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

The net lifted him higher and higher until there was an almost unbearable explosion of light and Edward was back in the world, lying on the deck of a ship, surrounded by fish. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 2006-03-30T00:00:00Z

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

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

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

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

She was surrounded on three sides by walls of granite, perfect matches to the ceiling overhead. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

I didn’t have time to think about that, as we were soon surrounded by friends wishing us well. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

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

A man who used to sleep in his basement surrounded by images of who he used to be, his life suddenly changed forever. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

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 feels real to me, suddenly, that I am unarmed and being herded into a building surrounded by Erudite and Dauntless, and if they discover me, there will be nowhere to run. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

Once we were upright again, some swimmers, who had been dropped into the ocean by one of the Hornet’s helicopters, surrounded us and tied a life raft to our side. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

The house was surrounded by a wall, ten feet high. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

Also, I don’t want to be surrounded by a sky of flame. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

A family sitting around a pair of Shabbos candles, surrounded by a barrier that observers could peek and prod through. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

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

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 table he was sitting at was surrounded by books of every size, color, and genre. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

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

A huge purple and yellow bruise surrounded my left eye. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

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

“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

One of the pictures of the carnage showed a hacked white policeman near an overturned, burnt police car, surrounded by groups of students shouting defiant slogans, fists upraised in the black power salute. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

It is surrounded by a stone wall and covered with lilies of the valley. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hizdahr had not taken up residence there, preferring to establish his own suite of rooms deep in the heart of the Great Pyramid, where massive brick walls surrounded him on all sides. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

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

The whole of Gryffindor House took up the challenge enthusiastically, so that it was impossible for Harry to get to classes on time because he was surrounded by a vast, chattering crowd. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

He surrounded himself with his illness thoroughly and embedded himself in it. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

He was surrounded by some guys from his crew. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

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

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

Seeing them in person was like being surrounded by my favorite celebrities. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

The courtyard was surrounded on both sides by arched colonnades. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Then the wagon was surrounded by dogs of every possible size and description. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

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

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

They see sunlight one hour a day, when they are allowed into an outdoor area surrounded by a fence topped with concertina wire. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

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

I was alone, surrounded by cannibal demons, at the mercy of a god, far from home, and without so much as a fork for a weapon. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

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

The idea was that “bubbles” of the new phase of broken symmetry would have formed in the old phase, like bubbles of steam surrounded by boiling water. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

It had taken the smartest man alive to defeat it, and she was surrounded by the not-smartest people alive. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

Dad said my sharpshooting would come in handy if the feds ever surrounded us. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

My red shoes are off, my legs tucked up underneath me on the chair, surrounded by a buttress of red skirt, true, but tucked nonetheless, as at a campfire, of earlier and more picnic days. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

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

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

Ruthanne pointed ahead to the wrought iron fence that surrounded hundreds or maybe fifty or so graves. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

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

I don’t get very long to decide how I feel about being surrounded by ghosts because Elsie whoops and tugs me by the hand, behind the mass of people moving along the street. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

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

Without her makeup on she looks about as scared as Aurora did when she was surrounded by all those honking cars. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

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

He sprang to his feet, instantly forgetting the beauty that surrounded him. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

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

It made us feel surrounded on both ends—like we had a future and a past all bundled up in her round dark cheeks and loose curls. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

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

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

A boy with dreadlocks was surrounded by a small crowd. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

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

We go to dances and twirl around during the rock numbers, or shuffle in the blue light, surrounded by the shuffling of the other couples. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Also it was very much a country house, surrounded by fields and rural walks. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

The house is located in a tiny hamlet, a Hooterville of eight stone houses huddled in a knot and surrounded by rolling hills decorated with cows and sheep. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

And by the fourth or fifth time, I had realized that there was no running from death, when death surrounded us on all sides. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

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

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

In the early afternoon, a crowd of several thousand surrounded the police station. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

They’d been on television, a sea of men in orange sitting on a roadway filthy with feces and garbage, surrounded by guards with automatic rifles. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

Carlion was a walled town, so that this surrounded by a battlement which seemed to go on for ever and ever. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

The plans are predominantly sketches surrounded by notes. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

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

Mrs. Baker’s picture was in the Home Town Chronicle two days later, standing next to Danny and Doug and me, and all of us surrounded by smiling Yankee players. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

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

Lourdes remembers reading somewhere about how Dutch elm disease wiped out the entire species on the East Coast except for a lone tree in Manhattan surrounded by concrete. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Next it was Day, who died of a stroke, surrounded by his family. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

I was practicing my lefty dribble next to the iron gate that surrounded the courts when one of the guys fell hard to the ground. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

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

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

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

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

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

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

The light that had surrounded us faded into darkness and Tonantzin slowly disappeared into the night. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

She looked over at Mr. Jackson, who was surrounded by students and art supplies. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

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

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

But all through class, I can’t stop picturing Morgan holed up in her house, surrounded by pictures of bulldogs. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

Almost instantly, twenty long canoes surrounded the visitors. 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

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

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

The farmers, who lived in quaint stone cottages surrounded by broad fields, grew yellow squash and long green beans and bushels of wheat. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sleep fights cancer, Regular Dr. Jim said for the thousandth time as he hovered over me one morning surrounded by a coterie of medical students. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

Grandma Smith S BIG white house had green shutters and was surrounded by eucalyptus trees. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

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

The path ends in a flat clearing surrounded by more redwoods. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

The floor is covered with mats, rugs and scraps of carpet, in the middle of which sits a woman surrounded with papers and documents. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

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

“It’s a simple charm,” Marco says from his desk where he sits surrounded by open books. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

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

The square's surrounded by shops, and on public market days, especially if there's good weather, it has a holiday feel to it. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

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

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

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

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

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

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

Just a sea of blackness surrounded by the tears that continued to fall even as I slept. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

I want more time here, to learn Urdu and to be surrounded by people who love me so much, impostor or not. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

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

And now that we had finally found our place to rest, our place to gather and be surrounded by ideas and people that we liked, and who liked us.... Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Were you surrounded by suits, like these people streaming toward the train? Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

A tall concrete wall surrounded the property with a metal gate on the side. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

The captain gestured to a group of annoyed-looking partygoers gathered near the entry and surrounded by guards. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Red flames billowed out, surrounded by black smoke from the burning jet fuel. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

And the walls of the corridors were similar to those that surrounded the Glade, the ground made of the same massive stone blocks as in the courtyard. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

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

It surrounded the two men sitting at a table in an otherwise empty room. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

A group of children surrounded him, clutching the hem of his loose shirt. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

An aura of energy surrounded Luke, growing brighter and brighter. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

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

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

They surrounded the covert but the sow got away with the sting of another spear in her flank. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

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

"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

“I feel like a cowboy surrounded by Indians,” I told him in a whisper. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

He was actually glowing—surrounded by a rosy aura. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

There was a roaring sound in her ears as the horses surrounded her, and she squeezed her eyes shut, afraid of what she might see. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

There’s a drinking fountain and bathrooms in a small courtyard surrounded by a hedgerow. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

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

Charles definitely liked to be surrounded by people. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

A light rain is falling as he pulls himself up, and as the air around him clears he sees a row of tiny trees and stars, surrounded by silver gears and black-and-white chess pieces. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Mom is inside, surrounded by boxes and big plastic bins. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

It was a wooden hut like the others, but surrounded on all sides by a picket fence to give the prisoners a place outdoors to walk around in. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was holding a conductor’s baton and was surrounded by officers. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

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

Like I’m all alone in the darkness, even though its daytime and I’m surrounded by people. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

I roasted the bird in a pan surrounded by the potatoes and chunks of winter squash. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

CLAUDETTE: When I came out of the courthouse, I was surrounded by adults. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

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

No matter how old she was, the woman was always surrounded: by men, by flowers, by laughter, by children...and then by disease, by screams, and smoke. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

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

He was surrounded in fire, which would’ve been a problem if he weren’t a Cyclops. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

Before them, the concentration camp at Auschwitz spread out, a desolate flat place surrounded by heavy chain-link fence, topped with coils of barbed wire. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

Clayton stood on the train platform, surrounded by Train Ear and the three boys. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

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

I knew Omi’s advice to me—always keep surrounded, always have witnesses—made sense, but of course no way could I actually follow it. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

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

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

The leaves rustled again more lengthily while you could count a hundred, and then Maid Marian, who had done the rabbit’s thump, was surrounded by her band of twenty plus two. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

We’re surrounded by darkness and danger, and in our desperate search for a way out we keep bumping into each other. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

It’s square-shaped, a bungalow, built of yellow brick and surrounded by raw mud. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

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

He commented on the fact that we were surrounded by people of all classes, of all ages, of all nationalities. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

Wahid stood surrounded by his boys in a cloud of dust whipped up by the truck. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

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 Walton County jail was a dull structure surrounded by a tangle of razor wire that ran along a chain-link fence and glistened in the sunlight. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

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

Never before had I been so curious about money as now that I believed I was surrounded by it. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

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

I think he was searching for the best way to get out of the park, but he was surrounded by Black Panthers. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

He got out of the car and was immediately surrounded. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

They charged up to us, surrounded us, and stopped. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

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

It came to me that we had the hamlet surrounded, so there was nothing for the Congs to do but to defend the village. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bouncing to a finish surrounded by the cheers of a massive crowd. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

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

You step into a bright, open courtyard surrounded by striped tents. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

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

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

But instead, she continued straight, then turned left, so that the House of the Old, surrounded by trees, was just ahead of her. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Then a noise reached him through the unformed nothingness that surrounded him: the small soft thumpings of something that flapped, flailed, and struggled. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

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

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

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 yard was surrounded by a wall so they wouldn’t be able to go far. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

Even the neutral countries, Sweden and Switzerland, are surrounded. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

An enormous wall, like a giant patchwork curtain of stone, surrounded the thousands of houses of the city. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

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

Hugo found himself surrounded by more mechanical parts than he ever could have imagined. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

Thick graffiti letters sprang from a swirly garden not unlike the one that surrounded them. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

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

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

Both children were surrounded by statuettes and various ivory objects. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

This is my situation: writing these pages, surrounded in the room I am in by volumes of Montaigne and Shakespeare and Lawrence. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“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

