| 单词 | traffic |
| 例句 | Trying not to cringe, I watch as she skips through the exit, weaving in and out of after-school traffic. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z I guessed it was near midnight, but the traffic in and out remained heavy. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z The laundry would become a cozy new home, almost safe from the night footsteps, the traffic, the city outside. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z They slipped easily into the traffic of travelers and traders where the cliff road met the northern road that led to Upper Djerholm. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z He told Moss about his uncle dying from a drive-by and then how the Oakland PD shot his brother during a traffic stop. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Since he had to remain there waiting for a clear passage through traffic, I asked him to let me off. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z So, she left long before she needed to that morning to avoid traffic, a missed turn, not enough gas. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z A lone traffic light rocked on a wire over the empty intersection. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Elsewhere in the survey, drivers ranked drunk drivers as the first most serious traffic safety problem, and cell phone-using drivers as the second. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z Neither spoke until the car entered downtown traffic. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z The Bridge was paved in sidewalks and traffic roads like the streets of Broadway and the tracks were the same tracks. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z All over America today people would be dragging themselves to work, stuck in traffic jams, wreathed in exhaust smoke. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z “Why do you think we’re not headed for commercial boat traffic?” Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z I was planning to flag a cab but the traffic was backed up so I just kept walking. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z The traffic became bumper to bumper, and the officers began to get frustrated. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Only one lane of traffic isn’t blocked by a patrol car, and officers talk to drivers before letting them pass through. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z Luckily he was stopped at a traffic light or I think he would have driven along beside me yelling in that embarrassing way. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z Lines of jeeps drove onto the ships, creating traffic jams on the piers greater than any that had been seen on land. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z Lexie slowed as they approached a traffic light and Pearl noticed dark rings beneath her eyes. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z “And I will do everything in my power to find her. But tonight I have almost no men. Tonight all my men are busy trying to break up the traffic in illegal tobacco.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z The teepee filled with the twitters of a bird and distant traffic. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z She glances at him briefly just as the traffic light they’re approaching goes green. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z The traffic officer naturally got very much annoyed. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z But the bulk of North Korea’s north-south train traffic continued to pass through its rail yards. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z When they were far enough from the riot of traffic and out of earshot of anyone on shore, Somkit cut the motor off. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z Now, all traffic into the island had been blocked; everyone on the bridge was headed away—headed home. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z It had seemed that they were hurtling down a straight line; actually, though, they were snaking their way through traffic. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z The traffic began to clear a little, and she waited, rubbing the scar on her right palm. and took a step forward into the light. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z It seeps up the stairs from the ballroom, in loud and soft bursts as the men’s room door opens and closes with traffic. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z But as Alex raced across Broadway, fire engines and ambulances screamed down the avenue with no concern for traffic lights, and he began to wonder what was going on. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z When they left, half the Pickwell kids followed them, begging Mars to perform his legendary feat of stopping traffic. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z From the streets above came the quiet murmur of the late traffic. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z People walk right across the middle of Fifth Avenue in traffic, and the cars honk and the people shout and the rain slurs up all the noise. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z He volunteered to come to swinging singles to pick me up after Dad left for work and after the morning rush-hour traffic. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z My timing is perfect, and I wind up in a traffic jam. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z Stopping the party — the neighborhood kids, the Cobras, even George McNab — stopping them dead as traffic. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Blunt stood up and opened the window, letting in the air and the sound of the traffic. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z It would have taken even longer, but the driver used his siren to open up some snarled traffic. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z Autumn was facing towards winter now, and I must get to my destination before the roads closed to fast traffic, and while there was still some good in getting there. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z “What is it? What is wrong with Fidencio? We just went through a traffic sign,” cried one of the women. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z They came to a wooded section, mostly pines, and walked at its edge, as far from the traffic as they could get. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z It was early and I threw my voice hard down against the traffic sounds, feeling the damp coldness of the air upon my cheeks and hands as my voice warmed with my emotion. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z As the sun approached its zenith, and the park bustled with midday traffic, the heat transformed the hidey-hole into a wretched furnace. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z On Saturday afternoon Tar Baby had stumbled drunk into traffic on the New River Road. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z Afternoons and weekends, which usually rang with a medley of shouts and laughter and pounding feet, dragged by in a strange, uneasy silence broken only by the dull hum of traffic. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z The wind had shifted, slowing the march of the flames eastward and giving them precious minutes to untangle the traffic jam. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z Now most of the wooden slats were broken through and a gate with a Bridge Out sign stopped traffic. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z Rasheed, anxious and overly attentive, was holding her elbow, directing her across the yard like a traffic policeman. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z He does not sit in traffic commuting to an office park. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z Sharing a cyclo with her, we weave around the city as the driver maneuvers us through the traffic. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z They apparently did not arrive until the first millennium A.D., long after their domestication in Asia, because they had to wait for large-scale boat traffic across the Indian Ocean. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z And we got caught in a long traffic jam which was caused by people slowing down to look at an accident on the other carriageway. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z It was a narrow, winding road, without traffic. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z Sometimes on the weekends there would be what might be called excessive traffic, but I confined my driving to the weekdays and it did not get thick until I was close to Southern California. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z “Look,” I said, stepping in front of Jack and holding my hands up in the air like a traffic cop. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z The directors insisted on many gates, and the railroads refused to channel their exposition traffic through a single depot. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z A policeman waved me out of the snake of traffic and flagged me to a stop. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z They stepped out onto MacArthur Boulevard, the sound of traffic on the nearby freeway roaring in their ears. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Before daylight we reached the bank of the Tagliamento and followed down along the flooded river to the bridge where all the traffic was crossing. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z After all, Art spends a lot more time dealing with city traffic and parking and chefs who can sometimes be pretty picky. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z Soon thereafter, Adams and Boukreev arrived on their way down, stopping immediately above me to wait for the traffic to clear. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z In other words, police officers use minor traffic violations as an excuse—a pretext—to search for drugs, even though there is not a shred of evidence suggesting the motorist is violating drug laws. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z Then I put my hands in my pockets and walk in one big circle, weaving in and out of traffic, switching sidewalks, until we’re standing in the exact same spot we started from. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z The traffic from the automobiles was so dangerous that he had to wait a long time before crossing the street. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z She could stop all masculine traffic down the hall, with boys’ knees turning to jelly and necks being wrenched as they jerked around to watch. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z Anyone who realized that traffic was at a permanent standstill would eventually be able to back out. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z But on most days, especially the warm ones, life exhausts him; the worsening traffic and graffiti and company politics, everyone grousing about bonuses, benefits, overtime. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z The two days at Mona's cottage had been a reprieve from cold reality, but now, as they made their way down an overgrown trail that surely hadn’t seen human traffic in generations, that reality returned. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z That night, they bought rats on a stick from a boat seller, and watched the street river traffic. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z Guys were raining Js from deep, doing spin moves through the lane and throwing down in traffic. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z As we approached the town of Saint-Denis, the road widened, the traffic increased, and I saw Jacob becoming increasingly nervous. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z In those days, two or three cars was traffic. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z The street was filled with people and the bus had stopped a few yards down the street, blocking traffic. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z About the same time, a strange traffic began at home: college football coaches, come to entice Jim to their schools. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z Writing traffic tickets to refugees became one of Clarkston’s more reliable sources of revenue. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z It’s only a minute before we’re sitting right at the top of the Brooklyn Bridge watching the traffic stall below. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z “And there was duch a line of traffic on the bridge!” she says over Jason’s head to Mrs. Morehouse, behind her. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z “Don’t I know it,” Sean said as we sat stalled in traffic. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z One crumpled frankfurter lav 011 its side, its one wheel horizontal above it, a traffic fatality. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z I continued to stare at the traffic light, which glowed red. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z “You were about to walk out into traffic.” A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z From the street below came the sound of traffic, the larger sound of the subway, the smaller, more varied sounds of voices. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z The traffic was rushing, Los Angeles noon-hot, and she suddenly felt carsick. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z We turned off the Avenue up the Rue des Pyramides, through the traffic of the Rue de Rivoli, and through a dark gate into the Tuileries. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z At the last traffic light in the city, before she turned to go onto the great highway out of town, she stopped, waiting, and slid Dr. Montague’s letter out of her pocketbook. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z It was low-key, and the magistrate seemed no more concerned than if he were handling a traffic summons. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Alcohol-related deaths still constitute about one-third of all traffic fatalities, but the change in culture and behavior has been profound. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z After five minutes, Chou and I glance at each other nervously, afraid to be so far away from the traffic but we dare not question Kim. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I don’t mean traffic like you see today. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z “I was late and traveling fast and the traffic started backing up,” he says. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z Zoe weaved in and out of traffic on the Golden Gate Bridge. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z The side streets were like parking lots, and so were West End and Amsterdam Avenues, where the traffic went uptown. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z This way was not much used, being hardly fit for carts, and there was little traffic to the Woody End. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z The tires drove onto the smooth pavement, and their speed increased as his father drove them into traffic. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z All of ’em made of orangish-brown clay and hung on a warped wall so you could get a good view as you sat in traffic waiting to get back to America. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z I finally asked after a traffic jam of silence. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z To avoid the traffic, Boori Ma took to sleeping on the rooftop. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z At about half past one, we heard a novel sound—motor traffic—and a few minutes later we emerged from the woods onto U.S. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z The museum couldn’t spare Morris until after the police had sent help for the sidewalk traffic. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z On one occasion, I was driving in town and I stopped at a traffic light. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z We pull to a stop at the traffic light, and the air changes. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z It was a Friday afternoon, and he was sitting alone in a dark house, waiting for his wife to fight her way home through the rush-hour traffic. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z How could the air traffic controllers keep track of the blips on the radar screen amid heavy fighting? A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z The two of them had been standing for hours in the chilly fog, watching the commuter traffic on Highway 24. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z I can hear the traffic on Route 733—the road that links this small town to the next, and the next, until it meets with a road that might lead somewhere bigger. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z The moment he heard the door slam, Wes rushed to the window and watched as his mother slowly pulled out of her parking spot and joined the flow of city-bound traffic. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z We used the harpies mostly for cleaning the camp, but they did pretty well in midtown traffic too. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z She drove fast, braking sharply and glancing often at the BlackBerry on her lap; whenever the traffic stilled, she picked it up and typed swiftly. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z The sound of the car changing gear as it turned the corner, and then even that sound merging into the common traffic, and being lost, and so absorbed forever. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z Everything is whitewashed and a boardwalk runs along the front of the buildings, raising the foot traffic above the dusty main street. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z One person’s infirmity can be a teammate’s extra burden; there’s a constant traffic in herbal and over-the-counter solutions to pain. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z The Klan trafficked in secret information whose secrecy engendered fear, while insurance prices were less a secret than a set of facts dispensed in a way that made comparisons difficult. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z I put them on and the earphones fit snugly, sealing out the sound of outside traffic and footsteps from upstairs. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z She was about to double-park again when she sized up the traffic in her rearview and suddenly seemed to think better of it. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z A sixteen-legged cedar turtle, more than sixty feet long, they crossed Mercer Street and headed south on Westlake, plunging into downtown traffic. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z The Court ruled that the police are free to use minor traffic violations as a pretext to conduct drug investigations, even when there is no evidence of illegal drug activity. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z And there was no one in the street and it was quieter than it was during the day, even though you could hear traffic in the distance and sirens, so it made me feel calmer. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Not only people but traffic—bullock carts, jutkas, cars and bicycles, more than we had ever seen, many times thicker than in the town around the tannery. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z When I rode along the Kinshasa Highway as a boy, it was a dusty, unpaved thread that wandered through the Rift Valley toward Lake Victoria, carrying not much traffic. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z They turn onto the street, where the traffic has stopped completely. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z The thick traffic in the canal moved slowly. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z The class gathered on the front steps of the museum, where we could watch the foot traffic along Fifth Avenue. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z Sunday morning I get up early, before Hilly and William, before the kids and the church traffic. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z COLIC: colicky frolic: frolicked, frolicker, frolicking GARLIC: garlicky mimic: mimicked, mimicking panic: panicked, panicking, panicky picnic: picnicked, picnicker, picnicking POLITICS: politicker, politicking traffic: trafficked, trafficker, trafficking playwright. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Yet the city always seems to be one big traffic jam. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z A couple of miles from the school, the traffic slowed. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z As the traffic slowed to a crawl, he put in a cassette to pass the time. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z He turned away from the shelter and looked up at the traffic on the bridge. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z Green arrows on a traffic signal mean “Go.” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z The men couldn’t even double-park their car without stopping traffic. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z Not knowing what to do, I walk out of the traffic and climb onto a big rock on the side of the road. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z And, after that, Neal went to Foundry Networks, which made routers and switches—essential pieces of technology to deliver Internet traffic. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z Ten minutes from his house if we don't catch traffic, and then straight to bed. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z All the sounds were faint ones from distant traffic or from the humming of air conditioners up and down the block. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z As for the slave trade, the sooner that despicable traffic was ended, the better for everybody. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z They jumped out and ran to the officer directing traffic. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z But the Pullman strike halted all train traffic through Chicago, and the perishable foods rotted in their traincars. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Other episodes of mass fatality are abundantly documented: the Black Death in Europe, the post-collectivization famine in the Soviet Union, even the traffic in African slaves. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z That research, and other investigations like it, led to changes in air traffic regulations, mandating minimum distances between flight paths so as to prevent that kind of wake turbulence accident. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z All the leaves were still, and in this little square even the traffic noise was hushed. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z There was nothing going on out there, no traffic of any kind. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z The traffic is slow on Main Street, not because Chokecherry is big enough to have a rush hour, but because the cars have to snake around the parked trucks and plows. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z On our way to Alexandra there was unusual traffic on the highway leading to the Jan Smuts Airport. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z The rain was heavy, and traffic into Santurce was backed up for miles because of floods. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z “None of those map programs calculate for traffic. I’ll call you back. And hurry. We’ve got to line up like right now!” Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z First, the drive to the beach took two and a half hours because of traffic. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z Everyone abandons their cars and runs south, the complete opposite direction of traffic. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z A giant garden with traffic zooming all around it. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z On Lekki Expressway, the traffic moved swiftly in the waning rain and soon Gabriel was pressing the horn in front of the high black gates of his home. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z If it hadn’t been for the roar of traffic behind us, I’m sure she would've woken up the whole neighborhood. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z The driver righted the car, put on his turn signal, and shot back into the traffic at the first opening. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z My family lives on a third-floor apartment in the middle of Phnom Penh, so I am used to the traffic and the noise. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The horns Blare from one Street to the next, And the paper flowers Taped to the hoods Blow in the traffic of wind. Neighborhood Odes 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z When push comes to shove, Americans fall back on their American-ness, and that American-ness means that the air traffic controller is thought of as an equal. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z I moved with the crowd, the sweat pouring off me, listening to the grinding roar of traffic, the growing sound of a record shop loudspeaker blaring a languid blues. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z The state police freed him after he paid 30,000 pesos under the table, fearful that they might charge him with human trafficking. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z “Idiot. I came straight from the wedding. I didn’t want to risk the traffic of going home first to change.” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Mr. Banks was glad because, as she arrived by herself and did not hold up the traffic, he had not had to tip the Policeman. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z She had gotten to the convention center much later than she’d planned, due to an unprecedented traffic jam on the highway. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z Everything was rushing past me like I was standing in traffic, T. I stood up, probably too fast, because Sasquatch put me up against the wall. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z I could see 'em in my mind, bright as traffic lights, flashing at her across the street. Seedfolks 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z After moving here in 2001 and choking on traffic, she made a rule: “Wherever I’m going has to be within one mile of the house,” she said. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z Meanwhile our squad was supposed to stop nighttime traffic between two hamlets. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z She could time the traffic lights so we could coast through intersections without using the brakes or losing momentum. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z There were times when we would be in traffic and we had so little money for petrol that I would have to push the car. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z Today there is less drug trafficking, but smugglers' runways can still be seen, cut into remote patches of forest. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Lyons argued that, as a black man, he had good reason to fear he would be stopped by the police for a minor traffic violation and subjected to a chokehold again. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z The river road was thick with traffic, almost all of it flowing south. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z She blew her smoke out the side of her mouth and sat there quietly as we inched along in traffic. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z He was looking down at the ground, a palm pressed against the wire-mesh fence, and for a moment he looked like he was listening intently to the sound of the traffic somewhere beyond the fog. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z Allowing the police to use minor traffic violations as a pretext for baseless drug investigations would permit them to single out anyone for a drug investigation without any evidence of illegal drug activity whatsoever. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z But it wasn’t until he hopped out and threw his arms up like some horned-up traffic cop that I really paid him any attention. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z He spent more time now watching a new kind of traffic: expensive-looking cars driving slowly down the newly paved streets. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z “There’s some protesting going on. Causing a mess of traffic.” A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z Pollard tried to rally him, but he was blocked by traffic until deep in the stretch, when he shook loose and flew up, almost catching Professor Paul for the win. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Reg asked as the news began to report on traffic conditions, a welcome respite. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z We pull from the drive-thru into a parking space, and we watch the traffic go up and down the main strip while we eat. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z They saw some bicycle traffic and a few homeless guys huddled in doorways, but the majority of Portlanders seemed to be staying indoors. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z The Court’s quiet blessing of race-based traffic stops has led to something of an Orwellian public discourse regarding racial profiling. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z We had driven for less than half an hour when we came to a checkpoint; there was a traffic jam, and policemen, many more than was usual, were waving their guns and diverting traffic. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z Tater wobbled and wove his way through heavy traffic and, finally, reached the other side of Atlantic Avenue. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z For some reason, I arrived when all the sidewalks had been pulled up, rendering the only refuge from the city’s murderous traffic a shambling crater-scape. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z The result is that from a widespread territory to the north birds pass through this traffic bottleneck. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z He could hear the traffic just beyond a row of trees. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z It was Saturday, Christmas was near, and the traffic crept along Main Street. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z Her truck was parked a few feet away, blocking any traffic. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z It was playing in the flapping of flags and awnings, in the rumble of distant traffic, the click of heels on the dry paving stones... The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z Another group of six protesters, including Lucy Burns, was arrested at the west gate for obstructing traffic. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z “That’s too low. No peregrine would come that low and that close to the traffic.” Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z Sure enough, Dad pulled out of the line of traffic and pointed the car back toward home. I Survived Hurricane Katrina, 2005 2011-04-01T00:00:00Z When trafficking in cadavers, it helped to be immune to sentimentality. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Once we got north of Phoenix, past all the tract-house suburbs, the traffic thinned, and Dad started going faster and faster. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z The tourists and merchers liked to keep to well-lit thoroughfares, so the foot traffic here was sparser, and he made better time. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z No traffic came along the dirt road, and it was quiet except for the crickets in the rocks and a few evening insects buzzing past his face; in the distance dogs were barking. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z Sonny’s rough period was only getting worse: most of his income now came from a food-stamp ring he ran out of Lawrence’s convenience store, and soon he found himself in jail for narcotics trafficking. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z It was Saturday evening, so the traffic wasn’t as bad as it might've been on a weekday. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z The car nosed slowly into traffic, dropped swiftly down a hill. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z There was little traffic on the streets and over the bridge. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z Jack pulls us away from the parking space, and we join the line of traffic leading to the exit. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z The traffic lined up as far as you could see. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z He’d already told his workers and his foremen to leave, to be with their families, to get a head start on the traffic. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z There’s no ticktock of the blinker, no voice of the customer, and no sizzle of the traffic. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z While the traffic patrolwoman, pretending to be Lana Lee, climbed into the rear of the squad car grimacing and shaking a vengeful fist, Patrolman Mancuso faced the camera with his newspaper and frowned sternly. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z To handle the growing traffic from Western climbers and trekkers, new lodges and teahouses are springing up across the Khumbu region, but the new construction is especially evident in Namche Bazaar. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z Straw had been laid across the cobblestones so the ride would be silent and smooth, and police stopped traffic. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z I fall asleep and wake up only once as we’re passing through Baton Rouge, cars honking in traffic. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z The sound of a thousand voices spread over the frozen traffic like a Noise Umbrella. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z To our great surprise, they appeared well accustomed to traffic, and bargained with us with as much skill as any tradesman of Europe. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z What we share, Jon and I, may be a lot like a traffic accident, but we do share it. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z As the weather grew colder, Alvarez heard more truck traffic on the roads outside. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z It was a narrow road painted with a solid yellow stripe, with one lane of traffic in either direction. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z “Remember Stan's funeral? How we tried to bail and Dad ended up directing traffic?” Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z So anyway, Mum dropped me at Malvern Link traffic lights by the clinic. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z To Ammu, her twins seemed like a pair of small bewildered frogs engrossed in each other’s company, lolloping arm in arm down a highway full of hurtling traffic. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z We get bogged down in traffic for several miles, and even though Radar is desperate to violate the speed limit, he’s lucky when he can go thirty. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z The station was broadcasting vital details to Germany about New York shipping traffic. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z Soon it would cross one of the brief bridges that arched the Charles, and I would, without thinking, open the door and plunge out through the stream of traffic to the rail of the bridge. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z Then, from a distance, a hum approached the held-up traffic and covered it like a cloak. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z As the street curved and narrowed, the steady traffic along it sounded louder and the warm fumes blew into her face. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z She was stuck in traffic a few miles outside the city. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z Lupita took hold of her brother’s hand and held it tightly as they stepped off the sidewalk’s high curb and waited in the street for the traffic light to change. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z The truth was that I had turned off the big highway 104 and into the smaller roads because the traffic was heavy and passing vehicles threw sheets of water on my windshield. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z There’s a traffic jam longer than a slithering python and I have to look where I’m going, because it’s easy to twist my foot on the broken cobblestone road. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z Interstate 35 goes from the Mexican border all the way up to Lake Superior, and some of the heaviest traffic is along the two-hundred-fifty-mile stretch between San Antonio and Dallas. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z It was Saturday, and traffic was heavy going into the city. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z About a block away from the peak of the hill, a hum like a massive swarm of bees rose above the distant sounds of traffic. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z Spying a gap in the traffic, Roy ventured into the road. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z My dad ended up directing traffic for the next five minutes while people gawked at me and my mom and Fang, trying hard to look cool inside the Taurus. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z The cab suddenly swerved across three lanes of traffic. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z “Lot of traffic for this late,” Lefty marvels. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Minutes after all the white schoolchildren were safely across, traffic moved. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z But the Bay Area’s smog stung his eyes, the traffic noise gave him headaches, and the pollen made him cough. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z With traffic what it was, that could take hours. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z Furthermore, once malaria and yellow fever did become transmitted to the Americas by European ship traffic, they emerged as the major impediment to colonization of the New World tropics as well. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z I watched the traffic whizzing along, feeling less hungry now but still lonely and scared. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Dust, stirred up by the day’s traffic on the roads, hung softly, a beige mist across the fields. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z What if they were stuck in traffic when the storm hit? I Survived Hurricane Katrina, 2005 2011-04-01T00:00:00Z In the car on the way home, my dad didn’t say much until we got clear of the heavy Philadelphia traffic and Jeffrey fell asleep. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z The snakelike traffic pushes on with the strong able-bodied men forming the head, and the old, young, weak, and hungry trailing behind as the tail. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I drove around the school, following the line of traffic. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z Beside him, two bloodied men hung from ropes tied to traffic- light posts. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z The traffic should’ve been heavy by now, but there were no cars honking, no crowds bustling along the sidewalks. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z From her position in the doorway, Ann blocked traffic in and out of the jail, all the while using her oversized voice to curse anyone who came near her. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z If you break your head or back-bone you will be very unfortunate, policemen can direct the traffic so that there won't be too many invalids to go to hospital. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z These were embassy cars, and no traffic policeman would dare to stop them. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z The announcer reported a terrible traffic jam on the New Jersey Turnpike. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z There is more traffic in this section of the Silk Road, a jumble of anonymous users crowding into alleys and in front of doorways, creating the sense of a night market. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z They each took an oar and paddled out to join the bustling traffic on one of the main canals. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z We hit the Friday night street traffic on 39th Avenue going west toward Corona. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z He was the one who could do a backflip off a traffic barrier. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z I don’t care if I blind oncoming traffic. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z By the fall of 1917, more than 500 suffragists had been arrested and 168 had spent time in jail, most for “obstructing sidewalk traffic.” Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z About a block away from the peak of the hill, a hum like a massive swarm of bees rose above the distant sounds of traffic. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z The government forbade any trafficking in Indian antiquities and had given the priest a general concession, authorizing him to catalogue whatever he found and hand it over to the museum. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Bleached structures from antiquity lay like dried bones, embedded in pulsating cables and thrumming traffic, the arteries of modern life. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z The park is closed to traffic, so I don’t have to look both ways before I cross the road and follow Trub over to the other guardhouse. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z Once they passed through a town where the police were searching all the boats that came along the waterway, and holding up the traffic in both directions. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z Whenever the crowds gathered at some intersection where we were stopped by traffic, the inevitable question came sooner or later. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z “There’s no traffic. You make better time. Dad was right about that. Anyway, Mom has an interview for a job in Atlanta tomorrow afternoon.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z We turned to see the traffic at a standstill along Hudson. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z He tried to put it out of his mind, and they set off together, crossing at the traffic lights and casting just one glance back at the window under the hornbeam trees. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z They sat and watched the traffic go by. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z “Here in the city you have something we don’t have in our village: traffic.” Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z For a second he is hanging there, upside down, while the car moves fast through the traffic. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z We follow the flow of traffic down the ramp, and upstream through Kingston. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z Today there is a vast international radio, television and radar communications traffic. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z When he had been here before, the street had been filled with traffic. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Cell phone industry officials said that the fact traffic deaths hadn’t soared meant that distraction from electronic gadgets was being overblown as a threat. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z He hated hearing them, hated seeing them, hated being tied up in traffic by them. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z For a moment Meggie thought she could hear the sea breaking in the distance, but perhaps it was only the traffic on the nearby highway. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z “I hope that you don’t think I am going out into the traffic.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Still, traffic could tie up in cities when every one was awake. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z “It’s a long drive, two hours if the traffic cooperates. Pack some dried snacks, water, and a thermos with chai.” Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z It had the prison warden’s name—G. Patterson—on the door in black letters, and beside the door, a miniature traffic light. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z One old man in a fresh lawn suit, bow tie and carpet slippers shuffled by with the help of two sticks, advancing so slowly that even the traffic was passing him. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z She finishes swallowing her food, takes a sip of her wine, and then says, “Work is amazing. I just put up a show of local emerging artists. We’re getting lots of foot traffic.” Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z He was small, dark-haired and disapproving, a glint of red from the traffic light coloring the tip of his nose. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z He’s now studying to be an air traffic controller. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z Still ahead of her was the drive to the airport, through heavy traffic. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z So we left early to be ahead of traffic. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Big three-by-nine-foot painted canvas banners hung on the buses’ sides, to be read by the highway traffic and thousands of people at home and on the sidewalks of the towns the buses passed through. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z He held back the savage traffic and got me through and directed me with great care. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z As I drive through Manhattan, I pull to a stop at the first hint of a yellow light and try not to tailgate through the stop-and-go traffic. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z There was not much traffic in the High Street, and when they turned down the steps opposite Magdalen College toward the gate of the Botanic Garden, they were completely alone. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z It was eerily quiet without any traffic moving through. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z When I looked around, he was back on his corner, directing traffic. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z The sound of the traffic drifting up to her was so loud she almost didn't hear Elinor's knock. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z He came to a large traffic circle where the road going north crossed the Oxford ring road going east and west. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z The traffic increases as I near the bridge over Delhi Creek, so I slow down. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Edward pulled out through the traffic, apparently without a glance, flipping around to head toward the freeway. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z No mention of the magic word “emergency,” which is what air traffic controllers are trained to listen for. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z Incredibly, an armored column was forcing its way against the forward press of traffic, soldiers and refugees. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z I had to change the Band-Aid, which took a few minutes, but I preferred to let the traffic thin out a bit before driving home anyway. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z The sound of morning traffic filtered into the room from Torrance Boulevard. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z British intelligence officers knew about the Long Island spy traffic. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z Except that it wasn’t only optical; air was coming through it, and they could smell the traffic fumes, which didn’t exist in the world of Cittàgazze. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z It cast long shadows over the street, and the nearby freeway roared with traffic. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z She had trafficked with spirits, and it showed. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z I said, irritated, even though I knew there would be almost no traffic. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Downtown consisted of two intersecting streets, Main Street and High Street, separated by a single flashing stoplight and no traffic. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z We move over into the drain ditch, cause the traffic on this little street’s starting to build up. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z Everyone was inside, in class, except for a few students clustered—just off school grounds—at the nearby traffic triangle, smoking. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z He whistled as he maneuvered easily through the rush-hour traffic, as if the vehicles parted just for him. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z I was working on several of these cases, including one in Gadsden, Alabama, where jail officials claimed that a thirty-nine-year-old black man had died of natural causes after being arrested for traffic violations. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z There was no one anywhere, come to that—no passing traffic, not a sound but the lazy clank of a metal ring knocking against the flagpole. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z We were a few coves down from everyone else, hidden from the beach traffic by rocks. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z Inside, flattened cardboard boxes covered most of the floor, which was worn from years of foot traffic. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z And in the intricate traffic pattern, as you try to find your way through, there’s no possibility of seeing anything. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z The rest of the traffic was moving around the two stationary vehicles, and as they went past, the drivers looked curiously at the little scene, as people always do. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z “Or at least some commercial boat traffic,” I said. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z The sky has brightened by the time we arrive at the first buildings on the outskirts of Reyhanli: blocks of apartments and houses, mosques and schools and traffic. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z One of these moral principles was that it was never a sin to charge as much as the traffic would bear. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z At the edge of the woods, where the grassy roadside banked above the macadam, they stopped to wait for an opening in the traffic. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z Downtown, with its cobblestone streets and absence of traffic lights, could still pass as a quaint New England fishing village. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z And not long after that — mirror adjusted, brake off, blinker on, traffic clear — Ralph was pulling away from the curb, as solemn as a boy leaving home. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z In the Motor-HJ, boys trained on motorcycles and learned practical mechanical skills and traffic and car regulations. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z “I’m sure she just got stuck in traffic,” offered Ms. Denis. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z “Right,” she continued, marching this way and that across the living room and waving her hands about like a traffic cop directing her thoughts and words. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z He does, however, decide to pipe up when, at the next traffic light, she hangs a right instead of a left. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z Their mother lifted up her hands like an Island traffic policeman, halting their requests. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z The road had no heavy load of traffic to support; there were few sharp curves or intersections where brush could obstruct the driver’s vision. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z She did that sometimes, to avoid all the traffic in the parking lot when school let out. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z In the early 1940s, the United States managed to intercept a mountain of cable telegram traffic from Soviet embassies. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z If they could fly their warship into the Roman Colosseum with ballistae blazing and not even cause a traffic slowdown, he figured they could get away with anything. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z He didn’t seem to be distracted or annoyed by the honking traffic or the cacophony of music and voices spilling out onto the avenue. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Myrna prodded and shifted the Renault through the city traffic masterfully, weaving in and out of impossibly narrow lanes until they were clear of the last twinkling streetlight of the last swampy suburb. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z I’m at the traffic light outside school and I slip the red Pagoda Pizza shirt over my head. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z Dad wheeled the car around frantically and sped back to New London, breaking every traffic rule then on the books. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z The window was so high that I could barely hear the sound of traffic below . Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z The narrow country roads were getting jammed, and they didn’t want to get stuck in traffic. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z Knowing my tendency to panic in the roar and crush of traffic, I started into Chicago long before daylight. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z If it wasn’t for the sounds of traffic whooshing down Flatbush, you could almost pretend you were deep in the wilderness. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z He made it across the first lane of traffic. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z Hartford and Providence and such are big cities, bustling with manufacturing, lousy with traffic. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z As we approached the outskirts of town, there was traffic, and buildings, and lights, and people on the streets. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z Anxiety is like being in freeway traffic all the time. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z Shuffled back to last in heavy traffic and carried hopelessly wide on the first turn, Seabiscuit slipped through the mud, but still passed eight horses to finish second. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z A gossamer blanket of coaldust floated down like a dirty blessing and gently smothered the traffic. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Other people were darting in and out of the traffic, disregarding the deafening horns. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z The helicopter kept coming, making a lot better time than we were through D.C. traffic. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z We avoid the traffic jam in the parking lot and pull around the circular drive right up to the front entrance. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z When the sliding door opened and we stepped outside, there was a great burst of traffic and cold air and bright light. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z This opened a fast lane of cultural evolution, bypassing the traffic jams of genetic evolution. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Dad said you could read my face like a traffic light. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z That the traffic lights change fast and my sister must hold tight to my hand as we cross to where a small man singing Piragua! Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z They forced all eight of the passengers from the vehicles and ordered them to sit on the curb of the traffic island that split Alameda. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z At the final turn, I see Mrs. Morehouse standing in the entrance to the parking lot, her palm out like a traffic cop, keeping cars from pulling in. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z Unlike the muddy tracks that passed for roads in the Seven Kingdoms, the Valyrian roads were wide enough for three wagons to pass abreast, and neither time nor traffic marred them. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z By now we are on 1-4, and traffic is fairly light, which in and of itself is borderline miraculous. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z No doubt the blizzard had tied up traffic all over the city. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z Second, he was most likely to get caught in traffic jams on the rail. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z His face went from red to green faster than a set of traffic lights. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z The girls are stopped at a red light as more traffic whizzes by. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z On the outskirts of the city the traffic became denser. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Very little escaped this woman who rode the trolley against traffic at 6:00 p.m.; who examined the trash baskets of powerful whitemen, looked at photographs of women and children on their desks. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z But they did not count on the grueling traffic, on how far away everything seems, on how much is asked of volunteers to sustain the community, or on the stresses of a breadwinner’s travels. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z Embarrassingly, almost all of the traffic was the other way—scores of English joined the locals despite promises of dire punishment. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Many nations understand that the systematic murder of such intelligent creatures is monstrous, but the traffic continues, promoted chiefly by Japan, Norway and the Soviet Union. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The traffic thins, and a few teachers mill around the doors. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Past the edges of the buildings, the gray-green river snaked north to south, dotted with boats zipping up and down the invisible lanes of traffic. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z The villages are the prettiest, I guess, in the whole nation, neat and white- painted, and—not counting the motels and tourist courts—unchanged for a hundred years except for traffic and paved streets. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z By the time Vincent's name was entered into the ledger in the town hall, his existence recorded and announced, a railroad had diverted some of the traffic away from Zundert. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z The window was so high that I could barely hear the sound of traffic below . Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z The street they strolled had sparse, country-lazy traffic that never exceeded the speed limit. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z They are stopped at a red traffic light. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z When the Range Rover rolls to a stop at a traffic light, Jus looks out his window to find the driver of a white Suburban—white dude, probably early fifties—giving him a dirty look. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z There were no streetlamps here and little foot traffic, nothing but the bright moon and the smallboats bumping against their moorings. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z In a traffic stop, for instance, the officer is trained to park behind the car. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z The border is now empty of people and traffic, but crawling with Turkish guards in gas masks. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z They run through the streets, not caring about traffic, as if they’re invincible against speeding cars and completely untouchable by the law. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z He called it “a cheese- box. I’ll never buy another Chevy again,” he fumed as the car, loaded with kids, sat in traffic, its engine steaming and sputtering. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z We drove on through the traffic and I saw none of it. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z The trashman turned them down another canal, then another, picking up more baskets of rotting garbage before returning to the wide highway of traffic on the river. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z Each time she paused by the grove of pine trees to observe the traffic on the main road. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z He remembered to grab Nunu by the hand as he checked for traffic and sprinted back across the street. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z Brunner shot Johnson a look and went on talking about how Intelligence had got wind of heavier than usual traffic near the stream. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Evidently, those first Neolithic occupants of Taiwan had watercraft adequate for deep-sea fishing and for regular sea traffic across Taiwan Strait, separating that island from the China coast. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z My favorite way to get around with Ma is the cyclo because the driver can maneuver it in the heaviest traffic. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z However, off in the distance there was a humming that suggested heavy traffic. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z There’s no traffic, and when the wind is right, their voices filter up to us. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z So they went along in their pokey fashion, the weirdly shaped Gremlin making rolling stops at traffic signs and the Eldorado, a little bit later, doing the same. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z With a regular police escort, our vehicles no longer stopped at traffic lights. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Through the windows, I see the dark outline of grape clusters of basketballs, stacks of pointed traffic cones, and a rack of hockey sticks. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z As the children mounted the hill, an early evening mist began to settle, and through its haze the lights of distant harbor traffic shone in blurred colors. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z It was quite invisible, and the traffic was flowing again. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z The bus hisses and coughs as we move out into traffic, but it does not jolt and lurch like The Beast. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z She was now a fast and expert operator and they needed her in the day when the traffic was heaviest. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z I would he on the cot with my fingers pressed into my ears, but when I drifted off to sleep my hands fell away, and the noise of the traffic would wake me up again. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z Behind him, reflected in the rear mirror, he saw the traffic lights flash from green to red, and back again. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z Those tracks still carry a dozen or so freight trains a day, which rattle windows and stop traffic. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z But when the town approached, and traffic lights loomed on wires in the distance, she went even slower. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z Ahead was a mounted policeman in khaki directing traffic. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z The first time I drove on a highway, with traffic, I was so tense that my legs were like sticks that wouldn’t bend. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z To my left, a couple of blocks down, I could see some lights, some traffic. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z They found a place in the swamp land bordering the main boardwalk and crouched together, scanning the night traffic, looking for signs of Tool or of Nailer’s father and the half-men he had appeared with. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z There was very little traffic now: a car every minute or so, no more than that. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z In fact, he looks uncertain, as if he can’t decide what to do next in the heavy traffic. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z Tourist traffic was bumber-to-bumper and barely moving, but our van was in a special lane and we sailed on past the tourists and turned off the highway onto a small access road. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z You can always hear traffic on the big roads beyond the fencing, and there’s a general feeling they never properly finished converting the place. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z C.P. watched dumbfounded as the councilman waded through traffic like a man crossing a fast-flowing river, finally emerging on the other side and then hurrying down the sidewalk. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z Finally, the traffic clears and our car moves. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z Soon the mule was pulling the wagon down River Street toward the bridge, keeping close to the parked cars on the right so the regular traffic had room to pass. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Carmel was mildly startling after Centralia—a busy little town, nicely old-fashioned, with traffic on Main Street and sidewalks full of shoppers and other townsfolk going about their business. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z I set down my suitcase on the shoulder and, stepping out to face the oncoming traffic, tentatively stuck out my thumb. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z All the roads leading to the courthouse had been blocked off to normal traffic. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z They were a little late in arriving at the railway station on account of the argument with the traffic policeman. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z And once the traffic stopped, he yelled for all the waiting students to "get on 'cross the street." Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z The traffic on Route 29 is suddenly fascinating. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z A third of the way out, a wagon laden with melons had gotten its wheels tangled with one piled high with silken carpets and brought all wheeled traffic to a halt. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Every year there was more traffic, more people, more houses. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z He held up a hand like a traffic cop, stopping Emily. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z I pictured New York like West Side Story plus In the Heights plus Avenue Q—but really, it’s just construction and traffic and iPhones and humidity. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z Reporters in vans linger in traffic nearby, tailing us. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z I drove around two blocks and blundered my way back to 104, traffic or not. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z I wish for a major traffic jam to stop our trip. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z The crowd was turning into something of a mob, and there was no traffic patrolman in sight. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Despite the increased traffic going upstairs in recent weeks, Mr. Go has not yet gone himself. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z "The ambulance is on its way, but the marathon's made a mess of traffic. Oh man, this isn't good! Put a stick between her teeth so she doesn't bite her tongue. Someone grab a stick!" The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z If a traffic cop pulls you over, do you wonder if it is because of your race? Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z The Gremlin was small and nimble, as Father Mike was; it disappeared and reappeared in traffic much as he did behind the icon screen at church. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z I watched him crossing the street through the taxis, small, heavy, slowly sure of himself in the traffic. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z Zoning and planning are partly responsible, and so is the traffic. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z Glancing over my shoulder, I could see the lights of Yankee Stadium across the water and Harlem River Drive beside us, traffic humming like bumblebees. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z The driver swerved across traffic and took the exit. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z X-Ray yelled an obscenity out his window, then lurched out of the parking lot and into traffic. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z The teepee filled with the twitters of a bird and distant traffic. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z It urged the Congress to “take such measures in their wisdom, as the powers with which they are invested will authorize, for promoting the abolition of slavery, and discouraging every species of traffic in slaves.” Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z Word spread quickly around the stage: none of the bands was getting through the traffic, now at a dead stop as people abandoned their cars and walked the last few miles to the festival. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z Almost as soon as the driver left the house to take me to my mom’s workplace, we were stuck in traffic, inching by a barricade. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z Gramps swerved across two lanes of traffic and onto the exit ramp, and faster than you could milk a cow we were standing barefoot in the cool water of Lake Michigan. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z His large row house is trafficked by us rushing in and out, depositing papers, carrying file cabinets, computers, lamps, makeshift desks. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z In my neighborhood gang violence and drug trafficking play a big role and kids have no one to look up to as an example of hope. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z Morning brought the shimmery buzz of insect clouds and the chatter of waking birds, but still no traffic sounds on the road. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Along a road running perpendicular to a river, the traffic thickened, bogging the ambulance down. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z A few delivery vans were parked along the edges of the square, but there was no traffic. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z The traffic on the 580 parallel to him roared, a patchwork of red and white lights. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z After the Georgia station shut down—he didn’t know the details, but gossip held it had been discovered—they were testing all the lines in order to reroute traffic. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z High-roads, and telegraph poles, and the monotony of passing traffic, the slow crawl into London. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z He adds that he has to turn off his car radio in order to concentrate in traffic. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z The flag was whipping in the wind, and I could hear the white noise of traffic in the distance, but it was otherwise quiet, the cicadas and crickets silenced by the cold. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z As we waited for the traffic to pass so we could pull away from the curb, I saw Baeh inside his tiny store shaking his head as he quickly hung handbags. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z If it was important, she and Daniel would step onto the balcony, where the noise of the traffic fourteen floors below drowned out their whispered words. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z They’d been sitting here in traffic for over a day, the battle raging around them, and I hadn’t even noticed. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z I was stuck in traffic two blocks from the party where I was heading. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Many times they were awakened by the traffic of the dead. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z In Norfolk, middies held hands and formed a human chain, dancing around cars like kindergartners, madly encircling the standstill traffic. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z All the traffic, all the people, the tall buildings—Dicey felt scared, and exhilarated. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z “We had just crossed the Chesapeake Bay and I did not want to have to deal with Philadelphia’s busy air traffic controllers, so I descended to stay out of their jurisdiction and headed for Trenton.” Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z Even now, when it was still an hour before dawn, there was quite a lot of traffic moving around Hyde Park Corner. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z It was a wealthy part of Decatur with a series of rolling narrow lanes that closed to traffic on Halloween each year to become a trick-or-treater’s paradise. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z The car in front of us braked as the traffic light turned yellow, then red. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z There seemed to be more camps every night, and more traffic on the kingsroad by day. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z I’m thinking of all that and watching the rush-hour traffic on Military Trail when I spot something strange up ahead. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z The synthesized voice of the cab’s computer told me the drive would take an estimated thirty-two minutes with the current traffic conditions. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z I join him on the bench, and together we watch the early traffic go by for a little while as we eat. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z Outside, some of the traffic signs were also sponsored by Texas Instruments, and the Pizza Hut billboard on the way over showed a steaming pizza, under the headline “Gigabites of Taste!” The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z He said the traffic confused him, made him more nervous than he could see any reason for. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z A great white cow was fording through the river of traffic, vehicles parting to let it through. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z And with traffic jams everywhere, trucks with jet fuel can’t get to the airport. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z The noise of traffic was all around them, but the park itself was peaceful and deserted. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z If punctuation provides the traffic signals, words bang into each other and everyone ends up in Minehead. Eats, Shoots & Leaves 2003-11-06T00:00:00Z Streams of traffic moved on the airways between tall buildings. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z “Hmm. Perhaps it was a mouse, after all, or the echo of harbor traffic. Pipes do have strange acoustic effects.” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z The parents of a black teenager who had been shot and killed by police told me that their son had been stopped for a minor traffic violation after running a red light. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z She goes back to directing the mess, managing the people traffic. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z The traffic jam at the ropes grew with each arriving climber, so those at the rear of the scrum fell farther and farther behind. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z When he was here, Baba joked that in Lahore traffic rules are more like “suggestions.” Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z Tiring pacesetters generally slow down right in front of the rail-running pack, compounding the traffic jams. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z The dark web is where hackers congregate, drugs are trafficked, sex is sold, and assassins are hired. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z I run back out into the traffic, not knowing what to do next. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “I am the sworn, eternal and uncompromising enemy of the liquor traffic,” he exclaimed. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z A policeman had to stop traffic so nobody would get hurt. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z I remember the exact traffic light I was at. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z On the second day of the massive nuking— Wednesday—the Army caravan flowed with commuter traffic to Reston and deployed behind the monkey house. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “More than a pilot loves air traffic control, baby. You still love me?” Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z It had been built long ago when the traffic on the roads had been far greater. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z We’re almost at the toll booths and the traffic comes to a crawl. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z Only thing is, he’s not used to our freeways and traffic that we get nowadays. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The traffic starts to speed up, and I want to end the conversation now so that he can focus on the road. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z From then on, Elizebeth sometimes had a chance to deal with new kinds of traffic, including messages from occupied China. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z As I wait for the traffic light on Bear Hill to turn green, I can’t stop myself from reaching for the bottle that’s under my seat. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z Anatoli had left the summit around 2:00 p.m. and quickly became entangled in the traffic jam at the Hillary Step. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z On each end of the block, two or three cars block off traffic. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z The runabout driver steered the truck blindly through the streets, slowed by heavy traffic, trying to find someone to help Pollard. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z It was just before sunrise, that rare time when there was hardly any traffic on the river. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z The bus inches along even though there's no traffic. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z There’s just the hum of traffic for a minute; then she says, “Do your parents realize how depressed you are?” The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z In Montgomery, Governor Wallace told a press conference that Alabama would not permit the march to take place, because it would tie up traffic on U.S. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z I spent much of the time watching the traffic that thronged the streets. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z The Internet boom led everyone to assume that the demand for bandwidth to carry all that Internet traffic would double every three months— indefinitely. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z He paid no mind to the traffic lights, since there were hardly any cars on the streets. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z Still, the river port was full of traffic. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z The traffic sign book gave him “walk” and the umpire book gave him “out.” Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z The good part was, with so little traffic there'd be no one to point the finger and say which way they'd gone. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z We had seen Dad nick fenders, slaughter chickens, square away with traffic policemen, and knock down full-grown trees, and we weren’t taking any chances. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z “As rapidly as the systems were broken, each day’s traffic was translated by me into plain text.” The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z “The bus stop is so close, and drop-off is such a pain at your school. And just that extra fifteen minutes to drop you off means traffic gets so much worse.” Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z “Is Lexie still doing theatre?” she asked, and for the rest of the meal they made superficial chitchat about the common denominators of their life: children, traffic, the weather. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z At the end of the long summer afternoon, or at the beginning of the long summer evening, the street gradually filled up with traffic, and the sidewalk became crowded with people. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z The increasing river of traffic for New York carried me along, and suddenly there was the welcoming maw of Holland Tunnel and at the other end home. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z Early in the morning you can hear the traffic coming over it. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z As I approached, a great surf of traffic engulfed me, waves of station wagons, rip tides of roaring trucks. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z An impatient man on a Harley trying to work his way between traffic, like threading a needle. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z When a car passed, Luke dropped behind Annie and instinctively grabbed her shoulders to steer her away from traffic, the way he did with his brothers. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z The trip up the rapids had been the fastest she had ever flown, even quicker than the Special Circumstances hovercar dodging through city traffic. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z Two bridges spanned it—one was well lit with traffic rumbling across it; the other was dark and deserted. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z They raced across the southbound lanes, then had to wait several minutes before they could dash safely across the northbound traffic. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z The cab driver grunts, and pulls away from the curb, into the traffic. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z Lacking actual evidence of criminal activity, the officers decided to stop them based on a pretext—a traffic violation. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z Saturday morning traffic on the freeway moves smoothly compared to weekday traffic. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z This is my day of drug tests, also of traffic and a steady, appropriately sphincter-relaxing rain. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z The driver watched the traffic light turn to yellow and then he stepped on the accelerator believing he could just glide right through the red signal. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z I don’t know how to act at a party, or where I’m supposed to plant myself to stay out of the way of constant traffic. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z Now, as he waited at a traffic light, he had to admit that the drawing, coupled with the imaginative and dedicated coloring that Quang-ha had done earlier in the afternoon, was disturbing. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z After about two seconds of this, the dickweed cameraman zoomed in on the bloody sidewalk while the reporter blabbed offscreen, building up the suspense as to why this wasn’t just another “tragic traffic accident.” Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z In the daytime, most of the traffic is commuters, some school kids, always a few tourists, many more in the summer. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Joey spread her arms out to the side like a traffic cop and stood between Momma and Byron. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Two tunnel entrances, one for each direction of traffic, stared down at him like eye sockets of a giant skull. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z Using binoculars, I watched a sailboat regatta down by the Tappan Zee Bridge and saw the slowly moving traffic on the bridge above. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z It is strange that he is traveling against the flow of traffic. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z And the air was full of the roar of traffic and the hum of human beings. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z “I’m not sitting in this traffic. It could cost me my life. You’ll be quicker cutting through the Old City on foot and walking out on the west road.” Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z Aunty Uju asked, barely glancing at the boy before turning back to a traffic light. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z After all, if none of the criminologists, police officials, economists, politicians, or others who traffic in such matters had foreseen the crime decline, how could they suddenly identify its causes? Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z I lift the Imperial Inquirer and grin at images of royal women stuck in carriage traffic the day before the Beauté Carnaval. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z He moved on, swept along by the river of traffic. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z As he sat in the usual morning traffic jam, he couldn’t help noticing that there seemed to be a lot of strangely dressed people about. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z Max stopped talking, staring straight ahead, and I stepped out of line and stood in the traffic of the sidewalk. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z The place was growing like a weed—too much traffic, too many tourists, and, yes, even crime. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Often the sea wind made its single traffic light flail from side to side or caused the town’s electrical power to flicker out and stay out for days. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z A cop in a rain slicker was directing traffic at the intersection. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z He was exceedingly careful not to commit any minor traffic infraction. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z I’m just watching the hazy blue and listening to traffic that seems very far away. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z “They’d say, ‘Oh, can you believe she made them run barefoot?’ or ‘Oh, can you believe she made them run laps because we were stuck in traffic?’ Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z Red buses and beetle-black taxis crawled through traffic on narrow streets. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z It was wonderful to be outside that hospital, looking at the people and watching the traffic. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z We turn the corner onto a main street, where there’s more traffic. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z The traffic is slower in this hottest part of the afternoon, but horns still blast, and buses still belch smoke. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z She and the other suffragists argued that they were being jailed because they had opposed the government and not because they had blocked traffic or stood too long on the sidewalks or city streets. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z There were some farm trucks on the roads now and she had to weave through them and watch traffic. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z As the ambulance climbed along the road, it was slow in the traffic, sometimes it stopped, sometimes it backed on a turn, then finally it climbed quite fast. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z Although Officer Delinko liked the town of Coconut Cove, he had become bored with his job, which mostly involved traffic enforcement. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “Hey, it’s okay, man,” Mr. Ray said, stretching his neck to see the traffic light ahead of us. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z He dashes across the street while traffic is held back by the red light. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z This picture filled my frosty windshield, and if there had been traffic would have made me a dangerous driver. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z She pulls into traffic before I can say anything in response. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z Then, across lanes of traffic ahead, someone spotted a physician’s bungalow. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z I tried to watch the traffic bolting by on the street, the people milling in and out of the little sweetshops. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z That might have been that if only, some days afterward, the thieves hadn’t ignored a traffic signal in the city of Saint Joseph, Missouri. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z On October 20,1917, Alice Paul was escorted from a courtroom to the District Jail to begin serving a seven-month sentence for obstructing traffic. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z Travis fiddled with the heater and craned to see any oncoming traffic before turning left. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z Last weekend the big excitement was the elk that wandered onto Main Street and blocked traffic for an hour. I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980 2016-08-01T00:00:00Z Mom pulls out of her parking spot and starts drumming her thumbs against the steering wheel as she inches through the traffic to exit. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z Just as the traffic light turned green, I told him, “I don’t mind shaking hands with human beings. Are you one?” The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Several times he turned his head and looked back for their car, and if the traffic delayed them he slowed up until they came into sight. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z Instead of the constant slamming on brakes, this cabbie was just speeding, whipping around corners, swerving in and out of traffic, doing his best not to hit the brakes at all! The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Lor long stretches no one spoke, leaving only the tap of our shoes on pavement and the sounds of the city: airplanes, the ever-present hum of traffic, sirens that warbled and pitch-shifted around us. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z The next morning, Stuart started early, to avoid traffic. Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z He is talking in Bengali on his cell phone, complaining of traffic on the FDR, of difficult passengers, as they sail uptown, past the shuttered shops and restaurants on Eighth Avenue. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z I had parked well away from the road and from any traffic for my time of rest and recount. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z Dad had a good sense of theater, and he’d try to time this apparent ad lib so that it would coincide with the change in traffic. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z The Americans, with their law and order, with their traffic lights everywhere — how could the Americans of all people do this? Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z Waiting for the number one tram on a wide street busy with traffic, I said to Augustus, “The suit you wear to funerals, I assume?” The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z The seasons were hidden behind all the houses and the traffic on the streets. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z The Exhorter leaned down, pointing at me, beneath the green traffic light. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z The tourist traffic on Highway 66 was gone now, and Tayo imagined white people eating their mashed potatoes and gravy in some steamy Grants cafe. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z Along Leesburg Pike, which funnels traffic into the city, there are developments of executive homes with Mercedes-Benzes parked in crescent-shaped driveways. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “Yield to traffic,” cooed a computerized voice from the tiny speaker in Kyle’s control panel. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z When I walked by him a minute later, the laughing man was shaking his fist at the sky and kicking his legs out into the traffic rushing up Amsterdam Avenue. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z “We knew the Keepers were trafficking drugs, but we had no legal way to get a search warrant until Ton-Ton told us what he saw at the Keepers’ compound.” The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z In the dark they couldn’t see that they were in the wrong lane on a silent highway full of muffled traffic. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Now the weekend traffic is the other way around. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Then there’s the domineering Kennedy Airport air traffic controllers ordering the planes around. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z So I had to live with the muffled sounds of wind and rain, and of street and air traffic. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z Another voice came over the CB to complain about a red Ferrari that was weaving through traffic at 120 miles per hour. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z “This traffic covered a period of more than a year, was from many different sources both on the Atlantic and Pacific Coasts, and the volume was increasing daily,” Elizebeth reported. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z He became that person you wouldn’t want to cut off in traffic because he’d pull a knife and slice you. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z A bare window overlooked Massachusetts Avenue, a major thoroughfare with traffic in both directions. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z He looked immaculate, with a shining black cap, polished medals, and neat white gloves like a traffic policeman. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z Max and I are tucked against the side of a looming archway, our backs to the traffic of people. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z They became trapped in rush- hour traffic again, surrounded by half-asleep yuppies in suits who were sucking coffee from foam cups and listening to traffic reports and easy rock and roll. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Or else a victim of a traffic accident, flung onto the snow. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z It’s silent, no voices of children; only the monotonous cawing of a crow, and behind it the sea sound of distant traffic. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z C. J. knew that if people learned what this virus could do, there would be traffic jams heading out of Reston, with mothers screaming at television cameras, “Where are my children?” The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The grackles became furious because traffic to and from the vehicles wasn’t moving right, and so they lined up to begin dive-bombing just about everybody. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z But it was the purse that stopped traffic. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Then I stared for a while at a traffic light, which was suspended elaborately on wires above the intersection. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z They found him sitting on his balcony, watching a traffic jam. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z That intersection always had a lot of traffic on it. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z We climbed out of the Marriott basement and stood on the sidewalk in the bright summer daylight, squinting at the traffic and crowds. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z As the rickshaw putters along the road, darting through traffic, I drag to my lips the question that's been stuck in my heart for so long. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z Peewee was hanging over the edge of his bunk directing traffic for an ant traffic jam. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z ‘The traffic, the people, the food, the buildings.” Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I turn toward him, stopping on the path, but he grabs my hand and tugs me out of pedestrian traffic. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z The little foot traffic I had seen was going north, and it looked like the buildings here were mostly warehouses. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z As he waited for an opening in the traffic, I checked him out, and man, he couldn’t have been over five feet. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z There wasn’t much traffic on that road at night. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z The road they walked along came up to a traffic circle. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z He said something to the driver, and the cab lurched into the uptown traffic. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z She watches the shadows that the passing traffic throws onto their ceiling, listens to a truck wailing in the distance like a solitary, nocturnal beast. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z She shrugged, more focused on the evening traffic, mumbling a “Maybe she couldn’t make it to the post office.” Monday's Not Coming 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z There was something—a faint and faraway click and then a dragging shuffle—so soft as to be almost entirely lost in the distant drone of traffic and the beating of a racing heart. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z He clung tight to the copy editor as they wove through Washington traffic to the Post building. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z It was now getting close to the middle of November, and as the sun went down in the afternoon and traffic jams built up on Leesburg Pike near his office, Dalgard worked on his diary. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z But her fight against child marriage and her advocacy to end human trafficking are changing the world. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z At this time of night there was very little traffic, and the road where he stood was quiet, with comfortable houses set back behind a wide expanse of grass on either side. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z I make a traffic circle the eye and bring down boulevards to lead to the mouth, and Ebony giggles above me, taps her cane. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z The traffic through there is fast, everyone but the bikers making for the high country. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z The road was little trafficked, and I was too happy about my escape to feel much fear. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z The only sound came from the gusting winds and spit-warm pregnant rain; there was no traffic at all moving on the highway. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z But just then the light changes, and the traffic starts moving in the through lanes near Lolo. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z In the summer when the trees are in full leaf, they make a canopy over the road—which, these days, is only wide enough for one-way traffic. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Hardly any traffic, not even birds, not at this time of the day, in the drizzle. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z It was the voices which gave him the clue to the two indistinct figures standing in the shadow of a traffic van. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z At a traffic light, Nigel brought out a bottle of cologne from the bag he placed at his feet, sprayed it on his neck and then offered it to Obinze. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z I turn, stare at the traffic, the back of the cops’ heads. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z I look down at my chipped nail polish as we pull to a stop at a traffic light. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z The car nosed slowly into traffic, dropped swiftly down a hill. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z We sit in the front seat for a while, watching the headlights of the passing traffic glide into a blur. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Others leave the traffic to scavenge for fruits and berries a few meters from the road, all the time keeping themselves close to the traffic. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z At traffic lights, faces emerged from the windows of cars, turned upward toward the falling softness. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z It’s been a few years since I engaged in urban highway driving, and I give myself high grades for fearless and agile navigation, but eventually the afternoon traffic defeats me. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z If I turned my head enough, I could see the street and the traffic lights and an occasional semi-truck driving through town. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z We drove out of the suburban neighborhood to a rural area outside Plant City where there were no traffic lights, just infrequent stop signs. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z The people walking on the sidewalks are dressed well, and the sounds of the traffic and the commotion make everything seem alive and important. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Milton cut straight through the traffic until he spotted the green Gremlin up ahead. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z On many days the square jammed with so much traffic that nothing could move. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z The middle one cut the yarn, and I swear I could hear that snip across four lanes of traffic. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z The first thing you know traffic was blocked in four directions by a crowd whose mood quickly grew so ugly that I really got apprehensive. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Stores were shuttered, houses were dark, and even the normal din of traffic was a mere murmur. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z One or two of us stood in the middle of the room to direct traffic and make sure seats weren’t skipped. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z They were fifty feet or so in the air, high above a main road busy with traffic. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z “It feels safe sitting up there, above the traffic.” Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z It's getting dark earlier these days, and there's bound to be some traffic heading back into the city. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z His parents had remarked endlessly at the amount of traffic, the pedestrians, the noise. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z It had these very funny, crazy plays in it, and then it had this one story about a traffic cop that falls in love with this very cute girl that's always speeding. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z It makes me happy in the festering city traffic, even when the lights are green and all the cars remain still. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z The parking lot is clogged with traffic and pedestrians, and Mom drums her hands on the steering wheel. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z The road was well trafficked, and at night for their comfort there were rude inns to be found. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z I was ducking through traffic, cutting through yards. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z But most of the traffic went out along the chief highway, and that turned south, and then bending swifter than the River skirted the hills and passed soon from sight. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z The traffic light turned red, and the pedicab slowed down as Ji-yong pressed the hand brake. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z I went on missions to inspect fallen trees that needed removing, talked to neighborhood pastors who were upset about traffic or garbage collection, and often represented the mayor’s office at community functions. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z It’s quiet in this area, there isn’t a lot of traffic, you can hear things like that very clearly: car motors, lawn mowers, the clipping of a hedge, the slam of a door. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z I wave my hands like I’m stopping traffic. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z I would have to tell her which streets to avoid, which way the traffic came, tell her to wear her sari so that the free end did not drag on the footpath. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z Here, though, there is no traffic and no freeway. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z As she approached Fort Detrick, in the city of Frederick, the traffic thickened and slowed. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “You have to relax. I’m sure she’s fine. Maybe the bus is stuck in traffic.” The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z It seems that any and all civilian traffic is being directed onto this road. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z They crossed a lane of forklift traffic, navigated a maze of conveyor belts, and ducked under a row of robotic arms that were packing up boxes. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z “Came to get you,” he says, pulling straight into traffic without so much as a wave to the cab he cut off. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z “There will be wonderful traffic in knowledge between our two nations now. We will understand each other’s histories.” The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z There would be no traffic until the sappers took their bulldozers into the village. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z More than once they woke sprawled in the road like traffic victims. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z In the distance they could hear the muted sound of traffic going round Hyde Park Corner. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z The boys lined up, became a wall on the sidewalk, and Pia thought about hopping the curb to go around them but knew better than to skate into oncoming traffic. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z "Liz, with all this traffic...you think I'm speeding? You could walk faster than I'm driving." The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Grace immediately pulled the car across four lanes of traffic, swerving past two cars and exactly zero cops. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z In our top story, tragedy in Oak Ridge this afternoon, where two young men in an SUV were shot at a traffic light. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z According to the rumors, Redbeard and a man called Hatchet were mixed up in some sort of human trafficking outfit, though no witnesses had ever come forward and no one ever seemed to have proof. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z By the time of the epidemic, a rising proportion of the shipping traffic along the New England coast was of indigenous origin. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z At every traffic light, he regarded the other people around him, stopped in their cars; how many of their stories were of hardship following hardship, orderly as boats in a canal. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z Since leaving the traffic on the George Washington Bridge they had sped up; now they were headed straight west, fast. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z As he approached his turnoff, he saw several highway patrolmen directing traffic. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z He tried not to show it, but he freaked when he saw the laughing man shaking his fist at the sky and kicking his leg out into traffic. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z It was then that I began to feel tired, the noise and the traffic blocks started a humming in my head. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z Karhides go afoot, mostly; they have no beasts of burden, no flying vehicles, the weather makes slow going for powered traffic most of the year, and they are not a people who hurry. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z For the rest of the week, I experienced Rome as they did: as a place of history, but also as a place of life, of food and traffic and conflict and thunder. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z “How could anyone live on a bridge without getting run over by traffic?” the waste man said, but he didn’t press us with any more questions. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z They pull to a stop at the Thirteenth Street traffic light. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z A dozen or more children were playing there, dodging in and out of the traffic with a skill and indifference which I could not help admiring. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z Despite the traffic fumes, there was a scent of fresh vegetation around, newly cut grass perhaps from the hospital gardens, or from young trees along the riverside. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z When a column of riders appeared from the west, the guardsmen sprang into action, shouting commands and moving the carts and foot traffic aside to let the knight enter with his escort. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Or so he wouldn’t stagger into oncoming traffic, he wasn’t sure which. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z High on crystal, the gang and I would tool down the beltway, admiring the traffic cones and bright yellow speed bumps. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z My grandparents’ eyes glazed over at the sheer activity, streetcars rumbling, bells clanging, and the monochrome traffic swerving in and out. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Little Mexican kids darted in and out of all the cars stuck idling in traffic, selling packs of gum and cigarettes and shaved ice and batteries. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z In the heavy traffic the bus stopped and started, stopped and started. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z Kinshasa has ten million people but only two paved roads and no traffic lights, so the routes are too crowded to get anywhere fast. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z The car was barely rolling because of the roadblock traffic, so I simply opened the door, jumped out, and sped back to the trader. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z He made a fortune in sea traffic among those distant races, but while he did so, the foul crime was planned and carried out in Argos by Aigisthos, who ruled over golden Mykenai seven years. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z The noise of the traffic seemed to press in on his ears, on his very body. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z A sprinkler was going on Jim Hirsshom’s lawn; Bernabe accorded the office a lackluster birdie as he glided slowly by, pinned down now in the tourist traffic, all but immersed in adobe dust. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z I also can’t steer very well, and by the time I’ve maneuvered the chair to face the second half of the ramp, I’m holding up traffic. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z Then I say, "So, if you're doing this walk alone, you're listening to the traffic, right? To tell when the lights have changed?" Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z The hucksters cried above the traffic sounds and I seemed to hear them from a distance, unsure of what they said. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Monday is a full day working in the city I pick up a lot of people and seem able to weave nicely through the traffic for once. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z We had just stopped at a traffic sign, and the usual crowd was beginning to collect. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z We waited covertly in the shadows until there was a gap in the traffic and then clumped up the old wooden steps, worn smooth by years of traffic. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z Folks would tell us, “Watch out for the red-light district in No folk,” and we’d go around No folk avoiding red traffic lights. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z I can lay in bed and tell just what time it is by how much traffic go by in the street below. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z He worked downtown and took on a wide variety of cases, from traffic tickets to criminal defense. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z Dad always has an excuse: traffic, last-minute customers at the pharmacy who’ve run out of their prescriptions and can’t wait until morning, a salesman stopping by with drug samples. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z She was stunning, with the face of an angel and a body that could not only stop traffic but make it back up a little. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z Two traffic lights farther on Miss Ellis handed back a towelette. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z He figured that Javier had beaten him to their meeting place, so Moss left the phone alone, his attention focused on traffic. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z He’s got on bright orange pants—traffic cone bright. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z “So a judge does something they don’t like and we pay the price by sitting in traffic?” Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z Suddenly, the breezeway thronged with teachers who began moving groups of kids in different directions, getting the flow of bodies aimed again in the natural pattern of traffic. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Enormous buildings stretched to the sky in the distance while raucous traffic whizzed through Greenwich Village streets. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Ignatius pushed slowly away from the headquarters of Paradise Vendors through the heavy pedestrian traffic that moved to either side of the big hot dog like waves on a ship’s prow. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “Jim’s car was clipped by a Tahoe that had crossed the yellow line and sent it into oncoming traffic,” an officer told her. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z The fumes from tourist traffic rose as the sun warmed the roads. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z “You never know how much traffic there will be, and parking’s always a disaster. Better early than late, that’s what I always say.” A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z But when we get away from the library, there are fewer people, and there's also traffic noise, so I'm not afraid to talk. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z I hear the world go to sleep and wake up: the slowing of traffic, birds chirping, cars starting, my parents making coffee. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z “Almost. It’s another one of those protests blocking traffic.” Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z At first I thought it was a cop and a shoeshine boy; then there was a break in the traffic and across the sun-glaring bands of trolley rails I recognized Clifton. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z When we came to the next traffic light, the driver eased off the gas a bit to look around and check the road. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z There were fewer people here and less traffic, and the street was broader than the one she had come up. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z “There’s a lot of traffic on the highway because of all the construction. And it’s really pouring outside now....” Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z I exited the subdivision and turned right onto the main road, slim with Sunday morning traffic. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z Stopping at a traffic light, listening to the weather report on the radio, the thought of death absent from his mind. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z The traffic had increased to the point that Tag had to come down and direct it. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z You come out of serene country and suddenly you are tossed and battered by a howling hurricane of traffic. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z Hughie Smith rolled his drum, and the police officers stopped traffic to let the kids cross Main Street. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z All my second thoughts rushed forward, causing a traffic jam in my mind. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z He’s still nervous—I can tell by how he’s chattering about the weather, which is cloudy, and the traffic, which is light. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z The night was still except for the distant rush of traffic on the highway. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z On stormy nights, air traffic controllers hear pilots talking about running out of fuel all the time. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z “Ha! Can you imagine the traffic on the interstate trying to get there?” says my mom, in a sour grapes kind of way. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z They would keep chugging in winter, when canal traffic was immobilized by ice. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Enrique waits until traffic is clear, then waves his red rag and guides her out. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z She is talking loud, raising her voice above the traffic and noise around her. Watch Us Rise 2019-02-12T00:00:00Z There’s some traffic, and I get a little lost, so I’m ten minutes late to the bookstore. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z As she walked against the flow of morning traffic, she ran through the nursery rhymes she remembered. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z A round-faced blond with a brisk, no-nonsense manner, she was known as a crusader for the rights of women and children—her prosecutorial priorities included sex trafficking, domestic violence, and child abuse. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z A Fugees forward struggled free of traffic to take a shot that flew a good twenty feet over the crossbar and into the parking lot behind the field. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z This bridge has more traffic because it links downtown with the west side of Bartlett, where the high school is and the local college is and all these neighborhoods are, growing up in between. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z I bet that many of the one million people who were at Cape Kennedy to watch our launch were still caught in the post-launch traffic jam. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Grampa, swearing and slapping his hand on the dashboard every time traffic got too tight, directed me to a back street a couple blocks from the square. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z And we have done worse than that, because there persists to this day a traffic in the dead bodies of whales. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The system was to bring everything down the new road and take the empty trucks, carts and loaded ambulances and all returning traffic up the old narrow road. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z There wasn’t too much traffic on Broadway that day, so he took the lane, drifting downhill smoothly, the wind cooling his face and passing through the air holes in his helmet. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z The thing about flying on a pegasus during the daytime is that if you’re not careful, you can cause a serious traffic accident on the Long Island Expressway. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z She posed and vogued, her arms motioning like an air traffic controller. Monday's Not Coming 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z She was a regional nurse who traveled a lot for her job, and he was a retired Air Force sergeant who now worked as an air traffic assistant with the Federal Aviation Administration in Houston. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z A moment of identical traffic patterns in completely different parts of the world were linked. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z The only problem is that sentries man the bridge and no traffic is allowed in or out of Washington after nine P.M. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z When I finally reached the Kmart Plaza I discovered that I was on the wrong side of the road and had to dash through six lanes of hostile traffic. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z A traffic cop’s whistle was shrieking at the intersection as we crossed back to the building. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z So I get a big boulevard in the middle and lots of traffic circles around it, with circular parks, circular malls, little circle lakes. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z “I know you missed me, but don't go jumping in front of traffic for me!” Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z The radio said that traffic conditions were impossible. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s over, in seconds, and the traffic on the street resumes as if nothing has happened. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z We played in a dusty alleyway, with brick walls on either side, where there wasn't much parental traffic. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z A massive crowd of our supporters was blocking traffic in Twist Street; we could hear them cheering and singing, and they could hear us answering from inside the van. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z We've made it about two blocks when the sidewalk traffic thickens even more. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z There were fewer trees and fewer garis pulled by horses, but more cars, taller buildings, more traffic lights and more paved roads. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z Once, while waiting for a traffic light to change on his way home from work, C.P. spotted a long-haired white man, a quintessential hippie in C.P.’s eyes, in the car next to him. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z He’d later learn that the banker was one of the most powerful men in Serbia, was involved in currency speculation, was suspected of illegally trafficking arms, and was also supposedly promoting a Ponzi scheme. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Between communities water traffic continually darts, hopscotch- ing back and forth with the speed of gossip even though many boats are still powered by pushing a long pole against the bottom. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z There are enough reporters and cameramen on the narrow sidewalk that the police have set up barricades to keep them from flowing out into the street and obstructing traffic. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z The two guys were running on the uptown side of the street but the Mustang came over, facing the wrong way in traffic, and a dude leaned out the back window. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Already traffic on the street had increased sharply, as each day hundreds of citizens drove their carriages to the park to see the chosen site. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z We were up very high; street lamps and traffic cut patterns in the night below. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Seven whole cars kept the lonely traffic light company as they waited for green. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z At sundown he woke up and caught sight of the headlights on the traffic across the bridge. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z They’re mostly simple algebra or geometry, but they still distract me from the traffic and from thinking about Windy. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z But the facility was an hour away, more with traffic, and there just wasn’t time to take him during the week. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z The noise of the traffic on the street came clearly through the windows and into our classrooms. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z Her hands flew up, palms toward me like she was stopping traffic. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z The air traffic controller with whom Klotz was speaking testified later that he “just took it as a passing comment.” Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z He could hear the traffic above him, but he remained focused. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z I have no more than a half hour left, and I still have to get through the dock traffic and up to Blackcliff. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z We were so frozen with shock, nobody noticed that the bus was moving, inching forward into oncoming traffic. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z Cows and dogs and goats wandered in and out of the traffic. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z They were like patches of moving darkness in the rowdy, noisy traffic. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z With crowds of people, heavy traffic, uniformed officials shouting and directing, it reminds me sharply of the Syrian border. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z But more than a few blocks away, north of the raucous automobile traffic and elevated railway on 86th Street, was a strange unknown territory, off-limits to my wanderings. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The plane’s air traffic controller calls out one last time. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z When I walked down the sidewalk as a toddler, if you didn’t have my arm in a death grip, I was off, running full-speed toward the traffic. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z She paced back and forth across the linoleum floor, picking the red polish off her nails and talking an incoherent stream about a murder she’d heard about on the news and the traffic in Atlanta. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z “God, this traffic is killing me,” she said. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z He drove them home, hesitating slightly before he merged onto Osborne Road, and then easing into traffic with more confidence. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Ignatius had actually spent the morning sitting at Eads Plaza watching the harbor traffic and jotting some notes about the history of shipping and Marco Polo in a Big Chief tablet. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Mandela charged his way through traffic, using his large frame to shield the ball, and scored a goal. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z Weaving through rush-hour traffic on Turtle's bike, Theo trailed the bus to a seamy downtown district across the railroad tracks where Crow and Otis got off. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z Zoe shot across two lanes of traffic and into a mall parking lot on the south bank of the river. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z I watched the Rolls pull away into the traffic, then I went in. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z The Friedmans were especially taken aback by the traffic. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z The setting sun is neither an invitation nor a command to stop, for the traffic rolls constantly. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z Forty-five minutes later—there had been traffic—the cab pulled up in front of the little house on Winslow. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Like New York City, with tall buildings and cars and traffic, and men dressed in business suits on the street, and women walking on the streets as well. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z They cared about having their streets paved, about having playgrounds and parks in their neighborhoods, about traffic lights being provided to make the streets safe for their children. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z The county road was flat enough that we could see any traffic coming from a mile off. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z Its windows were bolted shut and covered with wire and dirt, its gray carpet bunched in ripples from decades of foot traffic. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z Immediately the traffic on the road resumed, even the animals and insects contributing activity. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z I stepped outside and the street was clear—completely empty of traffic. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z The Florida Highway Patrol Drug Courier Profile cautioned troopers to be suspicious of “scrupulous obedience to traffic laws.” The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z He was driving me to the black bus stop following a practise session; Saturday morning traffic was heavy; he pulled into a parking lot of a Hypermarket to continue his American saga. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Stores, shopping centers, garages, furniture outlets, restaurants, quick-food stands: the cement procession marched on, broken only by traffic lights dangling from heavy wires over the roadway. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z There was a street festival snarling traffic, so we took the subway again. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z In that day the railroads—growing, fighting among themselves, striving to increase and to dominate—used every means to increase their traffic. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z The officers issued a traffic ticket for the burned-out taillight and released him. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z Although the officers weren’t really interested in the traffic violation, they stopped the pair anyway because they had a “hunch” they might be in possession of illegal drugs. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z “Charlie’s a cop, remember? I was raised to abide by traffic laws. Besides, if you turn us into a Volvo pretzel around a tree trunk, you can probably just walk away.” Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z The adults spend at least twenty minutes talking about traffic. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z Watched her loop around to the exit and cautiously merge back into traffic. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z We sat on boxes in the sunlight with our backs against the wall and watched traffic come and go in the French Market. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z The traffic moved on and a few minutes later, Mr. Dursley arrived in the Grunnings parking lot, his mind back on drills. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z There was hardly any traffic compared to the days before, and there weren’t many people on the streets, but there was plenty of noise coming from the apartment buildings. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z Curving streets spread out in a grid, glittering with green, yellow, and red traffic signals. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z The park’s roads are comparatively few and they are kept intentionally narrow, partly to slow traffic, partly to preserve an air of picturesqueness, and partly because of topographical constraints. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z Now there are more cars on the road around us, and all traffic is detoured right. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z The vehicle whooped and wailed off school property, then returned to making its silent way through traffic to the Donnellys’. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z I got thoroughly lost in Bangor, what with traffic and trucks, horns blaring and lights changing. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z Furious at my clumsiness, I threw my notebook at her, but it caught her in the small of her velvet back, for she had turned and was flying across the street against traffic. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z We were up very high; street lamps and traffic cut patterns in the night below. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z As an adjunct to this increase in traffic, the population at the highway rest areas virtually exploded. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Clearly the traffic got so bad, people turned around on the road and tried to go the other way, hoping that backtracking would actually cut their losses. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z Tons of foot traffic keeps splitting us up, but we always make our way back to each other, not letting strollers or group selfies keep us apart. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z Then he drags traffic cones onto the court, spacing them a foot apart. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z He pressed his nose against the window, watching traffic as they exited the airport and merged onto Highway 101. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z “I know a little pizza place. You guys will love it. And maybe when we’re done eating traffic won’t be so bad.” We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z Fortunately, this sally port was used mainly for official vehicles—prison vans, state-police cars, ambulances—and it was a weekend day, so there wasn’t much traffic. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Eyes cast downward toward the floor, I’d watch the yellow traffic lines painted down the middle of most hallways to keep opposing traffic on its proper side. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I love it here: the people rule the traffic, and cars must stop and—oh, wait, that Honda almost killed that lady. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z Its lifeblood is trafficking in arms, drugs, and people. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z We were on the corner of Fifteenth and Siegel, so we got constant foot traffic. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z Border police were swamped, trying in vain to ease the gridlock by dividing traffic into four lanes. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z But remember that a colon stops the flow of traffic. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “Judge Barsi,” he said as the car snaked slowly through the snarl of traffic. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z Wilson pressed a button below the traffic light. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z On the other side of all that dangerous traffic! Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z They were traveling down Eye Street and up ahead the traffic light was red. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z The chain we made was so long that we held up traffic while crossing the busy intersection on Pennsylvania Avenue. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z Noon finds them picking their way through deadlocked traffic on a new motorway near Vaucresson, a full ten miles west of their apartment, as far from home as Marie-Laure has ever been. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z But the Pickwells persisted, and when they reached Marshall Street, Mars Bar commanded, “Stay here,” and stepped into the traffic. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z But there was something about that city, with its white marble and black asphalt, crusted with history, ablaze in traffic lights, that showed me I could admire the past without being silenced by it. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Yellow lines on the floor indicated traffic patterns for inmates, telling them where to line up and where to wait. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I sit at a carrel by a window and keep being drawn to the traffic, even though I know it’s still a couple of hours until Rhiannon will show up. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z From 145th Street to 149th Street, policemen had blocked off all automobile traffic except for their own cars, the newspapers’ cars, and the equipment trucks for radio and television on-the-spot coverage. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z The tree was thought to be a magic one, which was the reason why such a lot of traffic went on round it “Lady,” said he, “do you know of any adventures in this forest?” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z We saw another group of kids still at work, trying to sell newspapers to people who were stopped in their cars at a traffic light. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z He held up a hand like a traffic cop, stopping Emily. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z After around fifteen minutes, the traffic in the lobby begins to die down and I finally get my chance. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z "Sorry you're so crowded," he said, moving the car into traffic, "but I'm studying for my permanent teacher's license and I've been collecting every scrap of paper I can get my hands on." The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z She watched the file of traffic moving round the Common, along her route, and she thought about food. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z That gave Alba greater freedom for her traffic in fugitives and greater safety for bringing people in, and taking them out of the house before curfew, without her grandfather suspecting. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Then the traffic would start and she’d turn the car on again. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z All the retirees in South Florida wait for the rush-hour traffic to be over, so that when they go out on the highways, they can create their own rush hour. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z I open my mouth to say sumpin’ and she raise her bony claw hand up like a traffic cop. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z There are men collecting garbage, a female traffic officer motioning for a taxi to make a turn, students on the way to school. Monster 1999-01-01T00:00:00Z Jan headed the car back to the Outer Drive, weaving in and out of the line of traffic. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z The freeways have traffic exchanges with double and triple decks. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z “Maybe it got stuck in traffic,” Leo said. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z First, the hood of her car flew up in the middle of traffic. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z In the gloaming to the east, he can make out a gray line of traffic herded between the edges of the road. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Dad clicked on the radio and punched the buttons until he found a traffic report. I Survived Hurricane Katrina, 2005 2011-04-01T00:00:00Z Townsfolk complained about the congestion, the noise, and, when it was dry, the dust clouds the traffic stirred up, making the air so thick and dirty they couldn’t open the windows of their houses. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z And every moment—for across the Hog’s Back the stream of traffic now flowed unceasingly—their numbers increased. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z They dipped through the rushing shreds of cloud, and the traffic beacon painted their windows red. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z Five minutes later we had the headlights on to see a little better and traffic was almost stopped, the rain was so heavy. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Nothing familiar, not a traffic clog of yellow rusted buses or a water-logged slum of zinc shacks. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Mr. Griffiths holds up his hand, like a cop stopping traffic, but I continue. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z It’s a bit of a roundabout way of getting there, but it’s quiet, with very little traffic, and in any case we get to pass number thirty-four Cranham Road. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z The men couldn’t even double-park their car without stopping traffic. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z We turn onto the freeway, head north, flowing with not much traffic. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z After a second, Momma pulls back into traffic. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z 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 In all this traffic Milton lost sight of the Gremlin. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Two traffic lanes separate the courthouse from the media frenzy, but I swear they’re a world away. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z From behind the line of waiting, oncoming traffic, a column of men appeared, with red flags and banners and a hum that grew and grew. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z There is no other sound, not of traffic or airplanes or trains or radios or the specter of Frau Schwartzenberger rattling the cage of the elevator. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Another writer tells us that punctuation marks are the traffic signals of language: they tell us to slow down, notice this, take a detour, and stop. Eats, Shoots & Leaves 2003-11-06T00:00:00Z If a taxi I had hailed was stuck in traffic for over a minute, I got out and walked. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Instead, we talked about the three men who were publicly executed two days before, for drug trafficking. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z “There are no chained storefronts, traffic jams or pedestrians wandering around wearing Walkman headsets. The Texas League baseball park still has billboards on the outfield fence.” Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z The headlines told of a decision by the Board of Aldermen, after four months deliberation, that the local budget could not afford traffic lights at certain dangerous intersections of the town. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z She dodged around pedestrians and traffic, pulling Ophie along, never slowing, not even for the trolley that went clanging past. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z It would take as long as an hour and a half some days, depending on traffic, stalled trains, weather, and other factors, but we would make it there. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z As soon as I cross into Hudson River Park, the traffic din dies down, giving way to the sloshing of waves against the piers that jut out into the river. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z I finally braved the traffic and was relieved when I was largely ignored. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z He could sit in crosstown traffic all day without losing his patience. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z The traffic is astonishing, there’s honking and barging, people drive right out to the middle of the intersections and sit there when the light changes. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z To passing traffic it looked like a taxi with passengers but no driver. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Except for the sounds of traffic, there was not much noise. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z Still, it was probably a high traffic time, so that wouldn’t last for long. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z He kept giving me those mean eyes, sharp green now in the reflection of the traffic light. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z The cab is crawling through afternoon traffic, I'm three feet away from two other people, and I can't talk to either of them. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z I belonged in a city with a constant stream of traffic noise, busy pedestrians, and musicians busking on the sidewalk. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z “We still have to be in an area of recreational boat traffic,” I said. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Through the three lanes of traffic moving in each direction, I see Lolo. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z “Oh, honey,” Mrs. Reilly said breathlessly when they met by the rear bumper of the Plymouth, which blocked all sidewalk traffic. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z There was a lot more traffic than Alex would have expected so early in the morning, and he could still hear sirens in the distance. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z First the traffic struck me like a tidal wave and carried me along, a bit of shiny flotsam bounded in front by a gasoline truck half a block long. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z I hope that he's watching the traffic and the rules of the road. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z The blue cobblestone pavement was free of traffic and pedestrians. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z If she’d looked at a map, counted her money, researched average cab fares and highways and traffic conditions, those kids would have made it. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z The occasional scream of a traffic controller’s whistle sounds above the chaos. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z “No,” I said, steering her as far from the laughing man as I could without pushing her into crosstown traffic. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z The school bus’s flashing lights have stopped, its stop sign is tucked back in, and traffic starts to move again. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z Even in the middle of the night, there’s traffic in LA. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z In Havana, the traffic is jammed in every direction. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z It does not matter, the Court declared, why the police are stopping motorists under the Fourth Amendment, so long as some kind of traffic violation gives them an excuse. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z The bridge is upstream from the house—they’ve disrupted traffic here before, some time ago, and for a while the lady was under strict surveillance. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z A hiker had fainted or fallen or some such thing, which had caused several fender benders, backing up traffic for miles. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z What a sight we must have been—a giant, speeding yellow school bus, weaving in and out of traffic, horn blasting. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z As he twisted and turned the car through Tijuana, Lupita could hear noise and she could even see the dim colors of the traffic lights overhead through the canvas. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z For our very food we had to traffic with the Grocery Ghosts, the supermarket aisles full of ghost customers. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z With the traffic lights not working, the drivers made up their own rules about when to go. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z Here and there a cow wandered in and out of the road, bringing the traffic to a halt. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z Being on my own over the past two years has brought me close to being a victim of human trafficking, and closer to being dead—and that was even before the Tap-Out. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z “If the Merchant Council fails to honor its end of this bargain, no one from the Barrel will ever traffic with any of you again. Your word will be meaningless.” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Knowing not to sit on the furniture, she crouched, instead, in doorways and hallways, and observed gestures and manners in the same way a person tends to watch traffic in a foreign city. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z Driving in city traffic always made him cranky. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z He was going to have the luxury of a hard, fast track, but his problem would he traffic. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Sometimes I can trick myself into thinking traffic sounds like the ocean. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z By the end of June, twenty-seven women had been arrested for “causing a crowd to gather and thus obstructing traffic.” Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z At that time of night, the only traffic consisted of trucks filled with bodies and detainees, and police cars that roamed the streets like lost wolves howling in the darkness of the curfew. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z The roads offered the wildest drives that I had ever known: nightmare traffic, brakes squealing, skidding cars, and horns blowing. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z No streetlights, no traffic signals, no flashing billboards over Times Square. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z “Ugh, traffic,” Maya said, but Grace shot her a look and she immediately went quiet again. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z It is an underground traffic zone, a biological mixing point where different species of animals and insects cross one another’s paths in an enclosed air space. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z There’s new magic in every sidewalk crack, in the traffic rush, in the lurch of beggars on the corner. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z The traffic does not stop and continues to move, everybody dragging their feet slower and slower. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z She tried to follow me, but I rode into the shoulder of oncoming traffic and lost her in the side streets. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z Fletcher, a trader in banned artefacts and creatures, had intended to import a trafficked Demiguise into the New World, with the aim of manufacturing invisibility cloaks. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z At the end of the first block, the traffic light turns green and all the cars accelerate at once. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z I walk along the street, slightly uphill, against a scattered traffic of small children going home for lunch. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Think of the colon as a traffic cop that alerts you about road conditions up ahead. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z It was perfectly happy cruising in second gear: he guessed it must have spent a lot of its time at that speed, holding up traffic. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z And suddenly I felt guilty, because I’d been running the pegasus for half a day, nonstop, trying to keep up with highway traffic. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z Whenever we make that drive, I always make it a point to take Massachusetts Avenue, in spite of the traffic. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z It’s a weird mix, everything from white-collar criminals to guys picked up on traffic stops to real, hardcore criminals covered with prison tattoos. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z The entire street parallel to the restaurant was blocked off from traffic and lined with little white booths. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z The room was quiet except for the dull hum of traffic on Oxford Street. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Ahead, a line of cars slowly inched forward—a traffic jam. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z I only wear it to the Daughters of Mary meetings, since anywhere else it would stop traffic for miles. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Though traffic delayed his arrival by an hour, the hospital staff and doctors greeted him without being annoyed. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z The street was busy with traffic and crowded with people. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z The noise of traffic pounded in Dicey’s ears. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z A traffic light turned momentarily yellow and then red, and Shadow put his foot on the brake. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z At the highway, traffic was stopped so that the procession could move into the middle of the road. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z He was driving fast, and he wasn’t stopping, only slowing down to check for traffic at the intersections before speeding through. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z Then we took the 600 South exit, heading east, in moderate, midafternoon traffic. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z “We should be there by early afternoon. We’ll take the quiet road and meet up with main traffic routes closer to the border.” Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z Sohrab was in the backseat of the Land Cruiser, looking at traffic through the rolled- down window, chin resting on his palms. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z There are cabs on Michigan Avenue and a steady flow of traffic, but once I get onto a side street, Huron, it's quiet. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z This was especially true of the cases against Conexco—a shadowy behemoth that controlled the rumrunning traffic on the West and Gulf Coasts. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z What I didn't know is that the East River was closed to pleasure craft traffic, which is why we were being waved away. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z The roads squirmed with traffic; the cities were so dense with people that all attention had to be devoted to not hitting anyone or not being hit. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z They acquired big houses on streets named Harvard and Yale that were lined with elm, ash, sycamore, and linden and posted with signs barring all but essential wagon traffic. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z The constant sound of traffic going and people blowing their car horns and sirens blaring. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z One night, in a taxi stuck in midtown traffic, she had impulsively asked him to marry her. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Hardly any traffic comes from Turkey into Syria: just the occasional truck bringing supplies or making deliveries. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z Taught her how to crawl along the walls of buildings, disappear into doorways, cut across comers in choked traffic—how to do anything, move anywhere to avoid a whiteboy over the age of eleven. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z I squeeze my way through another few blocks of traffic before I finally arrive, pulling over along the curb beside a newsstand. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z I saw the traffic moving with the lights, and across the street a few pedestrians were looking back toward the center of the block where the trees of Bryant Park rose above two men. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z A church came into view on my right, its tower rising up past a bridge heavy with traffic. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z We don’t have traffic lights on our streets; instead, policemen stand on raised metal boxes, in the middle of the intersections directing traffic. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z It was terrifying at first, but at least there was hardly any traffic on the river to worry about. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z In other words, jockeys squat on the pitching backs of their mounts, a task much like perching on the grille of a car while it speeds down a twisting, potholed freeway in traffic. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Well...that, and instead of a pile of dead leaves, she now looks like a cotton-ball-topped traffic cone. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z She moves so slowly she’s practically rolling, and every traffic light and stop sign seem to surprise her. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z Ahead, a line of cars slowly inched forward—a traffic jam. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z It’s that feeling you get when you think for just a split second about steering into oncoming traffic. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z Mrs. Sharon Stone, struck by a sniper’s bullet as her car was stopped at a traffic light. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z The police won’t let you fish from the top of the bridge because of the traffic, but you can go down underneath and cast from the sandbags, in the shade. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z “Or, ‘If I have to sit five more minutes in this traffic jam, I’ll simply explode’?” Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z And yet traffic fatalities continued to be a tenacious problem. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z We hit some traffic as we got into the city, and Darius was playing the most boring music ever. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z You could tell she liked to block up a lot of traffic. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z The light of the traffic beacon showed that his magnificent ears had been split by the wind. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z The straightness of the way, the swish of traffic, the unbroken speed are hypnotic, and while the miles peel off an imperceptible exhaustion sets in. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z Inej and the others watched the traffic come and go through the gates as they picked at their lunches, waiting for a sign of the prison wagons. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Their father, too, seemed uneasy around policemen; whenever a cop car was behind them in traffic, he kept looking at the rearview mirror and insisting on silence in the car so he could think. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z This late at night there’s no real traffic and the lights let us run almost all the way. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z He paused at a comer by some traffic lights and outside a pub called the Falcon Arms. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z Newspaper vendors were running around in traffic with their papers wrapped in polythene bags. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Drug trafficking occurs there, but it occurs everywhere else in America as well. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z Below me there were three lanes of traffic; I cleared the first, got halfway over the second; then Aaron yelled: “What are you going to do out there?!” It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z She muscled her car through traffic while regaling them with stories about the crazy families of Atlanta—the old plantation owners, the founders of Coca-Cola, the sports stars, and the CNN news people. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Moss couldn’t tell where they were at first, but then saw the Tribune building in the distance, heard the traffic from the 880 freeway. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Overhead, the planks creaked and thumped with foot traffic. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z We stopped at the lonesome traffic light and scanned Main Street. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z “Yes, sir,” said the driver, threading his way in and out the traffic of Broadway, which greatly interested both the children and the penguins. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z Secretary LaHood, tall and genial, a former Illinois congressman, had begun focusing himself, and his agency, on the issue of preventable traffic fatalities, especially those caused by use of technology by drivers. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z My ears hurt from the endless noise of traffic. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z From the looks of it, IOI had been illegally eavesdropping on most of the world’s Internet traffic in an attempt to locate and identify the handful of gunters they considered to be a threat. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z |
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