

A moment later, Blue Eyes and the half-man Tool and a couple others surrounded them and goaded them out of their camp. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

The surrounding buildings were dull and serious in comparison. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Compared to the man on the television, however, whose gaunt face was surrounded by a matted, elbow-length tangle, Harry felt very well groomed indeed. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

Jabir was standing on the other side of the tent, looking around, as his dogs surrounded him and whined. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Her thin legs swollen, her face surrounded by layers of rouged skin. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

She listened for any change in her surroundings, but the nearby trees were silent, their leaves motionless. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

But his eyes, sea- green like mine, were surrounded by sun-crinkles that told me he smiled a lot, too. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

It breaks too much of what we would like to think about ourselves, our lives, the world we move through and the people who surround us. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

They waited for him in a group, and when he entered the chicken coop they blocked his path, surrounded him, and pecked him half to death before he knew what had happened. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I finally came around for good, there was nothing weird about my surroundings, except that they were nicer than I was used to. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

The other three families have fragmented distributions, being spoken by “islands” of people surrounded by a “sea” of speakers of Chinese and other language families. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

I drove for hours, never able to take my eyes from the surrounding mammoths. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

“What is in the—” Velia began to say something, but she was so shocked by her surroundings, she couldn’t finish her thought. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

When they arrived, Benji and his parents were escorted to a room with a large wooden table surrounded by leather chairs. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

Here there are so many coves and creeks, rivers and small streams, that the land areas are little more than heads or necks of land, almost surrounded by water. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

White hair surrounded his otherwise bald head in a nimbus and plugged his big ears like cotton. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

He showed Anna the drugstore, restaurant, and barbershop and took her up to the roof to give her a broader view of Englewood and the pretty, tree-shaded neighborhood that surrounded his corner. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

I followed the line of water Cico said was drawn around the town, and it was true, the entire town was surrounded by water! Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

The ether smell that surrounded him like a cloud had lulled me back to sleep. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

My vision begins to fade, black swimming in from the edges, slowly overtaking everything until all I see is Stella’s face surrounded by a sea of black. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

But I don’t accept that he was a bad person because he was surrounded by genetically damaged people. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

But he’s out in the open, and surrounded by strangers. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

But surrounding the two children were a dozen or more angels, gazing down at them. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

He sat still, surrounded by an invisible cast of concrete. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Their lowered voices were drowned out by surrounding conversations and the echo of footsteps on marble floors. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

But four hours ago, they were fugitives, creeping in bushes, hearts apound, danger surrounding; and now, they sit giddy with escape, surrounded only by companions, drunken on the airiness of flight, recounting mishaps. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

So Pancho locked the goat in the shed next door to the henhouse, which was also surrounded by the chicken pen’s wire fence. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The surrounding beach was peppered with smaller pieces of burning wreckage. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Even in the bucolic surroundings of Columbia, Seabiscuit could not escape the carnival atmosphere. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was not until the next morning that we got a proper sense of our surroundings. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I realized that like Cheryl, I too have never wanted to be caught up in the negative lifestyle that surrounded me. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

These masses of ice form glaciers that reach the edge of the continent, where every year 5,000 to 10,000 icebergs “calve,” or break off, from the ice sheets into the surrounding ocean. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

And they were talking about prisoners—chained, surrounded on all sides, and about to be dumped into cells. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Later Maddie made that run several times, ferrying damaged or mended aircraft in and out of the bigger aerodrome that surrounds them and hides them. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

We did a quick sweep of the surrounding area. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

The only notice I took of my surroundings was when it rained, because then I could not bring out my lute to play, and that pained me. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Out of these deep surrounding shades rose high, and glared white, the piled-up mattresses and pillows of the bed, spread with a snowy Marseilles counterpane. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

Pushing my back hard against the wall, I see words on everything that surrounds me. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

A girl with a bonnet who is surrounded by sheep. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

Ever since she saw a woodcut of a missionary surrounded by jungle natives, Ethel thought it would be spiritually fulfilling to serve the Lord in dark Africa, delivering savages to the light. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

The boys spent their free time huddled in the Tuve attic, surrounded by cast-off batteries, glass tubes, and coils of wire. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t covered by a force field, or surrounded by a detachment of Sixers. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

“So I created a new serum that will adjust your surroundings to manipulate your will. Those who refuse to accept our leadership must be closely monitored.” Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Briares stood next to him, surrounded by a group of awed campers and satyrs. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

The blocks surrounding us were home to Jewish families, immigrant families, white and black families, folks who were thriving and some who were not. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

The blare of trumpets and the rat-a-tat of snare drums surround them. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

The rise of his body blocked most of the room, so I had to peek slowly over him to check the surroundings. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

The steam engine had been nearly whisper-quiet, the hiss low enough that we didn’t attract a single shambler from the surrounding woods. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

Five hundred armed police surrounded the Drill Hall. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

On both sides of the road we were surrounded by miles and miles of cotton plants. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

What would it be like to be committed to pacifism when you are surrounded by people determined to make war—particularly if they wish to make war on your community? An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z

It was surrounded by palm trees and banana trees, and, when the bananas ripened, the students all got free bananas at lunch. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Ahead of them, ten vehicles sat just outside the chain-link fence surrounding the court, including Coach Douglas’s Buick and Chip’s truck, all of them with their engines running and their headlights on. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

I think in the end we must have absorbed quite a lot of information, because I remember, around that age, a marked change in the way we approached the whole territory surrounding the donations. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

At the time I’d been surrounded by a bunch of other gods who were debating whether or not to kill me. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

Being surrounded by books was comforting, even if she sat at a table by herself. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

My father is digging into the chow mein, which still sits in an oversize aluminum pan surrounded by little plastic packets of soy sauce. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe she was taking in their surroundings, or maybe she was worrying about her brother. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

The door was surrounded by things like cabling, hooks and the plates that linked the bare-bones machinery of the door hydraulics with the more aesthetic wall coverings of the large cargo room. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

On the next day, January 19, the fist of the Antarctic closed around the ship: Endurance was surrounded by ice pack, with no open water in sight. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

Galazza Galare awaited them outside the temple doors, surrounded by her sisters in white and pink and red, blue and gold and purple. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

They were surrounded by children, curious to look at the animals and people that were arriving. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

But now, no longer surrounded, Thomas had a clear shot away, back down the path. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Out of the surrounding silence and darkness came the quiet ringing of a distant church bell, thin, faint, but clear. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

“She looks like you,” Molly says, and they both stare silently for a moment at the beaming elderly woman with sharp blue eyes, surrounded by her family. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

Benedetti held that the universe is spherical but that it is surrounded by unbounded empty space. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

The animals watched as the robot glided across the meadow, surrounded by a warm glow. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

I wrote of an Indian maiden, beautiful and reserved, who sat alone upon the bank of a still stream, surrounded by eternal twilight and ancient trees, waiting . Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Billowing clouds of smoke surrounded her, blotting out the sky. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

Then came the soul of Agamemnon, son of Atreus, in black pain forever, surrounded by men-at-arms who perished with him in Aigisthos’ hall. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

The leafless branches of the trees surrounding the prison were skeletal against the iron-hued December sky. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

The men knew the direction they were heading—due north—but the river and the surrounding rain forest could still hold plenty of surprises. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

“Always consider how you might adapt to your surroundings rather than forcing your surroundings to adapt to you.” Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

I was partway across the quad, and I peeked back—four guys from the hockey team had surrounded him at the foot of the stairs behind David Hall, sucking him into their swarm. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

The fence surrounding the two green courts was as rusty as the playground equipment. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

The lot itself was full of tents, with a large stage in the middle surrounded by lights, two large speakers, and a microphone stand. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

It was a funny thought, strange to imagine the bright stories in the dark ground, surrounded by scuttles and bugs. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

“What my father calls a natural talent. I find it harder not to influence my surroundings, I was constantly breaking things as a child.” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

He seemed eternally indestructible as he sat there surrounded by danger, his features molded firmly into that same fierce, regal, just and forbidding countenance which was recognized and revered by every man in the squadron. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Seeing them in person was like being surrounded by my favorite celebrities. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

Lissa sat at the picnic table, surrounded by books, her diary among them. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

There was a culture of silence surrounding the crime. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

The Old Man’s thread still connected them and the red line wove itself among the other strands surrounding him. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

Their words surrounded me, and picked me up, and moved me along toward the car. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

We search the surrounding streets for the BMW, all the while my fever making me feel even more miserable. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

I tried to imagine the ghost surrounded with sunlight and baseball games and poetry—good stuff that would push the ghost away. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

Hall’s new job was to help figure out what happened to a ball of metal when it was surrounded by explosives and blown inward. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

From the elegant boardwalk surrounded by pine and birch trees, I looked out at these naturists and wondered what I always wonder: What is it like to feel free like that? Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

If Jerome had told the truth, and fiends had pink eyes and pale skin and evil, wrinkled hearts, then these men and women surrounding William now were, without any question, fiends. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

We spend our lives surrounded by all kinds of sounds that are unique to our environment, yet we rarely pay attention to them. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

The plans are predominantly sketches surrounded by notes. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

A small crowd of people surrounds the boy with the gun. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

I looked at the three walls surrounding the lot, then at a garden coming up beautiful, planted there close to the sidewalk. Seedfolks 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Quickly, she shook the others awake, and they searched the surrounding area, shouting Tiara’s name. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

The transparent blue sphere generated by the Orb of Osuvox appeared around the castle, surrounding it both above- and belowground. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

I would have liked to come here during the daytime hours when the classes were in session, surrounded by boys my age, American boys with their open smiles and boisterous voices. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Shin did not yet know this, but grassroots capitalism, vagabond trading, and rampant corruption were creating cracks in the police state that surrounded Camp 14. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

Occasionally she disappears for the day, to go antiquing in the surrounding towns. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Gray like the others surrounding it except for the roses my mother planted around its border just before I was born; they still bloomed each spring around this time, without fail. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

He was standing out front, surrounded by a phalanx of reporters. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

I wonder about things like the sounds and scents that surrounded Thoreau as he wrote each sentence and paragraph. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

