His blue and yellow' eyes rested on an unopened manila envelope 011 the top of the toilet. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Cole eyed the colorful at.oow blanket folded on top of the bag. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

The Dolphin rounded to, her top sails were furled, and with a great creaking of lines and shudder of canvas, she came to rest alongside the Wethersfield dock. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

The back has Clyde Alexander—1952 written in the top right corner, and what looks like an image of Texas cut from a map. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z

It’s like looking at all the students and wondering who’s had their heart broken that day, and how they are able to cope with having three quizzes and a book report on top of that. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

Gigi was wearing jeans and a flowing tank top, and her hair was plaited into a side braid. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

They live in Miami Beach—Sandy in a high-rise c^aidominium with a gym on the top floor, and Del in a nice house with a tennis court in the backyard. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

One notebook was marked on the top with red crayon—PRIVATE. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

He went into the kitchen and got the step stool so he could go through the shoe boxes on the top shelf of their closet. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

Rosaleen had left dinner on the stove top, her famous smothered chicken. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Alex took out the diagram that Ian Rider had drawn and laid it on the page, on top of the map. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

He filled it with coffee from the pot on the top of the stove. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

And to top it off, he’s in a foul mood! The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

She traced a strand from top to tip. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

From the top of the bluff, you can see out over it, over where we drove our feet into oblivion by walking it all. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

It named the top three scorers in the county. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

His animosity was all for Snape, but he had not forgotten the fear in Malfoy’s voice on that tower top, nor the fact that he had lowered his wand before the other Death Eaters arrived. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Sammy plopped the dunce cap on top of his jockey cap. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

From a storage room they dragged out beds and fitted them on top of one another to form bunks three levels high. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

My hair is down, the front tied back with the ribbon from the pop-up flowers from Will, and I’m wearing the skimpy silk boxers and a tank top, despite Poe’s laughter. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

His feet stick up through the top of the wave. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

As I came around the corner, I saw Mai sitting on the top stair outside the entrance to Dell's office. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

He had ordered a salad topped with warm lambs’ tongue, a poached egg, and pecorino cheese, something she swore she would not touch but ended up eating the better part of. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Each square contained layer upon layer of white cream and blintz-thin cake, the top adorned with crumbs and chopped nuts. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Some are in variously colored tank tops and short sets, and others are wearing helmets, strange big-shouldered shirts, and unnecessarily tight pants that stop at the knee. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

He set his phone on top of a side table, then turned slowly to face the kids. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

The fact that they unwittingly stopped some 500 feet short of their goal explains why they didn’t see Hansen, Hall, or Lopsang on top, and vice versa. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

A couple more cats now prowled about the room, led by the white-eyed Sargon, who sprang up to the top of a suit of armor to watch. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

Mum came in and Kat sat on the desk, on top of the photos and the theory list. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

I looked at the huge plate of ice cream and toppings and whipped cream. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

When the travelers reached the top they walked nearly all the way round it outside the green wall before they found the gates: high gates of gold, fast shut, facing due east. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

The items brim to the top of a large paper shopping bag. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

But the life of a class at the top of the bottom can be, and more often than not is, subject to irony, paradox, and the crisis of compromise. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

He flew in circles, lower and lower, brushing the top branches of trees until he heard voices. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

Dozens of white, crisscrossing ropes in the air, layered on top of each other, seeming to float. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

The sheet on top of me felt heavy as a winter blanket, holding me in place on the bed. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Scoob steels himself and heads in what he hopes to the high heavens, as Dad likes to say when he’s being more over the top than usual, is the right direction. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z

He faced me, and shifting around on his feet, he said, “I want you to know that I—” He stopped and looked up into the tree- tops. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then he took the papers to his room, hiding them under the top bunk mattress. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

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

One half hour after the last race was run that evening, twenty-two giggling newsmen and dockers tiptoed to the top of the grandstand. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Landlord calls it an apartment but it ain’t nothing but a room tucked in between and on top of a lot of other rooms. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

He chased after the horse, baying him at the top of his voice. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

I curl my knees to my chest and lay my head down on top. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

But in the end she had to forgive the Baker because he was the only one in the neighbourhood who made those little flat rolls with the curly twists of crust on the top. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

Lindsey saw me wince and touched the top of my knee, left her hand there for a second longer than it took to ask if I was okay. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

She was sitting on top of one of the fish tanks, looking right at me. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

A second later the bungee jacket activated, and Shay bobbed back up in midair, laughing maniacally at the top of her lungs. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

And to top that off, last night after Fig’s dinner there was another throw-up incident. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

At the top, two small pieces of dustcloth, cut into ears and glued in place. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

On top of that, I gotta be just as cutthroat, and I better not show weakness. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

In early November, the top commanders of the U.S. military gathered outside the Oval Office in the White House. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

The traffic beacon at the top of a metal scaffold cast a fitful red light as it blinked on and off. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

When we climbed to the top of the tower, however, the basket wasn’t there. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were going to work themselves into top physical condition first and then worry about refining technique later. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

The fat around his neck bulged out all around the top of his collar like a rubber ring. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z

Division chiefs, just two rungs down from the top post in the laboratory, however, were Very Important People. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

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

He kept the pistol to hand on the folded tarp on top of the cart. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

I bump into a waist-high table while eyeing an antique clock on top of a bookshelf, knocking over their display copies of back-to-school books. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Now I see the title at the top and understand what it says: “Barren Woman.” I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

On top of the houses they tore up the roofs and hurled the beams down upon the Greeks. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

As she said that I looked straight over the top of her head and down the road. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

“I tried to handle it here”—he shows us his palms—“but the orders have come from the top.” In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now, seeing him so close beside her, she was surprised that, for all he looked so slight, the top of her head barely reached his shoulder. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

As the next turn drew near, the hovercars were headed straight for her, moving slower now, their pilots realizing that at top speed they would overshoot her every time. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

I sprint around back to where the performers and ring stock are lined up behind the big top in preparation for the Spec. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

The blanket around Mr. Ram has fallen and reveals an unbuttoned pajama top. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

I slip the blue shirt on top of my clothes and follow the team onto the stage. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

Dad looked over the top of his glasses at Mother, and she reddened. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

It took four men under Pedro Segundo’s guidance to remove the hill of dust, tile, and adobe that had fallen on top of him. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes the horses would try to rear back their heads and smash their riders with the tops of their massive skulls. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

I shook the water bottle to break up the ice on top and gulped it down. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

So how about comparing today’s most popular names with the top ten from only twenty years earlier? Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

It had an earthy sound, not like the metal drum at home, of something burrowed out of a tree trunk with an animal skin stretched over the top. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

He held up an empty milk carton with the top cut off. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

I wrapped my hands around the bin’s top wall, knowing this would give me a ledge to grasp when the bin was vertical. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

“A factory cannot run without a firm hand. You cannot show weakness. For a business to operate at its fullest potential, everything must be in top order.” The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Going to a bridal shop was not at the top of Felix's to-do list, but Georgie had called and asked him to drop in. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

The goods were taken out of the boats and brought to the top of the bank, where there was a level space. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

I open the top drawer of the lab station, and sure enough, there’s a flint lighter. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Henry stood behind Francis’s chair and leaned over his shoulder and began to proofread the top of the last page, one elbow resting on the table. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

But he survived and escaped to the top of the mountains. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I plodded joylessly on to the top of the mountain. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

The gray-haired man straightened his back and placed the flat of his free hand on the top of his head, and said, “Now, do you mean?” Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

“Now, from the top!” he yelled into his dunce cap. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

The sky seemed as close as the tops of the trees, covered with still cloud and flushed on the morning side with a lurid, foxy glow. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

She noticed a pile of maps of Annapolis on the counter top and took one. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

A number of top fashion models had it. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Working as fast as he could he carefully placed the dried grass and wood pieces he had tried at first on top of the bark and was gratified to see them take. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Maggot topping, all slimy and nice! I shall devour it in a trice!" City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

The stores are piled on top of each other, like gift boxes in all the colors of the rainbow. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

A pair of eyes topped by a heavy line of eyebrow appeared over the paper. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

It’s hard to wear spaghetti-strap tops with a bra, so I don’t mind there being a rule against them, and no way would my parents let me wear short shorts—to school or anywhere. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

He unlocked the top drawer and removed a tall stack of currency, enough to buy a village or two. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Let me hang these last chimes,” she said, moving the stool and climbing fearlessly on top of it. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

Then they arrange the boards over the top. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

I sometimes hid the Frosted Flakes from Daddy at the back of the very top shelf. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

I walked in and she kissed the top of my head and mashed her cheek there. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

He climbed up onto the stool on top of a trunk that served as his perch for watching out the back vents. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

On top of it all, she had lost a ration book and they had to do without sugar for two weeks. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

The air is sticking at the top and the bottom of my lungs. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

There were seagulls whirling and screeching, and Mr. Staphopoulos’s hand on top of her head was heavy and light at the same time. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

Melvin Butler leaned on the US Civil Service Commission and the War Manpower Commission as hard as he could so that the laboratory might get top priority on the limited pool of qualified applicants. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

If he had been used to mountain country he would have realized that this meant he was now very high up—perhaps right at the top of the pass. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

As I looked out one of the narrow windows from on top of my bunk, I was reminded of my secret place high on Tarbean’s rooftops. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

When I turn, she is standing with her hands on her hips, looking up at the top of the tree. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

At the top of the incline she stops. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z

I imagined myself in crop tops around town, or in a bikini by the pool, my belly ring catching the sunlight. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

The view from the top of Paul's was, indeed, a good one. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

Jack was there, climbing onto the counter and taking the jar off the top shelf where his mother thought it could not be reached. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

It contained a couple of plastic tubes with screw tops. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

On this he rose and placed the bed of balsam near the fire, strewing sheepskins on top, and skins of goats. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

I put Miss Kentucky on top of that stack because she was the only woman. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

On the last set of stairs to the top floor, Joseph ducked beneath faded, tattered laundry that hung from lines like ghosts. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

She had to wait for him at the top of the steps, for her legs were slim and supple while his were short and stunted and full of aches. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Mike stopped at the top of the stairs and looked over his shoulder. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Grover reached across the table and removed the top half of its bun. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Because,” he said, his head tilted low so that he was looking at us all from over the tops of his glasses, “they have so many problems.” Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

I quickly leaned slightly bigger sticks on top of them and blew some more. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

She chose a skirt and a tube top with a loose white blouse over it. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

She wore a white coat with a name tag pinned to the top pocket. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

Still clinging to the top boulder, she was too short to touch the rock below with her toes. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Mamita presented me with it, slipping the strap over my head, lifting the top up. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

High walls topped with searchlights enclosed his cell block; guards with machine guns patrolled the perimeter. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Him was Alex, who lived on the top floor of their building. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

He ran his tongue along the top of his teeth, then turned back toward Genie. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

At the top, there’s a long hall with worn carpet on the floor. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

"But to find him," the old man said, placing the stone back in Ku-Ang's hand, "you must bring the stone safely to the top of the mountain north of the village." When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

Marina spent that night on the top of a hill, where she could keep a good lookout. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

I run to the top of the wooden stairs and look down at the beach. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

I told Morrie I was already feeling over the hill, much as I tried desperately to stay on top of it. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But suppose an atomic bomb was really coming down, right on top of Camillo Junior High?” The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

Refusing, he railed at the top of his voice, threatening to inflict upon me every kind of grisly torture if I didn’t try. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

Downstream of the bridge was a line of poplars whose tops fluttered brilliantly in the last of the light. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Wearily they followed him, climbing the long slope, until they came out upon the top. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

I’d see the colorful tent top of the merry-go-round, where white children happily sat on horses and traveled in a huge musical circle. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Then, without giving himself too much time to think about it, he reached down and unsnapped his messenger bag top. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Then he felt the dirt come piling down on top of it. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

He was unbuttoning the top button when there was a knock at his door. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

It perched on top of Red Witch Bridge, staring straight into the camera. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

He cried for a long time, standing up in the bed with his chin resting on the top rail. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

She tried to stay on top of the sewing and to keep dust from gathering in the cracks between the floorboards. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Ratty straightened his top hat and reached for the lip of the dumpster. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

I stared at her chair for a sec, then pulled another twenty, dropped it on top of the other one. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

“If you look in the top right corner, you see that ceiling panel?” The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

But if he comes to the top of the ridge, he is sure to come down here, because he will see the green leaves. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

She told the courier to give the top priority cable to the new assistant. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

"I'm out of here," Eleanor told Ben, stepping off the swing and pushing down the top of his head. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

Both topped six feet, and Idiptu was bloated like a blimp, waddling on his stumpy bowed legs. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

Rowan looked up to see Esme sitting at the top of the grand staircase watching them. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

There’s the hotel, three suites booked for them on the very top floor, riding through the lobby on Cash’s impossibly broad back. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

On the table is a stack of paper, on top of which a thick and clumsy spiral has been drawn by a heavy hand. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Men usually rode up top on the bridge with Captain Billy. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

A violin in a dark barrack where the dead were piled on top of the living? Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Once the beams were in place a windlass was set on top of them to hoist the rest of the timber and help in setting up the trusses. Cathedral: The Story of Its Construction 1973-09-19T00:00:00Z

I started yelling at the top of my lungs, and I insulted him and told him not to waste his prayers on me. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

She always kept a twig from this bush on the top of her dresser. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then she went over to the dresser and opened the top drawer, finding the wad of twenty-dollar bills that she knew would be there. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Boo glared at them from the top of a grocery cart. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

He bounded across the yard at top speed, jumped the neighbor’s hedge, then hit the ground and kept on going. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

They have gas pumps outside, human-sized, with round discs on top, lit up like pale moons or haloes minus the head. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s a metal trunk!” shouted Kojo when its dusty top revealed itself. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

“If it looks bad,” my mother suggested, “we can park at the top of the hill and walk down in our galoshes.” Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

She fights to work her hair into a pile on top of her head, like getting that locked down will replace the fact that they’re stuffed into a tight space with Frank’s old junk. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Their leader clambered to the top of a great rock, and he mocked them for their lack of faith. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

One of her men friends had fashioned a kind of wheelchair for her: a rocking-chair top fitted into a large child’s wagon. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

This prediction was tested in 1962, using a pair of very accurate clocks mounted at the top and bottom of a water tower. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Safer unscrews the top slowly, puts the flask to his lips, and tips it back. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

It cascaded over the shiny streets, drummed the tops of cars, and pooled in dark curbside gullies. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

They climbed up the ladder and squeezed through the tight hole at the top to a catwalk. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

His gaze settled on the top of the distant mountain and Robert changed the unspoken subject. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

Today she was wearing dark jeans and a light blue top with little green apples all over it. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

At first, he couldn’t figure out the purpose of a dreidel—a four-sided spinning top that’s played with during the Jewish holiday of Hanukkah. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

“Sorry,” she says and holds the top down. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

As he took down four gold-rimmed plates from a dresser, a chipmunk appeared from behind a blue jug on the top shelf. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

From where I sat, I could see only the top part of his black robe, his round face, and those all-seeing, all-knowing eyes. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But, Mama,” Oliver protested, pointing the tip of his sword at the blue T-shirt poking out the top of the bag. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

“They say he lives on top of Never-Ending Mountain,” Ba said. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

If my phone buzzes with a new text, Kayla will feel it in her top bunk on the other side of our room. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

They topped the rise above the little valley of the old Hamilton place and Tom pulled up to let her enjoy the view. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

When we got to the bottom of the hill, John Henry stopped, still towering over the women now on top. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

A strange tassel hung from the top of the book—a worn leather cord, frayed and tied back together in several spots. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Narrow wooden stepladders on casters stood by the shelves, ready to help any reader up to the top shelves. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Evangelicals are now increasingly likely to be college graduates and in the top income brackets. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

Grant’s telegram states that Sheridan has ridden over the battlefield, counting Confederate dead and captured, particularly the many top Confederate generals now in Union custody. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

Warbeak was going to kill him twice, then cut him up and drop him from the top of a high tree for the worms to feed upon! Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Dad nodded to Genie and Ernie to get moving, and led the way, lugging the family suitcase to the top step of the porch. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Mom burst out of her room with Cleo in her arms as Dad and Barry made it to the top of the staircase. I Survived Hurricane Katrina, 2005 2011-04-01T00:00:00Z

After lunch and several more phone calls, the president went to his office at 4:30 p.m., where his top military advisors joined him. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

Each tooth on his top row was longer than the tooth beside it. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

It had a halter top and a little skirt. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

The circular scribbles are big on top and small on the bottom. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

Judge Willmore sat elevated, sedate, tie barely showing over the top of his black robe, his torso seeming nearly to shrink behind the bench. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

Age and the settling of the house have warped the door completely, so that the top half of the door bulges away from the jamb. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

The top of the possum kettle bounced up and down again because the biscuit pan had been moved. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

As she reached for the top of one of the boxes, she pulled her hand back. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

Farquar rolled up Palmer’s left shirtsleeve to the top of his shoulder, so that the entire arm was bare. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

None of the patrons recognize Celia without her top hat and black-and-white gown, even those who watched her perform earlier in the evening. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

“See how my fingers are bunched together at the top of the stem.” Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

So, when the qualification year came to a close, I wasn’t one of the top two women saber fencers. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

