| 单词 | sweeping |
| 例句 | It meant there was always a hand in your business, someone else’s hand, some white man who could make it rain dollars, and then came through sweeping up more than what he dropped. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Hidden in the underbrush, I watched the cars speed by, their headlights sweeping over me. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z Snape was sweeping about in his usual bad temper, which surely meant that the Stone was still safe. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z Maybe it was the sweeping sound made by the Po-2s’ canvas wings as they dived low over the German troops in the dark. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z On two or three afternoons, to pass some time, I helped Elroy get the place ready for winter, sweeping down the cabins and hauling in the boats, little chores that kept my body moving. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z “The ranch is north. The fire is sweeping up the whole ridge. We’ll be trapped.” Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z "I know nothing of any—" "You know nothing," she agreed, sweeping from the cell. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Quickly Lupita stuck her head out and gave the front of the hotel a sweeping glance with her dark eyes. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z Cordelia says, because there is a wave of corny chicken jokes sweeping the school. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z “I’m going to have to get back to Downing Street, I should have been there an hour ago,” said Kingsley finally, after a last sweeping gaze at the sky. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z As Lyra saw the little black shapes sweeping out of the blue, she cheered and shouted with glee. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z My eyes, which are sweeping the greenery before me, catch sight of the rippled square high up and to my right. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z Maxim’s grandmother had bowed her head to avoid the sweeping branches of the trees, and the horse had trotted down the twisting drive where I now walked. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z It roared into the pool, sweeping away the spiders. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z He whimpers, licks my face, and waits, his tail sweeping across the floor. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z I already finished wiping down the tables, sweeping the floor, taking out the trash and recycling, restocking the self-serve station, and boxing up the leftover muffins and scones to take home for breakfast. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z She stood over her friend, sweeping her blade back and forth to keep the giants at bay. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Evrybody looked at me when I came downstairs and started working in the toilet sweeping it out like I use to do. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z Pretend you’re a spotlight, Obie told himself, a spotlight sweeping the place, stopping here and there, and lingering at other places, picking up the highlights of the thing, this momentous occasion. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z He pushed on War Admiral’s neck and drove with all his strength, sweeping over his mount’s right side. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Memories of the crash came sweeping back into his mind. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z I can start setting tables or sweeping from any part of the room I feel like; none of that left-to-right, top-to-bottom stuff here. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z The resin was too high for him to reach without climbing, but he was happy to do that; the massive wide branches, sweeping low over the grass, made it feel totally secure. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z And as the Doctorita explains—with patience the first time, and exasperation by the fifth time—I hang around, sweeping or mopping nearby. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z The brother’s glance went slowly around the room, like the ray of a lighthouse sweeping a familiar coast, searching for hidden defects. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “Something dreadful. These messages are connected to it, but they are only the beginning. What’s coming is worse, far worse—a looming darkness, like storm clouds sweeping in to cover the sky.” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z “It is okay. I was tired of sweeping the palace. Come along! We are almost at a rest stop.” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Amari and her mother scurried around their small dwelling, rolling up the sleeping mats and sweeping the dirt floor with a broom made of branches. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z Honorata said the world was an unfair place, that certain girls would always get special treatment for no good reason, as if sweeping and stacking fertilizer were something glamorous. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z He had found a broom out back and was sweeping the board sidewalk in front of the store when they walked up. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z Beside the last line, we made two sweeping arcs, carving a circle into the ground, and filled it with the kindling as well. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z The banker doffed his hat and made a sweeping bow. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Frankie and Joseph scoured the floor, sweeping their hands across the carpet. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z And even as they fell they heard the rush of horsemen sweeping over the bridge and the rattle of orc-feet running up behind. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z My flight path carried me in a great sweeping arc around and behind the Gemini. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z The winged goddesses spiraled above, preparing for another sweeping attack, and Brer kicked high into the air, trying to close off the hole the monster had made in the Thicket’s wall. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z “Evening, gentlemen,” he said, sweeping back his hood. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z “Eh, well, we shall have to take other steps, though I do not know what. Weigh all sweepings again today.” The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z In the wake of these incidents, Congress passed a series of New Deal reforms that gave the federal government its first comprehensive criminal code and the bureau a sweeping mission. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z He was thinking of those tea ships, the Dartmouth, the Eleanor, the Beaver, great white sails spread softly, sweeping on and on through the night to Boston. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z A Bengal tiger forces itself between a woman’s legs, sweeping her from the ground. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z He made a sweeping gesture with the flat of his hand. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z The pregnant girls just sighed at the news and went on sweeping and sprinkling the dirt yards, and the young men sharpened their blades till the edges whistled. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z One cold, windy afternoon I saw Aunt Xi-wen sweeping the street. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Ifemelu asked, a new anger sweeping over her, treading itself through her fingers so that they shook. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z And there again, shrill and inevitable, was the ululation sweeping across the island. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z Even the sweeping might be a message to the trackers. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z Her mother sweeping her into her arms, giggling, fingers running like spiders over her tummy. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z The sweeping devastation was giving rise to powerful new social forces. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z The neighbors kept sweeping their doorways, hanging their laundry, and preparing dinner. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z To move through the sweeping gestures of a grand port de bras, the aching lift of an arabesque. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z Brand broke free and charged Cooke again, sweeping him into an animal-filled steel tier. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z The man made a sweeping, quixotic bow, nearly falling from the horse. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The Candor stop sweeping and stare at them. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z She had felt the current take her, sweeping her out to sea. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z She sashayed out of the kitchen, and a moment later, I heard her in her bedroom, humming “One Fine Day” by the Chiffons along with the radio and sweeping the floor. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z The river of mud whisked her downhill, slamming her into rocks and dragging her through bushes and sweeping her straight toward a cliff! The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z But the shadow of horror wheeled and returned, passing lower now, right above them, sweeping the fen-reek with its ghastly wings. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z He ran his finger around the patient’s tongue to clear the mouth of debris, sweeping out mucus and blood. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I’m flying, my body light, sweeping through air. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z Gray rose also and limped uphill to the protection of a sweeping hemlock bough. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z My mother’s voice would come sweeping down the hallway with just enough spice in it to let the old man know that once again, he’d pushed too hard. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Governor Bradford is said to have attributed the plague to "the good hand of God,” which "favored our beginnings” by "sweeping away great multitudes of the natives . . . that he might make room for us." 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z He halted his horse in a burst of dirt and dust, removed his hat, and with a great sweeping gesture bowed until his head nearly touched the horn of his saddle. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z And then there were the proper films, the dramas, sweeping histories and heartbreaking romances. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z “There’s the outer row that we see,” she said, sweeping her hand along the jawline. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z He began to pace up and down before Harry and Wormtail, eyes sweeping the graveyard all the while. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z Even the grandmothers sweeping the stairs closed their eyes and held their heads back as they celebrated their sweet desolation. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Athena, sweeping down to the battlefield, persuaded the foolish heart of Pandarus, a Trojan, to break the truce and shoot an arrow at Menelaus. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Beyond the crowd, in the shadows of a doorway, I notice a young indi'gena girl, a maid, pausing in her sweeping, broom in hand, watching the procession, swaying slightly in rhythm to the music. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z They moved carefully, and I could hear them searching, sweeping objects to the floor. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z “This is a hospital wing, Minister, don’t you think you’d do better to —” But the door opened, and Dumbledore came sweeping up the ward. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z After we’re trained, Greta’s nice about giving us the same shift, and we do everything from selling tickets and making and selling popcorn to sweeping up between shows and shooing away pigeons. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z Rupa’s sweeping had reached Neel’s feet, and he lifted them so she could continue. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z By the time they found it, the trumpets had sounded again and Lord Tywin's reserve came sweeping up along the river. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z I sweep the floors, even though they don’t need sweeping, to give my hands something to do. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Then they’d move outward, sweeping the farm, crawling up trees and into the barn attic. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z She reached down, picked up a flashlight, and clicked it on, sweeping the beam around the room. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z Then he saw a spray of light sweeping the trees and shrubs across the street. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z It stood in a large, well-tended garden, with shrubbery at one side and a gravel drive sweeping up to the front door. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z And then her hands disappeared, and he heard her sweeping at the ground, and she said, “I keep a flashlight here, but I can’t f—got it.” An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z In the little cafe Chez Pierrot, next door to the tobacconist’s, the waiter was sweeping up the sawdust in the deserted restaurant inside. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z Plus, something I had forgotten in the years since I was eighteen: about a third of a server’s job is “side work” invisible to customers—sweeping, scrubbing, slicing, refilling, and restocking. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Texts and images depict the Teotihuacanos as gaudily martial figures with circular mirrors strapped to their backs and squared-off helmets sweeping protectively in front of the jaw. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z The greatest movie star in history was sweeping the country at that time, a girl younger than Mary Alice named Shirley Temple Shirley could sing and act, and she was a tap-dancing demon. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z Every Therblig had its own symbol, and once they were painted on the wall Dad had us apply them to our household chores—bedmaking, dishwashing, sweeping, and dusting. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z She hated sweeping their brown, dusty corpses out of her kitchen and off her porch, but she especially hated how they followed her everywhere like a dark little cloud. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z Neel could see Ma sweeping the area around the outdoor stove where she and Rupa cooked, near where the family gathered to eat. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z They were like two Huns sweeping down on Rome. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z A dozen witches were making for the flares, carrying thick-leaved, bushy branches, and with them they brushed the glaring lights aside, sweeping them away into the sky beyond. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z Over the wall and under the wall the last assault came sweeping like a dark wave upon a hill of sand. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z But now he had seen the Narnians sweeping down from the ridge. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z Mark shakes his head, keeps sweeping his gaze around the tunnel. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z The easy sweeping grace fascinated him on so large a man. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z No kind of crazy breakthroughs, just variations on a theme: pigs with brain maps that resemble St. Louis, my couple for Noelle joined by the sweeping bridge, a family of metropolises. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z Celia inquires about Lainie’s journey before they discuss the city and the hotel, including the sweeping height of the room they sit within. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z "All of us," Javier says, sweeping his arm across the table as though the four of us were a village, a country, the entire world. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z Maddie came and sat by me, sweeping her fuchsia maxi dress under her. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z The citizens were already busy sweeping up cupcake simulations, confetti, and party hats from last night’s celebration. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z His hair was messy, sweeping down over his forehead. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z On Main Street he saw Old Martin sweeping the street with a stable broom. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z I pictured a rug being lifted and a huge Soviet broom sweeping us under it. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z John had finished sweeping, and he now mounted to the pulpit to dust the three thronelike chairs, purple, with white linen squares for the headpieces and for the massive arms. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z Then, at the rim of vision, it gathered itself, and in one sweeping tide, rushed me to sleep. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z I have them, these attacks of the past, like faintness, a wave sweeping over my head. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z If that meant he needed to help with the sweeping or washing, he was willing. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z I'd choose something simple—a shade of red to match Maman's hair, a high waist with a cream waist-sash, and a sweeping skirt that flows out like a silk river behind me. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z George had the measles but they had him stay at school because scarlet fever was sweeping through the countryside. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z He knew the lookouts strained their eyes as never before, sweeping the horizon for an enemy sail. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z Then he began to cut the green cloth on the table with long sweeping strokes of his arm. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z She felt warm, like sweeping the light toward herself had lit candles inside her. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z When he raised his sword, Jon went underneath it with a sweeping blow that crunched against the back of the other boy's leg and sent him staggering. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z His dæmon lay nearby, her tail sweeping slowly across the oaken floor, her golden eyes never leaving the angel’s pain-filled face. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z He gave the office one last sweeping look, and his heart skipped a beat. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z At first, whenever Pia'd skate back and forth across the parking lot outside the salon, Marcus, who was always pouting while sweeping up the hair inside the salon, would come out with her. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z Mama waved her open hands over the candles three times, as if sweeping the candlelight toward herself. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z I spent the rest of the day sweeping off the solar cell farm. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z He had made that money from sweeping up the loose hair from that barbershop that used to be on St. Nicholas Av'. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z I saw myself once again sweeping a courtyard and carrying heavy jugs of water. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z When we reach the foot of the bridge, Phil pauses, sweeping his hand over the vista as he talks about the vision of Taro Otsuka, Fabyan’s private gardener who designed this place. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z John made a show of sweeping cobwebs from the ceiling. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z “All righty then,” Todd says, sweeping the jewelry from the counter and clearly as uncomfortable with G’ma’s declaration as Scoob is. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z She moved closer to the mirror and stood there sweeping hair up from her neck back into its halo-like roll, and wetting with spit the ringlets that fell over her ears. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z On Saturday, he stayed most of the afternoon, going to the grocery store for Monique and even sweeping the living room. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z I was jarred and shocked by the style, the clear, clean, sweeping sentences. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z When I had entered he was sweeping the shop, and he had sweetened his labours by sweeping over me. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z Relief — warm, sweeping, glorious relief — swept over Harry. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z I draw a sweeping abstract something that’s a cross between an amoeba and a manta ray with eyes and mouths in unexpected places. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z Red was across the street, watching a colored man who was cleaning up after the parade, sweeping trash into a pile. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Radiating outward at almost the speed of light would be the initial shock wave, sweeping everything before it. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z We were in charge of sweeping the floors and bringing the trash out to the dumpster by the drive-thru. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z She staggered into the gray zone, carrying boxes of supplies, and felt a sweeping adrenal rush, and thought, I’m too young to be going through this. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “Skinning rabbits and sweeping floors and mucking out the privy. I am the inn girl.” The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z The monstrous army swarmed him, but the Maeonian drakon flattened everything in its path, sweeping its tail and spraying poison while Damasen jabbed at Tartarus, forcing the god to retreat like a cornered lion. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Unnoticed by the townspeople, who were busy sweeping up glass and haggling over the price of the fuel, Will followed the bear-king up the gangway and aboard the ship. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z He did the sweeping, swabbing and all the laundry. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Alec leaned out into the open a bit farther, sweeping his gaze back and forth one last time. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z She wandered into town on foot, to Wimpy’s, and has gotten a job there sweeping out the aisles, which is near impossible to believe. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z Yishan, standing on a storage box, was already sweeping the bowls and cups off the shelves above the gang, letting them smash to pieces on the floor. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z Flames scatter crazily, lighting the brush, swiftly sweeping up several other trees. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z Ben, for his part, kept driving past his father, changing speeds, and sweeping past him as Bull lunged heavily after a son who had fooled him, betrayed him with speed. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z The duty had left her so restless that she had soon been reassigned to Fin, the Academy’s groundskeeper, who set her to work sweeping the Seawalk or filling sandbags. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z The summer of 2010 brought torrential rains—a monsoon that flooded the valley, sweeping away everything in its wake. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z She covered me with a blanket and began sweeping up the broken glass. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z She left off sweeping and came forward, and M. Yoshoto briefly introduced us. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z I could imagine those bloodshot eyes, set in that massive, scarred black face, sweeping over the sea. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z He gave Alec a curt nod and stepped up to the porch and entered the house, sweeping his weapon left and right as he searched the room. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z Celia tells Felicia that her job is still waiting for her at the beauty shop, but that she’ll have to start from the bottom again, sweeping hair clippings and doing shampoos. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z After a minute, Tommy looks up from sweeping his area and says, “What?” Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z Haus West would also feature a sweeping terrace on its second story. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Mona put her bony hand on her chest, a look of sorrow sweeping over her face. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z “Please,” said the other.They stood back to back, the tall thin wizard and the short round one, and waved their wands in one identical sweeping motion. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z The British boys were taking long, sweeping strokes, all but lying on their backs at the end of each pull. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Turning down the lane, the jockey weaved back and forth, sweeping his flashlight beam from side to side, hunting for the driest, hardest path. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z The gardeners were sweeping the lawns and the drive clear of the spent fireworks. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z Dimple walked in, her eyes sweeping across his room. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z Every time she closed her eyes, she imagined St. Helens exploding, and then a flaming wind sweeping down the mountain. I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980 2016-08-01T00:00:00Z Not waiting for an answer, she moved farther into the library, the train of her gown sweeping across the floor. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Every student at the Academy spent several hours each day working in the kitchens or the library, cleaning the practice hall or sweeping the corridors. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Tanaburi was a small, ordinary village, and it was the ordinary things that he liked to watch the most: people hanging their wash out to dry, sweeping porches, chatting with their neighbors, cooking breakfast. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z Housewives were exhausted from sweeping away so many dead birds, especially at siesta time, and the men dumped them into the river by the cartload. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z Dr. Begbie’s blond hair was around her face, sweeping against her shoulders. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z He came from behind the bar and resumed his desultory sweeping just as Lana, Darlene, and the bird, looking like a small unruly mob, burst in from the alley. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The ends of their long sweeping boughs hung down like searching fingers, their roots stood up from the ground like the limbs of strange monsters, and dark caverns opened beneath them. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z He paused dramatically, sweeping his eyes across the class. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Then sweeping out of the northwest like a swarm of locusts there came one day in early summer a horde of men. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z Let me describe this stereotyped situation: A crime wave is sweeping a city and citizens are clamoring for police action. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z Such sweeping generalizations were routinely accepted, mainly because those attacked were not unified enough politically to counter the charges. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z She searched through the cabinets and desk drawers, sweeping bugs off the few files left undamaged. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z “A big storm sweeping down to clean all things away.” Lawn Boy 2007-06-12T00:00:00Z Once more, I saw Miss Lilian sweeping down those stairs, head high, scorning Mother as she passed her, glaring at Georgie and me. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z He listened to the creaking of the building caused by the wind sweeping over the city. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z When Hugo finished sweeping, he handed the broom back to the old man. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z Meanwhile, hidden from the teachers, a roaring trade in talismans, amulets, and other protective devices was sweeping the school. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z It came on the wind, sweeping toward her in scratchy bursts, and then was borne away again before she could discern any words. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z As she was sweeping the paintbrush across a corner of canvas to dry out the brush, she heard Jeff and Rick chatting. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z He reined up grandly, waved the hat in one long slow swop, bowed halfway down off the horse—a broad sweeping cavalier’s gesture. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Gilderoy Lockhart, however, was immaculate in sweeping robes of turquoise, his golden hair shining under a perfectly positioned turquoise hat with gold trimming. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z Mama sighed and continued sweeping up the broken glass, dead flies, shattered frames, and Mo's flowers. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z She slowly taught us to iron, wash clothes, and take care of the house by dusting, sweeping floors, and watering the more than one hundred indoor plants she kept. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z I was sweeping floors at our grocery store, saving up for my first pair of J’s, when Natasha ran in. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z I hustle hard, and Rock gives me a whole twenty bucks for sweeping, mopping, and helping him restock hair supplies. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z It’s a sunny morning like any other, neighbors walking with bags of gn> ceries, talking to each other, whistling and sweeping in front of I their houses. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Fetching water, sweeping, helping in the kitchen, tending the annealing furnace in the shop were the unskilled work the boys did. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z On the far turn, he began sweeping around the held. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z A truck drove by somewhere outside, its lights momentarily sweeping under the car. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z I imagined Mother standing by the back door, her eyes sweeping the dark ridge, when my father came home to tell her they hadn’t found me. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z It suited him messy, sweeping over his thick eyebrows, and made him look mischievous and interesting. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z The next photograph had begun when Mia, sweeping, found one of Mr. Richardson’s collar stays under the dresser. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z She scoured the house for money, sweeping her hand to the backs of drawers and under cushions and into the pockets of Henry’s pants and overalls and shirts. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z One of these rapid, high-note riffs that black boys make up as they go while sweeping, shoveling, or just walking along. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z Sam Parkhill motioned with the broom, sweeping away the blue Martian sand. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z Within a week the ship jumpers possessed mill jobs—stacking lumber, sweeping sawdust, hauling slab wood, oiling machines—worth eleven cents an hour. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z The man glared at Red once, then slowly started sweeping up the mess. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Written in powerful, sweeping, feminine handwriting: Love the blog. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z Scarcely knowing where he stepped, he blundered his way to the far end of the courtyard and spread his sweepings on a sun-warmed sheep hide to dry. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z One of his pockets was stuffed with a great white kerchief on which he wiped his palm before sweeping his hand over the chosen chess piece with great flourish. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z The room is silent except for the clock ticking on the mantel, the sound of sweeping and the clink of china pieces as my father drops them in the metal trash tin. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z I pause in my sweeping and sit down beside him on the sofa, listening to his words slip out, soft and thoughtful, painting pictures of temples and pyramids. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Austin gave Joycelyn her first job, sweeping the floor at the Carolina Times. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z “Do you see? It’s never been this clear, never since —” “Put it away!” snarled Snape, his black eyes sweeping the classroom. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z Apparently, the attacker was a V-gallery porter who had been sweeping the flats with a push broom. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The mercenary looked up, his eyes meeting Kvothe’s then sweeping back and forth behind the bar. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z It was just before dawn, with no one astir but a few silent Helpers mopping floors, sweeping walkways, or scaling ladders to scrub mildew from ceilings. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z While she searched for something to say she knew that his eyes had not missed the hot surge she could feel sweeping up from the collar of her cloak to the hood at her forehead. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z Even as genetics was being used to justify sweeping changes in law and society, the gene itself had remained a doggedly abstract entity, a ghost lurking in the biological machine. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z A man walked up to the Gladers as the others in his group spread out around them, sweeping their guns left and right as they shot at the observation windows, shattering them. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z Gandalf was shorter in stature than the other two; but his long white hair, his sweeping silver beard, and his broad shoulders, made him look like some wise king of ancient legend. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z Just then Dorian waltzed by, sweeping the brunette with him. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z When he heard that Lord Cheldthorpe would be arriving a few weeks hence, he spent days rushing from room to room, his gown sweeping behind him, waggling his hands rapidly before him. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z He made a sweeping gesture, indicating the angry mob that surrounded him. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z Wahzhazhe chronicled the sweeping history of the Osage, including the period of the Reign of Terror. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z He did not give me a sweeping bow, but I had the impression that he might have—either that or a full regimental salute. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z I rode down a long sweeping slope where a scattering of huge, ragged-topped liveoaks stood about in grass so tall that it dragged against the underside of Jumper’s belly. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z Francie got a little frightened and started sweeping towards the door. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Shan- shan would help her, and I didn’t want to embarrass her by making her realize that I had seen her sweeping the alley. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z A sweeping motion, fast at first; then it appeared to slow and stop. Stone Fox 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The man’s scowling, slightly brutish face was somehow at odds with his magnificent, sweeping robes, which were embroidered with much gold thread. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Is he sweeping the photos of me from sight? I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z In only a few decades, sweeping global changes have begun to move in precisely the directions needed for human survival. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The fits of energy, tipping into rage and grandiosity, came often and more fiercely, and the sweeping undertow of grief that followed was just as strong. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z “You kidding? It’s last game. We got a chance of sweeping.” Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z A corpulent man dressed in a sweeping blue robe met their gaze. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z I begin sweeping scraps into a dustpan and change the subject. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z The storm that blackens the horizon is sweeping toward us at a frightening pace, its lightning forking closer with each passing second. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Sometimes I spent the whole day working beside her: shelling peas, kneading bread dough, turning the handle of the wringer after she’d washed clothes, feeding the chickens, sweeping the porch. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z The Greek never got on to the erratic movements of the knights and the sweeping mobility of the queens, but he learned to make a few set, opening moves. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z “You want quiet sweeping, you get you a old lady. I sweep ymvng. ” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Bast grew still where he stood sweeping near the hearth. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z “Unless something is done,” he warned/and soon done, we shall be the murderers of our own children ...; the revolutionary storm now sweeping the globe will be upon us.” Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z “Oh, certainly, if they are in your way,” and sweeping her contributions into her apron, pell-mell, she walked off, feeling that herself and her works of art had been insulted past forgiveness. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z It looked grey and uninviting, great rollers sweeping in to the bay past the beacon on the headland. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z Falconer whirled about, his rapier already sweeping free of its hanger. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z After sweeping I went into the kitchen, sat on the stool, and watched Kazi stir and chop. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Even the juke box had stopped and I could feel the danger mounting so swiftly that I moved without thinking, bounding over quickly and sweeping up a beer bottle, my body trembling. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Within minutes, sheets of rain were sweeping in, the steady hiss of falling water swelling in my ears. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Using my avatar’s new superuser interface, I made a sweeping gesture with my hand, selecting all of the Sixer avatars on my display. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z “Chinese have that, too—ancestor worship, sweeping the graves in the springtime.” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z He took out his wand and gave a great sweeping wave with it; at once, all the candles except those inside the carved pumpkins were extinguished, plunging them into a state of semidarkness. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z Satisfied they were safe, I strolled into the kitchen, where I found Rosaleen sweeping up grits. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z The whole ice pack was moving in a clockwise direction, sweeping west and north with the current, up along the Antarctic Peninsula. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z Jordan found another job, sweeping up in a factory, but he hated it, and was tense, restless, and irritable. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Sick at heart, Ranofer transferred his sweepings to a crucible and set it on the coals. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z She slipped out of bed and went to her window, A servant was sweeping the empty driveway with a frayed broom. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z I opened my eyes, savoring the warm calm that was sweeping over me. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z She returns abruptly to her sweeping and I leave. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z The cold days dragged mechanically: up early and to my job, splitting wood, carrying coal, sweeping floors, then off to school and boredom. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Like not sweeping the floor on New Year’s Day so you would not sweep the god of wealth out of the house, or eating a spring roll so you would roll the money in. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z I waited, but there was no radio, no sweeping, no call from my mother. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z Natalie made a sweeping gesture with her arm, the kind that clearly said, Be my guest. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z “I want to see every single hand,” the man says to them, sweeping his weapon back and forth, pausing for a brief moment on each person. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z "Just a tiny bit," I decide, sweeping a sponge over his cheeks. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z The pencil made a slight sweeping noise as though it were grating down the finer, more resistant surfaces of the white page. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z What kind of landowner ended up sweeping stairs? Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z He rolled up a sheet of music and began sweeping off the inner wall, more for something to do than from any real curiosity. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z In this sweeping international epic, black and white American soldiers protect each other under enemy fire in the African desert. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z The later pattern was for Jefferson to provide the sweeping vision while Madison managed the messier particulars. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z I can’t remember the last time I woke up with a smile, Aunt Heidi’s long hair sweeping my forehead, my body wrapped in a hundred old blankets, swirled around me like soft-serve. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z I ask, sweeping a glass piece off the rug to the floor and up the incline to the dustpan. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z Many wards would have been completely emptied had it not been for the admission of forty sailors—a rare type of jaundice was sweeping through the Royal Navy. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z I think of my mother, sweeping up deadly toxins; the way they used to use up old women, in Russia, sweeping dirt. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z The thought washed over me like a river, sweeping away the dead bees that had filled my brainpan with confusion. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z Out on the dark water, a pale ship was anchored, lights glowing like the day, bright LED spots sweeping the water, catching the shapes of boats rowing toward shore. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z The hall led to a sweeping spiral marble staircase that went up a whole lot more floors than seemed possible. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z Weird how this memory flashed through my mind as I raced the boat down the creek and into the river, my eyes sweeping back and forth across the water, looking for Ben and his mom. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z The first month they had him sweeping up all the cut curls from off the floor. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z He was not quite as tall as the first, but fierce, with a sweeping mustache. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z Lana looked over at Jones, who was sweeping out the booths in a cloud of cigarette smoke and dust, and said, “Put the record on.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z For a moment she could almost see him sweeping across the sky, his black wings swallowing the stars. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z And as she began to roll with one sweeping rhythm, she would start her story. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z “Library is a place you borrow books,” Mama said, sweeping the dirt out the kitchen door. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z This is also like sweeping the floor; as a rule, where the broom does not reach, the dust will not vanish by itself.’ Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z La Belle Sauvage sped like a dart over the mad river, down towards Port Meadow, towards the wild waste of water that was sweeping through Oxford, towards whatever lay beyond. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z The woman who hung out laundry was now sweeping the dust from her house out the door. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z “Fair enough,” Alec replied, taking a step back and sweeping his hand out with a bow. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z He wanted the nation’s attention on his sweeping plans for his Great Society initiatives: a series of economic and social reforms to eliminate poverty and social injustice. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z As of its own compulsion, the car slowed as we passed the chapel with its low, sweeping eaves. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z I get the broom from the closet and start sweeping. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z “What? Hanging out with you? Or”—she made a sweeping gesture at the town—“this?” The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z She looks to the flames sweeping from tree to tree. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z Woolf glanced at War Admiral’s beautiful head, sweeping through the air like a sickle. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z He caught a gleam of red light sweeping the ground in front of the creature as if it came from its eyes. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z I pushed her away and she shrugged, sweeping ahead of me into the great hall. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z For an instant, Brian observed relief sweeping the teacher’s face, as if a huge burden had been lifted from him. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Frantically he fell to his hands and knees and felt around beneath the table in the darkness, sweeping back and forth. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z Tides twenty feet tall, sweeping away people, trees, even buildings. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z They decided to hide in plain sight, sweeping and cleaning the courtyard, looking busy and useful. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z He made a sweeping, grandiose gesture with his hands. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z “Your biggest trouble will be taking out the ashes and sweeping. And keep track of how the coal runs; when it’s low, tell me or Mr. Dalton and we’ll order some more.” Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z Now she glanced at him and the chisel mark between the sweeping black brows deepened. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Police declined to discuss a rumor sweeping Harlem that they had some motion pictures which had been taken in the Audubon Ballroom as the murder took place. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Strauss, for his part, was delighted by the performance of his trusted scientists, for plainly they had succeeded in buying time for continued testing, if not for sweeping a ban off the negotiating table entirely. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z He made a dramatic sweeping gesture with one hand. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z He burst into tears, and Mama and Papa both immediately reached out for him, Mama getting there first and sweeping him into her arms. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z After I squeezed my feet into those small, dreadful shoes, it was back to the sweeping, and then the polishing of the banister with soft rags and beeswax scented with lemon. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z It seemed that he drove twice a week to all the local beauty parlors and barbershops, collecting their sweepings and arranging them, strand by strand, as carefully as a wren. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z It cheered when the big searchlights atop the Manufactures and Liberal Arts Building began sweeping the crowd, and when colorful plumes of water—“peacock feathers,” the Tribune called them—began erupting from the MacMonnies Fountain. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z “I’m off to the baker. Finish sweeping in here, and dusting. After that, polish the teapot and bring in the firewood. Don’t stop moving, whatever you do.” Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z Within days of arriving in Kansas City, Jack had a job working for a clothing-distribution wholesaler, sweeping floors and moving boxes. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z One of the new victims revealed that Mrs. Moss beat her for putting a movie in the wrong case and struck her in the face for not sweeping the patio correctly. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z That river, his infernal need, rose, flooded, sweeping him forward as though he were a long-drowned corpse. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z She snapped the clutch bag shut and looked around with a sweeping, raptor-like gaze—the only thing about her, surely, that could remind me of my father, and it did. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z “No,” she said, sweeping her unbound hair over a shoulder. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z It was a breathtaking moment, for in one sweeping action he had virtually normalized the situation in South Africa. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Some of them were very tall; many were dressed in white; and all had a sweeping amplitude of array that seemed to magnify their persons as a mist magnifies the moon. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z She starts sweeping up the glitter, but I can feel her watching me as I rub the rest of the mud from Lolo’s elbows and hands. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z Abra parted the switches like a curtain and went into the house of leaves made against the willow trunk by the sweeping branches. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z “Harry!” he boomed, sweeping Harry into a bone-crushing hug the moment Harry had stepped out of the car. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z It’s opening night, and it feels like an opening because even though it’s still not completely dark, those Hollywood-premiere searchlights are sweeping across the sky. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z “Let me know when you finish with that sweeping,” Lana Lee said. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The lower part of the long face was covered with a sweeping grey beard, bushy, almost twiggy at the roots, thin and mossy at the ends. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z His back’s to me as he’s sweeping, and I’m just about to ask him when the shop door opens and a few older guys come in. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z Miranda smiled, but her mouth was obscured by a large brush that the saleswoman was sweeping over her face. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z We get the room pretty much cleared out, and then there’s the yucky stuff like sweeping the floor and getting rid of the cobwebs. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z They went into the snow, over the frozen streets, through the sweeping wind. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z Before that an ingot must be poured from these sweepings, as the First Craftsman had ordered. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z It was semidark, not long before dawn, and planes were regularly taking off and landing, their landing lights sweeping the runways, or their wing and tail lights blinking in the sky. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z The boy listened to the wind passing through the tops of the tall pines; he thought they moved like giant brooms sweeping the sky. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z He sat on the straight-back chair beside her and looked over at the big cottonwood that grew next to the porch, its branches sweeping and wide, hiding a portion of the northeast sky. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z It was made of sand-colored adobe and had two soaring steeples, a gigantic circular stained-glass window, and, leading up to the two main doors, a pair of sweeping staircases covered with pigeons. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z He was sweeping the floor of the shop. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z He’d grabbed the pencil tucked behind his ear and made a sweeping motion across the image. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z The stadium’s main lights dim, and the sweeping lights change color. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Mrs. Weasley felt right into the corners before sweeping the whole lot into her bag. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z She was afraid to leave and yet she could not bear the life she led, inside all day, sweeping and dusting, making beds, washing clothes. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z He was putting himself through college by working at anything and everything that came his way—mowing lawns, delivering newspapers, sweeping floors. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z He made a sweeping movement with his hand. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z The Demeter kids were sweeping out theirs and making fresh flowers grow in their window boxes. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z The full guilt avalanche, thundering down the mountainside, sweeping away houses, knocking me flat. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z It was sweeping toward Griffin’s Wharf, he struggling to get back to Salt Lane. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Dad positioned me out of the way when a shuttle car darted in, its crablike arms sweeping up the coal thrown out behind the continuous miner. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z I was supposed to be sweeping and dusting. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z And I felt that I would fall, had fallen, moved now as against a current sweeping swiftly against me. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Nat saw the man with her then—a tall, handsome chap, with dark hair sweeping back in a widow’s peak and smiling dark eyes. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z Clancy had told me that when I felt it coming on, I needed to break all physical contact and imagine a white curtain sweeping between me and whomever I was with. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z He loped across the grass, easily outraced them all, and gobbled the ball up, sweeping it into his jaws with that huge tongue. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z The American Congress had passed a sweeping sanctions bill. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z "The Woman Question. My pamphlet, 'On the Woman Question in the United States,' will be your guide. And now, Brothers," he said, his eyes sweeping around the table, "the meeting is adjourned." Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z “Oh, very close!” the woman said, pausing in her sweeping to pick up the Paper from the floor. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z And in her day the lodge-keeper’s wife had curtseyed, sweeping the path with her full wide skirt. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z There were sounds of sweeping and cleaning out, and a moment later he appeared, his hands full of tops and marbles and old dusty kites and junk collected through the years. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z A waft of wind came sweeping down the laurel-walk, and trembled through the boughs of the chestnut: it wandered away—away—to an indefinite distance—it died. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z Then more lines appeared, one by one, tremulous arcs and circles sweeping through the darkness. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z Ollie knows nothing about me now, certainly not enough to make these grand, sweeping speeches. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z Then the sea blended imperceptibly into sweeping areas of land populated only by the figures of animal life unknown to her, hulking creatures grazing on tall tan grasses. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The chopper’s guns were sweeping everything and I ran in a crouched position. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z “Ha! I think he was a SmartMart scout,” she said and began sweeping the sidewalk in front of the store. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z “Excuse me,” Yishan said to a woman sweeping up broken tiles. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z Kalinda then takes my arm and acts like we’re the oldest of friends, sweeping me away from the room, and she wastes no time at all. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z She goes to Rank’s Flour Mills and begs for the sweepings from the floor. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z Dad kept sweeping, and I wasn’t sure he heard the question. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z Pickett bowed low in the classic fashion, sweeping the ground with the plumed hat. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z He took command of the battlements, sweeping his pilum back and forth and knocking down defenders. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z “And the dusting, which you make me do every day, and sweeping and mopping the floor.” The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z He wore suspenders with T-shirts and gave them dirty looks when he was sweeping his sidewalk. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z Slowly, deliberately, I turned my back and went on sweeping. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z Then I saw a team of security people, standing by the barriers, checking hand luggage, sweeping people with hand-held explosives-detectors, like they do at airports and at the London Eye. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z Tug knowed Petey walked home from sweeping a pile of dust from one end of the mill to the other every day. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z I raised dust swirls sweeping around and under the FOB’s chair—very bad luck because spirits live inside the broom. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z I watched him swing his scraggy leg in a sweeping arc, watched his whole body tilt impossibly to the right every time he planted that foot. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Tired players searching through the rough, sweeping back and forth in long systematic patterns. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z This usually meant trying to stop fights between kids and sweeping up broken bottles. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z She alternated between sweeping the floor and looking out the window for him. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z In a terrified glance, Taran saw the sweeping antlers of the Horned King. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z With a sweeping gesture he indicated the rows of microscopes, the test-tubes, the incubators. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z Mom’s new twin bed appears tiny under the weight of a mature sheet set, the edges of the quilt comforter sweeping the floor. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z The two daughters were gently sweeping the bare stone floor with stiff brooms, and the son was polishing the silverware. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z Then the towers by the sea, crumbling as the dark tide came sweeping over them, rising from the depths. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Director Howard Hawks’s new movie, Battle Cry, would be Hollywood’s most sweeping war film of them all. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z Mr. Washington said when he took in the sweeping views of the Crystal River. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z The past was rushing down that long corridor towards me, a flood of memories, sweeping me back as I struggled to keep up with the little official. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z She holds her cane out ahead of her, sweeping it back and forth like radar. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Rishi looked at her, his gaze sweeping from her eyes to her lips to her collarbone to her chest, her waist, the curve of her hips. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z After the sweeping, she had laundry to hang. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z When work ended for the day he wandered through the scorching streets, blind and deaf to the spirit of holiday already sweeping the crowds around him. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z The pinch of it comes sweeping back, and I'm near tears. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z A harp with a beautiful, sweeping curve was slung from his shoulder, but otherwise he looked nothing at all like the bards Taran had learned about from The Book of Three. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z A woman in a paisley apron was sweeping with demented vigor in front of her house through whose open door came the smell of fried breakfast. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z A black janitor who was sweeping the hallway asked why she was crying. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Sea fog was sweeping in behind them, and the light was fading quickly. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z She started sweeping the foyer and “Maybe you should take the earrings off,” I said. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z Professor McGonagall was sweeping along without even looking at him; he had to jog to keep up. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z By the late 1980s and early 1990s, the politics of fear and anger sweeping the country and fueling mass incarceration was turning its attention to children. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z I made a sweeping gesture with my right hand, and a three-dimensional hologram of Castle Anorak appeared, floating in the air in front of me. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z “Fiona! Come in, come in,” my mom calls, completely sweeping my question out of the kitchen. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z 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 And suddenly the Shadow Host that had hung back at the last came up like a grey tide, sweeping all away before it. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z The man tried to speak but only a coyote sound was heard, and the tail moved back and forth sweeping ridges in the sand. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z They quickly began sweeping the courtyard as if their lives depended on it, which, in fact, they did. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z Kyle so wished he could switch places with Andrew, even if it meant sweeping up birdseed. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z Do you dunk I complained about picking up old lunches that had fungus growing on them and sweeping asbestos tiles and straightening Thorndike dictionaries? The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z They monitored what the members of the Black Categories did during the day, recorded any visitors to their homes, watched their Morning Repentance and Evening Reports, and supervised their sweeping the alley twice a day. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z The three went racing by, sweeping quickly out of sight. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z I continued to run forward, eyes sweeping the ground. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z The sixty was sweeping the banks of the stream. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z I was bent over, staring, when the knock came at the door and I jumped as at a shot, sweeping the doll into my pocket, and hastily wiping my eyes. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Reek could hear the wind sweeping across the rolling plains beyond the town. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z He gives me a roll of brown paper and a piece of white chalk and shows me how to draw a tree in three sweeping lines. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z Then Malcolm tried to strike a course across the open waste of sweeping water and made hardly any progress. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z Lines of muscle along the horse’s back, flanks, and belly bulged with the effort, cutting sweeping stripes into his coat. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Standing at the edge of the smooth rolled sand you could look up in the empty stands and see old women sweeping out the boxes. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z But the two mounts were patiently blundering together, and the two knights had simultaneously decided on the sweeping stroke. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Eyes are sweeping over me from head to toe. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z She marched over to the sweeping woman to get a look at her and discovered it was none other than Mary. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z We have already had a few of these, sweeping across the field of human thought periodically, like comets. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Sea-foam white lace bloomed from the sweeping neckline, washing upon her breast from the powder-green ocean of silk that made up the dress. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z “Yeah,” said Ron, sweeping the jumble of scrawled notes off the table, dipping his pen into some ink, and starting to write. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z During that turbulent final week of July 1943, William Faulkner was on the other side of the world in Hollywood, California, feverishly pulling together the screenplay for the sweeping wartime movie Battle Cry. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z Rock stands up, grabs a broom, and starts sweeping up the hair. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z She glanced over at me curiously, frowning, sweeping my face with her sharp, pale eyes. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z The waiters were sweeping out the café and mopping off the tables. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z He had poured that slim little ingot, now lying yonder in the courtyard beside the drawplate, from just such sweepings as this. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z Dad was sweeping the floor when I walked in. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z And so they were: ragged elegant black shapes sweeping past high above, with a hiss and swish of air through the needles of the cloud-pine branches they flew on. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z She was standing under an apricot tree, partially hidden by a bushy canopy of gnarled limbs sweeping so close to the earth the slender leaves touched the ground in the wind. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z "He's like my . . . he ought to be horsewhipped! Here," he said, sweeping up the letter and thrusting it crackling toward me. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z I went upstairs again, to the privacy of my bedroom, but when I opened the door I found the housemaids in there doing the room; one was sweeping the floor, the other dusting the dressing-table. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z They would be sweeping in on the flood tide, but the Lannisters would have the river current to their favor, and the Blackwater Rush flowed strong and swift where it met the sea. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z One night, mysteriously, it burned down, and the next day Goetz was out on the street sweeping away the debris. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z It did not seem long until they were sweeping into the clearing at Grandpa’s house, all the sleigh bells jingling. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z He had seen the second fin now coming up behind the first and had identified them as shovel-nosed sharks by the brown, triangular fin and the sweeping movements of the tail. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Thirty seconds later, when Milton turned the same corner, he saw the sweeping expanse of the Ambassador Bridge. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z It was they who dared ride beyond the Wall, sweeping through the haunted forest and the icy mountain heights west of the Shadow Tower, fighting wildlings and giants and monstrous snow bears. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z One carried a broom and began sweeping the path behind them. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z Martin found a janitor's job in a hotel emptying garbage cans, sweeping, and mopping. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Yoshoto, in a beautiful, black and cerise silk kimono, was sweeping die floor with a short-handled broom when M. Yoshoto and I entered the instructors’ room. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z Black started with the back, moving the clippers up Needles's neck in sweeping motions like he was painting. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z Putting on his hat and taking the corn bread with him, he headed out for the three-mile walk to the mill, where, Stella knew, he’d be lifting logs and sweeping sawdust all day long. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z "Oh, don't worry about the dishes, Patty. I'll take care of them in a minute," Momly said, now bending down, sweeping nothing into a dustpan. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z An old woman sweeping the steps of a church. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z The peacock joined in, its tail sweeping the floor and cutting out the legs of an asura right next to it. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z I imagine Locke taking my hands tonight, imagine him sweeping me around the hill. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Downstairs, the doorman, Ralph, who had himself come from a country called Ireland as a boy, stood by the opened door and gave each young lady a sweeping bow as she passed by. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z I returned his greeting and watched him ease into a chair, his eyes sweeping over my desk-with uneasiness. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z “Harry Potter!” squeaked an excited voice, the moment Harry had opened the door; a small man in a mauve top hat was sweeping him a deep bow. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z He went about his job with no expression, sweeping cigarette packs and gum wrappers into a dustpan that he emptied into a larger trash can. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z In April of 1933, a fresh and reconstituted varsity crew promptly exacted its revenge, sweeping the Olympic champion Cal Bears from their home waters on the Oakland Estuary. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z The plaster was pitted and peeling—pieces littered the floor as if someone had recently punched the wall and no one had bothered sweeping up afterward. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z He was standing on a fish-cleaning table, sweeping a portable spotlight across the basin. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z Late in the afternoon, while he was sweeping the storeroom, he saw Henry limp in through the front door. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z My eyes were glued to the marina, where a tsunami carrying columns of fire was sweeping toward us. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z It was said the able seamen insisted on keeping the ward shipshape themselves and had taken over the sweeping and the heavy bumper. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z As I had done for Kunthi, so Kali did for me—but much more: sweeping and cleaning, washing and cooking. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z I barely start sweeping before Kenya starts talking. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z And you follow the flashlight sweeping along those walls. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z I took the skirt of my dress in my hands and curtseyed to her, the flounces sweeping the ground. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z "She called it her chariot," I said, my eyes sweeping the dashboard. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z The terrible darkness sweeping up behind to devour her. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Consequently, there was a sweeping investigation taking place of her activities, past and present, spearheaded by FBI director J. Edgar Hoover. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z The boat came nearer, the searchlight sweeping to left and right, almost on course to hit the island, but at the last minute it turned a little to starboard and moved past. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z There were always gut sicknesses and fevers sweeping through the camp. I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z “How,” I asked, my glance sweeping about to catch the amused looks of the others, “how dare we celebrate while around the world thousands are suffering and dying?” Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Cal’s coxswain, Grover Clark, glanced across the river and, for the first time since he’d left it behind at the starting line, he saw the Washington boat, sweeping up on his stern. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z He was ideal for the job, centered low as he was in his fireplug body, a plow of wellmuscled forearms in front of him, a pulling guard for a sweeping Kwang. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z They had never had guests before, and they went to work like darling elves, sweeping, mopping, cooking, baking—making mattresses of straw and burlap bags, setting tables, putting party favors at each place. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Despite earlier battles, few whites in Durham—or anywhere else in the South—were prepared for the sweeping nature of Brown v. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z “I want you to promise—” she begins, but I’m already at the window, sweeping the curtains aside. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z He walks along the River Bille and watches the water sweeping past. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z Tristan und Isolde is an out-and-out masterpiece, with sweeping, yearning themes, deserving of its place in music’s pantheon, whatever it may or may not have innovated. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z A strange feeling of serenity and confidence was sweeping over her and all of a sudden she found that she was frightened by nobody in the world. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z Pilate scraped the eggshells together into a little heap, her fingers fanning out over and over again in a gentle sweeping. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z “Then instruct me, for the sake of Ptah the Bearded! That scowling one, the First Craftsman, said nothing but ‘Wash these sweepings, young one!’ with never a word as to how or why. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z On the rare occasions that Min dismissed him early, he would hang around the house, looking for little chores to do—pulling weeds in her vegetable patch or sweeping the yard. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z “There were regions, open to the sweeping winds and rain, which were yet lighted throughout the night with long, blinking lines of gas lamps fluttering in the wind.” The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z The man’s motion—that sweeping kick of his boot through the doorway with its conflicting messages of goodwill and threat—had reminded him that he needed to protect his boy. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z She nodded slowly, as though Scott’s explanation didn’t really help her; she took me in, her gaze sweeping rapidly over me from head to toe and back again. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z “Ahhh. Closer come can we, closer come?” said the roach, delicately sweeping the space in front of it with a leg. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Not surprising—when it comes to the Ida B. Wells, politicians keep sweeping the dirt under the rug and it just keeps piling up. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z I dove behind a log barricade just as two soldiers turned the corner, talking intently to each other and sweeping the street with their eyes. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z My slippers scuff against the concrete, sounding like brooms sweeping the floor. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z Up ahead a few of the gas station owners could be seen sweeping snow from their driveways. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Davos tasted a trap, yet he saw no sign of any foes sweeping in behind them, only the great fleet of Stannis Baratheon in their ordered ranks, stretching back to the watery horizon. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “Okay then, I’ll pick you up, no problem,” Mom said decisively, sweeping the half-grapes into a snack bag with the side of her knife. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z He takes his time, way longer than necessary, sweeping up the broken plate. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z Sweeping, folks stopping by, a break for water where Ivan don’t say nothing to me, more sweeping. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z It’s almost as though I catch the sound of her dress sweeping the stairs as she comes down to dinner.” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z If not in the kitchen, I was removing colonies of spiders, polishing tables and chairs, or sweeping up a mountain of dust. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z I loved washing the chalkboards, sweeping the floor, and hearing stories of her college days. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z Willem's eyes dart furtively to the left and then the right, sweeping along the horizon. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z As fires burned in Baltimore, a five-year-old black child worked with neighbors and volunteers, sweeping up the debris, a small beginning toward picking up the pieces of her community. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z The street below me is quiet now, except for the sound of straw brooms sweeping the day’s litter into small piles on side streets. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z He could feel the wind sweeping across the roof. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Trouble led his team down the sweeping avenue. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z Done sweeping up ash in the fireplace, the servant girl stacks new wood into a pyramid with aromatic pine for kindling resting on top. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z But if they’d only looked up, they would have seen the sweeping dips and flutters of the dark birds. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Her stick thumped on the wooden floor and the foot of her flawed leg brushed the boards with a sweeping sound, as if she dragged a broom. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z In February, British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan visited South Africa and gave a speech before Parliament in which he talked of “winds of change” sweeping Africa. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “This here’s Earl,” he slurs, sweeping an arm behind him. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z He took the brush, and began sweeping it through the silver avalanche with fingers which were deft from practice, while the Queen closed her eyes. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z The dirt on the ground kicked about, sweeping and stirring. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z I was sweeping the kitchen floor when Jay came in lugging two peach baskets full of ripe vegetables and plunked them on the table. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z This way and that turned the dark head helmed and crowned with fear, sweeping the shadows with its unseen eyes. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z He knows she might like a more romantic sweeping off her feet. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z And Francie, pausing in her sweeping to listen, tried to put everything together and tried to understand a world spinning in confusion. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z The older children were sweeping the yard and singing. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z The rain and mist moved across the field in broad, sweeping sheets of gray. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z She couldn’t see the front, but she could see a light sweeping across the trees, and she heard a deep crunching sound: the sound of tires on gravel, she guessed. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z The fire is sweeping very low to the ground. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z They made their way under the graceful arches of a stone bridge, around a long, sweeping bend in the lake, and up the straightaway to the starting stalls. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z I turned toward the door, hesitated, turned back, started for the door again—and encountered Sander sweeping from the tiring-room, dressed as Hamlet's mother. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z He is, instead, bathed dramatically in a sweeping and resplendent sunset, wearing a crisp black jacket and riding pants tucked into tall leather boots, looking every inch an actual fairy-tale prince. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z Twisting the wet cloth around the mass of sweepings, Ranofer cast about for some way to change the subject. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z We went swimming in the river, and we helped Yar with easy chores, such as sweeping our compound or collecting fire for cooking from a neighbor. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z First they were all separated, exploding into different directions, but then they swooped back toward each other, like family, and became one big black wave, twisting and sweeping up through the trees around them. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z Then Frodo stepped up to the great grey net, and hewed it with a wide sweeping stroke, drawing the bitter edge swiftly across a ladder of close-strung cords, and at once springing away. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z The winds began rising from the bay waters, racing over Oakland and sweeping low over the hissing weeds, which nodded back and forth in great shimmering waves of gold. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z If I came back a little later, Aunt Xi-wen and the others would be at work sweeping their assigned parts of the alley. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Nina saw the pale searchlights sweeping across the sky, hunting for the German aircraft. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z The human girl is kneeling in front of a huge fireplace, sweeping up ash from the grate. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z I arrive at the theater while they are sweeping out from the matinee. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z The colored man gripped his broom tighter and started sweeping yet again, but I could see the rage in his eyes. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z “Don’t say ‘Ants do’ in that sweeping way, dear boy. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Selena looked at me like a cat eyeing its prey, then walked off, her long skirt sweeping the floor. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z Mismatched candles burn merrily on every available surface, illuminating the sleeping doves in their cages hanging amongst sweeping curtains of richly colored tapestries. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z She’d been sweeping the porch after school when Wash walked by the yard, and she wanted to run to him and soak up his smile. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z But my mother continued to speak, smiling broadly, sweeping her hand. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z Dark birds in a sweeping arc across a silver sky. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z She seems to include Taryn and me in this sweeping statement. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Mama was already stoking the fire, sweeping the floor, and warming up a few leftovers from the potluck meal when Stella woke up. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z So out the window I went, sweeping the twelve sand-dollar birds I keep on the sill into my sweatshirt pocket. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z She looked down at my knees and stopped sweeping. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z And at the same time, keeping pace with these longings, our distaste for the city grew and grew and became a sweeping, pervading hatred. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z Below them is a dimmed arena of fifty thousand screaming fans, illuminated by sweeping spotlights of red and blue. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z The others returned to the field, warily sweeping the dark forest with their sharp eyes. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z The great snowy owl beckoned towards his hole with a sweeping wing. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z A dry hot wind glided up and down the canyon restlessly, shaking the salt bushes and sweeping dust over the tire tracks. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z Butler was seeing the world as it was, complete with LEP retrieval team sweeping the avenue. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z The trailer was such a disaster that sweeping and mopping seemed like a waste of energy; it should have been towed straight to the county dump. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z “Jump, Buck!” he commanded, sweeping his arm out and over the chasm. The Call of the Wild 1903-01-01T00:00:00Z I draw the slow curve of my right cheek, sweeping down to my too-pointy chin, up my other cheek, over the top of my head, and back to where my line began. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z “Yes, they said you would come. I was just sweeping out the room for you.” The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z He groped forward, sweeping the air with his open palm for the cord; he found it and jerked on the light. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z ‘The nun Beatrix didn’t run away. Why, there she is over near the altar, sweeping.’ The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z My mother began to loosen my braids and brush my hair with long sweeping strokes. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z I come around behind him, sweeping my dagger in an arc. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z He could feel the rumble of the craft’s engines tilling the air but couldn’t make out the silver skin, the sweeping ribs, the finned tail. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z “Look there. The little one is already back at her chores. And she did a fine job sweeping earlier.” Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z Yes, it was unskilled labor, but for what it's worth, I did very little sweeping. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z Charlie stood real stiff while she hugged him, his eyes sweeping over everybody, checking us all out. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z “It’s because he’s big,” Bast said matter-of-factly as he gave up the pretense of sweeping. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z “You may as well take a broom and start sweeping dirt off the mountain,” she said. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z They were sweeping the streets and sprinkling them with a hose. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z When trying a case, I often made sweeping gestures and used high-flown language. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Mr. Munch reached into the locker and pulled out the head of a broom—the sweeping part—which he'd detached from the broomstick. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z I remember the sweeping lovely dance of high buzzards against the sky and Tom looking long up at them, but I can’t remember that he ever said anything about them. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z “I need to clear my brain! Get out of my head. Do something physical. Maybe I’ll go shoot some hoops or see if the janitor needs help sweeping the hallways.” The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z Others–Baade mostly–were left to do the mathematical sweeping up. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z He makes a sweeping motion with his hands. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z I like a clean place, but I cain’t say I like sweeping and mopping. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z We went to work sweeping up the rice. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z Then the wind rose and the white mist came sweeping in, impossibly cold, and one by one the fires went out. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z And in between these dances she would curtsey and make sweeping bows and knock her head against the dandelions. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z This time when Malcolm turned round, he saw the beam of a searchlight, brilliant against the gloomy sky, sweeping from left to right. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z “You look like a hoodlum in that getup,” Grandma Sweetwine says, sweeping along beside me a good foot above the ground, twirling a magenta sun parasol, without a care for the dismal weather. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z When I’m not sweeping, I am arranging the shelves and restocking them with shoe polish, shoelaces, and shoe cushions. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z He made a sweeping bow to Sansa, so deep she was not quite sure if die was being complimented or mocked. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z I came to the surface and spotted Annabeth, but a wave caught her, sweeping her between two razor-sharp fangs of rock. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z My wish is that they’ll do something worthwhile with their lives, something more important than sweeping popcorn. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z Stick fended off my hands with a sweeping arc of one arm. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z And that’s how I start my first day in Farbranch: inside a dark barn, sweeping dust from one corner to another, seeing one single stitch of blue sky out a door at the far end. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z Candles rest atop tree branches, flames flickering with the whoosh of dresses sweeping below. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Petra, resting her hand on the railing as they walked slowly down the sweeping staircase, stopped with a jolt. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z I dashed inside, wondering if maybe I could do a quick under-the-bed deaning job like the Hermes guys, and I found my half-brother Tyson sweeping the floor. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z I was glad enough for the bandicoot’s company, but I did not think I wanted to spend my life sweeping goose droppings from the courtyard and talking to a rat. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z Washington, for the second time in two years, now stood again on the brink of sweeping the regatta. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z In all my wishing for a job I had not thought of how I would be treated, and now it loomed important, decisive, sweeping down beneath every other consideration. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z This realization momentarily stunned me, which was unfortunate, because Sorrento’s lightning weapon was still firing, moving in a fast sweeping arc, cutting across the ground, then diagonally up the castle wall, toward me. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z The cats were just fast enough to dodge Idiptu's darting tongue and just nimble enough to stay out of reach of his sweeping arms. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z Further north, expanding their empire in a hot-brained hurry, are the Toltec, sweeping in every direction from the mile-high basin that today houses Mexico City. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Then she bustled around the room, muttering, sweeping the windowsill with her short-handled broom, straightening the bags of rice and flour and sugar on her shelves. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z “There’s something—” The wind steals the words from her mouth, sweeping out of the dunes with unnatural fury. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z I remember asking Jermaine if I could start sweeping floors at the barbershop after school. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z “That Greatest and Bravest of all fighter pilots—Bull Meecham,” Bull said; then he made a sweeping gesture of dismissal with his arm. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z I spend a lot of time brushing it from my shoulders and feet, then sweeping it into a dustpan. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z There were people walking their dogs through the graveyard, others visiting their family members, sweeping their areas, picking up trash, replacing dead flowers with live ones. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z “This is real engineering work, Sonny!” he yelled, sweeping his hand around the busy workplace. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z His eyes drop, sweeping past my breasts, landing with confusion somewhere in the middle of me. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z At eight o’clock he was back sweeping the front of the hotdog stand self-consciously. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z Her nose was delicate and thin, and her cheekbones high and wide, sweeping down to a small chin so that her face was heart-shaped. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z I start sweeping up the hair, and I can’t help but grin. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z The next few hours are spent doing tasks no one else wants to do—snipping stitches, basting, sweeping up, collecting pins and putting them in pincushions. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z A flu pandemic was sweeping the world that winter, with people dying by the millions. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z Dad’s sister, Aunt Anne, was an ample Victorian who wore full, sweeping skirts and high ground-gripper shoes. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z A shopkeeper was vigorously sweeping the sidewalk in front of his store. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z He threw open the door to his lab with a sweeping ta-da motion and waved us inside. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z But she was completely caught up in the sight of Mary Alice sweeping around the stage in Grandma’s own wedding gown. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z “I am a porter. I pour ingots and wash sweepings and run errands.” The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z But now Leo was looking past her and waving at me, his whole arm in a sweeping motion, like he was saying farewell to a ship. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z Frodo lay half in a dream, imagining that endless dark wings were sweeping by above him, and that on the wings rode pursuers that sought him in all the hollows of the hills. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z And Nate’s musket ball joined theirs in the blizzard of metal sweeping up the hill. I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z The bordering Jade River constantly flooded, sweeping away the strongest of walls as if flicking a lock of hair. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z Both the House and Senate Intelligence Committees "introduced bills calling for sweeping reorganization of the entire intelligence apparatus of the government." Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z We spent the next hour sweeping the heavy mat of soiled and soggy rushes onto the ground, spreading a fresh supply from a wagon over the boards, then loading the old ones on the wagon. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z Folly Bridge had been swept away altogether, and the Thames was no longer a river but a swollen sea of gray turbulence sweeping from right to left and threatening to overwhelm La Belle Sauvage entirely. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z Away below them they could see the Road sweeping round the feet of the hills; and to their right a grey river gleamed pale in the thin sunshine. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z I started to tell them that I’d seen the snake—that I’d been seeing it all year in the science hallway—but they pressed on, sweeping the conversation away. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z A teenage girl stood outside, listlessly sweeping at a cloud of yellow butterflies. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z He was sweeping chaff off a mill floor. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z She trudged into the Great Meadow, where fierce winds had created enormous, sweeping snowdrifts. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z Ladling water into his bowl of sweepings from the big water jar, he wondered how he could prove it. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z It was really just part of the top floor of the building, where the roof had entirely collapsed, leaving sweeping views of the ruins. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z There would be lots of shoveling and raking and sweeping. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z |
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