If you forgot to pay attention to it the lid would blow off like a bomb, and the carrots and potatoes would be hurled to the ceiling, where they’d stick like mush. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

The air was clear and cold, and the wind had a nasty bite to it. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

He was spitting and sputtering, and another monkey, a green bracelet around its arm gleaming in the light, scrambled to it. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

But I do not dare to disturb it with the truth, because I am too busy clinging to it for support. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

Next to it was Aaron’s father’s record collection, shelved in the bookshelf, of old vinyl records. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

I wasn’t mad that Vonetta had gotten the Timex with the pink wristband and couldn’t hold on to it, while mine is plain brown and still on my arm. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Aravis couldn't help making a face when she tasted it, for goats' milk is rather a shock when you are not used to it. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

Millard insisted on carrying the Tales in his arms, heavy and bulky as it was, because he might need to refer to it at any moment, he said. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

Beowulf believed he could put a stop to it simply by slaying one monster. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z

But I can remember when we came to it with prayer, listening for trouble in our laboring old motors, drawing a plume of steam from our boiling radiators. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

They had not forgotten the prophecy of that morning, ‘They go out by “Yankee Doodle,” but they’ll dance to it before nightfall!’ Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was grubby, little bits of fluff from the pocket clung to it. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

There’s much more to add to it now, about being on Six North. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

Coming back in, he took the gloves off before he poured water from a pitcher into a basin, then added a pouch of dried plants to it. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Andrews, according to statements credited to him, “didn’t feel anything about it. The time came, and I was doing what I had to do. That’s all there was to it.” In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

Eight horses were hitched to it and made it go, so this was an eight-horsepower machine. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

They would have to respond to it and indeed, My Lord, they are responding to it. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Beast immediately drew closer to it, with a hopeful expression. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

S. shook his head, beaming away at me, and said cleverness was my permanent affliction, my wooden leg, and that it was in the worst possible taste to draw the group’s attention to it. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

Emery was used to it—she didn't make me explain myself. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

“But I have to say I am looking forward to it. Do you know the details about how it’ll go?” Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

I turned my back to it, tramping my shadow into the dust. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

And the coyotes howling, which had scared him as a kid until he got used to it and until he began to travel with a .22, killing the coyotes. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

But the crack was much thinner than he'd thought, now he got down to it, he could see nothing except a faint greyness. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

But the competition is clear, so much so that everything else is tied to it, past and future. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

The ceilings had set off a ghostly echo, giving all that desperate hilarity the quality of a memory even as I sat listening to it, memories of things I’d never known. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

He said that everything depended on reaching the coast, yet waking in the night he knew that all of this was empty and no substance to it. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

I used to listen to it all the time when I was little and thinking about grown-up things. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

Caroline waited until he had generously salted and peppered his potatoes, then she laid her elbows on the table and propelled herself a bit closer to it and thus to him. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

She pressed her ear to it, but heard nothing. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

At first I paid no attention to it. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

It rang again and again and finally she went to it. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

“It’s okay. I almost went along with it too. I guess sometimes it’s just hard to find that line and stick to it, even when something feels totally wrong to you.” When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

He had gotten used to it after all these years, but still, there were times when the waste got to him. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

I walk up to it and smile, for this is the tiniest tree that I have ever seen. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

An orange light flashes, and all at once the window—and the windows above, below, and next to it—shatters into hundreds of tiny pebbles that shower over the Candor below. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

"I mean, I can't. I don't have any way to listen to it. God, just take it back." Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

She has a poison personality, and I feel that even I am susceptible to it. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

The path down to it leads to where Acheron, the river of woe, pours into Cocytus, the river of lamentation. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

Every food item in the store seems to have a little story attached to it. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

But even small insects like us knew that ‘Captain’ was not a very exalted rank and only a man with little else to boast about would hang on to it in civilian life. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

She nodded, not wanting to speak to it. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

And next to it lay El Patron in a hospital bed. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

But there was more to it than that, when I got to thinking about it. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

They walked out to it and quickly climbed to its peak. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

As the column of fire reached the beach, Calypso stood and bowed to it formally. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

He was pale and gaunt, and his skin had a yellowish tint to it and was parchmentlike on his face and hands. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

She hands it back, and Tall Guy adds something to it. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

Apparently, my body is hungry even if I’m not paying attention to it. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

“And that is my cue to exit! I’ll leave you to it.” Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

They practically beg Roza to perform, and she sets to it, all talk and no substance. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

“If that’s what you want,” said Shanna, “you can definitely have it. You can have anything if you set your mind to it. You pray and you, like, visualize.” Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

“Well, me, I’ll drink anything. I mean, I’m used to it. It wouldn’t be good for you, though.” Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

But after a while we got used to it. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was a tree there with long branches that seemed straight and when he pulled on one of them and let go it had an almost vicious snap to it. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

Beats so fast, your hips would fall off if you even tried to move to it. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

“Now, I mean. Trying to stay sober. He’s there for you as much as he can be. He didn’t abandon you. He created a situation, and he’s owning up to it.” Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

Party Pig, people called him, and not entirely with affection, either; but he liked this name and took a kind of a stupid pride in living up to it. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

By referring to it, he might manage to annoy Hooper, though he doubted even that, and in any case, he would never know for sure, Hooper kept a bland face. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

“I was so frantic, but all I could think was that there was something to it; there was a strength in it. And I couldn’t kill him, so I had to try.” Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

But that was because she wasn’t used to it. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

“There’s nothing to it. Haven’t you used your fists before? Or are you afraid of him because he looks big?” Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

The blade gleamed long and thin, with an evil-looking curve to it. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

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

They had not at all grown accustomed to it. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Leo figured there had to be more to it than just symbolism. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

The soil had a lot of clay and there were some sacks of chicken manure to add to it. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

For instance, the speed at which a device delivers information can dictate how drawn we are to it. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

Harry did not need to kneel or even approach very close to it to make out the words engraved upon it. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

An athlete boasts that in Rhodes he performed the most astonishing jump and claims he can produce eyewitnesses to testify to it. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

"That’s my room,” she said, pointing at a closed door, "and my bathroom,” pointing to the closed door next to it. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And we’ll tie the shoestrings into a bracelet, a pretty bracelet, and you can wear it on your arm. Okay? You can add shells to it, or stick flowers in. It’ll be fun.” Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

“Yeah. It’s scary at first. But the weird thing is, if you keep looking at them, you kind of get used to it.” Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

But in the end, they always came around to it. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

Harry counted out five little bronze coins, and the owl held out his leg so Harry could put the money into a small leather pouch tied to it. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

Those who, like these men, become princes through their virtue acquire the principality with difficulty, but they hold on to it easily. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z

I’ve chosen that school because I can walk to it, instead of going on a bus; so why not walk with Cordelia? Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Birthdays, Death Days, and ESP Probability theory began with gambling problems in the seventeenth century, and something of the gaming flavor and appeal clings to it to this day. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Next door to it was a pasticceria with pastries and cakes of all shapes and sizes in its windows. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

If DNA was like this, each adenine residue would form two hydrogen bonds to an adenine residue related to it by a 180-degree rotation. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

Climbing with oxygen for the first time in my life, I took a while to get used to it. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

“You’re her daughter? But then, you must know what happened to it!” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

“Kreacher,” said Harry after a while, “when you feel up to it, er...please sit up.” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

The glimmering palace tugged at her, and Hazel gave herself to it, even though she was nothing. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

The closer Nathan got to it, the more details he was able to distinguish. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

But if Pet stood next to it, the colors would match, right down to the splatters of paint on the floor around the canvas. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

A bundle of soiled blankets is bunched in the corner, the remains of the food scattered next to it. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

The Siege of Leningrad did not end until January 1944, almost two years after the premiere of the symphony dedicated to it. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

She switched back to talking to it in her head. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

By instinct or by study, he had an exceptionally firm grasp of the human imagination and how to appeal to it. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

For three years, I’d given myself to it with zeal, taking responsibility for the largest and the smallest of operational tasks, right down to restocking paper in the photocopier. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

I’ve gotten used to it, walking around as if I have a time bomb glued to my back, except the bomb maker forgot to tell me when the thing is supposed to go off. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

Until he finally finds himself tedious and decides to put an end to it. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

“No. But I guess I was pretty clumsy getting close to it, so he might have heard me and been frightened.” A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

If you didn’t understand something in class, just drop an anonymous note into the box anytime afterward, and Sabbatini would get to it at the beginning of the next class. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

He walks to the door and stands next to it. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

Swallows’ nests clung to it, one above another. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

We might be inclined to laugh at the extravagance of his beauty-worship if there were not some-thing almost magnificent in his single-minded dedication to it. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I waited until I saw a Negro use the phone, and then I hurried to it, closed the door and asked the long-distance operator to call my home collect. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, do what you can. The little things. See to the water. Once the army is gathered in one place all the wells will run dry. See to it, George.” The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You’re not upsetting me. And it’s hard not having my dad around still, but yeah, I’m kind of getting used to it. You’ll get used to your mom working more.” Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

Livestock ordinarily avoid this plant unless forced to turn to it in late winter and early spring by lack of other forage. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

“Every form of medication in the book. Mom, too. And then me, with the pot...when you come right down to it, there isn’t anybody in the household who isn’t seriously drugged except the fish.” It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

When I got to it, I went down and pushed along on my belly. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘Now get on!’ said Merry, and after that the travellers saw to it that their ponies’ pace was quick enough to push the Shirriffs along as fast as they could go. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

And she will forget me, plain, rough, miserly Lyddie who only bought her ribbons because she was shamed to it. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

“Such pride. Don’t you make that mistake, girl. Open your eyes to it, or you’ll end up like your mother. Nightbringer was right in front of her, and she never even knew it.” An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

He flexed his fingers and struck a few soft, experimental notes, then swept into the song so gently that I caught myself listening to it before I knew it had begun. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

There was some fun to it at first. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

I rush to it, open the back, and remove the note. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

That evening she stopped early, built a bright fire and cooked a stew, adding to it a sweet-leather lichen from the tundra. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

I can’t hang on to it for much longer without attracting more suspicion. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Then we must bring her to it safely.” The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Because there was no purpose to it—that’s what made it so terrifying. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

“Tell another story, Mother, one with a moral to it, like this. I like to think about them afterward, if they are real and not too preachy,” said Jo, after a minute’s silence. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

Their life-style was exciting, adventurous and full of surprises; and I was attracted to it. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

“All right, guys. Hop to it. Pencils out. I want you writing this stuff down in your scripts.” Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

Inside of thirty feet it was matching the current, or close to it, and Brian watched the banks sliding past as the raft moved silently down the river. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z

In my account, history did not set Mormons apart from the rest of the human family; it bound them to it. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

To achieve the look, a Bryan house may have a section of brick and next to it one of stone, then one of cedar shake. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

“Not if I’m helping. From now on, we will hereby refer to it as Operation Egg.” The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I thought about this more often now that I was an adult, especially when people applauded me for my achievements, as if there weren’t a strange and cruel randomness to it all. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

“We tested it after we brought the boat in. It didn’t have any juice to it, Mr. Gud- mundsson. Didn’t have any juice at all.” Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Then, she bought me a record by Billie Holiday and asked if I wanted to go to her house and listen to it. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

He leans in, tries to get his ear as close to it as he can. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

It was noisy inside, but we felt what was happening, rather than listening to it. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

While he was drinking his moderate allowance, he said, with nothing to lead up to it, and after having appeared rather fidgety,— Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

We are used to it in the physics of sound. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Hyperborean was cradling a Native American totem pole wrapped in furs, humming to it like a baby. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

She said, “I will keep the Bob Marley tape and bring it back tomorrow. So come by and listen to it.” A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

They rose up and returned to it, and were subsumed by it. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

In later poets there are various entrances to it from the earth through caverns and beside deep lakes. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But we got used to it, I guess.” Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

This has a ring of truth to it. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes one can judge an organization by the people who belong to it, and I knew that I would be proud to belong to any organization in which Walter was a member. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was a path, but how he was to get up the slope to it he did not know. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

As Professor Lupin went to stand next to it, the wardrobe gave a sudden wobble, banging off the wall. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

The Agena was below me on my left, and a loop of my umbilical line was awfully close to it. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

He heaved a pile of parcels onto Harry’s camp bed and dropped the money bag and a load of socks next to it. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

He walked over to it and picked it up, turning it in his hands, peering into its darkened crevices. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

“Got a late arrival, Bertha. See to it she gets a room and a good night’s rest. Big day tomorrow.” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

She hung her cloak on a peg inside the door after shaking off the snow that clung to it. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I felt around it but the rope was no longer tied to it He'd cut the raft loose! The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

“There’s more to the job in terms of giving people what they want. But you gotta work up to it.” X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Okay,” I whispered, "there’s your dinner. Go to it! Get your fill as fast as you can, poor bunny. I’ll stand guard.” Bunnicula 1979-03-01T00:00:00Z

People referred to it as Upstate New York, though it was right there in Manhattan. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

Her red-leather jacket had a subtle design to it—twisted branches of an apple tree populated with skeletal birds. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

My eyes were riveted to it, and to me it was like a battering-ram or the bows of an icebreaker or maybe a couple of high-explosive bombs. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

When you know your name, you should hang on to it, for unless it is noted down and remembered, it will die when you do. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

I want to lunge at Dray’s face, but Pri has beat me to it and is already yelling and cursing at him at the top of her lungs. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

“He’s over there. Honest to Christ. I swear to it.” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Fortunately, half of the PT boat floated for a while as they hung on to it and made a plan. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

The floor, consisting of narrow planks of treated wood, was flat and the vertical sides of the buoyancy tanks were at right angles to it. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

A train was coming into the station, and I pushed through the crowd trying to get to it, all of us blocked by the people standing on the sidewalk, watching the Jews go by. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

There was no end to it; it knew no boundaries; and he had arrived at the point of convergence where the fate of all living things, and even the earth, had been laid. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

She jumped to it, shook her feathers, and settled down. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

“I tell you she—” began the fat man, when someone else called out: “Don’t let the old cove in the cab get away. ’E put ’er up to it.” The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

Finally Sam tied the mouse to it and swung it again. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

‘And take Merchant Lyte. Everybody along Long Wharf knows you called him a gallows bird. He’s not used to it.’ Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘Giants appears and that’s all there is to it. They simply appears, the same way as the sun and the stars.’ The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

The woman in Boston thought the story had some real zip to it, so she called the network news editor in New York. Frindle 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

The photo next to it was of a group of women in stained blue burkas, walking along a dirt road. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

I hadn’t had a sip of wine all week and was really looking forward to it. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

She leaned next to it, her ear against the wood, and listened. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was open when I touched it, and I held to it in the twilight. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

The envelope was still sealed, but crushed like Big Ma had been holding on to it for hours, waiting for us to come home. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

When you get right down to it, none of us were doing our work properly, because we were all so busy watching Mr. van Daan. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

He had held a magnifying glass to it. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

“I was always scared when I left home each summer, but I had a nice time once I got used to it.” The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

The closest thing to it was the time she was walking down the street and her napkin slipped free of her sanitary belt. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

“No. But don’t worry, I’m used to it.” Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

The tail looked much larger when he got next to it, with a major part of the vertical stabilizer showing and perhaps half of the elevators. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

Well, at least I knew that Easton was a few miles to the north, and that the road that ran past the Weylin house would take me to it. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

“Mojo seemed to have a mystical charm to it,” said Hurd. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

None of this would be easy or comfortable if it came to it, and there were, of course, no guarantees that any of us would survive. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

She was clutching Herbie’s arm, clinging to it, repeating over and over, “It isn’t true, is it? It isn’t, is it?” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

Reader, it was on Monday night—near midnight—that I too had received the mysterious summons: those were the very words by which I replied to it. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

The police had set up a checkpoint in the street that was nothing but a card table with a sign taped to it. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

Continually besieged by newsmen, photographers, and autograph hunters, he finally put a stop to it all: By the midpoint of the tournament he wouldn’t pose for a photo, sign his autograph, or answer any question. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

I looked at my mom, who moved her lips to the words, and I wondered how many times she’d sat there and listened to it that day. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

Still, I couldn’t help thinking there was more to it, that the whiskered little fellow was having an experience of his own—which might include digestion in a critter’s stomach if Stargirl’s fears came true. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

But I figured there had to be more to it than Sam knew about. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even though he’d been leading up to this disclosure in the spirit of silliness, when he got to it, it didn’t feel silly. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

I see his eyes follow the rope to the crate, and he goes over to it, sitting in front and waiting for the door to open. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

“If it’s about what I said at the party—” “Forget it. I’m used to it.” We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

“You get right to it, don’t you? Your great-uncle inherited the house from his father, who was your greatgrandfather. He was a very successful man with plenty of money.” All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