She never went anywhere alone and was surrounded by Farsi speakers at all times. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

My family surrounded me with so much love that I almost forgot the ones not there. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

You couldn’t sleep near it though; it was surrounded by sharp-edged marsh grass that grew only on muddy ground. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

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

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

I headed toward the river surrounded by the others in a hesitant herd; they sensed that in all probability they were my adversaries in blitzball. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

His servants and a crowd of villagers surrounded him, staring. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

Maybe it’ll be empty and I can sit there for a few minutes in peace, surrounded by the comforting smell of oil paints. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

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

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

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

She had looked forward to a night surrounded by people, but now they wanted to get rid of her. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

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

A girl with a bonnet who is surrounded by sheep. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

They surrounded Jerome and me, clicking their cameras, blocking our way. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

They ask people the following question: Imagine you are a general surrounded by an overwhelming enemy force which will wipe out your 600-man army unless you take one of two available escape routes. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

Suddenly Jason and his friends were surrounded by the Olympians, now human-sized, tiny next to the giants, but glowing with power. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

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

But he’s out in the open, and surrounded by strangers. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Appreciating the finer things in life, he no doubt enjoyed being surrounded by the degree of extravagance that Cleopatra took for granted. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z

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

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

They surrounded her, five huge forms glowing in the dark air, lit by an invisible sun. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

On July 3, several cars drove up to a brick mansion surrounded by gardens, meadows, and woods. 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

They surrounded the courtyard in a U and opened onto it through four green doors. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Jupiter is surrounded by a shell of invisible but extremely dangerous high-energy charged particles. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

She looked at the bare white walls that surrounded her. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

I turned to see him in his bare feet, perched awkwardly on a bit of dry ground surrounded by huge puddles, one hand on the side of the barn to keep his balance. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

How will I ever soar with the eagles if I’m surrounded by turkeys? Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

As for marine resources, most Polynesian islands are surrounded by shallow water and reefs, and many also encompass lagoons. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

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

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

I made markings only in the center, surrounded by a circle of hands touching fingers. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

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

There were several lights attached to the roof of a large, square house, and they illuminated a grassland surrounded by a fence. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

"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

The planet looked like a giant swirling blue marble, half a marble, really, surrounded by blackness. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

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

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

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

Dreams of being on a bed surrounded by lots of people. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Then she transplanted clumps of wildflowers and clovers and berries and shrubs and herbs until the Nest was surrounded by a scraggly collection of plants. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

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

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

The 437th Regiment was stationed near Stalingrad in a plain surrounded by watermelon fields. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

But the thought of being there without her, surrounded by her things, her scent, her life, was simply too painful... American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

How had she done math problems and written essays when she was surrounded by people who might hurt her if they found out who she really was? The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

He is now always surrounded by kids who, I suppose, look up to him. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

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

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

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

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

“Prophecy and sight... I’d be unstoppable. I could own this city. I’d build my palace here, surrounded by food trucks. I could capture that harpy myself!” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

It’s a pocket of culture—some of it my culture—surrounded by the world I grew up in. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

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

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

The cars were surrounded by piles of junk and boxes—furniture, rugs, computers. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

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

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

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

As we entered the booth, Mr. Govind, a small man with flowing mustaches, was shouting at two women seated on the floor surrounded by a pile of marigold blossoms. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

I felt emboldened to follow my instincts again, surrounded by people who had my back. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

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

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

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

He walked on, surrounded by skipping, laughing children. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

These people, these honorary aunts and uncles of a dozen different surnames, have seen Gogol grow, have surrounded him at his wedding, his father’s funeral. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Smith was an eccentric rebel who surrounded himself with people interested in the progressive issues of the day, and Elizabeth found the environment at his home a thrilling contrast to her father’s safe, conservative household. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

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

She looked like she was in heaven, surrounded by all the books. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

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

There’s a big, beautiful pool with turquoise water surrounded by trees with huge orange and red flowers like upside-down bells. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

In another world she was on a field trip surrounded by all her old classmates, the guide was yammering on about potentially useful information while Hazel dreamt of magic. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

In summer’s late sunshine I often sat under the chinaberry tree in his yard, surrounded by the bitter aroma of its fruit and lulled by the drone of flies that fed on the berries. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

Just beyond it, in the opposite direction, is a thatched hut surrounded by a white fence. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

As the crowd surrounded us in the bakery parking lot, everyone munching on free day-old doughnuts, I relished my relaxed state. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

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

Although she lived in town, Old Tallow was so isolated by the force and strangeness of her personality that she could have been surrounded by a huge dark forest. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

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

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

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

His shrieks cut into me, and I wanted to run to him, but the adults surrounded him and wouldn’t let anyone through. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

They had agreed that it was far too dangerous to try and communicate with Mr. Weasley while he walked in and out of the Ministry, because he was always surrounded by other Ministry workers. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

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

“The Lord of Destruction is surrounded by a celestial sphere that can only be shattered by an immortal device like those weapons.” Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Erect, rifles at their sides, their faces stern, the soldiers did not make eye contact as they surrounded us in a protective cocoon. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

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 Japanese women were holding small children by the hands, and they were surrounded by bundles and suitcases. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

They were surrounded by children, curious to look at the animals and people that were arriving. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

I painted Chloe sitting on a throne in a dress of burnished gold, surrounded by flowers. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

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

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

“They made it to a deep gully and were surrounded there by warriors coming up from the village. Those soldiers didn’t make it out. They say they are still there, buried in that deep gully.” In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z

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

“Well, you grew up surrounded by people who are gay. Have you ever thought you might be like them? Just seems like something someone would wonder, being around it so much.” Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

“You see,” she said, “you say you’re not slick, and yet, here we are, in this romantic little club surrounded by all your hot paintings. I think you might be slick, mister.” Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

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

At first we were surrounded by former orchards of apple, cherry, and apricot trees that had now become wild. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

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

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

He ran to the hall and found Harrison lying on his back surrounded by servants, the air silvered with gunsmoke. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

I walked outside trying to hold my head high, and Dinitia and her gang surrounded me and it began. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Grassland, mesquite, scattered low shrubs, and bare rocky soil surrounded both sides of the border. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

I looked down to see what Bronwyn was doing but instead caught a glimpse of Millard on the ladder below us, surrounded by curious flashlight fish. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

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

Poor Fig was locked in a metal cage, smothered with strange smells, and surrounded by furry howling inmates, while I sat here having breakfast. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

There was a sudden, excited murmur as every head turned and the next moment, Harry was surrounded by people exclaiming over his Firebolt. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

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

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

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 draw a girl on a train, surrounded by empty seats. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

The outdoor fire pit—an elevated ring of rocks surrounded by lawn chairs—was stone cold. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

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

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

She lay in her bed, which was surrounded on all four sides with thin linen curtains. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Floating above it, I looked down and saw me, a brown girl in a blue dress surrounded by green-gray water. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Streaks of blood surrounded a solitary hole in the center of the ice. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

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

I just sat, surrounded by abandoned lunches, staring at the cup of Jell-O and letting terror crawl through me until my arms and legs felt like they would be frozen to the table forever. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

He was alone in the middle of the driving range, surrounded by acres of golf balls. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s surrounded by a tall chain link fence. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

The room where my father and I slept at Abu Omar’s was at the edge of a garden that surrounded a stone villa. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

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 was surrounded by eager teen Mormons, each preparing to embark on a mission, Reggie’s lifelong dream. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

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

Like all the others, this one was surrounded with electrified barbed wire and had towers where guards with searchlights, binoculars, and machine guns kept watch on the prisoners. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z

“That there’s Henrietta’s mother,” he said, pointing to a lone tombstone near the cemetery’s edge, surrounded by trees and wild roses. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

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

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

In a hidden place in the garden, surrounded by bushes, we had our “camp,” where we could light a little fire and boil water in a tin can, balanced on rocks. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

A whole lot of cruisers surrounded us on all sides. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

At 60 kilometers, we plunge into the clouds, and find ourselves surrounded by droplets of concentrated sulfuric acid. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

His body was placed on a bed of beaver pelts, covered by a scarlet cloth, and surrounded by a copper pot, a rifle, and a sword. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

A police lieutenant blew a whistle and seconds later the police surrounded the volunteers and began arresting them. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“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

The broken buildings surrounded her, the scorched and silent cars passing below. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

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

He slept better and enjoyed food more when surrounded by people, even if they were strangers. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

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

They could see him, his broad-brimmed straight black hat surrounded by the black hats of his three grown sons. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

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

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

“Living in the country, they are surrounded by nat-ural museums and concerts,” I said. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

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

Henry sits beside him, surrounded by a cloud of attendants and stylists. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

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

“Alyce,” whispered Beetle, surrounded by boys and abandoned by the cat. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

The station was tucked in a deserted area, surrounded by dark woods. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

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

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

The new house was surrounded by cashew trees. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

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

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

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

The horde surrounded him on all sides, millions of creatures. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

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

He was also surrounded by good, smart people who were ready to help. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

How easy it is to sit and be surrounded by them. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

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

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

We can see a foreshadowing of this in the group of people which surrounded Gilbert as he conducted experiments on magnets, but for the most part these were fairly uneducated navigators. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Cluny stooped inside the tunnel workings, surrounded by as many of his followers as could pack in without causing mass suffocation. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Stannis stood on the steps of the King’s Tower, surrounded by his knights. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Philip Turner vomited into a janitor’s sink surrounded by mops and pails. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

I felt safe, like I was camping in a tent in the woods and surrounded by whispering trees and peaceful bears, like the stories Uncle Bill tells about taking Boy Scouts to Bear Mountain. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

I’m sure most parade watchers didn’t notice, but I was also surrounded by undercover police officers for the whole day. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

I find myself floating above a spectacular, ruined city surrounded on all sides by walls of colorful coral. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

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

A wide expanse of lush plains turns into a crystal-blue lagoon, surrounded by towering cliffs and smooth, steep rocks, their tops covered with vegetation. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

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

They found themselves completely surrounded by sparrows as the door slammed shut behind them. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

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

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

Stella could not remember when she wasn’t surrounded by newsprint. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

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

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

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

I’m standing in an open-air courtyard surrounded by enormous sheets of glass panels. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