Most of the students surrounding us laugh as if Boy21 is joking, but I can see Erin twenty people deep in the crowd, and she’s biting down on her lip. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s about waking up surrounded by ten million fireflies, which is something I like to imagine. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

It’s smack in the center of the menagerie, under rays of glorious light, surrounded by banners advertising sarsaparilla, Cracker Jack, and frozen custard. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

The ring of mist that surrounded the island was looser somehow, so the sunrise blurred rather than creating its usual clear pictures. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

He had never let himself dream of standing in a place like this, surrounded by people like these. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Dauntless soldiers from the other parts of the room have also started forward, andthey all surround me, but don’t touch me, and don’t speak to me. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

The waters of the pool were clear and pure, but dark from their depth and shadows of the surrounding brush. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were surrounded by gigantic dunes, and the boy looked at the alchemist to see whether he had sensed anything. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

A pensive stillness passed while they listened to the hushed chirr of insects in the trees that surrounded the cemetery like an embrace. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

The Leica was about ten feet away, next to the white railing that surrounded the Sports Deck. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

A squat public bathroom stood in the corner, surrounded by a chain-link fence. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

You are surrounded by as many Christians in Oklahoma as Muslims in Iran. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

Three weeks after everyone else had left, Bobby was still at the Miramar, just steps from the ocean, surrounded by gardens and palm trees, breathing in the pungent smell of eucalyptus. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

“As a library reaches out to the community surrounding it,” said the bizarro billionaire, “so do the games of the first Library Olympiad!” Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

They seem to be just as repelled by me as by their new surroundings. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

The eight soon-to-be brothers feasted on rack of lamb baked in a crust of garlic and herbs, gar-nished with sprigs of mint, and surrounded by mashed yellow turnips swimming in butter. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

His bulky frame blocked the door while the rest of his friends trickled out of their seats and surrounded us. Monday's Not Coming 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Victor sat in St. Mark’s Square, surrounded by hundreds of tables and thousands of chairs, and drank his third espresso. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

We had done this before, and we knew firsthand that leaving friends and familiar surroundings behind would not be easy. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

They ran over to join the group of boys and saw that they had surrounded a bird and were throwing stones at it and calling it names. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

Then the road would round a corner and there would be a small, perfect field of golden wheat tucked among the trees, or nestled into a valley surrounded by dark stone bluffs. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

We hopped the fence that surrounded the barracks, skipped over a little creek, and broke into the open dirt field where old, abandoned tanks collected dust. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

The air lock is a small sealed room surrounding the front door. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

I looked up long enough to see branches of trees on the far side of the sanctuary shake as the young bonobos disappeared into the surrounding jungle. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

Bill returned and sat beside me, surrounded by the approval of his people. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was strapped into a chair surrounded by dials, under dazzling lights. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

"And would again. I seem to recall that I was unarmed, unarmored, and surrounded by Lannister swords." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

In place of walls, some palaces were surrounded by thorny hedges. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

In moments, she was surrounded by a glorious host of human-sized fairies, some standing on the ground, most hovering. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

In my hometown of Isfahan, there is another town—a hidden town completely surrounded but separate—called New Jolfa. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

Each had “luminous” eyes and a mouth surrounded by sixteen "whip-like tentacles” resembling a "gray snake.” Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

Why, the embassies were surrounded these days, and all the recent refugees had been intercepted and put in prison where most of them had disappeared forever. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The one lavatory was surrounded by a moat of urine, and we would race, as ships, bottle tops on its roily and reeking waters, rowing with our fingers. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

She looked like she was in heaven, surrounded by all the books. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

She looked around the clearing then and found that she was surrounded by all manner of forest creatures—owls and foxes, dormice and squirrels, bees and deer and rabbits. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

It was like a million of them surrounded my window and were screaming the lyrics to the most annoying song you could think of. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

A gentle breeze surrounded me, and I felt its pressure only, not its temperature. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

I didn’t like being on a pale blue dot, surrounded by nothing, a nothing that expanded around us in every direction. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

But here, now, surrounded by stinging bees on all sides and the motherless place throbbing away, I knew that these bees were not a plague at all. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I lead Nora back to my room, where our sisters are splayed out on the floor, surrounded by markers, stickers, and paper. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

It was an enormous colonial-style house surrounded by a flagstone patio. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were all in a small clearing completely surrounded by thick oak trees and towering pines—older ones that hadn’t been completely consumed by the sun flares—standing on dry, brittle undergrowth. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

Then, each of the others turned with a studied ease and took a step toward Haliax, into the shadow surrounding him. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Just when I think I’m lost, I come to a fourway intersection that sits surrounded by woods. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

The inhabitants of number twelve were never seen by anybody in the surrounding houses, and nor was number twelve itself. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

It’s surrounded by a tall chain link fence. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

I vaguely realized that we were headed up the next flight of stairs, but I wasn’t paying much attention to my surroundings. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

I gently pull away from my mother’s embrace, to look around at my surroundings. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

In the distance, a city was carved out of the wilderness, surrounded by lush green forests on one side and icy black beaches on the other. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

I hurried past the stone fence that surrounded the white graveyard, to the split-rail fence that marked our ground, and stopped outside the gate to pick a handful of chilly violets, wet with dew. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

He glances back in the direction of the acrobat tent, he can see the top of it from the courtyard, rising taller than the surrounding tents. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

She emerged in a cavernous vaulted cellar, surrounded by casks of ale stacked twenty feet tall. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

I pull the headphones wide, hoping to drop them over Jason’s ears, but as my hands come close, his hair tickles the underside of my wrist and surrounds my fingers. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

At the faces, the flowers, all surrounding the place where it must have happened. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

It is the first time in her life she has slept alone, surrounded by strangers; all her life she has slept either in a room with her parents, or with Ashoke at her side. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Standing there in the doorway of the foundation with my real fencing family surrounding me in applause only made the moment more real. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

He pointed to a tiny dot that was surrounded by a rainbow of crisscrossed lines. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

“The Feds surrounded the family’s cabin, kept them locked in there for weeks, and when a hungry child, a little boy, snuck out to go hunting, the Feds shot him dead.” Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

We make up a game with the force field that surrounds the roof—one of us throws an apple into it and the other person has to catch it. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

And before he could breathe again, another whale rose, then another and still another until four of them surrounded the cockpit, moving with the boat in tandem, looking down on David sitting beneath them. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mont Blanc, the supreme and magnificent Mont Blanc, raised itself from the surrounding aiguilles, and its tremendous dôme overlooked the valley. Frankenstein 1818-01-01T00:00:00Z

We were walking on, surrounded, enclosed, enveloped, being eaten by ants. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jupiter is surrounded by a shell of invisible but extremely dangerous high-energy charged particles. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Alone in Uncle Milton’s apartment, surrounded by horses, with only the Grubhub delivery guy for company. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

My aunt’s trailer was the top unit in a “stack” twenty-two mobile homes high, making it a level or two taller than the majority of the stacks immediately surrounding it. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

The school is made up of several tall brick buildings that surround a playing field and a four-season swimming pool completely encased in glass. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

An elderly white couple sat inside, surrounded by shelves of groceries and auto supplies, by soft drink machines and cigarette dispensers. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

The French aid had been a major reason why Washington was able to surround and force General Charles Cornwallis to surrender at Yorktown in 1781. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

A group of villagers surrounded her and took her to her ship. Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z

The Gustano kids hesitated, seeming equally terrified of Ms. Morales and the police surrounding them. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

The boy watched it through its trajectory for some time, until it was hidden behind the white houses surrounding the plaza. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

He was led to the dare, the men’s meeting place, which was surrounded by a sketchy fence. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

Their trees surround you, loom over you, press in from all sides. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

I continue, now oblivious to the surrounding desert. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Maybe Venetians did their gardening inside, since they were surrounded by water instead of soil? The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

I stare at the smoke drifting up as whispers surround me. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Piggy was surrounded before he could back away. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

All at once we’re outside in a large field surrounded by woods, then we rise off the platform and become wrapped in clouds. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

There was a lot of pressure at school, so I had to surround myself with good people. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Every year, her whole classroom and the surrounding hall are turned into a life-size walk-in tomb. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

If I die weep at my grave every day until a seedling appears in the dirt, then cry on it to make it grow until it becomes a beautiful tree whose roots surround my body. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

Root and the surrounding LEP officers rushed for cover, but Foaly, who had never actually seen a dwarf tunneling, decided to stay for a peek. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

The thought of being surrounded by people, with all their worlds crowding out hers, of being swaddled with their noise—it felt like maybe it could be a comforting thing. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

She lit it, taking care not to set the screen surrounding the fuel outlet on fire. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

I scan with my eyes from side to side at the surroundings to get a bigger picture like the eye doctor told me I should. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

For a brief moment, I'm lost to my surroundings. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

A faint light source appeared a few feet ahead, and as they got closer their surroundings began to come into focus a bit. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

Before we quite entered the town, we turned off the road and down a narrow lane to a substantial house surrounded by a high hedge. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

We were digging in a small clearing, surrounded by woods. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

When I opened his door, Takumi was sitting at his desk, boxy headphones surrounding his entire head, bouncing his head to the beat. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

With her first stride, she felt the spirits surround her. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

And by the time his surroundings came into focus, there was no longer a youngish white lady staring at him, but a little old brown-skinned dude. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z

In class we sit at our seats and are immediately surrounded by classmates. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

From the guard towers surrounding the camps, guards could keep careful watch on prisoners. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z

They were on a cot in the security area, surrounded by a half-dozen security and medical personnel. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

Pulled by large horses, it was surrounded by a group of men armed with glaives. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

Her eyes flicked side to side, taking in her surroundings. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

And so I walked five thoroughly agreeable miles up Kittatinny to Sunfish Pond, a very comely forty-one-acre pond surrounded by woods. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

It should have made me feel secure to be surrounded by so many officers. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

When I arrived, I found her sitting at her desk in her office, surrounded by artifacts. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Harry could not see Fred’s body, because his family surrounded him. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