“You seem to be describing plans to commit a crime. I don’t want to hear any more about it. As a lawyer I can’t be a party to it.” Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

She wears a cardigan with a yellow star sewn to it. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

I hope my experience will be a microcosm for readers, who will also appreciate art in direct proportion to the amount of knowledge they bring to it. The Annotated Mona Lisa 1992-06-01T00:00:00Z

As she spoke, we stepped carefully between the posters, choosing one and then plopping down next to it. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

If he could love her like people wanted him to, and she loved him, and there wasn’t any more to it than that. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

They saw to it that she stayed hidden in a house on the outskirts of Troy for two days. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was some grumbling about seal being fit only for dogs, but the men soon got used to it, especially when it was served as a succulent roast with onions and potatoes. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

He slumped on the expensive settee again, listening to it creak as he fell back into it. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

When the water is boiling, remove the pot from the heat and add to it four regular-sized tea bags. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

He had disagreed last night, had argued all moming, but now he was setting his mind to it. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Agreed to it right away, really she didn't care, anything with two legs and a good you-know-what was fine with her. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I think she’s used to it. Whenever someone asks her to say something, she curses at them.” Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

A good reader and skilled writer, Courtney easily masters her schoolwork, except when she is indifferent to it. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

The ceiling fan spun round and round, and the light bulbs attached to it clinked against one another. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

There had been a picture of her once, and he had carried the tin frame to bed with him at night, and whispered to it. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

Each file had a number assigned to it and seemed to have been saved in random order. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

“Not once you get used to it. I’ll meet you at the raft.” Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’m made to answer to it, when they call. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ben held one hand out to it, as if feeling the warmth of a fire. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Latimer is a magnet school, which means that kids from all over the city can come to it. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

For the most part, people lived there who had to have easy access to it. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Basilisk flees only from the crowing of the rooster, which is fatal to it’!” he read aloud. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

He listened to it and told it to slow down. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

This explanation given, the subject was dropped, and no further reference made to it by either Mr. Rivers or his sisters. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

Steam was introduced into a cylinder, which was then cooled by having water sprayed on to it. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Day number 3 was even quieter than day number 2 but day number 4 had an entirely different feeling to it. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Let’s get back to it then. Brace yourselves, the story takes a turn now. Downward. Darker. Clouds on the horizon.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The rod had two disks attached to it, one white and one red, which were 1 meter apart. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

Mr. Prud’homme released his breath with a sort of amazed laugh, stared at Finny for a while, and that was all there was to it. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Berg passengers had left the door of the exit ajar, and Alec crouched next to it, leaning in to listen. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

“I know it’s mean but I just can’t rise to it. Why don’t you just go out and shut the door and leave me alone? I’ll get you down if you don’t.” Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

“My dad used to say that anything was possible when you put your mind to it.” The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

I don’t think they taste it, because they’ve gotten used to it, little by little. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

Annabeth punched her arm, but there was no force to it. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Us two meaningless kids with some meaningless plan, and how if you got right down to it absolutely nothing we did or planned to do even mattered. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

Beholding the MAV, he gestured to it with both arms, as if in disbelief. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then we have a looonnnnng assembly and watch Martin Luther King’s “I Have a Dream” speech, which you know by heart from listening to it fifty-eleven times at home. Booked 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Pinned to it is a small lavender paper heart. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

I don’t have to remember where the control room is, because the people in the hallway lead me to it. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

However, when you wish to hold on to it this is accompanied by endless problems, both with those who have helped you and with those you have suppressed. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z

For a long time Siddhartha had lived the life of the world without belonging to it. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z

They took the original plainchant and added a second line that ran exacdy in parallel to it, at a slight distance, like two train tracks. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

The stack containing my aunt’s trailer had collapsed into a fiery, smoking ruin, along with all of the stacks adjacent to it. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

He would play an episode of Sesame Street on a television monitor, and then run a slide show on a screen next to it, showing a new slide every seven and a half seconds. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I hadn't paid much attention to it before, but now I see it's a small bird in flight. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

“Well, really, it was Marcus who had the difficult day. I shouldn’t lay claim to it.” Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

“I am looking forward to it,” I say. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

"I was convinced of its necessity, and I was deeply committed to it." Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

It whispered a few words to it and then the crystal glowed even brighter. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

The sun was out for once, and Inej had turned her face to it. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

A zero-dimensional electron has an infinite mass and charge because it is a singularity; as you get closer and closer to it, your measurements zoom off to infinity. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

Nathan prepares the bier, I see him lifting the body on to it. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

No sooner was he all set as the Mayor—post master— landlord—storekeeper, than he bought a desk like Mr. Hill or Mr. Galloway over in Maitland with one of those swing-around chairs to it. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

Lucky for me it glows in the dark, and I line up the “E” and stick to it. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

There was nothing in mainland Greece to compare to it. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z

Unless elves were allergic to it, like trolls or dogs. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

I was used to it by now—his devotion to the never-finished task of governing. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Next to it, I discerned the air-lock corridor, the gray zone through which the soldiers had passed into the hot zone. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I came to it after passing the beggars, I looked to my left and saw the American flag flying over the American consulate building. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

His freakish stillness has a kind of mesmerizing quality to it. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

The two men concentrated on the heart of the llama, and all the gathered shamans also studied the heart intently, speaking to it in praise and trying to listen to its message. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

If you had told me to go alone, you knew that I would never agree to it. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

The closest thing to it had been a toy gun made out of bamboo when I was seven. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

Shasta strolled over to it and patted its neck. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

She even asked Brother Quang to bless the house right after midnight, so I couldn’t beat him to it by touching my big toe to the carpet before dawn. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

I’m so used to it not being a big deal, in fact, that Dr. Chin’s shock catches me off guard. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

“Well, Sam, let’s go to it. Take care of yourself.” The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I decided that was why he was anxious, and so I put an end to it. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

The holes in it marked the progress of his emaciation and the leather at one side had a lacquered look to it where he was used to stropping the blade of his knife. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

I had never really paid any attention to it before. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

Then I asked a man and he took me by the arm and led me to it. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

Speaking to it was how they gave it instructions, but that did not mean the Nightbeast had to listen. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

I started across the bridge, and it was the first time I ever remember talking to it. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

He went near to it and stared at it, puzzled and alarmed. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

“You think this all there is to it? Picking a few berries?” Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

I scramble to it and reach up to help her. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Orange Juice lay next to it, against the dead zebra. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

They went up to it carefully, keeping an eye on the grove in case another one should fall. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Minerva says everyone in the whole capital turns to it before the news. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The whole way up from Pittsburgh he’d kept his face glued to it like an old fly. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

He pointed to it and looked up, over his shoulder, to the Buckeye. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

“I guess I brought some new talent to it. But I want to go to Sauk Centre.” Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s perfectly happy here, and your uncle will only do something horrid to it if we take it home.” The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

Ice had formed in its shaggy grey fur, and the faint smell of corruption clung to it like a woman's perfume. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

We decide the boy’s outer shoulder is the first point of entry and then he leaves me to it. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

“I’m really sorry I interrupted your incredibly important poker game. Please go back to it right now.” The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

He ran over to it and started searching. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

“I wouldn’t go to it for ten dollars.’ The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dr. Leale would see to it that Lincoln would die with dignity, in a proper bed. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ruffled tissue paper had been stapled around the heart, probably by the PTA mom who sat at the table next to it. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

My mother is not immune to it, either. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

‘Get to it! It’s your best hope. Off you go! And quick, before I knock a few more heads off, to put some sense into the others.’ The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Next to it, in parentheses, I wrote the word band. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

The horizon and water leading out to it were empty. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

They would see to it that no tea was smuggled ashore and that no harm was done to the ships. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

An unopened package of peppermint candy next to it. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

"The castle won't grow no smaller, I promise you that, only now there'll be fewer hands to tend to it. You lot of slugabeds are going to learn what work is now, yes you are." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

It's nothing special, but the wife will see to it everything's clean and comfortable enough in a basic sort of way.' The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

A few shelves lined with jars of food hung next to it. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

The virus had been endemic in Europe for centuries, which meant that most Europeans were exposed to it before adulthood. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

At certain moments, at least, she was looking forward to it. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

The airy way she said it made me think there was more to it than that, that she was skirting something important, but she didn’t continue. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

He tried to decide whether to go to it or continue toward Big Thumb. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

Next to it, on a low bookstand, is a book covered by a cloth. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

The Thug said, “Nothing to it, little man.” Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

If it’s bad, as long as they own up to it and promise to do better, he’ll still give them a meal. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

“His carer’s actually been to see it. He says it’s not far from the road, so anyone can get to it without much bother. This boat, it’s just sitting there, stranded in the marshes.” Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You get used to it. We’ll spend most of the summer waiting for a breeze, going or coming.” The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

The first door I try is locked, but Tobias fires at the window next to it until it breaks, and unlocks the door from the inside. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

There was a formality to it, like a funeral without the sadness. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

There’s a sharpness to it he recognizes instantly as Zahra before she even speaks, and he wonders why the hell she didn’t just call before he reaches for his phone and finds it dead. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

I'm caught up in the music—just totally lost to it. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

“I’m going to tell anyone who can put a stop to it, and Dumbledore’s top of the list. I might have another word with your dad too.” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Long before the Negro child perceives this difference, and even longer before he understands it, he has begun to react to it, he has begun to be controlled by it. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z

“You can stay, provided the Spirit Medium agrees to it.” The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

Kingshaw poked his finger into the centre of one, and the fine strands clung to it and came away, cold and slightly sticky. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

I open my textbook and direct all my attention to it, walking nimbly, so as not to catch his eyes. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

The bakery wagons backed up to it and unloaded the bread right on to the counter. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He comes the closest to it of any Tang man I have ever seen.” Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

The palm tree was done, and it looked as if she was adding coconuts to it. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

He said: “You shall be mine. That is the oldest law between your people and mine. But you must agree to it freely; if you do not, then I will not grant your wish.” Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

The policeman reported that he heard the crash and ran to it. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Frisby had never realized until that moment, standing next to it, how very big the bush was, how dense, how incredibly thorny. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

“You can put some jazz or something to it. Are these all abandoned houses?” Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

When the knot didn’t give, she applied her teeth to it. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

As if she had done this before, and never quite wanted to, but submitted to it all the same. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

I was tempted to go to it, but that might be a sucker move. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

The benches were under a covered roof, but it was a warm night with no wind to it and it wasn’t even needed. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

They would see to it that he went on no voyage. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

Last one out turned the generator back on—we had attached a timer to it. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

“I’m not the only one on your side. You have courage. Hold fast to it. Don’t let him bully you.” Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

Christoffel's face has a touch of wonder to it, as he remembers that moment. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

For that reason, we must be able to respond to it on many levels. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

But it was sleeping soundly and nobody was paying any attention to it. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z

No matter how unrealistic or idealistic the dream might be, I’ve secretly clung to it with my whole heart. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Within a quarter of an hour we came to Miss Havisham’s house, which was of old brick, and dismal, and had a great many iron bars to it. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

Macon wouldn’t bother her no more; she, Pilate, would see to it. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And it had your name pinned to it.” The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Today, since it’s so hot, she wearing a red sleeveless dress with no waist to it. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Tristram had done no good to it in Cornwall. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

I stop straining against the bonds securing my hands, since there ain’t no use to it and all I’m doing is giving myself a fine rope burn. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

"Come, brothers. Leave him to it. It will go easier for him if we do not watch." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

With the crown passes the oaths of all those sworn to it. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Joe walked away from the murder scene, dropped the knife in a nearby alley, and headed to a pay phone to call his father, but the police had beaten him to it. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

He was beginning to warm to it; the words were beginning to flow. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had been looking forward to it for months. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

Or like marimbas only with a funny little plucked sound to it like if you were running your fingers across the teeth of a metal comb. The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’ll leave you to it, then. Lots of work to do.” Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

“We have some very serious issues to discuss, and I hope you won’t mind if we get straight to it.” Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

“He said as soon as I felt up to it, I should get moving.” Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

Normally, Mom makes a game of it and wipes Doodle’s nose as well to make Penny tolerate it better, but I guess she didn’t feel up to it this time. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

There were a demon and a demoness and two frightened demon children clinging to it. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Thinking about all of this makes me remember asking him once how he could stay awake all night, and he told me he was used to it. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

“All prisoners, political or otherwise,” says the second, “are forced to do labor, even if they have not been sentenced to it.” All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

But no one had believed, when you came right down to it, that it was anything more than a game. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bran had found that strange at first, hut he was growing used to it. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

I listened to it so much that I started singing it to myself without even realizing it. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He knew I was hunting it, and so he got to it first.” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Members of the community can add stuff to it, as long as they ask the librarians first. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Sometimes I think she put him up to it, and is laughing at me; as I laugh, from time to time and with irony, at myself. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

They came to it from the rear, from behind a big tent. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

Married to a cudgel, married to a pestle, Be faithful to it. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

So when I got to it, I took the right and tried to get my instinct to take me to where they had just been. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

She understood that now, and she knew she had a responsibility to live up to it—if the unicorn allowed her to. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

It had a piece of tobacco stuck to it from Grandfather’s pocket. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Wun Wun had never tasted wine until he came to Castle Black, but once he had, he had taken a gigantic liking to it. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

She sucks in a large breath and holds on to it for what feels like an eternity. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

“All right. I’ll leave you old grandpas to it, then,” I sassed. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

There was a lust and hunger to it that went even beyond sex. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

She measures the three bites of turkey left on my plate and the bread crumbs that I scattered next to it. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

He glided to where I was and placed the basket at my feet and pointed to it. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

The Army saw to it that William was buried in Arlington National Cemetery with full military honors. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Still he set himself to it, answering gravity, a man. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then we do our special handshake, laughing as we add even more parts to it. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

And maybe he will add his thoughts to it, and maybe others will, too. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

It don’t seem too concerned about us, probably thinking it can snap its shell shut and dive underwater faster than we could get to it. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

And it’s impossible to say what he couldn’t get, if he gave his mind to it.” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

You pretty much had to get used to it. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

It did more damage to me than I did to it, at least on the outside. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

“No, it is. I live in an apartment really close to it. My parents took me once, but I haven’t been in a long time.” Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

It took the better part of fifteen minutes before he drew very close indeed to it, and then he stood looking at it from cover. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t say a word or even nod, but she walks away like I’ve agreed to it. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

“You can’t be serious. He runs from every fight, and he admits to it. He’s proud of it.” Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

The column and the responses to it ricocheted all over the world, via e-mail, mailing lists, links, even faxes. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

All I know is that it’s going to be tough to listen to it all year. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

You can’t whisper your love to it over and over and over again. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

The Huntsman gave her a horn cup with a leather strap affixed to it. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

I guess the iron tire on the spinning wheel was roughed up pretty badly and maybe had chips of broken rock and gravel stuck to it. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

The house had a nice warm smell to it. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

I took the newspaper, laid it out on the kitchen floor, pulled down my pants, and squatted and got to it. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Without any hesitation he saw to it that my forthcoming fellowship was transferred to the Cavendish. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

I listened to it hit, falling like a dead bird somewhere out in the dark green. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

I put a little sponge inside the mitt, but it would still have a sting to it. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The air had a gray tint to it, and a damp, foul smell like an ashtray. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

You leaned against the cow’s side and crooned to it. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

“You’ll get used to it after a bit. Now, let’s look for somewhere dry that no one else has found and then perhaps we can sleep, too.” Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You have to happen to it. Remember: The spirit grows sluggish when you neglect the passions.” Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

If you made a mistake, that was all there was to it. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You’ll stand on your good leg. Let the other leg hang next to it. No weight on it. Want to give it a try?” Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

Sergio gives it a kick and then quickly apologizes to it. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

I feel sharp pain when the needle goes in, but I am used to it now. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

"I'll get used to it," I said, scooping up a heavy load. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I am accustomed to it. Most of the time it is manageable.” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

“If it is necessary, Messieurs,” she said quietly when he had finished, “that is all there is to it. My maid has the keys. She will attend to it with you.” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

In an emergency, I can get to it fast. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

"And that,” said Hugo, "is all there is to it.” Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

The first part cried, Please don’t do anything to it. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Isaac stood behind a little wooden lectern, clinging to it. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

I could see a balcony outside, but there didn’t seem to be any way to get to it. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

He tried to determine when it had been built, but except for the sagging screen all around the long porch, the house was like the mesas around it: years had little relation to it. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

Her new hair suits her, once you get used to it. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

That bore Walder Frey's seal beyond a doubt, Catelyn thought bitterly; hold back, wait, watch, take no risk unless forced to it. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

“He’s not just a guard. I mean he is, but there’s more to it—to him.” Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

It was his fake calf, but I held on to it. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

