A tall, lean man stands by our table. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

She was tall, willowy, with long, golden-white hair that swept to her waist. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

She wearing a white lace blouse buttoned up like a nun, flat shoes so I reckon she don’t look any taller. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

When he came back, we drank the mango juice, which Sisi served in tall glasses, while he talked about the coup. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

If you think I’m telling tall tales, get chummy with some white cop who works in a Black Belt district and ask him for the lowdown. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Block above block, each story smaller than the one below, the tall houses rose like stepped and amputated pyramids into the blue sky. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were about ten feet tall, emblazoned with a pair of crossed swords. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

“I was a lot taller than him,” I said. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

After him came a tall young man with a feathered and jeweled turban on his head and an ivory-sheathed scimitar at his side. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

He was fourteen and tall for his age. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z

Later she decided they would sit on the back porch and sip tall glasses of iced tea and lemon wedges. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Flames burn low in the gilded fireplace, the tall bookcases stuffed with curios and relics loom in shadow. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Most of the mounds were small—their summits barely top the water—but a few were 30 or even 60 feet tall. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Daito was the taller of the two, and appeared to be in his late teens. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

“But once in a while it’s good to take a break from work. Let’s do something a wee bit different for a change. I’m thinking you’ll be good at this—you’re a tall lad.” A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hollow Hall is a stone manor with a tall, crooked tower, the whole thing half-covered in vines and ivy. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Reverend Moorehead was a tall sad man with a stoop and a tendency to give his sermons startling titles. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

He stood his ground, my father, tall as Goliath and pure of heart as David. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

She is the tallest of my aunts, and the eldest Sinclair daughter. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

He’s six feet tall already, with sort of longish brown hair and blue eyes. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

The girls wore beautiful flowered dresses and high heels that made them taller than some of the boys they were with. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

He glanced coyly at the tall, skinny guy in a loose T-shirt. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

He’s tall and middle-aged, and his voice is steeped with politeness and assertion. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

We race to the elevators and dart between the legs of a tall green ogre about to step into Lucy. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

"Don't forget his living quarters," the tall man said. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

He is more than a foot taller than Pa, with very hairy long arms and legs. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were back in the heart of the ruins, in the shadow of the tallest building around. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

As Lily was nodding and pulling Toby toward the door, the tall man came walking up behind everybody. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

She was certainly tall enough, and Orr was certainly short enough. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

When he saw the white thing, almost as tall as he was, he knew it was the fridge. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Nathan rounded a milky crystal as thick, round, and tall as a cedar tree and saw a grand gallery of clear white quartz crystals. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

The Ford stood tall and aloof and dour under the oak tree where Will had stopped it. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

But it was taller and stouter than Mrs. Dalton. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

She’s far away, belly deep in tall grass with others by her side. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z

First she drew a tall, narrow box—a building. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

“You are too tall—I cannot,” I replied. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was tall and brown, built thin and powerful like a wide receiver. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

It was made of old gray stone and had twin spires that rose cleanly into the sky, high above the tallest tenements. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

We would still go back there, wading through the young stalks, but as the corn grew higher and taller and stronger, it covered over all of those memories. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

I knew I would have to give up my long, tall rag doll, Mellie. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Although wingless, it can fly and has been known to seize unwary humans by the ears and deposit them at the tops of tall trees and buildings. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Father looked tall in the low-ceilinged hospital corridor. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

It makes those people even madder when Miss Joe stands so tall and reads big books and talks like she has not a care in the world. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

He’s no more than four feet tall, if that. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

The shadows of the coconut trees were growing tall and thin when Naima reached the pond. Rickshaw Girl 2007-02-01T00:00:00Z

Very tall and very thin, the Lord of Raventree had a hook nose, long hair, and a ragged salt-and-pepper beard that showed more salt than pepper. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I was taller than everyone else in the room, though I weighed much less. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

There were tall pines, the kind with no limbs until very close to the top, with a gentle breeze sighing in them, but not too much low brush. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

On a high podium in front stood the conductor, a tall, gaunt man with dark deep-set eyes and a thin mouth placed carelessly between his long pointed nose and his long pointed chin. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

The blacksmith was only a head taller than Anya, but at that moment he seemed to tower over her. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

She had very bright, watery blue eyes, a fair complexion, and rosy cheeks, and was unusually tall and broad-shouldered for a twelve-year-old. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

She thought for a moment, then said triumphantly, “Like Jojo. Then it gets tall and strong and green, like you, Papa.” Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

She is taller than I am, so I stare between her shoulders, at the top of her spine. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

Not only was Hagrid twice as tall as anyone else, he kept pointing at perfectly ordinary things like parking meters and saying loudly, “See that, Harry? Things these Muggles dream up, eh?” Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

Each man gladly believes the other man’s story, only waiting impatiently till he can cap it with a taller one. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

And here Tateh wanted to divorce her so he could marry his fat girlfriend, this woman who was bigger and taller than him and who wasn’t even Jewish. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was nearly five foot eight, which was tall for a Tang man in those days. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

A tall, thick boy jumps up and down like a child before climbing into the sling and lets out a high screech as he disappears, making the girl in front of me laugh. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

He was tall, thin, and gangling, with freckles, big hands and feet, and a long nose. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

We’ve known Old Mike, the owner of the store, since we were tall enough to reach the candy shelf. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

He stood up, and seemed suddenly to grow taller. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Together they hunted chicken eggs in the low branches of the trees and the tall grasses of the prairie, but when they came to the beehives, everyone but Jinny and Joon hung back. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

He was tall but bent like a walking question mark, and he was short with words and patience. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

The Sierra Madre mountains are so stark and impossibly tall that they fill me with an inexplicable panic. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Below, they came on Meera and Jojen being herded from their room by a bald man whose spear was three feet taller than he was. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Thomas quickly stepped behind a taller boy to avoid his own confrontation with Ben. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

But she draws herself up taller and says, “Is that all?” Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

It went up to a tree about thirty feet tall and pushed it over without any noticeable effort. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

It was having someone look at you after your mother has nearly fretted herself to death because you are freakishly tall and frizzy and odd. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

The man in the center was very tall and wore a blue uniform. I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z

“Gosh! Now, there’s a tall order,” said the clerk in response to Nye’s request for a description of the elder Smith. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

A tall, rectangular woman steps into the spotlight. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

And there, in a tall tree, a tree that withstood the strong winds, is one gray fluffy baby and one adult eagle. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Her opponent was a tall boy with a loud mouth named Bulk. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

The tall one reached out and pressed something into my hand. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

It wasn't an oil derrick but an enormous Japanese fishing trawler with two tall cranes for hauling up their vast nets. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

It seemed like he was seven feet tall and three hundred pounds. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

We found them everywhere in caches in the tall grass at the edge of the patch. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Theresa took it and studied the title, printed in tall orange letters with black shading. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

As each group of guys calls out for her, Beatriz carries herself taller and arches her back to show off her curves. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Now I’m in Grade Eleven, and as tall as many other girls, which is not very tall. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

He wore tight breeches tucked into tall boots and a puffy white pirate’s shirt unbuttoned to his navel. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

The Fallohides were fairer of skin and also of hair, and they were taller and slimmer than the others; they were lovers of trees and of woodlands. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

He waited impatiently, watching people come and go in the tall mirrors, tasting with anticipation that pleasure he had so often dreamed of. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

People popped out at him from trees and bushes, from ditches and tall weeds, from around the corners of tents and from behind the fenders of parked cars. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

She had a nice smile and was as tall as me. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was tall and graceful with coppery colored skin. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

The older official is tall, with graying hair at his temples and a chiseled jaw. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

Then comes a sound like wind in tall grass, only hungrier. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

I looked up and figured that the door was six feet tall, and the hut was twelve feet tall at its highest point. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

You, too, are tall and well set-up, I see; be brave, you too, so men in times to come will speak well of you.” The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was by far the tallest of the group. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

At the time, Sean was only four inches taller than Finn, but to Finn, it felt more like a foot. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

Before I had sense enough to stop myself, I was in the window—not even crouching, but every inch of me standing tall. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

Hibiscus was Redemption’s trainer, a tall man with muscles like jerky, tough and lean, faster than a snakestrike, and most of all, one of the angels of Lucille. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

It seemed to Amari that he had grown taller and gained maturity while on this journey. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Suddenly, I'm nearly as tall as he is. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

The mist swirled between the tall grass and the low- hanging branches. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Is there a taxi here?" my grandmother said to the tall doorman in his green uniform. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

Her Dad was too tall for his workbench, and his big bones seemed joined together in a loose way. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

This is one of the tallest buildings around. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

And a tall, stout African-American man with oversize glasses wearing a gray suit, holding a manila folder. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

Their shadows writhed against the sides of the well, tall as giants. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

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

The towering structure rose a good live stories tall, topped by a weather vane in the shape of a bull. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

Of course, it does not hurt that I am tall. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

“A tall figure, all in white with a veil over its face and a lamp in its wasted hand,” went on Meg. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

Once again he stood up tall in the mist, holding his net at the ready. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

The tall, pockmarked man unfolded his arms; in one hand he held a knife. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

This was due to two factors: I had grown taller and stronger, but more important, Fort Hare was so much smaller than Healdtown, I had less competition. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Instead a large round table had been set up in the center of the hall, with tall chairs all around it where men might sit and talk as peers. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The man was a giant, at least two full heads taller than Victor. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

As I entered the room, tall, handsome Prince Faisal came from behind his desk. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Because Otto’s engine was weak, heavy, and seven feet tall, it did not recommend itself over horses. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

There on the banks of the Illinois River, in the cool shade of the tall white sycamores, I asked God to help me get two hound pups. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

“If you stood very tall up there, and if you had some tool, you could hit the ceiling and I would hear you.” Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was almost twice as tall as a normal man and at least five times as wide. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

He’s a human hex, a tall blond column of darkness. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

The house is tall and narrow, eleven windows in its facade. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

The waitress put his coffee down before him and gave each child a tall glass of milk. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Please,” I whisper, stepping closer to the tall counter. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

We used to beat each other up as children, but now that we’re older—and he’s a foot taller than me—I try to avoid scuffles. Red Queen 2015-02-10T00:00:00Z

It was hard to tell because he was so big and tall, easily the largest guy on the playground. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

The hotel itself is at least twenty stories tall, sleekly designed, with a virtual image of floating koi swimming across its entire side. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

In fact, Sparrow, sinking her hand into the soil and concentrating for a moment, grew some spikes of purple liriope tall enough to screen them from sight. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

He resides in a remarkable bamboo cage as tall as Ruth May. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was tall, thin, and young and wore a black beard. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Once built, the Montauk was so novel, so tall, it defied description by conventional means. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

The shortest of them was half again as tall as the highest tower in Winterfell, but they did not soar the way a proper tower did. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

He was tall and handsome, charismatic, and, in Elizabeth’s words, “the most eloquent and impassioned orator on the anti-slavery platform.” Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

"Bran," he said softly when he saw him sitting tall on Hodor's back. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

He’s tall and lanky and looks like a male version of my mom. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

Then they left the town behind, following the winding course of the Rhoyne through willow groves and poppy fields and past a tall wooden windmill whose blades creaked like old bones as they turned. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Even as bent and crooked as she was, the woman was tall. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

A tall bearded man with broad shoulders stood up to greet us. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

It was only a short way, yet they found it no easy task, for Boromir was a man both tall and strong. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

These were the dinkiest owls that Officer Delinko had.ever seen—only eight or nine inches tall. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

These are taller, workman's boots, but again one is sole up, the other unlaced, the lace this time reaching off the edge of the painting. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

It was a flask about three inches tall. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

“You are taller. And your head is larger.” The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

The short guy with a pit bull’s bulging shoulders and flat-faced grin, and his taller friend, the shaggy-haired pretty boy, the one called Hackett. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Ridgeway rode with another man in addition to the boy, a tall white man with long brown hair and a necklace of human ears around his neck. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

We could hear the tall stalks rattling as he plowed his way through them. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was wearing a tall dunce cap covered with red X’s, the sign for a criminal. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

But instead of leaving, the tall one increased the pressure on her arm just above the elbow. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Like the very rich who live behind tall walls, my mother and father are always mindful of the line separating public from private life. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was a tall man, muscular, with hands that hung like hams at his sides. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Come on. Just fold those fingers up; fingers on the inside, thumbs on the outside. Say something. Honk me back. You’re so tall, and you let me pick on you. “Would you like a hanky? The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Because they are the tallest, Dad and David hang red, white, and blue streamers all around the townhouse. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

“But my pediatrician said I probably won’t get any taller than five foot two.” Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

An old man he was, past sixty, yet he still sat straight and tall in the high saddle, and his voice was strong enough to carry to every comer of the field. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Dad jumps from the moving truck, hits the ground hard and rolls, then runs back toward the brushfire, which has spread wider and grown taller. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Crazy Horse joined a big, tall man named Gall, a Hunkpapa Lakota war leader. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z

I can sort of make out the lit-up windows from tall buildings. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

In the late afternoon sun, tall trees growing along the bank cast long shadows over the starting stalls and the boats, but the heat had not abated appreciably. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

"Frith,” I said, coming into the library on a summer morning, my arms full of lilac, "Frith, where can I find a tall vase for these? They are all too small in the flower-room.” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

That, and the guards without; queen's men leaning on tall spears, with the badge of the fiery heart sewn over their own: Grooms came up to help them dismount. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

The big ranger was half a legend in the Watch, a man of slow words and swift action, tall and straight as a spear, long-limbed and solemn. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

When Salvador and the others came home from church, Señor Fidencio, his wife, and a liquid-eyed, black-haired boy a bit taller than Salvador came into the house with them. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

When he saw her he stood up, and she guessed that she was at least half a head taller than he. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was tall and thin and had the same dark eyes as Scipio. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

I hadn’t yet tracked the degrees they must have earned to gain access to the tall corporate castles lining Van Buren. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

“It’s a girl, you fool,” the tall one growled as he jumped to his feet. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The taller throne beside her was empty; no doubt the little Lord of the Eyrie was off shaking in his sleep. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

They were two inches tall, and they were very old. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

There were four lamps, two tall ones that stood on the floor and two short ones that stood on tables. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Although she was only a year older than the twins, who were thirteen and full of cuss words and spite, Juanita was much taller and more muscular. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

“From now on, use this,” the tall one said. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Rising above the windows was a tall and dirty tower that tilted slightly to the left. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z

He stood up, looking at the tall reed and searching for his companions. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

The tallest rider pointed his torch directly at her. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

“Wonderful! As tall as the sky. So strong they could break mountains!” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

They stood about eight feet tall, for one thing, and wore only blue jeans, probably because their enormous chests were already shag-carpeted with thick brown fur. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

The tall, bald man, white as fish flesh, flicked a glance at her out of his queer, pale eyes, but he said nothing. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

It was a lot bigger than I’d realized—four stories tall, sky blue with white trim, like an upscale seaside resort. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

Only the enemy team is all thirty feet tall. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

I realized with a start that I was taller than he was now. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

He tore his gaze away from the duck to examine the next piece, a tall jug with ribbed lines that imitated the shape of a melon. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

She was only a little taller than Mr. Pennypacker and dressed all in black, including the veil on her hat. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

Five feet six inches tall and a hundred and three pounds, and she was only thirteen. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

In contrast with his tall companion his socks and tie were a hot red. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

One way would be to jump off a tall building, in which case you would be weightless until you hit the ground. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

The reeds were taller than he was as he sat in the canoe, and if he kept very still, he thought he probably couldn’t be seen. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

Then he swung his bag back and stood next to the tall flagpole that rose outside the front of the building. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

His mother was holding his hand, his father standing tall because his family had been touched by God. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

Martin’s really tall, so the amount of his skin on display is actually pretty obscene. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

He is only a few inches taller than me, but lean and strong, with a Scholar's even, fine features. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

They are all taller than I am, so even when I lift my head, I see only black-clothed shoulders. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

When I arrived at the address, I stood in front of the tall building and marveled at its height before entering. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

The cinder-block corridor was maybe four feet wide and eight feet tall. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

They were as tall as I, with long arms and legs and short bodies made of reeds and clothed in gull feathers. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

If you spat on each grain of corn that was planted, the corn would grow tall and bear well. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

All around me tall sycamores gleamed like white streamers in the moonlight. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was also unusually tall for his age, already three toadstools long, when Seven had only been two when she was a baby. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

That one is way over one hundred feet tall. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

Mark peeked around the tree and examined the tall, foreboding walls. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

Beyond the trellis, on tall stalks, tiny aster blossoms, deep pink with golden centers, trembled in the dawn breeze. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

A moss-eaten stone monolith loomed over the road, fifty feet tall. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

He was at least three inches taller, less pudgy, and more bulky, like a linebacker. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

She had no other drink but the morning dew that glistened on the tall grass, and no food at all unless she cared to eat the grass. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Malcolm has never even been in a fight before, even though many paint him to be a violent young man because he’s six feet tall, black, and close to two hundred pounds. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

The evening of his departure, Nathan watched the tall stalks of corn sway in the wind. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

The great surprise was on the wall next to the computer desk: bookcases as tall as me and twice as long, filled with vinyl records. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

He was lean, strong, straight, and taller than most men—the way I was taller than most fourteen-year-old boys. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Every morning when Ellsberg walked into his little office in the Pentagon, there were tall stacks of documents waiting on his desk. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

I step behind the tall metal shelves with cans of pickles and ketchup and relish that are bigger than my head. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

Did you know the world’s tallest woman and one of the world’s tallest men were from Indiana? All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

It was pink, made of fiberglass, nearly eight feet tall, with a hollow shell so kids could play inside. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

For the first time I noticed his resemblance to my father—Dad was taller and heavier, but he had the same square chin and light green eyes. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