All this was surrounded by a white picket fence built so sturdily that the Chateau Martinez was the only place in town which had never been desecrated by Pacheco’s pig. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

And it must be noted that the surrounding country where they were located was stark desert and not exactly crawling with wildlife. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Abruptly the buzzing stopped and squawking seagulls surrounded his body. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

Orange trees grew round it out of smooth grass, and the four white walls which surrounded the lawn were covered with climbing roses. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

Sitting in the Pimlico clubhouse surrounded by reporters, Howard made a flat statement. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

But within a short time, the surrounding landscape began to change from towering trees to rocky hills. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

The forest had been hacked away in patches surrounding a few missing segments of rail, but it held the rest firmly in its grasp. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

It’s jarring to see him surrounded by the ordinary objects in the room. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

The three heroes hopped into their individually labeled tubes and slid down to their briefing stations, where they were surrounded by blinking computers and glowing video screens. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Calder noticed that she had unusually green eyes—a sea-green surrounded by lots of wrinkles and bones. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

Their breathing surrounded her, their bodies warmed the air, their movements formed a barrier between her and the dark. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

We were shocked by the racial division of the city and surrounding county, where most of the black kids attended understaffed and underfunded city schools while whites attended sparkling clean suburban schools with fantastic facilities. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was consumed with curiosity but still felt too ill to look closely at his surroundings. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Outside, her breath misted into the air; the whole camp was surrounded by fog. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Guard dogs barked beyond the barbed-wire fence surrounding the camp, and cars and tanks rolled by outside. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

My eyes drift across the foothills that circle the town, and I try to picture being surrounded by burning crosses in the darkness. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

The faintly metallic smell of the falling snow surrounds her. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

I reached out, felt the presence of my family, my ancestors surrounding me. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

They flew for a few minutes, and when Alec seemed satisfied, he landed the Berg in a cul-de-sac surrounded by empty lots, part of some developmental expansion that had never happened. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

On the Appelplatz, surrounded by electrified barbed wire, thousands of Jews, anguish on their faces, gathered in silence. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

I didn’t care about the boys in my class but was so happy to be surrounded by the girls. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

Jews resisted the bleak surroundings by sharing their hopes and dreams and stories with one another, as Mr. Luftig did with me. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

I was handcuffed and kept in a remote corner of the boat surrounded by five armed warders. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was surrounded by starched backpacks and stiff denim and kids who smelled like fresh plastic. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

The banner danced up and down with them as they came down surrounded by the crowd. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

While settling in Cape Town and the surrounding frontier, the white colonists had their way with the Khoisan women, and the first mixed people of South Africa were born. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

The Aborigines modified and managed the surrounding landscape in ways that increased its production of edible plants and animals, without resorting to cultivation. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

It was a path surrounded by dense bush, and she knew that it was a place where it was dangerous to stop too long. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

A block away, every emergency vehicle in St. Louis was surrounding the Arch. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

Up at the front of the room a man with slicked-down hair stands at a podium surrounded by two stands of yellow and white flowers. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

It’s square-shaped, a bungalow, built of yellow brick and surrounded by raw mud. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

I slept in just my shorts, wrapped up under the stiff blankets, surrounded by a barrier of dense pillows. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

For those two hours he has been miles away, he has been somewhere else, in a different place with totally different people, and the effort of swimming back into normal surroundings is very great. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was surrounded by dozens of stacks of sheet music stretching across the room, both loose and bound into books. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

Seconds go by before I see definite edges in my surroundings, the lines of door frame and countertop and ceiling. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

He was surrounded on all sides by chasms of empty air. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

As they plummeted, Jason saw a vast army of monsters spread across the hills - cynocephali, two-headed men, wild centaurs, ogres and others he couldn’t even name - surrounding two tiny islands of demigods. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

He writes to Theo only about art, about how he tries to see beauty in the bleak surroundings. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

The daylight is too bright, the surroundings too mundane and green. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Everyone I saw at the prison seemed surrounded by a cloud of regret and remorse. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

He was polishing the metal clasp surrounding the snakestone, as gently and as carefully as an archaeologist on a dig, taking off the black and revealing the glittering silver beneath it. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

And I quite agree with you, we are all much too complacent about the great wonders that surround us.' The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

She found Robb beneath the green canopy of leaves, surrounded by tall redwoods and great old elms, kneeling before the heart tree, a slender weirwood with a face more sad than fierce. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Bunch of gang members surrounding a white guy. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Again he directed the wand at the surrounding trees and bushes, searching for a human outline, for the glint of an eye, but he could not see anyone there. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Through the haze of tears she saw her mother, resplendent in a bright yellow evening gown and surrounded by a silvery glow. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

Even biologists choose to think this about themselves, despite the evidences of the absolute inevitability of death that surround their professional lives. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

At some point he gets up, laboriously removing his shoes and socks, and walks calf-deep into the water, regarding the surroundings with his hands on his hips, his chin thrust pridefully into the air. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Alex burst out of the house and stopped in the open air, taking stock of his surroundings. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

They’re surrounded by rocks and trees and grass and room to wander. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z

“What’s up?” he says, the surrounding noise of many voices fading. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

We could see where he had made a campfire, carefully surrounding it with stones and clearing away the brush so he would not set the woods afire. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

Marcus began chanting, “Shot, shot, shot!” and it was taken up by the drunken horde surrounding me. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

She seems calm, unfazed by the sea of soldiers surrounding her. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

No doubt Claudius was ensconced in a secure room blazing with light and surrounded by his guards. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

“We should start by observing our surroundings,” Dylan says, looking around. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

“The heat’s on. Mario’s house is surrounded. My ride to the capital is stopping at the anacahuita tree at dawn. I have to hide out till then.” In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s surrounded by razor wire, but also by hills and trees and sky, a three-hundred-and-sixty-degree view of the world, the world. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Cloud Pond was a couple of hundred acres of exquisitely peaceful water surrounded by dark coniferous forest, the treetops pointy black silhouettes against a pale blue evening sky. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

There was something to be said for stopping to enjoy your surroundings, too, instead of always looking ahead to what came next. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

I see the eight of us in the Annex as if we were a patch of blue sky surrounded by menacing black clouds. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

We are alone—together, voices sounded, surrounded to tell me. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Images of bloodred rivers, his dad surrounded by rats, and Boots falling into bottomless caverns had woven in and out of his dreams all night long. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

When I get to class, lots of kids surround me. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

Many times during our journey we were surrounded by muscular men with machetes who almost killed us before they realized that we were just children running away from the war. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

One night, these people surrounded the palace and told the old president that he had to leave. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

A foot-high fence surrounded an area that was maybe fifteen feet by fifteen feet. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

It was built of a light stone that shone almost like snow in the glare of the moon, a vast spreading complex of walls and roofs and buttresses, all surrounding the slender spire. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

In the end, I didn’t find most of the guys that surrounded me very interesting. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

The little flicker of the fire made the surrounding darkness even deeper, and made every shadow move. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

There are paths for walking, a small exercise complex, a man-made pond surrounded by benches and willow trees. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

I imagine the experience of unease mixed with exhilaration often described in connection with this moment is very similar to what I felt in the Ford as the surroundings grew strange around me. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

A neat row of daffodils lined up like soldiers along the edge of the chicken-wire fence that surrounded the garden. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

Near it a dozen graves were outlined in the sand with small stones, and a barbed-wire fence surrounded them to keep back the cattle and the tumbleweed. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

After the night of desolate loneliness I felt very good to be surrounded by warm and friendly but cautious people. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Suddenly a dozen women surrounded us, old, young, and middle-aged. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

It would distract me from the newness of my surroundings and put me at ease. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

On the towels lay people in bathing suits, surrounded by picnic baskets, paper bags, canvas totes, blaring radios and coolers full of ice and drinks. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

With all his brothers surrounding his voice with theirs, what did he know about losing all the people he loved one by one? P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

After a long moment, I felt the cool impassivity of the Heart of Stone surround me. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

And the smell went out and out into the surrounding forest, and drawn by the smell, the eagles came back, started trying to steal it from the sled dogs. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

A small smile appeared on his face again, and he pulled himself up using the metal fence that surrounded the court as support. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

The corridor we were in ended in a back stair, surrounded by doors that opened on more corridors, all more or less alike. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

He walked with Iorek up the slope toward the cave, where the fire glow still shone warmly in the vast surrounding dark. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

She saw a huge cavern filled with monsters—Cyclopes, Earthborn, and stranger things—surrounding her and her friends, hopelessly outnumbering them. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

He then proceeded to fight off the surrounding zombies with his spear as Hall & Oates’s “Maneater” played in the background. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

He felt comfortable and safe in here, surrounded by the sloshing noises of virus-killing liquids and the hiss of air and the ruffling sensation across his back as the chemicals played over his suit. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Soon it will be time for me to sing. After that, I’ll either be surrounded by worshiping music lovers or be shunned by all.” Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

And while views of the surrounding mountains and deserts were spectacular, the army built high fences around the entire lab—making the scientists feel like prisoners. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

The worry surrounded me, like the wall of the cove, and it made me feel everything had been considered and was now safe. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Taylor led the girls deeper into the jungle to a basin surrounded by hills. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

It was crowded by the work surrounding it, and I wouldn’t have noticed it if he hadn’t pointed it out. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

The government was under pressure from its supporters in the surrounding areas of Westdene and Newlands, which were comparatively poor white areas. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Jesus, that Post reporter just texted to ask for a comment on the speculation surrounding your relationship with Henry and whether it—whether it has to do with you leaving the campaign after the DNC.” Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

I imagine the cottage feels haunted at night, but surrounded by trees in the spring sunlight, it is beautiful. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

I started to set up the fire, surrounding dry leaves with a pyramid of progressively larger twigs and branches. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Instead, he was surrounded by marble so white it almost glowed blue. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Meggie was just thinking it would never end when the trees suddenly receded, and the drive brought them to an open space covered with gravel and surrounded by carefully tended rose beds. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

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

The other was a giant humanoid like a Cyclops, but he was surrounded by a flurry of limbs. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