Feeling brave, I said, “Well, actually, I listen to it every day when you leave the house.” The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

The odds are, however, that he’s beaten me to it already. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

He was bending over the form, doing something to it. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

She loved dancing and took to it instinctively. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

I'd look at the laundry hamper or beer cooler, thinking that if it came down to it, Mister Mancini could hide just about anywhere. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

Another youngster begged and the parent flew to it. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

I never really saw the point to it, though, ’cause most times somebody was bound to insist they wasn’t shot even when it was clear as day that they was. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wake up and find the face that belongs to it. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

I had a memory of Mom singing along to it while she made breakfast on a lazy weekend morning. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

She hitched her chair up to it confidently, while we all gathered around. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The controls are right next to it. I’ll be getting this baby started up.We’11 crash it through the ground above us if we have to!” The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

She loved to answer and always tried to beat Joe to it if she could. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

California is virtually alone among the states in having a formal program in biological control, and many states have not even one entomologist who devotes full time to it. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

Roosevelt craved a mutton chop with a tail to it; Kermit was hungry for strawberries and cream; and Cherrie couldn’t stop thinking about pancakes smothered in maple syrup. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

“Just cause you didn’t get your way with the robbers is no reason to talk to me like that, Pa. And I don’t have to stay and listen to it.” Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Tobias and I remain on the train, listening to it hiss against the rails, without speaking. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Stop your dawdling and get to it,” the woman snaps. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

You can eat it, or just sit next to it and feel superior. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

"My gold cloaks will see to it, Your Grace." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

At last the beasts get wise to it, or perhaps they have scented the blood. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

“There’s no reference to it in Genesis,” Samuel said. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

I’m going to find a feed store and I’m going to walk to it and buy dry corns. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

“I—I guess so. Do you want to get to it now?” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“No, it was a present. I think I better hold on to it for a while,” I said. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

We believe in this cause so much and have given so much to it. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

My glass was empty, but Luke said, “Speak to it. Whatever you want—nonalcoholic, of course.” The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

And the key to it all was the fact that he was a mama’s boy. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

He had thrown himself into it with a creative passion, adding to it all the time, decking it out with every bright feather that drifted his way. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

Spiders flee before the Basilisk, for it is their mortal enemy, and the Basilisk flees only from the crowing of the rooster, which is fatal to it. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

I do this at home, but there are always streams to drink from, or snow to melt if it should come to it. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

We darted to a window that looked out on the street and flattened ourselves against the wall next to it. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

“I think there’s more to it than that,” she said. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

The desert sharpened the sweet ache of his longing, amplified it, gave shape to it in sere geology and clean slant of light. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

She sang to it and caressed it gently, but her arms were empty. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Drave required a warehouse to store his powder and chemicals, and Lazlo saw to it that he had one—outside the city, in case of fiery misadventure. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

You name it, if it had a grade attached to it, Maya would ask you about it. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Owens put an arm around the woman-shape and spoke to it privately, in a low voice, calm and sensible. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

By some accounts, he had actually instructed Howard to make a few protests before ultimately agreeing to it so that no one would suspect his game plan. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nothing that they say will change the fundamental fact of my life, which is so overwhelming that I cannot give voice to it. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

Next to it stood a bed table with a pitcher and a water glass and the silver twig of a thermometer poking up from a jar of pink disinfectant. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

Daddy’s voice was pleasant, but there was a bite to it. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Pressed in my hand, glued to it by his blood, is the Holo. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Because when it comes right down to it, those poor peasants are a lot worse off today than they were fifty years ago. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

But his mother, who had an excellent sense of dramatic timing, beat him to it; she executed a beautiful, flawless swoon, landing right at Despereaux’s feet. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

I made the argument that because of my father, we had a claim to it. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

I turned my back to the partially opened door, at the same time moving closer to it so I could hear more. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Somehow, though, he had never quite gotten around to it. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Ishmael had hung on to it in part from sheer inertia, in part because driving it reminded him of his father. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

She’s wearing a halter and I hold on to it, but mostly she stays still as I swab out her nostrils and swaddle her throat in flannel. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

“How are you going to get to it?” I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

But even more than that, he believed, “They are not ready to give up this play. They’re just not. They have such a deep connection to it.” Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

“There’s more to it. Why did my wand break the wand he borrowed?” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

“We’ll put a stop to it at once. From now on, by royal command, everyone must eat dinner before the banquet.” The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

He’s been hurt by his momma so much that when she does something right he’s blind to it. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

Actually, it had mostly been Mom’s idea, but she thought it would be best if I brought it up so Connor would be more open to it. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

“Oh, is that it? Give me their names, Milo. Give me their names and I’ll see to it that they go on every dangerous mission the group flies.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

She would have seen to it that the porridge had been smoothly cooked and salted. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z

“Well, we’re all quite used to it out there, you see,” I said, trying not to fidget, flushed with the brilliance of my success. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

And now he was going back to it. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

And that made her determined to get to it first. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

And every day, as he came near to it, he would lift his small pointed nose high in the air and sniff the wonderful sweet smell of melting chocolate. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z

There’s a little cardboard tube attached to it, connected with thin white strings. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

The back of my neck burns like a lighter is being held to it, then in an instant, the pain is gone. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

If he put his mind to it, he could coerce away the whole letter on some pretext of giving it to the police, having the typing analyzed, who knew what he might come up with? The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

She smiled carefully, like she wasn’t used to it. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

One of them advanced on us, holding a scorched metal tube with fins attached to it. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Adam led him to it, and Cyrus looked down at the nestlike hole between the roots. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Yes, but I add hot dogs and red pepper flakes to it.” From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Arms folded across her chest, mouth knotted up, she watched me go to it. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

He nuzzles his head into its neck, cooing to it in Spanish. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

When it comes down to it I’m not ready to change. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Emma shouted, and we all took off running after it, slipping and sliding on the ice, rounding the corner into the snow-choked alley that ran between the glaciated building and the one next to it. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

The bus pulls up and I rush over to it. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

“Well, have you noticed skin being reactive to it?” Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Trembling, I whisper to it in complete conspiracy. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

I’m going to have to be strong, that’s all there is to it. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Remember how I was always touching your hair, combing it all the time and clipping pretty bows to it? Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z

“She might not be up to it,” the woman protests, blocking the way. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

The half-dozen steps up to it were deeply worn, and the door itself stood slightly open. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I woke to it several times, thinking it a long night. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

A block away, people throw rocks and garbage cans at the windows of the McDonald’s and the drugstore next to it. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

When I was asked about the Montgomery boycott, I’d carefully review what led up to it. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

All the same, he shuddered, his body actually twitching spasmodically with each resonant shtok! as he learned that imagining a scene is often worse than being an actual spectator to it. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had forgotten how close we were to it, because everything is so different just outside its limits. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

“There’s water out here from the storm. I can’t get it to you, but you can come to it. It’ll make you feel a lot better. Please, Chacho! Don’t give up!” The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

We farmed for three months at Kamator and I never got used to it. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

But it’s difficult to keep to it because the bushes are thick. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Don’t cling to it—just hold it gently—Oh, well done.” Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

There were seven cots, each one less than two feet from the one next to it. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

But there was a mystery here, she knew, and she was equally sure the Wrights held the key to it. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

There's the tattered mattress Eden's on, and next to it is the scratched-up chest of drawers that I used to doodle on. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

“He has seen all this, and thank God, he is not going to succumb to it.” Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

The intensity of Eric's gaze made the direction in which he looked terrible, for Sam had his back to it. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

He told me Mom used to bust out laughing because there was always one girl who was new to it, and went offbeat, like a washing machine with one lumpy towel. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

“I have an iPod. Want to listen to it?” Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

“So how do you know an enchanted place when you come to it?” Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

Her short brown hair was tucked behind her ears, and a bit of leaf clung to it on the right-hand side. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Once you’d resolved to go, there was nothing to it at all. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Here, take the paddle and hold the boat up close to it....” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

Her head turns in surprise when she sees me, but her arms are full with a large palm she is wrestling into a pot and just as quickly her attention turns back to it. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

“Okay. So I’m clean. So I’m looking forward to it. I just got through telling you I don’t want to hide no more. . . “It’s a secret, ain’t it? Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

Rabbits do not line their sleeping places and a hard, almost rocky floor is uncomfortable for those not accustomed to it. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And it doesn’t look like he’s up to it. Fight or leave. Those are your choices.” The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

“And the transmitter only works for one simulation, right? What happens to it after that?” Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

Did the wind come suddenly, I wondered, in a funnel from the beacon on the hill, and did the little boat heel to it, shivering, the white sail flat against a breaking sea. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

It was time to get used to it. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

“Copying seven thousand pages of top secret documents and giving them to the New York Times has a bad ring to it.” Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

"If any of you are caught bringing these contraband items"—she taps the paper—"you will be beaten or put in the starvation boxes. I will see to it myself." The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

“Well, I guess if you’re feeling up to it, your friends can come on in,” the nurse said. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

My mom, I kid you not, refers to it as “orphans’ tears.” Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

I pressed a fistful of dry grass to it. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

“Aunt Florentine was holding on to it for me to find! And now we just have to find Dismay—he’s got to be here somewhere!” Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

‘My mother played on the floor of this kitchen. My grandfather was but a young man when he built this house, and I, a grandson, have better right to it doubtless than an elder brother.’ Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Bailey’s dare,” she starts, making it his own and no one else’s, binding him to it. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

And it felt different, waking up to it instead of hearing it while I was making tea or eating lunch. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

My eyes are glued to it, to how he’s holding it. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

The church bell tolled and drew to it the widows in black, the lonely, faithful women who came to pray for their men. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

I take a bite out of the cinnamon churro, which has that freshly baked warmness to it. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

It shocked her at first, and within the hour she was used to it. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Gilly put her schoolbooks down on the table and went right to it. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

He had written asking for a milliner and Miss Love was available, so that’s all there was to it. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

“There’s cheese in the bin next to it.” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

She ran to it and nearly ripped its door open. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Even with the glasses, everything has an unfamiliar slant to it. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

For that song to be popular you have to know how to do the whip and the nae nae; new music works at parties only if people know how to dance to it. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

‘There is one crumb of comfort,’ said Merry, ‘and more than a crumb, I hope: we can have breakfast while we wait — and sit down to it. Let’s get hold of Nob!’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

It was all very well having a rule about not laughing at Toby, but it wasn’t always easy to stick to it. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Agent Orange was later linked to cancer and birth defects in Vietnamese and Americans who were heavily exposed to it. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

But she held to it, chewing the ice cream like it was taffy. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We were supposed to launch one this year too. I can’t believe the Russians beat us to it!” October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

I was twitchy and paranoid, bad enough at interacting with other people that my parents hired a tutor so that I only had to go to school on days I felt up to it. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

I also seem to recollect that the master taking Prep was our friend Captain Hardcastle, but I wouldn’t swear to it. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

One way is that other societies see or learn of the invention, are receptive to it, and adopt it. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

While he groused about so preposterous an idea, the kid laid down the mat he never used, bulldogged him down to it, pulled off his shoes and draped a blanket over him. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Not a big, elaborate stage, just a concrete platform about the size of the wooden crates Cinder used to stand on in the store, a bronze plaque bolted to it that read, CINDER'S BLOCK. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

He laughs and reaches out for my bike, holding on to it before I can take off. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Well, Byron’s brain had better get used to it, we all knew by the way they’d gotten the Bomber ready and by the way Momma’s voice sounded that they meant it this time. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

He goes up to the whiteboard, writes the word bittersweet, and puts a 6 next to it. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

They called the scale “the Oracle,” and they lived in slavery to it. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Okay, everybody, let’s get right to it. You all heard the principal, so you know what this is about. Our unit on tolerance education starts today.” Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

Never get used to it, the mind of headquarters, not if I live a thousand years. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

It blazed up fiercely, but she managed to hold on to it for a moment. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

I press my sleeve to it, and it comes away red, but I nod. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Hamilton threw an empty bottle overboard and we bobbed along next to it for hours. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

And it was clear, on arrival, that he had no idea why he’d gone over to it. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

On the wall next to it hung masks, looking ghostly in the flickering beams of the flashlights. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

Frodo clambered on to it, and then moved as if by some compulsion he turned slowly to face the East. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

Occasionally a cop strolled by and saw to it that there was no cutting ahead. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

Lee said, “I wonder whether I’ll ever get used to it.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

It was generally agreed, however, that a steel rod came up through the center of the platform at night and he strapped himself to it. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was a smile that gave no indication that the person who belonged to it was a bomb waiting to go off. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Yes, sir, I could do a bit of that sort of work: being brought up to it, like.” The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

She did some other stuff to it to make it look worn, too. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

Skepticism is one of the few remnants of our bookish past, and most of us hold on to it tenaciously. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

It’s clear to me what this something will be, and I can’t see much benefit to it. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

In between Gasemu’s gasps, he told us that there was a wahlee* nearby and that if we went back toward the farm, he would show us how to rejoin the path and get to it. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

But meanwhile, while you’re fretting, the man’s getting ready to pull both triggers, and that’s all there is to it, all right? Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

She felt herself respond to it, a flush of heat rising inside her. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

I glanced at Father and he nodded, so I walked over to it until I was about two yards away. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

I didn’t have any objection to it at first. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

The body will kill me if I don’t listen to it. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

The whole situation should be terrifying, but she felt a kind of helpless surrender to it. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Bathsheba grabbed Jacob by the back of his neck and pushed him to it. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

He went over to it and leaned down. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

I still felt kind of sick when I thought about being naked again, but the worst had already happened, and I knew Sohrab would stick up for me if it came to it. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

Maybe the reason it makes me nervous is that I’m not used to it. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I judged by your countenance, sir, which was troubled when you said the suggestion had returned upon you. I feel sure it will work you more misery if you listen to it.” Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

“I thought the fire never went out,” Bailey says, walking closer to it. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

My mother, she still pays attention to it. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

My communication board, even with everything Mrs. V has added to it—well, it sorta sucks. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

“It’s mostly hot pinkish purple because that’s the color of the d, but the colors of the other letters add a gold tinge to it. Oh, and it’s also kind of grainy.” A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

“This bad boy got a trick to it,” he explained. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

The leg jerked as though a live flame had been put to it. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

For later readers this was the paradigmatic account of discovery; Vergil, who certainly read Vitruvius, makes no reference to it. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Quentin got to it first, getting down on his hands and knees and peering at the rocket’s base. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Mother and I are finally having something that resembles a conversation and she has to put a stop to it. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

She said I’d have to get used to it if I was going to learn to work the roots. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

I lie on my bed and listen to it while I stare out the window and watch the sun set on the neighborhood. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

The tents here had not been bedecked with plant life, but each and every one of them had the same poster attached to it, a poster of a very surly face with heavy black eyebrows. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Or, if he’s feeling up to it, something longer: JUPITER. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

He looked back at the door, as if he expected it to fly open before he could get back to it with the key he did not yet have. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

“There’s more to it than just having a high I.Q.” Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

In response Dimple laughed and ran over to it. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

“The hell I don’t. I might as well get used to it. GO.” The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

Henry said, ‘Wait. Wait. Let me get used to it.’ Absalom, Absalom! 1936-01-01T00:00:00Z

My scalp itches, but I can’t get to it because of this stupid weave. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

“I can’t swear to it,” I said, “but I think she was telling me to save Ashley. I know that makes no sense. But whatever it is, whatever you’ve learned, I need to hear it.” Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

I wish I could go back to it because, in retrospect, it seems so secure compared with now, when I am so rich and so famous and so hated by the authorities in the Capitol. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

When we went inside the house I asked Ma Charles, “What happened to it?” Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

The path had been running parallel to it—logically it still would be—and at least that way she’d still be going in the direction the raven had told her to. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

“Say what you want. She will be my bride, Lord Connington will see to it. I trust him as much as if he were my own blood.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

As the cloth sank to the bottom of the tray, the particles of gold clung to it in a glittering residue, allowing the trash to be poured off along with the water. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

Although she could not put a name to it, she felt the change in her heart, which was suddenly buoyant, expectant. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

But then I see her scarf on the bed, her hat next to it. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Without working up to it, he asked if I loved Maman. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

When I thought I was stuck, I found a little ledge and shinnied up to it. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

He would help old ladies get their bags up the steps, ticking and accidentally cussing the whole way, calling them all kinds of names, but they didn't care because everybody had gotten used to it. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

When he came to it, he stopped and stood before a high, black, iron picket fence, feeling constricted inside. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

But Mom and Dad are completely oblivious to it. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

They crouched next to it, hardly daring to breathe. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

At my home he took my hands very gently and said to me, “Claudette, do you really feel up to it?” Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

"You become used to it, in time," said the woman. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

Except instead of avoiding it, I bee- lined to it and dug it up. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