Michael, ten years older than me, was tall, almost a mini Dad. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

He bucks his hips, trying to shake Henry off, but he’s taller and stronger and has a fistful of Alex’s collar. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Later, after everything has been taken inside, the workmen come out and set up a trampoline under the tall ceiba tree. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

‘I want the Queen to dream that nine disgusting giants, each one about fifty feet tall, are galloping to England in the night. She must dream their names as well. What are their names again?’ The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

His towering image stood tall against the cement wall, arms crossed over his chest, his name written in bubbly letters across the front of his favorite hoodie. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

It looks like some kind of royal palace with its arched entryways and tall columns, and I half expect a robed king and queen to step out along with armored knights. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

When they all looked, he stood tall and spoke like he was making an announcement. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

The taller of the guardsmen started down the alley. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

He was of average height as well, and had wished ever since he had stopped growing that he were just one inch taller. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

Dicey and James were tall enough to touch bottom, but the water was over the heads of the smaller children. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

One was tall, with hair cut lower than mine. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Though he was tall and tough as nails, he seemed almost fragile compared to the captain of the Crux. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Nothing happened for several moments, and then a tall man with wavy silver hair emerged, squinting into the sun. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Early in 1942, a young Soviet physicist named Georgi Flerov sat in the library of a military base in southwestern Russia, flipping through a tall stack of physics journals from the United States. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

The field between the barn and the river was full of rushes and tall grass. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

Commerce is lined with skyscrapers covered in navy blue mirrors, making me look crazy tall. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Luckily, I’m pretty fast and not real tall, so I was able to dodge and weave through the legs of the gamblers. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

Now it had turned wild, mostly tall weeds with just a bit of grain mixed in. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

And I was way too tall to be Olga Korbut. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Sam, not used to being waited on, looked with some surprise at the tall man who bowed, holding a basin of water before him. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

He was remarkably tall and narrow, this stranger standing there. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was older than I, but not so tall. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

She emerged in a cavernous vaulted cellar, surrounded by casks of ale stacked twenty feet tall. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Above them, at the edge of the broken roof, a dark shape appeared - a figure even taller than Kymopoleia. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

It had white walls, a white chair, a white, glass-enclosed cabinet, and a tall metal table with a white sheet over the mattress. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

Sohrab and I sat on the black leather sofa across the reception desk, next to a tall American flag. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

A tall man in a huge white hat and a white buckskin coat heavily trimmed in silver stood a full head above the men around him: Buffalo Bill. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Around them, the Bochinche swarmed with rumors, tall tales, and nightmares about the Manhattan riots. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

A boy at least a head taller than me, though just as skinny as Muthu, was walking up the bridge. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

As they traveled north, the trees became taller, greener, stronger. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

We drive past a park, nestled right among the tall buildings, and I can hear laughter as the youngsters run and jump and play. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then I stop and look around, breathless, grateful, relieved, not holding on to anything, standing tall. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

A tall dark-haired boy paused for a moment, looking around the room. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her eyes are like Stella’s, black and long-lashed, bottomless lakes fringed by tall grass. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z

That hill is mostly tall dead grass, not jungle, so it would burn up in a flash. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh, but I did say all your valuables. I understand you’re holding something very special on that ship...a certain ivory-and-gold statue about, say, forty feet tall?” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Uncle Darnell made his letters tall and lean slightly to the right, like I did. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

He flew from tall tree to the tallest, spread his wings, and soared far from Frightful’s Mountain. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

A moment later Lord Baelish entered through the tall doors in the rear, smiling. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

They grabbed tall Florence before he could bolt away and made him kneel in front of me. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

I am midway across a vast meadow, tall grass cutting my legs, before I realize I have nowhere to go. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

The tall man is standing there in his black jacket next to his suitcase. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

There were headdresses and veils, corsets with daggers concealed in the stays, elaborate capes, and teetering tall shoes carved of ebony and coral. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

But even through the iron bars Meggie could see nothing promising except for tall rhododendron bushes and a broad gravel drive that soon disappeared between them. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

“Lots of liberal white folks are looking for black friends. It’s almost as hard as finding an egg donor who is a tall blond eighteen-year-old at Harvard.” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

“Lupine and foxglove. Them, they always muddled me. Both tall.” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

He was a tall lank man, grey-haired and very respectable. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

I get one good glimpse of the stairwell, a large, cylindrical chamber with tall plaster walls and tiny windows. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

Nnesinachi’s voice was as husky as he remembered but she was taller now, and her skin was darker from the fierce sun in the North. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Pippin soon began to feel sleepy, and staggered once or twice; but each time a tall Elf at his side put out his arm and saved him from a fall. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Harry whirled around and Griphook tightened his hold around Harry’s neck: A tall, thin wizard with a crown of bushy gray hair and a long, sharp nose was striding toward them. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

I limped through the pasture until Dad was out of sight, then collapsed in the tall wheatgrass. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Strong and sturdy as the tallest tree in the forest. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

She was a tall, strong woman with a sense of duty like a man. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Neeley stood close to her, was a head taller, and looked very wealthy and handsome in his freshly pressed black suit. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now and then, in the tall grass, they came across statues of little men. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

Of course somebody must of gone to the store and told Grandpa there was a tall stranger with a silver-trimmed saddle up at his house. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

One day she saw her walk into the sewing room in her party dress and was astonished to discover that that tall, dark lady was her little Blanca. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Beyond there glimmered far away, as if floating on a grey cloud, the white head of tall Methedras, the last peak of the Misty Mountains. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

She wants them where she can see them, even Nademah, who is thirteen now, and almost as tall as Kathy herself. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

That’s when the taller one says, “The Bureau is on lockdown tonight. The director wants you available for questioning first thing tomorrow.” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

Near the open doorway, the two older daughters stood pounding manioc in the tall wooden mortar. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

The zoo is filled with tall trees, their leaves the colors of a sunset. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

She was tall, with a kind, genuine smile, and had the same bright-green eyes as George. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

He had a pile of cassette tapes, mostly hip- hop, but he had a much taller stack of books. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The road angled up to the plateau, cutting a line through more tall houses and shops. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

“This,” she said, “is Crow. The reason Mr. Sloan is alive. Crow, these are Officers Kelly”—she gestured at the tall one—“and Reardon.” Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

There was a tall hedge in front of one of the gardens, with a low wall at its foot, and she sat there tucked closely in under the privet. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I sat down against a tall pine tree, pulling him down beside me. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

A kudu stood taller than Nhamo and weighed ten times as much. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then he stood tall and spread his arms. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

Joffrey said nothing, but a man strange to Arya, a tall knight with black hair and bum scars on his face, pushed forward in front of the prince. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

She didn’t know the word for sail, or boat, so she said tall, white, many. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

In the far corner, a tall desk was wedged into an alcove between a bookcase and a window. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Working quietly on one side of the window, easing the paper off inch by inch, Nadia ended up with a piece that was almost as long as the room was tall. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

Then she started to laugh so hard that she staggered, her tall body bending like a whistling pine tree on a windy day. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

Colin lay down on the dry, orange dirt and let the tall grass swallow him up, making him invisible. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

A tall, dark woman in a cloak peered through the crack, and when she saw Hazel her face changed. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

The three girls disappear back into the house, and they are replaced by Adam Walker, a tall blond with questionable balance. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

He was tall, taller than the legends said, so large his legs wouldn’t fit under the table, and he extended one booted foot toward Reed. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

He watched Javier’s tall and lanky body from the couch, mesmerized by the way he moved. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

He was taller than she was, and she had to pull him over to kiss him. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

She scarcely looked like a woman; tall and lean, with the same hard face as the others, her hair hidden beneath a bowl-shaped halfhelm. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

On the table is a peanut-butter-and-jelly waffle sandwich and a tall glass of milk. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

She was a regular at the Hillbrow Tower, one of the tallest buildings in Africa at that time. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

I had had in the meantime more opportunity to observe the house; it was taller than it was broad, comprising four floors, with ivy covering much of the front right up to the gables. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

This time, the angry suffragists burned not only Wilson’s words but also a straw-stuffed figure about two feet tall meant to represent the president. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

The valley was surrounded by rolling hills, and the tallest one, directly in front of us, was the one with the huge pine tree on top. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

Sailing past three of the tallest peaks, and just over the outstretched arms of the grasping demons, they reached the ground and landed with a sudden jolt. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

The tall girl turned back to us, flanked by the campfire. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

A young man in his early thirties, neither short nor tall, came into the room. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

He was tall and lean, with a stubbled jaw and a thick mustache that framed his mouth. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

The stalks look like tall grass swaying in the water. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

The trail entered the brush at last and followed a winding route among the tall sagebrushes. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tyrion glanced at the door, where a man had just come in: tall and stooped, his pointed beard dyed a splotchy purple. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

A man with a tall white hat who must have been the head chef shouted, "Put the soup for the big party in the larger silver soup-tureen!" The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

Their tall chairs were carved of ebony and weirwood, like the doors of the temple above. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The tallest of the kids turns to me. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

She was tall and willowy with long blonde hair and appeared to emanate a faint, silvery glow. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Sherm crossed it to a wooden door that stood open, revealing a bright room: a big bed, a desk, a tall dresser, and under the window, a trunk. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

Even from the island, she could see the land rear toward the sky and the tall buildings collapse and crumble as if made of sand. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

He rested his right foot on one of the desks in the front row, and each time he got excited, he pushed up, making himself look taller. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

Though I focus on its head, I am only tall enough to thrust my knife into its stomach. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Simon, a taller version of Trevor but with glasses, came out of the house and picked up the sleeping bag, tucking it under his arm. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

I stand on my toes to see what is in the blanket, but Apa is too tall. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

Zara was taller than all of them, and she was a good athlete. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Even the teenagers get trained to sit tall, not cry, swallow back fear. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

He had to be thirty feet tall, as big as any of his older cousins, and for the first time he was wearing full batde armor. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

The tall, lanky, light-skinned boy he had asked to buy two Cokes. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

She was even taller than Hanako, with shimmery skin and a curious air. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

The windows were barred and narrow, which gave the prison building the appearance of being much taller than it actually was. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

He climbed a great boulder and looked back over the shimmering country, but he could not see his enemies, not even the tall horseman riding through the brush. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh yeah, that was a wild night,” Alex says, reclining back against the tall leather headboard and pushing his glasses up his nose. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

He climbed up the ladder, which was taller than any of us, while Cory and I crawled into the garden. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

As we walk to the elevator, it opens, and a tall, handsome older man emerges. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

She was usually like a live oak, tall and strong against hurricane-force winds. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

“Anyone else think they deserve half?” the tall man said, his voice growling like a bear’s. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

The letters are tall enough to be read from some ways off, though people still walk right up to it to read it. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

I saw a tall man standing on the wall of Fort Amsterdam, waving at us. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

To Sam suddenly it seemed as if all the stones were listening and the tall rocks leaning over them. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

On the fourth or fifth thrust, the tall woman overextended herself and lost her balance, just for a second. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Some of the pines are ninety feet tall and more than three hundred years old. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

Simone is leaning on the counter watching an improbably tall guy pouring himself a drink. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

He and Misha stood side by side, and the only difference between them was that Misha would eventually be taller than his father. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

We see a tall person and we swoon. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

He was a tall, handsome man with wavy blond hair and the look of a daredevil in his eyes. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

Evidence from fossilised skeletons indicates that ancient foragers were less likely to suffer from starvation or malnutrition, and were generally taller and healthier than their peasant descendants. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Elijah Muhammad taught us that a tall man married to a too-short woman, or vice-versa, they looked odd, not matched. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her dream came back to her, sudden and vivid, and she remembered the tall man with the copper skin and long silver-gold braid, bursting into flame. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

I addressed myself to the tallest of the three. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

Daddy returns with some tall, wide-shouldered guys dressed in gray and black. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

Two were already tied up, and tall soldiers wearing the red uniform of King George were striding down the street. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

The tall black girl with the almond eyes was sitting at the desk behind me. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

She tried to reach it, but he was too tall. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

He is tall, much larger than I thought. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

In the distance, beyond another long row of barracks, Hannah could see a single strand of smoke rising against the bright spring sky, curling endlessly out of a tall chimney stack. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

His face was crazy red and his eyes were too intense and he seemed about twelve feet tall and I didn’t know if he was going to kiss me or punch me. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

The tall town of Pylos sank behind them in the distance, as all day long they kept the harness shaking. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Pulling off the main road, we glide through a tall wall of neatly trimmed evergreens, then crunch our way up a pebbled driveway. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

The “lobby” was unfurnished, except for a cactus plant six feet tall and a makeshift reception desk; it was also uninhabited. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was a tall horse, calmed with age. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

After the Road had run down some way, and had left Bree-hill standing tall and brown behind, they came on a narrow track that led off towards the North. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Neville looked startled, but said, “Well...always the same hat. A tall one with a stuffed vulture on top. And a long dress...green, normally...and sometimes a fox-fur scarf.” Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

A taller, more slender can was a tumbler. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was tall and muscular, with short-cropped sandy hair and a friendly smile. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

Through the tall window I could see, across the courtyard, the chimney looming high above, steadily emitting black smoke. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

As the tallest boy in the sixth grade, I was on the honor guard and was scheduled to carry the flag at the graduation exercises, an honor I almost missed because of God’s revenge. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

She found Robb beneath the green canopy of leaves, surrounded by tall redwoods and great old elms, kneeling before the heart tree, a slender weirwood with a face more sad than fierce. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

He was not quite as tall as the first, but fierce, with a sweeping mustache. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

The new bidder was an older man, white-haired yet tall and fit, with leathery brown skin and a close-cropped salt-and-pepper beard. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

It got bigger, taller, and richer; but it also grew dirtier, darker, and more dangerous. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

I’m staring nervously at the tall grass swaying above my head and holding Mr. Sheep Sheep. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

The Lincoln Building, one of the tallest, newest, grandest buildings in New York. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

If I was tall, my narrow build would be described as “willowy” instead of “childish,” and he might not see me as a little sister he needs to protect. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

A tall grandfather clock sat at the foot of the stairs, pecking away at the hour as if a crow trapped inside were trying to break loose. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

She looked through a glass- windowed door and saw Diana herself, tall and pale, but no longer thin. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

We both were tall and bony, and blond headed, too. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

We follow it past the Briefing Auditorium to the tall wooden door protecting the Great Vault that Agent Fiona says is impenetrable. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

Master Lorren was pale and seemed unnaturally tall even while sitting. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Two tall and wide buildings stand as if guarding the place. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Beneath the low ceiling of the room, the man looks absurdly tall. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

By fifteen, he had grown tall and strong and felt ready to make his way in the world. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

A tall girl stood in the photo as well. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

In only a few moments the clay rose and fell, grew taller, then rounded down, until it curved into perfect symmetry. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

He pointed up and down the street, toward one tall fence or hedgerow after another. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Otto was standing tall in my lap and peering at me with those deep eyes. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

The mountains are tall and proud, more impressive than any skyscraper. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

She is hesitant to slide the dead bolt on the metal door of her tall stucco fence. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

—I remember the first time I saw him— tallest kid in the seventh grade. Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was several feet tall, its front worn rough and browned from age and weather. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

“There’s a dead body in the tall grass only a few feet from where you are. That’s why this spot was left empty last night.” First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Zola leans against the balcony wall and stares out at the beautiful mountain, so tall and strong. The Unfinished Angel 2009-09-22T00:00:00Z

He was about five feet tall, with slick black seal fur and stubby little feet. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

He kicked the backs of his sneakers against the tall stack of ancient encyclopedias he was sitting on. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

The Archives was six stories tall, but I hadn’t known it extended underground as well. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Stan Smith, tall, lanky and powerfully built, with blond hair and blue eyes, was one of the world’s greatest serve-and-volley players. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Outside, the skyline has changed: the Park Plaza is no longer the tallest building around, but a squat leftover, dwarfed by the svelte glassy towers that rise around it. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Scythes waved to the cameras and squared their shoulders, standing tall so they’d look their best on screen. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

I saw a few tall stone slabs—steles—engraved with cuneiform and other unintelligible markings. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

She was a little older than he was, a little taller, and was dressed in bright colors, yellow and pink and orange. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

The winning bidder is a tall man wearing a plaid coat. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

‘Nay! Not Elves,’ said the fourth, the tallest, and as it appeared the chief among them. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Someone tall and slim and very beautiful, who had a gift, Beatrice said, of being attractive to people. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

On the right was a row of tall, narrow windows that were wedged open all year, save for a few cold weeks in winter and the occasional summer storm. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

She was taller than any woman in my personal world, and her hands were so large they could span my head from ear to ear. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

He even asked her if she wanted to play it, and she snorted despite herself, imagining this tall, strange man with ice-chip eyes crouching in the boxwoods. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

Indoors, where the temperature is usually ten degrees cooler, well-groomed girls in starched shirts and pleated skirts perch on tall stools behind glass stalls displaying gold and silver jewelry. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“None of my fellows were tall blonde girls.” An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

He wore a tall pointed blue hat, a long grey cloak, and a silver scarf. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

The hallway they walked through was as wide and tall as Anya’s entire house. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

Poor clowns, wider than tall, more dead than alive, poor creatures whose ghostly faces peeked out from layers of prisoner’s clothes! Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Atop these, on railcar wheels or “trucks,” they erected a “traveler,” a giant derrick consisting of three tall towers spanned at the top by a platform. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Jenny pulled the van into a slanted parking spot in front of a very modern-looking building with giant silhouettes of a dog and cat flanking a heart on its tallest wall. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

As the Langer See narrowed down into the home stretch, the Husky Clipper at last entered water that was more sheltered from the wind, protected on both sides by tall trees and buildings. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

