| 单词 | suspend |
| 例句 | The cockfights, instituted by the mayor himself, were suspended. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z Never in my life have I been suspended. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z I’m sorry mom, she made me hecka mad, said another—written by a girl who had just gotten suspended for fighting. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z And I missed working there when I was suspended. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z I stared up at the buttresses of rough rock, solitary in the huge solitude of the heights, and I did not believe the driver; but I suspended my disbelief. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z The spray was a 25 per cent DDT concentrate suspended in a solvent containing methylated naphthalenes. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z In the afternoon she packed the fish traps with dried meat and suspended them from the overhanging branch. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z I noted that we had suspended our armed struggle to show our commitment to peace, yet the government was still colluding with those waging war. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z There were painted baskets and beaded curtains, paperweights with various objects suspended in them, dried flowers, colored grains and beans. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z In fact, all the girls looked kind of on suspend. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Cloud-shaped mobiles hung from the ceiling, strands of paper raindrops suspended in midair. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z He hung suspended for a moment, holding to the end of it as it stretched straight up through the Snow Sand to the security of the giant tree. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z “Well, he got suspended for punching Zac, and Cheyenne said that he’s going off the rails. The rich boy trinity: booze, pills, and meaningless sex.” We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z He lifted his head and let out so deep a breath that a white plume stayed suspended from his mouth. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “Mr. P already went to bat for me. He’s pretty much the reason I didn’t get suspended for sending the picture to Patrick in the first place.” Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z It’s the first time I’ve been away from Smoky Inn since I got suspended. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z At one point the group had to suspend work for eight months while La Condamine rode off to Lima to sort out a problem with their permits. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z He watches as she ascends quickly up the stoop with her shopping bags, her heels suspended over the treads in a way that looks precarious. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z “David! This is your son were talking about. The boy’s never even been suspended.” All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Sam was quivering, the fine, delicate fear-quivering of a hornet suspended in the air, undecided between fear and hate. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z “And for the last time,” Em said, “you are not going to get suspended!” Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z I stare at the gym floor, wondering if I really, really know why McGeary suspended me? Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z They were quiet, suspended in yellow light that falls onto hills when no one is watching. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z She flung the mirror aside, where it stuck in the air like a piece of fruit suspended in Jell-O. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z She says it’s like having a piece of wood suspended between two chairs, but piled in the middle with too many heavy objects. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z From the small shut windows was suspended row upon row of fly- swathed biltong. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z I just remember a period when, convinced that an apostrophe was definitely required somewhere, I would cunningly suspend a very small one immediately above the “s”, to cover all eventualities. Eats, Shoots & Leaves 2003-11-06T00:00:00Z Doctor Copeland twisted the bulb suspended over the table and the room was suddenly very bright. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z It was hanging from the ceiling, suspended by a rope of threads at either end so that actually it looked more like a hammock than a bed. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z The bell is suspended and the wire remains taut, running vertically through the hole he has drilled in the wall. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z “He’s down in the office now trying to get you suspended,” Goldy said. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z Snaking down the frozen expanse as if suspended from heaven, a single strand of nine-millimeter rope beckoned like Jack’s beanstalk. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z Then she spun back around to face me, suspended and floating, smiling and holding out her hand, beckoning me to join her. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z Someone says he’s been suspended, others say he overdosed and was carted off to rehab. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z The horror transpiring in front of me, suspended for one disbelieving instant. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z High above the small world of Redwall the moon also waited, suspended in velvety space like a pale gold coin. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z “It's this night where all the usual drama gets suspended. Everyone looks different. And everyone’s a little more generous with each other.” Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z The cold rain was so light, it seemed suspended in the air. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z I catch sight of a white-blue marble suspended in the center of a gaping hole in the first ice structure. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Shackles to prevent a person from absconding, from moving their hands, or to suspend a body in the air for a beating. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z He remained forward with .dosed eyes, with the mouse suspended from his beak, as if he were not sure what to do with it. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z It was suspended by two jointed robotic arms anchored to my apartment’s walls and ceiling. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z “They found Art with some weed in the bathroom, but he’s the best wrestler we’ve got, so instead of suspending him from the team, they sent him here.” Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z I stay as hidden as possible at the edge of the room, between two large plants that are suspended in mineral solution. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z Harry hesitated, his quill suspended over the diary. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z His silence made me feel like I was suspended in space, like I’d been dropped into a confessional. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z His driver’s license may be automatically suspended, and he may no longer qualify for certain employment and professional licenses. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z “I suspended it. It can’t be self-sufficient without us. It needs a caretaker.” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Buford tried to think of something else to do but it was all suspended again, a breezy vacancy. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “But the jar just stands there. Couldn’t we suspend it above a fire, or dissolve it in a pool of acid or something?” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z An iridescent hummingbird hung suspended over the pie tin, wings a faint blur. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z We, too, had an iron balcony with a straight ladder suspended halfway to the ground. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z The photograph caught four black bears as they puzzled over a suspended food bag. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z At the opposite end of the kitchen, at a good distance from the heat of the fire, the candle rods hung suspended between chairbacks. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z The principal suspended them both, hoping to get rid of the problem as fast as he could, but his decision made the problem worse. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z The man in black grabbed hold, hung suspended alone in space. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z My body tapers into a squirming, wormlike bit of flesh, as if I’m a larval version of myself, suspended above the dark ground. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z The few doubts being heard stemmed from rumors that the Nobel committee might suspend the prizes for the duration of the European war, which had begun with Germany’s invasion of Poland on September 1. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Detering meant to outwit them: he fastened a thin wire to the roof and suspended his bread from it. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z During a state visit to Washington early in the new year, British prime minister Anthony Eden proposed that the United States and Great Britain unilaterally suspend testing. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z “Wish I could sue Alan. Sue all prejudiced people. Because what Alan thinks, he makes other people think, too. So, I’m suspended. Going before a judge. Middlefield says I’m a delinquent.” Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z We took the table right at the back—which meant the one stuck out closest to the cliff edge—and when we sat down it felt like we were virtually suspended over the sea. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z Turner was thinking of a quiet room and a square table covered with a green gingham cloth, with one of those French ceramic oil lamps suspended from the ceiling on a pulley. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Little bits of peaches or pineapple are mired within it, suspended in red jiggling transparency. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z “You know, Kyle,” said his dad, looking at his mother, who nodded, “since you worked extra hard and did such a bang-up job on your essay, I think we might consider suspending your punishment.” Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z Since he was suspended from school for a week, Jake spent Monday morning alone in his room, studying the treasure map image on his phone, trying to learn Spanish from online videos. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z The flowers look beautiful and savage in the daylight, like vicious creatures suspended in time, motionless. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z Her mother left her hand suspended in the air for a moment, as if the news were too tragic to continue sprinkling salt. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z His legs whirligigged like blades, then they clamped around the pole, and he held up his hands to suspend himself like Spiderman. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z I didn’t get suspended either because I was just helping to defend a friend when it was five on one. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z Each of the women carried an oversize cloth banner suspended from an eight-foot pole. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z But Kitty wouldn’t budge and, as far as the school was concerned, it was a matter of were they going to suspend Kitty or let her finish and go on to college. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z But what excited scientists most was that freezing gave them a means to suspend cells in various states of being. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z As the image grew, it revealed a handwritten note, suspended at the camera's height by a thin metal rod. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z She reestablished Sunday mass, suspended the use of red armbands, and abrogated the harebrained decrees. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z Its chairs, sofas, and beds swayed in midair, suspended by chains from the ceilings. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z Within, there are overlapping metal hoops marked with numbers and symbols suspended from the top, hanging amongst the visible gears and a series of stars falling from the filigree cap at the top. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z If they find it, I could get suspended for selling on campus. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z “Four and a half in favor of suspending punishment,” the Chancellor said after a pause. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z She stopped before a golden trapeze, suspended from the ceiling, on which hung a disjointed life-size puppet. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Anyway, long story short: I got suspended for two weeks for writing the notes! Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z A hundred feet ahead, under the harsh glow of fluorescent lights, a row of chain-link cages hung suspended from cables. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z “Yeah, I can’t be in it. I’m still allowed to go, though, because it’s on Friday and I’m not suspended until next week—so, Em, will you be my date?” Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z The machine was heavy, maybe eighty pounds, and was suspended from the ceiling by a thick rubber cord. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z She was tried and sentenced to a year’s imprisonment, which was suspended except for four days. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Anthony begrudgingly accepted that the work of the suffrage movement was suspended, at least for the duration of the Civil War. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z Or the principal would announce that they were all suspended. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z I’m suspended, as in airports or dentists’ waiting rooms, expecting yet another interlude that will be textureless and without desire, like a painkiller or the interiors of planes. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Yet for a week after the application of the insecticide the water remained poisonous, a fact attested by the daily deaths of goldfish suspended in cages downstream. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z The hangar on her mech’s head flies open, and out shoots Hammie in a blur of motion, suspended in the rain in a flying leap. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z She stopped and paled when she saw the kitten suspended from the rope. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z There was no carpet, so we could hear our own footsteps as we walked toward the altar, where a crucifix hung suspended—a pale white Christ with bright red wounds. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z “I feel everything,” Calliope tells me as I rest in her metallic arms one night, suspended above an easy sea. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z For a second it held, suspending him above an infinite pit. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z The day before, Izzy had startled, but not surprised, her family by being suspended from school. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Jake swung up his flashlight and illuminated several tapering stone icicles suspended from the ceiling of the cave. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z The work was delicate and exhausting, and had to be suspended for a time to permit Michelson a brief but comprehensive nervous breakdown, but by 1887 they had their results. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z Seconds later Harry realized that it was his birthday cake, which Mrs. Weasley was suspending with her wand, rather than risk carrying it over the uneven ground. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Now she’s less likely to actually punch someone since middle school punishments equal getting suspended and having to spend the day at home with her mom, but that’s probably for the best. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z The cold water somehow suspended his whole existence. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z She now carried with her a brocade pouch suspended from a red satin cord. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z Then, gradually, the glow fades, and I find myself suspended in midair, overlooking a vast expanse of blue ice and snow-covered glaciers, all shifting and cracking under their own weight. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z She stared at Papi, not at me, her needle suspended above green fabric. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z She did not know that a man’s thrusts could suspend memory, that it was possible to be poised in a place where she could not think or remember but only feel. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z It had been four years since he and Emilio Segre had crossed the Berkeley campus with a bucket of ether infused with microscopic quantities of plutonium and suspended from a long wooden pole. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Broken images were racing each other through his mind: Sirius falling through the veil; Dumbledore suspended, broken, in midair; a flash of green light and his mother’s voice, begging for mercy... Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z The litter was suspended between eight mammoth draft horses on heavy leather straps. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “Student may be fined, lashed, suspended from the Arcanum, or expelled from the University depending on the severity of grievance,” Lorren said calmly. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z His camp, distinguished by a huge Starbucks Coffee promotional banner suspended from a house-size block of granite, was situated just five minutes’ walk down the glacier from ours. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z The sand at the bottom caught the color of the sun, and tiny green leaves grew out of this color, suspended in the still water. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z He decided there was something more beautiful than an off-course projectile: the Athena Parthenos gleaming in the sunrise, flying in from the coast, suspended from the tethers of six winged horses. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z I glanced back up at the open gate, suspended in the air above me, so far out of reach. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z No synthetic yellow bangs suspended over marble-blue eyes, no pinched nose and bowline mouth. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z I was still suspended, but as part of my bail agreement I was required to honor my obligation to meet with her once a week. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z Everything I wanted to say would have to wait, and I’d go back to the same suspended animation I’d been in before. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “It was a fairness issue, honey. It wasn’t right that you got suspended while nothing happened to the boy who started the fight.” Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Immediately below it were row upon row of threadbare clothes dangling from sagging ropes suspended across the ceiling like a gigantic spiderweb. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Instead of emphasising the strong beats as the foot-tappingly predictable swing had done, bebop deliberately resisted, suspending the rigid reiteration of the regular pulse. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z Standing at the far end of the room, outside the security checkpoint, is a huge block of stone with a glass apparatus suspended above it. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z It had been hung from the arched span of the bridge that divided the outer and middle wards, suspended on heavy chains, a few feet off the ground. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Rick Kerns was suspended for another week, but this other heavyweight was happy to fill in for him as pack leader. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z The Constitution is suspended and the regional government and elected assemblies are hereby dissolved. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z The day was dear and carried the gaze out as far as the blue sky went; there were a few white douds suspended idly over the horizon. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z The rain was still falling, so the cart drivers suspended woolen blankets between four stakes that stuck up from the corners of the carts. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z Matty sighed affectionately and turned his attention to the large fish suspended in the dark water by the rock. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z I stepped out of the house, careful not to disturb my science project—the Foucault pendulum suspended from the porch roof. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z They will be suspended in the void, unable to tell if they are fixed or moving because there will be no landmarks for them to recognize. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z Before they went to sleep, Edwin showed Cole how to suspend the coolers of fresh food from high branches in case bears visited during the night. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z Eleanor got off at Park's stop. park He was suspended for two days. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z She placed a hand on my chest, suspending my descent, alerting me that she’d heard it too. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z A better name probably would have been the Warehouse, only because the building consisted of just one huge room, with a pathway suspended over the work floor. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z All of us fell into a state of suspended anticipation, a slow-motion moment. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z The room is small but the ceiling is high, a golden chandelier draped with crystals suspended in the center. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Some platforms are suspended from ropes or chains from above. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z As he waited there, suspended from his paddle between the rocks, his legs could sense the change in the current. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z “But what do you mean?” she said, frowning at him, her wand pointing at the casserole dish now suspended in midair. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z There were pages floating everywhere, suspended in the air with magic, and twinkle lights cast a soft, warm glow over everything. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z Her license had been suspended, he informed her, and ordered her out of the car. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z “Social isolation? Hostile atmosphere? Are you saying that Julian was the only kid who wasn’t nice to this boy? Or are you suspending every kid who stuck his tongue out at this kid?” Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z He suspended thinking; his mind was a bloody vacancy, like a room in which there has been a butchering. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z We were suspended in the water, but ten meters on each side of the Nautilus rose a shining wall of ice. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z I do not believe you can suspend army ants away from the earth, on plastic, for any length of time. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Stephen doesn’t get suspended, but he’s on Mr. Jenkins’s radar now. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z One Monday, all school classes were suspended indefinitely. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z On the left side is a desk with glass screens suspended above it, and on the right side is a small laboratory with wood furnishings instead of metal ones. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z The room flickers, and suddenly it goes dark, leaving me suspended in complete blackness. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z There are girls in feathered costumes who spin at various heights, suspended by ribbons that they can manipulate. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z “The entirety of the circus has been suspended to give us more time, so...” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z He was thinking of a big globe of the world, suspended and swaying from a limb of one of his oak trees. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z These tough ratings sat up in bed darning their socks, and insisted on hand-washing their own smalls, which they dried on washing lines improvised from string, suspended along the radiators. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Life had become a turgid and suspended film. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z “And she’ll know it was you. The girl she just suspended.” Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z He had to apologize and he got suspended, but that didn't feel like enough. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z That’s what Sneaky said he got to do the time he was suspended. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z Woolf was suspended for the rest of the meet. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Within the loop five wide rings were suspended, each one larger than the last, nesting snugly inside each other, like the rings of Saturn. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z For a few fragile seconds, she remained as detached as the clouds overhead, suspended in an intermediate space between nightmares and dreams, where reality couldn’t reach. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z The neon sign flashed in the dark, suspended by back teeth that seemed to be growing longer by the second. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z I was carried on to the platform with my arms and legs held tight by many hands, and I lay there suspended in the air, facing the ceiling. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z We accelerate again, then reach a wide, open road suspended across the railroad tracks I once walked down to reach the compound. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z Madeline locks our harnesses to suspending hooks, and we climb a ladder up to a plank that looks like a diving board except we’re only about six feet above the floor. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z “Well, to begin with 1 think we have to suspend publication.” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Snape loved taking points from Harry, and had certainly never missed an opportunity to give him punishments, or even to suggest that he should be suspended from the school. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z Then she realized she was suspended in midair. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z October 6: Eleven women were arrested and had their sentences suspended. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z “I am, however, going to suspend you from the bus.” Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Woody lies suspended in the warm darkness, buoyed up by a sadness both heaxry and sweet. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z During that process, five projects had been canceled or suspended—all of them Livermore’s. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z He always returned with the poor dog hanging off him, suspended in the air, impaled on his immense masculinity. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z One day in early March, Seaborg and Segre carried a hot sample of bombarded uranium out of the Crocker Lab in a lead bucket suspended from a long pole. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z At the microscopic level, the protein cubes were solid food particles suspended in thick vegetable oil. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z It was covered with a giant net which went down to its belly, from which a wooden frame was suspended. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z Next to the calendar there is a postcard of a Duchamp painting he has always loved, of a chocolate grinder that reminds him of a set of drums, suspended against a gray background. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Strange, but all of them were suspended from what looked like strands of long, black, wavy hair. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z I could hear the steady rolling of the drums with muffled snares, and all other sounds were suspended in silence. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Things continued in that state of suspended animation for weeks, although some things did happen. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z He sat back in his chair in the Fosters’ spotless parlor, crossing his long, thin legs, and the suspended foot began a rhythmic jiggling. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z Grabbing the bike, he put some distance between him and the delicious smells suspended around Mr. James’s grill. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z The final plink of the tune was suspended in the air expectantly, waiting for the next note that would never come. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z On the bridge we were suspended above an area of perfect lawn, such as you sometimes see in an old moat. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z On August 6, in Pretoria, the ANC and the government signed what became known as the Pretoria Minute, in which we agreed to suspend the armed struggle. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z She was staring blankly at a little TV suspended from the ceiling, but she looked up when I slipped into the room. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z She and the passengers are suspended in midair with nothing to hold them except possibility. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z Ugwu moved closer because her words had solidified, become suspended objects hovering just above his reach. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Patrick started the fight, so he was suspended for a week. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z The plume of smoke from the fire rose straight up, like the charmed ropes in the marketplace in Alkonost that had hung suspended in thin air whilst small boys clambered up and down them. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z And that is how I happened to suspend my tree prayers and tell them about Phoebe Winterbottom, her disappearing mother, and the lunatic. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z She does not know what keeps his glance suspended. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z I tossed my backpack onto the backseat and then slumped in the passenger seat with the goldfish suspended in their plastic prison between my legs. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z It involved a glass test tube in a special holder, suspended over an angled mirror. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z One end of the great barn was piled high with new hay and over the pile hung the four-taloned Jackson fork suspended from its pulley. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z The cube flies from my hand, high into the sky, and it seems to hang there for a moment, almost suspended, free, and then it falls, disappearing from this world and joining another. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z I got called to Mr. Small’s office, but I didn’t get suspended or anything because a kid told Mr. Small the truth about the fight. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z The lifeboats on the right side were unusable, suspended high out of the water. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Tim wouldn’t be around to direct the press toward the evidence he’d planted that was supposed to point at one of the students who had previously been suspended for making threats. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z Then I stared for a while at a traffic light, which was suspended elaborately on wires above the intersection. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z For a brief moment, I saw our avatars’ skeletons suspended inside the transparent outlines of our motionless bodies. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z Everything was turned to a fine, atomized dust that hung suspended in the air for a second before slowly settling to earth. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z For long hours she was suspended between sleep and wakefulness. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Her occupation, suspended by Mr. Rochester’s announcement, seemed now forgotten: her eyes, fixed on the blank wall opposite, expressed the surprise of a quiet mind stirred by unwonted tidings. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z Piles of them function as tables, others hang suspended from the ceiling, along with large golden cages holding several live white doves. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Its eight towers were like lanterns suspended from the sky. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z “There’s something funny, though,” said Hermione ten minutes later, holding her pestle suspended over a bowl of scarab beetles. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z Even if I had to fence against one of them in competition, I didn’t suspend my desire to win. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z Both are variants of Holmberg’s Mistake, the idea that Indians were suspended in time, touching nothing and untouched themselves, like ghosdy presences on the landscape. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z The government declared a State of Emergency, suspending habeas corpus and assuming sweeping powers to act against all forms of subversion. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The vipers were coiled upon themselves, suspended in dingy liquid. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z For the immediate future, our partnership with the Oakland Police Department has been suspended, and the metal detectors have been disabled. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Isa’s bow slowed as she came to the end of the piece, suspended over the last, ethereal high note. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z The staff strapped Jerrie in so that she was suspended in the water. Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z If a huge skull and crossbones were suspended above the insecticide department the customer might at least enter it with the respect normally accorded death-dealing materials. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Unsure of what to do, he suspended all of Seabiscuit’s engagements. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z The unfortunate Rabadash appeared to be suspended from the castle walls. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z As I was to say over and over to our followers: we suspended armed action, we did not terminate the armed struggle. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z As though sheer willpower was enough to suspend her children’s childhoods until she could afford to have them living with her. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Consequently, after a hasty meeting with her mother, the principal, and the aggrieved orchestra teacher, she had been suspended from school for three days. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Zero’s words come back to me, suspended in the air between us. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z She would drift in through Mrs. Mannino's window and hang suspended over the kitchen sink while she washed dishes. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z “Under the rules,” said Miss Hennepin, “you could be suspended from school.” Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z The visor presented me with a three-dimensional view of the Sixers’ database, with dozens of overlapping data windows suspended in front of me. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z Here I am washing my hands and the cracked mirror shows me to myself, suspended as it were, in time; this is me, this moment will not pass. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z “We talked at church about me getting suspended, and he was actually decent.” On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z I’d been bounced out of two different colleges, suspended for failing to attend class, for not completing the work. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z In the middle of all the dancers, a large clear bubble was suspended in space, at the absolute center of the club. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z He felt that there was suspended just above his head a huge weight that would soon fall and crush him. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z I saw trees that looked happy, trees that looked hopeful, their naked branches suspended in reach toward the sky. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z “Yes, sir,” lied Holly, all too aware that Root would suspend her immediately if he knew she’d neglected the Ritual. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z I felt that Farmer was suspending his usual critical judgment, looking only for things to praise. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z I knelt on the carpet, listening to my father but studying this stranger, and felt suspended between them, drawn to each, repelled by both. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z I let out a suspended breath and follow them. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z In the night, Isaac the Joiner had a dream in which we all hung with wires through our bodies, and pigeons made their homes upon us, even as we died suspended. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z Buck did a nose-dive at the principal once and was suspended. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z I took it out, unwrapped it, and found a framed miniature suspended on a chain. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z There were paper swans in the corner, paper herons on the chair, and tiny paper hummingbirds suspended from the ceiling. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z “Stop that, ” boomed a voice, and a great hand came out of the darkness and picked the rat up by his tail and held him suspended upside down. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z “Bullies are everywhere. But facing off? You do not face off less you want to get suspended.” Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z Once the fighting began, most of the women who had been active in the suffrage movement suspended that work and focused their energy on the war effort. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z Me and Mama had to listen to Mr. Tobin go on and on about the program; how peer counseling is so good, and how it’s required once a kid gets suspended. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z In the makeshift alchemical laboratory in the windowless attic of the crematorium, a small blue flame touched the curved glass base of a suspended flask. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Hovering over the map was a little cutout of a Mercury capsule, suspended on a wire. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z “Oh, I’m sure. I’m sure David Marcel got suspended because he hates me now. And so do a lot of his friends.” Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z For a split second, he seemed to hang suspended beneath the shining skull, and then he fell slowly backward, like a great rag doll, over the battlements and out of sight. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z He rode slowly along the stone wall, suspending judgment. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The word at practice was that he had been suspended for three days. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z “I thought you said that they suspended it?” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z "I got in trouble and they're suspending me for the day, so I need you to come get me." Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z The figure, dimly seen in lamplight, pulled one oar free of the lock and suspended it above my hands, prepared to do violence to my grasping fingers. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z We were sentenced to nine months’ imprisonment with hard labor, but the sentence was suspended for two years. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I found out on Monday that Ocean had been suspended from the team. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z His cosmological theory described a flat earth suspended in air, with the other celestial objects lofted above, like leaves blown on a universal wind. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z She’s mouthing off, saying if she gets suspended, I better, too. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z She held it between her thumb and forefinger, suspended between her lap and her mouth. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z It happened again in May of 2008, when Taylor and Jayme got a zip line, which was a wire you attached across an open space, like a yard, suspended from two high points. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z Pretending to be him, I took my vesta case from my pocket, clunky and unfashionable compared to the slim brass one Yakov had worn suspended from his watch chain. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z Hie huge red carcass was suspended over a roaring fire, skewered on a spit the size of a small tree. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z “And I’m going to get suspended. Burnt stuffing.” Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z She felt suspended, reading spines of other books, held fast by his presence close by. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z Fail in the schools and you would be suspended and sent back to those same streets, where they would take your body. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z I was a Hollows Facebook phenomenon for a week until Mrs. Marks, our assistant principal, said anybody caught circulating the video would be suspended. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z “Julian is being suspended for two weeks,” he said. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z The sun suspended above it in the afternoon is a pink, round dot in the distant white haze you may stare at and never go blind. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Will Bates, who a month before had been an unheard-of math teacher, was suspended from his job with pay, reportedly because of concerns over his safety if he continued to teach at Carter. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z It was the only living thing in sight except for a stationary cloud of hysterical gnats suspended in the heat above the road. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z Soon after their arraignment, newly elected President Obama suspended the case and considered trying it in a federal court in New York City. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z “No. But is he mad about getting suspended?” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z August sat on the porch swing that was suspended from two chains in the ceiling. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z In this tent, suspended high above you, there are people. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Dragonwings seemed to leap into the air about five feet and hang suspended. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z For a year, there was a looseness, a freedom from tension, a time when martial law was suspended. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Though the jockey was probably not at fault for Exhibit’s change of course, it was common for stewards to briefly suspend riders caught in his situation to guard against foul play. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z It was as if we were suspended in time and space, a little like a dream. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z A person whose driver’s license has been suspended due to a criminal conviction or who does not have access to a car often faces nearly insurmountable barriers to finding employment. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z He wrote, “I can still see the horse with the man’s empty boots and carbine suspended to the saddle, and the firing over the grave.” Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z A celebration that has been frozen in place, suspended the same way the paper birds had been in the air. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Brad wasn’t suspended at all because it was self-defense. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z I ended up gettin’ my license revoked until I’m twenty-one, and a two-year suspended sentence. Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z She looks at the chairs suspended in the air. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z Still hadn’t made enough when Dr. Rhodes suspended me for selling candy. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z His hand remained suspended between us, and he had a goofy expression on his face. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z If you haven’t been keeping the tree suspended in memory, the word islands, which is ringing in your mind’s ear just before you type the verb, will contaminate the number you give the verb. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z In that way he carried him through the middle of the street, suspended by the lapels, until he put him down on his two feet on the swamp road. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z “This is what’s going to happen. Marcus, you are suspended until further notice. We will look at the details of this incident and consider all punishments, including expulsion.” Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z It was a strange sensation to float in the total darkness, suspended by a cobweb’s light touch, with no pressure anywhere on my body. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z That might have landed me in detention or gotten me suspended or something. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z Thomson proposed a structural model for the atom in which his negatively charged electrons were suspended within an undifferentiated positively charged mass, like bits of fruit within a soft custard. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z By invoking a state of emergency, Hitler was able to suspend Germany's constitution. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z Antaeus tried to slip back to the ground, but his butt stayed suspended by his loincloth. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z If he knew, Drew might get suspended, and if he got suspended, he couldn’t play. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z It was common knowledge that he was always begging Dumbledore to let him suspend students by their ankles from the ceiling. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z It was my very last day of twelfth grade; what were they going to do, suspend us? Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z On the cliffs themselves, men suspended on ropes crawled and swung from one spot to another like so many black spiders. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z His body was placed in a cage that was suspended for months at the dockyard. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z It was ours, inviolate, a fraction of time suspended between two seconds. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z “I got a couple of them after Sherm got all the boys in trouble—I figure that was David Marcel, mad about getting suspended. But they really started coming after someone posted Patrick’s selfie.” Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z He casts nervous glances upward at the additional chairs and the round iron cages suspended by nothing but fraying ribbon. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Now I was standing on a semitransparent running track, a curved looping ribbon suspended in a starry nebula. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z So the game was suspended for a couple of afternoons while money was raised to buy the pens. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z In the distance, Lawrence could see the glow of spotlights illuminating the spindly hundred-foot-tall test tower from which the plutonium “gadget” was suspended. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z The snowflakes now hung suspended in the air, a thousand white droplets. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z Sure enough, his reflection looked back at him, just his head suspended in midair, his body completely invisible. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z Carrel was a mystic who believed in telepathy and clairvoyance, and thought it was possible for humans to live several centuries through the use of suspended animation. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z I almost wondered they did not check their songs and whispers to catch the suspended revelation; but they would have had to wait many minutes—so long was the silence protracted. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z All she could see was the shape of her girl, suspended in the rain and against the rock. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z Whenever I tried to sleep I would see huge wobbly white bags, like the full udders of cows, suspended from the ceiling above me. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z “She’s done got herself suspended. She can only get back in if the superintendent lets her, and you know what that means.” Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Then Mary Anne sank her teeth into her father’s right arm, but Bull lashed out with his right arm, holding Ben suspended by one hand. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Now that the country was at war, suffragists had to decide once again whether to suspend their efforts, as they had been forced to do during the Civil War. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z In one hand was a barbecued pork sandwich, suspended between the tray and her sneering mouth. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z For an instant I am suspended in nothingness, and then my feet slam into cement and I stumble to the side, away from the roof’s edge. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z It was a red brick building with skylights in the high ceiling, so that whatever sun made it in lit up the dusty beams and long fluorescent light fixtures suspended from them. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z Now in motion he was aware of stiffness, of weakness, of a suspended fear. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Claire glanced through the window that displayed Sophia’s group of infants, who were dangling in swings suspended from the ceiling, kicking their bare feet against the carpet. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z “You are hereby barred from the Riverview Middle School Quiz Bowl team. You are also suspended from school for a week.” The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z Five or ten Ebola-virus particles suspended in a droplet of blood could easily slip through a pinhole in a surgical glove, and that might be enough to start an explosive infection. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Hanging there, a long way off, about thirty feet above the road, warped by the rising heat, was what looked like a plank of wood, suspended horizontally, with a bulge in its center. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z When rival thieves took up the racket, he suspended the stealing until the culprits were caught and the bakery owners dropped their guard. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z I flew back to New York psychologically preparing myself to tell my Mosque Seven assistants that I had been suspended—or “silenced.” The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z The sword wasn’t designed for that, but the Celestial bronze blade sliced through the chains suspending the hydra. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z The suspended party seems farther away than just beyond the canvas stripes. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z He can reach up and touch the frosted white light fixture suspended from the ceiling, filled with dead moths. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z For that offense, our study privileges were being suspended indefinitely. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z But the gate was now floating in midair, suspended several dozen meters above the planet’s surface, over the crater that had been created by the destruction of the castle. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z “You need to go back inside or Coach will suspend you for leaving before the team talk.” Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z “It finally had to be suspended in the first inning.” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The triangular shape of the boy leaning on the ledge gives stability to the painting, which helps to suspend the fleeting instant in time. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z His body collapses, his hands remain suspended as though he were praying. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z He froze mid-scoop, a big glob of oatmeal stuck to his spoon, suspended over the dish. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z Black communities discussed with respect how Muslims were suspended if they lied, gambled, cheated, or smoked. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Anyway, within a couple of minutes the giant was suspended above the ground, hopelessly snarled in chains and hooks. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z With Roy anchoring his feet, the boy scooted himself forward over the rim of the pilothouse until his wiry upper torso was suspended out over the creek. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z I would suspend my foot in the air, pause, then lower and rest it fully on the ground. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z The streets had become so congested that the city issued an emergency decree to suspend the trolley service until after the parade because there was no room for the passengers to disembark downtown. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z October 15: Four women were arrested; two received suspended sentences, and two repeat offenders were sentenced to six months in the workhouse. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z Those on foot squeezed onto the narrow wooden gangways that hung suspended over the water on either side or the skinny alleys that crisscrossed the tracts of land between canals. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z The cable was erected in 1970 to chart the Teklanika’s seasonal fluctuations; hydrologists traveled back and forth above the river by means of an aluminum basket that is suspended from the cable with pulleys. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “So the game is basically suspended until ten o’clock tomorrow?” said Kyle. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z Often the crystalline air formed mirages, and the sailors saw icebergs suspended upside down on the horizon. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z All round, for as far as I could see, hanging in the air, were the twisting and turning roads of a great suspended city. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z She hung there, suspended over nothing, the grip of his fingers the only thing between her and the dark mouth of the ice. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Reginald, I learned, had been suspended from the Nation of Islam by Elijah Muhammad. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Slowly, carefully, the boys approached the scene of suspended destruction, where things that were crushed, thrown, or knocked over took their sweet time hitting the ground. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z He was suspended underneath the plane by a single thin white cord, twisting around and around as he was carried ever farther into the air. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z For a few seconds, she felt her body suspended on the water, and then she was slammed against a floating log and knocked under the water. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z For a time he hung suspended, hardly breathing. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Now he was suspended and under investigation for being a capitalist follower. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z The rest of the time, they live in cages suspended over a deep bedding of woodchips. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z At neck level there’s another sheet, suspended from the ceiling. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z Not only were both suspended for the rest of the meeting, but the officials recommended that the state racing board ban them from all California tracks until January 1,1939. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z That would create difficulty for Stassen, for international pressure to suspend tests was growing—indeed, the Soviets had proposed a test moratorium in May, just as Stassen’s task forces were coming together. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z It was such a thorough burp, and had emerged from such a small subject, that all conversation was momentarily suspended in amazement. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z His face, suspended anxiously over hers, had a remarkable pallor of its own now. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z “Dude,” Percy told the horse, “I’ve gotten suspended for saying less than that. Hazel, he promises you’ll see what he can do as soon as you give the word.” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z It allows you to exist in a state of suspended animation. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z One Monday, all school classes were suspended indefinitely. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z “Indeed, my lord, this collar and chain do hold me fast,” I said, touching my ruff and the links of the chatelaine at my waist, where my needlework tools were suspended. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z A gleaming haptic chair was suspended on a jointed hydraulic arm attached to the ceiling. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z In May 1949, Stalin capitulated, and the Soviet Union suspended its blockade. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z It was rather some strange country suspended in ugliness. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z The National Woman Suffrage Association’s annual meeting was taking place down the street, so the women decided to suspend their morning events in order to listen to Woodhull make her presentation. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z It hung over the suspended waves of the hills, an insentient pivot without which the world would not exist. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z Moments after the Gran ended the ceremony, the Oracle swept through the square, their long holographic cape billowing in the night breeze, their crystal ball suspended in the air beside them. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z They were paintings about suspended animation; about waiting, about objects not in use. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z I’m floating back to the elevator bank, my limbs and bookbag and good-luck rabbit foot drifting around me as if suspended in the syrupy ooze of celebration. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z To assure maximum attendance, Mayor Harrison had signed an official proclamation that urged every business to suspend operation for the day. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Donald is a moderately talented painter of small still lifes of single, everyday objects: an egg, a cup, a comb, suspended against brightly colored backgrounds. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z His prosperous-looking belly that used to thrust out so pugnaciously and intimidate folks, sagged like a load suspended from his loins. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z Then the watch lifts from the table, floating into the air and hovering as though it were suspended in water. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Finally, he made it to the ladder that led to the stewards’ stand, suspended from the grandstand roof. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z To Charles he said gruffly: “Your license is suspended pending resolution and have Mr. Winter here on the twenty-eighth.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z For two years, people suspended their lives to take up the battle. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The commercial product usually contains combinations of several chemicals, suspended in a petroleum distillate plus some dispersing agent. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z It was often difficult to visualize anything concrete that was not dulled by memories of Arize and Aunty Ifeka and Uncle Mbaezi, that did not feel like life being lived on suspended time. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z But to me it seemed irresolutely suspended, halted strangely before its time. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z Then the plane, already in the overcast, entered into the sightless suspended world that had enveloped Ravenel. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z After an hour she finally sits in the chair next to me and says, The good news is, I'm not going to suspend you. The Crossover 2014-03-18T00:00:00Z Her hair spills out behind her, waves of red floating in the air as if she were suspended in water. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z He picked his way with surprising care, surprising in anyone who before had used the ground mainly as a point of departure, as the given element in a suspended world of leaps in space. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z We ate the bratwurst with sauerkraut for lunch, but the sausages, which were going to be canned, had to dry first, so we hung them over a pole suspended from the ceiling. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z One is fussing with a contraption to suspend a kettle over the fire and boil water. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z You could hang suspended in some odd, almost lovely land you could not escape from yet almost didn’t want to leave. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z Some lay under spiderwebs of white cloth that suspended their arms or legs. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z I held myself in, afraid to act or speak until I was sure of my surroundings, feeling most of the time that I was suspended over a void. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z “Therefore, I’ve decided not to suspend you from school,” she said, tapping a pencil on her chin. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z In the months to come, because one did have to keep on walking, one desperately wanted to believe nothing had changed during those years of suspended animation. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z And I was struck all at once how life was out there going through its regular courses, and I was suspended, waiting, caught in a terrible crevice between living my life and not living it. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “But this? This the final straw. Brianna wasn’t acting like that when y’all lived with us. Making vulgar songs and getting suspended. Got everybody in the church talking ’bout her. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z An object that he could see only in silhouette, reaching across a massive arc of space, was suspended low in the air over the house. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z A few days later I was put in a cell by myself, where I slept on wooden boards suspended from the wall. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z Ben said, “We’re worried about our father, sir. If he finds out we’re suspended I could tell him I had a fistfight with Judas Iscariot and it wouldn’t make any difference.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z For three days all the normal rituals of our life were suspended, while half-forgotten rituals, like praying, were renewed. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z For an interminable second, Blanca was suspended in her own uncertainty; then she was overcome with horror. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z It was summer and from a high ceiling was suspended a huge electric fan that whirred. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z He opened his eyes and looked at the chunk suspended in my fingers. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z He asked the Reichstag members to suspend civil rights, and they did. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z Strauss informed Oppenheimer that his security clearance was suspended and urged him to resign quietly from his AEC position. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z He tugged on a small round medallion that was suspended from a silver chain around his neck. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z “Why am I staying home? Am I suspended?” Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z The memory-stealing snow—which had been suspended in the air—began to fall again. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z Aru could just see the outline of Mini, suspended in a moment of falling. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z He suggested we voluntarily suspend the armed struggle in order to create the right climate to move the negotiation process forward. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The suspended creatures turn their heads in the direction of the ghost in their midst. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z This was a wicker chair suspended by chains near an outdoor fire. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z The boy pointed to a four-sided clock suspended from the ceiling in the centre of the market. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z Some other Muslim who learned of it had made charges against Reginald to Mr. Muhammad in Chicago, and Mr. Muhammad had suspended Reginald. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z They crawl under obstacles, do push-ups, scale ropes suspended from the ceiling—one hundred children passing sleek and interchangeable in their white uniforms like livestock before the eyes of the examiners. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z The giant metal “drift tubes” suspended inside the cylinder, which the deuteron beam would traverse, each weighed several tons. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z "No," I said, seeing a woman moving slowly past with a row of about a dozen dressed chickens suspended by their necks from the handle of a new straw broom . Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Others hung, suspended from a twig, in a tiny, motionless J that became a hardened cylinder. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z The cloth hung suspended for a moment, bright red and glowing, and then the door was slammed shut again and the light disappeared and the cloth fell to the floor. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z Within days of Badenhorst’s appointment, our cells were raided and searched; books and papers were confiscated; meals were suspended without warning; and men were jostled on the way to the quarry. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Every spy was equipped with a number of these larvae, which, by feeding them carefully regulated amounts of oil and honey, they could either keep in suspended animation or bring rapidly to adulthood. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z He had chosen to rise in a balloon, convinced that the spectacle of a gigantic balloon suspended in the clouds would be an irresistible form of publicity for almost any carbonated drink. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Finally, the whole team was dressed, had listened to Coach Spinks’s pre-game harangue, and now waited on that trough of suspended time when each second seems weighed down by the glistening bullion of tension. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z And suddenly my bewilderment suspended and I wanted to be angry, murderously angry. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z "But all we have left is the wait. Your work schedules are cleared. All scientific experiments are suspended. Sleep if you can, run diagnostics on your equipment if you can't." The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z They were all shapes and sizes, mottled with dust and filled with gelatinous-looking things suspended in cloudy fluid. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z When my father discovered my colony of frozen slugs in the basement freezer, I chose not to explain my complex theories of suspended animation. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z To be honest, he’s probably suspended by now, because we definitely aren’t allowed to use the intercom. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z In the gray time after the light has come and before the sun has risen, the Row seems to hang suspended out of time in a silvery light. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Giant ringed planets and multicolored moons were suspended in space all around me. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z Drops of rain hung suspended before my eyes. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z A fistful of tubers had hit the Cloak over Ron’s head; the slimy green roots were suspended improbably in midair as Ron tried to shake them loose. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z I tapped another icon, and a large two-dimensional Web browser window appeared, suspended in space directly in front of me. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z “I was hanging in that block of ice suspended over the River Lethe for six months, and we didn’t even get any media attention.” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z At once, Katie rose into the air, not as Ron had done, suspended comically by the ankle, but gracefully, her arms oustretched, as though she was about to fly. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z With subterranean rumblings Queenie jogged slowly down the drive and turned into the street, where Luster exhorted her into a gait resembling a prolonged and suspended fall in a forward direction. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z The sky darkened, but we floated in a milky whiteness that seemed to hold the plane suspended above Puerto Rico. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z He imagined himself strolling on a smooth, rounded mountain summit, suspended between two higher peaks. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z For all its length and lexical exuberance, the sentence is easy to follow, because the reader never has to keep a phrase suspended in memory for long while new words pour in. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z They have their fire going, the billy tin suspended over it. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z And two ballpoint pens—the top halves filled with water in which a cut-out collage of a London streetscape was suspended. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Search parties had yielded nothing, and after several days, rescue efforts had been suspended. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z Dozens of colorful power-ups pop up around the level, suspended in the air and over the monuments and down on the ground. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Her question hung in the air, suspended somewhere between truth and lie. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z In sneakers he passed beneath the twelve damply newspapered birdcages suspended from the rafters. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z And he was suspended between radiance and darkness. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z High John took a few steps back down the ramp to where the charging fetterlings were suspended in time. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z He told Bill Volt that he was to suspend all unnecessary activity in the monkey rooms. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Water, sails, blue sky and suspended gulls flashed by like an improbable postcard, and we were across. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z All around him, suspended from the tree like misshapen fruit, were other new items: stolen shirts, socks, a length of rope, a tin cup, an extra blanket, sacks of food. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z Whenever my parents said “home,” they suspended America. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Playing without suspended phenom Josh Bell didn’t seem to faze Coach Hawkins’ undefeated ’Cats. The Crossover 2014-03-18T00:00:00Z The bell jar hung, suspended, a few feet above my head. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z He glowed, and the mesa hardly breathed—the day was suspended, as still as a frightened rabbit. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z In diameter it was perhaps one hundred feet, and, suspended in its dead center was a smaller sphere of perhaps twenty feet diameter. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z For a while, Stephanie suspended her playing of Dance Dance Revolution because it reminded her of her father. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z Steamer crossings to Europe were resumed, after being suspended during four years of war, and new routes, this time to North America, became the rage. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Cut-paper snowflakes were suspended from a narrow mantel above the fireplace, which was covered with candlesticks and knickknacks and silver jars. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z Lee Scoresby was attaching a coil of stout rope to the leather-covered iron ring that gathered the ropes running over the gas bag, and from which the basket itself was suspended. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z The bullet caught the black man full in the stomach and for a moment the two men looked at each other in a suspended moment of horror, of incredulity. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z I don’t want to be in this suspended state where I can see what’s happening, where I’m aware of what I’m feeling without being able to actually feel it. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z “Does the coach know that he got suspended?” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z He fished out a dogtag suspended on a chain under his shirt and held it up to my nose. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z They suspended enjoyment, but I did not want to go to China. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z The body politic was so disordered that all government seemed suspended. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z If I’m suspended above the room, looking down, I can see how this would be mistaken for a violent act, especially as large as I am. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z The locket, suspended from the long nail on his paw, swung back and forth, back and forth. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z “Who wishes to suspend the discipline? Vote by show of hands.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z They leave the highway behind and drive on steep, slender, two-lane ribbons of road, the mountains appearing like enormous milky waves suspended against the sky. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z As he later recorded in his diary: All operations other than feeding, observation and cleaning were to be suspended. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The brief and interminable time of feeling suspended. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z In 1948, President Harry S. Truman agreed to suspend their prison sentences. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z In the center of the tent there is a man in a tuxedo, suspended by one leg that is tied with a silver cord, hands clasped behind his back. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z I seemed to hang suspended in air at the peak of my climb. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z A glass orb the size of a watermelon hung suspended over the silver prongs of the barge’s motor. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z The bully never got in trouble himself, but he got tons of other kids suspended. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z Whatever inclination there might have been to replace him after Poughkeepsie and Long Beach had evaporated in the off-season, or at least been suspended. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Besides, who knows if Harvard would even take me now that Charlie’s been suspended. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z He’s suspended between them, his legs dragging behind. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z “And I’m suspended for the rest of the week. Hopefully that will give everyone at school enough time to forget and let this whole thing blow over.” Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z The pavilion was lit with hundreds of lanterns hanging from the wooden ribs that held the pavilion’s roof aloft: globes of light suspended in midair. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Above them, suspended from a wire, a tinplate clockwork aquaplane with wooden pontoons and a rotating propeller makes an electric, hypnotizing orbit. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z A village above a lake, suspended on giant Persian rugs. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z For one or two very long seconds they hung there, suspended in the air. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z But Britten was jotting something on a pad, his face pale and hard in the yellow glare of the suspended electric bulb. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z In the frigid air, his breath hung suspended like dragon’s smoke. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z They kept floating out there, suspended, as if the horizon had finally become what it always seemed to be from shore: the sea’s limit, beyond which no man could sail. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z This twisting tightened the chalzas and kept the yolks suspended in the middle of the albumen so that they did not stick to the inner shell. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z I grabbed on to the undercarriage of the train and lifted my legs up, suspended under the car. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z Two of the men had cowhide drums suspended by leather straps from their necks, and two of the women had pairs of tambourines. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z After the boy was rushed to the school nurse and eventually to the hospital to get a few stitches, I was suspended for fighting. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z Indeed, he seemed almost to hang suspended there in the twilight. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z He stood there for a long time, considering the boxes, as if suspended between two worlds. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z They got into a big fight, and now they’re both suspended from school for a week. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z She turned an angry face toward the men suspended in the tree and said loudly, “No thanks to these hooligans!” Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z “I would by no means suspend any pleasure of yours,” he coldly replied. Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z Read the reports from when she was sent to the office or suspended, then tell me if any of those situations truly called for those consequences. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z Officer Callahan was temporarily suspended from the police force but was soon allowed to return to his beat. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z When we informed the government that we were suspending talks, we sent Mr. de Klerk a memo outlining the reasons for our withdrawal. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Steve was suspended for two weeks because this was his third fight of the year. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z When Tab explained everything to Mr. Ramos the next morning, he suspended her for three days. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z Phineas lay among pillows and sheets, his left leg, enormous in its white bindings, suspended a little above the bed. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z Well, as I say, he appeared cordial, and willing to suspend judgment. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z Joe's appointed counsel was later suspended from practice in Florida and never reinstated. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z He even got suspended once for fighting with Curtis in the boys’ room, where he had taken him on for stuffing feathers into J.T.’s locker. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z Ali never caved to the pressure to reject Islam or to fight in Vietnam, even with the threat of jail time and a suspended boxing license. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z He tried not to look at a large, slimy something suspended in green liquid on a shelf behind Snape’s desk. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z I think Mr. Thomson mentions something about signs in the hallways and how anyone caught making or hanging hateful signs will be suspended, but I can’t be sure. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z The room had the same otherworldly quality it usually did, as if the regular rules of space and time that applied in the hallways were suspended here. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z The sky is a sheet of purple and pink and gold, and giant planets are suspended against it, their rings curving past the horizon. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z I eased down beside her, suspending my breath at the water’s sting. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Was it a quality inherent in women, or did they just learn to shield their personal regrets, to suspend their lives, subsume themselves in child care? Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z The child strained toward Taisin while his mother tried to pull him back, and it was almost as though he was suspended in the air between the two of them. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Their rental house was a clapboard box suspended on pilings over the bay. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z Between the two marks and directly under the suspended rock, we laid a stick. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z I blink a few times at him suspended there midair as if on a tight rope. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z He cried and ran to Marshall and I got suspended for that one, and then Janine liked me again. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z At the top of her shoulder was a little dent, scalloped in the bone, or suspended between two bones, with a fuzz of shadow along its rim. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z With a huge heave, he jettisoned the lot into the suspended night. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z The people sit around the table as if suspended, like props in a play, or puppets on strings. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z It was unnerving to be suspended high above the ground, but the nest felt sturdy — surprisingly sturdy, as good as a store- bought hammock. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z And while the baton was suspended between the sky and the gravel, Beverly said, “I told you to tell me a secret.” Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z On the day after our aquarium visit, we walked into Mrs. Turton’s classroom and saw a quote on the blackboard: a mote of dust suspended in a sunbeam. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z When Josiah or old Grandma or Robert was there, the agreement was suspended, and she pretended to treat him the same as she treated Rocky, but they both knew it was only temporary. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z The school board agreed to suspend him for an extra week and call it a day. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z Out in the hall, the crystal pendants of the chandelier suspended above the stairwell chime. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z The winning numbers hover in the middle of the screen, suspended against a brilliant blue background. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z They were suspended without pay until the matter was resolved. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z A few days before recess, Jack Will had gotten suspended for punching Julian Albans in the mouth. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z A stack of new floorboards was suspended between cinder blocks near the door. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z I looked up and saw the outline of a horse lying on its side, suspended in the mesh net of chain-link overhead. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z Our lessons were all but suspended for a time, but Mr. Armin insisted on an hour's fencing practice each day. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z His head was suspended about two feet above the floor. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z I saw them suspended motionless above me, then two floating off, first their heads, then the tips of their finlike fingers, moving dreamily from the top of the case. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Dad would lift a car with the forklift, and Luke would guide him until the car’s tank was suspended directly over the spike. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Above us, a mat of grass suspended on branches shields our faces from the sunlight. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z Everywhere plants and trees are suspended in water, the same way they were in the Amity greenhouses. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z They would have gone after the lions right then, but night had begun to fall and they had to suspend their pursuit. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z In a room without a window, there burnt a fire guarded by a high and strong fender, and a lamp suspended from the ceiling by a chain. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z It got inside him for a suspended second. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z For we shall always be human, and always vicious; suspended motionless, yet never at rest; trapped, yet without any solid thing to grasp. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z “Is that why you moved to suspend my expulsion?” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Imani tells me that Logan has been suspended from school for a couple of weeks. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z They were most sacred days, when much of the ordinary business of life was suspended. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Prompted by a nod from his mother, Leon muttered a short suspended grace—For what we are about to receive—to which the scrape of chairs was the amen. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z I swigged them down with this sports drink that looked like chalk dust suspended in antifreeze. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z Wallace Muhammad was the Philadelphia Mosque Minister, until finally he was suspended from the Nation along with me—for reasons I will go into. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z A few weeks earlier I had been suspended for fighting. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z It sits suspended from my shoulders with elastic and hangs right around my waist. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z The electric bulb suspended from the ceiling burned with ugly sharpness in the dawn. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z One shivering second of silence, the shock of the moment suspended: and then the tumult broke around Harry as the screams and the cheers and the roars of the watchers rent the air. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z The preceding night a fog as palpable as cotton had hung suspended over Island County. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z A french fry hung suspended in midair halfway between his hand and his mouth. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z The night reached such a depth of velvety blackness that he might have been suspended in limbo between Disapparition and Apparition. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z “I can’t believe I got suspended,” I said, just as we pulled into the parking garage in our building. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z As she gazed, her wonder grew, because there in the sky was the unmistakable outline of a city: towers, domes, walls...Buildings and streets, suspended in the air! The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z The thing I did hangs suspended between us. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z He sat quietly, silently, suspended, breathing the good warm air, the smoke, the dust. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The straps that had suspended the shark from the hoist had been sliced and frayed. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z And the change pressed at your ears and you were suspended in the waiting time of the coming storm. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z |
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