I tiptoe to Mom’s bedroom door and sit down with my ear to it and wait for her to stir. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

"I'm not scared," Freak says, "I'm looking forward to it." Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

While part of the feeling was because of my home situation, there was more to it than that. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

She laughed, but to me it didn’t have a happy ring to it. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

The buzzer went off as the ball went down and the referee pointed to it. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t know if he’s up to it. So you want to swim?” Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

It was firm and spacious and comfortable, and when she had climbed up to it, she was as happy, in one way, as she had ever been. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

But when she rounded the corner, she saw that someone else had beaten her to it. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

I would have to cross that bridge, or lack of one, when I came to it. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Did Atticus put you up to it?” asked Jean Louise in awe. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

Two muscular young men in undershirts, probably salesmen from the store, were gasping next to it. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was his one remaining point of reference and he clung to it with a fierce Pavlovian tenacity, partly through habit and partly because he had nothing with which to replace it. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

“You two grew up around me working root—laying tricks, mixing up potions and powders, picking out plants and such. But now you know there’s more to it.” Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Insects were like death to a poultry plant, so the lights were allowed to shine on the building but no lights could be attached to it. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

There were none, and there was no point to it, but it was either this or sit in my room and read my Christmas present. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

But see to it that you don’t get too familiar with...folks.” Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

“A nervous breakdown. I dislike that expression, it has a very old wives’ tale vibe to it. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

In the sides of this crevasse were great shapes of ice, and there was no bottom to it. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

My mind couldn’t hold on to it, to the death of six million people. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

Then you can go up to it and puncture its lung. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

"You best get used to it! You are stuck with winter until you let go of the Black Tortoise." When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

I strolled over to it, keeping my eyes on the gut monster. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

She is now walking several feet ahead, pretending I don’t exist, but that’s okay, I’m used to it, and what she doesn’t know is that it doesn’t faze me. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Every airplane, no matter how far it is up there, I send love to it. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

Here, the town crowded down onto the water, trying to get as close to it as possible, all the time, at every opportunity. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

If the water rises too high, I might not be able to get to it. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

But I soon get more used to it. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

“It felt like grit in your teeth. The soup always smelled and tasted horrible, but we were all used to it,” Jack said. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z

He strokes his beard, transporting flecks of clay from his hand to it. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

“I’m looking forward to it. Go on back to your place now.” Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

It stood near the smoking ruins of Montag's house and the men brought his discarded flame-thrower to it and put it down under the muzzle of the Hound. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But how do we get to it without becoming that thing’s dinner?” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

Quite unaware that one of his daughters was behind him, Sibanda reached the tree and began to sing to it: My family eats like hungiy dogs— I wait at the side like a timid cat. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

It was so simple, watching her, to see why everything that had happened to me since we left camp referred back to it, in one way or another. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tonight she’s taking a while to get to it, but I know it’s coming. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

There was an art to it, and it was something that, by the grace of Allah, I was able to eventually figure out. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

Then Gus took Wishbone’s collar off, attached the little tag to it, and put it back on. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

It was about the thickness and length of a pencil, and like most pencils it had a lot of sides to it. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

Leaving was hard at first, but it was what I did and I got used to it. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was going to be rough on Old Yeller, trying to lead them to it. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Maybe not,” she said, still arch, still light, “but it’s as close as I’ll ever come to it.” Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Before war came to it, it must have been a beautiful place with its palm trees and sugar plantations. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

One night I read some of my old notes about how to pile wood so I could get to it under the snow, and I laughed until Frightful awoke. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

We walked to where our pier joined the dock with many other piers and curved bridges attached to it. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

She whips her flashlight to the first tree on the trail and heads to it. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

The other woman, whose name escaped Mariam, looked older than Fariba, and her hair had an odd purple tint to it. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

“Fear,” the doctor said, “is the relinquishment of logic, the willing relinquishing of reasonable patterns. We yield to it or we fight it, but we cannot meet it halfway.” The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

If you aint going to drink it, let me get to it, T. P. said. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

I didn’t need to guess who was going to be tied to it in an hour or so. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

He was calm enough to see to it that there were no fingerprints on the knife. Twelve Angry Men 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

I told Danny that I had disliked the mistake business and had never really gotten used to it, despite my having witnessed it many times. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

“I’m writing to you while drawing and I’m in a hurry to get back to it, so good-night, and send the sheets as soon as possible.” Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

“Maybe if the whole country puts its mind to it, we can get you married before you’re thirty.” Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

She lighted it let a little wax pour into a saucer and stuck the candle firmly to it. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

“Where’s the canoe? Can we find our way back to it, or is that going to play tricks with us as well?” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

“I was seeing to it that Layla got home safe. I told her that it was best for you not to leave your trailer. I’m sure instructions will follow shortly.” Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

But when I got to it, I let it go. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was more to it than just the housing shortage. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“It’s like math. We have to learn the principles first. I’m up to it. Are you?” Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Mark Fossie tried hard to keep up a self-assured pose, as if nothing had ever come between them, or ever could, but there was a fragility to it, something tentative and false. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

He put his hand to it and he found a cloth-wrapped bundle that was hard yet moved to his touch. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

She pointed to a section of the fence, and I began leading the horses to it, while Ruth seemed to get crosser and crosser with me, saying I was doing everything wrong. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

On the table was a Stormbreaker computer and, next to it, a mouse. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

It was held to be the center of the world, so many pilgrims came to it, from foreign countries as well as Greece. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

We went to it and found that it was full of something heavy. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even Apollo for a few minutes was hard put to it to overtake her; still, of course, he soon gained. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mark feels as if the oxygen is being burned out of his chest; he fights for each breath until he gets used to it. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

Yesterday I tried ripping off the bottom of the page and eating it, but she got to it first. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

“Well, I hope he’s up to it,” said Ron doubtfully. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

In the center of the room is a reclined chair, like a dentist’s, with a machine next to it. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Jethro smiled at her when she brought on the huge crock of lettuce, and Jenny saw to it that he received a generous serving before she passed it around the table. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

Old men who didn’t know whether they were going to stagger over the boundary of the century looked forward to it with distaste. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

One wholly dependent on money for life, the other indifferent to it. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

Cassie was a little moody, but I got used to it. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

The room has Harold’s minimalist look to it: the twin bed with plain white sheets and white blanket, polished wood floors, a bleached oakwood chair, and nothing on the slanted gray walls. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even without rain, the air had a brisk edge to it. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

And Ma saw to it I went a lot farther than that. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

She seems confident Shaan will agree to it and willing to physically overpower him if not. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

“It took me an hour to find the key to unlock that chest, and now I can’t get to it.” Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

That’s all there was to it, I think, also recalling the sling my uncle made when I was a kid. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He’s ill. Can you ... ? “Can I see to it that he is given his share of whatever Bridgebane provides? Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You know how slow I am. It might be some time. I might never get around to it.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

I mixed up what Quentin and I had calculated to be our best black-powder mix and then added the powdered glue to it along with a little water until I had a thick black paste. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

The fearless boys and girls who would knuckle up, call on cousins and crews, and, if it came to it, pull guns seemed to have mastered the streets. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Richardson had already latched on to it with vigor. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“I don’t care what they’re doing to it!” the Centipede said, scuttling over to the tunnel entrance. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z

“I saw water. Quite a lot of it, through the trees Emma’s face clouded. She said, “We’re trying to get away from the sea, not back to it. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

One lighted display in the top center of the dashboard said the number 342, another next to it said 22. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

It hovered by the boat for several minutes I said to it, “Go tell a ship I’m here. Go, go.” Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

“I think that’s why it feels so good to talk to you about this stuff sometimes. You’re not exactly connected to it, so I can get, like...I dunno. An outside perspective, I guess.” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

But Mr. Weasley’s wand was still in his hand, and Uncle Vernon’s tiny eyes darted to it once, before he said, very resentfully, “Good-bye, then.” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Kochu Maria’s laugh had that slightly cruel ring to it that young children’s sometimes have. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh! Miss Woodhouse, I hope nothing may happen to prevent the ball. What a disappointment it would be! I do look forward to it, I own, with very great pleasure.” Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z

The parson’s house was still before them, and Conor saw the yew tree next to it awaken into the monster and set ferociously on the parsonage. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

He could dangle something in his fingers and they came right up to it. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was accustomed to it, but it pained her, and she wished she could clear it all up right now, while they sat together on the porch. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

I felt like running up to it and knocking it down—letting it tumble to the ground with the rest of the fancy plans Wilfrido had for my neighborhood. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

They can be cut off from the world because they don’t know how to talk to it. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

“Thirty traps, that’s all it was. Kept me awful busy, though. Thought my arms was going to fall off the first few days. Then I got used to it.” The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

In the Odyssey, the way to it leads over the edge of the world across Ocean. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was still beautiful, certainly, but there was a forbidding quality to it, too. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

There was no poetic language to it, no yellow butterflies, no epic floods. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

One was the room in Bitter’s eyes, with the deep tub against one wall, a stack of books lying next to it. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

Then I noticed a pink silk scarf with a label attached to it. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

Perhaps the hardest part about hiking the Appalachian Trail is getting on to it, nowhere more than at its ends. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

Parked next to it was a red-and-gold chariot with an open carriage and a single axle, like the chariots Frank had raced at Camp Jupiter. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

A blast of arctic wind came through, and Mr. Rochester and the kids turned their backs to it. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

I can't testify to it, but it's what I want to believe. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

There was a wide platform in front of the store, and at one end of it steps went up to it out of the sand. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

And he was content, holding it thus, and he thought of it fitfully and of his good coffin that was there; and the kind earth waited without haste until he came to it. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

She pointed out that one could not simply waltz into the asylum and remove those committed to it. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

The more crass the attraction, the more I was drawn to it. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

His academic writing has an orderly logic to it; by the end of an Ekman essay, each stray objection and problem has been gathered up and catalogued. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

“I have touched it. I have spoken to it, and heard it speak. It does me no harm.” A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

Lord Roke on his hawk had glided up to it directly, circling above, examining it from all sides. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

There’s a point to this, and he wants me to get to it. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Talking Robot was designed to answer questions, and only such questions as it could answer had ever been put to it. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

No. The door opens just as I’m walking over to it. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

At least here on Maxwell Street, there was something akin to it. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

That was all there was to it, really. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh, right, right,” he said, but his eyes had already traveled to the massive staircase, and the huge number of family photos that lined the wall next to it. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

For a moment, I thought I could melt back into the fun and forget about everything else, but I’d made Jules a promise and I was going to stick to it. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Lifting up the horse’s saddlecloth, she pinned the medal to it. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

I guide it across her stomach, and then take her other hand from Uriah and do the same to it. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

I didn’t know whether he had fallen to the ground or dived to it. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

But it is so very accurate, as if he is standing right next to it. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

“I’m not going to ask Mr. Kasigi about bullfighting anymore. I object to it on moral grounds.” Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

And then I walk out the front door and listen to it lock behind me. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

“All the signs point to it,” my father said. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I keep my cat’s eye in my pocket, where I can hold on to it. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

He scrunched his nose on principle as he descended the last set of stairs and headed down the hall that opened up to it. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

But Wang Lung thought of his land and pondered this way and that, with the sickened heart of deferred hope, how he could get back to it. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

But when he tried to set the little body down, he found that he was connected to it in a way that made no sense. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

Thorn got up and ran to it, inspecting it. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

I stop sucking my sleeve but I’ll go back to it later when she forgets because I’m persistent. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

But my eyes kept going back to it, so I buried it at the bottom. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

No, he didn’t want to be a part of it, but he had been called to it. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

Kids my age don’t listen to it like they used to. Monday's Not Coming 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

It was the events that would lead up to it that she couldn’t bear to consider. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

“It was one of those movies that everybody told me I had to see, but I just never got around to it. Was it good?” Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nevertheless, he understood: this was work, and it was hard, but they were equal to it, all of them. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Our life in New York was so bleak, and we clung to it with such an unsteady grip, that I doubt my da had much he would want to report. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

Accelerated particles would strike this strip at the end of their spiral journeys, with their final energies to be measured by an electrometer wired to it. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

The nightingale’s song was then the only voice of the hour: in listening to it, I again wept. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

She pounced on it, saw a flower she had trampled, and ran up the heave to it. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

His voice has a foreign edge to it. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

Everything Mama did felt like it had great purpose to it, even a kiss on the nose. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Riots, fires, and gridlock—the stories aren’t in here, they’re out there. People will respond to it,” she says, pretending that, like Chase, this is all about ambition. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

Nathan snuck closer to it, carefully placing his feet and trying not to make noise with his sandals. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

He liked to be alone, or maybe he was just used to it. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

I want to be able to listen to it later and figure out what it is, I guess. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

There was an old quiet smell about the room, as though the air in it was little changed, for all the sweet lilac scent and the roses brought to it throughout the early summer. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

It was going away too, and I held to it. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

But it’s good because it’s holding on to you and you’re holding on to it. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

“You will get used to it, everybody does eventually,” he said. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

"Well, you better get used to it. You're going to be thirsty for the next eighteen months." Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

‘Because you are a woman. But I didn’t bring Judith down here. I would not bring her down here. I dont expect you to believe that. But I swear to it.’ Absalom, Absalom! 1936-01-01T00:00:00Z

I figured I'd probably developed some sort of immunity to it, some resistance or something, I didn’t really know. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

But Hera had seen to it that sea nymphs should be at hand to guide them and send the ship on to safety. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

“That’s all there is to it. And we tried to use common sense in training him and in racing him.” Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

I turn around to see that the front door is way too far, and I’d have to walk through the Darcy parents, as well as Mama and Papi, to get to it. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Although we might not listen to it regularly or even at all, we all hold it in very high esteem, and an important part of a highly cultured society. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

There is a kind of alchemy to it, when one human touches another and makes the aloneness less terrifying. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

There was a steampipe overhead, and knotted to it, dangling from it, was a piece of cord—the kind of cord the killer had used. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

He looked at Rishi, smiling, but there was an edge to it. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

“It was sensible of you to bring protection. I’d hang on to it, if I were you.” Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

If there was going to be trouble, Papa might of stood a chance with the shotgun, but he didn’t want to bring the little ones closer to it neither. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I didn’t know if he was experiencing God or having some sort of erotic flashback or going into seizure again or what, but whatever it was, I wanted to put an end to it, fast. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

Then your grandmother invited us in for the repast but Miss Trotter said she wasn’t up to it and we went home.” Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

"You know, that'd make a good movie title. The Hermes Mutiny. Got a nice ring to it." The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

I shall sing to it again, he decided. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

He is in a Fury but he doth not consider how such a frightful State might upset the Systems of those around him, he hath no Mind to it. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

"They were supposed to disinfect in here weeks ago. Don't worry. The bedbugs are itchy, but you get used to it." What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

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

After all, every word is "foreign" until you get used to it! Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

His face paled as he thought of Adaon’s brooch and his hand went protectively to it. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

She had never known a woman to snore so loudly, but she had grown used to it whilst on the march, and even took some comfort in it now. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The Preacher said, “I saw you, Elijah. I saw what you were doing, and I’m afraid it has the look of conjuring to it.” Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

My finger rolls so slowly that I can feel the rough grains bonding to it. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

His voice had a bleak resolve to it. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

She tried to explain that there was more to it than politics. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

They walked on and found a military wagon with a horse hitched to it. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z

A chipmunk, tamed by the little girls, sat on Eiras hand nibbling at the seeds they gave to it. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

The most insidious thing about bondage was how easy it was to grow accustomed to it. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I glimpsed him as he grabbed a branch and clung to it while I kept falling. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

Stories are lies, when you get right down to it. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

The hot iron hissed and when he raised it, he saw that half of the sock was glued to it. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

The engineers from the generating station had brought their cable right down to it, and the technicians were busy securing the clamps and making ready the terminals. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

“I mean, I’m sure it’s really hard getting used to it, but I think it’s kind of cool. Most people just get to be one color, but you get to be two!” How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

Thomas felt a trickle of courage inside him—he grasped it, clung to it, urged it to grow. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

When we found the elephant, we led the client to it, and he shot it.” The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He sniffed carefully and finally ventured to touch his tongue to it, fearing all the while that it might be poisoned food. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

They felt his affection for them in his voice and responded to it with lifted feathers and soft sounds. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

I know it’s kinda hard right now, but you’ll get used to it. Booked 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

I dropped my gaze away from the photo, but something drew my attention back to it. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

The girl sitting next to it is not Cassie. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

On the big potholes or in the deep mud, we would kind of sway side to side Those fellas was used to it, though. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

If we once give in to it we shall just lie down and drowse forever and ever.” The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