That little half-moon in the top corner explains why I didn’t know. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Packets of tea were floating in the folds of the crumpled mainsail that hung down through the top hatch, staining the water in brown clouds. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now she could travel the top of the snow. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

He carried a paper cup with steam drifting from the top. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

She picked up The Gold-Bug from the top of her stack of books, the word belief echoing in her head as she flipped to the copyright page. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Yesterday, I wouldn’t have thought it possible to top throwing up on Nell, but I believe that last night I managed to do just that. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

A fine peregrine falcon, with her music jingling in the whistling wind als clear, and her creance trailing behind her, was beating along above his head toward the top of ' one of the elms. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

“No need to tell us he’s no good,” snorted Uncle Vernon, staring over the top of his newspaper at the prisoner. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

“Win the Hamilton lottery. And I kind of want to see another show on my birthday. Visit Lady Liberty, maybe? Going to the top of the Empire State Building could be interesting.” What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

Hummed so that girls in his apartment building sometimes put their babies up on top of the machines and let the vibrations lull them into sleep. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

Then I saw this turtle swimming to the top and his beak was eating my tears as soon as they touched the water. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

And then we were lying on the floor, and somehow I was on top of him. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

“Nothing beats a hot cup of horse blood on a cold night. I like mine with a pinch of cinnamon sprinkled on top.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

At the top of the post the camera focused upon several square feet of the rusted interior of the factory’s roof. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

When we got to the top of the stairs, we went down a little hallway full of lots of doors. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

At the top of the steps, she ducked to the right, just missing Jordan’s fist. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

At the top of the Arch, the observation deck reminded me of a tin can with carpeting. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

Strong gusts of wind growled and moaned through the tops of the tall timber. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

The next afternoon Parkhill did some target practice in one of the dead cities, shooting out the crystal windows and blowing the tops off the fragile towers. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

He set them ready on the ground, with their screw tops removed. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was the stink of Drave, and it felt like a premonition, because just then Drave came into view at the top of the street, rounding the corner at a dead run. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

I took my other hand and placed it on top of hers, and she moved her free hand on top of it, so we had this black-and-white stack of hands resting upon my chest. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Finally, he outlined the top and sides of the box with gold filigree and stepped back. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

With her forepaws and sharp teeth she pulled off a part of the husk from the top ear of corn and folded it double to serve as a crude carrying bag. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

Home plate was tilted up and stamped on top with a cracked mollusk fossil. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

The top edge of the embroidery had changed as well. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

At the top of the handle, the space dropped off with one of those craggy cliffs of shale rock. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

He was lying at the bottom of a deep dark pit upon a pallet of warm wet straw and at the top of the pit he could see the cold blue of the distant sky. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

His uncle said the top was wide enough for a dozen armored knights to ride abreast. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

She read what Mr. Guareschi had written and slowly placed the letter in the top drawer of her desk. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

Mini had already pulled out two stools, stacked them one on top of the other, and climbed up to read the book spines. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

He sits under the lamppost at the top of the lane and laughs over his First Communion day, which was all a cod. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Almost unconsciously, he picked up a plum tomato from the top of one of the bushels and took a voracious bite. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

She pounded out the dough with her floured palms, then sprinkled a mixture of dried herbs and spices on top. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

“I was standing at the top of the stadium watching the kids walking up the steps and I saw the look on Grace’s face and the way he was interacting with his teammates,” Tracy said. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

Me and Winn-Dixie stood and stared at the tree, and the hair on top of his head rose up a little bit and he growled deep in his throat. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

Near the top of the hill is a low-limbed tree, the kind my sister would have loved. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z

“I fear it will be bitter cold up top.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“Never a shortage of that to hand out,” Kaz said as they reached the top floor. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Pretty soon he floated to the top of the water. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

She looked at him, smirking, but when he raised his eyebrows in question, she just looked away, resuming her inspection of his dresser top, his bed, his desk. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

I’d lined my eyes in the same dark cat-eye style, applied a dark lipstick, and gelled my hair so that it was kind of spiky on top with bangs over one eye. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

Behind the house loomed an immense brown barn, at least five stories tall, topped by a weather vane. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

Chip grabbed some sheets and tossed them onto the top bunk. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

Once at the top, he paused, trying to take in as much as possible. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

Mother thrust us near the corner, almost on top of the woman. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

Alum Bey sat on top of him and chuckled, and said something in Arabic. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

Find a pool of water with a sheet of ice across the top, still fresh and new and clear as glass. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

He then became a top advisor at the military’s new joint intelligence agency in 1949. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

When I finish wiping the top, I show him the cloth. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Mostly just sitting by the side of the road with someone’s head and arms sticking out the top, smoking, and holding on to a gun. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

She spread the magazines on the table, some on top of the others. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Some sank on the bottom, and some floated on top like when you bob for apples.The sinkers are okay to eat and the floaters are the rotten ones. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Besides the fact that there are no good footholds past the first few feet, the top of the fence curls outward in swirls that are something like spikes. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

He remembered the top, the sudden leveling of the hill, when the climb ceased and the other part of it began. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

“There was once a man that lived on top of the hill on Water Island,” I tell her. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

She could see the town below her, nestled on top of a low hill, surrounded by a crenellated wall from the Middle Ages. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

She hit the ground hard and lay there as broken branches and pinecones and needles showered down on top of her. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Looking round for Blackberry, he saw that he had left them and was up at the top of the pool, where the narrow beach tailed away into a gravel spit. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Shayla Green stood at the top of the line, an evil smirk growing across her pretty brown face. Monday's Not Coming 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

You don’t know how awful it is till you get it, and when you do, it hits you right in the top of the stomach and you want to die. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

On top of butterflies, on top of wanting to go to the dance and not wanting to go alone, I was anxious about what would be waiting for me when I got back. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

I shift, swinging a leg over him so I sit on top of him, and with my heartbeat in my throat, I kiss him. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

At the top of it, sparks of flames leapt into the air. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

Perched on top of the barn was the largest nest I had ever seen. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Violet looked into Count Olaf’s eyes, and then at the small parcel that was her sister, hanging from the top of the tower and moving slowly in the breeze. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z

Whang! went the sword on the top of his head. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

To his surprise, his father began very carefully to direct the needle into the top of the newchild’s forehead, puncturing the place where the fragile skin pulsed. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

It looked as if some great beast had taken a bite out of the crenellations along the tower top, and spit the rubble across the bog. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

High up in the top I saw a hollow in the end of a broken limb. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

On top of the wall the mouse archers kept up their relentless hail of arrows into the ditch. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

I wrapped potatoes in foil and stuck them in the oven to bake, covered a steak in marinade and balanced it on top of a carton of eggs in the fridge. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Bram is parked in the raised area of the parking lot, on the top level. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

It is not easy carrying on both halves of a conversation and having to avoid words that are on the top of your mind. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He swung the trident in his massive hands and in one shock from top to bottom split that promontory, toppling into the sea the fragment where the great fool sat. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jason joined her at the top, looking no worse for the climb. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

He pointed to the top of the stairs. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

He took it down from a top shelf, where it was pushed all the way back. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Breanna and I are in her pink Jeep Wrangler with the top and doors off. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

I looked down, expecting to see a spark igniting the front of Zu’s ridiculous dress, and then I was falling, and Liam was falling on top of me. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

I pushed the snow from the top step. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

Despite her air of frivolity, she was near the top of her class—officially, Shaker did not rank its students, to reduce competitive feelings, but she knew she was somewhere in the top twenty. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

This time he’s climbed all the way to the top. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Just swamp is all I see, the tops of swamp trees, little clearings of swampy bits of water, the river eventually starting to form itself again. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

The sounds rolled in on top of each other. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

The market’s top floor was one of the only places on the East Side where they used Jade orbs for lighting. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

Then all three of them settled on the top of the skeletal throne. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

It was at the top of that hill that we stood watch from early in the morning until nightfall. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

A crevasse could be only three or four feet across at the top but hundreds of deadly feet deep. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

After breakfast we walked on top of the wall that separated the Hulls’ property from the Chinese farms. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sun is up—an orange cutout in a cardboard sky I make it to the top and kneel down. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

And let’s not forget the two days of ditching school—a rotten cherry on top. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Other times, Bit, Francy, John John, and Trista would challenge people to quarter wars, which is when two people stand quarters up on a desk or a table and spin them like spinning tops. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

It observes Maribel packing the two cinnamon crullers in a white paper bag, folding the top over neatly, and thanking the customer. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

It is about six inches long and very slimy, with a greenish-grey skin on top and an orange-coloured belly underneath. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

“The ladybird thing only works because all ladybirds crawl to the top of the stem and then fly.” Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Uncle Al pops his head back inside the big top, raising his hand for the band leader. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

He stood near the top of the first. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

His face was obscured almost entirely by a huge beard and mustache, and a domed helmet with a point on top came down to his eyebrows. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

Perhaps El Patron was there—in the top drawer, of course. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

They reached the top step, and a couple of students ahead of them prepared to pass through the machines. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Once I’m safely in my room, door shut, I pull the top ice pack off the bottom one. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

Alex closed his eyes as his dad planted a long kiss on the top of his head. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

Katz arrived ten minutes later, puffing hard but pleased to be at the top. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

Much of what I observe in Volpe’s theater program fits comfortably within the muscular language of education reform, with its emphasis on problem solving, high standards, “reaching for the top,” and accountability. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

She recognized what the stress fractures in the ceiling meant, all emanating from a single point—the top of the stone arch just above her. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Sitting on top of the cupboard were baskets filled with pieces of candy glittering in silver and gold wrappers like distant stars. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

Mom pulled Layla and Ivy to her and kissed the tops of both of their heads. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

The wine god was in no mood to celebrate as the whole camp gathered at the top of . The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

The path zigzagged up to the top, where, when we finally made it, everyone had to rest for a few minutes. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

She grated nutmeg and sprinkled it on the top. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her hair is pulled into a bun on top of her head and she has those pearl earrings I’ve seen rich ladies wearing. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

Dimples on top of freckles, which shouldn't even be allowed, and round as crabapples. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

I opened the one on top and looked at the first page. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

“She’s on top of the roof, walking with a foot either side of the apex towards the gable,” yelled Abbot Mortimer. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

I am letting her unbutton the top of my jeans. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

He picked up Luna in his four arms and positioned her at the top of his top right shoulder. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

I pull a candle close to me and push the soft wax at the top of it into the blue flame. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

Put the plastic lid on and set a large rock on top to keep the raccoons out. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

I called from the top of the steps. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Sergeant Simpson, who had been bumped up to top sergeant, was more or less leading the whole platoon. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

James patted each one on top like obedient puppies. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

The women were bundled in hats, gloves, and ankle-length wool coats topped with striped satin sashes. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

Nancy made a flat cake of white flour with a sprinkling of sugar on top, and Jenny pulled tender radishes and onions from her garden to give the taste of spring to their meed. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Yankees have the bases loaded in the top of the sixth and the cable dies on me.” The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

They neared the top of the cliff, both wheezing and gasping for air after trudging the last few hundred feet of the steep path. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

Both of these flies waren’t accustom to being wet and started whirring and splashing and skimming ’cross the top of the lake. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

Joaquin brought his hands up to hold on to Jessica’s wrists, and she ran her thumbs under his eyes and then kissed the top of his head. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Ralph finally lost his temper and squeaked at the top of his voice, “Beat it, you rotten little rodents!” Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z

At the top of the hill the man Jack lost the girl’s scent. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

Clutching his rifle, Kermit, along with his dog, climbed on top of the overturned canoe. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

Then I plopped onto my bed and pulled the covers up on top of me. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

“Guys,” Frank called from the top of the rock. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

Her heart lies on top of mine in my chest, and I’m not about to give it back to her. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

They also attended a weekly two-hour laboratory session for hands-on training in one of the wind tunnels, shouldering an average of four hours of homework on top of a six-day workweek. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

It decorated the top of the fence around 12. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

"What are you smiling for?" asked Evan, holding a marble at the top of the track. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z

“House shaking on top of us, this way and that,” Miss Trotter said. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

This was not one of the really high mountain ranges of Faerie, such as Mount Huon, on the top of which is the Stormhold. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

Mama passes around dollops of mint chutney to put on top. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

At the very top, on the plateau, the trees that could stand the wind at that height were few. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

He grabbed Freebie’s leash and ran to the elevator and rode it to the top floor. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

I’m always dodging the cops as it is, and now I’m dodging West Indian Archie on top of it. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ralph leaped lightly from the top of the book, dashed across the floor, and sprang up on Brad’s jeans. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z

He placed the lamb in her arms and she kissed the top of its woolly head. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

As the man had reached the top step, Moxie had come silently out of the bedroom and stood with raised tail just behind the man’s legs, ready to rub herself against them. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

But at the top of the stairs I stop and sit, watching my father at the piano as he lifts his fingers from the keys and presses them down again. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

He pointed to a bookshelf stacked to the top. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

One of the store employees came out from behind the seafood counter and, ignoring us, opened a hatch on top of the lobster tank. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

Chocolates had been taken, Mom informed us, from the box on top of the fridge. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

I scrape the yuck off the top of the bun, and smear it on top of Char’s hamburger. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

Shukumar gathered onion skins in his hands and let them drop into the garbage pail, on top of the ribbons of fat he’d trimmed from the lamb. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

He didn’t owe them small talk on top of it. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

I pull her to the ground and roll on top of her to cover her, shield her. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

The top had been covered over with gauze. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

As she pours the tea, the top to the pot rattles. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

On Tenth Street, Dr. Leale ordered Lincoln’s bearers to head straight for the man with the candle standing at the top of the stairs at the Petersen house. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

The young rocks are on top, but as the river digs deeper, it exposes older and older layers. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

On the far side of the town there was a red brick building, the stately Seminary, topped with a white cupola. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Rosie is driven right up to the back end of the big top, which is already connected to the menagerie. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

She sat next to me and laid her floured hand on top of my knee. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

They probably didn’t have any toppings here except for the grasshopper. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Red lights start to flash at the top of each door. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

The grain in wild grasses develops near the top of the stem. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

‘Me neither. I heard Dad say to Mum that Auntie Glo drives him bananas. And I found two empty bottles of wine on top of the fridge.’ The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

A jumble of broken logs were wedged between the rocks of the rapids, and a moment later Thorn was on top of them. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

I must let the first one get a good hold and hit him on the point of the nose or straight across the top of the head, he thought. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Aurora starts crying and flings herself on top of me. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

On top, I settled a folded note, offering my help. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

“Push up the top of your crate. Get out! Hurry!” Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

“Now, don’t forget that nice wrist movement we’ve been practicing!” squeaked Professor Flitwick, perched on top of his pile of books as usual. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

I turned my head and spotted Luno stomping back and forth under the dock lights, hollering furiously at the two bouncers on the top deck. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

Her mother kissed her daughter on the top of her head. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

The clipper was big, a ship used for fast transit and freight on the Pole Run, over the top of the world to Russia and Nippon. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

Then she deposits Marlena on her head and departs the big top to the cheers of an adoring crowd. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

I sent actual cards—heavy cream stock with Cadence Sinclair Eastman printed across the top. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

He knew roughly where they were going, but there were no signs or markers on top of the glacier. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

“Who dares question the Great Santini? Anyway it’s classified top secret until you get downstairs.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

He grinned at me and said: “Man, you really got your top shaved, didn’t you?” Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

I returned to the top of the page and read the whole entry again, but this time I didn’t skip the backstory. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

The next week we were ordered to fill the bucket to the top. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Another sort of statistic often presented nakedly takes this form: the top X percent of the country owns Y percent of its wealth, where X is shockingly small and Y is shockingly big. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

The more I pulled, the more he pushed, until he was on top of me and I felt his fingers tugging at my shorts. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

To her surprise, she saw the top of a head that looked suspiciously like the top of Benny’s head. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

We topped off the leaves by hand and dumped the carrots in a bucket until it was full. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

Having been trained by Papa and Henry, I look for the lifeboats, too, and see they are stacked on top of the cabin. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

I approached the closed door at the top of the stairway. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

It was made from strings of the yucca bush and had a small opening at the top and hung down like a pouch. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

Except they had blue bands at the top, so Mom could tell mine apart from Bobby Gene’s. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

But his head looked as if it didn’t belong to his body—it was small and round and topped with a fuzz of extremely short hair. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

John’s office overlooked the factory floor from a balcony at the top of the staircase. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He has to tilt his head back as far as it’ll go to see the top of the thing. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z

June makes a strangled noise, and when he looks back up, she’s digging through the top drawer of her dresser. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

With eight minutes left in the half and the score still tied at zero, Jeremiah Ziaty carved his way through the Fire defense at the top of the box. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

Then at the top of the stairs they were pushing against the man and I saw the old woman fall backwards, and the crowd exploded. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

I dream of being alone on the top of a mountain, surveying the land around me, greens and yellows—and the sun directly above, pressing my shadow into a tight ball around my legs. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

She undressed, put on her pajama tops, and sneaked quietly into the livingroom. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

“You’re practically guaranteed a top ten spot if you keep it up.” Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

She put the packet of puffed rice back into her bag without folding over the top. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

He smoothed the paper bag flat and placed the sandwich on top. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Although she could just about reach the top shelf with her fingertips, she was very unsteady, and the lower shelves were much too wobbly to risk climbing. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