He looked nervous, standing in his white socks while the inspectors surrounded him, holding his hands submissively along his trouser seams. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Windswept and secluded, Waltha Castle stood on flat lowlands surrounded by a moat and a stately grove of trees. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

The barrier fence that surrounds the grounds is made of wrought iron at least ten feet tall, and I wonder how Jackson was able to scale such a high fence. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

I was becoming irritated, and I could see that Algernon, upset by the smoke, the buzzing, the unaccustomed surroundings, was moving around in his cage nervously. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

As soon as we’re within shouting distance, three or four bus hawkers immediately surround Baba, negotiating the best price to Adana. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

As she sucked in a huge breath, her eyes snapped open and she blinked, looking around at the crowd surrounding her. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Suddenly, were surrounded by people, cheering and singing along to a song I’ve never heard before, about a girl being poison. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

She comes in farther and her eyes widen as she takes in the chaos surrounding us. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

I bet he’ll feel like the last man in the world after losing his son, even though thousands will surround him every day. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

There was no infinity, no void—just beautiful spheres that surrounded the earth, which was naturally placed at the very center of the universe. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

Beatrice’s grandmother was sitting there, propped up with pillows and surrounded by shawls. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

At lunch, I sit with Charlie, surrounded by people but alone. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

The grass is yellow and brown under my feet, and I’m surrounded by thick crowds of people. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

But in the face of the endless mob that now surrounded them, the Sixers looked woefully outnumbered and outmatched. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

As they were running toward the bam, Arya spied the crying girl sitting in the middle of the chaos, surrounded by smoke and slaughter. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

She was dressed in a shimmering blue gown, surrounded by a cluster of little girls as attendants. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now, surrounded by the warm, womanly voices and calmed by the tanker’s rocking motion, I fell asleep. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

“And how will you take him from me? You are outgunned and surrounded.” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

More riders emerged out of the dusk, ghostlike, until they had surrounded the camp. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

It surrounded an impossibly tall person cloaked in black and wearing a white eyeless mask. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

We were surrounded with heaps of orange flowers. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

Though they are home they are disconcerted by the space, by the uncompromising silence that surrounds them. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Standing with his friends in a defensive ring, surrounded by giants, then looking up at an impossible vision in the sky - Jason could very clearly picture himself fifty years in the future. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Only a month earlier, the atmosphere surrounding Ivory had been so different. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

On-screen, Bruno’s surroundings brighten to signify the beginning of a new day. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

It’s brick with an iron fence surrounding it. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

The Honeycomb was as good as finished—though rabbits are not methodical and are never really certain when anything is finished—and the surrounding burrows and runs were taking shape. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

There are crack vials and used syringes strewn about the concrete that surrounds the playground. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ignoring the surrounding cacophony, he noted that math was next. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

It recalls, to some extent, the furore surrounding Dvorak’s interest in Native American tunes - although Dvorak at least was in America at the time. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

When he did emerge, it was in a ceremonial manner, with an escort of six dogs who closely surrounded him and growled if anyone came too near. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

Though she couldn’t make out their surroundings, she knew this was a river. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

They lived their lives surrounded by all that glitter and neon, happily assuming that small, cute women were harmless. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Considering the whole span of earthly time, the opposite effect, in which life actually modifies its surroundings, has been relatively slight. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

Hunting in the woods surrounding District 12 violates at least a dozen laws and is punishable by death. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Her home was technically within the area that would be affected by the high winds, and it was surrounded by old trees. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

The valley was surrounded by rolling hills, and the tallest one, directly in front of us, was the one with the huge pine tree on top. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

The cage was directly before the manor door, and the techies were securing a concussor seal to the surrounding wall. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

For some while after that I did not know what day of the month it was, nor what month, and in fact I came only slowly to comprehend my surroundings at all. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

Harry turned slowly on the spot, and his surroundings seemed to invent themselves before his eyes. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

I was tucked in, surrounded by all my favorite pillows, and a glass of milk sat on my bedside table. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

At first it was scattered villages, surrounded by the tendrils of the wood of Vincennes. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

At home we listened to aguinaldos, songs about the birth of Jesus and the joys of spending Christmas surrounded by family and friends. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

It was a renegade, almost suffragette thing to do, and the neighbors and would-be women friends surrounded Vera Louise with as polite a distance as they could manage. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

They, of course, barely seemed to notice I wasn’t around, having been surrounded by cousins and friends and babysitters all day long, playing games in the hotel room and going on excursions around town. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

For a moment he thought they had not left the wedding after all: They still seemed to be surrounded by people. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

On his way, of course, he passed through the middle of the charred stubble that surrounded his friend’s hut. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

I hopped to my feet and scanned the surrounding area for Adrian or Jay, but either they were well hidden or Marcus was alone. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

True to his word, Ocean really didn’t seem to care about the general weirdness surrounding our situation. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

Four stories tall, the Merchant’s House dominated the docks and wharves and storehouses that surrounded it. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

This was the “booth” where the DJ stood, surrounded by turntables, mixers, decks, and dials. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

When the train gains speed, they surround a group of migrants. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

When the troop of soldiers surrounded the house, the family looked fearful. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

Rose Park occupies a whole block, and a tall chain-link fence surrounds it. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

When Zlata came down to meet us, all of us surrounded her as if she was a celebrity. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

His house was detached from those around it, surrounded by flowers that bloomed in splendid colors and overwhelming fragrances. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

Doc was at his worktable, surrounded by the bags of graveyard dirt we collected for him. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

He had nothing against the squires, but it troubled him to see Robert surrounded by the queen's kin, waking and sleeping. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

She lifted herself from the truck bed and did her best to take in her surroundings. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

Tucked in a grove of old lilacs, it is surrounded by barns and outbuildings that are sagging toward the ground. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had lived thus far in an isolated farmhouse surrounded by vast fields of wheat, with little to entertain her beyond the sound of the wind rustling the bone-dry stalks each autumn. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

They had spread a blanket near a fire and hung a lantern on a tree and they sat around the blanket slapping bugs in die dark, surrounded by campfires, laughter and music. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

To accommodate the dances, the Osage had erected, amid the encroaching wilderness, a pavilion, with a mushroom-shaped metal roof and a circular earth floor surrounded by concentric rows of wooden benches. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Every moment more and more Minute Men were arriving, surrounding the village. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

We didn’t even walk about the surrounding countryside or wander into the nearby village. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

There were no angles; walls, floors, and ceiling faded gently into each other and in the cold, metallic glittering of the hidden lights, one was surrounded by six chilly reflections of one’s bewildered self. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

We descend, sardines in a can, dark metal casing surrounding us for several floors. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

But at least I don’t have to be surrounded with little brats jumping up and pulling on my hair all the livelong day. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

The neighborhood surrounding the Professor’s store was made up of inexpensive apartment houses, little family-owned shops, and small, aging homes. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

She looked over at Mr. Jackson, who was surrounded by students and art supplies. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

Jinx and Finn were standing in the clearing surrounded by a circle of trees and bushes, cutting them off from the town, from Shady’s place, from help. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

I am surrounded by an anxious silence—like the hush of an audience as the curtain is about to rise. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Through the surrounding trees, it sounds more like a scream. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

I bite my lip, hard, and try not to think, try not to dwell on the cold feeling that surrounds my chest and the weight that hangs over my head. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

The girl chased and caught each bubble on her fingers, and set each of them surrounding daisy blossoms or butterflies or the leaves of trees. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

Indeed, Tycho was sufficiently impressed that he suggested that Kepler might care to join the team of assistants surrounding the older man. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

It was hard to see the E at first, because it was surrounded by such a tangle of other lines, and because she was expecting it to be an E drawn with straight strokes. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

It was unfair to be surrounded by bathwater and unable to use it! A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

He got out of the car and was immediately surrounded. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

We can thereby ingest, store and communicate a prodigious amount of information about the surrounding world. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then, the world fades into view and I’m standing on a ledge, looking down into a perfectly circular lake surrounded on all sides by sheer metal walls hundreds of feet high. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

National Guardsmen, called out by the governor to quell demonstrations, surround a Vietnam War protester during the People's Park Riot in Berkeley, California, 1969. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

Porters surrounded the car and called out, “Sah? Madam? You get luggage?” but Olanna hardly heard them because he had pulled her to him. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

The three of us roll up to the store and step inside, taking in our surroundings. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

But the mixture of ice and rocks within these outer moons must contain, as do rocks on Earth, traces of radioactive minerals, which heat their surroundings. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

I scan the surrounding crowd to make sure no one is watching, then unsling the bag and begin to pass it to Mina to remove whatever she needs for the lady. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

His eyes were open, and they had great depth and clarity, as though one could see deep into them and as though they could see deep into their surroundings. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

He could no longer see her, though, because he was surrounded by a thicket of weapons. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

Though she was calm at the outset of our interview, she became increasingly emotional as she started detailing the events surrounding he case. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

A small crew had already removed the rusted fence surrounding the courts and was now carrying over jackhammers. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

In the morning neither the empty and unfamiliar surroundings nor the stiffness of my side bothered me. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

They are surrounded by old posters advertising wine, and street signs and photographs of Paris arranged above the picture rails. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

The aura that surrounded me earlier is gone. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

He appeared calm, cool and collected, even though he was surrounded by a sea of white faces. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Cuchulain would get so hot that when he jumped into Lough Neagh it boiled over and warmed the surrounding countryside for days. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

One scientist suggested a comparison: Imagine surrounding an unopened beer can with explosives and trying to blow the can in on itself without spilling a drop of liquid. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

As the roofs and then the interiors of the surrounding structures were consumed by the flames, a scorching wind swept around the alley. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z

It is on the floor next to the elevator, surrounded by the bodies of several guards. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

In the end his father would admit that she was, and his mother would cry and cry, in a bed surrounded by a tangle of clothes, her eyes puffing up like bullfrogs. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

If he had said something, anything at all, the troops surrounding him might have remembered that he was a man, not a rabbit to be skinned. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Sierra inhaled; the smell of fresh soil and recent rain surrounded her. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