“I can’t go back to the world. Look what I would do to it.” The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“I let him go,” Peach repeated, his voice gathering a hard edge to it, like he was a murderer and was admitting to the crime of the century. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe if she would have said no and stuck to it, she’d be getting ready to graduate with her class right now. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Thinking about my moms sitting there listening to it ’cause she probably just didn’t want to talk to nobody. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

When the song “Hang On Little Tomato” came on, Dad stopped what he was doing and paid closer attention to it. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

I was doing most of the driving, since I’m used to it. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

They unwound the longest coil of rope they had, tying each horse to it. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

The place had an industrial look to it; oil-covered motors and generators stood around it like sentinels, and train tracks led into it and out. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

Putting words to it will make it real. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

Something with a bit of weight to it. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

I run up to it and knock, but there’s no answer, and when Smitty passes me, shooting a look, I have to stop knocking. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

The moment for such a decision had passed, and to return to it would be to return to all the fury and fear of the accident itself. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

They holler stuff like, “This is the life, watching a boy do a man’s job! Stick to it or the caulking will stick to you!” and so on, but I don’t mind. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

There was no tune to it, but it possessed a curious twanging quality as of plucked strings. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

Her phone chimed, and she ran over to it. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

I don’t care if they were followers of God almighty or the things that bump you in the night, they were praying to it now, believe you me. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

He paddled to it and tied the canoe to the trunk. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

If colorblindness is such a bad idea, though, why have people across the political spectrum become so attached to it? The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

It was composed of dazzling blue metal with an almost mirror shine to it, as smooth as water, and nowhere rectilinear or planar, but all flowing contours, as supple as skin. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

I feel the familiar flutter of fear, but I pay no attention to it. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Whatever poetry was in him found release as his hands rolled the ball over and over, spinning it, warming to it, touching it before he made his first move toward the basket. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Technically, it's outside the apartment, but I don't have to walk out the front door to get to it. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

The wooden desks of the younger children sat closest to it, but the whole room felt toasty. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

He was angry, telling me to go to bed; he didn’t want to listen to it any longer. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

If it came to it, they had Carlos. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

Like to get closer to it, or to make it a little bit real. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

After the tenth time, I can’t listen to it anymore and finally just grab it and say hello. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

It had been a while since someone had looked out for her, and Celaena had the feeling she could get used to it. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Holly took a seat and patted the one next to it. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

Their leader came and went as he pleased, and they had gotten used to it. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

I’m used to it, my brother and his friends say it all the time, when there are no adults listening. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

When it came down to it, though, I don’t recall our taking many practical steps towards defending Miss Geraldine; our activities always revolved around gathering more and more evidence concerning the plot itself. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

He could see the dark outline of a huge boy who was crouching in front of an open door, a very large box next to it. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

“When he got so mad at a piece of wood that he set fire to it, and then the porch caught on fire?” Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

It was a week overdue, and I wasn’t going to get to it over the weekend. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

Chains encircled the arms of it, as though its occupants were usually tied to it. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

“Which is that we continue to practice in the afternoon, but we call a halt to it whenever there is lightning in the area.” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Every time there was a knock at the door, she ran to it. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’m watching a high-flying plane, and I send some random love to it. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

The ground does have a sandy color to it, or gray, but your feet won’t sink in. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

Maybe come the end of the year, when I’m no longer a carer, I’ll be able to listen to it more often. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

The music wound along gently, a stroll in the park, but occasional drum bursts and off-kilter chimes from Juan’s guitar gave a sinister edge to it. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

When he finally turned around, they were together, the hunter kneeling beside the woman, placing pinches of cornmeal on the deer’s nose, whispering to it. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

I’m drawn to it for a very simple reason: the classical music world had a problem—and they fixed it. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

“Well,” said Theresa, “leaks or no leaks, maybe he was used to it.” Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Finny had put him up to it, to finish me for good on the exam. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s okay. Were used to it. Sometimes we don’t have space for two beds.” Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

How had I not seen that there was nothing more important than an execution, and that when you come right down to it, it was the only thing a man could truly be interested in? The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

“I wondered what happened to it after my run-in with that monster machine.” Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

I brought some energy to it, of course, but it was the energy that accompanies almost any abstract endeavor; I felt no personal danger; I felt no sense of an impending crisis in my life. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Nope. Not much to pack, when you get right down to it. Thanks, sweetie.” Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

He saw a stream, and made his way to it across a rutted, bumpy meadow; Gabriel, wide awake now, giggled as the bicycle jolted him up and down. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

"Does this waste have no end to it?" A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

I felt Nairobi’s foreignness—or really, my own foreignness in relation to it—immediately, even in the first strains of morning. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

I listened to it ring again and again but then realized that it could not be for me. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

The ball of smoke hung in the sky like a shrapnel burst, and as I watched, another rocket came up to it, trickling smoke in the bright sunlight. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

They’d been taken there to keep them out of the hands of the Soviets, but there was more to it. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

"True,” he nods, "and I have to see to it that they’ve something to eat.” All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m leaving tomorrow, so don’t worry. I won’t hold you to it.” Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Well, the tape didn’t turn up the next day and I’ve still no idea what happened to it. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

The question is, Are you up to it? I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

Belmont was already talking with CBS Radio, which was offering to broadcast the race live worldwide, predicting that twenty million sets would be tuned to it. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was a lifebuoy in the boat with a rope tied to it. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

“You will have to come to it, Mademoiselle. I will give you everything that you like to eat and to drink. We shall sing and laugh and be merry for once.” The Awakening 1899-04-22T00:00:00Z

I wish I could say I’m used to it and I don’t feel bad, but I’m softer inside than I look on the outside. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

She saw to it that she had a good pair of shoes for street wear, that she always had clothing, even during the times when the raffles were working only through some miracle. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

I filled myself with such hope and continued to cling to a silver lining, which seemed to disappear as rapidly as my desperation to cling to it increased. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

She forced the spatula into the pan of potatoes and stabbed the dough next to it. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

I was not privy to it, but some sort of conversation between adults took place. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Cora crawled to it, stooping beneath the rafters. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

“Nelson,” she said, “I will cross that bridge when I come to it in court, but not until then. Let us move on.” Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

And he lived up to it as well. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

He's always shoving his way to the food as if he's got more right to it than anyone else. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Her voice was higher on the phone, and richer, like he was listening to it on headphones. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

It’s got my favorite songs from the sixties through the nineties, including Motown classics, soul, and R&B. I listen to it on shuffle and never get tired of it. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

My old beat-up gun is no bargain, but at least anything that can happen to it has, and there’s no worrying. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

The actual killing of Mary and Bessie was not what concerned him most; it was knowing and feeling that he could never make anybody know what had driven him to it. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

I went to it slowly, a plan forming. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Then she walked to the easel next to it, which was covered in a sheet. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

“A pleasure’s a pleasure all the world over. But this boy, you know; we must have him bound. I said I’d see to it—to tell you the truth.” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

If you found one, it was hard to get access to it; if you managed to get access, renting time on it cost a fortune. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

When it comes down to it, there’s nothing “normal” about our new environment, and I wonder if life will ever be the same. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

He dipped one of the drabs into the pitch and stuck the other one to it, spoke several words I didn’t recognize, and slowly pulled the bits apart, strands of pitch stretching between them. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“A man in distressed circumstances has not time for all those elegant decorums which other people may observe. If she does not object to it, why should we?” Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z

Presently Heqet remarked cheerfully, “Solder making is the easiest of tasks, if this is all there is to it.” The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

“We’re going to find somewhere to hide, as near to it as we can safely get. Any ideas?” Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Better that he gets used to it,” he said. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

“I’m still not sure how the Weaver created this magic, but what I do know is the world listens to you. And you listen to it.” Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

There was a decidedly somber touch to it. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

“After we speak to Moreau, I’m gonna personally see to it you and your mother are placed in a safe location until this is all sorted out.” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

By the time we ran up to it, it was already dead. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

And the worst of the heat wasn’t in the Southwest, where people expected it and crops and lifestyles were adapted to it. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

She clamped her mouth shut and clenched her teeth. “—an’ that’s all there is to it. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

Very conscientiously, he parted the canes and clipped one in the middle, holding the shears at a careful slant, taking care not to injure a larger cane adjacent to it. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

You kind of get used to it after a while. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Her voice had a shaky tone to it. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

As soon as he was sure that it had seen the gate on its own side and meant to go to it, Blackberry turned and climbed the bank. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was still clinging to it, both of her own arms wrapped around it as though she meant to dig in her heels and wrestle Skathis for him. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

The jets flew over the burial cortège in a tight formation that had an odd imbalance to it. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

We all trooped back to it and examined it more carefully. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

He had felt the tiny, even stitches often before, because he went to it and touched it when he was missing her. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

Next Hendrik put a collar around his neck, snapped a leash to it, and dragged him, protesting, all the way to the barn. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

There was no sense to it, but the hunger made him angry, as though it were a personal attack on him. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

He turned to her and said, “You know what? I’m a teacher. That’s who I am, and I’m going back to it.” Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

It was different only in the addition to it of the newchild with his pale, solemn, knowing eyes. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

“You took long enough getting around to it,” said Eilonwy, a tone of satisfaction in her voice. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

Food is, after all, the center of our lives in many ways, even if we no longer pay very much attention to it. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

Next to it, his pride and joy hung framed on the wall: a signed Missy Elliott poster that he’d gotten for Christmas the previous year. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

During those days of plenty, I laid hands on so many fish that my body began to glitter from all the fish scales that became stuck to it. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

It was time to put a stop to it. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

I put my finger next to it and let it climb on. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

He put his eye to it quickly to keep the moonlight out and looked through. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

My father was at a meeting on Saturday evening, November 29, when the vote was finally held, and I listened to it over the kitchen radio. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

What I mean is, until then, it had been a pretty light-hearted matter, with a bit of a dare element to it. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

We pull right up to Olive’s house and run to it. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

The gold-and-ivory box was almost too pretty to look at, and the longer I stared at it, the more I was drawn to it. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

It turns out that canceling the project was the best thing that ever could have happened to it. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

She held out her gloved hand, and I touched my lips to it. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Hmmmm. It has a nice sound to it. How does the puppy feel about it?” Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

"You get used to it," Stanley told him. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

When Dad was within listening range of the story, he added to it by saying the house stunk for days afterward. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

We dug a tunnel to it, tapped it, and we had all the electricity we needed. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

A lot of people still dislike the highway, but Katz and I quite warmed to it. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

The armrests was carved in the shape of a couple of snarling lions and the wood was shiny and wore down from so many folk gripping on to it. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

Now that people knew where the plane was located, they had to figure out how to get to it on the ground. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

The crying went on, breath after breath, and seemed to sustain him upright as if he were nailed to it. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

I did have a meeting, so I went to it. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Gwin was sleeping close to it, curled up between the roots of a tree. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Next to it was a book full of warped pages with a water-stained leather cover. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Sometimes, when she was tired, she said I worked her nerves, but there wasn’t nothing to it. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

When it all comes down to it, it would be murder to stay. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

The blue glow of the flat-screen TV in front of us ricochets off her eyes as she turns back to it. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

“Keerist, close the hall door,” Roy said, going over to it; he slammed it with one blow of his hand, thereupon summarily locking it. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

It shocks through the air, and I jump up, run to it, look at it. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t go to the dances at Mason, either, but leading up to it everyone would be dancing in the hallways and after school to get ready. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

I think it was León who spoke first, he was the eldest, and his voice always had a sad note to it. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was no rhyme or reason to it. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

"There's a water pump not too far away," Rani says, and we head over to it and join the line of people hoping to fill their water bottles. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

In fact, I sort of looked forward to it. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

Walk, feet, you walk, the ten toes, I walk with the feet, that one, and so we danced to it. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

No indeed, the world is just as concrete, ornery, vile and sublimely wonderful as before, only now I better understand my relation to it and it to me. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

I hear another jet above the clouds, and I whisper to it. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

“So what if I never listened to foreign radio broadcasts? They’ll stop beating me if I confess to it, won’t they? ‘Leniency to those who confess, and severity to those who resist.’ Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

What it was like to love something enough to do anything to come back to it. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

She would look to it every day, and would try to guess which star the boy was following in search of his treasure. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

I also pray that you will fight to keep our language, to hold on to it with the same warrior spirit that our Indian people showed in that war. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

I pulled Little Ann away from the hole, knelt down, and put my ear to it. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, I don’t think he actually meant it. You two have a lot to talk about when he gets around to it.” Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

It would be cramped and loud, but Kathy found herself looking forward to it. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

It’s almost the same video that the station played, but there's a little more to it, with pictures of everyone important to me added at the very end. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

Roscuro, reader, told the princess about the prisoner who had once owned a red tablecloth, and the princess saw to it that the prisoner was released. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

Scoob decides to just go ahead and say what’s on his mind: “I’m sure you knew people would be opposed to it, right? Why put yourself through pain for someone you didn’t know?” Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z

Well, wasn't there a wall between him and Mildred, when you came down to it? Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

And that had a nice ring to it. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t have to listen to it, either. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

She had done more damage than he had originally thought, the insane cow—no sense at all to it Just madness. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

But the lad had lived among the soldiers when they were there and he had listened to their tales of war and plunder and battle, and he listened rapt to it all, saying nothing. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

He saw a door and staggered across to it. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

I felt uneasy in the silence, and sleep didn’t come easy, even when I called to it. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

But you get used to it really quickly because you don’t have much of a choice. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

He walks up to it the way you walk up to another person. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

I remembered the anticipation leading up to it. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

It sounded far away across the twilight and I stopped and listened to it. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

He composed the track that had played during the Darkcross game—and now he’s making me listen to it to see if I find it familiar. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I had told myself no crying on Thanksgiving, and I was determined to stick to it. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

By Sam, and often enough that she was no stranger to it. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

“He misses it. He says that a lot. I think he wants to go back to it.” Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

Next she disconnected the wiring between the electromagnetic shield and the detector, and found the wiring plan in a drawer of the filing cabinet and set light to it. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was a goofy quality to it, it was changing, breaking down. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

She wasn't very old, but her skin had a weathered look to it, almost like leather. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

My mother ran to it, pounding on the wood and sobbing for him to let her in so she could help him. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

It is true that young rabbits are great migrants and capable of journeying for miles, but they do not take to it readily. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

I used to talk to it whilst it be still in the womb. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

“There”, being the window, I crossed to it, and stood “there,” in a very uncomfortable state of mind, looking out. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

“And I’ll see to it that they are not just hired, but that they are treated equally,” she says. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

He’d lie down before supper on the daybed, moaning, “Oh, me, me....Oh, me, me,” and Granny just about went crazy listening to it, knowing that next morning he’d go on to the store anyway. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Emma agreed to it, and with a blush of sensibility on Harriet’s account, which she could not give any sincere explanation of. Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z

She stays asleep in the back for most of the trip, but when she is awake, she’s “lucid,” as Scoob’s heard the nurse refer to it. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z

Everything James pointed out had a story attached to it. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

The house already had a closed-up feeling to it, as if it had been empty for days, not just a matter of hours. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

He stood once more and again in his high flat house without sides to it and without a roof with his soulless sword standing upright in his hand. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

“I don’t think I’ll ever get used to it,” she says, and then she sighs, and I’ve never heard anything like it. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Thomas thought about that—actually, he was sort of getting used to it. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

There was an air of unreality to it all, as if the situation would somehow, someway, magically fix itself. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

He opened the window a crack and put his nose to it. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Those who believe that advocacy challenging mass incarceration can be successful without overturning the public consensus that gave rise to it are engaging in fanciful thinking, a form of denial. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

Everyone was so used to it that they didn’t bother to nudge each other or exchange glances. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

"And it seemed an interesting challenge, so I agreed to try. Unfortunately, I had a lot of other work on, so it was eight months before I could get to it." A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

He gave himself to it willingly, traded himself for all that he loved and valued, and felt free. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

Now it had come to it, Sam felt reluctant to give up the Ring and burden his master with it again. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

He officially decrees: “He that will not work shall not eat,” and he holds us to it. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

David pulled his hand away, and with a comer of her panicked mind Tally realized she’d held on to it all that time. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

She closed her eyes and surrendered to it. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

The goblin in his underwear scootched dangerously close to it and held his arms around it. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

“If you will obtain as many of them as you can in complete detail and give them to me, I will see to it that those processes are turned over to the Soviet Union.” Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

To get to it, I'm allowed to walk across the grounds from the building where our cells are. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

It started with a C and rhymed with brush, and whenever it popped into her head, June’s face was right there next to it. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

But this was my first time being introduced to it as an activity. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Hours later, the common room had a warm, jovial feel to it. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

In fact, it had already changed because we had gone to it in our minds. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

As she went to it, she noticed a change in Curt. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Next to it is a very bored-looking cyclops; it glances down at its ticket and rolls its large, bulging eye. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