After we had been traveling for a few miles, I put my note pad back in my shirt pocket, took the top off my coin box, and starting looking at my pennies. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

At the top of the tunnel, the green membrane rippled. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

The top of the mesa w as a flat deck of stone. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

Because when the nurses finally let me in to see her, she was screaming at the doctor at top volume. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

Immediately, I slapped my own hand over the scar—an added layer of protection on top of the hair that already covered the cheek. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

“We’re beneath the wall. Twenty meters of granite on top of us.” All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Whenever her mom left on business trips, Aru always cleaned the apartment from top to bottom. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

She showed me my desk and it really made me feel good not to have the rules taped to the top like with Mrs. Maxy. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Uncle Al bursts out the back of the big top. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

“So, why did he go nuts?” he says, depositing glass shards on top of the nearest book. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

I came out at the top of the Form One class in exams at the end of the first quarter. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

On top of everything else, he was running a fever. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

There was a big steel door at the top. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

The big top was plain white, or at least started out that way. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Z scraped the dirt from the top of a metal box. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

On top of that, about a quarter of Amazonia is not forest but savanna—the Beni, in Bolivia, is the biggest chunk. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

“We can watch, m’lord, but if enough climbers gain the top o’ the Wall, thirty men won’t be enough to throw them off.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

From the beginning, I would always become sick thinking he would someday climb on top of me and do his business. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

The contest started, and a puddle of wine spread out over the table- top and the wine went down in the magnum. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

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

One was placed at the foot of his sleeping mat and another at the top. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

The only exceptions were shorts with matching tops for summertime running around. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

Mr. Galanter smiled and started toward them, moving quickly on the balls of his feet, his skullcap perched precariously on the top of his balding head. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

She was ahead of Theodora, at the top of the stairs. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

He was shrieking at the top of his lungs. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

Nathan had to sprint at top speed to keep up with her. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

We put stones on top to mark it. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Since when have you been one of the top students in the school, Potter? Or is this a school you and Longbottom have set up together?” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

But sometime recently it must have leaked because the curators constructed a second roof of plastic sheeting over the top. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

I pin the snowflake chain along the top of it and then text Hannah a picture. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

“And your lips go . . .” She rolled her top lip, just the way Maestro Messina had showed her so many times. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

In the laughter, the girls’ feet became entangled and they fell to the ground, Sosie on top of Jennifer, their faces separated by no more than an inch of warm jungle air. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

I looked around the room, glad when I discovered my duffel bag on top of the low dresser. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

As she watched, he fluttered to the top wire of the fence, where he perched nervously for a moment. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

Red giants find their outer atmospheres blowing away into space; planetary nebulae are the final stages of Sunlike stars blowing their tops. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

I'm suddenly nervous and fiddle with the top button of my blouse. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

She saves the knight for last, placing him on the top of the deck. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Two of the runs—the ones among the thorn trees—led straight down to burrows scooped out of the top of the chalk subsoil. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

I just have to put the date on top. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

Mom, covered in blood, heard the attackers talk about torching the pile of bodies she lay in, and she managed to remove the bodies on top of her and quietly crawl away. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

From the top, they watch the small figures of tourists stroll past shopwindows. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

It was light enough for her to see the iron stairway curving around and around up to the tower, and the little door at the top. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

I look across the glade—at the hills beyond the camp, the tops of evergreens rolling into the horizon. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

I bent over and kissed the top of her head. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Paintings, drawings, pottery; all sorts of “sculptures” made from whatever was the craze of the day—bashed-up cans, maybe, or bottle tops stuck onto cardboard. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Constantine put the box top down and looked over the pieces again. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Javier’s bag was on the bed, its contents spilled across the top sheet. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Finn saw a space like the wide-open part of the Greystones’ basement, with tiny half windows at the top letting in murky light. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Smiling as I recall that day, I join him at the top of the last steep ascent. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I guess this place is kind of over the top, huh?” Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

She quickly rolled sap on her head until a giant wobbly ball rested on top of her braids. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

He’ll stand at the top of the lane and roar in the voice that converted the Chinese millions, Where is the house of Frank McCourt? Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

He made the top of the podium in a single leap and scrambled up the left pillar. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Looped my kite on top of the blue one. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Jon noted Frightful’s interest in the pigeons and rats, and on a bright but chilly morning he carried her to the top of his mountain. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

Out in a field, I could see the glassy top of a large pond of murky green water. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

“I’m just trying to help. Look, see how the metal’s glowing red hot on top? When it gets like that you just have to wait and let it cool off. Then you can try again.” The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I told him I was just trying to get my cap back and the bigger kid got on top of me and yanked till he broke my thumb. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

It was very fragile and covered with crinkly paper with a miniature spray of purple wisteria painted on the top. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Everyone associated with the show is barreling toward the big top. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

His was only the life sign, ankh, a green-glazed cross with a looped top, tied to his wrist with seven knots to bind his spirit to his body. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

She came to the top of the stairs and said, “So there you are.” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Hide them. Keep them safe for me,” I said, putting my hands on top of his. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

It’s like a hot water bottle plopped on top of the colored neighborhood, making it ten degrees worse than the rest of Jackson. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

The top of it says something about buying Valentine’s Day carnations for “Your Sweetie and Besties!” The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

She whooped to us as she ramped off the top of a wave. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

And against the back wall, on top of a supply cabinet, sat a photocopy of the picture of Henrietta Lacks, hands on hips, in a pale wood frame several inches too big. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

The top of the hill seemed so far away, and he did not know what lay beyond. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

The Hungarian woman plunked her shot glass down onto the bar top and wiped her mouth with the back of her hand. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

The chamber at the top of the steps was dark, smoky, and oppressively hot. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The rest of the camaradas were busy carrying the cargo to the midpoint, which was the top of the first set of waterfalls. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

Instead I scooped it off the floor and put the box on the top shelf of my closet and put five towels on top of it so I couldn’t see it. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

They are much higher than Bailey had suspected, even though they have not reached the top. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

I reached the top of the serac without it collapsing and flopped breathless onto its flat summit, my heart pounding like a jackhammer. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

Fezzik reached the top of the wall and started carefully climbing down the other side. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

She shouldn't be here, on top of everything! Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

I picture his grave, on the hill, overlooking the pond, some little nine-foot piece of earth where they will place him, cover him with dirt, put a stone on top. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her black hair is piled high and knotted on top of her head. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

A Primus is a little camping-stove that you fill with paraffin and you light it at the top and then you pump it to get pressure for the flame. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

The moon rose, heavy and round as a ripe squash, over the tops of the trees. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

About a mile beyond the village, at the top of the hill, they came to the fork in the road. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z

At the top, as high as Gandalf could reach, was an arch of interlacing letters in an Elvish character. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

She pulled gently at the top of the smaller grocery bag. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

An opening line on a menu, for instance, was solved by an Army wife who was feeling outclassed by the top talent around her. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Now, he was coated top to bottom with ash and soot; his hair, his face—even his eyelashes were coated in a fine gray powder. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

The sound was coming from somewhere in the top of one of those trees, and I thought, instantly, of the singing tree in Bybanks. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

“Whatever robo-basket this book ends up in is probably sitting right on top of the entrance to the tunnel.” Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

And to top it off, when my students received an invitation to meet Steven Spielberg, it put some teachers right over the edge. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

At which point, Cassiopeia scampered over to Lady Constance’s feet, seized one of her hands, and licked it, from top to bottom. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

Any second, I knew she would run out of strength and the cavern ceiling would collapse on top of her. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

Her kiss on the top of my head reminds me of all that I love. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

Gently, she ran her fingers over the top. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Since it had Liyana’s name handwritten and spelled correctly on a card at the top, she opened it and gasped. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

I was going to make a cover page and color it, but I haven’t gotten much allowance recently, so I just put the title at the top of the first page. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

She lays her arms on top of mine. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

I’d see them drive past the cabin, all three of them sitting of top of a cartload of corn. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

A boy called Tarber tossed a handful of acorns on top of Praed's body, so an oak might grow to mark his place. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Now people began shouting at the top of their lungs as Freddy came charging into the handoff zone and Mikey broke out. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

Our TV was a tiny black-and-white with a bunny aerial on top. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Right on top of the stocking, he begins marking places. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

At the top of the stairs was this plain old bathroom with a shower curtain that had all kinds of fish designs on it. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

“If there’s one thing we know about you, Ibtihaj,” my father said to me over the phone when I told my parents the news, “it’s that you always come out on top.” Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

The tray went on a small marble-topped side table and she knocked the top of the egg off for me with a pretty silver spoon as though I were a baby and needed feeding. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

And when you’re just topping three feet in height yourself, a good-sized rat can be a real threat, especially since rats are one of the few breeds that can see straight through a fairy shield. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

Through the forest, lining the mountain range, I see layers of color: orange, yellow, red, topped by gray smoke. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

Riots have almost always been the result of poor prison administration or operation, not inmate knowledge of our top secret aikido grips. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Finally Rice informed those who had shoved their way into the cars that if they remained he would run them to the top of the wheel and leave them there overnight. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

By the time she got back with one, Hand Clap had gotten the wagon down from the top of the hill and driven it into the meadow. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was a three-legged table with a mahogany top. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Five days and 150 miles into Mexico, he committed the mistake of falling asleep on top of a train with his shoes off. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

He holds me tighter and kisses the top of my head. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Despite a search from top to bottom at the McDowell County Library, Quentin still couldn’t find any books to help us. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

“If you don’t rank in the top five at the end of initiation, you will probably end up here,” says Four as he reaches the gate. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Behind us, the golden tops of three palace pavilions catch the moonlight. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

He’s gotten a haircut since the last selfie he posted—sort of longer on top, but it’s subtle. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

She hauled hard and kept me from falling long enough for me to catch a grip and scramble to the top of the stone with her. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

He headed straight to the sink, filling a glass to the top with water, pulling the mask down and guzzling the whole thing down. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

She points to the very top corner, where golden embroidery outlines our island and its old name—Hana. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

I carried the picnic basket into the kitchen with no help, resting my script and notepad on top. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

At around dawn, the two scholars stumbled out of a broken tower on top of the Bonecruel Mountains. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

And in that top bun—I’m not lying—there were three bright yellow pencils stabbing through. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

She perched in the top of the ash, waiting for the earth to warm and the wind to rise and carry her on her way. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

It is buttoned to the top of her throat. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Your thumb touched the bottom of my bra and your pinky touched the top of my underwear. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

He takes his top hat from its stand and puts it on her head, where it slides down and obscures her questioning eyes in a cage of black silk. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

He has inherited Ashima’s eyes, large, penetrating, with bold, elegant brows, and shares with Ashoke the slight bump at the very top of his nose. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Pa and Uncle Henry, on top of the wheat stack, were pitching bundles down onto a board. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

It had a short haft, a heavy head, a nasty spike on top. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

They found Leo at the top of the city fortifications. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Dimly on top of the high mast he could see the lonely figure of the skater. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Wemmick’s house was a little wooden cottage in the midst of plots of garden, and the top of it was cut out and painted like a battery mounted with guns. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

When we reached the top, he continued his tale. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I stand up, I see that she has hopped from the counter to the top of the fridge. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

The tender tops against my hand felt like long eyelashes. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

Lenny makes his way into the kitchen as my mom pours the rest of the barbecue sauce over the top of them. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

He bent down near the bars to show me the slashes across his right forearm that he had made with a tin-can top. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

G’ma appears from behind the RV, clad in camo—the kind that looks like a forest floor—from the cap on her head to the top of her orthopedic Velcro sneakers. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z

He put his hand over Emma’s, and Finn put his hand on top. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

There we were, all five of us standing around a car with the temperature about a million degrees below zero and each and every one of us crying! “ ’top! ’top!” The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was a warning symbol plastered across the top, the kind that indicated the contents were some sort of biohazard. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

“I just want to see if you can top me,” he said, laughing. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

“Next season, we might be going to Paris! Seems something very suspicious is going on at the top of the Eiffel Tower that could spell trouble.” Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Then he put the can on the table, broke the aluminum tab thing, the thing you open it with, off the top, and popped it in his mouth like it was candy. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

Men and women were sitting on all the baggage and boxes on top, and the women all had their fans going in the sun. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

The desk behind the counter was covered with yellow and pink slips of paper, invoices and bills with a half cup of cold coffee sitting on top of them. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

A thought drummed in Smith’s mind: He’s burning the top right off the racetrack. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

She climbed on top of the booth so that she had a better view. Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z

He put down his enormous bag and climbed on top of it, so he was looking down at Tristran, who sat on a rock beside the road. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

She now knew how to be a good puppy, pay tribute to the leader, and even to he a leader by biting others on the top of the nose. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

She just sat there, staring at the top of her desk, her eyebrows pushed together. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

He unscrewed the top of the jar and poured what was in it into the end of the long trumpet thing. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was a dead plant in the open top drawer of a dented filing cabinet. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

The top eighteen floors were occupied by the College of Emotional Engineering. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

He also gave us string to tie the top closed when we were finished. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

They didn’t drive all the way into Asheville, a city Toby always thought of as being the top of the mountain. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Lying on his back, staring at a ceiling he could not see, Ben felt discarnate, a voiceless body buried accidentally, smelling the top of the coffin for the first time. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

I scratched the top of his head as best as I could through the fence. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

Suppose you went under and your mask filled all up with water and you couldn’t get to the top in time? Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

The light increased as I mounted, and before I reached the top I heard a car. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

The man piled the blankets on top of the cart and fastened the tarp down and then he stood looking at the boy. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

Howard looked at me over the top of his glasses and said, “Pineapple.” Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

I scream at the top of my lungs, hoping Khalil hears me, and chuck it back at the cops. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

On top of her head, she wore a small brown felt hat with one large brown-speckled feather swept across the front. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

I turn my head slowly, chin raised like an Egyptian pharaoh, training my gaze on the magenta and white striped big top. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Twig tackled me into the snow, and I wriggled to get up, but she deadweighted on top of me until I said, “I give up, I give up!” The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“You can’t jump to the top of a castle,” I said, and Joel started to laugh and laugh and laugh because you can too, you can too, so go ahead and read it! Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

My tank top was completely drenched in sweat. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

We stood in a great circle singing at the top of our voices. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

We walked a few feet farther into the graveyard, and suddenly you popped out right in front of us, from where you must have curled up—on top of a grave. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

I’d need a high score—a twenty-seven at least, which meant the top fifteen percent of my cohort. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

I kiss the top of Jay's soft head. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

She held up the broom, the bristles at the top. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Eliot stood by the lobsters, which stirred one on top of another in their murky tank, their claws bound by yellow rubber bands. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

“Not much privacy, is there? Little place like this? On top of each other all the time?” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

I press the top of the urn and a stream of dark coffee spills into the mug. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

I know that’s Eugene’s coffin because Oliver had one like it and I want to cry when I see the black pints on top of it. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Giant snores shook the ground and made the tops of the trees tremble. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

Both boys climbed the huge outcropping of rock and settled at the top to prepare their fishing gear and cast their lines for salmon. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

I touch the top of my head where my hair is sticking up. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

She dragged a heavy stuffed chair backward to the shelf and climbed up on the very top of its back. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

Only top craftsmen and young apprentices continued to work the stones. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

He blinked over the top of his glasses at the young mouse. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

“Tell you what. I’ll be here for twenty more minutes, tops,” he says. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Twinkling with colored lights, shiny balls, white doves, jeweled icicles, and miles of silver tinsel, it was topped by a brilliant star and skirted with gifts wrapped in finery. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

The vendor dipping apples on sticks into dark, sticky caramel obliges him, drizzling it over the top. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

He dumps the counters out on the top of his desk and begins to turn them over. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

I mean, you keep shouting at the top of your lungs . Twelve Angry Men 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

When Mike had his back turned to us, Liam snuck a hand in the top box and held an orange out in front of my face, a shy smile on his lips. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

She thought Ashley was letting down the side of Adria’s crib, until one day she walked in and saw me with one leg slung over the top of the rail, hoisting myself over. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

I'm still toward the top of the Ramp, but the whole thing is only 45 kilometers. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

On top of all the other oppositions, there may have been this final one: bartender, priest. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

I sat at the top of Half-Blood Hill and watched the dryads come and go, singing to the dying pine tree. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

On the second day, the boy climbed to the top of a cliff near the camp. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

We were at the top of the hill, looking down on the gym we shared with Hardcastle High. Ungifted 2012-08-21T00:00:00Z

Helmuth clasps his hands on top of his head, walks, elbows sticking out like wings. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

On the top shelf of a tall cabinet, Mom kept a jug made from a hollowed-out gourd, much like the ones that she used back in the mountains of South Kivu. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

At the very top of the hill, Nhamo found a crack in the rock. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

The great sentinel was right there at the top of the ridge, where Will, had known it would be, its lowest branches a bare foot off the ground. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

"Look. My rice is topped with a dead fly." Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

But even standing on tiptoes, Chess still couldn’t reach the top part of the wall. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Then she measured the height with her eyes, raised one leg up, placed it on the top of the log, shifted her weight, and picked up her other foot. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

“It makes me sick to think of you climbing on top of Ansley Matthews,” Philip said. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“So I was hoping,” I went on, “that you would be understanding and put my name at the top of your list.” The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Then he slipped the cups of my yellow bikini top to the sides and swallowed hard as he looked at me. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