The taller of the two spun around and sank his teeth into Pax’s neck. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Instead, tall brown palms and coconut trees provide little shade for the dry, crumbling city. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Arch was six-and-a-half-feet tall, broad of shoulder, huge of belly, with legs like tree trunks, hands the size of hams, and no neck to speak of. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I did not lose any weight and I actually stood an inch taller. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

We walked to the next block, to look at a building that was five stories tall. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

Close to six feet tall—okay, five ten and a half—with good, straight teeth thanks to some expensive dental work. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

This time, though, he fell against the strong tall flank of the older fox, and he did not cry out. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

He looked like he was fifteen or so, tall and skinny. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

The man in our living room was taller than the sky and whiter than my image of God. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

A squirrel up in a tall oak tree set up a terrific chittering. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

Not more than a hundred yards away, through the tall trees in the garden, across the mown lawns and the tidy flower-beds, the massive shape of the Palace itself loomed through the darkness. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

He’s almost a foot taller than I am! Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

Luna did not intend to make her way toward the standing stone in the tall grasses. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

This is not a book about tall trees. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

When they neared Derby Wharf, they saw a tall, soldierly-looking man come out of one of the warehouses. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was longer than two and a half football fields and as tall as a city. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z

The fairy inside stood no taller than his little finger. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

I’m sure that on a conscious level we don’t think that we treat tall people any differently from how we treat short people. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

A wooden cross, tall as a man, sits in front of the sign by a few feet, and behind the cross and the sign is a tiny white chapel with a tiny white steeple. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

We were now in the midst of student protesters on a street lined with tall buildings. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

The mists were rolling back from the valley, and a pale sun was lighting the sky when the old dog came through the windbreak of tall Norway pines and down outside the farmhouse door. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was two inches tall, with yellow hair pulled up in a high ponytail and her hands on her hips in a confident, cocky way that I admired. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

He was taller than anyone I had seen, and if he wasn’t fat, which I knew he wasn’t, then he was fat-like. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the year and a half since it all began, Richard had grown taller than Du Bois, his shoulders broader. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

“Did you know that the Washington Monument is five hundred and fifty-five feet tall and was completed in 1884?” The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

Tries to remember the strong, straight tree with the nest in its arms among the other tall trees. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Behind it was what Shirley recognized as a tiny room for bathing, even though the tub was neither tall nor round nor of wood. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

A new reason to like New York, all over again—the people may be faster and taller and jugglier and more successful than back home, but it’s clear that they’re also crazier. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

He turned a corner and saw two ancient stone towers jutting into the sky, side by side, much taller than anything else in the neighborhood—maybe medieval watchtowers? The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

It was a sleek animal, with tall, broad antlers. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

Nok could imagine the scene on the other side of the wall—her tall father, trembling before her slim little mother. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

First we had to get Quinby into the harness, and that was a tall order. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

He was about twenty feet tall—typical giant height—with a humanoid upper body, and scaly reptilian legs, like a bipedal dinosaur. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

There I was attended by a tall, fine-featured doctor who seemed to hate me as much as Colonel Garcia and refused to give me any painkillers. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

The loathsome demon stood three times as tall as a man and had the head of a dragon crowned by three horns. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

Each palace was hundreds of feet on a side and many were three stories tall. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Kyle could see dinosaurs munching on tall tree branches far off in the rain forest. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

She was as tall as his father, head and shoulders taller than himself. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I read that there had been really tall sycamore trees down here along the creek, and they all ended up in Ventura County, or floating in the Pacific Ocean like broken matchsticks,” I said. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

Tall elephant grass and prickly, brown brush have replaced Phnom Penh’s blooming flowers and tall trees. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now I understood why the Colonel was short—he couldn’t afford to be any taller. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Highcamp was a worldly but unaffected, intelligent slim, tall blonde woman in the forties, with an indifferent manner and blue eyes that stared. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z

The door opened and the two armed men returned, between them the tall Talib in white, still wearing his dark John Lennon glasses, looking like some broad-shouldered, New Age mystic guru. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Then and there, in a fever of impatience, we got out the gunny bags and the tall brass measure, and set to calculating quantities and prices. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was shady and luxurious, with tall shutters and a big, cool porch—everyone from Rudyard Kipling to FDR had stayed there—but it wasn’t much bigger than a big private house. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

The tall man’s face was raised toward the stars and his gray eyes seemed to see far beyond them. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

He is tall and as thick as a boulder. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

The tall man slid gracefully from his garron, removed his peculiar hat, and bowed. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“Hi, it’s just Zuri,” I say, holding out my hand to the taller boy with the fade. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

"What in tarnation?" the tall man exclaimed, as he came up behind her. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

He wasn’t quite six feet tall, but somehow his presence made the ceilings seem low. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

There were men with blankets over their shoulders and rifles in their arms, men wearing headbands or tall black hats, women in long colorful dresses with shawls. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ulysses, the oldest, was one of the best pole-vaulters our town every developed, a tall, quiet boy. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Farther down the wall, a tall black man in an elegant colonial military uniform stood on top of a jungle mountain. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

The gun was about as long as I was tall, and had a bayonet around twenty inches long. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even though my feet are safe from getting wet in my tall rubber boots, I can still sense the cold surge. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

The more the feeling increased, the more I couldn’t get out of my mind a tall plastic tumbler full of club soda, ice tinkling inside. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

When Salvador and Lupita reached them, the tall one asked with a grin, “Are you going to Tijuana?” Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

In three months, the change in Rowan’s physique was obvious, and he spent more time than he would want anyone to know studying the change in the tall mirror in his bedroom. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

Betty Jean was tall and always wore a flowered apron over her clothes when she was at our house. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dad was a tall man, with a large head, jowls, and a Herbert Hoover collar. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

As the car rushed along, the trees grew thicker and taller and leafier until, just as they’d hidden the sky completely, the forest abruptly ended and the road bent itself around a broad promontory. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

Charles described her as very tall for her age, sturdy and strong. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Poles taller than any tree reached to the sky. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

I sit straight and tall and as broad as I can and say, "Let's go, Ty. We've got some business, don't we?" How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

For as far as they could see, there were huge 1950s-era buildings surrounded by tall trees. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

Their leathery corpses sway from belts around their necks on whatever is sturdy and tall. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

“Why don’t you take yourself downstairs for a tall glass of ice water?” Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Standing on end in the yard was a tall length cut from the trunk of a big hollow tree. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

I took a turn too early or too late, then tried to compensate by cutting through an alley like a narrow chasm between two tall buildings. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Marian, tall, slim, and elegant, with her assured stage presence, sang ten songs in German, an aria in Italian, and several spirituals in English. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z

Up close the man was even taller and uglier than I remembered. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

On the lower shelves, Min placed two prunus vases, a tall jug ribbed like a melon, and a water pot in its matching bowl. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

The clomp of footsteps drew nearer until a tall, lanky man stepped out of the hallway. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

The auctioneer—a tall white man with thinning hair and a booming voice—would eventually step under the tree. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

The cliffs along the river were getting taller. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

He was tall even sitting, with hair like bronze, and eyes like fire. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

The tall one took a long look at Zizmo and made a note on his pad. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

The night is dangerous, parents are required—tall ghosts in khakis and down jackets floating behind the children. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

The stairs led down into a tall galleried room with a rug spread out over flagstones and a fireplace big enough to park a car in. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

They surveyed the forest from the branches of tall trees. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Her house is 3 stories tall, with real pillars out front. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Burnham was handsome, tall, and strong, with vivid blue eyes, all of which drew clients and friends to him the way a lens gathers light. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

He had dreamed—or so he thought—of a magnificent church with a great, reaching spire that would rise from the city’s tallest hill. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

She was the tallest and the strongest and the scariest girl in all of the fifth grade. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

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

Every Friday night when I got paid, I’d feel at least ten feet tall. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

One by one we were herded into a little shed where three tall, uniformed Navajo boys, whose hair was as short as Mr. John Benally’s, were waiting. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

That should have been no surprise, as Ruth May appears to be capable of leaping tall buildings with the force of her will. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some were huge, taller than Robin, and every one of them was set to the same channel. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Then a tall black man turned his back to Daniels and started singing. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

I said I would and a few minutes later, a tall young Coloured nurse came in with a tray. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Rabbits stood up in the road ahead, their little front paws dangling down and their noses sniffing, and the sun shone through their tall, twitching ears. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was tall and her hair was thick and auburn and the very sight of her made William feel strange. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

It was lit by deep windows in the wide aisles at either side, beyond the rows of tall pillars that upheld the roof. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

We pretended this tall guy with a black mustache was a French painter here to find the woman he’d met in Paris years ago. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

The tiger-shadow transforms into a man, taller and thicker than the boy. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

She stood as straight and tall as she could. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

Armpit stood a head taller than the mayor. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

The taller of the two boys shook George’s hand. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

It had trees—huge, tall trees, with branches too high for climbing—all about on its lawn. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

She prayed the plants were tall enough to hide her when the white men passed. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

No boy wanted to prom with a girl so much taller than him. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

When I pulled myself off the cot and wandered outside, I found the tallest Negro man I’d ever seen working on the truck, bent over the motor, tools scattered around his feet. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

And so I marched along in a parade of my imagination, passing one plodding Jew after another, head high, arms swinging, goose-stepping as if I wore tall shiny boots myself. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

Blanca, weaker than her mother although she was taller, younger, and heavier, sighed when she was awake and sobbed while she slept, in an uninterrupted lament that had begun the day of the beating. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Here the grass was almost as tall as he was, rising up all around him, a shimmering green cage. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

A tall, skinny blond boy with an upturned nose was standing there, talking into the magical megaphone that had once been Lee Jordan’s; Harry recognized Zacharias Smith, a Hufflepuff player whom he heartily disliked. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

I hope to catch a glimpse of the very tops of the tall buildings, but the car is moving too fast—with its fancy seats, too-loud music, and the scent of shiny new things. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

It was stiff-limbed and awkward, half a hubcap tall, dressed in army fatigues. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

She was standing tall over the berries and she wasn’t the least bit fooled by Pinch’s berry arrangement. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

The studio has tall cameras with people standing behind them and lots of other people with clipboards and earpieces running around like there’s an emergency. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

The collective appearance of the gentlemen, like that of the ladies, is very imposing: they are all costumed in black; most of them are tall, some young. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

At twelve stories, it was one of the tallest buildings in the nation, certainly it towered over any structure in the south. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Grabbing the arms of the chair, he pulled himself upright and found a tall, lean, white-haired man holding a piece of paper in his hand. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

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

It was not made by Saruman, but by the Men of Númenor long ago; and it is very tall and has many secrets; yet it looks not to be a work of craft. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

The densest tangle on the island, a mass of twisted stems, black and green and impenetrable, lay on their left and tall grass swayed before them. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

God has made me as tall as the sky. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

The primary diver enters the water tethered to a search line as tall as a skyscraper. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

Somehow, he looked a lot bigger now . . . even taller than Tyson. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

He wore a long hauberk of oiled black mail, and held his sword before him: her father's greatsword; fee, near as tall as he was. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

He was always going on and on about how his growth spurt was going to come soon and then he'd be the tallest, but nobody believed him. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

A young woman, tall and thin, rushed over and grabbed the girl by the shoulders. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

Over the years this clearing had grown over with a strange mixture of high, rank grass, tall weeds, berries and wild flowers. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

Worple, who was a small, stout, bespectacled man, grabbed Harry’s hand and shook it enthusiastically; the vampire Sanguini, who was tall and emaciated with dark shadows under his eyes, merely nodded. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

“If anyone is climbing those logs, it will be me. I’m taller and better able to reach from log to log.” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

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

Ten years ago he had lost his grip climbing a tall rennel tree to pick fruit for a girl he fancied. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The bush grew rounder, taller, its leaves thick and green. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

The truck pulled up outside a building with a tall spire, like a bell tower, but this was no church. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

She’s tall and thin and very put together—like with makeup and jewelry and high heels. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

She says there’s so much water that the trees grow very tall and the leaves swell with moisture. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

During the first week of the fourth grade Mrs. Parker, our teacher, made the two tallest boys, Eric and me, the cookie monitors. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

I hear an engine, and crouch in the tall grass to hide, switching my flashlight off and keeping my gun ready. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

The guide is a hunchbacked old warder hardly taller than a child himself. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

A mourning dove called from the tall grass along the wash, and below the cliffs the speckled cattle were grazing. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

From the ground, the towering man seemed a million feet tall. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

She wore a plain shift dress that likely fit her when she first entered the Tower, shortly after her thirteenth birthday, but she had grown taller, and it barely covered her knees. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

And it wasn’t as tall as Mount Rainier, which loomed over Seattle, about two hundred miles to the north of Cedar. I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980 2016-08-01T00:00:00Z

“We have to go. Good-bye, older sister,” said the tall boy to Joana before turning to walk down the beach with his friend. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

We slip into a tall building and are suddenly in a tropical forest with bamboo trees and wide-leafed plants. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

There was a large bed, almost four feet tall, facing an old reddish brown dresser where we could see our reflections in a mirror as we talked. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

He was so much taller and thinner than the other one that the two of them together looked rather incongruous. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

As soon as I lift my eyes to scan the buildings, I know where we’re going: the empty Hancock building, a black pillar with crisscrossed girders, the tallest building north of the bridge. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

He was maybe four feet tall, even shorter than Coach Hedge, with bowed legs and chimp-like feet, his clothes so loud they gave Leo vertigo. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

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

We all jumped and turned around just in time to see a tall, male, gray-haired avatar appear directly behind us. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

She was not tall, but her body was ample and full-busted. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was at least seven feet tall, with absolutely no hair. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

After a while, buildings start sprouting up outside the window, and soon we're entering a city with buildings that are even taller than the ones in Chennai city. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

He is just under six feet tall, no gym rat, but he runs and is in shape. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

The girl was tall enough to pass for a high schooler. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

He was tall, still lean from his fast growth, and had begun to shave—or, as Sparrow put it, to “abuse his poor face with knives.” Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

He stood up—a tall, slender man, who stooped as he stood and walked. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

I remember growing older, growing taller, growing stronger, all while attending ballet. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

His eyes were pulsating in hectic desperation, flapping like bat’s wings, as the many tall policemen seized him by the arms and legs and lifted him up. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Natural light comes through a tall window and shows a dusty room full of random junk: boxes, discarded furniture, metal folding chairs. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

Bred to themselves, tall-stemmed plants generated only tall plants; short plants only dwarf ones. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

Then I see that it’s not a child, it’s too tall for a child. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Her companion is a handsome man, somewhat taller than she, in an impeccably tailored black pinstriped suit. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

He grew wild, a thriving weed, a tall, quick boy, loud and proud and full of temper. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

In Hilly’s parlor, a portrait of a Confederate general hangs eight feet tall. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

I felt self-conscious using the word tall and struggled to take it back. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

He looked at the other boy, who was tall, lanky, and light-skinned. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

As Ellsberg pulled up to the tall gate surrounding the estate, a voice from a speaker atop the guardhouse directed him to a parking spot. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Josiah and Sheku dragged the tip of their guns, as they still weren’t strong enough to carry them and the guns were taller than they were. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

Valley threw her hands out, and they shuffled back and behind a cluster of tall oaks. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

The trees I’d been near, for instance, were pine trees, tall and straight with branches and needles mostly at the top. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

I have never met Branwell’s cousins, but I’ll bet he stands out in that crowd as much as he does in any other—even though I’ve heard they are all tall and have red hair. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I remember how tall and straight and handsome he looked, with his high-crowned hat and his black mustaches drooping in cow-horn curves past the corners of his mouth. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

Cal had led his brother outside and conducted him to the wagon shed where the tall Ford rested. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

I wasn’t about to throw a rock at this guy; he was at least eight hundred pounds and taller than me and would probably take the extra time while killing me to insert the rock... This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Momma pulled herself back from being ten feet tall with eight-foot arms and said, “You’re welcome for nothing, you varlet, I wouldn’t waste a killing on the likes of you. ” I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

He grew awkwardly into a tall, strange, dreamy boy with fragile eyes and a very delicate mouth whose tentative, groping smile collapsed instantly into hurt disorder at every fresh rebuff. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

He stepped quickly away, and eyed with alarm the tall Man, nearly twice his height and many times his match in strength. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

It was a round, bristly creature no taller than his knees. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

The third was taller than the others: his hair was long and gleaming and on his helm was a crown. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Next I'll just rip apart these sock monkeys and pour the stuffing into this tall rubber boot. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

They sprang up as the travellers approached, and Frodo saw that they were tall and clad in grey mail, and from their shoulders hung long white cloaks. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

He is not as tall as my memories, but is still loathsome. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

The opposite wall is made up entirely of screens, each a foot tall and a foot wide. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

For one thing, she was tall, way taller than either Seven or Thorn, and probably all the other kids in their class too. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

“Groundbreaking began August 1966. The tall towers needed a strong foundation. Workers had to dig deep through silt to find firm soil.” Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z

There, on our bench, sat a tall girl with black hair and skin the same color as mine. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

As tall as the tower was, the ceiling was yet another 126 feet above. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

I stared through my hotel room window at a tall, Gothic-looking brick tower across the street with a huge clock at the top. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

I was quiet, tall for my age, prone to freckles. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

The boy observes him, tall and solemn, twelve years older than the night he first crept in with his stone-eyed master. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

If the wrist failed him, then the touch had fled and he would be forced to challenge the tall men who dwelled beneath the basket with swift drives that they would quickly move to intercept. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was all tall archways and gold foil wallpaper, too decadent to resemble the stark hospital rooms we knew from our checkups. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