My early successes in life were, I knew, a product of the consistent love and high expectations with which I was surrounded as a child, both at home and at school. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

“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

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

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

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

She isn’t the outdoorsy type, which is pretty pathetic considering our house is surrounded by fields and woods. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

“The fortress is surrounded by open sea. I think we would be visible from quite a far distance.” Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

I think he was searching for the best way to get out of the park, but he was surrounded by Black Panthers. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

They come to a partial clearing, to a humble house covered with bleached brown shingles and surrounded by a low wall of flat stones. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

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

In the back room Brett and Bill were sitting on barrels surrounded by the dancers. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

Amber is surrounded, her ginger Belle-bun a tiny crest above the crowd. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

You did not need a suit when you were surrounded by barbed wire. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

It surrounded Sierra, lit up the entire night. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

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

He bought up a huge portion of Edmonton and built the first real house in town, a vast home surrounded by sprawling acres of virgin countryside. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

The memory of my youth was such a surprising relief from all the hatred and despair, blood and drugs that surrounded me. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

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

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

Sand, which seemed too cool for the hot afternoon, surrounded the entrance. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Far beyond, players in whites showed sharp against the red of the courts surrounded by grass, a gay vista washed by the sun. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

She also had drawn a baby surrounded by ancient, gnarled trees. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

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

Suddenly a dozen women surrounded us, old, young, and middle-aged. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

I hear gravel crunching under tires, car doors slamming, and next thing I know I’m surrounded by doughy flesh, flowered prints, and gloved hands. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

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

My lawyer arrived, in his gown, surrounded by lots of colleagues. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

He was surrounded by other apprentices, and even a few junior scythes. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

I tried it a few times but, surrounded by their fresh and smiling faces, I couldn't help but feel I'd been wrongly cast in an international Pepsi commercial. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

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

There was a courtyard that lay deep under snow, surrounded by a low wall, and as Iorek pushed open the gate they heard a bell ring somewhere in the building. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

We were in a wide, deep valley, surrounded by forested hills. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

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

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

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

The light unable to penetrate the depths that surrounded him. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

The room spun round me, a swirl of lights, smoke, sweating bodies surrounded by tense white faces. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

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

He was surrounded by apothecary drawers, separated into little square compartments into which he occasionally dipped his fingers for a pinch or two of pipeweed. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

There’ was a faint bluish furrow down each side of his nose, and this led up to the eye-sockets, and surrounded them in a pensive shade. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

It was surrounded by high weeds and cacti, and inside some wild pigeons roasted. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

She was much thinner now, and surrounded by shadows. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

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

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

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

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

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

In between, he was in the library, surrounded by his father’s and Mrs. Cobb’s books, sitting at the study table in the morning to translate the Georgies—which he thought had nothing on the Aeneid. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

It was little more than a large rectangular courtyard surrounded by warehouses and shipping offices. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

“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

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

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

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

Wicker chairs surrounded the sides, and each had a freshly folded towel waiting. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The Union capital would have been completely surrounded by rebel states, isolated from the rest of the North. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

These moments of night when the swamp and darkness surrounded them evoked an immense loneliness, a dread, a sense of exile from the rest of humanity. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

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

It held many secrets within its huge body, and it seemed to be lonely, although it was surrounded by other mountains. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

He wasn’t ticcing, even though he was completely surrounded by people. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

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

Jumping out of bed, Martin pulled the curtains apart and was startled to see that the house was surrounded by dark liquid that kept rising. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

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

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

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

I paid no particular attention to them until they had surrounded the junkyard. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

Taylor led the girls deeper into the jungle to a basin surrounded by hills. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

On it there was a father penguin and a daughter penguin holding hands, surrounded by icy blue hearts. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

“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

This one led down toward a small valley surrounded by walls—a gated community, which seemed to be the only happy part of the Underworld. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

They emerged into a clearing, surrounded by trees and hedges with their branches so densely intertwined they hid their treasure completely from the outside world. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

I’m surrounded by friends, by family, by my teammates and coach, and by warm, supportive strangers. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

“There is Mrs. Smith’s house,” Granny remarked as she led me up a long driveway of a beautiful villa-type house surrounded by a well-manicured lawn with several beds of colourful, sweet-smelling flowers and rosebushes. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

A special guard surrounded the prisoners and took them to the jail at a trot. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

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

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

“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

It held nothing but a narrow bed surrounded by crates of books towering up to the rafters. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

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

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

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

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

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

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

It is your responsibility be cause you are surrounded by the Dreamers. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

Pushing his glasses back on the bridge of his nose, Kelvin says, “Nature’s amazing. It’s better than a park. Way better than my apartment building surrounded by gravel and weeds.” Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

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

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

As he was led down the hall, past windows, he saw that the mob and the troops still surrounded the court house. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

It’s just 3,491 feet to the top, but, surrounded as it is by much smaller hills, it looks considerably bigger. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

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

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

They said Captain Reed surrounded himself with the finest crew in Kelanna. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

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

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

Quietly she surrounded and nudged and pushed until they stood in Faye’s room. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

I was surrounded by demons and standing only a few feet away from a god of disease, and yet I could stare him in the eye without flinching. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

Briares stood next to him, surrounded by a group of awed campers and satyrs. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

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

In the sweet calm, surrounded by everything I loved—moonlight, air, grass, animals, earth, people—I wondered, with a pang, how much longer I would be able to savor such moments. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

But the tables were surrounded by flying elbows, so I settled next to Grandma. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

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

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

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 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

A big wooden cross hung high up on the back wall, surrounded by the usual, big stained-glass windows. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

One eye was surrounded by a puffy black bruise. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

The figures, from left to right, are the astronomers Hipparchus, Copernicus, an anonymous ancient observer, Brahe and Ptolemy, each surrounded by symbols of his work. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

As the sirens surrounded us, as the cop cars came braking to a halt, the driver’s door opened, and Spoon emerged. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

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

It was like they were surrounded by bots all shouting out numbers, which was both weird and cool. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

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

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

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

By 2:00 p.m., they were surrounded, totally cut off from Alpha and Bravo. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

The worst part is, instead of being with her parents or in a hospital surrounded by doctors and nurses who can help her, she's having a seizure on a concrete sidewalk. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

A moment later, the wave was gone, and Roz lay there, dripping and dented and surrounded by dead robots. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

I had never been surrounded by my family before. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

He was standing out front, surrounded by a phalanx of reporters. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

They were brought out on litters, “seated on their thrones and surrounded by pages and women with flywhisks in their hands, who ministered to them with as much respect as if they had been alive.’ 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

That night Blanca slept fitfully and woke at dawn surrounded by the shadows of her large bedroom. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

In one corner stood a potbellied stove, hissing softly, surrounded by a semicircle of limp boots and draped with wet woollen socks, which steamed foully. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

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

She opened her eyes and stood straight up; all of the saints surrounded her; Gabriel stood staring, struck rigid as a pillar in the temple. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

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

Those that come close suddenly change direction before hitting her glove, bouncing off as though she is surrounded by something invisible and impermeable. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

He had left the woman in her bed, the man on the bedroom floor, the older child in her brightly colored bedroom, surrounded by toys and half-finished models. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

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

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

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

The second onager was surrounded by an encampment of tattooed Laistrygonian ogres, but Piper managed to get to the machine without raising suspicion. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

The room was round, and capped by an absurd Byzantine cupola surrounded with windows, through which one could see all the rooftops of the city and feel close to the clouds. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Piggy was surrounded before he could back away. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

No doubt Claudius was ensconced in a secure room blazing with light and surrounded by his guards. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

A small crowd surrounded them, enjoying the morning's street theater. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

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

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

Alabama state troopers surrounded Wallace as he made his defiant stand against desegregation in Alabama’s all-white public schools. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

It must be horrible to see an ugly face when you’re surrounded by such beautiful people all the time. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

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

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

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

They passed no stores, no gas stations, just farms surrounded by outbuildings and old pickup trucks. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mobutu’s Kinshasa mansion is surrounded by a park, where some zebras and one pitiful elephant paw at the grass. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

The village was surrounded by a forest where almost anything might hide. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

They had surrounded the central, older Tower like sentinels, and the castle had wrapped around the whole of it like a snake eating its tail. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

By April 3, it was only 200 yards across, surrounded by open water and continually bumping into other floes. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

Finally, after threading her way through a cluster of rocks surrounded by foam, she came again to an endless stretch of water. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

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

“They surrounded me. I just freaked out a little.” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

“I didn’t know your identity, but I had an impression of who my opponent was, being surrounded by things you made. I had thought you might like it.” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

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

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 began his new life standing up, surrounded by cold darkness and stale, dusty air. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

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

“And how will you take him from me? You are outgunned and surrounded.” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Five or six more men left the porch and surrounded the fractious beast, goosing him in the sides and making him show his temper. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

Dark stone surrounded us on three sides, but there was a clear view of the ruined cabin and the destroyed trees below. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

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

Faced with the mirror’s evidence, laughed at by my own mother, surrounded by developing classmates, I had come to a dire conclusion. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

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

Half a dozen boys sat and stretched out on wooden benches, surrounded by whispering men. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

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

I wished we hadn’t seen ourselves as a speck of dust, surrounded by so much nothing we were barely even visible. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

In place of walls, some palaces were surrounded by thorny hedges. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

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

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

He will be the first elf welcomed within those walls, surrounded by those goblin hordes and given a free pass to walk among them. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

As the snow began to melt in Russia, Leningrad was completely surrounded by German troops. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

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

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

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

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

I turned around and around in a foggy, dreamlike state, looking for the source of that scream, but only darkness surrounded me. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

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

Sam looked at all the faces, one hundred in all, that surrounded him. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

Talk flowed easily and they surrounded me with warmth. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

His hole was almost up to his shoul-ders, although it was hard to tell exactly where ground level was because his dirt piles completely surrounded the hole. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

It is hard to imagine Tom Smith surrounded by the artificialities of show business, standing in a glitzy showring, loosing horses to run in chaotic sprints, and not think that something precious was being squandered. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Papá and Mamá were sitting at the kitchen table surrounded by my brothers and sister, who listened quietly as my parents discussed our trip. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

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 thought of the Underdowns’ home in Léopoldville with its Persian rugs and silver tea service and chocolate cookies, surrounded by miles of tin shanties and hunger. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I think of Uriah lying on the tile surrounded by glass and metal. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