He didn’t move, his hands still on top of his head. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

The footsteps stop at the top of the stairwell. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

The tall shadows were almost on top of her. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Fadi stood on his toes and felt along the top shelf of his locker. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

She could already feel it swelling against the top of her shoe. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

On the top step he let out a shriek that one witness likened to the scream of a skyrocket. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

The fortune-teller nods and stacks the three piles of cards back into one deck, leaving Bailey’s chosen cards on top. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Our house is on top of her garage. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

The top hat which featured prominently in his performance sits on a hatstand nearby. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

There was a bakery store to one side of it which sold beautiful charlotte russes with red candied cherries on their whipped cream tops for those who were rich enough to buy. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the apartment, Daddy’s suitcase is sitting on the bed, piled with his clothes, his black suit and tie on top. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

My school papers would not be taped on the wall and Mama would not kiss me on the top of my head. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

I shoved the bag onto the crowded top shelf of the fridge, and spun around to confront him. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Neither is exactly in my top five desert-island books, but I guess I wasn’t discerning when shoving stuff into my duffel. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

It breaks my heart to see her so pitiful, with just the top of her cabin showing, and a shine of oil spreading like blood on the water. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

And there was, of course, the Kuomintang and their army officers who thought they were top level to everyone else. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

He pulled open the top drawer in the bureau, and trying hard not to think about it, threw an assortment of undergarments into the duffel bag. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

Beyond it there was a spiral staircase that led up to the top of Castle Anorak’s tallest tower. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

“They need some way of getting food from the farms at the bottom of the mountain to the city at the top. So they built these trams. They even carry passengers.” Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

That means we’ve got to rise to the top, and fast, so we can become Messengers and figure things out as soon as possible.” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Safer shrugs, screws the top back on, and shoves the flask back into his pocket. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

I looked over Mama’s shoulder at Kiyo, on top of his fat mattress, buried under jeans and overcoats and sweaters. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

At least three policemen are on top of him, his burgundy blazer barely visible. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

“You seem happy working with the doctor. I bet you were top of your class.” Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

“Brush along the gum lines. Up on the bottoms and down on the tops. Two minutes morning and night. Let’s see. Give it a try.” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

On top of the magazine were several sheets of writing paper. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

To say that the lithosphere floats on top of the asthenosphere suggests a degree of easy buoyancy that isn’t quite right. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

I'm small enough to tuck the top of the bag over my head, but I put on my hood as well. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

But a few people took Gartler seriously: before leaving the conference, Stevenson met several of the top cell culturists for lunch. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

His unstyled brown hair swirls into a perfect mess at the top of his head. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

“Wake up. Some guy on the train got murdered,” Gogol says to Sonia from his top berth to hers. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

I wake up on top of a mattress resting on the floor of the garage across the alley from Mai's mom's nail salon. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

Maddie yelled at the top of her voice, rain and east wind beating in her face as she pedaled energetically to keep up with the small wireless operator. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

I see ugly green puffs happening all on top of each other. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

The purple-haired giant toppled backward and Otis lost his grip on the mountain, which promptly collapsed on top of his brother. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Then he peeled the top off the coffee can and poured whatever was in the bag into the can. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

A late winter wind blew the tops around, inducing in her a momentary vertigo. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Just a day earlier he’d been at the end of his strength and sore from top to bottom. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

He stretched his legs out by putting his feet on top of the cooler. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z

Before Hermione could get farther than “Ron, I’m just as capable—” the tapestry at the top of the staircase on which they stood was ripped open. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Any wrestler in the top forty earns at least $170,000 a year. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

His soft, reddish hair lay raggedly over the tops of his little ears. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Gaze through one of those gaps at a lightbulb and you’ll see faint dark lines, especially near the top and bottom of the gap. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

“Yeah. Getting caught by my dad would be at the top of my list. What’s yours?” Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

I put the food in the palm of my hand and went downstairs to the basement, where I opened the top of Tiny Tim’s cage. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

They were calling in artillery to shut down the incoming mortars even though it was estimated that the mortars were almost on top of us. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

If one argued that earth, water and air all rotated together, so that they were all stationary with regard to each other, then why are there always violent winds blowing at the tops of mountains? The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

They scampered up another aisle, turned right, and saw Haley, her hand jammed through a horizontal slot near the top of the basement wall. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

We put their dishes on top of ours and headed back. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

He leaned against the bed, face-down on the top, and mumbled, “This body is the worst.” Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

After her heart disease was diagnosed, my physician brothers wanted to schedule her for further tests with top heart specialists, but she refused. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

There is often no bottom at which to start, and when there is there’s almost no room at the top. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

I reach for the top of the car and wince as I carefully lower myself to the seat. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Bad on top of the bad I was already feeling over everything else going on at home. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

He had access to all manner of top secret information, and as far as I was concerned, most especially on matters of national security, he needed no input from me. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

There were sheets of ice binding the aspens to earth and cementing the tops of the hemlocks in arches. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

They headed back, taking the rooftops at top speed. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

A notification appears at the top of the screen, and my whole body goes stiff. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

On top of neatly packed parcels was a note. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Something amiss?” she said when she reached the top. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

He marked the shocks with a bundle of straw laid crossways on top so the workers could easily find them. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

“I’ve made an incision across the top of his head. His skull is exposed. It isn’t pretty.” Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

They both remembered meeting as soon as they could after school, at the top of the subway stairs, and the excitement they felt, one waiting on the sidewalk, one sprinting up the steps. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

We knelt clumsily at the railing and tucked our hands beneath the white cloth that stretched over the top. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

The tops of the pines tickle into a wilderness of blue and white, and all I need now is red. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

Two took positions as sentries at the top. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

On the chain were strung two safe-deposit keys, a gold watch with a fleur-de-lis pin, and a little steel tube with a ring on its top. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

When he removes his hands, a copy of the top of the fractal shield floats above the cube. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Sure enough, Mrs. Salinger went on, “And I have already chosen the pairs, so don’t bother begging. In fact, don’t ask. The pairs are listed at the top of this sheet.” Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

Another silhouetted rider on horseback has joined the first on the top of the hill. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

He lifted it into the back of the pickup along with the top half of the bush. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

From this angle, it was easy to see that the large black stones on top of the hill were arranged to look like a human skull. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

His father had been trying to figure out a way to recycle old sneakers, and suddenly a pair of sneakers fell on top of him, seemingly out of nowhere, like a gift from God. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

Up on top we could see the whole of the fair: the tractor pull, the dance pavilion, cowboys in Wranglers leaning cowgirls built like sticks of gum up against pickups out in the parking lot. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

Galya grabbed the emergency canopy release and the top of the cockpit “flew off instantly, like a piece of paper.” A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

There were three bunk beds to every room, so me and Jack did rock, paper, scissors for the top bunk and I won. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

He searched the top of them and saw what looked like a face. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

She stroked the top of his head with her fingers and felt the odd sensation of his beard against her breasts. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

She was still in her bikini top and cutoffs. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Waiting for my teammates to arrive, I sat with my feet hanging over the abyss, staring across the clouds, looking down on the tops of 22,000-foot peaks that a month earlier had towered overhead. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

But at seventy-odd, he did not think he could make it to the top. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

She met them at the top of the steps. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

I feel the weight of Lucy’s cat, Riot, settle in on top of my feet. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

A few feet past it is another fence, this one chain-link, like the one around the city, with barbed wire looped over the top. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

“Like the finishing touch. Like how when—how do I explain it? Kind of like when chefs put those little leaves on top of fancy desserts.” Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

“Yes! Yes! Absolutely! No talent, no imagination, a fraud from top to bottom!” The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

They’re sharp against my feet and it takes me a while to find foot holes for each step, but eventually we make it to the top. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Miss Scalapino took the jar and placed it on top of a desk in the middle of the classroom so everyone could see it. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

The Queen had climbed the six steps of the wooden ladder which led to her bath, and now she was sitting on the plank inside it, with her head showing over the top. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Several months earlier, Kennedy had given the green light to the top secret Cable 24.3, sent by the US State Department to the American ambassador stationed in Saigon, South Vietnam. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

It was a drum Mamita brought back from a trip to New York; a magnificent drum, its sides bright red, crisscrossed by gold wire held down by gold button heads, its top and bottom white. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

Norton called out, and I turned to see him standing on top of the tomb. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

Leo studied the cliff top and muttered under his breath. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Trevor went straight for the Cocoa Pebbles, filling his bowl and pouring milk on top. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

Father Amadi took his tank top off and dropped it on my lap before joining the boys on the football field. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

They sit sipping their newly warmed cider, looking up at the twisting black branches reaching toward the top of the tent. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

The stiff bristles scrape the shoe along the sides and over the top. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Something had appeared in the top right-hand corner of the frame. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

Even up here, at the top of this big old house, she can smell the salty air. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

Chip looked at himself in his rearview mirror, then patted down a tuft of hair at the top of his head. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

On top of this Alice laid the sapling on which the box and stone were fastened. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

She rolls into me, nearly on top of me. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

She lifted her pinkish brown sunglasses and arranged them on top of her head like a tiara. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

The woman is generously appointed, her white bosom spilling out over the top of her low-cut gray gown, her hand on one of her wide hips. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

Sensing a business opportunity, Hank escorted us into the back room and grabbed a couple beat-up boxes from a top shelf loaded with similar-looking cardboard refugees. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

“That’s a beautiful rose,” he says, but his eyes are still on my exposed legs, the dip in my silky tank top. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

Because I took such interest in my studies and in that good goal of becoming a teacher, time no longer crawled by like a snail trying to get to the top of a big stone. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was sitting at the top of the stairs when she arrived. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

My parents definitely questioned why Izzy felt the urge to show so much boobage when their daughters never opted for low-cut tops. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

Greyback smelled as he had done at the top of the tower where Dumbledore had died: of dirt, sweat, and blood. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

The library was red brick, Victorian, sitting self-importantly at the top of a hill. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

At the very top was a school photo of a young girl with a distinctly sad smile. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Papa came home and kissed the top of her head. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Especially when she could have ridden Arion to the top in a matter of seconds. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Violet had arrived at the top of the tower, right at the window where Sunny was tied. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z

He stopped at a certain page and stabbed the top with his finger. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

Then she and Kyle cracked up, remembering the box tops from their first puzzle in the Board Room on Saturday morning. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

Another gust of wind caught in the top of the big tree. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

In my new house she cooked on a stove with a hot top, but no flames. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

When they reached the top, they weren’t in Luxembourg any more. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Professor McGonagall was leading a long line of first years up to the top of the Hall. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

She undid the top buttons of her dress and splashed the cool liquid on her skin, sighing in relief as it trickled down her neck. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

The words “Feline Bad Breath” loomed in blue at the top. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

She went to him and kissed the top of his head. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Mr. Poe took off his top hat, which had made his head look large and square in the fog, and stood for a moment, coughing loudly into a white handkerchief. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z

On the top floor, in what is perhaps the hotel’s nicest room, he stands in a hexagonal bathtub and wipes grime off a window with the heel of his palm. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

It was a really simple website, with a few photos of her on top. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

From here, looking east across the rows of trained raspberry canes, the sea was visible beyond the tops of the cedars falling away along the hill. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

His dark, shining hair was a masterpiece of overcombing, the top hair laid back and criss-crossed with long side strands that just cleared the ears. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

The top had a decoupage portrait of a nineteenth-century princess twisting a pearl necklace, which Phil had altered by substituting my face. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

Boobie was placed on the red players’ bench behind the sideline and his black high tops were slowly untied. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

On top of that, saying you’re sorry for being wrong is like opening up your arms and letting yourself get hit in the face. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

He knew Kira would have made a pie, and there would be thick cream swirled with honey to mound on top of it. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

I see August’s top hat approaching on my left and move instead to my right, past the line of zebras. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

“Those are the only ones who either made the quota or topped it, Brother Leon.” The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I set my hand on top of his and guide it to my chest, so it’s right over my heart. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

The top of the barn comes swooping up out of the twilight. As I Lay Dying 1930-01-01T00:00:00Z

The little, firm pat of golden butter came out, with the strawberry and its leaves molded on the top. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

He wasn’t a mountain goat, but he found a set of stairs at the back of the temple and raced to the top. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

“We were going to assault a mountain with the enemy at the top.” Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

If the climbers reached the top of the Wall undetected, however, everything changed. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I scooped some of the cereal out and sprinkled a few pieces on top of each cupcake. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

The wonton soup smells wonderful with delicate sprigs of cilantro floating on top. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

At the top of the nearest colonnade stood Jason, his sword gleaming gold in the sun. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

The next afternoon Serena called me and said that a top group of radiologists, pediatricians, and cancer doctors had just spent an hour studying John’s X-rays, bone scans, and CT scans. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

She spread out the tablecloth and laid it, carefully, over the top of the well. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

On July 5, Oppenheimer sent a telegram to top Manhattan Project physicists in Berkeley and Chicago: “Any time after the fifteenth would be a good time for our fishing trip.” Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

With the light of day shining through those stained-glass windows onto the gleaming bar top, I didn’t know whether to kneel down or belly up. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

The dream had been dark wet sand, shifting above water, quicksand with no bottom or top, no edges; it had quivered and heaved in spasms until he choked. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

I was at the top of my class in Kobani, with plans to study pharmacy in university. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

She was focused only on getting to the top. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

He had a convertible, an old Mustang, and we drove all the way to the country with the top down and the three of us in the front seat. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Then he puts the top of his head on my leg, his neck supported by the towel roll. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

There were illuminated stars on the tops of some of the oldest oil derricks, and across Main Street, spotlights shown on poinsettias placed on risers to spell “Merry Xmas!” Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

I am standing at this moment on the top deck of the Gustloff. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

For a moment she hesitated, and then from the top bureau drawer she took a little gold watch that hung from a fleur-de-lis pin. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Zach had placed a brick on top of each hive telling August what to do. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Everything seemed to be piling on top of me. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

She heard Howe’s top officers discussing what sounded like a plan for a surprise attack on Washington’s army. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Worst of all, they might turn him over to some tough top sergeant to be taught ‘a lesson.’ Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

In places there were ruined works of stone beside the path, and mounds of green topped with slender birches, or fir-trees sighing in the wind. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

I was running at top speed when someone stuck out a foot and tripped me. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

She rose to her feet and tapped the top of his nose with her man’s knife. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was Hagrid, making his way up to the castle, singing at the top of his voice, and weaving slightly as he walked. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

That spectacular leap from the middle to the top had enormous consequences. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Magdalys barely had time to nod before Redd spun Reba around one more time on top of the trike and then sent her leaping off, directly into the fray as shotgun blasts erupted around them. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Even the pretty Jade orbs on the top floor seemed less grand the second time through, and Pong was ready to get away from all the light and the noise. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

As the juice boiled, a foul scum rose to the top—which a slave had to keep skimming off with a long-handled ladle. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

Undoubtedly, Harry thought, watching him over the top of his own book, Malfoy was begrudging the time he could otherwise be spending in the Room of Requirement. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Her cheeks were scratched and bleeding, her lips were swollen, her clothes were torn, her hair stuck out in all directions, and on top of this she was streaked with mud. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

I grabbed myself with both hands and pulled my tank top down to cover the embarrassing bulge inside my flimsy shorts. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

On top of that, the Blue Ridge Mountains were sensationally beautiful and conveniently sited for the benefit of a new class of motoring tourist. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

He lay on the top bunk, reading for his English class. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

Olly’s seated on the top rung of the railing on the lanai. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

I stood in the corner with my bare feet on top of my shoes and no pants and wondered if the glass would break. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

Just a walk through miles of snow and ice and glaciers and boulders and crevasses to the towering top of a sleeping volcano. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

When they get to ours, the box is extra large, and when we open it, there’s pepperoni on top that spells out Happy Birthday! Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

She willed her mind to clarity and hopped up, fingertips latching on to the top of the crate. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

He pointed to the guard towers on the top of the wall surrounding the White Island. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

I watch as she grabs a knife from the dish rack and a loaf of bread from on top of the fridge. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

Their roots are deep, their stalks are firm, and only the top blossom nods in the wind. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Pirate Medley” was right on top, waiting for me. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

“We can dry our clothes on top of the car when the sun comes out.” Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

It seared his skin, and a memory popped in his head: putting his hand on top of the burner on the stove. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Alfhercht pulled the bubble top shut, blocking out the falling dust and rocks, and the group went as fast as they could with their various injuries. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

She couldn't find him from the top of the steps, and he wasn't on the veranda. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

I sink down in the black broth and immediately come up to the top again. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

All was quiet, but as they paused at the top of the bank, a tussling pack of six or seven sparrows flew down to the line and began to peck about between the sleepers. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

I sighed in frustration and beat my fists against the dirt, hot on top from the close fire, but cold underneath. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

“Trees will cover the sea bottom and seaweed the mountain tops before I cease to love Scylla,” he told her. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hugo said, “That's never real crystallized ginger you have in that jar, right up at the top?” Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

His top lip is extremely large and dipped with blood. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

There was a crowd all along the fence that led to the ring, and the outside balconies and the top of the bull-ring were solid with people. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

It was Victorian, redbrick topped with copper domes and spires that had long ago turned green. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

The flight from Seattle crept closer to the top of the board. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

In my bedroom I tug open the top drawer of my bureau to pick a bathing suit. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