A tall, gentle man with steel-rimmed glasses and a perpetual smile, Hartleb greeted everyone he met—champion or patzer, beginner or veteran, child or octogenarian—by bowing low and saying with deep reverence, “Master!” Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

There’s a tall ladder leading to the roof. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Then the doctor said, “Now here is something none of you anticipated,” and he opened a small door tucked in beside the tall front door and stood back, smiling. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

A tall man with a clipboard and pencil comes to visit. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z

They rose above the tallest towers of the castle. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

They are tall and clumsy in their movements, always making strange noises, sweet highs and gruff lows and long exhalations. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

Merry could see him not far off, a small but upright figure among the tall men of Minas Tirith. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

One carried a banner on a tall lance. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

The tall, thin, black-haired man standing next to her put his arm around her. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

The Shire had seldom seen so fair a summer, or so rich an autumn: the trees were laden with apples, honey was dripping in the combs, and the corn was tall and full. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

I say to Leo, the tall guy who asked me to read months earlier. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was a year older than she, but she was a head taller. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

The jetty that divided the inner and outer harbors had been fortified with a long stone wall, thirty feet tall and almost a mile long, with towers every hundred yards. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

A tall, brass coatrack stood off to one side beside a black bench with a high, carved back. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

Dimple managed a half smile then, thinking, It’s a nice sentiment., but happiness is way too tall an order. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

By similar logic, antelopes that foraged on tall trees found that they had to extend their necks to reach the high foliage. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

Malcolm was a charismatic leader, tall and lean, articulate, good-looking, possessing obvious physical courage, a warm and ready sense of humor, and immense faith in his mission. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

He was tall, with broad shoulders, and hair cropped so close to his head it made his giant ears stick out even more. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

The porter brought Sefia and Archer to a secluded pier in the western arc of the harbor, inside the long, tall arm of the cliff. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Hoenir was tall and good-looking, and he looked like a king. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

But I emphasize the little because since I was in fifth grade and he was in fourth, he’s been taller than me. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

It was the size of a broom closet: tall enough to stand in or to sit in, not wide or deep enough to He down in. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

I was taller and had just started growing breasts—more than what Jennifer had. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

The taller boy took a swig from a hip flask and wiped his mouth on his sleeve. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

She was tall and gaunt, with huge black watery eyes and a timid manner that told me she would remain jamona the rest of her life. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

I was almost six feet tall at the time, with a quick first step, a passion for defense, and an okay jump shot. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

There are no tall buildings around or sirens or loud music and voices—just the soothing sound of speeding cars in the distance. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

She was a giant, yes, but only a little taller than Thor. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

Then she tried to bite the top of his nose to tell him she was the leader, but Kapu drew up tall. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

The prison service provided me with a cook, Warrant Officer Swart, a tall, quiet Afrikaner who had once been a warder on Robben Island. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

And then, abruptly, they were out of the trees and coming over the crest of a hill, passing between great stone pillars that framed a tall and forbidding black iron gate. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

McIntosh walked Jule into the ballroom, where tall tables were being covered with white cloths. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

We skirted Blue Lake and worked our way through the tall, golden grass to the creek. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Papa was tall and somewhat bent over, but he had a kindness that shone about him. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

Virgil wasn’t sure how much the Bull weighed or how tall he was, but he certainly weighed more than seventy-six pounds. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

There was a foot of water in the ditch, and the tall grass grew up from its sides. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

There was a tall counter with a cash register on it. Louisiana's Way Home 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

Miss Love’s horse turned out to be a tall, prancy black gelding with a star on his forehead. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

The three Burgerton boys were tall and thin and pale, and they were none too thrilled to find the twins taking up space in their house. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

The blank space on the screen stretched taller and wider, into infinity. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

She straightened herself as tall as she could, because she was short and heavyset. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

“I hate you one and all. And Bennie, he’s not even that tall and skinny.” Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

A tall canister of coconut oil gleamed in the flickering light of the brass lamp. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

There were three of them, two tall men and one who was short and wore a long gray robe. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had hunted out the seed shops to taste their lichees, various as wines, and bought a sack that was taller than a child to bedazzle the nieces and nephews. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

One was small and stunted, though the slave soldiers who attended him were grotesquely tall and thin. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

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

Babies napped in the tall grass, their blankets covering the wildflowers with embroidered flowers. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

It makes me walk taller and speak with more confidence. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Mr. Griswold turned to go through the fare gate, but the tall one stepped in front of him and blocked his way. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

I reached for the gun in reflex, nearly drawing it before it occurred to me that Grigori was not one meter tall. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

And the tree of evil looked taller and more familiar to Unferth than the slender green tree of good. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z

When underground I did not walk as tall or stand as straight. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was, standing there, gliding down through the darkness, quite an imposing figure, seeming, all in all, probably close to ten feet tall, with voice to match. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

When a group of 3 steps up—a mom and her 2 daughters, who are barely 48 inches tall—the worker gives me a choice. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Turning, Jemmy spied a tall boy wearing a checked cap. The Whipping Boy 1986-04-01T00:00:00Z

She was tall and even blacker than my father. Seedfolks 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

A warm fog hung in the air, turning the trees into sentinels, tall soldiers shrouded in cloaks of gloom. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

His iron staff was as tall as he was and crowned with a dragon’s head; when he stamped its butt upon the deck, the dragon’s maw spat crackling green flame. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The children decided to follow a narrow, well-kept track of crushed stone that zigzagged up a tall hill by the dormitory. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Next to the file cabinet she put a tall bookcase, and straddling them, a small, wide one that only just cleared the ceiling. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Beowulf looked about him as he marched, taking everything in, tall cliffs and deep valleys, each tumbling stream and pebble winking brightly in the sun. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z

One was taller and one was shorter, but they had the same dark hair. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

On the highest branch of the tallest tree was an eagle. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

Finn saw a crumbling porch first; then a weedy, overgrown yard; and then the tall fences blocking off the houses on either side. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Past the docks: tall buildings and long straight streets. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

It was two stories tall and painted an industrial green, and was so close to the railroad tracks that you could wave to the engineer from the front window. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

He was two classes ahead of me, and big—probably six feet tall. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

As we’ve rehearsed dozens of times before, we stream onstage from both wings, shortest to tallest, dancing an indigenous harvest dance. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was back outside, thirty floors up on a flat roof with a radio mast and a tall metal fence running around the perimeter. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

There were in fact five visitors, four of them Haitian, but my gaze lingered on a tall, lanky white man in his midthirties as the group joined us on the balcony. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

The tallest woman said to us, “I loved your singing! What language was it?” Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then he tripped over something in the tall grass—a circle of scrap metal about the size of a tractor tire. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

He looms big and tall above the men and women standing before him. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Their hiding place on top of the rock would be in plain sight to a creature that tall if he chose to look in their direction. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

Sometimes people just wandered into the room, like the tall, bearded man who walked in just before Farid and Sohrab arrived. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

He was very tall, with formidable hefty hind legs and a comical pouched face topped off by two immense ears which flopped about of their own accord. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Mom poured me a bowl of cereal and a tall glass of milk, but I wasn’t very hungry. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

The wares were stacked in tall towers that seemed to tilt precariously. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

The windowless space we had entered was about the size of the cafeteria at my school, but it wasn’t made for tall people. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

At five feet three inches, Rondon wasn’t tall, but he was strong and tough. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

Facing down her own death, with the hissing of the sea behind her and the night spread out like a cape, she seemed to have grown taller, haughtier. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

I don’t recognize any of them—two tall and wide, and the one in the middle is thin and old, older than Matant Jo. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

He spun around to see the Ancient and his donkey splashing through the tall reeds. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

They want to be one of the tall kids, one of the pretty kids, one of the fast kids, or the ones who are good at football. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

And that afternoon, back at home, I stood tall in my brand-new black rubber boots and jutted out my chin and announced to Mamita, “I am never going back to school again.” The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Considering the number of train travelers we had, I thought the plaque ought to tell how unusual tall the tree was and something about how Cold Sassy got its name. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

He wasn't a tall man, but the elevated bench made him as imposing as any judge. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Vonetta told how the tall, blond, white people took pictures of her like she was a movie star, which I could see Cecile didn’t like one bit. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was taller than the others; he stood out among his fellow thanes like a horse in a herd of cows. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was tall and willowy, and the sun gave her long sandy hair a golden halo. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

And one tall yellow flower was called a dogtooth violet but was different and was really an adder’s-tongue. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

“It is not so fun being asked how tall you are all the time.” All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

They worked quickly, accustomed to one another and the labor: Pima, their boss girl, taller than the rest and filling out like a woman, black as oil and hard as iron. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

To Palmer, tall, gangly Henry did not look like a bird at all, but a giraffe with two howling hyenas snapping at its knees. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

The rest was quite easy to read, the tall yellow letters the same color as the scrub bucket. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

At least I’m tall, he thought, but it wasn’t much of a consolation. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

He was tall, with a great deal of wavy black hair and a small mustache. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

Perhaps there is still a little money stashed under those strange, tall beds, or inside our cabinet boxes? The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her tall, sinuous frame was draped in vibrant blue silk, the plunging neckline accented with iridescent feathers that tickled the signature diamond choker glittering at her neck. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

“I’m not sure we have much that fits someone as tall as you, but we might.” The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

How could a maze, with walls so massive and tall, be so big that dozens of kids hadn’t been able to solve it after who knew how long trying? The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

He could just make out the sheriff off to one side, standing tall and dark, the shotgun held up over his shoulder. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

"Your fiancée is having a great success," Mrs. Braddocks looked out on the floor where Georgette was dancing in the arms of the tall, dark one, called Lett. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

Someone tall and slim in a black gown is looking out the sliding doors to the patio, parting the vertical blinds to do so. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

We passed Flo’s dark house and then the tall juniper tree that stood where the hill sloped down to the bridge. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

White light poured into the room from tall windows flanked by heavy velvet curtains. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Florida looked around the barn and out through its wide open doors at the far end, toward an arch of tall leafy trees. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

Some had bloody feet from their walk through the city, but they stood tall and proud all the same, it seemed to Sansa. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

The rowboat slipped from the bank then, silently, and glided out, tall water grasses whispering away from its sides, releasing it. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was tall and elegant, every feature perfection. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

The axe went past the tall man, biting into the wood trim of the door. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

The man paused, looking at Deborah, then at me: a short black woman in her fifties, and a taller white woman in her twenties. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

Stretching as far as I can see are double rows of shiny barbed wire fixed to tall metal posts. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

Today was the first day that her building had been tall enough to reach the vent. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

Moss had never met them, and he marveled at how tall her mom was and how short her father was. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

It was possible his reputation had added a few imaginary inches, but he was only a bit taller than I was, which meant both Liam and Chubs stood nearly a full head over him. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

It entered a cluster of gray sage that must have seemed like a tall forest to the stumpy little thing. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

The tall man tucked his flashlight under his arm and held out both hands, palms forward, in what was meant to be a comforting gesture. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

One was tall and skinny and the other one was short and stocky. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

When I blink again, a tall figure is standing in front of me. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

The row of tall parasol trees that lined the inside of the school yard was festooned with more da- zi-bao, hanging like flowers from the branches. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even though I always got lost in the shuffle of tall, boisterous eighteen-year-olds, I loved moving through the quad with my sister. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

The entry arches, which stood as tall as John Henry, were copper trees with silhouettes of tiny people in motion on the top. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

With most of the trees’ leaves gone, I could see the roof and tall chimneys. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

A tall man, elderly, with a brown peaked cap and an old-fashioned collar. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Blackfish was a tall, lean man, grey of hair and precise in his movements, his clean-shaven face lined and windbumt. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

He’s taller than I thought and way more muscled, but not bulky. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

The old woman, shrunk by age and time to little bigger than a child, held on to a stick as tall and bent as herself with palsied and swollen-knuckled hands. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

A couple of tall weedy guys leaning against a wall smoking and laughing and radiating cool. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

At the bottom of the steps is a pavilion with two glass blocks, each one at least three times as tall as I am, at either end. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

He’s short, dark, and smiley, not tall, thin, and serious like Father in photographs. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

He was a tall and burly sixth year and, at the moment, his eyes were gleaming with a crazed enthusiasm. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

On my way through the doors, I nearly collided with a newsboy carting a stack of newspapers practically as tall as he was. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

I remembered them singing as I lay in tall grass that smelled like carrots. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

Tsukiko sits her down on a cushion and walks silently to the end of the car, fetching her tea supplies from behind one of the tall screens. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

The tallest one, his cloud of frizzy brown hair hovering around a pencil-thin neck, stepped in front of the others—the ginger kid who had spoken before, and two big-shouldered blonds that looked like brothers. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Two tall figures were silhouetted against the starry sky on the other side of the hilltop. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

I kicked at the tall man until he hit me with the back of his hand and sent me sprawling. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The house was tall and stately with white doric columns across the front. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

Having regular meals had filled out his once hollow cheeks, and he was three inches taller than her now. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

It was double-curved, shiny black and exquisite, taller than she was. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

He was tall and well-groomed, but most impressively, he was Mexican-American. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

We pulled open another set of tall doors and went into the main part of the church. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

He will stand tall and proud and be forever free. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

The tall soldier was now stretched out full length, asleep. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

As tall as he was, he danced smooth. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

When he stands, he's almost a head taller than me, and he smells like deodorant. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

My father was a powerfully built man, standing just under six feet tall, but my mother could easily take his measure. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

“It doesn’t mean turn around, stare up at the basket, and wait for someone taller to get the ball.” Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

Others were taller and human-shaped; their long arms swayed to either side of them as their legs shot out in fast arcs over the waves. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

Merope had got her dying wish: He was his handsome father in miniature, tall for eleven years old, dark-haired, and pale. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Will was tall and lanky but had terrible posture, so to me he always looked like a question mark with floppy dirty-blond hair and thick eyebrows. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

He walked to a tall boy near me, Pascal’s half brother. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

The way she carries herself, you’d think she was six feet tall, but she can’t be an inch over five feet. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

I had probably won our contest because mine had stood a few minutes longer, but hers had been taller than mines before that air vent blew it down. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

She sped up to a jog, heading for the green hills filled with wildflowers so tall and thick they waved like new corn. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

They came together and locked hands, her husband half a foot taller than his visitor, bearded and heavy through the shoulders and chest and wearing a sweat-stained T-shirt. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

She stands up and looks out the tall window. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Theo resembled him in many ways: tall, wide shoulders, slim-waisted, the same thick, straight black hair; but age had chiseled the father’s face into sharper planes. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hulking boys though they were, they looked oddly lonely without the tall, pale figure of Malfoy between them, bossing them around. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

In Veracruz, he rode through rows of silvery pineapple plants and lush fields of tall, thin sugarcane stalks that brushed up against the train. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

He was tall, dark, and handsome, and seemed to be wearing a tuxedo. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

He was a big man, not tall, but puffed out like a bird. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ivory towers, now beet red as they reflected the burning rip in the sky, stood tall and angry. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

A tall boy in a shrunk-up ivory sweater strolled by, hands in his pockets, singing. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Standing with his back to us is a boy in jeans and a fitted polo shirt—white, taller than me, hair totally covered by a backward baseball cap. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

Hatsue was a tall woman—five foot eight—but nevertheless able to squat low between the berry rows for quite some time without pain. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

As the trees rose more densely around them, Taran turned for a last glimpse of the Eagle itself, tall and serene in the distance. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

The houses were three stories tall and exactly alike, with square, smiling courtyards hidden behind their front gates, and small kitchen courtyards in the back. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Yuccas grew tall among the rocks of the ravine. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

A tall M.P. with a whistle and a white helmet got in behind the wheel. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

The taller, leaner cop looms over me, and I duck my head in a pose of mock humility. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

Before I take my seat, one of the girls sidles up to me and says, “You are really tall.” All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

The tallest building in America, I could only shake my head again. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

The gray-scale sofa on which her mother sat might be tan, or pale blue, or even canary; the window behind her looked out onto a blurred view of tall buildings. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Before him stood a tall, attractive, muscular man, well dressed in fine leather boots, black pants, jacket, and hat. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

It stood tall and firm on the edge of the misty fen. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z

Like most greystones it was a crudely hewn rectangle about a dozen feet tall. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Men with bald heads, twenty feet tall, are said to appear on the roads outside of Ntchisi, a few at first, then dozens all around. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z

A Westerosi woman, but taller than he was, just a thumb under six feet. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Rosie, ten feet tall and solid as a mountain, whimpering under August’s blows. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

She was very thin and very tall, almost as tall as he was, and she was staring right into his eyes, with a steely blank expression. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

“The girl misunderstood us,” the tall one sputtered. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Eight kids, sprinting from the fire circle or the outdoor kitchen, emerging from their cabins, racing for the bell and the tall boy ringing it by the water’s edge. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

He would never measure himself, but everybody whispered he must be over seven feet tall, and he would never step on a scale, but people claimed he weighed four hundred. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Clayton pointed to the hard case on wheels with a head and a body, which looked like a little brother leaning into his taller sister. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

“I love it! It’s cute and tall and I like the branches and I want it!” The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

“Lina, it's him! The tall one. The one I told you about. The one I saw in town! What do we do?” Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

There is even one stitched with the silhouette of dancing fauns as tall as the skirt itself. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

He was a tall man with imposing muscles, but in that instant he sounded cowed and confused. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

She was taller than either of her sisters. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

Nelson with a pole twice as tall as himself waited for us. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

A writer for Chicago magazine described Barack as “a tall, affable workaholic,” suggesting that he should someday run for office, an idea that he simply shrugged off. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Captain Snow stood hugely tall with an incredible wingspan. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

She is small even in her tall boots. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

One twilight, just as my mother stepped on the bridge, two smoky columns spiraled up taller than she. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Over the tall wooden fence at the side of her house, a head poked up. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