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

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

He would also show it a few years later in the South Pacific when, against orders, he stayed behind with wounded British soldiers as Japanese troops surrounded them. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

It was the pride one can feel only when, far from home and surrounded by a captive audience, you are called upon to explain what is undoubtedly the single greatest thing about your country. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

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

They rode to the lake the Dothraki called the Womb of the World, surrounded by a fringe of reeds, its water still and calm. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

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

But one boy stood still, pensively staring up at the lush green mountains that surrounded them. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

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

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

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

Lincoln sprinted ahead and saw Garfield on the floor of the ladies' waiting room with his eyes closed, surrounded by several people. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

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

At first it was scattered villages, surrounded by the tendrils of the wood of Vincennes. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

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

Set apart from the rest of the buildings, it was surrounded by a wasteland of sand and low, flat bullhead vines. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

Ferula excused herself for a moment and ran to the bathroom, one of those immense bathrooms where the toilet was placed in the middle of the room surrounded by a vast desert of white tiles. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

That night, and every night for the next weeks and months, the house was surrounded by hundreds of well-wishers. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

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

Ahead there’s a scatter of flyers on the bulletin board, and the doorway to the gym is surrounded with colored streamers and twinkly white Christmas lights. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

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

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 on the couch surrounded by books and papers. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

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

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

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

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

Abbot Mortimer lay in the cloister gardens surrounded by his mice and woodland friends. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

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

‘An impressive number of guests,” she would observe, stroking with her finger the misplaced faces that had surrounded us. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

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

She quickened her pace on the dusty stretch that led to the main road, but five of them, all in tattered army uniforms, soon surrounded her. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Cousin Eunice always walked out slowly, surrounded by a group of women who could have been her sisters. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

“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

A pond enclosed within a black stone wall that is surrounded by white gravel. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

The night balloon he’d been trapped inside popped like a soap bubble, and he landed on a hard floor surrounded by Clock Watchers. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

It was surrounded by trees that blocked it from view of the village below, meaning that they could practice Quidditch there, as long as they didn’t fly too high. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

But she sat on the dirt floor of a smokehouse, surrounded by the dried carcasses of two pigs, a cow, and a deer, feeling scared and powerless. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

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

Soon the road narrowed to two lanes and we were surrounded by the groves, surrounded by the beauty of it all. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

And she had seen the beautiful boys who surrounded the merchant prince, flitting through his palace halls in wisps of silk. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

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

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

It had once been surrounded by English gardens, which had partly collapsed into clay and African weeds. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

A cruise ship surrounded by tiny boats in the ocean called middle school. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

“When you have a bar mitzvah,” she lectures, “you’re supposed to be surrounded by the people who care about you. They won’t fit in your house.” Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

I was there in the camp, surrounded by men with torches and machetes. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

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

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

The visitation area at Holman is a large circular room surrounded by glass so that officers can look in from any vantage point. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

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

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

The new work camp sits at the edge of a rice field and is surrounded by forest. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

She set those very carefully to one side, surrounded by sheaves of bark. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

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

We were surrounded by love—the eclectic, multicultural Obama kind and the anchoring Robinsons-from-the-South-Side kind, all of it now interwoven visibly, pew to pew, inside the church. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

It was surrounded by a carpet of lush grass, kept short, she found out later, by the many sheep that grazed upon it. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

I sat down, surrounded by empty seats, feeling unbearably self- conscious. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Saigon, under sporadic artillery shelling and surrounded by the Communists, was in complete chaos. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

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

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

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

We were led inside and sat on benches, surrounded by sixteen armed guards. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Among them, surrounded by them, his feelings were the same as they had been as a girl: by equal measures fascinated and horrified. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

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

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

When I wake up, I find her sitting on the floor, surrounded by all her stuffies. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

In her hand was an ancient valentine, a big heart surrounded by paper lace. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

A small mountain of shakes soon surrounded him in the McDonalds’ barnyard. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

The last table was surrounded by a handful of seventh graders and a few older kids in black T-shirts. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

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

General Pemberton, completely surrounded by Grant’s army, had been cut off from all supplies and had been starved into surrender. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

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 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

The men of the oasis surrounded the horsemen from the desert and within half an hour all but one of the intruders were dead. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

The fence surrounded a treeless yard, and there was a large brown car parked in the garage. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He sat still, surrounded by an invisible cast of concrete. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

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

I held my breath and looked at the giant, gnarled cottonwood trees that surrounded us. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

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

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

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

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

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

One of the teachers on cafeteria duty broke into the crowd of kids that suddenly surrounded us once the commotion started. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

I can clearly see the Man in the Moon surrounded by all those craters created eons ago by a bombardment of meteoroids. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

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

American cities are like badger holes, ringed with trash—all of them—surrounded by piles of wrecked and rusting automobiles, and almost smothered with rubbish. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

“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

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 most embarrassing part, she admitted, was that this made her start feeling that way right there in the middle of the prison hall surrounded by guards. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

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

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

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

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

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

We were surrounded with heaps of orange flowers. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

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

And surrounded by these silent trees, beside a calming fire, I watched the bones dance. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

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

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

They saw that they were in danger of being surrounded. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

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

There was a tapestry with her surrounded by flowers, and there was a museum with statues of all of her childhood pets. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

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

They stood in a vast courtyard several times the size of a football field, surrounded by four enormous walls made of gray stone and covered in spots with thick ivy. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

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

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

Even back on the farm, surrounded by friends from school and neighbors from town, he felt like he was still drifting on the dark ocean. I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912 2010-06-01T00:00:00Z

Bees and flowers and even singing birds surrounded the house. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

“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

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

‘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

Kali and her husband, Kunthi and her boys, Janaki, surrounded by her numerous family, even Old Granny, had come out to see. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was strapped into a chair surrounded by dials, under dazzling lights. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

At low tide, the hull was surrounded by ankle-deep water. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

The weaving shed was farther along, mercifully in a shady area surrounded by large trees. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

This tunnel led to a small domed outbuilding—a sort of huge igloo—surrounded by a covered porch. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

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

Our grimy one-bedroom apartment smelled like dirty socks and cat droppings, but we were surrounded by people we knew—at least people Baba knew. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

They’re surrounded by rocks and trees and grass and room to wander. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z

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

Lucas pointed across the way to a small table surrounded by children that had been set up by my church. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

We were surrounded by white men in suits speaking in frightened tones. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

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

At times she sat cross-legged, at times with legs splayed, surrounded by an array of colanders and shallow bowls of water in which she immersed her chopped ingredients. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

Jon left him standing there in the snow, surrounded by wagons and wolves and horses. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

“Whenever I saw you, you were surrounded by a flock of girls and at least two boys, you were always laughing, and you were always the center of attention!” The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

Because, even as a young child, I could sense the unspoken terrors that surrounded our house, the ones that chased my mother until she hid in a secret dark corner of her mind. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

The animals watched as the robot glided across the meadow, surrounded by a warm glow. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

For as far as they could see, there were huge 1950s-era buildings surrounded by tall trees. 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

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

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

Miao-Yao speakers live in dozens of small enclaves, all surrounded by speakers of other language families and scattered over an area of half a million square miles, extending from South China to Thailand. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

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

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

It was only two stories high, surrounded by trees. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

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

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

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

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

It was like pushing a button in me—the kind of big blinking red button you might find in some sort of nuclear facility surrounded by warning signs and evacuation maps. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

The boy found himself surrounded by strange inquiring eyes. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Come closer, Nell; keep warm,” and she pulled Eleanor even nearer to her under the blanket, and the sickening, still cold surrounded them. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

People lie in sleeping bags, surrounded by car tires and orange life jackets, empty food packages, crumpled papers, water bottles and crushed cans. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

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

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

Crowds of people surrounded it, and Mr. Arable had to drive very carefully in order not to run over anybody. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

Werfel could tell it was a spell because the elf was floating several inches above the bed, surrounded by crackling sparks. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

“How did I get here,” I wondered, surrounded by Nothing, “and how can I get back?” Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

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

Before Davos could even think to move, he was surrounded by silver tridents. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Jason, Piper, and Nico stood on the near side of the chasm, which was good, but they were surrounded by a ring of Cyclopes and hellhounds. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Hell was and would always be as far as she was concerned, a lake of fire exactly the size of Maycomb, Alabama, surrounded by a brick wall two hundred feet high. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

An iron fence surrounded it, topped with sharp spikes, sharp as needles. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

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

"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

He knows we’re seeing him as a clumsy, too tall, skinny guy surrounded by graceful, beautiful girls in pink tights. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

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

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

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

It was nice to be surrounded by my friends again. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

The courthouse was surrounded by a heavy chain and patrolled by a strong police force. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Here, surrounded by people and yet alone, I celebrate myself. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

How did Lincoln Rowley end up in this place, surrounded by these people, doing this thing? Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

“Now suddenly I’m surrounded by Swiss police and can’t get him to the airfield. What are my orders?” Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

But we couldn’t simply walk away—we were surrounded by water. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Patches of green lawn dot the space, and sprinkled between them are individual buildings surrounded by trees. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

She looked at the little houses surrounded by boats, oil drums, tires, buckets, broken cars, and rags and bags, and happily followed her new parents home. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

Even in the grocery store, surrounded in one aisle by more kinds of food than will ever be known in a Congolese lifetime, there was nothing on the air but a vague, disinfected emptiness. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Romans were badly outnumbered, surrounded by a sea of unreliable allies. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

The ten prisoners surrounded him, clinging to his clothes: “Save us! You promised . . . We want to go to the depot, we are strong enough to work. We are good workers. We can ... we want. . .” Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Beneath it there is a single lock of raven hair glued onto the page and surrounded by symbols and letters. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

It occurred when the DNA molecules were surrounded by a large amount of water. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

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

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

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 passed a dead man in a sitting position on a hummock, entirely surrounded by wild animals and snakes. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

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

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

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

Each abbreviation is surrounded by many inches of white space. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

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

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

Slowly, the red receded, and blurry blues surrounded me. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

From a distance I could see the small, dark mass of rock surrounded by a blinding halo of light and sea spray. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