I can often hear their silences as they walk by outside and I can hear men’s Noise responding to it, too, sometimes with chafing but usually in a way that just gets on with things. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

A big gust of sand swirled around them; Rocky turned his back to it and Tayo covered his face with his hands; old man Jeff went inside the post office. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

They had become quite accustomed to it, both the family and Gregor as well. The Metamorphosis 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z

“No, I’m okay. You hold on to it for me.” Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

She decided to put an end to it as gently as possible. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

You might even say they are the source of it, or at least, they are tied so tighdy to it that they couldn’t possibly fade, not unless all of Western civilization were obliterated. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

I knew this one was the youngest and her two older sisters had probably put her up to it. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

The closer they came, the more light-headed she felt, and she only hoped that she would be able to adjust to it quickly. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Though he had not appeared at the grove while I waited, he might have come to it since. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

I pull his hand away from my face, but I hold on to it. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

Like we’d agreed to it ahead of time, the rest of us kept our mouths shut.” Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Next to it was the mausoleum where the Alacrans slept in their marble drawers. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was shaking the hand that he’d hit me with, as if there were a crab or a mousetrap attached to it. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

She thought there would be more to it than that. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z

They were led to it by a man named Charles Chappell, alleged to have helped Holmes reduce corpses to bone. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Then in the end I said to him: “I’m sorry I blew up at you earlier. I’ll talk to them. I’ll try and see to it you get someone really good.” Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

At the front was a sweating yellow mound that had been a cow carved out of butter before the sun got to it. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

Drops of hot blood were flying through the air: one landed on Lyra’s furs, and she pressed her hand to it like a token of love. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

I latched on to it, tightly as a life raft upon a churning ocean. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

I clung to it like it was a precious jewel, hoarding it like a dragon. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Yes, most times. But sometimes, people forget to listen to it, that little voice that makes you stop and think. Makes the hairs on your arm stand up. Ever feel that?” Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

I haven’t had time to go through it all, to build up to it. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

I knew it was a girl—it always was—and I was used to it. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

He’d have been really looking forward to it, watching them do whatever it was . . . cheering on Cedric with everyone else, safe in a seat at the back of the stands. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

The stance had something of a pose to it, as if it were an intentional, even affected, display of mighty art. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Nylon mesh was attached to it, stretching out on either side for miles and miles to keep the tigers inside the reserve. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

I try to hold on to it—the part of me that’s calm and sober and willing to walk away. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then he took up the oar with the knife lashed to it. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

I followed her lead, adding my own spin to it. Monday's Not Coming 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

The black cat was huddled in the farthest corner of the room, the pink tip of its tongue showing, its eyes wide; Coraline went over to it and crouched down beside it. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

“No harm will come to it. I may be suffering from brand-fly poison, but I can still imbue a charm or two.” Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

As the pile of refuse grew, Anne swung her torch closer and closer to it. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You don’t believe that hogwash superstition, do you? Bad luck! Baw, there's nothing to it.” Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

The woodsman whispered something to it and patted its flank. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

“I don’t know yet. I have to get used to it.” Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

But when he heard her humming to it, he played the second verse, and then the third, and while his fingers took on the chorus, he turned to look at her. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

If the queen should bolt or balk, the three hags would drag her back inside, and this time they would see to it that she never left her cell. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

But he just couldn’t get used to it. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

She couldn’t take it all, but she could take this much, she could hold on to it for a little while, offer some reprieve. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

I was soon dressed; and when I heard Mr. Rochester quit Mrs. Fairfax’s parlour, I hurried down to it. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

Half of her wanted to be very rude to it; the other half of her wanted to be polite and deferential. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

And even if we did get to it, we wouldn’t be able to get the shell back open to eat it. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

And that if you can catch a butterfly, whisper your deepest wish to it, and then set it free, it will carry your wish to the spirits, who will grant it. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

Someone on the other side of the tall fence raised a bamboo stick with more ribbons attached to it, only these were wet and shimmered brighter than the ones already up. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

There’s an anxiety to it now when I begin. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

Without looking up, she says, “There’s a pile of dishes waiting to be washed. Get to it.” The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

All those plans I had—photography courses and cookery classes—when it comes down to it, they feel a hit pointless, as if I’m playing at real life instead of actually living it. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

I can be pretty distant when I put my mind to it. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

“Scared. That’s good. A fine soldier is always scared. Makes you normal. It’s how you respond to it that makes or breaks you.” The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

He hastily scribbled down the notes and left them to it. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

“I will attend to it,” said Dulcet with an amused smile, and Gregor couldn’t help thinking how much nicer she was than Luxa. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Now I understood why the nicknames made Miles so upset, and I couldn’t listen to it anymore. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

He knows what I want, and this dance is just winding us closer to it. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

There was nothing in this program of interest and Dell had fallen asleep to it many times since he came to Bakersfield. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

But when it comes down to it, there’s some more rosy and some more thorny. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

He had black hair, and when they made eye contact, the boy shook his head and turned away, walking toward a greasy iron pole with a wooden bench next to it. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

“A murder has been committed. Certain actions have to be performed. That is all there is to it.” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

The codebook was like a dictionary, enabling the code clerk to translate a message into a secret language, comprehensible only to those with access to it. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

My jeans and underwear sit next to it in a crumpled pile; I can smell the urine from the bottom of the stairs. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Anyway, I’m pretty sure she will grab that wad of money off the floor and stuff it into her purse unless I beat her to it. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

They cut a stout pole from a young alder, lashed the gaff hook to it, and then stealthily approached the swift, cold river. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

A good zoo is a place of carefully worked-out coincidence: exactly where an animal says to us, “Stay out!” with its urine or other secretion, we say to it, “Stay in!” with our barriers. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

I slowly walked up, went behind the podium, and grabbed on to it. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

Bring a little girl up in the party way and when she married, she’d see to it that her man voted the straight Democratic ticket. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And your hands. There’s no point to it anymore, though, is there? Not being straight with each other?” Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

“I know I am,” said Judith, “because this time I'm going to see to it that something happens. I’ve made up my mind.” The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

He did have to admit that their arrival had something to it. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

But he remembered: There was more to it than that. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

In one claw he grasped a long pole with a ferret’s head spiked to it, while in the other was his thick, enormous tail, which he cracked like a whip. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Still, no one is homeless, or cops to it anyway, thanks usually to a working husband or boyfriend. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

To have failed at one's Assignment—to be reassigned—had something of a shame to it. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

“Hmm. I wish they’d hurry. Because if they don’t, Consolidated might beat them to it. And beat us to it as well.” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

“She allows her character to believe the lie. Her voice has so many tones to it. She can be seductive and naive all in one sentence.” Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

Aru was grateful to it; earlier, the tiger had gently picked up her frozen mother in his mouth and placed her in her bedroom, so she was out of harm’s way. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

It didn’t take sharp eyes to see Sister Mukumbu was annoyed with her helper and as usual, stepped in to put an end to it. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

A picture on the mantel above their fireplace caught Colin's eye, and he walked over to it. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

I could not enter it, as I had not the key of the door leading to it from the house, but I have taken with my kodak views of it from various points. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

Mama had said that she’d see to it that Kenny stayed in school if I sent the money for clothes for him. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Later both brothers will refer to it as a meeting of the minds, of the time they made a pledge to each other. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

“See to it,” said Robin with a quick nod. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z

“Boy, are you stubborn just to be stubborn? Or is there something else to it? You think some other Negro will come live with you? Will you be sweet on her, too?” Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

They were the family’s own gods, belonging only to it, really the most important part of it, the protectors and defenders of the entire household. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

It sickened me to wonder who had brought the cushion here, or who had been brought to it. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

I grabbed my mother’s hand and held on to it tight. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

The pane of glass thus constitutes the picture plane, and the image drawn on to it can then be copied on to another surface. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Left to themselves, they devised systems of cooperation and work sharing; when there was a crisis, they rose to it. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Eliza, I want you be my partner. There’s no one better suited to it, no one I can trust. Or who will put up with me.” Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The only building in sight was a small block of yellow brick sitting on the edge of the waste land, a sort of compact Main Street ministering to it and contiguous to absolutely nothing. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

After a while, you get used to it. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“No, it’s cool. I know when I’m not wanted. I’m super used to it.” Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

It didn’t seem to have any purpose to it. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

But that Violet knew and went right to it. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Merely touch the symbol of the key, and you will be transported somewhere close to it. But from there, it is up to you to find and claim the real key.” Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

And from that moment on, it would become the property of those so desperately devoted to it. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’m in “soft- lines,” which has a wonderful, sinuous sound to it, but I have no idea what it means. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

He knew everybody was staring, but he liked being the center of attention, and he pretended it was just an ordinary thing and he was used to it. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Yes, he wanted to learn from it, he wanted to listen to it. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z

I must put all my mind to it, to see if we two by ourselves can take them on or if we should look round for help.” The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was blurry—the chalk was heavier in some parts and almost nonexistent in others—but Sierra thought she could make out a human form to it. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

Nature and his relationship to it are a deadly-serious matter, prescribed by convention, mystery, and danger. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

One office door was open and Alex walked over to it. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

We went to it, but the bundles had vanished. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

The topic was “The most annoying thing in the world,” and we were supposed to write the usual one-page response to it. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lovey saw Caesar and Cora walk to it, and Cora shook her head at her friend’s amusement. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

The pain has been so constant for the past few minutes that I have gotten used to it, like a person gets used to a siren’s wail if it remains consistent. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

There seemed a great distance to it, as could never be gained by skiff or tender; and yet it filled all of that silent landscape, and so was not lost to the night. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

Next to it is a glossy envelope emblazoned with a gold stamp of the Warcross logo. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

The dogs saw to it that these orders were carried out. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

I open my mouth to answer, but somebody beats me to it. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

Octavian screamed in a shrill voice—maybe ordering the First Cohort to stand their ground, maybe trying to sing soprano —but Percy put a stop to it. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

The pan right in front of me said “20 minutes, l/2c fig,” and the one next to it said “18 minutes, 1c fig.” From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

I excitedly cried out, “Look, look,” pointing to it. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

I had to rein him back down to a walk twice before he resigned himself to it. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

We made our schedule and stuck to it. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Not having lived in the city since childhood, he had little attachment to it. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Each morning Sibanda would sneak off to his food tree and sing to it about the greediness of his wife and family. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

After ten minutes of polite assistance Ishmael wondered aloud if his DeSoto wasn’t the answer and persisted in this vein for five minutes more before Hisao yielded to it as an unavoidable evil. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Alec slowed as he approached the room, and carefully stepped forward until he was right next to it, his back pressed against the closed door. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

It took four steps to get up to it. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

“She gave herself up to it. Sometimes people get so focused on things they don’t see the world around them. That’s what I’m trying to tell people. It isn’t easy.” Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

“I shall send her my contract whenever I get around to it. Until then, you’d do well to keep your mouth shut about it, boy.” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

His voice was dark and rough, and there was an odd edge to it, as if of surprise or puzzlement at hearing himself speak. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

Then the ending of the song struck me like a fist in my chest, as it always does, no matter where or when I listen to it. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Myna should understand that by now and be getting used to it. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Pinching my nose and covering my mouth, I walk up to it and peer in. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

And people have been reacting to it ever since. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

It failed to reach Sagane until after the war and was returned years later to Alvarez, who put his signature to it and delivered it again to Sagane as a mordant keepsake. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

Just then, two boys swim over to it, and the shorter one catches the horseshoe crab and holds it up. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

The wind was getting colder, but Jerrod seemed impervious to it. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

And while the journal was intended to be private, Benji knew his parents listened to it. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

Should we sell the rising stock option and risk losing out on its further ascent, or hold on to it and risk its decline and the loss of our premium? Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Miss Whitlaws land might be worth something once the city was rebuilt, but that meant holding on to it for quite a while. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

The light through the windows had a smoky haze to it, giving the entire room a soft edge that reminded Joseph of a painting. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

As we hurry toward the door, I can see there’s a note taped to it. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

Pocock wanted the shell to have the fastest possible racing bottom he could impart to it. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Her entire body felt the rightness of it, her entire body was seized to it. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Oh, I know exactly what happened to it. That Jacob Carlyle blew his knee out trying to steal third base during a game a few weeks later. Ended his career.” Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

Francie got used to it in time and as she grew older, she seldom noticed it any more. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Whatever he undertakes, he commits himself to it fully, absolutely. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe there’s more to it than that, but that’s all the truth I’m willing to face right now. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

But my gut told me a different story, and I decided to listen to it. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

She had on a black cloak with the hood to it over her head. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Place the bundles on the platform and set fire to it,” she commanded and stepped back. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“She prefers the dear boys. Listen to it rain.” A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

“I look forward to it. Let’s have something to look forward to. Why not?” A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

I walk up to it and place my hand on a beam to feel if it's real. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

And I knew that part of the reason I was looking forward to it was because Julian had not made it public. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

Whatever the Big Water was like, it must be worse than this and Kehaar was used to it. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Do you think that’s her? I could find out,” he said as if there was nothing to it. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

He raged at his farm, forced it, added to it, drilled and trimmed, and his boundaries extended. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Mosca sat down next to it and started to fiddle with the dials. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

He might have no windows to attest to it, but he had a watch, ticking steadily. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

“I wonder how much damage those sharks have done to it underneath. It’s quite impossible to tell from up here.” James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z

I made the resolution; gladder that I kept to it. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

The deer will suffer, too, and the land will be poorer for the destruction of the wild things that belong to it. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

Let us put the torch to it and burn it down.’ The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

He says that's how it is in the whole world, people always looking for someone else to blame, so he might as well get used to it. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z

"Of all the things to happen to me. First they take all my good men and then they send me you. What'd you do to it?" Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

When we finally get to the plane, it has a stale kind of smell to it. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

After two days of labor, workers and students were halfway through clearing off the top platform and the staircases leading to it; the layout of the structure was visible enough to map. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

He knew the wolf now, as die wolf knew him, and he nodded to it, nodded and smiled. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

The smells are richer than here, and before long the moon will rise and my brother will sing to it. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

As I scanned the picture, I noticed that a section was missing, as if someone had taken a scissors to it. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

I may have been shaking my head, but I can’t swear to it. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

They smelled earth and vegetation—not what they’d been used to, but bearing some comforting relation to it. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

Fate has always been the realm of the gods, though even the gods are subject to it. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

Seamus got so impatient that he prodded it with his wand and set fire to it — Harry had to put it out with his hat. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

Marrel also taught Maria how to draw, and she took to it right away. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

An old, lonely pepper tree stood guard next to it. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

“And so,” Fflewddur concluded with a carefree shrug, “that was our part. Rather easy, when you come down to it; I had no fear of things going badly, not for an instant.” The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

“I think we need something with a little more excitement to it. How about if we call you Earthquake?” Lawn Boy 2007-06-12T00:00:00Z

This would make sense if the atmospheric regulator were on, but I'd cut power to it. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was the only sofa in the living room; next to it were cane chairs, softened with brown cushions. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

My coat is so heavy, the water clings to it, dragging me farther and farther down into the deep. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

“Hey,” he said to it, “you know something that I don’t?” and immediately felt foolish. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

“Would Mr. Darcy then consider the rashness of your original intention as atoned for by your obstinacy in adhering to it?” Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z

I didn’t even think to sign my name to it. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

A smaller road turns off from this one and leads down to it. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

Although in the reels and jigs they danced, every moment a different girl was clinging to it, none of them seemed to notice. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

She laid a long pin next to it on the desk. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

And next to it is a floor lamp, a long black pole with three oval spotlights attached like the broad leaves of a rubber plant. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

I listened to it grow ling but didn’t give in. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

When it came down to it, however, the FBI needed a conviction. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

But he remembered the hours leading up to it—his grandmother coming out into the backyard to find him shooting arrows at her porcelain collection. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

“Habit? No,” returned the stranger, “but once and away, and on a Saturday night too. Come! Put a name to it, Mr. Gargery.” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

“Or what? Attach towlines to it and pull? All I know is it won’t be leaving the way it came. Not with Skathis dead.” Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

I put my head to it, my hands on either side. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

But she seemed to know, too, when to stop listening to it, as if all of what little or much wisdom there is in the world were suddenly hers. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

While her lemon-yellow skirt was spared, the doll attached to it was not as lucky. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

If it comes to it, we can pick locks and scavenge for candles. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

There will always be, in emerging nations, an enduring attraction to the ways of the colonizer — I myself was not immune to it. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Percy hadn’t paid much attention to it, but it looked like a name tag made out of lead. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

“You were born to it? Like a slave?” The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

The town itself had a weather-beaten look to it, with closed stores, rusted-out cars, and worn apartment complexes lining the road, but it was still beautiful. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