This bottle is tall and thin, with a cork held in place by silver wire. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

You just don't go running a little short man like that against a tall man. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

He’s as tall as Bo, but his round cheeks tell me he’s at least a year younger. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

They ranged from five to six feet tall. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

He pushed in a good safe thirty feet, until the saplings rose up taller than he was, until his anxiety let him breathe right again, before turning to parallel the road. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Moss hung off the tall pines around us, and the full moon shone through the moss. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

Now I’m five foot eleven and a half inches—as tall as my mom and a good two inches taller than my dad. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

I sang the Rabanito song, about a purple radish flower standing tall and proud in the wind. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

M. Dupont was a tall, elegant gentleman with a grey beard and a monocle. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

Rishi followed Dimple as she pushed through the crowd, slipping easily between people who were much taller and bigger than her. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

The tall Talib with the black sunglasses walked to the pile of stones they had unloaded from the third truck. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

A silent gray shadow drifted down from the top of a tall sycamore. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Why, I rather think you did, Miss,” said a tall girl, sitting opposite Coraline. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

We jogged across I-Drive and then started bushwhacking through a thicket of tall shrubs and oak trees. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

And then, from the tall pines and birches that ringed the pond, a wood thrush caroled. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was a man of thirty-one with a hardened face, a tall man with the eyes of a war veteran. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

“No. He was tall—your height maybe—but twice your size. And he was black.” Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

There were rows and rows of boulders as tall as telephone posts. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

The girl was slim, and taller than he remembered, but that was only to be expected. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Over the summer she had been relaxed, easy; now she was more upright, somehow, as if the office of the King’s Huntress made her stand taller. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

He passed a circle of men watching a tall thin black boy dressed in a flowing red dress, dancing, kicking heels. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

At once, I stand taller, unable to resist a bit of pride. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

He grew over the past year and is now a few inches taller than me. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

And a grainy photo of a tall, dark-skinned woman in heels and a shiny blue dress, holding a microphone. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

They told him how tall men like him made them feel, complained about his lateness and insolence, asked him what else he had in his case besides whatever it was that made Sheila so excited. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Giant windows, cut into facets that held the light like prisms, climbed up the tallest towers. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Moss watched a tall, lanky kid lurch forward and grab for the handhold that was attached to the wall just above Moss’s bike. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Standing there, blinking up at me, is a boxy little robot as tall as my knee. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Another bad move is to go climbing a tall metal ladder in the middle of a thunderstorm when lightning is looking for just two kinds of things to strike: tall things and metal things. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

“Won’t you sit down, Moddom?” enquired a voice, and they turned to find a tall man in a black coat coming out of the wood with a table-napkin over his arm. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

Mr. Griswold turned to go through the fare gate, but the tall one stepped in front of him and blocked his way. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

He feels himself standing at a very tall, very dangerous precipice, with no intention of backing away. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

The snow was two feet taller than Jack. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z

The bookshop was narrow with tall bookcases creating tunnels that twisted and turned. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

I heard the tall cane rattling as they ran for the house. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Surrounding our yard lie ten thousand acres of Daddy’s cotton fields, the plants green and strong, tall as my waist. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Next to the pictures stand tall glasses of candles painted with intricate images of golden crosses and the Virgin Mary. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

Outside the tall office building, daylight is fading and the staff buses are waiting. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Both were tall and heavy, so heavy that if either were two inches shorter he’d have been considered fat. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

Dalgard was a tall man in his fifties, with metal-framed glasses, pale blue eyes, a shy manner, and a soft drawl that he had picked up in Texas at veterinary school. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

And as he was being burned on a tall fire, he may have thought of it and perhaps wished he had not asked or not been answered. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

I was a tomboy, tall and skinny and very fast, and I loved to be outdoors. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

The line was so long that it wound all around the big, grassy courtyard, all around the tall barbed-wire fence and snaked all the way down the wide, tarred road. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hope Springs’s City Hall was a two-story brick building with tall white columns and pairs of paint-peeled shutters on every window. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

I liked them because they were tall and lanky and had big eyes that always looked happy. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

I didn’t care for her holding my hand; I am as tall as she is and a good sight less of a scaredy-cat. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

She picks out two tall canisters from among the makeup. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

From the comer of her eye Kit glimpsed the two tall figures in the kitchen doorway. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

While she wasn’t quite tall enough, he could see slightly farther. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Policemen also stood tall, holding on to their wooden clubs. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

He pointed to a tall plant with snakelike branches. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

Across the water he could see other fine mercher houses, tall and slender, the tidy gables of their rooftops making a dark silhouette against the night sky, their gardens and boathouses lit by glowing lanterns. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

A tall, thin man with fair hair ambled into the square. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

But close under the cliff there stood, still strong and living, two tall trees, larger than any trees of holly that Frodo had ever seen or imagined. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

She is holding the hand of a young boy who is almost as tall as she is. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

She hovers inches above me, her breath warm and sweet against my face like a breeze passing through tall grass. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

A tall, big man with a baby’s face and the shoulders of a bear opened the door. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

“No—I have never seen Mr. Elton,” she replied, starting on this appeal; “is he—is he a tall man?” Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z

He reached out his arm, slowly, slowly...a foot away...but his will must’ve gotten crossed up in the tall grass, because instead of the bird coming his way, it took flight. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

A tall, black-haired boy was leaning against the nearest pillar, watching. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

At last a tall, cadaverous woman in a white smock entered the room from an inner door. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

I crept down the alley until I dimly saw Father’s tall figure bulk out of the mist. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was huge, for one thing—at least ten feet tall. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

I hear rumours, and especially of a tall, handsome, curly-haired man???” Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

Anya watched as the taller figure, Sigurd, spat furiously at the shorter figure. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

In fact the doctor knew a good deal about him and was more grateful to this tall young man than he ever allowed himself to show. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

But those who were heavy and tall had it rough. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He could not forget his youngest son, how he had looked standing tall and straight and his black brows drawn together in the gravity of his youth, and he could not forget the maid. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

The voice, an unfamiliar mixture of Australian and Dutch inflections, came from the tall and thin but muscular man now walking toward me in khaki shorts and a Bahama shirt. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

Sometimes she paused on the empty path in the middle of all those tall trees and felt a bit scared, but in a good way. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

She was a tall, painfully thin woman with hair dyed an unnatural flaxen and cropped in a manner reminiscent of Dorothy Hamill. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Though we were brothers, Johnny was tall and lanky. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Behind them stood a tall man in white robes. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

She had to be almost six feet tall in the seventh grade. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

And you’ll be surprised to learn that hunter-gatherers ate better, grew taller, lived longer, and were healthier than “civilized” people. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

Beyond the tall pines, stars glittered like snowflakes reluctant to fall. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Stephanie wore peasant blouses, long colorful skirts, and sneakers; and the tall straight way she moved was almost regal. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The outdoor jobs, the men hustling through the streets with huge racks of dresses, or pushing hand trucks taller than they were, were largely black. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

He’s seven feet tall and baring his teeth. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

It was as tall as her chest, thinner at the top and thicker at the bottom, carved with a border of knots and loops. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

Frodo lay down again, but for a long while he could still see the white flashes, and against them the tall dark figure of Strider, standing silent and watchful. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Behind an overgrown forsythia bush was a plaster Virgin Mary as tall as their waists, with a blue painted hood draped over her head in the manner of an Indian bride. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

I felt myself tremble every time they showed the tallest Jackson brother. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

Quickly, then, Penelope the Wise, tall in her beauty as Artemis or pale-gold Aphrodite, appeared from her high chamber and came down to throw her arms around her son. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

We soar over tall spires and blocky buildings, over a wide river jeweled with boats and spanned by bridges. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

They were all a lot taller than he was. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

At five foot eleven, Sandy Pittman stood two inches taller than me. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

He stood a little taller, keeping in step with her as they continued through the outskirts’ winding streets. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

His two children had grown tall and confident, vibrant advertisements for what the next generation could do. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

“She has hair, legs, teeth—you know—the usual, only she’s a little tall.” The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

A baby in a flowing white gown, arranged on a tall chair out in the middle of a field. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z

No matter what they thought of him, they’d walk a little taller tonight. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

That tree was close to a hundred feet tall and the only sassafras still left of the big grove our town was named for. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Thatha leads us to an apartment on the second floor of a tall yellow building. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

It was one of our C ration cans rigged to a limb that you would have to push out of your way if you were over six feet tall. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Both were tall and blond, wearing matching wire-rimmed glasses and long black overcoats. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

When s! e stood up they realized that she was even taller than they had thought. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

The guardian rock sat tall and proud in the midst of our fields. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

Behind their ditches, they were building catapults, scorpions, tall trebuchets. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Powerful sprayers direct a stream of poison to all parts of the tallest trees, killing directly not only the target organism, the bark beetle, but other insects, including pollinating species and predatory spiders and beetles. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

My strength’s all gone, but from the husk you may divine the ear that stood tall in the old days. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

He a handsome boy, tall with short hair. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Nearly six feet tall, with thick arms and a barrel chest, he stands erect, his shoulders unbowed. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was a hulking fourteen, six and a half feet tall, burly and resolute. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

A tall sloping R, with the letters de W interlaced. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Annabeth had grown taller than me since last summer, which I found kind of disturbing. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

“It’s not natural for someone to be as stupid as he is tall, and yet there you stand. Did you really swim all those miles just to die in this hut?” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Above Jon Wood’s house, she located the tall silo and circled it. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

They prowl the tall grasses and the witch-haired trees waiting waiting, to stop people like me. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

He was sitting on a tall stool at the bar, an old man with eyes like diamonds and the body of a driftwood scarecrow. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“See that girl?” she asks, taking out her sandwich and nodding to a tall girl across the room. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

As they ran, tall trees closed in around them and arched gracefully toward the sky. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

Dozens of bright-blue men, each thirty feet tall with gray frosty hair, were wading through the forests, fishing in the bay, and striding across the mountains. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

She guessed that this tall man, both stern and gentle, might think her merely wayward, like a child that has not the firmness of mind to go on with a dull task to the end. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

I will share how she put love and life in her food, her home, her tall tales. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Just as she remembered him on the train: tall and easy-limbed. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Often as she leaves the court one mother or another stops her and, taller than most, she settles an arm over the woman’s shoulder as they walk. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

A tall Asian woman with a shaved head and glasses with round bright blue frames gets up. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

It had come to a stop in the tall grass. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Aech’s avatar was a tall, broad-shouldered Caucasian male with dark hair and brown eyes. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Royal was now as tall as Gabriel, broad-shouldered, and lean. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

A girl walked in after him, tall and thin with long red hair, just a little younger than Mark. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

Inside the door, a tall woman in flowing silks was waiting for him. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

He still felt the same, at least, maybe a bit taller and thinner. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

The modern cornstalks already were as tall as his knees while the traditional ones were barely seedlings. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

In front of the trees, as if guarding this entrance to the park, is an enormous golden statue atop a tall concrete base. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Kids still got teased and bullied, but it was over usual kid stuff: being fat or being skinny, being tall or being short, being smart or being dumb. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

He was a tall, powerfully built youth of twenty, with a firm mouth and grave, dark eyes that gave him the appearance of an older man. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

Books covered his table, tall stacks of them. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Even before he raised the glasses he knew it was a boy, a teen-ager, gangly, lanky, tall. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

My brothers have grown slightly taller and thicker with age. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

I looked up at the cells above us, wondering how something as tall as the sky could fit in a tiny cell, and why he was crying. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

From the front, the hospital was a smart, sprawling single floor complex that seemed as long as the Griffin Building was tall. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

He opened it and took out a glass bottle that must have been six feet tall. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Each letter was ten feet tall; the two words crunched the scoreboard between them like bloody teeth. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

Our father was solid and tall, six feet, and our mother was delicate and tiny, four feet ten. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

She gestured to a tall black man who stood next to her. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

He was tall for a Japanese man, nearly six feet, lean and hard and healthy- skinned from the sea. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

I never knew a ceiling in a house could be so tall up in the air. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

As the crowd passed, I spotted a tall figure whose cheek bulged with a thick pad of bandages. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

“Please don’t let me fall,” Mary says to an executioner, getting dizzy as she looks down on the crowd from atop the tall, unstable gallows. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

I made myself as tall as I could. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

Workers laid foundations of immense timbers in crisscrossed layers in accord with Root’s grillage principle, then used steam-powered derricks to raise the tall posts of iron and steel that formed each building’s frame. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

I'd never seen so many people, or cars, or such tall buildings in my life. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Built in the 1950s, it has white metal awnings and is framed in tall green trees. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

He thought of the shape of Darkness, its tall body that was flat like a shadow. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Fields of tall corn stretched into the distance wherever you looked. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

As he speaks, the sun bursts through the clouds, its light surrounding the tall and outwardly serene Lincoln. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

We circled the pond and sat on the taller edge of the rocks. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

He was small for a Cyclops, still a child, really - a little over six feet tall, his messy brown hair crusted with salt water, his big single eye the colour of maple syrup. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

And he wasn’t that much taller than the Count either, although his stomach was flatter, but that was because the farm boy was younger. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

In Marshall the tallest building was probably the hotel. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Before I have a chance to reply, Elizabeth, still in her bright red, white, and blue outfit, walks up with an older boy who is a taller, skinnier version of her. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

The shelf on which the cup reposed was out of reach for any of them, even Ron, who was tallest. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Sherrie was a tall woman, certainly tall for a Chinese woman, and to her credit there was no sign of that adolescent high-back slouch in her stance. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

It rolled around under the tall white sycamores, beat its way through the wild cane, and found freedom out over the clear blue waters of the river. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

A tall, thin guy at the front of the room waved his hands, motioning people to sit down. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

“He turned out super handsome, didn’t he? He’s got nice teeth, nice eyes, good skin. And he’s very tall.” Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

One time he gave a lengthy tour to a tall, stoop-shouldered man with a lugubrious expression on his long face, whom Lawrence introduced with unusual deference as “Dr. Nicholas Baker.” Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

It was a painting of a tall thin man. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

I was taller when I had them on, and could walk around like other kids. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

The man was so tall that he was taller than Mama, even though he was on the porch and there was a big step up into the house where Mama stood. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

“It’s true! Maybe because I’m taller than most boys, I dunno, but nobody has ever just flat out told me they liked me.” The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

He was a tall, fierce man and would drive his bowl down the other end of the green so fast that when it connected with another ball it sounded like it was splitting an atom. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

Though there were wrinkles at the comers of her mouth and more around her eyes, she still stood tall, unbent, and handsome. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Put simply, Mendel’s question was this: If he crossed a tall plant with a short one, would there be a plant of intermediate size? The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

When he lowered it over the face she loved so well, a tall young knight sat on his grey stallion where her son had been. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

I lay flat in the tall grass and watched the scene in the street. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Others sold live chickens, so there were crates piled as tall as a grown man filled with rustling feathers and frantic clucks. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

I duck when I go through the hole, though it’s taller than my head. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Spotted Tail was a strong and tall man, a powerful warrior. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z

They are next to each other on tall wooden ladders, leaning against the billboard that tells the cars to stop and visit the One and Only Ivan, Mighty Silverback. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z

Leaving the campus, he walked past the Geophysical Institute, a tall glass-and-concrete building capped with a large satellite dish. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

What I wanted was jungles and lions and elephants and tall coconut palms swaying on silvery beaches, and Egypt had none of that. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

I thought the tall grasses would give me a signal someone was coming, but they didn’t. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

The Grand Maester smiled gently from his tall chair at the foot of the table. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

“Oh yes! And I could do shoulder stands and twirl around like a ballerina and stand tall at the very top of the pyramid of all the cheerleaders.” Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

The stableboy stood near seven feet tall all by himself; on his hade Bran's head almost brushed the ceiling. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“Aye, but you were only three foot tall at the time,” a rider from the Rills replied. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The pennants on the tall ships stirred lazily. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Blanche and Mary were of equal stature,—straight and tall as poplars. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

She comes and sits in the corner of the bar on one of the tall red stools with her nose in one thick book or another. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

If the gravity were much less, there might be tall, spindly shapes that would not be tumbled or crushed by their own weight. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

The peak of the ceiling is just taller than she is. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

The sister was very tall and very thin. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was muscular, well-built, but no taller than my own five-eight so that I found myself looking directly into the strange eyes. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

We’re on a balcony at the very top of the tallest tower, one higher than the tree line. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

But just as Chess sometimes forgot how tall he’d gotten lately, he also sometimes forgot how big his feet were. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Or what if the person you are interviewing is tall? Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

Or a baby fawn that the doe had left hidden in the tall grass. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

Fadi gazed out the window at the tall walls that lined either side of the freeway, sheltering buildings, shopping plazas, and parks on the other side. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

The dog romped through the daisies and weeds and tall grasses growing along the tracks. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

That first day we saw two chimps feeding in a tall tree. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

He stood up and walked away, an impossibly tall man. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

I was just above the spires of the taller buildings on the Upper East Side, nowhere near the hospital. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

Tiny feet were fashionable, but would they make me even clumsier as I grew taller? Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

Pa led me to a temple area where the trees were so tall that they seemed to reach the heavens. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

While wandering aimlessly about the streets of Memphis, gaping at the tall buildings and the crowds, killing time, eadng bags of popcorn, I was struck by an odd and sudden idea. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

A woman nearly six feet tall, straight-backed and proud, heading down a cold Columbus street, two small children beside her and a still-crawling baby in her arms. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

I reshape her body again, stretching her limbs like sugar-sticks, cinching her waist, and making her a whole four inches taller. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

The people around me are all taller than I am; they will shield me. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