Doc was at his worktable, surrounded by the bags of graveyard dirt we collected for him. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

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

After his lecture, swarms of admirers surrounded him, and I didn’t have the courage to break in before he and his wife, Ava Helen, went back to the nearby Trianon Hotel. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

But Poppy acted as if their modern apartment on the Ramallah road was still surrounded by shepherds. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

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

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

The dark, towering silhouettes of the Wallowa Mountains surrounded us on all sides. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

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

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

Wood said they fought every step of the way against odds until finally they were surrounded by the cavalry under General Miles and the large part of them wiped out. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

They spent the next three days sitting by the enormous curving pool, surrounded by umbrellas and turquoise lounge chairs. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

As we have heard, His Lordship the Governor resides here in a ship off the shore of Norfolk, surrounded by his small fleet. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

There was no neck The turtle had retracted into its shell; all that showed of its head was its eyes and its beak, surrounded by circles of skin. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

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

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

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

Closed Due to Inclement Weather it says, in a fancy script surrounded by playfully painted grey clouds. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

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

You are surrounded by as many Christians in Oklahoma as Muslims in Iran. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

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

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

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

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

Rock and roll and being surrounded by my classmates and friends were good medicine. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

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

A series of elaborate gazebos surrounded the pond, interconnected by a whitewashed boardwalk. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

We saw them surrounded, and observed as they begged and importuned; we saw them towed to the island and dragged ashore, the mob awaiting them, engorged with victory, armed with brickbats and bayonets. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

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

He was surrounded by men sworn to House Lannister, a vast host twenty thousand strong, and yet he was alone. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

We live in North America, where we are surrounded every day by cultural messages linking white with good. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

As in when we're not surrounded by the entire population of Bartlett High. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

It contained perhaps forty gravestones and was surrounded by a knee-high stone wall covered in slippery moss. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

“Well, Gilly’s a fine name,” said Mr. Evans, which confirmed to Gilly that at school, too, she was fated to be surrounded by fools. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

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

The main building was a long, low warehouse, surrounded by acres of statuary. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

But the colored part a town, we one big anthill, surrounded by state land that ain’t for sale. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

She walked home down the quiet path, surrounded by trees and grass and blue sky. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

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

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

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

In 1786, aged just forty-three, he was found dead at his workbench surrounded by an array of toxic chemicals, any one of which could have accounted for the stunned and terminal look on his face. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

And so she sat stiff-tongued, surrounded by students who were all folded easily on their seats, all flush with knowledge, not of the subject of the classes, but of how to he in the classes. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

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

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

And what were the rules again if you were surrounded? Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Armed guards surrounded her while hundreds of white people spat and called her names. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

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

Each had “luminous” eyes and a mouth surrounded by sixteen "whip-like tentacles” resembling a "gray snake.” Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

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

Tins was surrounded by a high wall with towers, and, on the inner side of this wall, the big rooms which were needed for stores, bams, barracks, and stables were built. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

“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

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

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

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

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

Knowing they are outgunned, the Confederates retreat back to their positions, only to be surrounded as the Union force quickly counterattacks. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

She did not know if she was sad or happy right now—she was free but lonely, surrounded by love but hungry. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

He knew what went on inside the Keepers’ compound, which was surrounded by a high wall. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Members of a band knew each other very intimately, and were surrounded throughout their lives by friends and relatives. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

One hot pool, surrounded by large boulders, was about thirty yards from the river’s edge, a shallow puddle twenty feet wide. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

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

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

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

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

It was probably the most beautiful city I’d ever seen: kind of like a smaller, cleaner Manhattan, if Manhattan had been surrounded by green hills and fog. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

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

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

Her half brothers remind Celia of when she was a baby, and a confusion of brothers and sisters surrounded her. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

Malia is sitting on the rug surrounded by a million Lego pieces. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

The aura that surrounded me earlier is gone. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

On their way back to their building after school, Emily and James walked through the stretch of shops and restaurants that surrounded Hollister’s bookstore. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

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

They were surrounded by folding chairs, music stands, and painted scenery from last year’s spring play. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

The great quiet of the prairies surrounded him. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

It was a matter that concerned him a good deal, for the giving of names in his family was always surrounded by what he believed to be monumental foolishness. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

They were so loud and crazy with their cawing and flapping, he knew what it meant to be surrounded by a murder of crows. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

It was suffocating being here, surrounded by this noise, the surging crowds, and blinding splendor. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

The old man they’d passed earlier lay on the muddy street, surrounded by the women who had been carrying him. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

“I grew up surrounded by concrete and brick, crowded freeways. People everywhere in cars, on buses, subways, trains.” Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Stronger than any burning in his arms and belly, more haunting than the darkness that surrounded him, was the realization that he was alone, totally alone with himself. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

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

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

The trip had hardly started when the Rodina became surrounded by thick cloud. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

It’s jarring to see him surrounded by the ordinary objects in the room. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

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

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

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

Bill returned and sat beside me, surrounded by the approval of his people. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Finding itself trapped, surrounded by predators, it would beat itself to death trying to get free. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Carriages surrounded newsboys on lower Broad Street to the point that the street was in gridlock as people waited for the release of the second edition. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

The Union column raced up the road and surrounded the farmhouse. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

She sat on a throne surrounded by gardenias, her face serene as a goddess’s. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

Once inside, I go up a few stairs to find a room with three desks squeezed in, surrounded by big happy posters of kids. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

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

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

Once Sierra went down the first few steps, the darkness surrounded her completely. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

He is standing at a table covered with maps, talking to other men but surrounded by girls, prettier ones than me. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

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

“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

However difficult my life would be in Delhi, I would not be surrounded by thousands of widows to remind me that my life, like theirs, was over. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

They flew over the busy railway station where the Soviet troops bound for Kursk were gathering, surrounded by a mess of smoking bomb craters in the dirty snow. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

Salinas was surrounded and penetrated with swamps, with tule-filled ponds, and every pond spawned thousands of frogs. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

When dawn broke over the city, the dark red blooms of dragon's breath surrounded the girls where they lay. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

It was an immaculate and friendly house, grand enough but not pretentious, and it sat inside its white fence, surrounded by its clipped lawn, and roses and catoneasters lapped against its white walls. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Three separate rings of fencing surrounded Aberdeen Lake State Penitentiary. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

If I had come here in person, my avatar would be surrounded by thousands of Sixers and I’d be at your mercy. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

I stopped at the model homes area—four houses surrounded by the same white picket fence—and pulled off my glasses to clean them. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

When I opened my door, just across the hall from me a man in some ceremonial dress, who obviously lived there, was also headed downstairs, surrounded by attendants. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

As he thought things over, he adjusted the shawl that was wrapped around his shoulders and gazed at the bamboo scaffolding that now surrounded his balcony. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

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

He was surrounded by his friends, thumbs hooked in his belt loops. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

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 guy is surrounded by other people his age, all pulsing against each other, and my initial instinct is to yell, “Somebody help!” Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

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

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

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

He dropped his sword and glared at Robert, surrounded by his Kingsguard and a dozen other knights and guardsmen. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

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

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

Just passing through a door, being inside, surrounded by walls and a ceiling, was novel. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

Just think about the amount of time you spend surrounded by music in your day. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

In one corner was a turret with a big bay window looking out on a small garden surrounded by the fence. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

There's no Mirjam, but there are girls her age or younger, surrounded by young couples and middle-aged men. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Hundreds of tents and fires surrounded the property. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

We are surrounded by cars and, beyond that, cornfields. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

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

They passed the military checkpoint surrounded by striped orange sawhorses. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

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

He was surrounded on all sides by chasms of empty air. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

“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

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

Within the office, a team of CIA operatives gathered at all hours around small desks, surrounded by maps of Moscow and photographs of potential meeting places and drop sites. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Dr. King sat near the door, always surrounded by people. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

Beatrice’s grandmother was sitting there, propped up with pillows and surrounded by shawls. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Darkness surrounded them as they entered the thick grove of trees encircling the clearing. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

The fact that they were exactly alike, that they were surrounded by the same barren hard-packed earth, furthered the illusion. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

“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

Being stranded on top of a tall pillar surrounded by hundreds of bats made him a little uncomfortable. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Behind the house and up some stone steps is a square garden surrounded by high brick walls and in there are tons of flowers blooming already all in shades of white. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

A nimbus of mist surrounded every streetlight so that they looked like golden dandelion seed heads, and the drip of water from the eaves was unceasing as Coram and Sophonax walked slowly along the riverfront. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

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

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

She wanted to explain how right everything felt in a place where she was surrounded by mischievous children, overbearing cousins, and doddering elders who were all a part of her. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

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

It’s Rachel, surrounded by a bunch of kids wearing clothes that most definitely did not come from the EastSide Mall. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

If the soldiers stopped, they would be immediately surrounded. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z

Harry could not see Fred’s body, because his family surrounded him. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

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

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

“Good for you,” she said into my ear, embarrassing the heck out of me because I was surrounded by kids who overheard everything she said. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

Coach Ellerly stormed the field with his team of assistants, and a swarm of players surrounded him. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

I loved my view, holed up in the woodsy Y of our pecan tree’s branches surrounded by nothing but pointed green leaves and pecan clusters still shelled in green husks. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

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

She’s surrounded by the same bunch of girls she’s been hanging around with all spring and so far this summer instead of me. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

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

She herself had rarely so much as held a coin in her hand, and for sixteen years she had never questioned the costly and beautiful things that surrounded her. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

“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

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

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

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

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

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

It was nearly dawn when he remembered Luna, alone in a cell in Azkaban, surrounded by dementors, and he suddenly felt ashamed of himself. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

More riders emerged out of the dusk, ghostlike, until they had surrounded the camp. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

We linger in the background and then press ourselves into the herd of green shirts, not in the back where we'd be noticed, but coming in from the side so we're quickly surrounded by them. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I guess she followed me and Loomis and the dog off the train, but I never saw her after I got surrounded by the other passengers. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

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

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

The usual corridor pandemonium surrounded him, slammed locker doors, wild yells and whistles, pounding feet as the guys hurried to the afterschool activities, football, boxing, debating. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