I noticed that with the raft next to it, the lifeboat had changed directions. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Almost used to it now, I climbed up on the riser before the measuring chart. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

“Excuse me, sir,” said the boat-builder, “but there is a little bit more to it than that. And if you would allow me I should like to make a further statement.” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

It was so weighty and influential a body that no step of any importance could ever be taken by the tribe without reference to it. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He read the instructions that were attached to it by a rubber band. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

"It's just going to keep getting worse and worse for you until you take us to it." Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

“Not much to it.We crashed and I dragged your butt out here. Then I sat here and watched you roll around like you were having a bad dream. Memories again?” The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

“And next to it a carving of a little feather.” Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

Viewed from a certain angle, there was a kind of artistry to it. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

“I always ask, because people always ask me if I can speak Japanese. I try to beat them to it.” Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Next to it, there’s an egg wearing a man’s suit and hat sitting on a wall with a bunch of happy soldiers all around. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

From walking over it feeling it and listening to it, I think I knew what our cay looked like. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

However, I saw the iron wagon axle iced against a tree, and crawled to it. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

Cautiously it walks up to it and pecks. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And when you come right down to it, that’s no lie,” she assured herself. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

But there was more to it, of course. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

There could be the whole team, eighteen of us, waiting for some water at the colored fountain, and the white fountain next to it be empty. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

El Patron went into a quiet daze when he listened to it. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

He keeps a permanent bottle of gin on a small, shaky wooden table in the corner, and a carton of Newport cigarettes next to it, along with a few military medals. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

“I’m still new to it. There’s a lot to learn. Do you have a sister or brother?” Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Not that I couldn't kill the sheriff properly with my cavalry sword, or my bare hands if it came to it. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

I keep meaning to give them away now that Charlie is too old for them, but I haven’t gotten around to it. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

I know what I’m supposed to do next—I’m supposed to release the splendor back into the earth—but I can’t resist the temptation to hold on to it just a little longer. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

“It tapers. I think it could be bitten through, but I can’t get my teeth to it.” Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

If the study was cold before, warmth returns to it twice as quickly. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

About how he and his men had abducted and tortured people for twenty years before the church had gone in and put an end to it. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

She leaned over the parapet, watching as a young fox approached along the dusty road, bearing a stick with a white rag of truce tied to it. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

It was propped against the collar box and I lay listening to it. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘But as soon as the first shot is fired, no man of military age can possibly get out of Boston. They’ll see to it. It’s now or never.’ Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

I can use both sides, and if it comes down to it, I can re-use them by scratching out the old question. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was actually quite hungry because normally Sam and Patrick take me to the Big Boy after the football games, and I guess I was used to it by now. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

At the end of a year he never spoke at all, unless he was forced to it or found himself alone with the foul old old peasant he met in the woods sometimes, his counselor. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sarai directed a score of moths to it to grasp the weave with their tiny feet and shift it back just enough to uncover a slice of light. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

She was going to have to get used to it, though. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

He crawled over to it and fumbled with the receiver. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

I looked a little freaky without any eyebrows, but I got used to it. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

American leaders fervently believed in the “domino theory”: if one country became Communist, the country next to it would fall to Communism, then the next, like a row of dominoes, rapidly knocking each other over. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

What was even better than the taste of the coffee was the silky texture given to it by the sugar, a thing Winston had almost forgotten after years of saccharine. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

Someone tacked another sheet of paper next to it, and more than a hundred kids put their names down. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

Two of the other men took Uncle to a tree several yards away and tied him to it. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

He found a shop recommended to him by a clerk in the grain market where his second son now was, and he went to it. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

I hold on to it, rolling it between my fingers. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

The door opens before he can get to it and Oslo Fouke steps in, smiling, in a white button-down shirt and black necktie. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

“Mechanical,” he said, “Works on a hinge. Got a spring. Don’t even limp when I set my mind to it. I’ll show it to you when I take it off. Come along with me.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“There was an explosion, and he was very close to it.” Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Perhaps, if the technology can be adapted to it, we should send some paintings. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

She spotted her bag peeking out from under an overturned chair and scrambled to get to it. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

A large yellow dog was curled up next to his legs, and next to it was an open instrument case. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

His fury was wrought to the highest: he must yield to it for a moment, whatever followed; he crossed the floor and seized my arm and grasped my waist. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

To get to it, to redeem it, Franny had to shuffle across the floor through a quantity of newspapers and sidestep an empty paint bucket. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

A massive pyramid-shaped structure covering several square kilometers at its base, it towered above most of the structures adjacent to it. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

She rushed to it and threw open the latches, then the lid. dines into a vehicle built for three. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

I drew a tree, fastened the rope to it, and hung her. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

I spied a stack of comic books on his desk, the topmost issue was a series called Patient F, and next to it was a cramped bookshelf. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

"Why settle for something less challenging? My daughter can sing any American song after listening to it two or three times, but have you ever seen an American who can master a Tagore song?" You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

It had a massive tree next to it, with long vines that you could use to plunge into the water. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

There was a skylight about a third of the way down the roof and he made his way to it in a walking crouch. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

“You kind of get used to it after a while.” The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

I pulled on the rope to tend to it. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

But first, first he had to know if the woman he believed was his mother was still there—or had she confused fire with hair and lost her breath to it. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Frank’s currently watching one of those political analysis shows, so there’s no way they’re really paying attention to it. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

His shortness had a charitable aspect to it, as though he had given away his height. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Now they was the ones that had the money with all the different colors to it, but I thanked him anyway. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

It says to write down the story of what happened and everything that led up to it. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

Ben shook his head, because he had seen me see her a thousand times, and he was used to it. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

“Normally you pay it in addition to your first term’s Arcanum tuition. But since you’ve jumped rank on us, you’ll need to tend to it now.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I don't want to return to the noisy part of the city, but I need to get used to it if I'm going to search for my grandparents. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

But I don't know how Maman ever left these Belle apartments to go back to it. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

When he took the wand away, hair seemed to be clinging to it — but then Harry saw that it was in fact a glistening strand of the same strange silvery-white substance that filled the Pensieve. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Except Mark wanted to beat them to it. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

It’s certainly better than referring to it as the Everyone Saw Henry Denton’s Blurry Balls in That One Picture escapade. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

Now it’s been “regentrified,” which means it got a new coat of paint and someone decided to pay attention to it. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

How he loved this river, how it enchanted him, how grateful he was to it! Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z

For my part, the fate of the Jews, and the world’s indifference to it, frightened me very much. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z

"I never let them take it off. I feel like it gives her strength. And Sophia adds flowers to it weekly." The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

Anyone who beats me to it will easily scoop up my pack and be gone. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

She worried that Jackie’s girls would get lost in media or escape to it. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

“No, Mr. Washington only found the reference to it. The licensing file also says that Mrs. Moss stated that she no longer allowed the children to taste her home-cooked hot sauce.” Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

Next to it was the funeral director, a little man in a ridiculous getup, and an awkward, embarrassed-looking old man. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

The disk of the sun had just come up, and the billows of fog had bowed to it and backed away. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

Rishi had been looking forward to it for Dimple, but now he wasn’t so sure. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Well and all, he would burn that bridge when he came to it, he decided, and for now he would take Yvaine into the village and deal with events as they came. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

Thomas was touched—he bet that if it really came down to it, Chuck would go out there if he were asked to. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

But every now and then, a sighting seemed to have substance to it—like the one Ruth told me about that night. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

We got our own lan’, and it’s ours, an’ we c’n go to it.” Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

The scent of the direwolves sent horses into a frenzy of fear if they were not accustomed to it, but they'd quiet soon enough once Summer was gone. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

She had never been in the rosebush before, never even really close to it, and now, the nearer she got, the more nervous she became. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

Many of the changes would prove to be permanent Brian had gained immensely in his ability to observe what was happening and react to it; that would last him all his life. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Or maybe the Gestapo will beat you to it,” I reply. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

He went across to it, sniffed at it briefly with his trunk, and then scooped it up into the air and straight into his mouth. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

He touched a match to it, and a little fire crackled to life. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

The freighter passed to the north still blowing, and Kabuo listened to it. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Of course not,” said Mr. Powell, even though she probably could if she just put her looped glasses on and got to it. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

“You’d better get to it if you want to finish your story.” Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Then she would have to go into the inside room and listen to it many times and try to join it into the parts of the symphony she remembered. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

“Darling,” Kosi said, opening the door before he got to it. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

He is predisposed to it; he sees it when it isn’t even there. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

When Malcolm woke up to it, though, it had already become like a separate river inside the larger one. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

She put her ear to it, listening for any hint of sound. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

If we cannot literally talk to a work of art, we can learn how to respond to it and question it in order to fathom its meaning. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Greek historian Herodotus described it as a stack of eight stepped towers, with gates of solid brass and 120 lions in brightly colored, glazed tiles leading to it. The Annotated Mona Lisa 1992-06-01T00:00:00Z

Only there was a whole lot more to it than any game. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Two features of this sound immediately spring to mind when you listen to it. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

When they make a slip, grab on to it and wait. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

They ought to clear all this, I thought as I ran, catching my breath, Maxim should get the men on to it. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

In London, Baba didn't drive much, and I can tell he's still not used to it. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

As Elizebeth worked with the collection, she kept adding notes to it. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

“They will get used to it,” the soldier said as if the words were rote in his mouth. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Weighing it against the alternative, that I planned to ask a colored woman for help, saying she’d already agreed to it seemed infinitely more attractive. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Now it came down to it, I didn’t much like the idea of getting in under Kat’s dressing gown. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had no difficulty in disposing of the fallacy, and he was in no danger of succumbing to it. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

I take a heaping pile of pamphlets and leave him to it. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

A neat pile of books was stacked next to it. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Now there’s a trail to it from the road and a bench by it that overlooks the ocean, but when the artist carved it, there was none of that. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

The bedspread is flowery and quilted and has a sheen to it. The Fourteenth Goldfish 2014-08-26T00:00:00Z

However, I chose not to go to it. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

In a strange way he was looking forward to it—relieved that things were going to clear up between them, however things turned out. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

It had been annoying at first, since I had to wait to get my own phone till my birthday months later, but now I was used to it. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

If the constellation of medals on his chest was any indication, he had to be a general or close to it. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Saying goodbye to it this morning was the hardest thing I’ve ever had to do. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

Once you get used to it, reality is as irresistible as a club, and I was clubbed into the cellar before I caught the hint. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

The crash bracelets lifted her up until she could grab on to it, her fingers clinging to its knobbly surface as she gasped for air. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

The landscape of his mind was all given over to it. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

“They’re just bodies. Their souls are in heaven or hell or wherever. Probably not Catholics anyway. Come on, take her shoes off. You got to get used to it.” The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

It had felt like calligraphy, if calligraphy were written in honey, and that was as close to it as he—or anyone—could come. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

She taught me and saw to it that I ate better. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

He found two places, all the same, where he had to trust wholly to it: smooth surfaces where there was no hold even for his strong hobbit fingers and the ledges were far apart. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

His voice had a strange, almost wistful quality to it. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

“So, what you’re saying, Miss,” Tommy said, “is that everything we did, all the lessons, everything. It was all about what you just told us? There was nothing more to it than that?” Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And then you have added so much to it yourself, you are always buying books.” Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z

“Plenty of service wiring, but it takes a long time to get to it.” Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

The silence that followed his outburst had a fungus quality to it, as though it were breeding malignancies, and I had the uncanny feeling that I had somehow been stripped naked and violated. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

Galileo had never mentioned atomism in print, although some who knew him claimed that, in private, he made clear his commitment to it; Gilbert had discussed atomism only to reject it. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Leading Little Ann to it, I picked her up and set her on the table, too. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s not so bad when you get used to it,” said Doc. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

She picked up her glass and touched her lips to it. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“I suppose he’s used to it,” said Maxim briefly, “It leads to a small cove, where we used to keep a boat. Come on, Jasper, old man.” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

My stomach had that sour feeling to it, like I’d eaten an entire bag of raw peanuts. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

And he saw a blue flicker down below, and strained to bring the barrel over to it. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I hold on to it for a while before giving it up. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

“He talked to it gentle,” the story went, “like a woman talkin’ to a young ’un.” Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

Garvey stood outside the shelter as they walked up to it. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

“Get to it, boy. If you succeed without perishing, you shall be a part of the inner circle.” Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

The voice drove me nuts at first, but I gradually got used to it. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

I had landed on the opposite side of the Agena from the spot the experiment package was located, so I had to go hand- over-hand around to it. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

If Pamela really is the culprit, the evidence was right in front of us, and nobody twigged to it. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

No, I asked her to see to it that I never went back. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

They both got different answers to it at first, and even when they agreed I am not sure they got it right. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

This was her first time, and the road was a little spooky until you got used to it. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Penelope almost sat down in the one next to it before she realized that he was holding the chair out for her. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

Danger seemed to cling to it—to every single letter of it. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

“Ha-ha-ha! Of course you are looking forward to it. Y>u are looking forward to it because you are a rat, a real rat. ” The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

“I think you could demand almost anything and they’d have to agree to it.” Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

“I’ve already told you. I could see you did not want to go. Oh, do let’s have an end to it. I’m sick to death of the subject.” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Second: It held Gum Baby fast, its cuff-head snapping around her neck like a collar, the long chain attached to it coiling around her tiny wooden body. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Naturally, he looked forward to it every year. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

No one is used to this, she isn’t used to it herself. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Burnside laughs, but rather than cutting the tension it just adds to it. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

We’re eating pizza in the living room with an NBA game playing on the TV, but I’m the only one paying attention to it. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

He was afraid that the only way to get to it was to start back up at the surface, and dig down. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

There is a slide attached to it that leads to Bren’s pool. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

The night being cold, I drew closer to it and tried to make sense of the things that Bear had said. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

“Well,” she says, “now you know about it, and you can do whatever you want to it.” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Perhaps that way she could hold on to it as a living thing and not have it become something called a memory. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then he saw that his stew was done, the peach whip almost done, and he waved to it with his hand. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was about to protest that Grover and I had had bad experiences in that town, but Bianca beat us to it. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

Right next to it was a large container of Jamboree Juicy Jellies, and before I knew what had happened the Pigman had grabbed them and put them into the shopping cart. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

With ludicrous care he embraced the rock, pressing himself to it above the sucking sea. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

Wang Lung usually lay listening to it and moved only when he heard it approaching nearer and when he heard the door of his father’s room squeak upon its wooden hinges. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

There was a blank sheet of paper on the bulletin board next to it calling for volunteers. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

To get to it, one took a rutted, uphill dirt track that branched off the main road between Herat and Gul Daman. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

“Get used to it, friend. You’re a shod tiger now, and you must wear them till you learn good manners. Till you can be trusted.” Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

We pulled into the parking lot and walked up to the store, which is this weird warehouse-looking thing with rusted metal steps leading up to it. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

I was near enough to shoot any animal that came to it, and my gun was loaded and ready on my knee. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I meant to, but now I’m used to it. And sometimes I don’t want to know the time. Now, are you gonna finish that story?” Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

He looked—Matt couldn’t quite put a name to it—both relieved and miserable. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Vincent might have referred to it as a drawing, not a painting, as he often did when he used watercolors. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

She was pulling someone’s old wagon that had a $4 sign taped to it. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

And one day, after several weeks, I decided to go back to it. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

“And suppose you had something and added less than nothing to it. What would you have then?” The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

The nearest was only about two miles away, but there was no trail to it and it was down a perilous slope through the woods. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

“If you need anything during your stay, just let me know, and I will see to it.” Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I think it was assigned in my English class last year, but I never got around to it. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

It was the kind of emotionally sophisticated, character-driven, multi-layered novel that invites reflection and discussion, and book groups were flocking to it. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Before we get to it, there’s one thing I want to point out,” he said. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

Especially the younger ones, who ain’t built up a callus to it yet. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

In school they refer to it as a large district, that’s all. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

It took every fiber in my being not to give in to it and take a nap right there on the strip. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

Even when his left little toe and the one next to it got sawed off by Doc without no kind of numbing and Pap hadn’t made a peep. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

“Don’t trouble yourself. It’s no exertion to me, but you don’t look equal to it.” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’ll hold on to you until you get used to it.” When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

That was the kind of name that was enough to make you practice four hours every day, just so you could live up to it! Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

Before Anya could say anything else, Misha said, “Where did you come from? The same village as the fool? Or a shtetl close to it?” Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

Less a sense of heat and more of intense pain as the chemicals find our flesh, cling to it, and burrow down through the layers of skin. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

I was still holding the cormorant skirt and the girl pointed to it and said something. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was no one to see to it that their clothes were clean, heads were shaved around the edges, skin was oiled and not ashy. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

If it comes to it, will I fail? The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

Then there was Bernie Black, who had a view of Gramercy Park, but not a key to it, which he said was worse than looking at a brick wall. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