She scans me and says, “I can tell, and you’re getting taller too. Might be time for you to get some new clothes?” Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

A magnificent door that was two stories tall stood open, guards flanking either side. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

Someone was shaking him out of the tall tree he was in. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

I am making a figure-four trap as tall as me with a log on it that I can barely lift. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

That tall one, he even shook his head like Willie Begay did: two abrupt movements, almost too quick to see, and then he pulled the corporal to his feet. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

There was a tall fire bell in the cemetery, which alerted everyone. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

And then came a tall, thin blonde lady holding hands with a grey-haired man who was much shorter than her. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was a tall, thin man, and his clothes hung on him loosely. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was as tall as she was now. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

As if answering me, something rustles loudly in the tall grass. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then he saw against the Sun, sinking blood-red into a wrack of clouds, the black outline of a tall ship with torn sails riding up out of the West. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Standing next to the glass jar is a little girl, the auctioneer, wearing a top hat nearly as tall as herself. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Swaying him was a tall order; a staunch opponent of match races and big purses, he was likely to come out against the plan. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Weeds had grown up tall around the house’s pale sunbaked stones. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

He was tall, muscular, and fit—nothing like his Mad magazine counterpart. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

I recognized the orange bursts of Butterfly Weeds and the tall red Indian Paintbrushes, but there were so many beautiful plants in the garden all I could do was smile with joy and serenity. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

Here and there hedges have sprouted up, tall as Windsurfers, to partition the property parcels. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

He leaned his weight on a hardwood staff as tall as he was. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

She was slim and tall, with shiny black hair that was piled in soft curls on the top of her head. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

A tall, heavyset spinster, about forty years old, she always wore a scarf on her head, tied beneath the chin, even during class, and she spoke with a slow, careful Appalachian accent. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

The night breeze in the tall sharp grasses, the chirping and clicking of insects. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

I did as she told me and sat in front of a tall black Royal typewriter that was sitting on an unused sewing table. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

These were plants, they discovered, taller than they were, with stems as hard and thick as the walls of houses, and leaves that spread out over their heads. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

“You were always really tall,” I said, and then was embarrassed about having said it. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

One of them, a tall boy with sand-colored hair and long arms and legs that seemed all bones and angles, stood at home plate and commenced hitting balls out to the players. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

It was in the fourth block we came to, a tall, bland building with peeling blue paint and with television aerials sticking out from the verandahs. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

We follow the man all the way to a tall concrete building. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

She stood tall, with a nobleness to her stature that I had seen often when we walked on the llano. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was entirely graceless, rather tall and badly angled, built of dark red brick. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

He was tall, lanky and lean but strong. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

I always thought New York City was all tall buildings and crowded streets. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Three more had been knocked over by a tail swipe, and the leader was swinging his billy club uselessly at the tallest raptor. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

The babies swirled taller and became older as time spun ahead. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

We just couldn’t stop, and as he tried to put himself in order we gathered around him, excited like puppies, waiting for him to pull exciting things out of that tall green bag. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

He was taller than her, maybe a year or two older. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

They were now, with the benefit of the manure, growing tall and leafy and showing hard little green tomatoes. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

Just thinking about them now makes her want a nice tall glass. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

The tall, white-haired knight seemed to shrink as he stood there, scarcely breathing. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

The com itself seemed to shield her as she ran through it, impossibly growing taller, denser, reaching outward and upward, alive, alive, whispering for her to run, run, not to stop, never to stop. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

He was a tall man, but he looked no more than a half-grown boy when he rode in his master's shadow. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

The hills drew near, but the tall peaks of Thrihyrne were already dim against the darkening sky. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

“José Arcadio came back a big man, taller than you, and all covered with needlework, but he only brought shame to our house.” One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

She was blond and tan and too tall—almost my height—and without even asking I knew she was from California. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Her mother crossed her arms and stood taller. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Example: The lowest branch on the tallest tree. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

The Christmas decorations are on the roofs and all over the wide and tall trees that tower over the curving roads. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

She was only fourteen, it was true, but she was as tall as Nancy and within two years as old as Ellen had been when she married Matthew Creighton. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

We would go around and around the tallest mountain, climbing ever upward. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

He reached up and seized the reins of a horse ridden by a tall Negro man. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had a tall tankard in front of him, and was smoking a long-stemmed pipe curiously carved. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

He saw Winterfell as the eagles see it, the tall towers looking squat and stubby from above, the castle walls just lines in the dirt. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Ten meters tall or higher, the structure’s entire facade was engulfed in flames. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Luce watched as the various segments, like those of a collapsible ruler, unfolded themselves, and I attained my full height, an inch taller than he was himself. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Our new "home" is on the third floor of a tall, narrow building across from the playground. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

The clomp of footsteps drew nearer until a tall, lanky man stepped out of the hallway. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

They tiptoed up to the house, and such animals as were tall enough peered in at the dining-room window. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

In front of them about a football field away, he saw a tall metal fence with looping razors at its top. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

He was as tall as Father, but paler, and there was a scar by his right temple that he had gotten in a sword fight. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

I looked at a table of measurements of white shark teeth with its tall columns of numbers for height, width, and angle. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

The fire went down for a moment, as if crouching in surprise, then the flames shot up taller than before. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Fifty-six years old, conservatively dressed, and well over six feet tall, he appeared a giant next to Bobby. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

When we got into the office, a tall woman was laughing into a phone. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

Joffrey said nothing, but a man strange to Arya, a tall knight with black hair and bum scars on his face, pushed forward in front of the prince. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

It’s probably as tall as about ten of me standing one on top of the other. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Eat five magic mushrooms and drink a tall glass of water and they bloom in your belly like fog-colored sponges. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

They were quite tall—and some were fair. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

In adolescence Gabe was gangly and tall, and as she watched, his elbow knocked over the mug holding his drink; the other boys chorded as he sheepishly mopped up the mess with his napkin. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

“New York is too much,” he says, “too many cars, too many tall buildings.” The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

The enemies fell like tall grass cut by a scythe. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hamlet, now twenty-two, was no taller, though more sinewy, and he seemed more intense than before. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

He wanted to be taller in that moment, but in a way, he felt taller, like he finally mattered. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

She poured us two tall glasses of cold milk, and Twig and I made our way down to the basement. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

My military garrison cap was intentionally a size too big, forcing me to keep my head up, walking taller with every step. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

“So it was established by Mr. Ford”—the taller one again took over—“that no man is to receive the money who cannot use it advisedly and conservatively.” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

The maitre d’ was a small, elegant man who looked up toward a massive, red-faced man who stood six feet four inches tall and weighed over two hundred and twenty pounds. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

The advertisement also stipulated that the young lady had to be tall, setting off all kinds of speculation, both polite and otherwise. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

The boy is five feet, seven inches tall. Twelve Angry Men 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The most famous Greek statue of all time. It was forty feet tall, covered in ivory and gold. It stood in the middle of the Parthenon in Athens.” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

The chairman was only a little taller than him. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

The roof wasn’t much taller than I was. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

The tallest slugger touched my forehead, and I ignited like a sparkler on the Fourth of July. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

And there will be Sarah, plain and tall. Sarah, Plain and Tall 1985-04-25T00:00:00Z

The colonel was more than a head taller than the chaplain and over twice as broad, and his swollen, overbearing authority made the chaplain feel frail and sickly by contrast. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Tidings sat, tall and straight, on the tractor—as determined as General Sherman marching through Georgia—and cut the grass between rain showers. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

She was tall and as slim as a bamboo shoot. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

The block castle towered over the foot of my bed, stretching so tall, it nearly touched the ceiling and so wide, we could only partly open my half of the closet door. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

We stood on tiptoes and on one another’s shoulders, and through the door we saw spotlights open on tall singers afire with sequins. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

He pushed off the chair and stood tall. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

He turned and was struck by how tall Bianca had gotten. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

After a while, without saying anything, I went to the side of the road and lay down on a pile of damp leaves between the tall, buttressed roots of a kapok tree. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I get my tall knees out from under the desk. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

He wasn’t tall, but he had the beefy figure of a wrestler. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

“Blue blazer, size fifty-two tall? Said he left it here a week or so ago?” Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

He was wearing snowshoes that looked nearly as long as he was tall. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

She turned, her suddenly spectacular eyesight capturing every nook and nub of each tree, and she realized that there were indeed tall shadows rushing along on either side of her. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

All the time my mother and I had been sitting there, in the narrow cone of sun that shone down between the tall brick walls, doctors had been coming up to me and introducing themselves. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

“It was a tall building, not far from the central market,” said Tendai as the squad car came in low. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

It stood tall and bright and held back the night. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

He lived in a simple log cabin—yet the cabin had been reassembled on the rooftop of Fulcrum City’s tallest building. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

He rode back into the world sitting tall and regal in the saddle, his back straight, his head up, his face gravely dignified. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

I discovered he could climb a tall workman’s ladder—at first I found him following me as I climbed, but later he would go up without me if I asked him to. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

“He’s... tall,” I say, surprised she hasn’t noticed that not only is my date inexplicably rude but drop-dead drunk. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Like New York City, with tall buildings and cars and traffic, and men dressed in business suits on the street, and women walking on the streets as well. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

More rains would come and the seeds would grow into tall plants with heavy ears of corn. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

The boy’s tall and muscularly broad frame made him look older than he probably was and he had a few people around him, all of them laughing and joking. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

The bird is about three feet tall, with a red crown on a white head, and a charcoal-gray body. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

She’s so tall that sometimes she has to duck her head just to walk in through a doorway, but she’s so quiet that if she had a superpower, it’d be invisibility. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

Tehlu stood tall and proud in the back of a wagon drawn by four white horses. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

She was very tall for a woman, and wiry strong. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Both of them had two tall cans of beer on each of their legs, snugged down tightly inside our team hoops. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Just a few feet before the parked police car is the subway entrance, marked with two tall green lamps and a black placard with the numbers four and six in green circles. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

More than merely tall, his tower was grace frozen in iron, as much an evocation of the spirit of the age as Chartres had been in its time. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

A tall boy, still thin from growing, two dark brows reaching for a mess of black and curling hair. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Ocean was quite a bit taller than me, and I’d never looked up at him like this before. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

One was very tall and thin; squinting through his rain-washed glasses Harry recognized the barman who worked in the other Hogsmeade pub, the Hog’s Head. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

It included an embroidered robe and a tall white turban topped with peacock feathers. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z

He stands tall; his face, a scowling mask. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

From the corner of my eye I see a tall man stride toward me. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

He was taller than when he had left, paler and bonier, and he showed the first symptoms of resistance to nostalgia. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

It was so tall its head was higher than the upstairs windows of the houses. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Meggot, who was a little taller and a little thinner than Yvaine, had lent her several gowns, which the star wore with relief, taking pleasure in wearing something new on different days. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

The sun shone in straight through the tall windows, making the dust dance, and falling into odd shapes, on the floor boards. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

A man tall and princely-looking was sitting by the hearth where the firelight fell full on him. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

Men ring the perimeter, and a sea of top hats peeks above the women's headdresses, fans, and tall hairstyles. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

Wmterfell’s inner wall was the older and taller of the two, its ancient grey crenellations rising one hundred feet high, with square towers at every comer. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

There was tea in a tall gray pot, along with mugs, and butter biscuits on a tray. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

Simon was a tall, blond boy who went to boarding school at St. Mark’s, which could have been in the Dominican Republic for all we knew. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

He’s tall, lean, and wearing all black: black T-shirt, black jeans, black sneakers, and a black knit cap that covers his hair completely. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

My grandmother was five feet ten inches tall, and her skin was the same as mine, darker than Mother's and lighter than Papa's. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

She’s as tall as a trombone, and her hand holds the slide easily. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

At eight in the morning on the third day of the trial— a dozen tall candles now lighting the courtroom in the manner of a chapel or sanctuary—Nels Gudmundsson called his first witness. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

The answer she got was simple: it directed her to a certain room in the tall square building behind her. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

On the further side was a steep brown bank, threaded by a winding path; and behind that the tall mountains climbed, shoulder above shoulder, and peak beyond peak, into the fading sky. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

She also had a crush on a tall, very handsome and popular Nisei boy who sometimes sang and danced in the talent shows. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

His face became red as fire and he seemed to grow twice as tall. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was the tallest thing she had ever seen. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

Dany pictured him riding toward her through the tall grass, smiling, his golden tooth gleaming with the last light of die setting sun. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

He was tall and thin with a sharp face as pale as the crescent moon. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

He tries to expand his chest, stand as tall as he can. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

“He’s not as tall as Daddy was,” Chess murmured, and Emma wondered if he knew that he’d said “Daddy,” not “Dad.” The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

The tall one took a pad from his briefcase. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

The gate was tall and ominous and heavy, set strongly into a stone wall which went off through the trees. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

I didn’t answer I was seven years old, and he looked as old as Grampa, and taller. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

When they toss away all the toys she loves from the tallest tower of the castle, she laughs, even though she feels terrible. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

She stood straight and tall in her maroon robe, and when the sun came through the clear glass windows, her hair glowed like molten silver. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

In the doorway of the forge stood the tall, bent figure of Dallben. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

That thing’s tall enough if you ask me, but I suppose you can’t be too careful. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

“We don’t want to hurt you,” the tall man said. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

She is as tiny as a child, not even five feet tall, and black as night. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

I even promised that if I could grow just a tiny bit taller—even an inch—I would offer a hundred raakat nafl, extra prayers on top of my daily ones. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

It wasn't the tallest building in town, or the most centrally located. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

Schoolchildren, from first graders to high school seniors, stood up straight and tall in the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church sanctuary and offered themselves as “living sacrifices”3 to the cause of freedom and fairness. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

A fairly tall, heavyset, dark-skinned man with a great broad smile, he combined an air of humility with deep-seated confidence. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The road curved left against a tall wall, and a fortified gate creaked as soldiers pushed it open. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

He glances back in the direction of the acrobat tent, he can see the top of it from the courtyard, rising taller than the surrounding tents. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Dancers spin onstage, kids wander in and out, and parents stand on tall ladders, hanging a huge Bayanihan banner from the rafters. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

It was already late afternoon, and I passed through spotted light, then brighter clearings, with grass so tall it bent from both sides to form a tunnel overhead, then back under trees again. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’ll ask another way. Would it surprise you if I told you Jerome Rogers, the child you killed, was no taller than five feet, ninety pounds?” Ghost Boys 2018-04-17T00:00:00Z

She stands on her tiptoes behind several taller people, straining for a good look. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

Everyone wore colorful robes and drove around in chariots and lived in massive stone buildings with tall columns and statues of famous leaders and generals and thinkers. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

The building wasn’t very tall, and Tally would bounce in her jacket if she fell, but the moment her feet touched the ground, the wire would sound an alarm. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

That night we told all the boys about the tall buildings in the city, the noise, the cars, and the markets. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

And seated a little apart was a tall man with a fair and noble face, dark-haired and grey-eyed, proud and stern of glance. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

She wears her hair in a high bun because she probably thinks it makes her look taller, but nope. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

She’s the same height as me, but somehow, the jut of her chin makes her look taller than she is. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

He nodded at the other guy I hadn’t met, this really tall black dude, and said, “That’s Jacobi.” A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

My aunt’s trailer was the top unit in a “stack” twenty-two mobile homes high, making it a level or two taller than the majority of the stacks immediately surrounding it. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

The first male into the clearing fell back immediately, allowing the other male to take the front, orienting himself around the tall, dark-haired man in a manner that clearly displayed who led the pack. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

He was a tall, lean man with a thin black moustache and narrow blue eyes, and a perpetual expression of distant and sardonic amusement. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

She looked up at the tall sundari trees silhouetted against the moon and wiped her cheeks again. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

Across the road, ignoring the cars, the brakes, the squeal of tires; into this gap between tall buildings, and then another road, with cars from both directions. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Beyond that they came again to a belt of trees: tall oaks, for the most part, with here and there an elm tree or an ash. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Only slightly taller perhaps, and prettier, softer and rounder in the face, and the eyebrows severely plucked. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

She says that some day my Chinese side will also make me tall. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Turning toward our house on the hillside, I see movements of a different kind, tall shadows stiffly pushing through the currents. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

He ran his fingers through his curly hair a few times and slipped his feet into tall, unlaced boots. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

On the other side of the river, tall modern buildings, with whole walls of windows, lifted up out above the squat brick constructions. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s a small, old, white building with four tall columns and a row of stairs leading to a tall doorway. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Neel had climbed all the tall palm trees, waded in the creeks, and foraged for wild guavas in every corner of the mangrove forest. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

The little taxi rocked on tall waves, and the boys were temporarily blinded by a Gold spotlight shining through the raindrops. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

Josh was his father's son; he was already at least seven inches taller than their mom—and three inches taller than Park. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

After she had put the cream in the tall crockery churn and set it near the stove to warm, she washed and scraped a long orange-colored carrot. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

The taller one turned around and studied my face. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Up and down the river, an assortment of tall ships with black hulls—schooners and sloops dating from the previous century—also lay at anchor. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

All around the huts, tall palm trees sway lightly in the wind. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Two ugly boys who must have been his sons went before him, struggling with the weight of a heavy metal shield as tall as they were. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

A pair of blue lasers shot from the device, tracing a tall, wide rectangle—a door—in thin air. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

The windows went black, and the dark tall place on the wall came and I went and touched it. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was tall and skinny and looked like a giant string bean. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Not as tall as me; not many people are. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was a funny- looking child who became a funny-looking youth—tall and weak, and shaped like a bottle of Coca-Cola. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Runcorn was so tall that Harry was forced to stoop to make sure his big feet were hidden. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Others fancied elaborate armor studded with gemstones, or tall pointed hats speckled with stars. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Growing up, Kamau had always been slightly taller than him, but in the last year, he’d finally had a growth spurt. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