I looked at Mom, surrounded by nodding moms, and I thought, okay, so maybe this is going to turn out to be one of those really super-mom moments. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

You pointed at the muddy earth surrounding a tree whose trunk had busted right through the sidewalk. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

I was surrounded by hundreds of drowned children, heads in the water, their little feet in the air. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

There was one boy, a tall thin youth with a shock of black hair, who was so thickly surrounded by the transparent beings that his very outline seemed to shimmer in the air. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Open all year round: Located in beautiful, quiet, wooded surroundings in the heart of Amsterdam. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

Five years feels like a lifetime when one day bleeds into the next, and your world doesn’t stretch any farther than the gray electric fence surrounding two miles of shoddy buildings and mud. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

The second was that I seemed to have more of a sense than most kids about the physical space surrounding me. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

Miserable and with a sour knot in my stomach, I took in my surroundings. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The trip had hardly started when the Rodina became surrounded by thick cloud. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

They surrounded the courtyard in a U and opened onto it through four green doors. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

The only light came from the dull orange glow of lampposts and the high-up windows of surrounding buildings. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Cadence Sinclair Eastman had no memory of the events surrounding the fire, no memory of it ever happening. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

They weren't far away, hiding in some scrub grass near a road, trying to remain calm, but Heinck kept whispering, "We're surrounded." Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

They had left the Hogwarts grounds completely; they had obviously traveled miles — perhaps hundreds of miles — for even the mountains surrounding the castle were gone. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

The paneling that surrounds me is carved with figures of angels and the apostles. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

I can still make no sense of my surroundings. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

An eerie silence surrounded him, and George’s heart skipped a beat as he realized that the engines had been turned off. I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912 2010-06-01T00:00:00Z

Her eyes were open, her surroundings a blur. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Maybe he was dissimulating, like some of the teachers at the college, who, to avoid trouble when driving through the small surrounding towns, wore chauffeur caps and pretended that their cars belonged to white men. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

The controversy surrounding military tribunals and civil rights continues. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

This morning she had awakened in her familiar surroundings, the place where she had lived for so many months, but by midday her entire life had shifted. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

It’s three stories and made up of perfect red brick, and it’s surrounded by grass and hedges. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

“Good. Now let’s take one of the alethiometer symbols. The hive, for example, surrounded by bees. One of its meanings is sweetness, and another is light. Can you see why?” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

The virus erupted simultaneously in fifty-five villages surrounding the hospital. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Most of them worked as day laborers in the giant factory farms that surrounded the city. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Among rows of brown-brick homes, all standing together like gingerbread houses surrounded by black, spiked, iron fencing, I knew our house was odd. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

He and Alec quickly combed the surrounding area, calling their friends’ names as they did. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

And again, he stopped often simply to absorb by osmosis the immense grandeur, loneliness, majesty, and both frail and cruel beauty of his surroundings. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

He paid little attention to the surrounding Silicon Valley, though he’d never seen it before. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now Mother’s shack is the mere peak of a roof surrounded by a blaze of pinks, blues, oranges. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

The ink-black wedge of the summit pyramid stood out in stark relief, towering over the surrounding ridges. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

He grew up surrounded by people who convinced him he deserves everything he wants and that no one should refuse him anything. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

As they picked their way through the dim, drenched Wood, Kaede peered out from beneath the hood of her cloak at the surrounding trees. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

The little creatures might have been funny if they weren’t surrounding her, staring up at her with those pointed teeth and hungry green eyes. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

A little over five minutes later, a brick sign surrounded by colorful shrubs welcomes us to Brook Falls. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

Red and orange roses surround a tiny Indian bride and groom on the top layer. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

No color at all, save for the neighboring trees and the grass of the surrounding fields. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Other girls surround them, too, but Donna doesn’t seem to care. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

They surrounded me, and Clarisse thrust at me with her spear. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

A bare space surrounded by paper screens and curtains of raw silk, perfumed with the scent of ginger and cream. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Below them, in a sheltered depression like a moon crater, stood a ring of broken black marble columns surrounding a dark stone altar. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Worried by the noise and vibration and unable to feed, the does kept wandering downstream to look at the body and whisper together about the strange and dangerous surroundings. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

As Ellsberg pulled up to the tall gate surrounding the estate, a voice from a speaker atop the guardhouse directed him to a parking spot. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Hearing nothing, they extended their thoughts and their imaginations out and into the surrounding meadows. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

Below it, in a deep pit, alligators sunned themselves on rocks surrounding a pond. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Lodged in the corner was a small stove surrounded by a couple of pots and dirty tins. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

Stuck in a half-finished house surrounded by rotting stumps and wild animals of all sorts, she felt as far removed as ever from the sophisticated life that she envisioned for herself. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

In contrast to the more traditional surrounding architecture, such as the county attorney’s office across the street, the three-story courthouse sports steel trim around a checkerboard of clear glass windows that stretch the buildings height. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

Courtship was difficult; we were always surrounded by people, and there were few places to go. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The house had sixteen rooms on two floors, was surrounded by “superb old trees,” and occupied a long rectangle of land that stretched to the lake. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Given the freedom to pick his own training site, Tibbets selected a base in Wendover, Utah, a remote spot surrounded by salt flats. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was in an alley just behind Capricorn’s yard, surrounded by empty houses inhabited only by cats and rats. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Especially being surrounded by the woods and spending most of his time studying the land for clues and traces of their friends. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

They were surrounded by younger men of various shades of brown in sagging pants. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

It was made of a solid piece of grey stone the same color as the surrounding walls. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

We are fighting shrubbery, Asha thought as she slew a man who had more leaves on him than most of the surrounding trees. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

But more and more pigeons descend from the angry sky, and soon we’re surrounded by a sea of cooing birds. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

He had returned to his own house to wait, passing as he did the workers still preparing to build a wall surrounding Village. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

The entire Agena seemed surrounded with a golden halo that slowly faded into the blackness of space. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

And stayed silent for some time, even while she did another of her tree-climbing surveys of the surrounding area. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

My left knee is a bloody mess: one large rock jutting out of the center, with small gravel particles surrounding it. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

We were here, in this fabulous warehouse with all these incredible things surrounding us that we could pick and choose from, because of Sahil and what he’d done last night. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

She just felt...like she wanted to lie here forever, in this house, surrounded by her family. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Garfield wanted to reduce the corruption surrounding the Customs House, and he didn't like Conkling pushing him around. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

This fuzziness surrounding the rules was a strange counterpoint to the solidity of Sing Sing’s walls, the seeming immutability of the prison. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was attentive to his surroundings and hardly limited in his physical activity. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

I was liberated there, surrounded by people from all over the planet. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

I looked around my crowded office, at the stacks of records and papers, each pile filled with tragic stories, and I suddenly didn't want to be surrounded by all this anguish and misery. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

The floor beneath them changed from rigid stone to something wet and slick, surrounding…. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

The Osage found themselves surrounded by predators—“a flock of buzzards,” as one member of the tribe complained at a council meeting. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

There is much uncertainty about the interpretation of experimental data and a great deal of controversy surrounding the theories. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

I stared out the window, watching as the suburban sprawl surrounding Birmingham faded into the slow-sloping hills and fields of northern Alabama. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

But when we stepped off the airplane and staggered out into the field with our bags, the Congolese people surrounded us-—Lordy!—in a chanting broil. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Oxygen dissolves directly into their plasma, and so their blood is clear as the ice that surrounds them. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

“The men are being forced to build a wall that surrounds the entire kingdom.” When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

Although we were surrounded by her longtime friends from college and my uncles and aunts from both sides of the family, it wasn’t enough. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

Sol was very, very careful, always surrounding myself with my friends when I was out and about. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I returned to the classroom, I was surrounded on all sides by sympathetic faces and voices, but one particular incident has always stayed with me. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

Yossarian and Milo were covered in their bower by tissue-thin tiers of sloping green and largely surrounded by other gray chestnut trees and a silver spruce. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

The soldiers surrounding the Saif caravan, dragging me from my bed. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

He ordered the theater to be surrounded by a twenty-four-hour guard. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

We stand at the green railing and watch our surroundings change together. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Besides tending pigs, he hunted with the farmer for wild boar in the surrounding mountains. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

Evangelists from all the surrounding counties, from as far south as Florida and as far north as Chicago, came together in one place to break the bread of life. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

She never went anywhere alone and was surrounded by Farsi speakers at all times. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

Because extensive fields of maize, beans, and squash surrounded every home, these settlements sprawled along the Connecticut, Charles, and other river valleys for miles, one town bumping up against the other. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

The question died on my tongue as I took in my surroundings. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Through the window he sees that dawn is creeping into the sky, only a handful of stars still visible, the shapes of the surrounding pines and cabins growing distinct. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Glossy black and beige tiles lined the lower two-thirds of the surrounding walls, creating a backsplash of sorts that was higher than the top of my head. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

I walked over to the window and looked out on a stunning view of the surrounding landscape. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Every now and then I’ll pass another hiker on his or her way down, and we’ll nod or say hello, in the way that people surrounded by acres of silence do. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

But beyond the grubby clay-and-straw houses and the concrete official buildings that surrounded them in Engels, beyond the daily flights and mechanical drills, what was going on in the world? A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

“I don’t lower my standards because I’m surrounded with riffraff.” The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

The effects of the witchery of the evil thing in his surroundings began to turn away. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

When all her systems were up and running again, Roz noticed that she was surrounded by broken branches and piles of snow. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

A few trees surrounded it, their roots like gnarled hands digging into the rock floor for food. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

The entire ghostly army had him surrounded, gradually forcing him toward the edge of the glacier. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

Her words surround me and bury themselves inside me. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

The problem was most notable in the transonic range, as the eddies of air surrounding an object approached the speed of sound. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

I think of Uriah lying on the tile surrounded by glass and metal. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

As Frank had feared, a loose ring of campfires glowed in the woods, completely surrounding the property, but the house itself seemed untouched. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

A whole lot of cruisers surrounded us on all sides. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

The Disney cartoons lure out the girls, who always surround Brother Vu, begging him to break yet another piece of wood. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