The only sign that my mother is in any distress at all are the sunglasses perched on top of her head. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

Spike hops out of bed, blond hair pointing in a million directions, throws a towel over her shoulders, and heads off to the bathroom in nothing but her boxers and a tank top. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

Once the stove was roaring, she set the eggs and wedges of fruit on top, and sat to wait. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Here she is reaching up, without resorting to tiptoes, to put it on the top shelf. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

The wind howled as it never had before and a tree fell right on top of the roof of our house and crashed into my room, narrowly missing me. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

Hazel jolted awake in her little bed, blanket heavy on top of her, the small room just as heavy with night. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

Because with a roar, a cloud of burning darkness lifted two giant fists over the cliff top. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

The field was topped by a familiar face. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

"My work at the top of the intelligence service satisfied me," he said. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

If that army got to the top of the hill, we would be overwhelmed. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

She’s sitting at her desk, laptop open, in one of those thin-strapped tank tops—nothing underneath, mind you, and she’s got a good bit more going on up there than most girls our age. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

As he did so, he heard Jack's voice from the top. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

A sharp egg tooth on the top of its beak pierced the inner membrane, and its nostrils pushed into the pocket of air at the top of the egg. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

He put his hands on his hips, looked up at the top of the door, and then pulled the door handles. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

Hermione closed Voyages with Vampires and looked down at the top of Ron’s head. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

Everywhere there were statues of lions—on top of pedestals, over doorways, on the porticoes of the largest buildings. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

“What’s new? What's new? You mean, other than, you know, seeing my best friend’s name appear at the top of the Scoreboard? Other than that, you mean?” Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

She came down and skimmed over the tops of the knapweed and grasses to scare up the prey. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

At the top of the driveway, Pet stopped walking. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

People were walking along the top of the dam. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

She walks into the kitchen, lowers the dishwasher’s stout door, and yanks the top tray open, its contents rattling. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

They were unlabeled, but it wasn’t hard to guess that the top button would be for an entrance outside the Whispering Gallery, and the one below it—that would surely be the computer room. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

I likened the top sixteen fencers in the world to superheroes, insanely fast, mesmerizing to watch, and lucky enough to not even have to fence the first day of World Cup competition. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

He'd put these in an envelope on top of the refrigerator and take them down when he and Mama sat at the table, figuring and refiguring. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z

Or maybe he wasn’t as lucky as Tad had been, and the ceiling or something else had fallen on top of him. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Neatly folded on the top of the case was a thin scarlet silk kimono embroidered with dragons. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bran hunched down as best he could, but even so, the top of his head was soon scraping and bumping against the ceiling. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I went out on the balcony, seeing the tops of their heads. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Better than most: His score was in the top 25 percent, Dr. Watson said. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

I stop on the top step, where I can see into the kitchen: the kitchen table where the dirty dishes are piled, the back edges of Mrs. Smeath and Aunt Mildred. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

The sky behind her is the sky after sunset; at the top of it is the lower half of the moon. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

They were too hungry to save much for later; only two rolls were left in the white bag when Dicey put her map into it, rolled down the top and led them off again. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

No house could be seen, although a circle of trees was visible beyond the tops of the corn. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

On top of working every day, running a farm, and raising me and Jay all on her own, Mama had so much to do. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

When I swat a few of them away, I realize that they are perched on top of a man, pecking at his clothes, which are Abnegation gray. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

Like a limber animal the tyke scrambled from chair to tabletop, and from the tabletop she climbed to the top of the chest. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The nurse sighed and opened the top bureau drawer. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

Lyra slid onto the cushioned bench behind a well-scrubbed pine table top as the low rumble of the gas engine shook the boat. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

He twisted the top back onto the bottle and picked up his glass. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

He picked up a teddy and held the top of it against his shoulders. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

She laughed, reached up, and—to his surprise—patted him on the top of his head. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

Lydia ran her hand along the top of the grass. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

She pulled her coat tight; the top button was missing. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

She unlocked another shed and tossed the sack containing my dolls on top of a pile of unmarked boxes and then added the bag with the fancy dresses. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

We slip the security bracelets into the top drawer of my nightstand. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Doctor Snow kisses him on the top of the head and ruffles his hair. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

“Looks like a lot of dirt. And a lot of fun. And, hey, a lesson in engineering! How will you boys top that? What’s your next project?” The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

She sat the pan on the top of the stove and placed a platter on top of it. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Brian had the top bunk, and when it rained, he’d spread a tarp over himself to keep the dripping water off. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

The rock of the cliff was split and the top littered with great lumps that seemed to totter. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

Byron dropped me on the ground right on top of all the water and junk that I’d thrown up. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

And it was kind of amazing, since the original pizza-slice-sized store would have fit maybe ten people tops, and that would have been shoulder-to-shoulder. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

For forty years, in Chamisa County, there had been a tourist boom: and yet most of the profits went into a few pockets at the top. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I am also renting ideal space for: • Doctor's office in lobby • Coffee shop with entrance from parking lot • Hi-class restaurant on entire top floor Six letters were delivered, just six. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

He rolled on top of her, wriggled and shifted, and she let out a whimper. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

Sam shook his head and topped off the man’s drink. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

It looked like a giant bongo drum with a screw-off top and a spigot at the bottom. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z

The tops of its branches are above the sky. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

Roza plucked the cherry from the top of her sundae, dangled it in front of Finn. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

But before he could suggest that, the top of the stand was suddenly lifted off. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then I saw the note lying on top of my shoes. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

Simon saw a humped thing suddenly sit up on the top and look down at him. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

“I gotta have a tall stool or a step- ladder or something. Then I could do the top kitchen cabinets, too.” The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

He could likely turn in blank pages and still get top marks. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

The elevator takes me to the top floor. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I dump a tub of marbles into the top. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

My thoughts jumped from Mr. Pignati to wondering if Lorraine were waiting for me, to knowing I was standing in a monkey house stuck on top of a small planet whirling through space. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

To make matters worse, I was starting to become self-conscious about my muscles, so I always wore an athletic jacket on top of whatever outfit I’d put together. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

“Better now. I just don’t like being teased about Broadway. The videos keep me going. I saw two shows last month, but they weren’t my top shows.” What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

We made our way back to the top of Barrow Hill, and I saw how it had come by its name. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The first few beams were hoisted to the tops of the walls using pulleys hung from the scaffolding. Cathedral: The Story of Its Construction 1973-09-19T00:00:00Z

Fenoglio sat up in such a hurry he hit his head on the top bunk. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

She said probably their guitars would be at the top of the list, and maybe books, because those were always important. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Last time, I painted a tree with a sun coming up over the top of it, because I knew she would eat that mess up. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Plunking onto a stool at the Frontier, he jubilantly splashed the feathers across the bar, then banged down his six-gun on the hard mahogany top. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some jeans and tops from a discount department store. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

Scott Crutchfield, another gifted student ranked in the top ten who would end up going to Duke, said he had two to three hours of homework a week. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dr. Stanpole’s car was at the top of it, headlights on and motor running, empty. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

He paused for a moment, then climbed down the other side, holding on to the top of the wall, legs dangling, then let himself fall the last few feet, down into the graveyard. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

My old black noise-canceling headphones are stashed in a box on the top shelf of my closet. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

She was cutting a tiny black square to sew into the intricate band at the top when the door opened and Daniel came in. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

I ran to the top of the stairs, but then stayed there and listened. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

You can see that he is dressed in a long black coat which was called a frock coat, and a queer, shiny hat shaped like a stovepipe, which was called a top hat. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

An enormous wave crests high on the hill, topping the trees and roaring down the slope. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

It is all piled right on top of where Calvin and I hung out. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t good enough for the Wheatley Stable, which was over-flowing with top prospects. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

It never occurred to her that the woman who had cooked the dinner was also a top code breaker—and Elizebeth saw no reason to tell her. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

They grew on the very top of his head, in the center, shooting up from the thicket of black like the rebels that they clearly were. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

She put one heavy hand down on top of it. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

I arrived at the top of the Icefall itself, just beyond the last of the seracs. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

On top of his head was a little platform, and on it, Chucha placed a small cup of water. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

I want to be here, on Tuesday, in May, sitting in the red- topped booth at Sunnysides, watching Cordelia as she delicately slurps the last of her milkshake up through the straws. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

He waved frantically, shouting at the top of his voice. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

He put out his leg, and the ball locked between the tops of the two players’ feet with a loud thwump. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

“Never again can you accuse me of hogging my muffin tops.” A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

Not long after he got the top of his head shot off in the Battle of Chickamauga, Cudn Vanna married an Englishman, a blockade-runner for the Confederates. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

The men on top of the wall leaned back and pulled up the door of the corral. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

People dangled from windows and from the top of the train because the coaches were packed. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Is the girl on top meant to be me? A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

And I love the brief Queens sunlight at the end of the day, the warm lamp always reaching through the westward tops of that magnificent city. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

She lay on top of her covers in her pajamas for a while, trying to deal with the ache in her chest. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

‘Leo would blast the top of the hill with Greek fire. Maybe, if you guys helped me, I could walk -’ ‘Absolutely not,’ Piper objected. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

I moved the Tomb of Horrors dungeon map to the top right corner of my display and made it slightly transparent. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

“Everyone on top of each other. No room to do anything. No air.” When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

In the late 1930s, she was at the top of her game, with exactly the experience needed for the job. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

The white hull was at least ten stories tall, topped with another dozen levels of decks with brightly lit balconies and portholes. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Haven’t you heard how those American embassy people treat Nigerians? They insult you and call you a liar and on top of it, eh, refuse to give you a visa,” Amaka said. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

In October, Team USA took top honors in the women’s artistic competition, and I won my second all-around World Championship title. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

The first beat was a rising one which faltered at the top. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was a Flint police car right behind us with the red light on top of his roof flashing on and off, on and off, and with the sireen blasting. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

Rafe took her milkshake away from her, inspecting the top of the straw. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

The top results were mostly about a movie that had been made of the book. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

I said that to make her feel mad on top of being hurt. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

The woman slipped a hand under her skirt to reknot the top of her stocking. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

It got to be a race to see what regiment would make it to the top first and I want you to kno that old 104th Illinois didnt do so bad. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

I walk the top row like a model strutting down a runway. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

Then I guess she remembered her wedding band was still on top of the piano. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Jilly, with her fat tummy showing between her shorts and her top, and Deidre, with her ratted hair and pink lipstick, moved closer. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

"Sweep! Chimbly sweep, mistress, from bottom to top. No soot shall then fall in your porridge pot!" The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

Some had no choice but to try to sleep on top of the flue, where they risked severe burns when the heating system flared up. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

My tongue searched my top row of teeth, scratching against my now sharp and jagged front tooth, while my mouth filled with blood. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

At the top of the block were the words Tear here to open and a black arrow pointing to the edge of the plastic. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Talking to a few students at one of the top universities in the nation? A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

The president gives him a withering look over the top of her reading glasses, and he clamps his mouth shut. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

She’s always giving him my stuff, even when I hide it in the top of the closet. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

When Bigwig stood up and pushed the top of the door inward, the frame immediately pivoted much further than before, because there was no sill along the bottom of the outer side to stop it. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

The child’s pink nightie, the stacks of white pillow slips edged with embroidery, the sheets with top hems picked out with blue cornflowers. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Is this safe? Because the book I want is all the way up at the top.” Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

She had on cutoffs, short enough to reveal the white lining of the pockets, and her bikini top. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

During the height of the festivities, the chief took Mwase to the top of the highest hill and looked down where the Chewa ruled. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z

Mate’s hand jerked, and I could see that she had painted the whole top of my thumb red. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He made a row of bold vertical stripes topped with thin loops, like bars and razor wire. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

I caught a glimpse of him at the top of the stairs and fired once more as he darted through the opening. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

“Here,” I say, drawing out the folded-up note and smoothing it against the top of a cunning little table with carved bird feet for legs. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

The tops of her hands were roped with muscle and veins, but her skin was wrinkled and soft. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

A ladder led up to the top of the wall, and people were climbing up the ladder and spreading down to stand on the walls that separated the two corrals. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

Under cover of darkness they would filter from the top of the tower on to the ramparts. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

They sat on top of us, tied our hands, and took us to their chief. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

I felt like I should have been wearing a top hat and cape as I rang the bell. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

They set to work near the top of a twelve-hundred-foot slope. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

His mahogany top split into four pie slices, which elongated into wooden blades. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

I am writing this at the top of Burden Hill. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

The boy had put his hands on top of this head and he was about to cry. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

The river, still dark and mysterious, was spanned by bridges that were turning coldly grey, with here and there at top a warm touch from the burning in the sky. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

By midnight they were at the top and looking down at a long ocean bay. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

Corporal Reynolds is stationed at the top of our block. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

From on top of the rock, the announcer slurs, “Hey, there appears to be some kind of interruption in The Death Match.” I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

Besieged by fierce sparrows, rat sentries leaped in panic from the top of the ramparts; those who stayed were dealt with by Jess Squirrel who swung a heavy iron chain around like a deadly flail. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

A tall black woman in a shimmering silver top stepped out from one of the supply closets. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

The top side was painted to look like the surface of water—dark, dirty water you’d never want to drop a drinking bucket into. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

Micah bumps my knee with the top of his hand. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

I dressed and combed my hair, and she helped me pin the mantilla to the top of my head. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

I would play after him, the simple scale, the simple chord, and then I just played some nonsense that sounded like a cat running up and down on top of garbage cans. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

He stood at his counter, wearing purple robes and a wizard hat topping off his dreads. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Much of their work is top secret, but nowhere more so than in the cereals area. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

I stirred the milk, and beige pellets floated up from the bottom, like sand encased in a shimmery oil that skimmed the top and bubbled around the whirlpool I made with my spoon. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

Then, it was time for the five top honor students to give a speech. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

Someone is splitting through the top of my head with an axe, a messy axe that won't make a clean cut through my skull. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

It looked like glitter scraped from the underside of clouds by the scrubby top branches of the pines. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

I pointed to the Tiffany & Co. box on my top shelf. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

The gnats that were fierce down in the grove didn’t bother us at the top of Listening Rock; the breeze kept them away from our faces. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Beyond, the tops of the keeps and towers still stood as they had for hundreds of years, and it was hard to tell that the castle had been sacked and burned at all. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

My ‘long-horned’ relatives, the ones who have long curvy feelers coming out of their heads, make their music simply by rubbing the edges of their two top wings together. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z

With his rifle loaded, Cherrie made sure Julio wasn’t on top of the cliff, ready to throw boulders down on them. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

I take off my Theresienstadt dress, and it rubs against the raw wound of the tattoo, shooting a twinge to the top of my head. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

I climbed up on top of it and dug a hole down through the ice and snow until I reached the dry limbs. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was still small compared to Alcyoneus, but he slammed into the giant with such momentum, Alcyoneus toppled into an icy watchtower that collapsed on top of him. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

The top ten rankings had been static for several days now. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

A smear of light mud shaped like a handprint had dried on the side of the black leather, stopping where the wide splash of blue paint covered the top. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

The Señora set the bird on top of the piano. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

Before James could answer, they reached the top and Emily could see for herself. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

She set her teeth, top on bottom row, a calcium fortress. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

And to top it all off, the dude's got clothes straight out of a music video. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

There the last living things gave up their struggle; the tops of the Morgai were grassless, bare, jagged, barren as a slate. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

At the very top of the bookshelves stood Nali’s collection of ye’ii figures, which were carved out of twisted branches of cottonwood. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

He unbuttoned the top button, then buttoned it again and checked himself out one more time. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z

He nodded toward a large wooden trunk in the corner, its top open and leaning against the wall. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

The list of the slain was topped by the High Septon, ripped apart as he squealed to his gods for mercy. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Then Freak climbs up on his desk, which makes him about as big as a normal person standing up, and he starts shouting at the top of his lungs. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

I pulled the pendant free and Fiona threaded the silver chain through the little eye on top. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

Me, she could still kiss on the top of my head without stretching. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

Soon the god’s shining boat would touch the tops of the western cliffs, and the working day would be done. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

And when Elizebeth started appearing in the papers, the top brass got agitated. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

“We stacked the bodies in thirty to thirty-five layers on top of each other.” Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

Before she leaves, she looks over my way and pulls her sunglasses down past her nose, so they’re leaning on her top lip. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

Her skin appears warmer, her hair softly curled, and her hat bears no resemblance to the distinctive silk top hat, but he would know her face anywhere. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

We came to the top of the stairs and I found myself in another large sitting room. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

She picks up her charm necklace, tangled in a heap on the top of the dresser, and rubs the gold chain between her fingers, trying to loosen the knot. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

The boy listened to the wind passing through the tops of the tall pines; he thought they moved like giant brooms sweeping the sky. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

He still topped ten feet and radiated supernatural strength. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

He presses her to the bed, lying on top of her, his face to one side, his body suddenly trembling. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Gum Baby jumped on top of the haint’s head and fired sap ball after sap ball into his face, until he wore a mask of sticky dark amber. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

But just shifting her position that much put her at a different angle; now she could see the edge of a piece of paper sticking out of the top of Mom’s drawer. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

I pick my phone up from the floor and climb back up to the top bunk. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