A tall, thin player came up to the plate, set his feet in correct position, swung his bat a few times, then crouched into a waiting stance. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

The building behind it, tall and white, looked very much like the building we were in. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

The tall one stepped on the gun Jonathan had left. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

When the motion stopped, the riders were streaming away from her in an elegant spiral, leaving her alone with one man who looked down at her from his tall white horse. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

“How did you and Jack end up at the edge of the woods in the first place?” she said, pouring the milk into a tall glass. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

The woman who stood before them was no taller than Nonnie and just as plump, although she wore a long cape, so it was hard to make out her real shape. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

The judge isn’t tall, about the same height as my ma. Ghost Boys 2018-04-17T00:00:00Z

He was a tall man, about six feet, thickset—big but not fat. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

When she stood up, she was a head taller than me with long blonde hair that curlicued down her back. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

Nasser was thirty-five and tall, with freckles and a thick mess of red hair. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

When we entered the city, it seemed as if someone had lit the many tall buildings that shot into the sky. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

The plants were about three feet tall and partially hidden between their dry brown leaves were many cotton bolls. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

I would not have been any more amazed to see many-headed animals, tall Ethiops as black as night, or mermaids thrown upon the sands by the tides. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

He looks just as he did on the cover of Time magazine back in 2014, a tall, thin, healthy man in his early forties, with unkempt hair and his trademark horn-rimmed eyeglasses. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

No wonder they have such tall buildings, though. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

They started down a faint path toward an archway in a tall, unkempt hedge. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

Strong gusts of wind growled and moaned through the tops of the tall timber. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

“What you’re saying contradicts what I see and hear every day in my company,” said Ziegfried, a tall, bald-headed German who worked as senior manager for a large German electronics company in Johannesburg. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

He glided on, flattening his tall, thin, black-cloaked body against the side of the building. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

It didn’t quite work, on account of him being taller than me. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

One was very tall and the other was very short. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

I ran my fingers down the spines of various CDs housed in a metal tower at least four feet tall. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

The tall stalks sheltered us from the storm. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Judging by my father’s height, I figured Mr. Marshall was more than six feet tall, with a commanding presence, fair skin, and brown hair and mustache. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

A tall kid with blond hair and a square jaw sniffed at him, his face devoid of expression. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Over in the corner was a carving of a woman nearly three feet tall. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I pushed some tall weeds aside and jumped over the shallow ditch that ran along the edge of the road. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

Hours later a tidal wave hundreds of kilometers tall washes the earth clean. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

He got out his best tall hat and polished it up. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

He was well over seven feet tall, closer to eight, with massive shoulders and arms thick as the trunks of small trees. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

She has a new boyfriend, the tall, dark-haired, mustachioed Hugo Hübener. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

I drifted into a dream in which I climbed a tall tree whose lower branches disappeared the moment I scaled the higher ones. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

He’s tall and wide and he has a crew cut. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

Complex clusters of stone buildings, so tall and imposing they looked like gods rising out of the water, reached for the sky. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

We line up by height, smallest to tallest, some of us still holding babies. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

It was like I had assumed that only Havana had tall buildings. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

“We don’t want to hurt you,” the tall man said. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

The tall mountain, the Black One, commanded my attention. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

It you don’t stand too close to someone who is taller than you, you can still affect to sneer down your nose at him. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

Tai looks funny standing next to Miss Saunders, who must be close to six feet tall. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

He is nearly as tall as the cabinets, she thought. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

Short or tall, they were all of a similar circumference, about eighteen inches, and they were all cut flat across the top. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

I would like to say I simply took a step away, knowing that the tall man would be groggy and still half-blind. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

You are taller, she says, her voice trembling. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

From the rocky shoreline rose fortress-like seawalls—fifty or sixty feet tall. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

I can’t stand tall enough and put my weight into the swing. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

Vivian seems to gather herself up, to grow taller in her chair. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

Peering through the crowds, Sefia spotted a few tall ships at the end of the dock. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

He was one of the biggest, tallest men in the whole town. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Achilles stripped the bloody armor from the corpse while the Greeks ran up to wonder how tall he was as he lay there and how noble to look upon. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

He saw the tallest boy among them hold his hand up. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

As a child, when I looked at it, sometimes I imagined a tall doctor in a white coat banging on a sheet of metal with a hammer. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Mama stands in the front pew, taller than anyone, her shoulders square and proud. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

He looked down; through thick woods he could begin to see the boulders, great boulders tall as houses, piled one upon another like the wreckage of a vast explosion. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I stand up so he has to look at me, and so I have to look at him, and for once, I'm taller. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

It was like a metal mesa, the length of a football field and as tall as goalposts. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

Whereas before, I was one of the tallest girls in my class, now I was among the smallest. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

We stand in the tall grass and I clutch my stuffed friend. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

Mr Hooper stood back, smoothing his hair, very tall and thin and grey, like some sort of terrible bird. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

Doc turned up the wick on his hurricane lamp, an old oil one with a tall glass cover to protect the light when it was windy. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

One evening while Granddaddy fiddled with his formula for making liquor from pecans, I sat on a tall stool at his elbow and watched him work. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

I asked if I could join them, and a tall Italian named Nic nodded. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

She might beat my body down, but my spirit will stand tall. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Benji turned to see a tall woman in a tan pantsuit staring down at them. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

When he opened the door, the light from within threw his shadow clear across the yard, and for Just a moment lyrion Lannister stood tall as a king. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Robert was a tall man and as he advanced he cast an even bigger shadow. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I straightened my posture to look as tall as possible. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Harry shimmied up a tall, thin little tree. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

There’s El Cantil, a tall, skinny man named after a particularly agile and poisonous snake. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

The trees are so tall I feel as if I am in a cathedral. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

I had seen pictures of the Azadi Tower, and it was stunning—gleaming white angles intertwining into a tall edifice, with intricate latticework that made me think of The Lord of the Rings. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

JT, which was what everyone called him, was tall and blond and played football too. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was a lot taller than I was, with dark brown hair and big dark brown eyes. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Ess shrugged and then stretched her arms up as tall as they would go. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

He has sung whole love songs to the cynical crowds, told tall stories of courage and honor, doing all this without any mythic display, without savvy, almost embarrassing the urban throng. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

And she liked the fact that he was so tall. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

He was a head taller than she was, but he would always be her little brother. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

In the midst of them, thin-stalked, a taller, slenderer fungus, the Charing-T Tower lifted towards the sky a disk of shining concrete. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

There, under a tree in the snow, exhaling little puffs of steam, is a tall, lean, broad-shouldered figure that can only be Henry. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

“The watchmen were only doing their duty,” the tall one began. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

The gust quickly spun into a cyclone that was growing taller than Nathan. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Falconer was a tall man, and I could see the tip of his hood bobbing through the crowd. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

Cole hiked the shoreline a few days early and found a little scrubby pine tree barely three feet tall growing against the trunk of a larger tree. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

The tall man came to the side of the bed. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Only now did Penelope notice that, during the dancing, a curtained playing area had been quickly set up on one side of the ballroom, between the tall windows. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

As Stella gaped at him, she sensed her mother sitting up a little taller, her daddy, too. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

The rich bottom land near the river was studded with tall sycamores, birches, and box elders. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

This road narrowed and ran straight between fields of tall, ripening corn. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

The taller of the two Indians points to the muskets, then to his longbow. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

All have tall barred windows on two sides, with loud exhaust fans at the top. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

There are tall and wide buildings on one side of the street and trees, walkways, and the river on the other side. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

The tall boy, Leo, says, “Hey, will you help us study, Virginia?” The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I stepped out of the car and walked to the tall, wooden front gates of the house. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

She looked closely at Tiller’s smooth skin, that tall, straight back, that engaging grin. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

Daisy and I stayed near the entryway while Malik darted around and finally emerged with a large lizard, maybe two feet long and three inches tall. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

They told me over dinner at Elmer Suds Pub, which is the place with the curly fries and the tables that are so tall you need to sit on barstools. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Their droppings speckled the gargoyles that rose twelve feet tall on either side of him, a hellhound and a wyvem, two of the thousand that brooded over the walls of the ancient fortress. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

We went deeper into the city, and low buildings gave way to taller shops and inns. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

It was tall and nearly invisible, and it invoked such a gut-churning revulsion in Lee that he nearly woke in terror. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

They are standing at the door, Mario, one of their distributors, and a tall, pale man behind him, his glasses thick and wire-rimmed. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Gino kept hammering penalty shots into the upper left corner of the goal while a tall kid in a gray sweatshirt retrieved the ball and rolled it back. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

My English teacher, a tall, wiry fellow with a Ph.D. from one of the black universities, gave us The Merchant of Venice for a reading assignment. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

But then I saw a tall fellow loping toward me, wearing broad blue suspenders and a floppy straw hat. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

“Everyone judged everyone else based on their appearance. People who were taller got better jobs, and people even voted for some politicians just because they weren’t quite as ugly as everybody else. Blah, blah, blah.” Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

“How tall were you when you went out on the boat?” Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

The tall pile of meat teetered on the man's dish as he huffed up the mountain. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

He had kind of a tall Barney Rubble thing going on. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

He had the body of a retired linebacker, six feet four inches tall and 215 pounds, his back unnaturally stiff and upright from having his spine fused so he’d stop throwing it out. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

In the spring the tall grass grew along its sides— wild oats and mallow weeds and yellow mustard mixed in. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Sigemund swam slowly, stopping every now and again to surface and he on his back, sending tall spirtles of water up out of the waves. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z

He filled the doorway, far too tall to be comfortable belowdecks. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

A large, finely woven bamboo basket as tall as Minli’s waist stood next to the chairs. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

I would remember how tall he was, and Jay would remember his deep, rumbly voice. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

The tall corn whispers as we go, about sky, about clouds, about secrets corn knows. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

No, the tall girl perched on the edge of a bed and listened silently and intently until Lyddie ran out of story to tell. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

She hadn’t cried a tall until then, and she really didn’t want to, but when they both stopped crying, the tension was gone and the shaking, and she felt much better. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

She sat back down with him, her legs tucked beneath her so that she seemed taller than Colin. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

Just tall oaks and pines, not burning, lining the endless road. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

Two boys and a tall man sat at the table on which Lucia rolled out her pasta dough. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

Waterman was a small person, barely five feet three inches tall, with an elfin face and the sinewy, inexhaustible physique of a gymnast. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Climb down from the tall tree, my little one,” she said in her own language. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

He must’ve been at least fifteen feet tall, but the most startling thing was his enormous milky eye, scarred and webbed with cataracts. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

He was tall and lean, but in the leanness there was strength. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

Those who have seen it describe a tall, silver-haired creature, something like a skinny bear. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

The white hull was at least ten stories tall, topped with another dozen levels of decks with brightly lit balconies and portholes. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

They are tall and mighty and they live in the hearts and everyday lives of the people. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

It was a cluster of cottages, and, taller than the rest, a church of stone. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

She stared at her friend, who was easily five inches taller in those ridiculous heels. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

He had permanent frown lines between his eyes, and he was taller even than my father. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

There an extremely tall man with long black hair was picking up a file drawer that had fallen to the floor. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

He looked up at the tall masts of the Freedom and grinned. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

He already had his eye pressed against a hole in the school’s tall wooden fence. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

I remember quite clearly what he looked like: tall, slightly stooped, dark hair cut short, brown eyes that seemed to focus two inches behind the bridge of my nose, and that acne. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

Before Valentine’s Day we have to cut out hearts of red construction paper at school and decorate them with pieces of paper doily to stick on the tall thin windows. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Soon she was a giant, almost as tall as the mountain. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

The other was shorter than she, so when Lyddie stood tall and looked down into her eyes, the girl shifted her gaze. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

When he stepped out of the bathroom, there was a girl slightly taller than him standing and staring at him. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Attached to the front is a Crystal Ball that stands around five feet tall. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

And she misses the tall palm trees that tickle the sky. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

The tables were crowded with tall people reaching for bowls of food and talking too loud; cousins and great-uncles and friends from far away. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

He stood up straight and tall and walked through to the living room. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

“Maybe the flagpole could be a plan B when there isn’t the threat of storms, because avoiding tall metal poles is actually a good rule of thumb when lightning may be in the picture.” A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Ma says you can hear the lightning in the tall grass before a storm. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

With the four officials beaming, he wrung my hand in welcome, a young, tall, powerfully built man. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

The tall, thin master looked at me passively. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

It was at least as tall as a small tree but doubled over like it was picking something up, bringing its head closer to the ground. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

I know she can’t lift me with her bad back, and I’m already taller than she is. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s beige sandstone. Large tall windows across the front and upstairs. The entry door sits in a diamond-shaped alcove.” Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

But the boy at the front—the tallest and most muscular—was looking their way. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

So tall were the spiny thickets that the hobbits could walk upright under them, passing through long dry aisles carpeted with a deep prickly mould. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

He is tall and imposing, strong and regal. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

“What delightful enthusiasm!” and he leaned against a tall urn with an air of entire satisfaction. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

I notice that he's not as tall as he seems in the movies. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

In round two the contestants were given dozens of inner tubes and instructed to stack them into tall, puffy towers, which were immediately knocked down by the afternoon's second vachette. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

She thought about him while she sewed, how tall he was, how sweet the sound of his whistling. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

A huge man, taller than Ser Jorah and wide enough to make two of him, the priest wore scarlet robes embroidered at sleeve and hem and collar with orange satin flames. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Roberto, who had attended the school the year before, accompanied me to the main office where we met the principal, Mr. Sims, a tall, redheaded man with bushy eyebrows and hairy hands. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

She began to speak as Elena did—as if she knew people wanted to hear her thoughts—and to hold herself taller, like a dancer. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

There’d be no mention of the tall, reckless dwarf behind the wheel. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

A shadow slid across the lighted glass of Brunners office door, the shadow of something much taller than my wheelchair-bound teacher, holding something that looked suspiciously like an archer’s bow. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

At one of the dances, I saw Roberto standing on the side, next to a girl who was slightly taller than he was. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

Hiroshi lifts his chin up and suddenly he seems an entire foot taller. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

One was a tall man in a business suit and cowboy hat. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

She was tall, yes, and maybe she had long arms, but there were plenty of fine young ladies in Fentress, were there not? The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

I took the slip up to the teacher, a tall, balding man whose desk had a nameplate identifying him as Mr. Mason. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

He was very tall and thin, and his voice was very deep. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

He saw the tall poplars and willows behind the house, in the fields where he stalked badgers, the rumpled hills covered in heather and bracken that spread for miles and miles, dotted with grazing sheep. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Inside the classroom, I discover I’m the tallest student by at least a head or two. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

The kids giggled, and a tall boy with reddish- brown hair and glasses said, “Mrs. Granger has kept Nick after school so much that everyone thinks she wants to adopt him.” Frindle 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lush tall grasses spread as far as the eye could see, a rolling green expanse that was disturbed only by a few small, rusted oil pumps and by cattle grazing here and there. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

The encampment was on the west side, among some very large and tall cottonwood trees. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z

Then I went to the river and cut the tall, green alfalfa that grew wild and carried the bundle home so that I would have a few days of food laid in for the rabbits. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Robin was tall and athletic, and the first time I saw her she was wearing running shorts that were much too short, but I didn’t gape at her. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

There was a tall board fence behind him, and on it a message was written with purple chalk. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

A few moments later, a smooth pillar approximately one meter tall rose from the floor beside the image of the earth. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

He sat up taller, and winced when the pain hit his side. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Buildings rose tall above the colorful cluster of heads and bodies. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

They started through the field of tall grass. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

It doesn't help that my cousin's a good foot taller than me and has the body of a supermodel. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

He supposed that came from hanging around Jason—tall, blond, rugged, and basically everything Leo could never be. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

She took a couple steps up to a large chair behind a desk built into a tall wooden podium. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

The harder I tried to get out, the bigger and taller the trees became. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

She was taller than my mom, and really thin, like those people who go to yoga twice a day and don’t eat real food anymore. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

I was still absorbed in the speech when out of the corner of my eyes I saw two tall white men coming out of the tent. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe even the biggest and tallest kid in all of Harlem! The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

In the center of the platform stood four sea demons, but these were fully grown, at least eight feet tall. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

Lauren, who was almost a full head taller than Maya, patted her sister’s hair as she walked away. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Then I looked up at the tall man who stood over me. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Father then led us to a sunflower field with stalks taller than my brothers and me, even taller than him. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

There were tight lines around her mouth and a sleek confidence to the way she stood, wearing a new wig that made her seem much taller. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

The spotlight threw our pistoning shadows across the beach, ten feet tall and freakish. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

George was a tall handsome boy, gentle and sweet, who had from the first a kind of courtliness. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

And she now was suddenly aware of him: tall heir of kings, wise with many winters, greycloaked, hiding a power that yet she felt. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

No part of the house was taller than one story. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The old man pulled free of his sons, and stood straight and tall, then. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

Angela and Hilda chat at the far end of the bar with the lady serving beverages while Sergio talks to a tall guy with chest hair that puffs out from his tank top. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

Among the generality of men I am tall—six feet even—although among the males of my family I am considered a dwarf. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Or maybe it wouldn't even be an issue—Park might never get any taller than five foot four. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

His soldiers were the tallest that any of the Windblown had ever seen; the shortest stood seven feet tall, the tallest close to eight. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

They saw the claw marks where a bear had shredded the bark of a tall birch. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Of ancient Korean houses and tall westernized buildings. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

It was ten feet tall and must have weighed a solid ton. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

It was tall and netted over with silver cobwebs. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

He pointed with his finger to the tall trees that lined the road. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