They had not the least idea of their most immediate surroundings. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Rocky was standing in a small clearing surrounded by thickets of scrub oak. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

She lowered herself to a cushion on the floor, ringed by gift boxes and surrounded by vaguely familiar faces. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were surrounding me as we walked through the crowds of kids. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

“Don’t pester her too much,” Lydia advised, her eyes under hoods of bright blue shadow, her hair teased into a chestnut-colored globe surrounding a face that suddenly seemed too small for all that hair. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

Matthias figured that he had been in his new surroundings for a night and a day. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

The surrounding buildings were dull and serious in comparison. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

I ceased my flight; and he turned this way and that, darting to elude them until he was surrounded. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

This house, a large, ram bling gray stucco with a picket fence surrounding the weedy grounds, stood away from the street, perched on a ledge that dropped fifty feet down into the river below. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

There, surrounded by the sweet scent of old motor oil, I lay down on the floorboards next to a gutted transmission and passed out. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Blessings, lemonade and milk, and laughter surrounded us in a joyful bubble. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

My synthetic surroundings faded away as I focused on the game and lost myself in its ancient two-dimensional reality. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

She was surrounded by men and women who’d been born in Africa, or born in chains, who had freed themselves or escaped. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

As she was riding along with the group, suddenly there was a loud crack, and everyone came to a halt, surrounding one individual whose wheel had split. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

“I have been thinking of plans, but we are in a metal cage, and this tent is surrounded by agents of the Order. I do not think we shall escape.” The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

Ear and Eye dragged him the last few feet across the cement strip that surrounded Vainona. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

There were animal tracks in the mud surrounding a puddle in a tire rut. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

The people, the thousands of people who had dangled so peacefully and quietly, now surrounded Roza and Finn, crouching like animals, needle teeth bared. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

The most delicious part of the guava surrounds the tiny seeds. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

"My father maybe dying behind the walls of River-run. My brother is surrounded by foes. I must go to them." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

For more than 100 years, Mount St. Helens had been quiet, a beautiful mountain surrounded by forests. I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980 2016-08-01T00:00:00Z

Usually, in fact, Joe did not buy a license to hunt deer in the mountains surrounding his hometown. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

They sat in an uneasy silence, the tinkle of silverware and the indecipherable hubbub from the surrounding tables the only sounds. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

About five feet under the trench, the pipe going to our house must have burst and turned all the surrounding dirt into sewage. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

Those two other girls tagged along as we went to the back of the house where we all sat down on the platform surrounding the pump. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Brakes are kicked free, and one by one old people exit the sliding doors surrounded by relatives. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

My cousins have surrounded Dray and are yelling in his face, telling him to leave me alone and deal with them, all of them, instead. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Compared with the soaring office towers surrounding it, it’s squatty but not without grandeur, featuring tall Corinthian columns out front and giant, echoing lobbies made primarily of marble. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

It kind of looks like Maria Hernandez Park, but without the playground, or the surrounding browns tones and buildings. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

It was little more than a large rectangular courtyard surrounded by warehouses and shipping offices. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

She moved as though she were surrounded by a glass shell. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

But once they were beyond the area surrounding the camp, the soldiers continued to drive them onward, shouting and shooting. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

The majority of such escapees die rapidly, unable to thrive or reproduce in novel surroundings. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

She sits quietly on an uncomfortable chair beneath a line of framed posters advertising past productions, surrounded by boxes of tickets and receipts. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

The glasses turn completely black, blocking my surroundings out. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

At that moment, my body felt light, lighter than the water surrounding it, like a balloon lifting into the sky. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Even after his eyes were open he took in his surroundings only gradually. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

Into this narrow triangle of greenery between a road and a river, surrounded by starving people. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

They found themselves completely surrounded by sparrows as the door slammed shut behind them. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Emily had seen her dad do this sort of work dozens of times, but now, as she was surrounded by everything Griswold, it sparked an idea. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

“The man is surrounded by an entire army.” Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

The very next second, Darkness’s body surrounded his feet. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Outside, the sun was hanging in an unblemished sky, turning the Red Carpet Inn and the surrounding woods—perfect for stashing a body—into a real winter-wonderlandish affair. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

Patches of green lawn dot the space, and sprinkled between them are individual buildings surrounded by trees. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

The voice from the other table quacked rapidly on, easily audible in spite of the surrounding din. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

And what were the rules again if you were surrounded? Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Bees and flowers and even singing birds surrounded the house. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

The mountains that surrounded us allowed only a narrow sliver of sky to view. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

A fountain warbled near the main entrance, surrounded by low stone benches that were occupied soon after sunup and remained popular well into the night. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Locks of blond hair surround me on the floor in a semicircle. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

“You know, Brightbill, when we first saw your mom, she was packed in a box and surrounded by soft squishy stuff...” The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Knowing the music the world makes has no words, he stood rock still and scanned his surroundings. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

John and Lou had picked up some kind of virulent intestinal ailment from the unclean surroundings. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

I curl my toes, one on top of the other, to hide the dried-up, crusty skin surrounding each nail. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

There I was shivering in the rain, surrounded on every side by mud huts, mud roads, mud everything. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

The dead would always be with me, I knew, even when I was surrounded by life again, even if the Americans gave me back all the objects I had lost. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

When they found him, a little farther down the path under a tree, he was surrounded by a group of monkeys, over a dozen of them, pulling at his T-shirt with their long black fingers. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

At 60 kilometers, we plunge into the clouds, and find ourselves surrounded by droplets of concentrated sulfuric acid. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Twisted ripples of the creature’s torment, echoes of its cry, flooded out into the air surrounding it; the man or woman, whichever it was, had become contained by its own howl. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

We stayed in cozy, wood-paneled cabins surrounded by forest, buzzed around in golf carts, and rode bikes. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Just back from the lip of this chasm, at the Col’s westernmost edge, the tents of Camp Four squatted on a patch of barren ground surrounded by more than a thousand discarded oxygen canisters.* Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

Standing in the doorway, I feel like I am inside a sunset, the radiance surrounding me. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

I sit cross-legged on the floor backstage, surrounded by girls. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

“Other guys be under the influence. Not being fully aware of your surroundings can be risky thinking because you’re not in your right state of mind. How do you know it’s a risky thought?” The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Sierra actually gasped when they walked in through the front gates and stood surrounded by all those pillared temples of knowledge and lush lawns. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

She sat on a throne surrounded by gardenias, her face serene as a goddess’s. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Keep moving and stay in groups, ” said Mrs. Baker, which is the same strategy to use if you’re floating in the ocean and surrounded by sharks. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

Two years before, far away from there, she had fallen asleep without putting out the candle and had awakened surrounded by flames. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

But we couldn’t simply walk away—we were surrounded by water. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

CLAUDETTE: When I came out of the courthouse, I was surrounded by adults. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

I sat there, surrounded by the smells of autumn coming through my open window, unable to leave, unable to sleep. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

In that moment, dozens of people came tearing out of the surrounding woods with fists raised in the air, yelling. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

During the week there were two days especially for groups of Roots & Shoots from the surrounding schools. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

Bo’s on dining room duty, and when he makes the rounds with the cordless vacuum, Bekah is quick to pick up some spare trash from the surrounding tables. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

After dark, when the surrounding offices were empty, he opened his safe. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Rising from the center of a large moat, Akapana mimicked the surrounding mountains. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

When he reached the other side he emerged gleaming and pulled himself ashore, black as the night that surrounded him, black as the water he had crossed. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sound of their breathing echoed until it seemed to surround them. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

The tea stops before it splashes onto an open book as though there is an invisible wall surrounding it. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

There it was, surrounding me: my wild and tangled and colorful garden. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

He was surrounded by chess officials, players, journalists, and the merely curious, and within hours of touching down in Yugoslavia he was at the board playing, analyzing, and talking chess. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

More security guards arrived, until approximately fifteen men surrounded the former chess champion in a grim, silent circle. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

The boy had been uneasy when he saw how close Dustfinger's chosen hiding place was to the village, but Dustfinger had explained why there couldn't be anywhere safer to lie low among the surrounding hills. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

There were steps leading up to a loft area with floor seating where pillows of mismatched colors, patterns, and sizes surrounded a few short tables. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

She was much thinner now, and surrounded by shadows. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

The clinic is a white shipping container surrounded by medical tents. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

Some of the rebels then joined the back of the line; now the villagers were surrounded. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Therefore, if you urinate in the pool a bright red cloud will surround you and we will be able to tell who has relieved themselves. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

Instead of creeping stealthily down an unfamiliar street surrounded by unfamiliar buildings while trying to steal the most valuable treasure in an unfamiliar city, guess what I was doing? Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

And that that terror led to the hunger, the loneliness, the violence, the helplessness, the hopelessness, the apathy and the suffering with which I was surrounded. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had no weapons, no demons surrounding her. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

They surround a single strand of rna, which is the virus’s genetic code. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The army of the Zulu king, Shaka, began a bloody campaign to conquer the land surrounding his kingdom, and this path of terror and destruction caused millions to flee. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z

The lake, surrounded by birches, was bright and very still. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

The days that followed were gray and heavy, as if Tali’s death was a dark cloud surrounding them. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

I held my breath and looked at the giant, gnarled cottonwood trees that surrounded us. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

A series of elaborate gazebos surrounded the pond, interconnected by a whitewashed boardwalk. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

And perhaps the green shutters were closed only because night was already falling over the surrounding mountains. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Medics have already surrounded the three wounded soldiers, and I know they’ll be placed carefully in the medic truck and taken back to headquarters. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

I crashed into the trees surrounding the sanctuary. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m not so sure,” Stella said, gazing at the iron bars surrounding her. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z

For surely there would have been some of the unfamiliar plants surrounding me. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

And then the thing beneath the hood, whatever it was, drew a long, slow, rattling breath, as though it were trying to suck something more than air from its surroundings. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

“If you ever pray, pray for me now,” Truman told reporters when they surrounded him the following day. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

The noises of the surrounding woods were muffled inside the tent; all Harry could hear was Ron’s breathing. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Sam looked at all the faces, one hundred in all, that surrounded him. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the early afternoon, a crowd of several thousand surrounded the police station. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