A space has been cleared and the love seat has been moved in and surrounded by vases of red and pink roses. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Coldhands was hacking and cutting at the circle of dead men that surrounded him. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Sitting in the Pimlico clubhouse surrounded by reporters, Howard made a flat statement. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dozens of plain wooden coffins of all sizes lie in a trench surrounded by the small crowd, all that remains of the Jewish community of Kielce, once twenty-five thousand strong. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

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

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

She was surrounded by the forces of night, heard but not seen: the gibbering of coyotes and the howling of wolves and the screaming of owls, which were said to carry an evil spirit. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

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

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

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

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

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

Their car was suddenly surrounded by demonstrators, some of them wounded. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

If Mummy’s ignoring my art made me feel invisible, Sahil’s recognition was like being surrounded by a million neon lights. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

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

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

It should have made me feel secure to be surrounded by so many officers. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

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

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

She could barely contain her nervous anticipation, with images of neatly cobbled streets surrounded by safe stone walls dancing in her head. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

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

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

Abruptly the buzzing stopped and squawking seagulls surrounded his body. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

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

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

When the troop of soldiers surrounded the house, the family looked fearful. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

There was a grand mansion surrounded by a beautiful garden with flowered fishponds and red-pillared pavilions. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

The stinging smell of garlic surrounded her, stuck fast to her fingers and nostrils. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

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

Presents spilled off a three foot stack that surrounded the tree. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

A child growing up on a farm surrounded by animals would naturally befriend some of them. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

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

A large group of debils surrounded him, holding up fistfuls of paper money. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

He moves a little closer so I’m almost completely surrounded by him. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

“Now, get up. The ogres have surrounded the house. We have much to discuss if you and your friends are to escape here alive.” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

Silent in the moonlight, it was like some patient prehistoric creature that had crawled down from the mountains: dumb, lonely, biding its time, untroubled by the articles of playground equipment which surrounded it. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

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

He pointed to a tiny dot that was surrounded by a rainbow of crisscrossed lines. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

One of the biggest reasons I left Elkton Hills was because I was surrounded by phonies. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

And as if it couldn’t have gotten any stranger, now crazy people surrounded them out in the woods, making animal sounds and laughing hysterically. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

The division in the two tubes that resulted was very plain: the centre tube was white in colour, while the tube that surrounded it was decreasingly green as it approached the inner wall. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

We are surrounded by recent fundamental changes in society. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

The clinic is a white shipping container surrounded by medical tents. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

It was unfair to be surrounded by bathwater and unable to use it! A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“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

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

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

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

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

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

Their education complemented their uniquely American facility with machines and technology, for they had spent their boyhoods surrounded by mechanical gadgetry: farm machines, radios, and cars. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

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

He made a sweeping gesture, indicating the angry mob that surrounded him. 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

Lissa sat at the picnic table, surrounded by books, her diary among them. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

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

I stared at it—the little hut just like the others was surrounded by that ten-foot-high fence. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

“Why, Werner—” She loses herself momentarily in troubled reverie, surrounded by sleek furniture, some of it wrapped in thick wool blankets. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Barry looked around his neighborhood—the little houses, the scraggly lawns surrounded by chain-link fences, the palm trees and big oaks. I Survived Hurricane Katrina, 2005 2011-04-01T00:00:00Z

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

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

“Me? Nothing. There was nothing I could do. Coach Warner, all the other coaches, they surrounded him. They started banging on his chest.” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

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

Eventually we pulled up in front of a beautiful blue house surrounded by tall trees. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

When they got to Galilee and found the old pink restaurant surrounded by a colorful clutter of buildings, they chose a green metal table near the water. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

I seemed destined to be surrounded by people on their way out. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z

I was standing there, taking in the scene, when Oprah walked in, glowing in a long green dress, surrounded by an entourage. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Five hundred armed police surrounded the Drill Hall. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hundreds of them surrounded the bus, some carried bats or metal poles, and others held vicious German shepherds, growling and ready to attack these unarmed people. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

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

They each ducked through a passage in the chain-link fence that surrounded it. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

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

Suddenly a group of about ten shadowy figures leaped out of an abandoned building across from the street and surrounded me. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Agatha and her brood have decided to come north for the summer. And of course she’s going to bring her mother and aunt. So you will get to spend June surrounded by Virginians!” Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

Chumley Prep is the school over in the part of town where there’s a country club with a golf course and where all the homes look like palaces surrounded by gigantic oak trees. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

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

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

“A man surrounded by genetic damage cannot help but mimic it with his own behavior,” Zoe says. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

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

It’s not fancy at all, just small wooden tables in the center surrounded by booths on the perimeter. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

Suddenly they surrounded her, three men, her own brothers, jostling her, pushing her along, pinioning her arms behind her. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

And in order to get round to the other side he had to pass between the horse’s hoofs and the railings of the “area” that surrounded the house; for the Ketterleys’ house had a basement. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

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 sat at our table in the third floor of the library, surrounded by the mazelike stacks, and he told me what he had read during the past year and what he was reading now. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

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

At the end of the day, the boys herded the cattle and goats into a kraal surrounded by thornbushes. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

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

The rest had been surrounded and taken captive. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

I wondered how different I would be if I’d grown up like that, surrounded by art all the time instead of Ma’s Pez holders. 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

If she was a really practiced reader, she thought, each of those ideas would be surrounded by a phalanx of qualifying detail, but there it was: that was all she had to go on. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

Each fort had a rough building surrounded by tall dirt-and-stone walls and deep trenches. I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z

“Yes, Charles. And there’s no place I’d rather be on my big day than inside a library, surrounded by books. Unless, of course, I could be on a bridge to Terabithia.” Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

The officer, surrounded by these noises, was moved and a little embarrassed. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

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

It echoed from all directions, as if Mo's spirit surrounded me. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

But on this night, surrounded by friends and empowered by the confessional tone of the speech, he can’t help himself. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

The lake, surrounded by birches, was bright and very still. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

We sat in his study on stuffed brown leather chairs, surrounded by stacks of dusty, incomprehensible books with huge formulas inset artistically on the page like poems. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

She found herself surrounded by a knee-high mound of treasure—Roman denarii, silver drachmas, ancient gold jewelry, glittering diamonds and topaz and rubies—enough to fill several lawn bags. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

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

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

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

And at the same time we heard the loud report of a shot and running men carrying burning torches surrounded our house. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

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

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 crowd that surrounded him was still, unmoving, quiet, and it was eerie, like the world had been paused for this singular moment. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

It was a device by means of which everyone could be surrounded night and day by informers who knew him intimately. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

He tied the mare in a clearing surrounded by a thicket of scrub oak. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

She is surrounded by it, immersed within it, and there is no obvious way out. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

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

When the forest of her enemies surrounded her she was prepared. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

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 school at Ruelle Vaillant had open classrooms around a courtyard, the courtyard surrounded by high walk topped with broken glass. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

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

She looked around in alarm, because the dark wall of Cape Coast Castle, which had surrounded her every night since coming to this place, had disappeared. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

A steward let them in; Chief was sitting on a gilded chair that looked like a throne, sipping cognac and surrounded by guests. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

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

Bridge passed the sports clubs, where she saw Em sitting on the floor, looking at her phone, surrounded by girls in yellow sweatshirts looking at their phones. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

The Great Pyramid shouldered eight hundred feet into the sky, from its huge square base to the lofty apex where the queen kept her private chambers, surrounded by greenery and fragrant pools. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

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

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

“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

The turkey, surrounded by a ring of candied red apples, sat on a silver platter at my father’s place. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

Even Pol, who had been so vigilant, did not notice that they were slowly being surrounded. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

The snow melted and surrounded Nathan’s ankles but didn’t touch them. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

On weekends I’d go to the public library to read, surrounded by old men and women. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

In that moment, being surrounded by a diverse group of ethnicities—all of us about to become citizens together—I realized that this is what I loved about America. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

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

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

It was ovalshaped and surrounded by a tortoise frame, no bigger than the palm of my hand. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

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 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

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

I could tell it was no accident that I was being surrounded by the group of side- burners who appeared to have mischievous plans for me. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Eventually I heard the bed creak as he reached it, and when I carried in his food, he was sitting there surrounded by his diagrams. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

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

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

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

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

At lunch, I sit with Charlie, surrounded by people but alone. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

He was painfully aware how hungry he was; soon Tristran began to think of himself as nothing more than hunger, thinly surrounded by flesh, and, as fast as he could, walking, walking.... Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

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

All the banks and department stores were surrounded by barbed wire. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

Galleries are understaffed, and the officers on them, surrounded by inmates all day, are put at risk and run ragged. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jon had just been thinking that all the meat in the world surrounded them. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

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

Then, she was through the trees, and the open field surrounded her in an explosion of space and grass and blue sky. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

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

It was an enormous colonial-style house surrounded by a flagstone patio. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I charge down the path, surrounded by laughter and shouting. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

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

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

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

I was only about five feet off the ground, but already I was surrounded by leaves and oak flowers. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Blitzed and surrounded by the best people in the world. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

I could see it now—a blue star centered on a white field, surrounded by a red border. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

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

“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

He felt known and judged, surrounded by eyes. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

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

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

We were walking on, surrounded, enclosed, enveloped, being eaten by ants. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

It too sat on carved lion’s legs and was surrounded by four chairs. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

They reached an open area, and Kendra saw the tall hedge that surrounded the pond with the gazebo boardwalk. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

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

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

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

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

After the soldiers running toward the north had all been wiped out, he hurried back toward the soldiers who had been left surrounded. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z

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

The stench of garbage and urine surrounded me. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

The woman’s magic surrounded her like a whirlwind, but Luna could see even from a distance that it was empty at its center. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

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

Out on the bay, Dauntless continued its loading, surrounded by sunshine and waves. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

He is surrounded by a smell, his own, the smell of a cooped-up animal in a dirty cage. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

Izzy and our other best friend, Paige, had also enrolled at UCSC, so I took some comfort in knowing I wouldn't be surrounded by strangers. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

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

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

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

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

The trunk is in a tent, surrounded by rack after rack of vibrant costumes, props, and vanities with mirrors. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

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

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

She eased it away and turned her attention to the task, still dizzy from the sense of oceanic gladness that surrounded her. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Darren, surrounded by men in blue who speak around him but not to him. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

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

He hopped over the low stone wall that surrounded it and climbed up through the tombstones, all the while keeping the tree in his sights. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