Land on the top of Skiddaw and walk for a couple of hours in the heather. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then they released the bird and it swooped with a flurry of white wings, hovered over the edge of the boat, then sat on top of the shiny water. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Just before it reached the very top, he stopped. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Just as he was reaching the top, he heard a loud shout that filled him with dread. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

He got up and took a small carved ebony box from the top of his bureau. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Papa had already left to look for work, either topping carrots or thinning lettuce. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

“My mom had a top secret mission with the museum. She couldn’t take me.” Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

The only fabric I could think of off the top of my head. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Anyone attempting to scale these heights would hardly be capable of fighting a duel upon arrival at the top. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

“You go get it now,” he said, pointing up to the top window of the house. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

She is so tall that the top of her head brushes against a nearby tree branch. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Chain-link fences, topped by razor wire, had been erected into a long, sixteen-foot-high cage extending about a hundred yards into the lot. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

Nearly every one of them had done some time, and had come back on the scene, and since had worked as top runners for the biggest bankers who specialized in large bettors. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

When they got to the top of the hill, where there were no houses but only grass and clover, they stopped. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

Huge cash grants were made to those law enforcement agencies that were willing to make drug-law enforcement a top priority. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

I pinned Malik down, and while sitting on top of him in his front yard, I suddenly wanted to kiss him. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

She twisted her head down to see their tops. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

She reached into the pack again and found nothing remaining there but the red-covered rock intended as a signal when she reached the top. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

I draw what I want to carve into the top part of it. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

I putter along at 25 kph, the rover's top speed. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

At the top of the arc, while the bat was flat on its back, Gregor noticed for the first time that someone was sitting on it. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

I was standing in plain sight now, my head and shoulders well over the top of the short flight of stairs, but I didn’t care. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

“All crosses had their tops cut and became T’s. There was also a thing called God.” Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You don’t mind the cold?” he said, as they reached the top of the fire escape, and the wind whipped his words away. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

It was more difficult for Robin to go down the circular stair from the top of the keep than it had been to go up. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z

Bodies had begun to pile on top of each other near a short palm tree, where fronds dripped blood. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

Through the runnels of sweat and the sticky tufts of his own hair, he could see a figure, looking down at him from one of the top windows of the house. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

Sticking up above the top of the hearse, the coachman’s hard leather hat looked as if it had been molded out of the same black mud. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

Harry swore at the top of his voice, spinning on the spot to see where Mundungus had gone. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

All his weight was on top of me, pinning me to the floor. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

On three sides the woods pressed upon it; but eastward the ground fell steeply and the tops of the dark trees, growing at the bottom of the slope, were below their feet. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

They didn’t have biscuits neither but they had these big rolls with white frosting on top. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Its top was gone—a smoking crater was all that remained. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

I eased my foot out of my flat, opened the top of my bag with it, and pulled out my science book. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

The passenger side door opens and—never one to lose a bet—I yell out at the top of my lungs, “The rich people are here!” Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

I stop her when she gets to the hamburger bun with that stuff on top. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

Early on, Josiah fired a shot from the top left of the box, which sailed high. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

As excited as I was on top, I was a little scared underneath. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I turned my dogs loose and started screaming at the top of my voice,“Get him, Dan, get him.” Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

The thought climbs on top of the mountain of frustration and plants a flag, clear and loud and so surprising to me that I don’t even understand it. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

But I could explore the mountains, which are the top of its head. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

He sprints out the front door, screaming at the top of his lungs. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

A bunch of girls in ball gowns were on the roof, screaming at the top of their lungs, balancing on the edge and shooting safety fireworks at people on the ground. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

To either side of the bridge are the tops of trees, bare of leaves, with a covering of snow on them, as after a heavy moist snowfall. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

I knew what the paper was because I could see the words at the top. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Across from his bed sat a small television with a VCR balanced on top. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

On top of the pyre, Harison’s body lay with a single red feather between his stiff fingers. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Moss pressed harder on the wound, and Rawiya laid her hands on top of his. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

By the time he got to the top of the creaky wooden stairs, Moss realized that Javier was standing at the top, waiting for him. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

A drummer started beating time, and the Union Jack rose to the top of the flagpole, accompanied by whistles and shouts from the lobsterbacks and Loyalist New Yorkers, who took off their hats in respect. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

We did not pick from the bottom of the vine or from the top. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

There’s a sore at the top of my nose between my eyebrows, gray and red and itching. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

His sunglasses were on top of his head like a hair accessory. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

At this point, he would rise majestically to his feet and call out at the top of his voice, ‘ Use door as fan! Open all windows!’ Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

Windows around the front section look like its mouth is cracked open, baring long teeth between the top of its head and bottom of its jaw. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

I went from a training bra to a D cup, but could still wear tube tops without a bra. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Poe carefully carries out his beautifully made pie with a sea of candles sitting on top of it and we all start to sing. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

She moves around so I can see her, her bright blue wrinkly eyes looking at me over the top of her nurse’s mask. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

The light used to fall just so at this time of day on the floor below my top bunk. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her urgent need was to figure out how to get past the nest, using its important handhold, and to the steplike rock protrusions that would be the means of her final ascent to the top. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Both Smith and Lutz were excellent singles players in their own right; Smith was in the quarterfinals of the tournament, and had once been the top player in the world. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

So Dicey took her family across the top of the highland to the long beach. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ron was still slightly inclined to laugh at Hermione’s boggart, but an argument was averted by the sight that met them on the top of the steps. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

I needed safe access to the locker and the top of the tarpaulin, no matter the time of day or the weather, no matter his mood. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

They still ache from the beating he took on top of the train a few weeks ago. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

Being struck by lightning is one of the top causes of accidental death in this area.” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

At the top he got to his feet and reached the door just as Alec was stepping through. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

At the top of the stairs were the two bedrooms where the four of us would sleep. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Viola’s still pulling me back outta the way by my neck when he falls to the ground, face first in the muck, right on top of his rifle. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

He was so dwarfed by her that the top of his pointed hat barely tickled her chin; however, she moved very gracefully for a woman so large. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

We gossiped as we cooked small eggs and sweet potatoes on top of the houlu just to enjoy their smell. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Stretched across the upper part of the doorway was a big spiderweb, and hanging from the top of the web, head down, was a large grey spider. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

Coffee would be at the top of my own prescription list. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

When I looked up old Stradlater was standing practically right on top of me. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

He waves and then turns back to arranging the prettiest cookies on top. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

“At the top of the ridge. There’s talk of the railroad expanding.” Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

The bartender told me Dad had gone to the Pub, which was a notch below the Howdy House—almost pitch black, with a sticky bar top and no food at all. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

I carefully arranged the straw over the swan and slid the top of the small crate back into place. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Katz selected a top bunk and set about the long challenge of trying to get into it. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

The sides were steel mesh, and a lid with a padlock fitted over the top. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

He leaned on the table loaded with desserts, but it collapsed and he fell with it, everything sliding down on top of him. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

He examined the switch of the top light and also the roll back bed-head light. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

On top of that, she had a renewed sense of time pressing against her. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

The top of his head had been recently shaved and “had the appearance of a great scar,” according to The New York Times. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

My head shot above the top of the lobster tank, my shoulders level with the hatch. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

There was good traction to it, and we were soon at the top of the mountain. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Near the top of the hall stood a dozen men in the blue and silver-grey of House Frey. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The sand could so easily have been the soft top of Ess’s foot. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

I might as well top it off by admitting what I’m certain Jamie already knows. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

From that distance, the figure is serpent-y, with wavy anemones on its top half. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

He had been held in prison once for three days for printing a picture in which Trujillo’s bare leg showed between the cuff of his pants and the top of his sock. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He thrust the point down at the top of the circle. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

I turn around to see the smallest ghost shrimp standing hunch-shouldered at the top of the ramp. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

She slammed the lid down on top of them. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jack nods and rests his chin on the top of my head. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

With my heart pounding, I slowly lifted off the top. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I could see already that the top two floors of Clairmont were glowing with heat, and my own ground floor was fully alight. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

By then, a door at the top of the staircase is open, letting in daylight. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

I reach the top of the stairs, knock on the door. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

On the top they found, as Strider had said, a wide ring of ancient stonework, now crumbling or covered with age-long grass. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Five names in each category don’t appear at all in the other category’s top twenty. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

The fourth time they treed, they were on top of a mountain. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

She leaned over and kissed the top of my head, the way Mom used to do when I was small. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

A few minutes later, as they neared the top of the bank, one of the rangers happened to glance back down into the wash while pausing to catch his breath. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

A big yellow harpy grabbed the burrito and the whole flock scattered, leaving Ella cowering and shivering on top of the elephant. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

They all seem to be a hundred feet tall, with no branches along their trunks except at the very top. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

The danger point—his voice always got hoarse when he lost his patience, when he was in danger of blowing his top. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then Glenn lost it while driving his brother’s Mustang without a license and with the top down, the jerk. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

She wears a fancy uniform: gold epaulettes shine from the top of her cloaked military robe, white ropes loop around her shoulders, and a double-arrow insignia is printed on both sleeves. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

“Look, Grace, I don’t know what you’re planning on doing next year to top this year, but it’s going to have to be immense. Like, skydiving-while-being-devoured-by-piranhas immense.” Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

There was a man at the top of the ridge. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

A small dresser with a lonely lamp on top is placed beneath the window. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Despereaux stood at the top of the dungeon stairs and peered into the darkness that waited for him below. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

He parked his car briskly at the door of the school, stalked boldly into the room, found a yardstick leaning against Miss Gunderson’s desk, and climbed hand-over-hand to the top. Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z

A screen descends until it covers the top half of the fireplace, including the three oaks. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

The shadows on their faces warped their mouths, making their top lips vanish and their lower lips move strangely. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

The main gate was padlocked and topped with barbed wire. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

My present is a Brownie box camera, black and oblong, with a handle on top and a round hole at the back to look through. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

So I’d rigged up an external antenna and mounted it on the hood of a car at the top of the junk pile. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

“White shark dorsal fins come to a point at the top and are straight on the back edge.” The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

"You notice that sign on top of the building?" Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Everyone had theories, of course, but the Jade Key still remained unfound, and top rankings on the Scoreboard remained static. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

The sample question pictured a leaf standing top to bottom and progressively leaning to the right. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

Compared to the other arm, it looked more like a leg, at least the top part did. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

I dribbled to the top of the key and got to thinking I was going to hit a three-pointer. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

“It was the men. They were so stupid ...” “You needn’t tell me. I know that brother of mine. He was sitting up on top laughing, not giving a word of direction.” Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

It was a beautiful day in September and I was standing on top of a diving board. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

I watched him push around the corner to the top of the hill leaning sharp against the cart handle, and heard his voice arise, muffled now, as he started down. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

As his eyes softened, the sweet odor of ambrosia arose from the gland on the top of his tail and she was drenched lightly in wolf scent. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was looking at his hands, which he’d folded into each other like the top of a tepee. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

Birds cried out merrily from the woods and the tops of the trees danced to rhythms all their own. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

The oddly shaped ones sat on top, and the tiny bones, like fingers and toes, went into her pocket with the gold ring. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

It sits in a tasteful leather frame on top of the television set. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

I climb into the top half and pull my knees to my chest. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

Based on lesson grades, Amber's the top of our generation, always getting perfect scores from Du Barry. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

Now the wreckage of the hull, which was resting against a big rock, was teetering and threatening to collapse on top of the tangled animal. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

At the top of a tall ladder, Mr. Kennedy loosens the twine, and the banner unfurls down the wall. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

The windows of the room looked out on a wet garden with a wall topped by an iron fence. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

“Have you ever been to the top of the tower?” said Raymie. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

When he got to the top of the steps she was completely limp and was still trying to mumble something. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

She spun and returned the book to the pile on the armchair, tossing it on top. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

He inches up my tank top and there’s just enough light from the house so that he can see the cherubs. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

She’s wearing high heels, new ones, and a green satiny dress that clutches her hips and dips down to show the top of her breasts. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

The brown leather book floats back to the top of my mind. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

For Sul Ross there were several wooden pull toys and a spinning top. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

Running off it were two chutes topped by water towers. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Johnny and Mirren went to the top two floors of Clairmont carrying cans of gas and bags of old newspapers for kindling. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

Farther down the path several bodies had been stacked on top of each other. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

They were soon engulfed by office buildings so tall Emily couldn’t see the tops from where she sat. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

“I was leaning back to see the top of the tower and I got dizzy.” The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

We were taken in school buses on field trips to visit Plymouth Rock, and to walk the Freedom Trail, and to climb to the top of the Bunker Hill Monument. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

“Yes. Why are you here?” he asked, and his lips opened in a smile that showed he was missing his top two front teeth. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

“You got that dog on your mind,” she says, lifting the big iron skillet to the stove top and laying some bacon in it. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Not on top of everything else that had happened. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Only the dress had somehow trapped both our legs inside it and all I was doing was gyrating uselessly on top of him. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

The inside of the cottage is dusky as the fading light rests at the tops of the trees. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

On top of that, there are porcelain dolls on doilies on nearly every surface of the house. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

First thing she do is take off that top. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

The ball sailed over the Fugees’ wall, across the face of the goal and just into the top far corner. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

From there, I raised and lowered myself, up over the top of the highest branches, and down under low-hanging ones. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

"Screw that," Cal said, "I'm starting at the top. And I'm getting you a girl, too." Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

Park laid his hand on top of hers. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

Bo's collection of plastic fans was lined up neatly at the top end. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

Frightful saw the clearing before her and the leaves on the bushes, even the shiny needles at the tops of the pine trees. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

At the top of her head was a sprig of brown hair tied up with a scrap of red yarn. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

My eyes scanned the room: there was a wardrobe, a dresser topped with carefully arranged figurines, lace curtains fluttering in a window. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

But the most likely case is that interstellar communication will be a kind of palimpsest, like the palimpsests of ancient writers short of papyrus or stone who superimposed their messages on top of preexisting messages. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Have you had a quiet guard?" one said, at the top of his voice. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

Fang folded his jeans, then set them on top of his shirt. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

Thus putting a city directly on top of it was an arresting statement: Here we are. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

He didn’t have much hair, just a few white strands that he combed across the top of his head. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

I had long lines of ragged stitches holding the skin together across the top of my head and down the middle of my face, right over the center of my new nose. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

“Those police officers must have stood at the top of Nobska Light with a megaphone and shouted about it.” Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

Remembering Adam would be like losing him all over again, and I’m not sure if I can bear that on top of everything else. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then he smeared some molasses above his top lip, making a sticky brown mustache. I Survived the Great Molasses Flood, 1919 2019-09-03T00:00:00Z

From the top, one could see as far as a mile down the path toward the village. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

Billy was marching with his hands on top of his head, and so were all the other Americans. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

There’s a lot of screaming at tops of lungs for 7:00 a.m. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

And I was no different: I sincerely hoped Doug got to the top, for instance, yet I would do everything in my power to keep pushing on if he turned around. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

He climbed up the metal steps to the top of the substructure, an elevated base upon which sat the draw works and the doghouse for the roustabouts and the tool pushers. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I walk into the classroom, Mr. Flores is eating lunch and watching a video on his lap top. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

At the top it had rounded caps like the tops of tombstones. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

There was a strong breeze at the top of the hill, and I remember being surprised by it because I hadn’t noticed it down on the grass. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

We’re quiet for a long moment, and I realize I can see the top of my building from here. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

When they reached the top, they climbed around the back and disappeared. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

“I mean he has some fantasy they’re all belly-button crop tops and low-rider Daisy Dukes. It’s moronic. He’s going to learn soon enough that all that eye shadow smudges like hell.” Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

She stirs, adds enough water to fill the pitcher to the top, and stirs again. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

I hurry to the closest barrel and pry open the top. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Both Aly and I were in the same group as the top contenders from Russia, China, and Brazil. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

She sets it down on a dryish area of ground and piles some sticks on top of it. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

Even though we’re blocking the sidewalk and people have to step on the grass to go around us, I take a blank card from my pocket and write ‘more than words’ across the top. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Directly in front of them, bordering the pavement, there was a brick wall with fearsome-looking spikes all along the top of it. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the fire was ready, she placed a layer of wet seaweed right on top of it. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the top drawer Marly found dingy, blackened spoons and forks and knives. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

She kisses the top of my head, perfunctorily. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

On top of the stilts was a tiny porch with two rocking chairs and window boxes full of flowers perched on the railing. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

Calder heard the toilet flush and hurriedly closed the top of the bag. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

“I found it lying on a curb in my neighborhood a couple years ago,” he said of the couch as he worked on setting up my PlayStation 2 on top of his footlocker. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

Haymitch pulls another bottle out from under the table and gives the top a twist. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Okay,” Rachel said, “my top is coming off.” Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

It was the third book on the top shelf of the Staff Picks display. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

On the top of the suitcase was a hastily rolled up brown Wagon Lit uniform. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

Hyacinth lay on her top bunk, her stuffed penguin held close to her chest. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

I flip open the top of the aquarium. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

The top flaps are fraying around the edges, and layered with tape that isn’t sticky anymore. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

The project would be enormously expensive, they knew, and it would mean pulling top scientists off other high-priority weapons projects. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

The boy was sitting with both hands on top of his head and looking out between his forearms. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

Finally I came to the line of trees that ran along the ridge at the top of the encampment. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

At the top, transparent glass lining the metal heads. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Panchito and I can find work in Santa Maria thinning lettuce and topping carrots.” The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