There is no one else in the tent, nothing disrupting the surroundings. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

But what surrounds the model is not something her father conveyed to her; what’s beyond the model is the most compelling thing. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

In her hand was an ancient valentine, a big heart surrounded by paper lace. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

Pong spent most of his time inside the temple grounds, but when he turned thirteen, Father Cham began taking him along more often on his visits to the village and surrounding countryside. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

Further downhill, the rest of the legion was trying to form up, but the Second, Third and Fourth Cohorts were now surrounded by a sea of ill-tempered monstrous allies. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

It is the way she has felt in so many of his tents, the thrill of being surrounded by something wondrous and fantastical, only magnified and focused directly on her. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Later, the stars wander out of their nursery to seek their fortunes in the Milky Way, stellar adolescents still surrounded by tuffs of glowing nebulosity, residues still gravitationally attached of their amniotic gas. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

His dad was staring at the parking lot, the thin blue smoke from his cigarette surrounding his head like a halo when he said, “All right. Let’s hit it.” We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

It is difficult for me to imagine him there, surrounded by computers. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Obviously, the environment or the milieu that surrounds an organism contributes to its physical attributes. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

I wasn’t thrilled with the idea of spending the evening surrounded by my peers, most of whom I imagined whispering “Space Boy” as they passed. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

Tree-ear knew that the rice must be from last year’s crop; in the fields surrounding the village this season’s rice had only just begun to grow. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

An iron fence surrounded it, topped with sharp spikes, sharp as needles. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

By December 1942, as another harsh Russian winter began to settle in, the Soviets managed to get the German army surrounded at Stalingrad. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

A large wooden house and a barn loomed before them, and hidden in the surrounding woods were five-hundred-gallon copper stills. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Neville called, and as the crowd backed away, Harry was able to take in their surroundings. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

“Where’s Mom?” she asked her dad, who sat at the table surrounded by sections of newspapers. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

He climbed over the fence that surrounded it, and stood directly beneath it, staring up at its great bulging sides. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z

Partially hidden in a valley on the outskirts of the Golden Crescent, near the intimidating mountain cliffs of what Chestnutt called Isihlangu, it was surrounded by seven spiraling towers made of ivory and gold. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Lord Nestor Royce, High Steward of the Vale and Keeper of the Gates of the Moon, was waiting in the yard to greet them, surrounded by his knights. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

We are surrounded by cars and, beyond that, cornfields. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Being surrounded by stacks of books every day, along with the upcoming tennis court dedication, caused Siobhan to think more about Reggie than she had in years. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

We would be surrounded and smothered by white people and their rules as I saw those signs that made me feel sad. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

A towering cliff of a black, basaltic rock cut off the sunlight, and the deep night shadow of an airless world surrounded them. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

Jay’s at the table, surrounded by recovering drug addicts. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

The land seemed sunk into the ocean, little rectangles of green surrounded on all sides by canals. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

Night sounds surrounded me, but no one was there. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

“It’s not, I don’t think. His dad survives by constantly surrounding himself in a booze haze and setting the hell hound loose on the neighbors.” Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

Once or twice a year she will be there, the boyfriend- surrounded queen who passed me by. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

I rolled my eyes and attempted to refocus, flexing to feel my bubble surround me. Monday's Not Coming 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Now and then she stopped to memorize her surroundings. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

A dark bluish slick surrounded the boat, and the men in the Coast Guard inflatable were laying out yellow floating bumpers, to keep the oil and grease from spreading. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

That night the Nurmis were having fresh pickerel, cooked in the old-country way with the head still on and surrounded by potatoes. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’m propped up by pillows in my bed and attached to an IV. I’m surrounded by monitoring equipment. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

I squint down at my feet and see that my metal plate is surrounded by blue waves that lap up over my boots. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

I was there in the camp, surrounded by men with torches and machetes. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Ishtar stood beside me, and there, surrounded by shadows and deadly weaponry, she came across very differently. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

But despite these common characteristics he was different, very different from those who surrounded him—in background, in what he believed in and what he did not. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

He needed to know more about their surroundings. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

To him, the building was gloomy and imposing, out of spirit with its surrounding structures. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Archer followed her, keeping a careful eye on their surroundings, glancing up to the rooftops and around corners. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Above the hum of the bus’s wheels on the pavement, silence surrounded us. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Once I reach Times Square, screens tower above me, surrounding me in a world of neon and sound. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Hyperion yelled to the surrounding crowd: “Group A-22! Hurry up, you sluggards!” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

And the stones surrounding the window’s opening were no longer stones—just damp clumps of pulp. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

It lay ten feet lower than the surrounding country, with sloping banks, and the snow had been swept off it. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s like being surrounded by a thousand different Finches. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

A boy with dreadlocks was surrounded by a small crowd. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

Before Davos could even think to move, he was surrounded by silver tridents. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

He looked into her intense, eager face and then out into the surrounding darkness, thinking. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

A roast beef bigger than a horse, set on a giant platter that took up the entire front room, surrounded by steaming potatoes and parsnips, and loaves of fresh bread. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Located where the cold, clear Spokane River tumbled in a white froth over a series of low falls, the town was surrounded by ponderosa pine forest and open range country. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Still, the goblins surrounded them, jabbing at them with short swords and knives, forcing them back toward the balcony railing and the darkness beyond it. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

And even though I know none of them are mad at me, it still feels scary to be surrounded by all that anger and yelling. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

That would explain the presence of half a dozen lawyers inside the room solemnly passing documents back and forth to one another, which they culled from the filled cartons surrounding them. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

He must have gotten out of his personal enclosure, during the attack or once the power went out, and hid out in the surrounding jungle until he saw us leave. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

She had grown up surrounded by the Governor’s magic, but few people ever got to see him actually use his powers. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

When I telephoned Mayfield, in what seemed no time at all I was sitting in his home surrounded by about forty black American expatriates; they had been waiting for my arrival. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

There’s just something about being crammed onto a dance floor with all your friends, surrounded by twinkle lights and dressed up like movie stars. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

He walks away as if he’s invisible and we aren’t surrounded by teachers and faculty, including Principal Wertz, braying into his phone. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Once the shadows have shapes and I can see my surroundings, I slide out from the covers and off the mattress. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

The chaplain relished the privacy and isolation of his verdant surroundings and the reverie and meditation that living there fostered. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

In silver inlay on the breastplate of his burnished scarlet armor was a white tree bare and dead, surrounded by a flock of onyx ravens taking flight. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The camp is surrounded by huge vegetable gardens on all sides. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

His servants and a crowd of villagers surrounded him, staring. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

Stalwart, striding, close-cropped, hand- picked Fruit of Islam guards were a circle surrounding him. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

We were led inside and sat on benches, surrounded by sixteen armed guards. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Preserved along with it, like stale air in an unopened room, was the well known fear which had surrounded and filled those days, so much of it that I hadn’t even known it was there. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He wanted you to know that the fence surrounding District Twelve will now have electricity twenty-four hours a day.” Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

A long table stood at the far end; paper cups, plates of sandwiches, and napkins surrounded two punch bowls filled with a purple mixture. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

The women of his family gathered into a tight hug, surrounding him with love. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

He’d been trying to ignore the dead praetor, but now Varus walked over, surrounded in a hazy white aura, his deep-set eyes like sinkholes. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Hear Job, sitting in dust and ashes, his children dead, his substance gone, surrounded by false comforters: ‘Yea, though He slay me, yet will I trust Him.’ Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

We found tracks near the junipers that surrounded the house. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Given our father’s characteristic air of superiority, I secretly expected him to live in a manor house surrounded by grounds and serviced by a liveried staff. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

They had been standing in the mud surrounded by the ugly barracks, and Papa had been locked up in the stockade. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

The field at Indian Creek was a free-for-all in the afternoons; there were no fences around the property, and neighborhood teenagers were constantly popping out of the surrounding woods. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

“Please sit down,” Special Agent Gonzales said, watching Mamá surrounded by the love of five grateful daughters. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

They were quickly surrounded by cameras and microphones. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

T-shirts, overflowing under the architectural canopies and into the surrounding hills. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

He wondered if they could sneak around the monsters, but when he looked left and right, he saw more campfires in either direction, as if the ogres had surrounded the property. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

We pushed our Formica cupboard up to the door and pressed against it with our bodies as the noise got closer and closer, until it was surrounding us, engulfing our home. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

She wondered if that lazy eye made it difficult for Hollister to read, and if so, how torturous that would be, surrounded by books all the time. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Most of the cages were patches of dirt surrounded by iron bars, with forlorn gorillas or restless bears or irritable monkeys or anxious gazelles huddled in the corners. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

And then I crawled into his unmade bed, wrapping myself in his comforter like a cocoon, surrounding myself with his smell. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

Only a few days after Hue fell, the Communists had completely surrounded Da Nang, cutting off the main road south to Saigon. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

Beneath thick plastic glasses, his eyes were swollen, bloodshot, and surrounded by deep dark circles. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

Dark and windowless, surrounded on all sides by brick walls eight feet thick, the chambers that the king had made his own were large and luxurious within. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Podrik Payne handed up helm and shield, heavy oak emblazoned with a golden hand on red, surrounded by small golden lions. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Mary was also a shrewd and intuitive judge of character, an emotionally intelligent woman who paid close attention to her surroundings and the people around her. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

They saw one vacant lot that had no cover to conceal them from the surrounding houses. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

Considering the human beings she was surrounded by, believing in a squirrel seemed like an increasingly reasonable plan of action. Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z

They were surrounded by Inka satrapies; their economy was enmeshed with the imperial machinery; they had hundreds or thousands of people doing the empire's bidding. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

The house was festive, and we were surrounded by the aroma of mincemeat and sweet potato pies cooking in the oven. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

States’-rights advocates from surrounding Southern towns were up in arms. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Finding itself trapped, surrounded by predators, it would beat itself to death trying to get free. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Thick graffiti letters sprang from a swirly garden not unlike the one that surrounded them. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