It was a cinch to find the ancient palace because it was surrounded by huge red mud walls and had a very grand entryway. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

These elements naturally arrange themselves in concentric circles around a common centre: earth surrounded by water, water surrounded by air, and air surrounded by fire. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

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

I pictured myself at Temple Judea, surrounded by family and friends. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

Over a hundred glass tables surrounded the rig, arranged in a large oval around it. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

After leaving the highway, we crossed the Alafia River, passed some strawberry fields, then turned into a shaded lane where a long driveway led to a yellow house surrounded by towering trees. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

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

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

The Vanderbeeker kids and Papa surrounded Mama, waiting for an explanation. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

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

But I also knew that he now spent his days surrounded by expert advisers. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

But here, in this loud, bright place, surrounded by gentiles disguised as saints, I clung to every truth, every doctrine he had given me. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

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

She saw file footage of a jewelry store she didn’t recognize, its redbrick exterior surrounded by police and yellow tape, accompanied by the newscaster’s somber narration of events. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

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

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

I know that I am always alone, even when surrounded by people, so I let the emptiness in. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

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

Their words surrounded me, and picked me up, and moved me along toward the car. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

When they were already standing in this dangerous place, surrounded by people who looked mad enough to kill. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

By midmorning they were within Oakwald Forest, the wood that surrounded Endovier and served as a continental divide between the “civilized” countries of the East and the uncharted lands of the West. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

He ordered the theater to be surrounded by a twenty-four-hour guard. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

Outside, her breath misted into the air; the whole camp was surrounded by fog. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

“Figures. It’s surrounded by open space, but the trees provide some camouflage. Obviously not enough.” Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

When we look around us in our little corner of the Milky Way, we see many stars surrounded by spherical shells of glowing gas, the planetary nebulae. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

The Leica was about ten feet away, next to the white railing that surrounded the Sports Deck. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

They tried to keep him surrounded, fearing that he would betray the conspiracy. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

Mabel leads them to the kitchen, and I follow behind, exhausted but surrounded by light. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

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

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

I looked away, toward the window, even though all I could see was a different window, shade drawn, surrounded by a brick wall. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Wherever he went, a crowd of people always surrounded him. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

My hanging clothes surrounded me like loving aunts and uncles telling old family stories. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

We drew closer and peered through the dense curtain of green that surrounded a small adobe hut. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“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

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

These doors were surrounded by two rows of guards. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

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

Even after getting shot twice in the chest and once in the head, Sergeant Prothero stumbled off and ran about ten feet, finally falling in the green bushes that surrounded the jewelry store. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

It was a fortress surrounded by brass walls. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

She was powerful, lean, and lived surrounded by ferocious animals more wolf than dog and fiercely devoted to her. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

She lingers in the Grand Imperial Ballroom surrounded by well-wishers and courtiers, who clamor for her attention. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

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

To stand in the farm equipment warehouse, surrounded by a million links of paper chain, piled to the ceiling, is an emotional experience that’s hard to describe. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

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

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

Instead, it floated right on top of the water, surrounded on all sides by clear blue sea. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

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 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

The house was surrounded by a dense forest, and beyond it I saw a range of jagged mountain peaks. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Also I wouldn’t be homesick at all because I’d be surrounded by lots of the things I like, which are machines and computers and outer space. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

In the quiet, relative peace that surrounded our careful efforts to be inconspicuous, time sped up. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

They were surrounded, at least one man down, a burning ship at their backs. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

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

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

Living in a giant maze, surrounded by hideous beasts. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

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

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

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

I searched for the disgruntled parent, but teenagers surrounded me. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

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

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

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

Their group could be flanked or surrounded easily. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

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

The bedroom had very high ceilings with braided molding all the way around, ending in a circle surrounded by more braid above the huge window across from the bed. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

Munnar is a small hill station surrounded by some of the highest tea estates in the world. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Because there’s more good than evil in the world and we’re surrounded by what she calls “opportunities for joy.” We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

On the Appelplatz, surrounded by electrified barbed wire, thousands of Jews, anguish on their faces, gathered in silence. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

It surrounded an impossibly tall person cloaked in black and wearing a white eyeless mask. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

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

We’re on the premises of what was formerly a plantation, so the house is surrounded by lovely groves of orange trees and coconut palms. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

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

Whatever poor creature they had surrounded was clearly the property of an elderly, fashionably dressed woman who swung her handbag wildly while calling out, “Please, children, keep your distance! Leave my Reginald alone!” The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

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

Webs also surrounded the centerpiece of the shrine, which was so intimidating that Annabeth had trouble raising her eyes to look at it. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

For that matter, what was David going to look like after she’d been surrounded by new pretty faces twenty-four hours a day? Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

They, in turn, were surrounded by a great green moat of sports fields. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

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

Maybe when you’re very old, surrounded by all who love you and your heart gently stops beating because you’ve had enough living. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

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

The royal family was surrounded by knights in shining armor and horses in shining armor. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

They 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

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

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

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

He was surrounded by a couple dozen reporters, notepads and pencils ready to write down everything he said. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

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

Colonial societies could not become too oppressive, because their members—surrounded by examples of free life—always had the option to vote with their feet. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

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

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

They were piled up on one another, staring at all the mad faces that surrounded them. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

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

I sit cross-legged on the floor backstage, surrounded by girls. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

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

But a picture of her sitting in the hot thicket surrounded by the babies’ bedding spoiled his pleasure. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

Every time he had seen Cedric lately, he had been surrounded by admirers and looking nervous but excited. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

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

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

Even when we weren’t on him physically, we surrounded him. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

She had once seen a picture in an old book of a red fox on a high rock surrounded by snarling dogs. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

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

We are surrounded from babyhood by familiar farm and domestic animals, fruits and trees and vegetables. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now that Rose had completed her little version of our housing development, she had moved on to copying some of the other buildings that surrounded it. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

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

She lay down again in the boat and fell into a sleep as profound as any she had had surrounded by the breathing of her cousins in the safety of the girls’ hut. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Think about it. Our memories are wiped. We live inside a place that seems to have no way out, surrounded by bloodthirsty monster- guards. Doesn’t that sound like a prison to you?” The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

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

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

In class we sit at our seats and are immediately surrounded by classmates. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Before the crystals appeared, Reston was surrounded by farmland, and the town still contains meadows. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

We were digging in a small clearing, surrounded by woods. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

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

He’s surrounded by five boxes, all still full of books. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

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

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

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

More security guards arrived, until approximately fifteen men surrounded the former chess champion in a grim, silent circle. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

It is on the floor next to the elevator, surrounded by the bodies of several guards. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Everyone I saw at the prison seemed surrounded by a cloud of regret and remorse. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

A block up from Oranjee, we stopped at a park bench surrounded by old rusty bicycles locked to bike racks and to each other. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

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

Officers stopped Walter's truck and drew their weapons, then forced Walter from his vehicle and surrounded him. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

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

It was one thing to go into battle surrounded by friends, and another to perish alone and despised. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

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

It was my way of escaping from the monolithic concrete world that surrounded us. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

Her grandmother had been dead for two years, but being surrounded by all of her things had brought a dull ache back to Candice’s heart. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

The bush was thick and there were lots of palm trees, each surrounded by trees that had woven their branches together. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

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

She grew up surrounded by books, spending just as much time in her school libraries as she did on the tennis courts. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Kainene’s voice was thick with the tension that surrounded them all. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

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

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

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

“If you ever pray, pray for me now,” Truman told reporters when they surrounded him the following day. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Not that I stood much of a chance, surrounded as she was by all these clever rich boys in dark suits; me, with my clumsy hands and suburban ways. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

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

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

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

Tied to a metal pipe in the bayou, surrounded by marsh grasses and lanky palm trees, the boat was the Farmers’ new home. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

White columns surrounded the edges of the pool under an opaque glass ceiling. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

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

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

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

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

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

Instead, they were surrounded by great boulders of blue ice and beneath their feet snow lay thickly frosted upon the ground. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

Before the month of September was out, Philadelphians found themselves surrounded by scared and hostile neighbors. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

“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

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

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

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

Empty baby bottles and opened boxes of mac ‘n’ cheese were surrounded by stuffed animals on the countertop. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

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

They were surrounded by pairs of boys and girls, but Ivy ignored all of them and took a step closer to June. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I stood in the open white snow field, surrounded by shadowy trees. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

The children’s center turns out to be a row of four shipping containers surrounded by a broken fence. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

Billowing clouds of smoke surrounded her, blotting out the sky. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

Once started, he went on and on—boomingly. “. . . five hundred and sixty thousand square Kilometers, divided into four distinct Sub-Reservations, each surrounded by a high-tension wire fence.” Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

“The man is surrounded by an entire army.” Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Until then it was a rumor, an undefined, unseen question mark shrouded in fog and surrounded by ice. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

I walked slowly down the hall, surrounded by my shouting and jostling classmates, seeing only the beautiful soldier, feeling only the electric tingle of her soft touch on my head. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was surrounded by a hot, scratchy material. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

Wouldn’t he find himself surrounded by those kids whose parents had bought them their computers? Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Talk surrounded them, however, as one slave was pointed to with great interest or another was laughed at. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

A feeling of pain and misery surrounded her entire spirit. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

The chicken was given a special henhouse surrounded by a high, secure fence. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

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

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

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

His mouth opened wide; his eyes were two empty sockets, surrounded by swirling chalk. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

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

Being home, surrounded by his loved ones, helped him regain his sense of self. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

He had visited the homes of dozens of her relatives, eaten the plates full of syrupy mishti, patiently posed for countless photographs on rooftops, surrounded by her cousins. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

We had surrounded Miss Wren and were pressing in on her, our desperation palpable. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

The Rudes had him surrounded before he could think of a way out. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

But now, no longer surrounded, Thomas had a clear shot away, back down the path. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

When I get there, Frank is in his usual spot, but now Lenny is also there, sitting on the couch surrounded by classifieds with the phone cradled between his shoulder and his ear. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

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

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

I couldn’t very well ask him about it, so I just sat there surrounded by Dutchness, feeling awkward and hopeful. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

The very next second, Darkness’s body surrounded his feet. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Mecca is surrounded by the crudest-looking mountains I have ever seen; they seem to be made of the slag from a blast furnace. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