They sang at the top of their lungs, “I’m Going Back to Indiana” even though we were in the heart of Alabama. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

When it was silent at last, the commandant threw the shoes on top of Fayge’s body. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

The historian Garry Wills’s view that Everett’s speech was “obsolete within a half-hour of the time when it was spoken” seems to me a little over the top. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

Its canvas top ruffled in the wind as it paused and shut off its lights. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

You could see for miles over them, until your eyes reached a line of shadowy mountains topped by sky. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

A pair of chopsticks was laid neatly across the top of the bowl. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

If 1 had not pulled back, that cut would have taken off the top of my head. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

The doctors said it was chronic hypothermia, with bad diet and a mild case of pneumonia on top of it; but I don’t know if that accounts for all the hallucinations and mental confusion. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Just then, Joseph noticed a small plaque at the top of the gold frame. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Citra asked as they reached the top of the stairs and stepped into the entry vestibule. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

At the centre top there is a representation of Papin’s piston powered by the pressure of the atmosphere: once the steam has condensed, removal of the pin labelled E causes the piston to descend. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Suddenly I felt as though I had been spun like a top. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Kelly gave up and Melissa delightedly put the pink tank top and purple skirt back on. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

Two baseball caps are stacked on top of the toque, and the fedora wobbles at the top as Ambrose laughs. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

He stepped forward and placed the shoes on top of the blankets and stepped back. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

The owl swooped in and dropped the newspaper on top of Hagrid, who didn’t wake up. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

Toby arranged one blanket on the top of a picnic table to sit on. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

She didn’t stop or deign to look at me until we were by our bunks, and she had one fist curled in her bedsheets, ready to pull herself up to the top bed. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

His dad is yelling for him from the top of the stairs. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

It’s windy on the little platform at the top of the wooden climbing tower. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

For centuries, it was fine to pile one negative on top of another in the same sentence. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was sobbing, talking so fast his words were layering on top of each other. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

I clambered up after Sohrab, convinced the fence was going to peel off the building like the lid of a soup can just before I reached the top. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

The one on top is a duo, a guy and girl with a bridge connecting the cities in their minds. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

I liked the women who wore tailored slacks or shorts, pastel tops, trendy loafers, and quality earrings, like Mary Miller’s. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

On top of the meanness of Miranda’s words and of her friends’ laughter, there was the shame she felt at her heavy tongue and the embarrassment of the other students’ pity. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Some were topped with great domes of colored glass. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

He picks up a folder, taps it against the desk, sticks it on top of a short stack of files. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

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

We come to a stop, and I can see that there’s no visible entrance—it’s blocked off by a tall chain-link fence topped with barbed wire. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

Which is why, when all of a sudden we leaped forward onto the black metal rail and zoomed toward the ground miles below, I screamed at the top of my lungs. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Connor slipped away from Luke’s grip and was on top of him before he could move. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

“What about over the top of the bedroom door?” When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

We didn’t just want to get good grades; we wanted to get top grades. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

I put a little dab of pollen on top of my head and spoke my words to the Holy People. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

He grazed the top of the crossbar with one that Shandra didn’t even get close to. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

At a White House meeting, the president’s top foreign policy advisor put it bluntly: “Daniel Ellsberg is the most dangerous man in America. He must be stopped at all costs.” Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

He stood on a chair and took down a little box from the top cupboard shelf. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

As always, secrecy and misdirection remain top priorities. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

His clothes, on the bank, folded neatly and stacked, collared shirt on top of jeans on top of leather jacket on top of black boots. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

The baby squirrel stood on top of the gatehouse threshold. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

“You don’t need to shout. Flora, what have you got under your pajama top?” Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z

There was snow on the tops of the mountains and the lake was a gray steel-blue. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

The floating pedestal with the Story Box on top trailed him, still spinning. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

We go up top and try that salad chiller bowl out. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

The window runs from the molding at the top all the way down to an inch from the wood floor. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

And by the time I come careening around the curve of the lane and see the house, sitting by itself near the top of the hill, the sun is fully up. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

It was not long before we came to the high-road at the top of the hill. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

He sat up and grabbed her wrist, pulling her down on top of him. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

I pick up the lid of the black can and notice Uhmma’s tight knot at the top of the white plastic trash bag. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

But his hair is curly on top, and her hair is supershort—almost like Uncle Paul’s military haircut. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

There are a number of different varieties of quarks: there are six “flavors,” which we call up, down, strange, charmed, bottom, and top. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

It stretched into a three-foot-long wooden staff with dove wings sprouting out the top. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

And I stand, with her in my arms, and I’m at the top of the zigzag that goes down into Haven. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

The place was palatial, with a large central structure topped with a golden dome, and walls of the native honey stone. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

“Exactly. And where is the only place you can stand on a wall but on top of it.” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

I held on to his tank top while I watched the rest of the play. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

Salim had snapped one of the Eye, but lopped the top part off, because he was too close. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her life had always been strenuous—field work, internment, more field work on top of housework—but during this period under Mrs. Shigemura’s tutelage she had learned to compose herself in the face of it. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Within two years it had topped out at almost fourteen hundred feet and was more than half a mile across. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

Taking his field-glasses from the case, he stood on the top of the rock, and began to search the horizon. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

It took me a few minutes to get both my feet on top of the opposite thighs, but I managed. Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even the kitchen counters and top of the refrigerator were covered. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

So, as the arrow topped the trees and climbed into sunlight, it began to bum against the evening like the sun itself. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Chess shouted from the top of the stairs. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

I’m sitting in front of the television at the Hotel Beverly, where my grandparents have been renting an apartment on the top floor. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

And maybe in that kind of truth, Mark didn’t reach the top. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

When we sat down, Kyle’s dad put a plate in front of me that had an open bun topped with a giant dome of hamburger chili. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

The Jackson Five at Madison Square Garden was printed on top, all words spelled neatly and correctly. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

While she spun honey across the tops of a fresh pan of cakes, she explained to me in detail how the Assumption was nothing less than Mary rising up to heaven. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I put the top back on the box and put the empty shoe box under the other one—the eights. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

His golden-brown skin is several shades lighter than mine, and his hair, raven-black, is freshly cut in a top fade. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Bosoms may wave in the breeze, mind you, but legs must be strictly hidden, top secret. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I yell and with my free arm I’m already reaching for my knife and bringing it round toward the birthmark’s hand, slicing it across the top. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

Then it cuts to five game analysts sitting around in the top tier of the Tokyo Dome, in a heated debate over which team would win and why. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

They strip •out the backseats and stack the migrants like cordwood, one on top of the other. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

On the top, I type “Hideout Messages” and… Below that, I list everyone I know that could’ve written them. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

She wore a black dress, and her black hair was braided and pinned on top of her head in a kind of crown. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

It ranged across the top of Zosimos Ridge, which knifed up from Zosma City like a shark’s fin, and was visible from miles away. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

It was a squeeze to get out, as the passages had been cracked and half blocked with fallen stone near the top. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

The bee, who had tangled himself in some bunting, toppled to the ground, knocking Milo over on top of him, and lay there shouting, “Help! Help! There’s a little boy on me.” The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

Kropp reached his high camp at 26,000 feet on the South Col on Thursday afternoon and left for the top the following morning just after midnight. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

At the top of each was impaled a severed head. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“Let’s try up here,” he said, leading the way over the top of the hill. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

“You!” he said over the top of his stiffened index finger. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

I was by this point well on top of the situation, but the gentlemen went on laughing covertly. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

Grover had scampered to the top like a mountain goat, but the lava had almost gotten me. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

The next four columns are topped like this: Joined a gang. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

He peeled off at the top of the warm bubble and shot southward. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

Then Sophie whispered, ‘In the middle of the roundabout there is an enormous stone arch with a statue of a horse and rider on top of it. Can you see that?’ The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

My dad prepares our plates with salad first, piling his rice and pigeon peas on top. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

Marly saw them trotting along the tops as if they thought the fences were their own special little highways. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

The remaining photos in the top box were pictures of other families and church groups. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

He went to his top dresser drawer and retrieved a bayonet he had found on a decayed Japanese soldier near an airfield in the Philippines. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

He roared out songs at the top of his voice, some of them highly objectionable songs, and behaved himself in a way that was nothing less than indecent at the time of a funeral. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

And while her father played another song, a song about the deep purple falling over sleepy garden walls, the princess reached out and touched the top of the mouses head. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

Upon entering the theater, he had carefully buttoned the two earflaps to the top of his cap, and now the strident score of the musical assaulted his naked ears from a variety of speakers. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

I hold my breath as she places the crown on top of my head. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

There was only one path to the top, directly in front of us. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

I set down my packages, dropping my coat on top. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

I snapped my nickel flat on the glass top. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

I decided the best form of advertising was to stand on the corner of our street and yell at the top of my voice, “Grapefruits for sale!” Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

These thoughts dropped on top of the hillock of crop worries in my heart. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

“Well, girl,” Nicole said, “I could never be a Muslim because I swear to God I am always hot. Plus, I look too cute in tank tops.” Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

We could have slipped into a booth, but it was such a nice day we decided to put the top down on the convertible and eat our lunch in the car. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

“Did you see a green overnight case with an Audrey Hepburn decal on top?” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

I picked up my pad and wrote Z. Hurston at the top. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Instead, Fake Leo put the top of the dunce cap to his mouth like a megaphone and yelled, “CUT!” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

“From the top,” she says, and the class starts singing again. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

But with her diamond-patterned mermaid tail, frayed tank top, and the little beaded seashell necklace around her neck, the drawing was also Greenleigh. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

He sat on the top deck with his back against a stanchion and composed a letter to Hatsue. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

The top two floors of the house are occupied by their landlords, the Montgomerys, a Harvard sociology professor and his wife. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

But she rose and looked down now from the edge at the top and saw nothing but darkness. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

In my closet, on the top shelf behind stacks of books and shirts, I find Dad’s dollhouse. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

He kissed the tops of our heads, before saying, “Go and pack your bags.” Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

As she passed Teddy, she put out her left hand and grazed the top of his head with it, saying, “Somebody needs a haircut!” Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

At last after everyone else had left, I walked the length of the aisle and stood for a second at the top of the steps. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

When I get to the top, Hilda is posing for Angela, who is taking pictures with the miles and miles of rolling green hills as the backdrop. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

It crawled out from its den and stood on top of the mountain. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nathan picked up the pieces by the armload, walked them over to the woodpile, and placed them neatly on top of one another. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

It was round with no windows at all; a metal roof covered most of the opening at the top, but a gap could be seen leading into the depths. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

The rafts are a few planks of wood lashed on top of two tractor tire inner tubes. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

The laughing man didn’t notice us standing there until he was practically on top of Marcus. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

They emerged from the woods on top of a low bluff that marked the border of the marshlands. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were six lawyers in frock coats and top hats who endured the violent November sun with stiff stoicism. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

The top one was sticking a little, so I left it alone. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

“What is it you call this?” he said, holding the top one upside-down. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

I study the hair on the top of his head. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

When she turned back, the domovoi was on top of the oven again, peering down at the leftover little piece burning inside. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

More often a guard would chase him away from the gate or from standing near the high fence with the barbed wire along the top of it. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

The peanuts on top of the sundae were particularly good. Louisiana's Way Home 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

The green notebook I had gotten so used to seeing her carry around was on top of the mattress. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

The Times's Vietnam story was not at the top of the agenda, though it was briefly discussed. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

They look like two little waterfalls of hair, with a pink and a blue ribbon tied in a teensy pigtail on top of their heads. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

Coming out of the river bottoms, I scatted up a long hogback ridge, and broke out on top in the flats. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the nurse left the room, Gramps climbed back on top of the bed and lay down next to Gram. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

He looked down at the top paper of the stack in his hands. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I can almost feel the earth closing in, the air going stale and damp, the dark pressing down on top of me, and I have to open my mouth to breathe. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Oh, God, oh, God, Yossarian had been pleading wordlessly as he dangled from the ceiling of the nose of the ship by the top of his head, unable to move. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Most of the country’s top engineering schools didn’t accept women. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

I don't know his name, but he always plays the part of a guy in a war movie that gets yellow before it's time to go over the top. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

Without taking her eyes out of A Pattern of Architecture, she said, “August sixteenth my mother jumped from the top of building number 9900.” The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

The domovoi appeared on top of the oven, still looking sour. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

At the top of the stairs is a landing, with doors on either side. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

The familiar sweet perfume spreading from the fire met their nostrils as they emerged at the top of the stepladder. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

I do not know how, but we managed to get Dragonwings to the top of the hill. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

The steam started the job, and then the heat from the stove tops did the rest. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Its head was topped with a pair of fake reindeer antlers, and it had an apple in its mouth. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

At the top, two flight attendants dressed in impeccable uniforms give me dazzling smiles and a bow of their heads. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Then he took off his own armour and hung it neatly on a nearby tree with the shield on top. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

I looked up and saw a box perched on top of one of the old bookshelves. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

It was flat on top and wide enough for me to stretch out. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Yeah. He was . . . kind of over the top when you got hurt down in Phoenix. He didn’t believe . . .’’Jacob trailed off self-consciously. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

At the top of the list for removal was Sophiatown, a vibrant community of more than fifty thousand people, which was one of the oldest black settlements in Johannesburg. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

When we reach the top of the stairs, I hear voices, giggling and talking. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

They headed up Church Street, a wide avenue crowded with businessmen in top hats and beggars and fancy ladies in wide skirts. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

While he moved the atoms back and forth, I sat on the top of my desk thinking about the form of the letters that I soon could write, saying that we had found something interesting. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

Frightful was sitting on top of the lodge, feathers shining in the autumnal light. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

When the two got too cuddly, Sasha would get between them and shout, “Leave room for Jesus!” at the top of their lungs, like the chaperone at a Christian prom. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

I look around his room as my app downloads onto his phone, seeing the note I slipped under his door this morning sitting on top of his bed. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

A mass of snowy hair was arranged like a small sack on top of her head. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

Remove a pane of really old glass from the window of a European cathedral and it will be noticeably thicker at the bottom than at the top. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

As the bus pulls up in front of the bodega, I see a large crowd gathered at the top of the hill. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Gregor was about to retrieve the bowl when he saw the first rat claw catch the top of the ledge. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

He was wearing a funny little cap that had no top in it. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

In her gloved hands she held a large cream-colored box with foreign words written on top: “Fine English-Tailored Apparel, Tientsin.” The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

The woman places it on her head, topping off an ensemble that looks like a ball gown fashioned out of the night sky: black silk dotted with sparkling white crystals. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Slabs of real smoked salmon, hard-crusted artisanal breads, and a waffle station with every conceivable topping. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

The light of the moon skittered along the madwoman’s bones, from the top of her head to her beautiful boots and back again. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

Her staff was topped with a white lotus flower. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Ambrose Spike had reported some minor splintering at the top inside edges of the door, but the shoring of earthworks was holding out. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

I went over and looked at the wooden lid on top of the meal barrel. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mom turned to me and pushed her sunglasses to the top of her head. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

Pop Pop says before they start to announce the top five. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Snape stumbled; he was wearing a long, lace-trimmed dress and a towering hat topped with a moth-eaten vulture, and he was swinging a huge crimson handbag. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

A night bird was singing from a tree branch, just singing its heart out, urgent and feverish, like it was put there to sing the moon up to the top of the sky. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Finally, to top it all off and heighten its dramatic appeal, the petition arrived under the signature of Benjamin Franklin, whose patriotic credentials and international reputation were beyond dispute. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

As a result, the Allies rounded up twenty-two top Nazi officers to stand trial at the International Military Tribunal in Nuremberg. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

The cavernous room was filled with golden cages, round and square and rectangular, some stacked on top of each other, others standing alone. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

“Oh hello,” April said and went on looking at a tiny statue with broad shoulders, short legs and a hole in the top of its head. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

When they reached flat ground, Stanley looked up to see the sun, a fiery ball balancing on top of Big Thumb. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

Up on top the air smelled less like grease and sugar, more like just-baled hay and the muddy waters of the Yellowstone as it lazed its way around the fairgrounds. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

He winked at the girls, kissed his aunt on top of her head, and cakewalked around the kitchen table. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

We wait until she finishes the last stitch at the bottom, before she starts again with the first stitch at the top. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

I kissed the top of the bonobo’s head. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

He bent and scooped up the rags in his arms and piled them on top of the shoes. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

She swung her attention out across the building tops, along narrow alleyways, and finally toward that familiar corner at the edge of her block. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

Two teenagers on top of a nearby boxcar dozed. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

And yet Odysseus gazed out marvelling at the ships and harbors, public squares, and ramparts towering up with pointed palisades along the top. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Or he could break for the top of the ridge about fifty yards above. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

When we got to the ledge, we were less than thirty meters from the top of the hill. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

While they were sitting in the castle on Wednesday, it began suddenly to rain so hard that water came through the top of the shack in icy streams. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

He tucked his left leg up to his belly and began grating the top and bottom of his beak together, a quiet sound that told me he was preparing to sleep. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

And on top of that, it seemed that he had nearly hit his master’s wife on the head with his bowl. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

Whether he was daring me to jump off the top bunk of our bunk beds or racing me down the block, I was always one step behind him, trying my best to keep pace. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