A little beyond where the houses ended on the far side of Dactyl Hill, a towering concrete building stood surrounded by barren fields. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Odors of sweat, tobacco, coffee and damp stone surrounded us, overladen always by the smell of fish and nearby salt water. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jon had just been thinking that all the meat in the world surrounded them. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I broke away from the crowd and walked into the mob of people surrounding Sookie. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

“Shut up!” came the acrimonious reply as the tsotsis, like a pack of scavengers, surrounded him. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was seriously wondering whether they could fashion a parachute out of their shirts—that’s how desperate she was—when something about their surroundings changed. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

He makes adjustments to the flood of Prussian blue paper himself, responding to her arrangements, surrounding replicas of ancient Egyptian temples with columns of curving bookshelves. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Outside that particular window was a small storage yard surrounded by a high board fence. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was sitting in the middle of a dark room surrounded by maybe a hundred and twenty foot-high statuettes of Smokey the Bear. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

There's our obligatory portrait of the Elector hanging on the wall, surrounded by a handful of our own photos, as if he were a member of our family. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

This strange fact is caused by an electric charge which surrounds the spacecraft, and which in turn is caused by the great friction produced when the spacecraft hits the atmosphere at high speed. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

But the matter accreting into a disk surrounding the black hole would be a sight worth remembering, in the unlikely case that you survived the trip. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

They sit over their drinks smiling like children and they relish being surrounded by kindred spirits, if only for an evening. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

So he surrounded his capital city with a massive wall, about six kilometers long, whose remains stand to this day. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Miss Popularity Savannah Bobbins is at her desk surrounded by most of the homeroom. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

Thorn ran the few toadstools toward the Spector Lagoon, and as she entered through the curtain of the willows surrounding the area, what looked like hundreds of red eyes opened and blinked at once. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

In the window itself, there were vases and candlesticks, surrounded by little gondolas and glass insects, laid out on threadbare velvet drapes. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

Doctor Copeland moved about among the guests, a little crowd always surrounding him. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

She looked at the bare white walls that surrounded her. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

Within minutes, they were surrounded by dozens of armed police, who arrested all of them, packed them into vans, and drove them to Marshall Square police station. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I could see a few houses and barns scattered about, surrounded by golden fields, or pale green pieces of pasture with dots of white sheep. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

He pointed to the guard towers on the top of the wall surrounding the White Island. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

I knew we were surrounded on all sides by violent winds, but the litde cay was calm and quiet I reached over for Timothy. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were pursuing the sow along a road on the edge of the resort where bungalows were fronted by small patches of gardens surrounded by fences. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Most people never really observe their surroundings; ask anyone what the person sitting nearby was wearing, and chances are good that they can’t tell you. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

The marketplace was a cobblestone square about half a block wide surrounded by little shops, all cast aglow with torches. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

I was here, at a school, surrounded by girls my own age. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

He is now always surrounded by kids who, I suppose, look up to him. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

On green fields of battle as old warriors, surrounded by friends, fighting for their homes, fighting cruelty. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

The winner sits in a place of honor on the platform, surrounded by their support crew. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

A few feet away, decked out like the belle of the ball, is Katherine, surrounded by a few of the drovers. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

Me and Mr. Ram, reading together, surrounded by plants crammed into every available surface in the condo. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

From up on deck I can see into the port and its surroundings. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

His eyes were coolly assessing the hundreds of SS guards, the thousands of prisoners surrounding him. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

As the autumn came on, and I got more familiar with our surroundings, I began noticing things I’d missed earlier. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But Thicknesse is only one man. Scrimgeour must be surrounded by our people before I act. One failed attempt on the Minister’s life will set me back a long way.” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

I draw a girl on a train, surrounded by empty seats. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

He was also surrounded by good, smart people who were ready to help. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

You couldn’t see any other house from there; the property was surrounded by forest. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

A paper screen is set up, splitting the front of the room right down the middle, surrounded by a collection of round tables and chairs. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

In the surrounding neighborhoods, cobblestone streets were lined with freshly painted town houses, shops, cafes, and parks. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

The property had a small pasture with two feet of grass and a three-sided shed, was surrounded by tall ponderosa pines for shade and little else. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

She’d never seen him before, so she knew immediately that he wasn’t from town and must have come from the mountains surrounding the valley. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

People surround me, Matthew among them, and some of them pick David up and run with him down the hallway. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Sometimes what appears to be a leaf or stick in the rain forest is really an insect, fooling a would-be predator by blending in with its surroundings. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

I marveled that people could live so close—that you could literally be surrounded by thousands who were only inches away—and yet be completely isolated. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

At low tide, the hull was surrounded by ankle-deep water. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

Director Van Helsing makes a motion with his arm and the agents move forward, surrounding the elevator. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

She could be angrier with him if he were not so sweet-natured and content and surrounded by successful friends. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Halfway down the street, he slipped into a building with grimy windows and a swinging metal sign overhead: a frothing mug surrounded by a circle of twisted rope. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Furman signed a receipt and got into one of the seven cars surrounding the truck. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Once again I was surrounded by a whole room of adults who were silent and shaken by the possible arrival of the Klan. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

It surrounded the two men sitting at a table in an otherwise empty room. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

As Minli looked at the buffalo boy, aglow with happiness against his poor surroundings, she saw it was enough for him. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

His eyes were black, surrounded by a thin line of pure sky-blue, and their gaze was intense. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

“They surrounded me. I just freaked out a little.” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

She was about to sit down next to her mother on the old sofa surrounded by Mo's bookshelves when someone suddenly whispered her name. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

The light unable to penetrate the depths that surrounded him. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

It was a market day, and people had come from the surrounding countryside to buy and sell goods on the main street. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

“No, no. Of course not. Father surrounded the grave with branches of mutarara, wild gardenia, to confuse them.” A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

The door slams, and we are left in this room of unspoken words, surrounded by the gray concrete walls. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

My pain and sadness no longer feel real or personal—no longer mine—when the blackness swallows my surroundings and me with it. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The SS also forcibly removed Jews from their homes in the cities, towns, and surrounding countryside. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

Of course my first period would wait to arrive until I was sleeping outside on the ground in the middle of the woods, surrounded by boys. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Usually there would be a tide line of empty cups and glasses and plates with scraps of food surrounding it, which I didn’t like as much. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Before the crystals appeared, Reston was surrounded by farmland, and the town still contains meadows. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

But I had to stop a few steps away — a crowd of people, all boys, were surrounding it. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

It’s the prettiest building in a neighborhood surrounded by run-down apartment buildings and scattered litter in the streets. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Each new warrior was required to slaughter a cow, and all of the tribe came from many surrounding villages to join the feast. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

At dusk, he tried another farmhouse, newly built of cinder blocks and surrounded by pigpens. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

It was surrounded by a bubble of air, which Leo hoped would keep the brownies from turning into saltwater fudge sludge. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Harry said nothing; he did not much fancy doing his shopping while surrounded by a battalion of Aurors. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Somebody must have seen us, ’cause within thirty seconds Ms. G’s car was surrounded by five cop cars. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

"I can surround it with stone, just in case it slips the Iron Rod...reinforce it with great deeds...I will not be a poor mortal!" When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

She was young and blond, with blue eyes and a lush figure, but what elevated her above mere beauty was the aura of vulnerability and need that surrounded her. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

The cars were surrounded by piles of junk and boxes—furniture, rugs, computers. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

They were arrayed on three sides of the city, all but the river side, surrounded by piles of broken stone and casks of pitch and resin just waiting for a torch. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I’m not in the mood for Lara tonight, and all the other girls have chosen beds that surround hers. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

Presents spilled off a three foot stack that surrounded the tree. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Quietly she surrounded and nudged and pushed until they stood in Faye’s room. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Clayton stood on the train platform, surrounded by Train Ear and the three boys. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

Ali stared up at the tall development buildings surrounding us on all sides. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

In the cramped living room, surrounded by the dark oversized furniture from the old house they grew up in, they were children again in a smaller, simpler version of the world. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

Sonia shows off her ring, six tiny diamonds surrounding an emerald, to the mashis, who wear their red and green saris. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Then, something that surprised even the people who had surrounded the palace, Trujillo announced he was the president. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

If the soldiers stopped, they would be immediately surrounded. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z

The marchers were all but surrounded by scores of reporters and cameramen, who would follow every step of the way on their five-day trek along Highway 80. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

He can’t work anymore, and he’s just sitting at home, surrounded by his eight children, brooding about his approaching death. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

Gilgamesh stood on the first tier of the ziggurat, surrounded by a crackling cage of electricity. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

The men felt surrounded, but did not know by what. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

The Ridgefolk surrounding the stage scattered left and right, fleeing back to the safety of their homes. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

At the end of the dock was a high chain-link gate and the fence that surrounded the ranger station. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

‘Except he’s also summoned so many monstrous “allies” that the legion is completely surrounded by wild centaurs, tribes of dog-headed cynocephali, and who knows what else. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Cousin Eunice always walked out slowly, surrounded by a group of women who could have been her sisters. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

You will be amazed as your load is lightened and relief surrounds you like a cloud. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

Welch was surrounded on all sides by such steep mountains that you felt like you were looking up from the bottom of a bowl. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

I’m fourteen, and people think I should be scared because I’m surrounded by violence, but around here it’s an everyday thing. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

His feet were cold and he stamped them in the snow, surrounded by people waiting, too, for a car. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

And no matter how beautiful the fragrant gardens were, they were surrounded, as I was, by ten-foot brick walls. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

We are surrounded by recent fundamental changes in society. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

He knew only that he was lying here with a gun in his hand, surrounded by men who wanted to kill him. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

One woman told him she had set several hens after the surrounding land had been covered with poison, “and for reasons she did not understand very few young were hatched or survived.” Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

And if what you’ve told me is true, that the lwas will show up all around me—in both things and people—then I am surrounded, I am supported. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

One passage had thick iron bars driven deep into the surrounding stone, blocking the way. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

When he was told no, the prisoner seemed disappointed, as though he thought the protocol surrounding this ritual of vengeance was not being properly observed. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z