The wild pig was delicious both ways, with a nutty sweetness to it that tasted nothing like store-bought pork. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

The word “last” had an odd ring to it. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Not that I hate school, it’s just that when it comes down to it, I learn more just hanging out at home anyway. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

If he recognized his own cipher from the website, then it was a logical step to connect her to it. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Rab must see to it that the uncle who every week smuggled out copies of the Observer also took out the British deserter. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

By that time, by some purely subconscious means, I had developed a successful mental block about the murder and everything pertaining to it. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

But there was much more to it than a purple glow. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

“Follow me out to it. Stay low in the water. Don’t let him see you. When we reach the wreck, we’ll look for our man and decide what’s next.” Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

Taisin stroked the flower with one finger and bent her head down close to it, trying to breathe in the air around the tiny growing thing. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

“I wonder if it only likes iron because it’s made of iron,” she mused, touching her silver ring to it with no effect. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Without a word, Father Olufemi ambled over to it, leaving them at the door. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

I notice something new about my house: There’s more to it now. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

Finn Taylor has retreated from most of the world; his size comes from negligence and laziness, a carelessness that would be pathological if it had any meticulousness to it. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

After a few hours I am no longer the only one, and by morning we are quite accustomed to it and ask for what we want without any false modesty. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mom says she wants to unplug on vacation, so I can hang on to it. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

I get up to go to the door, but Mama beats me to it. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

And he climbed to it, and saw that out of the very edge of the snow there sprang a sapling tree no more than three foot high. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

But knowing that little piece of her story somehow made the dance and everything leading up to it that much more special. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

It kind of had a ring to it, even if it was a little kid-ish. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

There was a rhythm to it, and an accompanying punctuation of slaps or blows. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Or should I find my story, listen to it, then just enough of the next tape to see who I’m supposed to pass them off to? Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

From the moment I saw the title, I was certain the second line of the Limerick was a reference to it. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

I kept going back to it, like a salmon, which I know about. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

I also wished to send a message to the government that while I rejected its offer because of the conditions attached to it, I nevertheless thought negotiation, not war, was the path to a solution. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The plastic keepsake attached to it was a painting of half of a yellow sun on a black background. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Feathers litter the floor under his cage, and he refuses to return to it even after a generous forty-five minutes of head time. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

I watch the news without paying much attention to it. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Her voice was barely above a whisper, but the ragged quality to it made me think she was either going to scream or burst out into hysterical tears. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

I pulled up on the wire to the best of my ability, but there wasn’t much slack to it. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

He felt good saying Javier’s name, to hear the cheers and whoops that came in response to it. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Lure the other two men out of the house, then, having previously laid a trail of petrol, he might set light to it. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

Well, Granny saw to it that Mary Toy and I had our share of hog meat. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

I helped her bathe and dress—if Ferula didn’t beat me to it—and I felt infinitely sorry for her, so tiny and thin with that monstrous belly, as the moment of delivery approached. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

She brought the scale close to it and they snapped sharply together, making the same odd, ceramic ring again. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Till then, I hadn’t realized I still held on to it. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

My mom is a great cook, but lately she hasn’t felt up to it. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

Ramona neither struggled nor cried; she let herself be moved without actually submitting to it. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

I take my usual trip to the bathroom sink for water, and then plug in the electric kettle at my desk and set the yellow bowls next to it. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Bigger felt an urgent need to hide his growing and deepening feeling of hysteria; he had to get rid of it or else he would succumb to it. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

In a rare moment when Johnny and Bobby leave the phone open, I walk up to it with the phone card that Mom brought me twenty minutes after she left with Dad and Sarah. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

But there was no punctuation in those ancient texts and that’s all there is to it. Eats, Shoots & Leaves 2003-11-06T00:00:00Z

He pried her hand away and held on to it. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

“I doubt if there’s anything to it, though,” he added, conscious of the look of skepticism on Shadrach’s face. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

But Grandma’s response made it seem like she was used to it. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

He began to crawl slowly under the midday sun that illuminated the village one last time before we brought darkness to it. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

And the more you give yourself to it, the harder your life will be. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

Wherever it was, the entrance to it was a great gate of clouds kept by the Seasons. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was difficult for him to beg, but he came as close to it as he could. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

Next to it The Club History of London, an equally massive set, bound in pale calfhide. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

A small potbellied stove took up one corner, and next to it was a dry sink under a window that looked out to the sea. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

But I was having an uncharacteristically emotional reaction to it. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z

He would stay next to it, sniffing it. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

My mother says he was homesick, and hints at a nervous breakdown, but there was more to it than that. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, who cares what he’s interested in? What is he, when you come down to it? Just some stupid teacher.” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

And they jumped to it because to them, it was also a good way for me to, I guess, deal with all the changes I was going through. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

The Commander is standing in front of the fireless fireplace, back to it, one elbow on the carved wooden overmantel, other hand in his pocket. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

She set the three-wheeled model back on the dresser where it belonged and arranged the wheel chip next to it. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

A clue to it was that his first name was never used—I didn’t even know what it was—and he had no nickname, not even an unfriendly one. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

If I were exposed to it, I'd get so much cancer, the cancer would have cancer. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I never thought she was behind it. It was that Grace, not Cordelia. Grace put her up to it, I always thought. What became of her?” Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

It is tradition for newly made rulers to come and pay tribute to it. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

I walk slowly to it, reaching out to lay my hand flat against it, knowing she’s on the other side. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

Connected to it is a tube, and connected to the tube, in the corner of the room, is a huge tank. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

She finally finds my name, and places a red check mark next to it. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

The Congolese are used to it and have developed a thousand shortcuts. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

The house presented two pointed gables in its front; the windows were latticed and narrow: the front door was narrow too, one step led up to it. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

She pressed the white cloth to it, the red blooming like a rose, and her finger smarted from the cut. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

I took the CD home and listened to it over and over for the next week, pondering what Kim said. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, then, my dear, hop to it, or my next shot will cut off more than your friend’s hair!” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Doctor Copeland sat close to it, leaning forward in a straight-backed kitchen chair with his head cupped in his long, slender hands. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

The proles had taken a fancy to it, and in the midnight streets it competed with the still-popular “It Was Only a Hopeless Fancy.” 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

The sea was rushing against rock somewhere nearby; Harry listened to it while the others talked, discussing matters in which he could take no interest, making decisions. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

He caresses the car and whispers something to it. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

An ambulance comes and my mother is carried out to it on a stretcher. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

The silence that followed had a strange quality to it: expectation, eagerness, love, awe. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

“Does that help, Alex? My Bloody Mary is here and I need to talk to it about this phone call.” Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

He tied another knot—another loose knot—around the ring and kept a length out long enough that he could hold on to it—which he did, for dear life. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t avoid the question any longer, so I squared up to it. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

Nobody ever asked to join her program—students were assigned to it after they’d missed so much school they were in danger of flunking out, dropping out, or getting kicked off the roster. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Somehow, it was okay when Annabeth called me that— at least, I’d gotten used to it—but hearing it from Thalia was not cool. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

The boy tilted one ear up at a low-hanging fruit, almost as if he were listening to it. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

Minho switched on the light, making Thomas squint for a second until his eyes got used to it. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

The phone rings in the kitchen and I practically fall over myself racing to it. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

By the second decade of the twentieth century, black America had come to a fork in the road and had to choose: accommodation to white supremacy or unyielding opposition to it. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

Speak a little funny, but us gitting use to it What your people love best to eat over there in Africa? The Color Purple 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

During the weeks leading up to it, everyone seems to pair up. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

Mother had prepared a place for us, and we went to it gratefully. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

My father picked up a dry brush of yerba de la vivora and striking a match to it he used it as a torch to set fire to the platform. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

No wonder you have to hold women down to get them to listen to it.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

She said, “This device is fine as far as I can tell. There’s no damage to it. All interior connections and circuits—if that’s what you even call parts this advanced—haven’t been disturbed.” The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

“Very soon now. Did you already know about it? He’s been talking about it, building up to it, for—” Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

I asked you to steer clear of the nest because the birds won’t fly to it if they see you—not smell, but actually see you near it. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

“It ain’t even that that bothers me. It’s the way you acting. Like you want it. Like you looking forward to it.” Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

That is, his palms were flat and held vertically above the ground, not cupped and horizontal to it, after the manner of women. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

I stopped and listened to it until the chimes ceased. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

I stood up to it and repeated, “I am a human being.” Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I didn’t know becoming Dauntless would be this difficult,” I say, and a second later, I am surprised that I said it; surprised that I admitted to it. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

It’s an answer with lots of shredded parts to it, just like the baby’s new nest. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Already, he had heard the locals refer to it as the Newsless Courier, and he had immediately adapted the bastardized version as his own. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

We dropped everything and rushed up to it. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

Like they once did, we make great sacrifices to it. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

But if she hadn’t approved, she would have put a stop to it. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

Indeed, the notion of racial difference—specifically the notion of white supremacy—proved far more durable than the institution that gave birth to it. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

‘God Almighty. Let’s leave them to it,’ she said. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

I fasten the bandage back, hold the ice pack to it so the swelling won’t be so bad when my kids see me tonight. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

That’s not because the music is quieter, of course, but simply that your position relative to it has changed. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

“Every story, I think, has a grain of truth to it. But sometimes, people are misled by what they believe, and they see what they think they should see, not what is actually there.” Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

As though he had taken an oath, and his very life stood surety to it. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Pointing to it she said, “Oh yeah, totally. That’s sheer artistic genius right there.” When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

The local constable would see to it that she did not run away. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Madge had run off and married Sergeant Gale, and Ma had been so put to it to keep Mr. Tweedie in the family she had married him herself. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You learn to hold it back, to numb yourself to it,” she said in a bitter voice. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

Bran had always liked the godswood, even before, but of late he found himself drawn to it more and more. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

From far away the store on the edge of town looked about a hundred years old, but when we got up to it, I saw it was actually older. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

No one could get to it without permission from the owner. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

“Maybe it was. But one thing May was right about is that it’s our time to live. It’s her dying wish that we do that, June, so we need to see to it. All right?” The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tobias’s finger runs along the lines of his family tree—I assume—but idly, like he’s not really paying attention to it. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

“Sit down and wait, Cal. Sit down and wait. Get used to it. I’m trying to.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

I thought that Dad would like the song, since it had a jazzy feel to it. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

The brothers will come back to it again and again. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

An ancient car braked to a halt and I hurried to it. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Like me, he’d never had it, and he didn’t aspire to it, either. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

I don’t think I’m up to it today.” Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

The struggle, we agreed, was not to get used to it or accept it. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

“I thank you all very much for helping me, and I’ll thank you still more if you won’t allude to it for a month, at least.” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

The contratista tied one end of a thick rope to it and, handing the other end to Gabriel, said, “Here, tie this around your waist. I want you to till the furrows.” The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

And I stood there and I opened my Swiss Army knife in my pocket to make me feel safe and I held on to it tight. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

He shoved the jiggeh into the opening, put his back to it, and wiggled in himself. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

Now I just knew something terrible was going to happen to it. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

But Tiwanaku was so different in so many ways that ordinary expectations rarely apply to it. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

He’d have put his hand over his mouth but the boy was holding on to it and would not let go and in the other hand he was holding the pistol. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

Next to it are my sickles, the blades as curved and sharp as Miss Anderson’s tongue. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

I noticed how his whole face had an odd pallor to it. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

“We don’t have families. We swore to it.” The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

The printing revolution is a theme that runs through this book: we will return to it in Chapters 5-8 and 17; and see above, p. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

But the better and richer families were coming to it and it looked to become a fad. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m used to it. My parents think I’m not Korean enough. Everybody else thinks I’m not American enough.” The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

“I shall leave you to it, then,” she says. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Under the picture of the man with the burning heart there is a shelf with a red glass holding a flickering candle and next to it a small statue. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

You did not want something reasonable, you wanted something technical and then stuck to it without explanations. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

The cell feels the virus sticking to it and enfolds the virus and drags it inside. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

And when the human beings listened to it, they secretly trembled, hearing in it a prophecy of their future doom. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

Meggie enticed it over, speaking to it gently, until it put its head under her arm and purred, asking to be petted. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

He might not like it, but he was used to it. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

One of the Chinese parishioners had donned a Santa Claus costume and a stiff paper beard with cotton balls glued to it. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Most of the time I didn’t think on dying and stuff, and I couldn’t get next to it even with Grandma. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

“Swear to it,” Thyon ordered, but then he cast his eyes over the books on the floor and abruptly changed his mind. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

He oiled the clock and listened to it carefully. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

He thought it made her look tough, like she was ready for a brawl if it came down to it, as if she might have a razor in her shoe. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Sitting next to it, he folded his paws under him and half shut his eyes. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

‘But can you really and truly tell what sort of a dream it’s going to be simply by listening to it?’ The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

But worst of all, for Harry at least, was Piers calming down enough to say, “Harry was talking to it, weren’t you, Harry?” Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

Then Wang Lung muttered into his pipe, “Well, and the land is mine and you have never put your hand to it.” The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

He slid his new battery into place and bolted the cables to it. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Do you think I’m the reason Travis is dead? Like my name is so poisonous that bad stuff happens to anyone who gets close to it?” The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

He hit send and threw his phone down on his bed before throwing himself down next to it. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

“It was ‘do this,’ ‘fetch that,’ ‘jump to it,’ ‘I’m using the Chief’s tent.’ Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

The reporters assumed that Smith was just being curmudgeonly, but there was likely more to it than that. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

So if neither food nor company nor its own shelter was important to it, Violet decided, and Joe agreed, nothing was left to love or need but music. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Sex is a normal part of the human experience, but unfortunately many people attach a great deal of shame to it.” I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

The shop itself is tucked back farther from the street than the shops next to it, so it already has more natural cover. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

I need to be more formal, more sure that it is my right to be allowed in front of a monarch, as though I am used to it. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

"I could catch you if I wanted," she called to it softly, "but I have to go, cat." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“That will be a whole other type of challenge. But we’ll cross that bridge when we come to it.” Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

“Yeah. But first you have to get used to it.” Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Deedee raised her scarred arm and squeezed his middle finger, held on to it. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

Could he have run to it from this one and then run back? Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

Crouched next to it, the bard and Gurgi fed twigs to the flames. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

It’s been ages since I’ve had lunch in the courtyard, and the closer I get to it, the more I do not want to go there. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

Since the bear doesn’t mind being filmed and indeed seems indifferent to his audience, pretty generally some fool will come up to it and try to stroke it or feed it a cupcake or something. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

No one in the family ever referred to it. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

‘And I have waited for it long enough. But somehow, when it came to it, I found I had so much to do here; and packing is such a bother.’ The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

Molly’s been surprised to find that she looks forward to it. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

We talked some more that night, and I recall being very hard put to it to answer coherently when he asked me what women were like. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

It had the feel of destiny to it. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

It looked as if it was going to land right next to it, but it turned late and overshot the mark by about three feet. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

“I don’t know why, Blaine. I just didn’t feel up to it. I didn’t think you would mind too much.” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

I hold on to it and watch my videos, which aren’t that funny anymore because I’ve seen them so many times. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

He chopped off a strong piece of root with a curve to it. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

She stomped over to it, picked up an expensive-looking ceramic dish that was holding some sort of candies, and flung it at the window. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

I try to hang on to it, but before long Marlena has replaced her. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Matt kept his back to it, but he still liked Celia’s room. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

He’d never told them about the cave and had forgotten about it himself until his map had taken him back to it. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

It might feel awkward at first, but you’ll get used to it. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

If there was more to it than conversation we shall never know. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

It was heavy work, and boring; there was nothing to it but swinging my pickax again and again, breaking off big chunks of salt that another prisoner shoveled into a donkey cart. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

They better stop wondering, if he did, what could've happened to it. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

“You can see fine. Squint. Now open your eyes slowly. You’ll get used to it.” Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

There was the white rock with the golden ropes tied tightly to it in order to capture the sun and hold him firmly to the world. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

And there it was between Jonas N. and Luke S. With an asterisk next to it. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

They need only enough for the unit and the right of passage to get to it. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

But how could he tear me from my home, take away the only connection I had to it, and then pronounce me backward? Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

The porter reached into the opening, where he found a torch in the shadows and set fire to it, illuminating a tunnel of dry stone. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

When I put it on the ground, all of the dogs try to get to it first. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

“I would love to be able to smell a mountain and follow my nose to it.” On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Every line tracking the Berg’s flights returned to it eventually. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

But there was more to it than that, wasn’t there? Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Even the perfect pizza if she put her mind to it. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

I thought I would have to work myself up to it, but I don’t have to. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

“Yeah. King Cotton. That’s got a real ring to it, don’t it, boy?” Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z