The fishpool was in Miss Rachel’s side yard, and it was surrounded by azalea bushes, rose bushes, camellia bushes, and cape jessamine bushes. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

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

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

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

Sierra inhaled; the smell of fresh soil and recent rain surrounded her. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

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

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

“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

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

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

Maybe Venetians did their gardening inside, since they were surrounded by water instead of soil? The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

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

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

She wasn’t safe yet, not one bit, but she was surrounded by familiar dangers. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

He had never been surrounded by friends of his own age, and he thoroughly enjoyed it. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

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

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

At the far end of the lawn, at the edge of the forest that surrounded the campus, were the baseball and football fields. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

I want to stay in here, where it’s warm and bright, surrounded by things that are living and not dead. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

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

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

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

Mullet Fingers made it only two blocks before speeding patrol cars surrounded him. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

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’s three stories and made up of perfect red brick, and it’s surrounded by grass and hedges. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

The device on his sun-yellow banner showed a red heart surrounded by a blaze of orange fire. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

I was liberated there, surrounded by people from all over the planet. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

I 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

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

The air of invincibility has deserted me, and I’m suddenly aware that I have to do this surrounded by nothing but my own human frailty. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

Into this narrow triangle of greenery between a road and a river, surrounded by starving people. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

In front of the tall French window our square mahogany table was covered with steaming dishes and surrounded by my family, who were laughing and chattering when I rushed in. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

A stream of hooded shapes swarmed out and surrounded them all. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

"We found that one surrounded by a crowd like Jesus and the elders." How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

The same computers sat on the same tables, surrounded by the same ratty chairs and lampless rooms with bare walls. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The mountains that surrounded us allowed only a narrow sliver of sky to view. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

‘Porphyrion called him our brother. ‘And a bronze statue surrounded by fire,’ Percy said. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

He was briefly led into a private room, where his wife and parents were waiting, surrounded by guards. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

A group of villagers surrounded her and took her to her ship. Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z

Boys jumped out from all directions and surrounded the tree. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

Five hundred knights surrounded him, sunlight flashing off the points of their lances. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

We are surrounded by life-size portraits of black women. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Late in the afternoon they stopped to rest the animals in a canyon surrounded by red-rock mesas. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

To be surrounded by hundreds was enough to make one crumble. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

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

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

All night long I had been having nightmares in which throngs of black people sprawled dead in pools of red blood, surrounded by all sorts of slimy, creeping creatures. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

On their way back to their building after school, Emily and James walked through the stretch of shops and restaurants that surrounded Hollister’s bookstore. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

There’s also a bunch of salads, in big bowls, all surrounded by ice, but I never get that. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

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 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

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

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

Wherever they went, townspeople surrounded them, asking for autographs as if they were movie stars. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

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

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

Jupiter is also surrounded by a ring of solid debris, discovered four months earlier by Voyager 1, which Voyager 2 had to traverse. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

And I’m surrounded by squeaks so high, they pierce through my earmuffs. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

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

They followed a winding trail to the small hollow surrounded by five ancient trees, known as the Witch’s Handmaidens. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

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

On one wall was a fireplace in which the remains of a fire glowed; on the other wall was an iron-bound trunk surrounded by stacks of leather-bound books. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

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

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

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

That is why our brainstem is surrounded by the R-complex, then the limbic system and finally the cerebral cortex. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

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 often find myself surrounded by soulless zombies. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

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

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

Above the hum of the bus’s wheels on the pavement, silence surrounded us. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

It probably shows a perverse element of my personality that even though I was finally inside the Archives, surrounded by endless secrets, that I was drawn to the one locked door I had found. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

A gentle breeze surrounded me, and I felt its pressure only, not its temperature. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

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

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

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

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

The yard is thick with trees and bushes, and surrounded by a tall metal fence. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

The period during which these records were being forged was one of deep personal turmoil and pain for me, and for those who surrounded me. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

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

But while Charles always felt alienated and alone, James grew up surrounded by loving family and friends. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

She imagined him as a child surrounded by too many brightly colored toys, always being encouraged to carry out “projects,” always being told that his mundane ideas were wonderful. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

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

Its eyes were glazed with hate as it hung in the air surrounded by churning water and a million diamond droplets of water. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

But every time he glimpsed Cho that day — during break, and then lunchtime, and once on the way to History of Magic — she was surrounded by friends. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

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

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

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

Blessings, lemonade and milk, and laughter surrounded us in a joyful bubble. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

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

“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

We walk by another block of similar houses before the neighborhood changes again and we’re surrounded by mostly brick apartment buildings. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

A giant brick wall surrounded the Night Zoo, but there was a section of the wall where creeping vines hung down in thick ropes. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

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

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

“The Russians have this region surrounded,” she said. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

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

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

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

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

It was hard to get a sense of scale, because it was surrounded by so much green. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

He ended up living in a single room in a Philadelphia boarding house, surrounded by books, papers, and bones. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

Night sounds surrounded me, but no one was there. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

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

A dying woman in a cot surrounded by strangers was sorrowful, but a dying woman surrounded by her children, her handiwork, the home where she worked so hard, left me in tears. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

Aunt Goldie surrounded Peach and his blankets with her whole body and held him while he cried. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

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

It was a metal floor about thirty feet square, surrounded by a rope. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

The lamps were being lit along the streets as they set out, and Catelyn felt the eyes of the city on her as she rode, surrounded by the guard in their golden cloaks. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

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

Although some of the pieces are missing, I love putting the puzzle together and slowly seeing a whole world appear—a big, swirly river surrounded by trees and flowers. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

A border of zinnias surrounded an oval parking area. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

Jay’s at the table, surrounded by recovering drug addicts. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Reynie entered to find Mr. Benedict alone in the room, seated on the floor with his back against the desk, surrounded by books, papers, and a variety of colored pens. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

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

You couldn’t see any other house from there; the property was surrounded by forest. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

For a minute she allowed herself to hang deep underwater, floating somewhere between utter desolation and euphoria, all alone and yet surrounded by the hands of a million murmuring ancestors. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

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

What’s private about an outdoor shower on a rooftop surrounded by buildings? Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

Harry struggled to raise himself out of the debris of metal and leather that surrounded him; his hands sank into inches of muddy water as he tried to stand. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

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

Just past one bad curve, a small shrine has been erected, La Virgen surrounded by three concrete crosses recently whitewashed. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

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

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

She moved as though she were surrounded by a glass shell. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

I eye a nearby cart, manned by a laughing couple and surrounded by a mob of outstretched hands. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t broadcast on the nightly news, surrounded by commercials. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

He saw the mounds of dirt that surrounded them. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

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

Several dozen Romans had surrounded Piper and Jason, who were trying to calm them without much luck. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

He swept a gloved hand over the high, wind-carved crags that surrounded them. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

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

Its label bore a death’s head, and broken red wax surrounded its unstoppered mouth. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

Herr Thiessen enjoys this immensely, being surrounded by kindred spirits from all over Europe, and occasionally even farther, who will discuss the circus endlessly. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

But it feels safe, too, because you’re surrounded by so many people. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

It’s like being surrounded by a thousand different Finches. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

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

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

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

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

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

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

“The harbour is quiet, is it not, and surrounded by trees?” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

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

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

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

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

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

The hospital ward had dissipated like smoke into that desolate stretch of earth, surrounded by shadowed structures. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

All the stands are surrounded by chain-link fences, and the prizes look like they came from the reject crane machine pile. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

They drive a dusty track surrounded by square miles of dying sunflowers so tall that they seem like trees. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

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

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

They were surrounded by it in the Barrel. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

The field was surrounded on three sides by tall trees draped in a tangle of vines. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

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

I nearly collapse in relief as I see Hideo crouched down in the security box room, surrounded by his bodyguards and colleagues. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

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

Romances blossomed despite the oppression that surrounded us. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

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

At this call, the mechanics who had surrounded the truck walked off into the oil-and-gasoline scented dimness, going back to their own work. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

"No doubt. As loyal as a deer surrounded by wolves." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

The chief’s lieutenants surrounded Shin and pulled off his clothes. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

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

The twisting iron fence that surrounded it, the smooth red rock that made up the facade, the wide windows that winked in the sunlight. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

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

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

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

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

He was surrounded by darkness, much like when his communication stone was made. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

People, mostly men, leaned over the stone parapets of the raised park that surrounded the library, or walked up and down and bent to drink water from the public drinking-fountains. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

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

Instead he watched as the figures of Mr. Das and the children grew smaller, climbing up the steep path, pausing every now and then for a picture, surrounded by a growing number of monkeys. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

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

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

Eleanor wandered along the veranda, thinking that she had never before known a house so completely surrounded. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

If he was innocent, then he was surrounded by criminals. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

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

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

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

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

It nestled at the edge of the foothills in the mouth of a small canyon, and was surrounded by a grove of huge red oaks. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Rocky was standing in a small clearing surrounded by thickets of scrub oak. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

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

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

The brass coatrack had toppled in the entry hall, surrounded by hooked triangles of broken glass. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

There were immediate shouts of interest when the hunters entered with Otto, and they were soon surrounded. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

A couple of brothers who had never married, they lived alone in a Southern mansion that probably used to be fancy but was now rundown and surrounded by weeds. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

But not before I spent dozens of hours crying and unhappy, surrounded by people who made me feel inferior and devalued. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

Perhaps it was the backdrop: Buck’s Peak was theirs and it camouflaged them, so that when I saw them there, surrounded by the loud, sharp relics of my childhood, the setting seemed to absorb them. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

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

Here in the Ivy, surrounded by these pristine people, where she didn’t deserve to be, embarrassing the poor, poor mother of a friend she hadn’t loved well enough, or had loved too much. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

From the elevated trestle they saw the earthen floor of the arena and the amphitheater seating that surrounded it. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

We are alone—together, voices sounded, surrounded to tell me. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had no chance to make a run for it, surrounded as he was by the cat’s paws. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

He described the eejit pens and the opium fields that surrounded them. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nico watched, paralysed, as the grave spewed forth more dead British soldiers - five, ten, twenty, multiplying so quickly that Reyna and her metal dogs were surrounded before Nico even thought to raise his sword. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z