It was a big school, near the top of a hill looking down on the town, with a steep road leading up. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Bowls of stewed butter beans with bits of crispy salt pork sprinkled on top were at each place on the table. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

I closed my eyes and tried to picture myself on that bulletin board, with “P.A. ’66” across the top. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

“In boxes. They’re stacked on top of each other with just enough space in between for us to fit our hands in. Everything is controlled. The ventilation, the humidity. And they keep it dark.” The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

I ask, putting my hand on top of the notebook. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

On the top level is a steering wheel. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

His hair was messy on top and his face looked dozy, like a sleepy child. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

“That on top of the exposure—it was too much.” Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

“I’ll have him tape the money on the catwalk at the top of that water tower. Hell, yes, then there won’t be any monkey business.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Once I spent an entire day on top of the Hospital Building, keeping an eye on a crew of roofers who were removing an old surface laden with asbestos and then laying a new one. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I suspect,” says Siraj, “that the talent show will come down to three or four top contenders.” Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

The soup that night was nearly the same as the first time: rice, carrots, carrot tops, and grasshopper. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Wearing a dark evening suit and a top hat, he looked all the part of a gentleman. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

They clambered on top of the chairs and began declaiming, in their trained and resonant voices, an impressive variety of off-color phrases that are not necessary to reprint here. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

“Spider works fine,” she said, crawling onto his shorts and on top of his shirt to his shoulder. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

My dad knew how much I’d always wanted to compete with a top college gymnastics team like the University of Alabama or UCLA. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

From the top of the second ridge Shasta looked back again. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

They passed the electrical fence topped with coiled barbed wire, the wooden barracks, the guard towers, and a redbrick building with huge chimneys. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

Emmett had stayed at Henrietta’s so long, he had his own bed in the hallway at the top of the stairs. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

I grasp the edge of our mattress, dump Richard onto the ground, then pull the mattress on top of both of us. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

The urge to shout filthy words at the top of his voice was as strong as ever. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

“It must be a bridge to the top of Never-Ending Mountain,” Dragon said, “and to the Old Man of the Moon.” Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

Fred’s music was tucked away in a storage case, except for a smaller case on top of the stereo that held maybe a dozen CDs. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

When she emerged I regretted the suggestion; she had put on a clean silk sari and extra bracelets, and coiled her hair with a flattering side part on top of her head. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

If there's ever another war, I'm going to sit right the hell on top of it. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

A billion tiny mud creatures lived and ate and died in the top layer of sand, and the little casts and breathing holes and invisible movements showed that the whole landscape was aquiver with life. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

In the distance, right at the entrance to the big top, August stops and stiffens. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

She rolled off the bed and opened my top drawer. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

He opened the envelope, loosely resolved to read the letter straight through, but read only the top half of the first page. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

The bailies had a diameter of ten inches and a concave porcelain lid on the top that could contain water. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He clapped the other on top of it and then, holding both pieces together with the tongs, held the whole thing over the flame of the spirit lamp. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

But then he would begin to say, “I know a good picnic place...” or “There’s a place deep enough to swim...” or maybe just “Marly, I can beat you to the top of that hill!” Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

The screen turns solid blue, while the word “PLAY” flashes in the top left corner, in pixelated white letters. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Standing on the top step and using the cabin top as a table, he carefully untied the wire twist-tie at the top and opened the bag. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Beetle blade,” the boy said, pointing to the top of the tree. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

He was charging toward us, walking straight over the top of the lake. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

I sheepishly glanced over at him as he carefully removed old tape from a box and pulled the top back like the Mona Lisa might be inside. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Visitors ready to conclude their visit to the fair and daring enough to ride elevators to the top would then toboggan all the way back home. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Dandelion would be over the top and back almost as fast as a hare. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

From the top of her sack juts a sheaf of withered greens. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

These breeches reached to just below the knees and from there on down she sported green stockings with turn-up tops, which displayed her calf muscles to perfection. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

It was like a huge, powerful voice, roaring at the top of its lungs. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

As I’m climbing back to the top bunk, I miss a step and lose my balance for a second. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

“Don’t have a car and no one would lend one to me, so you can tell Erin not to worry,” Drew said, rubbing the top of his head. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

Even after I got dressed and put them on, I wasn't too worried because my jeans came down long enough to cover the raggedy top and make them look regular. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

It’s treachery that does this for me, keeping on top of my own deceptions: I need to hide Josef from my parents, and Jon from all of them. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

At the top of Half-Blood Hill, Thalia’s pine tree burst into flames. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

I have twisted the top into a thing that looks like a pumpkin stem. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

Reaching the top-right corner, David hunts for the second row of pieces, sharp- pointed roofs and the tops of trees. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

I slipped sideways through the doorway and picked up the flashlight I had left on the top step. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

There’s a line of glorious Percherons behind the big top, every one of them gleaming white. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

“Go to the dresser. Should be one of the top drawers—smear this in the crotch of every pair of underwear you find.” Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

Seeing the awful end to Mr. Harvey’s life frightened me from the top of my head to the tips of my toes. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“Oh yeah, that really describes my daughter—top student, athlete, White House guest.” Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

Marly had a huge cup of cocoa with two fat marshmallows melting away on top. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

“That there is Pegasus,” he said, pointing to a cluster of stars hovering way up over the top of the mountains in the distance. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

Some kids were yelling at the top of their lungs. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

He was now eager to learn how the Black Disciples worked, from top to bottom. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

The British government agreed to send Oppenheimer a team of top physicists. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

We could hear Golan’s footsteps as he bounded up the stairs, but it was too dark to tell how far he was from the top. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

But she looked so bewildered and beautiful that he climbed back on top of her and pushed her all the way down. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

Sitting on top of the counter were machines that went whizz, whizz, and I couldn't help looking at them and wondering what they did. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

He had pinned his Head Boy badge to the fez perched jauntily on top of his neat hair, his horn-rimmed glasses flashing in the Egyptian sun. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

On the afternoon of the Eve of Christmas Robin was at his post on top of the keep, with Adam Bowyer, who was on watch. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z

"Even though we've been through the same exact nightmare, you find a way to hold that over me. Like you even survive better than me. You always have to be on top." What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

“I’m going for the top right away,” I said. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

He ran a hand over the top of his head, a tic of his that meant a student’s question had stumped him more than usual. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

He hopped about the grass, gnawing one piece after another, eating the green tops along with the slices. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the kitchen, there are empty brown paper bags on the counter top, which means there are groceries. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Every caretaker who’d lived on the farm had carved his initials in the top. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

“At the top of your mouth, I think. Push it out.” The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

Then he heard voices, low and steady tones from the top of the hill. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

The main fear of every top notch chess player, the story went on, “is the inexplicable error from which no one is immune,” the chance blunder. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

She shut the closet door and leaned against it, dressed in skinny jeans and a dolman sleeved indigo blue top that showed her belly button. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

They had already made it to the top floor, and I joined in with the group cleaning out my family’s old flat, carefully avoiding Mr. Tatarka’s apartment. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

She flapped her way to the top of a three-story red brick building and scuttled out of sight over the roof. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

I lay on top of my suitcase, protecting Dombey and Son, the stone, my drawings, and our family photo. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

Everything is on top of everything so the whole store has skinny aisles to walk through. The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

On top of that, probation officers in most states can require that an individual dedicate 35 percent of his or her income toward the payment of fines, fees, surcharges, and restitution charged by numerous agencies. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

Kids with kitchen duty appeared bearing trays of food, all covered with gleaming silver tops so that you couldn’t see what was inside, sparking wild speculation about what might be for dinner. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

I got to the top and into this big open room with not much. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Frightful flew to the top of the tallest spruce. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

Ivy’s mind whirled like a top over hardwood as she thought of the notebook thief’s words. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

And now, on top of these insoluble things, her mother had only hours before probed into the pit of her soul and discovered her deep uncertainty. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

She tiptoed to the top of the steps and looked through the opening. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Each of those top 20 bosses stood to earn about $500,000 a year. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

Spider hung off the top handle of his backpack, threading their safety line. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

She ran her fingers along the spiral top, letting the cool metal press into her flesh, turning her fingertips white. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

He spread them once more along the top of the cabin and in the rear of the cockpit, cursing all the while. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’ll let the skin form on top of the hot chocolate and be so grossed out by it, I can’t drink any more. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

He put on his glasses, tilted his head back, and took a bottle from the top shelf. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

Red Gate is a much smaller house than Clairmont, but it still has four bedrooms up top. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

If the Pharos had somehow been plucked off the North African shore and placed on Lake Michigan, it would have topped the Chicago skyline until the construction of the Wrigley Building in 1922. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z

I rolled on top of her and grabbed her at the wrists. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

From the top of the dig he dangled a measuring tape—alternating ten-centimeter strips of red, white, and green—to indicate depth. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

“It is a marvelously small ear, and at the top it is shaped and carved after the fashion in which old sculptors indicated deviltry and vice in their statues of satyrs.” The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

She found she could go fast enough to keep him in sight, except just over the tops of the hills. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

His top lip is split, and blood dribbles down his pale neck. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

The man pinched the top of his nose and wrinkled his brow. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even if I thought she was using too many larger Legos on top of her tower and lots of small ones on the bottom. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

An oily residue rose to the top of the water. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

She spread the two quilts on top of the bed and put her slippers side by side underneath. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Without bringing her arms into the open, she drew her top sheet more tightly around and under her body. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

Someone had painted a heart next to the name at the top, and there was a bunch of dried flowers on the stone steps in front of the memorial. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

He’s at the top, and I mean the very top. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

One started on the top of his head and ran down his scalp to behind his ear. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Just a bunch of hand mirrors resting on top of a bunch of tentacle stumps that shuffled around the corner together, out of sight. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

I stuffed my belongings into a bag, fingers shaking so hard I couldn’t zipper the top. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

Then she places the morning paper on top of it. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

A Code Blue would be called if, for example, the count came up an inmate short and finding him was the top priority. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was what looked like a broad stone buttress there, running the full height of the wall, and at the top it continued into a stack of chimneys, with the moon shining brightly on them. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

I helped them pile the logs on top of the bull. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

She stopped, held the radio like a microphone, and began to sing the words at the top of her lungs, moving around as if she was on a stage. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

We’re issued small bottles of milk which we drink through straws stuck in through a hole in the cardboard bottle tops. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

The antenna on the top of the box would move sluggishly, and as soon as it seemed to be pointing at someone, that person would drop to the ground. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Another thing I get for Christmas is a red plastic purse, oval in shape, with a gold-colored clasp and a handle at the top end. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

When we finally reach the doors, I feel like I might throw up, or faint, or scream at the top of my lungs. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

I looked up with the new prisoners to the tops of the brick chimneys, where a thick black smoke poured out into the blue-white sky. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

Material things are no longer a top priority in my life. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Smiling, his dad placed his big hands on top of Colin's head. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

But even though the top was no more than sixty minutes above, he decided to turn around, believing that he would be too tired to descend safely if he climbed any higher. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

And that was just the top layer of treasure in the very deep chest. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

It takes Mr. Allen a long time to climb the steps, but when he reaches the top, he looks around and says, “I’ve never seen so many trees.” Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

A middle- aged woman, hands in her coat pockets, the legs of her jogging suit bunching above her boot tops, no more bizarre than most and easily forgotten. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

It was black, and the wind howled across its top. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

By the time she reached the top, her thighs burned and her arms trembled. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

It’s the moment right before I grab the bag of trash piled on top of the crates in the back and kick the already ajar back door open. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Stick threw his weight and I kicked my feet at his, trying to flip myself on top. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

He lay on top of her, reaching under her skirt. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

A big tall whitehaired man with a backward turn white collar, a little dumpty woman with her gray hair in plaits cross on top her head. The Color Purple 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

There are covered walks, tunnel-like, which in summer one may walk through or on top of as one pleases. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

She had a face full of freckles and the reddest hair I’d ever seen, pulled up into a sloppy, lopsided bun on top of her head. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

He gave cash bonuses for the top five people registering the most voters each month, bonuses for pledged future votes, bonuses for signing up immigrants for naturalization. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Stacking them neatly, he opened the top one and squared the pages within. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Someone had replaced the loose board and nailed it into place with big, long nails, and some fresh strands of barbed wire had been strung around the top. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Perhaps it was not top late to change her mind. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

He reached up and laid one of his on top of hers. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Lines divide the map into smaller squares, with letters along the top and numbers down the side to form a grid. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

When Dad came home, he silently got his stepladder out and cut two feet off the top. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Boyle constructed his air pump because the glass globe out of which the air was evacuated provided a better site for experiments than the space at the top of a barometer. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

She looks at the top of my head. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

Our Navajo net on board the Bunker Hill was set up in the radio room just above the flag bridge at the very top of the ship. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

After all, they were top secret spies, and we weren’t supposed to know they were out there. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I overheard the report that Madam gave the master as they ate supper that eve with their houseguests, the two officers who had moved into the bedchambers on the top floor. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

He unlocks his car from the top of the stairs, and I walk around to the passenger side. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

“I want you to stay up top with the flying shoes. You’re the Red Baron, a flying ace, remember? I’ll be counting on you for backup, in case something goes wrong.” The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

The trail led them north along the top of the escarpment, and at length they came to a deep cleft carved in the rock by a stream that splashed noisily down. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

It was now official; I was one of the top four women’s saber fencers in the entire United States, earning me a spot on my first national team. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

"I know," I said, forcing a small smile and resting my cheek on the top of Maddy's head. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

When he stared beyond the garden’s low walls, he saw the tops of every building in the city. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Still clutching the burning shingle, I made my way up the ladder to the top of the cistern, whispering a breathless thanks to whoever had left it open to the sky. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

And when that spray fell back in sheets to the following waves, it left Turner still standing on the top of the cliff, knees still flexed, toes still clenched. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

At one spot, Frear saw a man on top of a four-story building shouting something to a man in a third-story window, and this man passed the message to those in the street. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z

Before I can introduce my pine tree, Madge is on top of the wall, grabbing the branch, and climbing up and up. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

Wearing Isabella’s top just might be the thing that finally makes Jace see me as the girl of his dreams instead of the girl with the five-head. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

The icy-eyed man appeared, standing on top of a nearby stage as if he was about to make a speech. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

His voice was a high tenor that faltered at the top of his range. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

The iron rod lay near his elbow on the top of the mahogany bar. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

It was empty, so he pulled a longish butt from the Planter’s peanut butter jar top that was Guitar’s ashtray for the day. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

There’s a very determined look on his face—it’s like his eyebrows are trying to meet for the first time at the top of his nose. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

On top of this, school rituals reinforced an intimate atmosphere. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Celosia reminded me of enormous celery stalks with a mass of red brains on top. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Felix focused on the web page, reading it from top to bottom. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

The top shelf holds the biggest boxes, encased in glossy wrappers. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

In the middle of the rainstorm I remembered our bowl and reached out to get it, filtered off the stuff that was swimming on the top and drank the water down. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then he examined the layers of cloth on top of it, unsure whether to sleep on them or to remove them and put them away before sleeping. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

At the top was a wide echoing passage. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Incredibly, in spite of his small number of total mounts, his soaring win percentage invariably placed him near the top of the national jockey rankings for purse money won. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You have freckles here, too,” he says, sliding his hand across the tops of my breasts. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Pong craned his head back to see the top of the bridge. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

There were windows, with glass, and through them she could see the tops of trees; the room faced the forest behind the building. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

At times he wanders up to the library’s sun-filled, unpopulated top floor, where all the literature is shelved. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Every single top horse in training, save War Admiral, was in the field. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Specify was at the top of his speed, with nothing in reserve. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“How’d the work go?” she asked, and I could hear the ping of her setting a fork on the metal- topped table. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

The hole was twice as large as the block of ice, leaving room on all four sides and on top for things to be kept cold. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

His name is Mr. MacLeod, although everyone calls him Chrome Dome behind his back because he’s bald on top; and he’s a Scot by affiliation. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Lashed onto the bottoms of their boots, the things somehow allowed them to walk on top of the snow without breaking through the crust and sinking down to their thighs. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Suddenly they let go of Jon and he sailed through the air to the top of the other body. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

She could go at a full sprint in high heels, but if she really wanted to come after me she had this thing where she’d kick her shoes off while still going at top speed. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

I also want to know which is the seventh step because there are nine steps on the stairs and I’d like to know if you count from the bottom or the top. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

I think about the Froot Loops and Frosted Flakes on top of Sneaky’s refrigerator and wish the boxes could magically transport to our table. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

Johnny decided he would start at the top of the merchants and work down, only, of course, skipping Merchant Lyte. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

She balled up the dress and flung it into the cold hearth, on top of the ashes of last night's Are. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

He had her sit behind his crowded workbench, the top of which was littered with old soles and scraps of leftover leather. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

Charlie Valentine thrust his top dentures from his mouth and sucked them back in again, his favorite gesture of disapproval. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

There the trees grew so thick at the top that the sunshine was veiled. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

My worry for her piles on top of itself. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

He walks over to a slim, blackened stone with a pleasing shape, rounded at the top before rising into a cross. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

The top could come down, of course, and it was something to see. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He held the scourging tail in one claw, while gripped in the other was his war standard, topped by the ferret skull with the addition of the tattered tapestry square depicting Martin the Warrior. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

‘All the top of your hill is full of tunnels packed with chests of gold and silver, and jools, by what I’ve heard.’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z