I started out by dressing in a white coat and sitting on a tall stool in a room with four cadavers, while Buddy and his friends cut them up. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

I wonder if Howard changed them, and maybe they couldn’t go back to their old hoods because they’ve grown too big, too tall. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Below the tall monument were more headstones—those inside the black iron fence. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z

I’m not tall at all, but Maya has to stand on her tiptoes to cover my eyes. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

He grew tall and rangy, and always there was the darkness about him. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

The modern rows were almost as tall as he and the traditional were about three inches shorter. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

He was a very tall man—from the photo it looked like he’d have to duck to go through the front entrance if he had on his hat. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

They are barely as tall as the tires. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

I stand five feet, five inches tall, a little shorter than freshman year. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

But my corn grew tall and golden, my potatoes were abundant. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

Without a word, Sissy’s tall husband got up, gave over the baby and its bottle to Francie, and still without a word, walked out of the room. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was handsome and tall; he had a friendly smile. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

They were tall and had long thin legs like deer; their heads were long and angular, with heavy bone across the eyes supporting wide sharp horns which curved out over the shoulders. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

I remember walking differently on that day, straighter, taller, firmer. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

A tall, well-dressed black man came forward and paused. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

It’s taller than the one back in DC. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

The mists were so thick that only the nearest trees were visible; beyond them stood tall shadows and faint lights. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

His laughter startled a flight of crows from the tall brown grass. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

They showed a city that looked somewhat like Ember, except that its buildings were lighter and taller and had more windows. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

He was a very short man, hardly taller than Harry and Hermione. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

Located fifty-five miles from the Ouachita site, Poverty Point had as a focus a structure resembling an amphitheater: six concentric, C-shaped ridges, each five feet tall, on a bluff facing the river. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

She was tall and thin with straight black hair, cut to her shoulders. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was tall and he had a handsome face but he always wore spruce greens around his head, over his eyes. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

A city like this one makes me dream tall and feel in on things. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Two young ladies appeared before me; one very tall, almost as tall as Miss Ingram—very thin too, with a sallow face and severe mien. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

The shadows of clumps of tall reeds alongside the ditch darkened it in spots. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Merry wished he was a tall Rider like Éomer and could blow a horn or something and go galloping to his rescue. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

“We get a lot of foreign tourists here,” said the only girl besides Lindsey, who was tall and thoroughly Abercrombified in her tight tank top. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

There was something tall and barrel shaped in the middle of it. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

Moisture from the tall grasses clung to her shins and shoes, making her toes uncomfortably damp. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

She was tall and bony, and wore a perpetually severe expression. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

All at once the lights flickering ahead of him merged together, the roar of the forest rose to thunder and a tall bush directly in his path burst into a great fan-shaped flame. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

They didn’t want an egg, but they did want to be with her, to go inside the wine house of this lady who had one earring, no navel, and looked like a tall black tree. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

But she only agreed because she liked Mr. Option so much, and because he was so tall and lonely and hopeful. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

There was a long white chaise longue and two tall, curvy white armchairs. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

And the tall, slender Children's Tower, where legend said the children of the forest had once called upon their nameless gods to send the hammer of the waters, had lost half its crown. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

When the sun had cleared the tallest trees, Palmer felt a hand squeeze his little finger. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

He was almost as tall as me but soft- looking. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was almost as tall as her now. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

There are physical aspects that make us brown-eyed or blue-eyed, that make us tall or not so tall, or give us curly or straight hair. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

“There was once a slave girl,” the tall, handsome, and very young Roberto Vega said calmly in Spanish. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

The creatures were surrounding something that lay glittering in the mud: something slightly taller than they were, which lay on its side, a large cage, perhaps, with walls of crystal. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

He was not tall but he weighed close to 250 pounds, brick hard. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Then Wang Lung said, beseeching her, “Think and remember a little slight young lad, tall for his years, but not yet a man, and I did not dream he dared to try a woman.” The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

It was coming in through tall windows in the wall opposite my bed. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

Let him grow taller, she asked the gods. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

As I neared the tall doorway, the shoe poet raised his hand to stop me. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

The trunk was at least twenty feet in diameter, with branches as tall as any in the park. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

The second officer was a tall, thin man with a melancholy expression and dark hair thinning above his forehead. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Reaching the State Floor, we made our way toward the tall set of doors leading to the North Portico, when we heard a voice. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

There are bits of grass mixed in with the mud bricks to hold it together, and the wall is at least half as wide as it is tall. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

I’ve been watching Mama cook since I was tall enough to stand by myself in the kitchen. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

Still, at least he was tall enough to look Elzinger in the eye. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

They employed it to build taller and taller buildings, cities in the sky inhabited by a new race of businessmen, whom some called “cliff-dwellers.” The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Summer followed her with his golden eyes, turning, his tail held stiff and tall. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Straight to the door he came, irked with himself to think a visitor had been kept there waiting, and took her right hand, grasping with his left her tall bronze-bladed spear. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

My parents made a striking pair of newlyweds, both tall and good-looking, my mom with a stately, confident air, and my dad, soft-spoken, gentle, and sincere, with an easy smile and a long, straight nose. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

The tall English driver came around and looked in, “I’ll take it very easily,” he said. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

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

A tall officer was on the right side, in front of one of the metal detectors, telling each student what process they were to follow. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Scattered over it were jungle gyms and tall swings, sandboxes, slides and a baseball diamond. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

The results were remark able by any standard—one delicate bust that Lechtman analyzed was less than an inch tall but made of twenty-two separate gold plates painstakingly joined. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

“By the way, is everyone in your family over seven feet tall? Remind me not to wear flats when I visit you.” Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

In the distance could be dimly seen a line of bare cliffs, and in their midst, taller than the rest, one great grey wall. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

From there one could see the country for miles, the long white crooked line of the river, the tall thick timber of the bottoms, the sycamore, birch, and box elder. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

There were twice as many tall, skinny sprinklers as last time. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Everything you do, every attempt you make to climb higher, I feel taller. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

A row of pedestals runs down the middle, leading to a tall red door in the middle of the back wall. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

He was tall and bent and his thin beard straggled up his cheeks like dry moss on gray rocks. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

A tall man with narrowed blue eyes paused as he was exiting the door. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

She is only as tall as a house plant. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

My brother and I had great fun running up and down the tall, shaky steps. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Perhaps it was because already, at the age of nine, I was very nearly as tall as he was. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

He lumbered past her and dove into some tall shrubbery. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

We saw the tall buildings in the distance before we got to them, long rows of huge white apartment towers against a brilliant blue sky. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

She reached over and squeezed his arm for a quick moment before they went back to reading, going through a couple more pamphlets each, the late-afternoon light coming through the tall windows. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

It cut a stark contrast to the impressive municipal offices and other tall, well-manicured downtown buildings of this historic city, where, in 1877, Brigham Young delivered his final sermon. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

In the taxi her parents talked in whispers while Shirley ogled the tall buildings. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

David and I are in the same grade, even though he’s taller and heavier and looks like junior high already. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

The tall thief lifted Grandfather’s sword from the mantle. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Two more tall M.P.s with clubs and hard white helmets were waiting outside at a closed car. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

There was someone who walked through the woods by night, someone tall and slim. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

It was a tall box made from black wood, draped with dark red curtains and with a door in the middle, which the priest used for slipping into the tiny space behind. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

The tall girls went out and returned presently, each bearing a tray, with portions of something, I knew not what, arranged thereon, and a pitcher of water and mug in the middle of each tray. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

News vans with tall antennas are parked across the street. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

Tall for his age—he was over four feet tall at six years old—and muscularly defined, he looked amazingly like his father. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

The range had other mountains, taller, more imposing, but Buck’s Peak was the most finely crafted. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

The tallest was furthest away, standing alone upon a green mound. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

He was tall and muscular, with light brown skin and slicked-back dark hair. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

The yard next door was decorated with gold-colored ribbons strung on tall bamboo stems. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

Except Jenna is short like me, and Mrs. Davis was really tall. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

The man was more than a head taller than she, and was able to look directly over her as he spoke to the Warden. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

Could you get the Ridgeback up the tallest tower at midnight on Saturday? Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

I told Mom that I would protect it from the wind and water it every day so that it could grow nice and tall and straight. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Chima had skin as dark as the bottom of a burnt pot of rice, and was tall for a boy of seven. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

Reginald now was almost six feet tall, but still a few inches shorter than me. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

The tall soldier sprawled before the fire, his long body stretched full length, his head cradled in one arm. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

Only Momma could decipher the lacy handwriting with its long, tall letters all bunched together and the lines running into one another because of the long-tailed, fancy z’s and f’s and g’s. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

They stand back to back, and Isaac says, “Man, J—you almost as tall as me!” Watch Us Rise 2019-02-12T00:00:00Z

His formal proposal arrived a week later, envisioning a tower that was essentially a taller version of what he had built in Paris. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

A tall man sat in the machine next to him, shouting in his ear and gesturing at the controls. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

The tall minister stood again at the altar. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

She picked someone who was tall, skinny, and smart, like her. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

The biggest hostage was six-and-a-half feet tall but had a baby’s face; the smallest was a runty boy who claimed nine years but looked no more than six. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The way she looked at the king—looked down at him, she was a good hand higher, though Renly was near as tall as his brother had been—was painful to see. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Even though a big part of Citra wanted to bolt through the door and run from this, she squared her shoulders, stood tall, reached down, and took the bowie knife. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

It was smooth and grassclad inside, and there were no trees except three very tall and beautiful silver-birches that stood at the bottom of the bowl. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Though Pete was just a boy, lie must of been four to five inches taller than Norris. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Giants lumbered amongst them, forty feet tall, with mauls the size of oak trees. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The tall arched windows were wide open, but it was still uncomfortably hot and stuffy in the Convention Hall’s auditorium, located on the corner of L and 5th Streets in Washington, D.C. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

A very tall, square-shaped man in old blue overalls looked down at me and said, “Clarence, what took you so long?” Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

Because he looked a little dorky with his tall, lanky body? Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

He led her through the tall glass doors and out into the chilly night. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Several pirates staggered to their feet to meet the others, and they carried the body of a tall, well-built guy. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

Lord Stannis Baratheon's refuge was a great round room with walls of bare black stone and four tall narrow windows that looked out to the four points of the compass. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

He’s six feet tall, about forty, a diagonal scar across his cheek; he sits typing, his hands too big for the keyboard, still wearing his pistol in the shoulder holster. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were now on level ground, and the road after much winding lay straight ahead through grass-land sprinkled with tall trees, outliers of the approaching woods. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

He glares down at his hands, and he sits straighter, taller. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

I felt as big as the tallest mountain in the Ozarks. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

And then a tall white stallion with golden eyes came out of the Wood toward them. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

I look up to see a tall woman in a black gown, face covered, by Saint Sarah’s side. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

She’s taller than Carol, with dark thick coarse hair done into two braids. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Forty feet tall, he towered over his brethren. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

“He’s eight feet tall and two inches wide, Sierra.” Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

It was tall, double the height of the forest around it, its branches swaying in a breeze that hit only the very tallest parts. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

Cole’s father sat up taller in his chair. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

It’s about as long as I am tall, but I dragged it out of the bushes eventually and got it upright. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

Walking down the sidewalk, under the canopy of tall trees, I’d warily notice the—suddenly— silent neighborhood kids who stood warily watching me. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

She is tall, with dark brown skin and short hair. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

The flowers shone as if they’d been cleaned and polished, and the tall trees that lined the road shimmered in silvery green. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

“You, the tall one. What do you know of the war?” Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

There was no adult among them, except, some distance away, in front of a cage filled with playful spider monkeys, a tall wiry white man with silver-rimmed glasses stood bemused. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Chimera was now so tall its back rubbed against the roof. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

Male chimps, although they are only four feet tall when upright, are at least three times stronger than a grown man. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

Even Todd, who was taller than both of them, looked a little intimidated. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

When they occur, I’ve learned that there’s not much you can do except stand tall and reach deep. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Isadora, a tall, slim, and tan Caucasian woman, approached Benton with one hand extended. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

Two nights ago, it killed a youngster he knew, a tall, skinny migrant with a cleft upper lip. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

One of them said—a tall one with a long black beard— “It moves independent of the tree.” Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

The doors closed and he dropped downward through space, standing between four tall, silent men in blue. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Instead, I stood straight and tall and said firmly, and what I hoped was manfully, “Yes, sir. You can count on me.” October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

My uncle was exactly one inch taller than my father. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

Skinny with a small but well-formed chest, long back, straight hips, and tall legs. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Guttingen came into the room early in the morning to shut the windows and started a fire in the tall porcelain stove. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

“I’m not asking you to side with me over her here. I’m asking you to stand tall for yourself and wake up before it’s too late.” Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

This tall South African who now captured my attention wore his manhood as a sign of accomplishment, a badge of honor. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

Now his hair is full of salt and pepper, and he's not as tall as I remember. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

This one was four stories tall, many-windowed, and had several wings radiating out from a central hub. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“Good heavens! What have they done to him? He’s about ten feet tall and thin as a wire!” Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z

The Moon did not appear through the clouds, and not long after midnight there was a tall wood all round the north side of Isengard. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

I scrambled back down the slope and walked through the tall grasses till I got to the edge of the trees. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some of the men in the Second Raider Regiment of our Third Marine Division even made a tall wooden sign out of spare planks salvaged from packing crates. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Most large early clocks are driven by a weight which slowly descends: grandfather clocks had to be tall in order to give the weight space in which to descend. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

It was getting harder to fit into these small spaces she liked to hide in; her arms and legs were getting longer from her growth spurts, and she was almost as tall as Bitter now. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

He was one of these very, very tall, round-shouldered guys--he was about six four--with lousy teeth. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

He’s a tall man, gaunt, with deeply creased cheeks. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Already we are taller than Vivi, our hips wider, and our breasts heavier. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

He was so tall now—I stood on my toes and still just came up to his chin. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

The huge gargoyles were at least ten feet tall, with razor claws and horns like rams. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

For example, at the Columbia session, I paid particular attention to a young woman with pale skin and blond, curly hair and a tall, energetic man with green eyes and long brown hair. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

Were the pyramids as tall as this building, did the pharaohs sit on top and take the measure of their kingdoms, to see how diminished the world became when you gained the proper distance? The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Then I realized that when I grew taller, and my legs longer, the number of strides would decrease. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

The hedge maze is taller than the height of an ogre and formed of dense, glossy leaves in a deep green. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

She smiled down on the three of them, because she was even taller than the principal. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

Two high-rises just across the street, with an even taller one behind that. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

He saw the king as he had been in the flower of his youth, tall and handsome, his great antlered helm on his head, his warhammer in hand, sitting his horse like a homed god. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Tillie, the Finnish cook, was a tall, ageless, red-faced, raw- boned woman with long, snow-white hair which she balled in a knot at the nape of her neck. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had just left the company of a tall, muscular man with buckteeth. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

The bow, made of a springy, yellowish-brown wood, was as tall as she was. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

And we love them: tall men and fair women, valiant both alike, golden-haired, bright-eyed, and strong; they remind us of the youth of Men, as they were in the Elder Days. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

At least eighteen hands tall, proud head, and black from his nose to the tip of his tail. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

He imagines himself as a tall white- coated engineer striding into a laboratory: cauldrons steam, machinery rumbles, complex charts paper the walls. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

I poured OJ into a tall glass and shoved it into his hand. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

I knew Big Rose would never be able to make something go as tall as ten feet high. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

She was a tall, elegant woman who had a way of talking to pupils that made you feel good about yourself even if you were being punished. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

The fig is as tall as Axel, while some plants in the space are as tiny as eggs. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Primadonna moves closer to me, and I look her up and down to see that she is much taller because of her fancy high heels. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

There’s a little indie bookstore with tall, arched windows, a grocery co-op on the corner, and two guys walking down the sidewalk, holding hands. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

I introduce Tats and we help move a table in between two tall cardboard minaret-shaped cutouts. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

“Twenty-five ” A tall man standing next to his tall daughter held up his hand. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

Later, when he was chief, the short boy grew taller. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

Looking closer, Taran saw not all were dwarfs; some were tall, slender, with white robes; others were covered with glistening scales, like fish; still others fluttered large, delicate wings. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

As the sun sank lower in the sky, the tall trees at the entrance to the woods looked dark blue. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

Like a plant of maíz stretching for the sun, I am taller. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

It ran only a short distance before Duchess struck and carried it to a tall spruce behind the barn. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

It was as if the people in this city with the tall whistling pines wanted to grab all they could before the war robbed them of choices. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

I stand up and walk away, as tall as I can, even though my legs are quivering. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

The tall youth chuckled as he stuffed Salvador’s pesos into his shirt pocket. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

"You can rely on us," Lavender said, making her height of three feet two inches stretch as tall as possible. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

Imani is tall and slim and dark, like some kind of African princess from a movie. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

He was tall and gaunt, with a pale skin and sunken eyes the colour of a kingfisher’s wing, neither blue nor green. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was tall and slender, bearded, wearing an open-collared shirt and a modest gray coat with missing buttons. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

I read about Klinefelter’s Syndrome, where an extra X chromosome renders a person tall, eunuchoid, and temperamentally unpleasant. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

‘I’ve nothing. But will you please tell that boy down at the Observer? He’s a tall boy, and dark—all I know is that his name is Rab.’ Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

The two intact dragons were each three feet tall, their snouts pointed upward and their steaming mouths open. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

The little girl managed to stand tall enough to peer through the window. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The top branches of the tallest pine slammed into his body as the Berg swung him into it. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

She also saw three huge tankers, moored one behind the other, lying across their path, like tall buildings. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

He pulled himself once more up the bank to the tall tree without branches and sat again with his back against the rough bark. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z