| 单词 | tunnel |
| 例句 | He turned completely around and headed down into the tunnel. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z “The knife can cut through rock. If we need to, we’ll just cut a tunnel. It’ll take a long time, and I hope we won’t have to, but we could. Don’t worry.” The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z Diving into a tunnel, he came out on the other side and landed on Jello’s tail. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Silverfish tunneled through the pages, burrowing arbitrarily from species to species, turning organized information into yellow lace. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Another step back, another step nearer the tunnel. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z So I stepped out into the hippo tunnel and said, “Jambo”—“How are you?” My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z I could see a connecting tunnel to the left, the blue haze of fluorescent lights showing through the window in a concrete block building. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z The earth was perfect for a gopher hole too, black and soft and yet with a little clay in it so that it didn’t crumble and the tunnels didn’t cave in. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Naheed could hear her own exaggerated breathing inside her head like she was inside a wind tunnel. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z I sprint back down the tunnel, finding the open spaces between people and pushing my way through if there are none. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z The trees pressed close, leaning over the path to make a rustling green roof that shut out even the moon, so it seemed as though they were moving up a long black tunnel. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z So there are shelves at this end of the tunnel now? The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z The tunnel looked nothing like the one Annabeth and I had stumbled into before. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z The AT was a plumped blanket of snow, round and bluish, in a long, dim tunnel of overbent rhododendrons. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z Behind the entrance a tunnel, its floor also lined with stones, led backward and downward. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z Mark stayed as close to him as he could, putting his life in the former soldier’s hands for the umpteenth time since they’d met in the subtrans tunnels. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z She smiled, turned, and walked away, not as people in portraits usually did, out of the sides of their frames, but along what seemed to be a long tunnel painted behind her. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z “I told you Pluto was cool. He’s the god of everything under the earth. Hazel can find caves, tunnels, trapdoors—” “And it was our secret,” she grumbled. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z Werner has been reading the popular science magazines in the drugstore; he’s interested in wave turbulence, tunnels to the center of the earth, the Nigerian method of relaying news over distances with drums. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z She stands there watching until the rear car disappears into the tunnel, until she and Gogol are the only people remaining on the platform. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Hazel, from what she had said, could find her way underground with flawless accuracy and even create or change the course of tunnels. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Outside, I head straight for my tube tunnel, my footsteps on the ladder a prelude to peace and quiet. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z Emerging from the tunneled cleft in the cliff wall, Claire was once again faced with the sheer drop of it, the certain death if she were to fall. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Horse went ahead with a brand to light the way through the icy tunnel. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Emergency lights have come on in the tunnel as well, but they barely do anything to break the almost tangible darkness of a place so far underground. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z He had a bad temper, he admitted, telling how last week he had drawn his baton on an inmate in the tunnel leading up from Tappan. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Back in the tunnel and his own mind, Harry opened his eyes: He had drawn blood biting down on his knuckles in the effort not to shout out. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z The smells of grass and snow cut through the fetid breath of the tunnel. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z Hazel and Leo scrambled into the tunnel, which seemed to be the only one free of monsters. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z He had found one of them lying a few feet from the entrance to a tunnel. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z “Look,” Harry began, without knowing what he was going to say, but it did not matter: The tunnel door had just opened behind him. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z He dragged it up the tunnel as fast as he could manage. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z At first everything went bright, like a starburst, and then suddenly it was as black as a tunnel. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z They packed up and headed out the far side of the cavern into a drier, roomier tunnel. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z When it’s recess, I head to my place on the playground: inside the tube tunnel, my burrow. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z And the D train ran in a tunnel from Manhattan to the Bronx, but I had never really thought too much about all that river water above my head. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z All we can really see are the ribbed walls around us, flaking with dried moss, and the tunnel ahead lit by our headlights. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z They saw shadowy caves along the way, and tunnels honeycombing the cliff every which way. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z They were in the tunnels now; even the starlight was gone. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z Emma wanted so badly to figure out how the tunnel worked. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z The tunnel through the Wall was narrow and twisting, and many of the wildlings were old or ill or wounded, so the going was painfully slow. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z It was at the end of a tunnel with a rope strung across it; a sign hanging from the rope said, “Caved In. No Entry.” The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z The ocean swirls around me, the spiraling force of the water keeping a vertical tunnel of air open like a wormhole. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z There was a special place out there in the long tunnel of trees no one knew about, not even Rosaleen. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z At the same time, the wind in the tunnel increased, and the tracks began to hum. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z Gripping his dagger in readiness, Matthias crept into the right-hand tunnel. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z He bounced through the snow, tunneled through deep drifts, surfaced, and ran down the trail. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z Donovan felt the ragged edges of the opening that looked out into what the cautious flashlight showed to be a larger and obviously main-stem tunnel. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z I knew' it when I looked into that dark tunnel under the railway line, my blood turning to ice water in my veins. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z The tunnel spiraled gently downward, the ceiling supported by white stone arches that reminded Frank of a whale’s rib cage. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Tater was attempting to burrow a tunnel underneath the fence. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z But I never really trusted them, and whenever I went after the monkeys along the dimly lit hippo tunnels, I was always expecting to see a sinister human shape lurking there. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z We stumbled into a wine cellar—a bunch of dusty bottles in wooden racks—like we were walking through somebody’s basement, only there was no exit above us, just more tunnels leading on. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z Somehow, from somewhere, light was seeping into the area beyond the submerged tunnel. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z Might gravity tunnels provide a kind of interstellar or intergalactic subway, permitting us to travel to inaccessible places much more rapidly than we could in the ordinary way? Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z It is almost impossible to enter from the east except through the tunnels. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z It was several days before Auri took me to Belows, a maze of intersecting tunnels. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Wobbling from side to side, he pedaled into the dark tunnel of trees. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z “Obviously,” Hector says, looking down at the darkened tunnel that the line of creatures disappears into. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Thank the gods there was a door on the tunnel leading out to the main cavern. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z He clambered into his cabin after his pisspot, then went to the edge of the tunnel and emptied it. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Computing pools attached to specific tunnels or branches grew larger, spawned their own supervisors, and gave the female professionals the opportunity to specialize in a particular subfield of aeronautics. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z The bats couldn’t sense them in the narrow tunnel as they approached the increasingly loud river. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z He hoped the tunnel wasn’t long; you could go crazy, pretty fast in here. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Jemmy felt desperately for the mouth of a side tunnel. The Whipping Boy 1986-04-01T00:00:00Z At the tunnel entrance in the ditch, Fangburn and Killconey were madly thrust aside as rats, weasels, ferrets and stoats fought their way out of the tunnel. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z He had just reached the mouth of the tunnel when he ran headfirst into something warm and furry. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Then he signals to the rest of his band, and they begin to slip back into the tunnels. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z I sprinted through the Thicket tunnel, turning right whenever I could, and the floor began to slope upward. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z He lost his balance and went sliding down a ditch that ran like a tunnel through the thicket. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z The tunnel terminated fifty feet ahead in a ragged point. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Hermione screamed, but the dragon opened its mouth and belched flame again, blasting the tunnel, whose floors and ceiling cracked and crumbled. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z He went into the tunnel giving Boots the flashlight to hold. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z And Templeton, the rat, crept stealthily along the wall and disappeared into a private tunnel that he had dug between the door and the trough in Wilbur’s yard. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z “We'll talk later, but it’s under control. I’m using Annabeth's shield to keep an eye on things. The enemy withdrew at sunrise; not sure why. We’ve got a lookout at each bridge and tunnel.” The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z Posters, covered with a thin layer of dust, still adorned the tunnels. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z The tunnel to the outside world took about five minutes to paddle through, but it was pitch-dark, so Malcolm had to go slowly, feeling his way from bump to bump. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z Now my mind is a dark tunnel where I go round, and round. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z After he passed through the tunnel behind the fiction shelves and hit the doors to the 300s room, he was in the lead. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z The ferret jumped backwards as the shoring burst and the tunnel workings caved in with a dull rumble of earth. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z As the computers’ work grew in scope and importance, however, a girl who impressed engineers with her mathematical prowess might be invited to join them working full-time for their tunnel or group. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z We were stuck in a kind of tunnel. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z “He’s taking us to a dungeon, right? That human beings use? The passages would have to be clear. Regular people can’t use magic to get through underwater tunnels.” Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z With every step she took into that tunnel between life and death, sensation washed over her. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z She lived in the tunnels underneath the University. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z It had been expanded, improved upon, excavated and tunneled into by successive Masters of Stormhold, until the original mountain peak now raked the sky like the ornately carved tusk of some great, grey, granite beast. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z ‘Good-bye!’ they cried, and rode down the slope and disappeared from Fredegar’s sight into the tunnel. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z Matthias noticed that there were numerous other caverns and tunnels leading from this large cave. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z He stared out into the tunnel where graffiti tags passed by. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z “Where are we?” she whispered as they ducked through cramped stone tunnels, passing dark caves fitted with iron bars. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z On one side of the boat there was a pile of dirt and then a tunnel leading down below the boat. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z The tunnel ran straight and smooth, but after her fall, Annabeth decided to take no chances. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Almost as soon as we drop down into the tunnel, Veturius pulls fatigues and boots from the bag across his chest and begins tearing off his Tribal clothes. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z Those rare times when I found a tunnel that stayed true to its course, the way was blocked. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Then, you’re in the middle of the tunnel, and everything becomes a calm dream. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z After several rounds of refinement in the Langley wind tunnels, the Mustang achieved its apotheosis with the P-51D. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z The three formed a small arc between the rest of the party and the tunnel entrance. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z From there they could see the entrance to the roped tunnel. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Julius followed him through the maze of tunnels, glancing to left and right as the lantern lit the cages they passed. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z When she smelled the tunnel, she got excited and led the way down the steps. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z I stared at her as I stepped out of the tunnel. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z He felt a draft of hot air from the tunnel, a gust left in the wake of the train he’d just missed. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z That night Alba went to see her uncle in his tunnel of books and proposed that they apply the same system to his father’s weapons as she had to her mother’s provisions. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Its tunnels had broken through to our mine the previous year. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z People make shortcuts through narrow tunnels in the vegetation called furos. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z And with that he raced round the last corner, only to find that by some trick of the tunnel, or of the hearing which the Ring gave him, he had misjudged the distance. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z I found that comers and tunnels were good places; you could wedge yourself in and did not need a lap belt or anything to hold you in place. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z She tried to extend her senses, to see through the Mist and find the cavern again, but all she felt were tunnels splitting off in a dozen directions, going everywhere except forward. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Another followed him, and still another, as one by one they were blown backward into the dark maze of tunnels we had just left. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z There must be miles of tunnels down there, he thought with a thrill of fear. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z The death of Sula Peace was the best news folks up in the Bottom had had since the promise of work at the tunnel. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z Cora suspected a kind of tunnel madness afflicted railroad engineers, to a man. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Each night, the construction crews emerged from the tunnel covered in mud and construction debris. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z Something about the long, dark tunnel he felt narrowing around him. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z The twisting tunnel soon opened out over a large river. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z The shadow reached the mouth of the tunnel and poured out. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z They went up the small tunnel to the garden and watched in the moonlight from a hillock a few feet away. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z When they had been creeping along for about half, an hour, Ripred suddenly stopped at a bend in the tunnel. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Next to it, a side tunnel continued downward. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Bigwig could hear a worm moving in the earth nearby and faintly down the tunnel came the sound of some small creature pattering through the grass outside. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z The wall was three feet thick, the window a tunnel slanting up and out. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z ‘We hope to lead you into the tunnels and destroy you.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Boo ushered them to the side of the tunnel. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z They were left standing in a tunnel covered in vines. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z “Look, they’ve come up right under poor old Ambrose! My word, what splendid moles. Good heavens, he’s vanished completely! They must have him inside the tunnel.” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z The walls were smooth and worn, as if many bodies had passed through that narrow, low tunnel. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z The west end of the tunnel was now filled with dust. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z I was going slowly along one of the tunnels made by hippos, through the thick undergrowth where they move inland to graze at night, when I heard something moving toward me. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z What would happen, for example, if you drilled a tunnel down through the centre of the Earth and then dropped an object into the tunnel? The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Lourdes wants to slow it down, to examine the faces in the streaming windows before they disappear into the tunnel on the other side. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z “Yes, yes!” they said eagerly as they scuttled into the tunnel entrance. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z A jagged semicircular, waist-high tunnel has been cut out of the wall. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z “Well,” I confessed, “I’ve heard the bridle path might lead to a tunnel, through the Malverns. Thought I might go and see if I can find it.” Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z Gregor knew he was sweaty from running through the tunnels, but that was pretty rude. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z She wants to feel victorious, like she faced that freaking tunnel and won. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z “Doesn’t matter. It’s the law. Can’t take gas into the tunnel.” Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z I think from there I can climb directly through and be in the part of the castle most likely to be deserted—and the part with access to secret tunnels. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z The other half of him was dangling down the tunnel. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z The tunnel is lit at long intervals, so in the dark space between each dim lamp, I fear that I am lost until a shoulder bumps mine. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z Brer leaped out of the tunnel entrance and landed next to me, finally appearing in the flesh and not as some magical face in the dirt. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z The elevator car hit bottom, and we were guided through a labyrinth of tunnels and small chambers. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z Then he and Mrs. Cadaver gouged and prodded and tunneled around in the dirt until the poor old rhododendron flopped onto its side. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z A groaning noise echoed from the tunnel in front of us. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z “If were worried about an attack, why not just blow up the entrance? Seal the tunnel?” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z She stumbled as she hurried through the darkness of the bamboo tunnel, and emerged onto the reassuring geometry of the paving stones. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z The tunnel twisted and turned for several hundred feet. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z We dug a tunnel to it, tapped it, and we had all the electricity we needed. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z They are all running down one of the countless seemingly endless tunnels below the city. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z The armory adjoined the castle smithy, a long high-roofed tunnel of a building with twenty forges built into its walls and long stone water troughs for tempering the steel. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The vision was gone, but the memory of the tunnel still darkened his mind like some kind of seeping sludge. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z Ever he clutched me, and ever I hewed him, till at last he fled into dark tunnels. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z In front of them, the tunnel ended in a huge block of stone. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z “I don’t care what they’re doing to it!” the Centipede said, scuttling over to the tunnel entrance. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z The tunnel has a high ceiling and curved walls, and it is roomy enough for a freight train, but the walls close in. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z As you proceed from one level to the next, the tunnels take on gradually more complex geometric shapes, and the number of enemies and obstacles crawling up toward you multiplies drastically. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z The tunnel goes on and on and I think of the tons of rock separating me from the sky, and my chest tightens. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z There was only the darkness of the tunnel, and somewhere ahead, an exit. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z And while moments before you were so close to your fellow circusgoers that you could have touched them, now you are alone as you feel your way tentatively forward through a mazelike tunnel. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z The tunnels were perfectly dark except where the lamp threw moving shadows. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z Veturius disappears into the gloom of a tunnel just behind us. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z We’re standing at the beginning of a tunnel with one wall made of rock and another made of pure falling water, roaring past white and clean and so fast it looks almost solid. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z Harry seemed to be watching the two men from one end of a long tunnel, they were so far away from him, their voices echoing strangely in his ears. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z But in order to accelerate the air to the necessary speed, giant wooden turbines had to accelerate the blast through the entirety of the tunnel’s circuit. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z The long-haired girl returned, walking slowly toward us, dragging her hands along the tunnel walls. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z From this tunnel, I was extremely startled to see protruding a pair of adult male feet, shod in some oddly familiar brown-and-white spectator shoes. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z One part of the tunnel was boarded up. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z At the bottom of the stairs, they came out into the main tunnel and walked down the path to the west until they came to the marked rock. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Ahead of us, I saw a covered tunnel. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z There was no drop to the tracks—the rails started at the end of the steps and jetted into the dark tunnel. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z The tunnel curved then joined a second railway line, this one bent and broken, covered here and there in rubble, which must have fallen from above. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z In North Carolina, Martin had thought he was onto his father’s buried treasure in the mine and discovered a tunnel instead. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z The first stop was the south-east corner, where Foremole and his crew had a monotonous task: night and day they monitored the grounds for sounds of tunneling. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z When we got out of the tunnel, Sam screamed this really fun scream, and there it was. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z Gum Baby’s back was stuck to my wrist as if it were glued there as we continued to tumble down the fiery tunnel. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z Windy waves good-bye to me as the guy working the ride pushes them into a dark tunnel. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z Time does slow down now and I get a kind of tunnel vision. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z We pass on the headphones and walk through the tunnel, where the air is moist and warm. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z A steep tunnel led up into the air. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z The labyrinth of tunnels would make it impossible to find the secret chamber. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Both were now clear at the entrances and the diggers were out of sight in the tunnels. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z For some reason the notice gave him a reluctance to go, making the rough tunnel look sinister. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z I look back the way we came, up the tunnel of water. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z I step over a puddle, the soles of my shoes gripping the gritty tunnel floor. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z After about fifty paces he came to a second tunnel, branching off to the left. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z But where could you fit a crowd in these tunnels? Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z He was beside the mouth of a land drain which emptied into the ditch—a smooth, cold tunnel, narrower than a rabbit hole, but wide enough. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Climbing out of the mire onto the relatively solid ground that ringed it, I saw that the opening was the entrance to a tunnel that burrowed deep inside. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z The tunnel rumbled shut, and the battle was over. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z Claire hoisted herself up until she was kneeling at the lip of the tunnel. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Finally, knowing there was a risk in this, she gulped the remaining liquid and dropped the empty gourd into the tunnel she had just climbed through. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z It seemed prudent, those early days out of the tunnel. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Pippin lay in a dark and troubled dream: it seemed that he could hear his own small voice echoing in black tunnels, calling Frodo, Frodo! The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z The tunnel floor was littered with ceramic shards and silver coins. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z And there were 11 people in the carriage and I didn’t like being in a room with 11 people in a tunnel, so I concentrated on things in the carriage. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z All of Castle Black was connected underground by a maze of tunnels that the brothers called the wormways. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z 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 As they backed out of the tunnel, Neel realized that the hardest part was still ahead. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z He crashed onto his back and slid down through the floor and into a black plastic tunnel, which corkscrewed beneath him. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z He went to one of the baseball equipment bags and reached in, tunneled down to the bottom, and came up with another package, this one wrapped crudely in newspaper. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z There were even tunnels that didn’t show up on the map at all. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Holly grabbed the remains of a nettle smoothie from the cooler and drank it in the tunnels. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z She spins slowly as she rushes deeper into the black tunnel beyond. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z Then came a new sound: a regular drip-drip, echoing in the tunnel. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z ‘O no! They can’t find the way themselves, can they? O no indeed. There’s the tunnel coming. Sméagol must go on. No rest. No food. Not yet.’ The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z “Hope not. But we’d better flank them. Take the first side tunnel to the right.” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z In fact, fishing those creeks was like fishing a tunnel. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The tunnel widened and brightened, and the exit appeared around a curve. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z And the names of junctions, counties, crossings, bridges, stations, tunnels, mountains, rivers, creeks, landings, parks, and lookout points. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z Above, she saw no sign of the tunnel they’d fallen down. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z “No, no it won’t. Onward, Percy Jackson! Through the tunnel, over the river!” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z “What has happened to the Timekeeper? How did you know about his apartment here in the station and the tunnels in the walls? Where is he?” The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z Without another word he dashed up the tunnel and out into the wood, with Blackberry and Dandelion on his heels. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z I wonder what she would say if she knew what I’d really been doing in the tunnels. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z Seconds later, she drops from my tunnel into the catacombs with a startled yelp. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z Amelia Earhart nearly lost her raccoon coat to a wind tunnel’s giant turbine while touring the lab. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z We bolted through the catacombs, Emma’s fire casting manic shadows across the walls, the blind boys clicking loudly with their tongues and shouting out “Left!” or “Right!” when we came to splits in the tunnel. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z Someone had gone down the roped tunnel and opened the door! The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Royal took her to the ghost tunnel after a month on the farm. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z When the tunnel we’re in narrows to a locked grate, he plucks two pins from my hair and picks the lock in seconds. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z But that feeling of terror he’d experienced in those last moments in the subtrans tunnel wouldn’t leave, lingering like the smoke from an extinguished fire. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z It was cold and dark beneath the ice, in the narrow tunnel that crooked and slithered through the Wall. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Across the width and height of the tunnel a vast web was spun, orderly as the web of some huge spider, but denser-woven and far greater, and each thread was as thick as rope. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z The hard, ringing noise from under the soffit, so much unlike any sound to be heard in an earth tunnel, was disturbing. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z I decided that if I used up one pile, I could tunnel through the snow to the next and the next. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z Before many of his warriors could follow, Hazel pointed her blade at the nearest tunnel. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z The unmistakable, clipped cadence of Martial voices carries down the tunnel. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z Two doors down, a vertical tube connects our row of apartments to the tunnels. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z Meanwhile, the vlei people boiled out of their tunnels and tried to cling to the men. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z We make it about twenty feet into the tunnel and grind to a halt. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z Then the boat’s nose turned toward the tunnel and we rocketed through into the darkness. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z The tunnel was so interminable that she was unprepared when it abruptly ended in a vast chamber as large as a cavern. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z The shallow channel ran down the middle of a brickwork tunnel. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z A wind rips up from the mouth of the tunnel and blows his cap off. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z The highway narrowed into a tunnel, and Major yelled, "Toll booth." The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z The air, too, smelled slightly better; musty, as if it had lain unstirred for ages, but without the choking closeness of the tunnels. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z She was already running, tunneling through the crowd, bouncing off grown-ups’ legs, her mother after her, “Excuse me...excuse me...” Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z Orcs go fast in tunnels, and this tunnel they knew well; for in spite of Shelob they were forced to use it often as the swiftest way from the Dead City over the mountains. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z He took his horse by the bridle and walked him to the gate and the icy tunnel that snaked beneath the Wall. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “The tunnel’s supposed to bring us out above ground,” Taran said. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z Thalia and I ran into the tunnel and came out on the other side. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z “Aim lower,” said Grace, spotlighting the pair of tunnels with her dusty beam. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z They were carried along a dark tunnel, which seemed to be taking them right underneath the castle, until they reached a kind of underground harbor, where they clambered out onto rocks and pebbles. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z “There’s an entrance—a tunnel that will lead us toward Nico. I can sense it close by. I’m not sure where.” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z At the bottom of the tunnel lay a cold lake far from the light, and on an island of rock in the water lived Gollum. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z As he hung up his wet school clothes and changed back into his jeans and T-shirt, he thought about the tunnels flooding. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z Beyond the narrow tunnel, the earthen walls opened into a long field with gently rising slopes on either side, like seating for spectators. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z The light from outside was too bright after having been in the tunnel. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z The river knocked him against the wall of the tunnel. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Once she stumbled over a rock and fell against the wall, and her hand found raw earth supported by timbers, whereas before the tunnel had been dressed stone. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z There was this tunnel that these two kids kept crawling through over and over and they never seemed to get tired, which made me think of Augustus Waters and the existentially fraught free throws. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z We keep our hands above our heads, even as the tunnels get dark, until I feel a large button graze my fingertips. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z I can see the pain tunneling its way through her face and body. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z We come out of the tunnel of love! Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z The dark place was like a long tunnel with brick wall on one side and sloping roof on the other. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z But he sensed movement somewhere down the tunnel. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z I'd heard trains and seen the flashing lights of engines on nearby tracks, but our tunnel had held only rusty tracks and broken cars. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z There is much talk of the opening offensive, which will be to secure the train tunnels that feed up into the Capitol. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z All he needed was just enough space to tunnel through, find the guy, and bring him out. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z Even when Killconey marched jubilantly up with the news that the tunnel was within a fraction of being completed, Cluny sat and stared at the ground. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z They crawled into tunnels and walked point and advanced under fire. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z The narrow, stifling galleries turned endlessly; he could not be sure whether they were making real progress or whether the tunnel was merely doubling back on itself. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z At first the walls were square with the floor, but as she continued on, they began to curve, too, until the corridor was more like a tunnel carved out of the interior of a mountain. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Finn pulled a chunk from the post, exposing the smooth tunnels made by the insects. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z These doors opened into the launch tunnel, which led up to a matching set of armored doors set into the asteroid’s surface. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z Tendai took it gratefully and started down the tunnel to the water. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z Mulch had a prodigious appetite for tunneling, and that, unfortunately, is a literal translation. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z Past the sand dunes yawned the entrance of a large tunnel. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z Natalie opened the door to the Boring Room, and they repeated the procedure from their last trip through the tunnel. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z On days when his job was near the main tunnel, he sometimes walked along the river after he’d finished working. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z The screams of the other Gladers echoed off the tunnel walls as they slid down the oily chute. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z He closed the door to his tunnel, packed his clothes, and went to sleep at the hospital. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z She stands, too, and I move myself twixt her and the tunnel. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z Big cannons and machine gun nests were hidden in caves and tunnels that couldn’t be seen from the air. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z The tunnel was high and broad enough to allow them to walk side by side without stooping. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z In 1941, three years before Avery’s landmark experiment, two scientists, George Beadle and Edward Tatum, working in a basement tunnel at Stanford University, discovered the missing link between genes and physical traits. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z And then the men were gone as the train plunged into the tunnel. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z The tunnel came to an end at a fancy, balustraded staircase that was free of ice but awash in loose papers. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z The vault opened onto one of the tunnels the brothers called the wormwalks, winding subterranean passages that linked the keeps and towers of Castle Black under the earth. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z She lay at a slant in the tunnel, holding herself there with her legs taut against the walls, and thought. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Or a forgotten railroad tunnel that can lead you into another world entirely. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z Bowen Marsh stayed long enough to supervise as his stewards pulled the last carts into the tunnel. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The ants occupy minute tunnels just beneath the bark. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Then he made his way stealthily to the outlet of Shelob’s tunnel, where the rags of her great web were still blowing and swaying in the cold airs. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z Kids that grow up in this environment and don’t see other things and don’t know of light beyond this tunnel of darkness—they don’t grow and they get stuck in this type of mentality. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Even the Silkworm, looking white and thin and completely exhausted, came creeping out of the tunnel to watch this miraculous ascent. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z He sometimes feels the ghost of carpal tunnel creeping back, a fond ache. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z He groped his way forward for twenty steps or so, and there the tunnel ended in a securely locked door—he couldn’t see it, but he felt it. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Powell followed the dim finger, “Check! Now fasten your eye on the robots and pray they don’t move too far from that part of the tunnel. They’re my light sources. Are all seven there?” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z The tunnel cut through solid rock, about the width and height of a school hallway. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z “He must have told her about the tunnel, because when I went by it this morning, the legionnaires were bricking it closed.” An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z But there was nothing alive in the tunnel now, not a mouse or a spider or even a toadstool. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z All the gooey membranes popped and the tunnels collapsed, billowing plumes of dust. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z He wanted the tunnel to end, yet dreaded what he’d find when it did. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z At the bottom of the slope we discovered a kind of tunnel that went right through the bank from one side to the other. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z A Sherman tank and a hundred monsters were marching through that tunnel right now, and I’d positioned our forces everywhere else. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z The new tunnel design set the stage for the second of the decade’s significant developments. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z She climbed up the tunnel, emerging whiskers first, and looked around warily. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z Enough light to see by came from the tunnel behind them. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z “It is not far now,” said Vikus, pointing at a small tunnel. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z “A person who’s afraid of loud noises, and people, and the open sky. It took me nearly a month to coax her out of the tunnels, let alone get close enough to talk.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z We near the top of the tunnel, which means we are nearing the front tip of the mantis’s right wing. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z The rats had even dug out a new pantry-hole in one corner, and carved out the small tunnel that would connect the two rooms of the house. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z I feel like I’m falling down a long spiral tunnel. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z The dark tunnel was not long—perhaps not much longer than the punt itself. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z The darkness had retreated, showing him a crossroads cut into the rock, the meeting place of three tunnels. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z With Archer behind her, she entered the tunnel. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z Then suddenly the current slowed even more, and the tunnel opened out. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z When it flares up, I slip between two huge slabs of limestone and sidle down the tight tunnel. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z The tunnel led to a massive cavern that opened out into a grand library. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z Then I begin to wonder if the walls deeper in the tunnel might be moist. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z And yet, the farther into this tunnel we walked, the more I was overcome by clammy, creeping dread—a feeling entirely apart from the one I sensed hollows with; this was simply a bad feeling. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z We go back into the tunnels, and following him is a challenge because, as his name suggests, he moves almost completely silently. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z I scrounged deep into the rubble of collapsed buildings, tunneling for coal bins. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z I see that when we go underground the clean, dependable lines of the street plan are interlaced with a twisting, turning mess of tunnels. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z Access to the snail’s interior was gained by a child-sized tunnel, maybe two feet high, at the base of the tail. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z The clock by the tunnel to the staff room where kids are made to stand as a punishment through their lunchtimes told me I had eight minutes to live. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z I carry him with me; we sing together as we dig secret tunnels to freedom. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z In the end, he struggled free of the hands that clawed at him, trying to drag him back, and he ran, faster and faster, down a long tunnel. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z He led her across the chamber, past a row of tunnels leading off into side passages. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z If the tunnel were to shatter for some reason... The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Great black pig-iron pipes a man could crawl through small, bright brass pipes no bigger around than your thumb There was a vast network of stone tunnels, branching and connecting at odd angles. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Nina had never seen a creature like the one that crawled into view from the tunnel. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z The tunnels were big enough to accommodate large monsters, even giants. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Skirting the edges of the shimmering pool, the two friends dashed into a smallish tunnel at the other side. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z As soon as I’m done eating alone, I head to my tube tunnel, curl against the plastic, and quiet my mind. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z Laying his fingers on the tunnel floor like an upturned spider, Mulch waited. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z “Through the grates and tunnels. They settle in the Downings, so things are all a-rustle there.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Dad had once brought us this way virtually, in an annoyingly detailed PowerPoint, but I think I would have remembered the endless black tunnel portion of the presentation. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z Ahead was the opening of the tunnel, like an enormous mouth. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z The tunnel I'm in narrows, the walls crowding closer. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z “Yes, they are. I use that tunnel to get back and forth from town. It’s actually a more direct route than the road. It also helps me hide my movements from the sheriff.” Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z “That’s the Number Four Pocahontas Seam, the finest and purest soft coal in the world. These lines I’ve drawn represent the tunnels we’ve driven through it since the mine has been operational.” October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z Cautiously, with James going first, they all climbed back up the tunnel. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z They hung over the left and right edges, but I won't be going through any tunnels, so I don't care. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z It was a long way off, through tunnels and caves, but they would guide them faithfully, and all the ghosts could follow. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z I unfolded myself from the cramped cairn tunnel and stepped outside only to be blinded by light. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z It was just ahead of us, marked by a vertical line painted on the tunnel wall. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z And they hadn’t discovered the tunnel beneath the barn. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Even if she did manage to escape, she would be banished to some freezing tunnel under the Arctic Circle. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z Behind them, the gorgons’ voices echoed in the tunnel. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z We sat in silence, listening to strange creaks and groans in die maze, the echo of stones grinding together as tunnels changed, grew, and expanded. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z Alex made another two chalk crosses, one for the tunnel he had left, another for the one he was entering. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z When all the initiates stand on solid ground again, Lauren and Four lead us down a narrow tunnel. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z Was it because of the time she’d taken off, or the fact—as she was starting to realize—that she had no desire to tunnel into hard stories and bitter tragedies? Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z For the slave catcher the tunnel was all the gold in the world. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Twenty rats sitting motionless on the rocks above the opening to the tunnel. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z “Keep the tunnel entrance at your back,” John Henry declared. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z Now grab the sign and run back to the house, back through the tunnel or the spinning room, whatever takes us back to Ms. Morales....That's all you have to do! The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Then it was as though I were returning after a long suspension of consciousness, as though I stood simultaneously at opposite ends of a tunnel. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Soon we were hemmed in with trees, which in places arched right over the roadway till we passed as through a tunnel; and again great frowning rocks guarded us boldly on either side. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z They were deep down the tunnel worming through the caverns in the opposite direction. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z We’d only passed one split in the tunnels—not enough to lose them. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z She could sense the tunnel ahead, sloping gently down for about three hundred feet, then opening into a large chamber. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z The jeweller was working again, bent over his bench, the tube tunnelled into his face. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z Thus the human-made tunnels into the temple were part of what made it embody the power of a mountain. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Lead by gymnast Alfred Joachim, the American flag bearer, they emerged singing from the darkness of the tunnel and marched out into the vast interior of the stadium. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z The tunnel gangs lounged about, leaning on the sides of the ditch. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Endless gallons of scalding water hit the rats in the tunnel like a hellish tidal wave. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Moss asked, and he felt the train speed up a bit as it made its way through the tunnel underneath the bay. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z I was almost relieved to turn my back on that tunnel and head toward the palace of Hades. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z Alex was at the start of a long tunnel, the uneven walls and ceiling held back by wooden beams. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z It was a green door and it was set into the wall of the tunnel just above the level of the river. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z From the offices, Hugo followed a long, hidden tunnel to the back of the clock opposite the old man’s toy booth. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z Her mouth was an old dustpan after the rain of flying grit in the tunnel. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Richard felt himself tumbling through a tunnel, felt the weight being sucked off him hour after hour. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z But Tom got into a book, crawled and groveled between the covers, tunneled like a mole among the thoughts, and came up with the book all over his face and hands. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z In the dim torchlight, they appeared to be in a long, flat tunnel. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z In the covered tunnel leading out of the circus tent, among the pushing crowd of people, Kingshaw was violently sick. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z Two or three others monitored the metal detector and pat-frisked inmates as they passed through the short tunnel between the mess hall and the bridge. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The She Elephant hustled them into a tunnel. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z The stairs led down to a large brick tunnel. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z In some respects, though not many, the waiting was worse than the tunnel itself. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z “This way,” he said, dashing into the tunnel. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z There was a postern gate to the north, and Gerren discovered a trap under the straw in the old wooden bam, leading to a narrow, winding tunnel. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Aru turned to look at the tunnel entrance and saw that all the people who had once been in the library had disappeared. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z Before Sam could reach him, he was off, running with amazing speed back towards the tunnel. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z Evil dreams and evil waking were blended into a long tunnel of misery, with hope growing ever fainter behind. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z What kind of glory could it be for a little baby who wouldn’t know if she was in a dark tunnel or not? Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z They were going to march, sweat, dig, carry, drill and tunnel, until they performed to his satisfaction. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z “I love Vocab. It’s like spelunking in a cave you’ve been in your whole life and discovering a thousand new tunnels.” Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z A bustling crowd was filling Ghazi Stadium when we walked through the entrance tunnels. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z In the aftermath of the tunnel disaster, Cluny had called off the attack for a full day, withdrawing all his followers well back across the meadow. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z The entire afternoon had passed, sucked up by the darkness of the tunnel. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z I walked down a tunneled corridor to the legal visitation area, each step echoing ominously across the spotless tiled floor. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z He stumbled down the tunnel into the terminal. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z Eventually, Solovet and Vikus waved them down, and the party landed in a vast cavern at the mouth of a tunnel. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Working methodically—and filming everything with movie cameras—the Soviets and East Germans finally reached the halfway point of the tunnel, where Harvey had set up a barrier of barbed wire and sandbags. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z Her logic was a combination of half-truths and cliches, her worldview a compound of misconceptions deriving from a history of our nation as written from the perspective of a subway tunnel. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z He pulled himself between the ferns, tunneling in. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z One month after her arrival, at the mouth of the ghost tunnel, Cora remained certain of her decision. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z They snake beneath the entire city, hundreds of miles of tunnels and caverns, some packed with centuries’ worth of bones. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z The spider raced along and we were keeping up, but then we spotted a tunnel off to the side that was dug from raw earth, and wrapped in thick roots. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z It filled her suit with a roar like a subway train coming through a tunnel. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Harry flung his arms over his head and ran, slipping over the coils of snake skin, out of the way of great chunks of tunnel ceiling that were thundering to the floor. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z “There’s nothing alive...at least not for several hundred feet. The tunnel slants down, then levels out and goes south, more or less. I don’t sense any traps...” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z After the claustrophobic tunnels, the size of the warehouse took Reyna’s breath away. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Together they squinted at the paper in the dim light from the main tunnel. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z My feet sink into the ground, and above me, the branches grow into one another, forming a kind of tunnel. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z For those unfamiliar with the mechanics of dwarf tunneling, I shall endeavor to explain them as tastefully as possible. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z Powell said: “Notice that these tunnels are blazing with lights and that the temperature is Earth-normal. It’s probably been like this all the ten years that this place has remained empty.” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z He would go to his assigned tunnel and do his job quickly—once you got good at using your wrenches and brushes and tubes of glue, it wasn’t hard. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Mr. Van Hooten’s voice sounded as though it were coming from far away, as though he were talking to her from the other end of a long tunnel. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z With eight other Mexicans he did not know, he crawled through a sewer tunnel that started in Tijuana and ended on the other side of the border, in what Mexicans call El Norte. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z The twins turn away from the front gates and pass by the tunnel grates closest to the barracks, instead heading for one of the training buildings. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z It was hard to tell, but she had the impression that tunnels connected one part of the buildings with another, tunnels humped under the snow. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z Wounded Germans in the tunnels below the fort of La Cite sleep. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Yet they knew that all the hills and rocks about the Morannon were filled with hidden foes, and the shadowy defile beyond was bored and tunnelled by teeming broods of evil things. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z The museum’s various levels were comprised of vast caverns linked by a network of subterranean streets, tunnels, staircases, elevators, escalators, ladders, slides, trapdoors, and secret passageways. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z The Old-Green-Grasshopper and the Ladybug gave the Earthworm’s tail an enormous tug, and like magic the Earthworm disappeared into the tunnel. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z Meggie tried to pass the time by counting tunnels, but when the ninth swallowed them up and the darkness went on and on she fell asleep. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z He crawled into the tunnel and disappeared from sight, completely covered with straw. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z There was some kind of a dark tunnel ahead—a great round tunnel that looked like an enormous pipe—and the river was running right into the tunnel. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z Several feet down the tunnel, she had aimed her light at a small square of grimy glass that shone a dull green color. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z “Nekene, see the boy that will inherit his fathers riches!” one woman said, hooting even more loudly, her mouth shaped like a narrow tunnel. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z What I see is like the entrance to a tunnel, rushing away from me; or I am rushing away from it, away from that spot of daylight. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z What would stop them from hacking away at the door to the tunnel, too? The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Rachel pointed to a hole in the side of a nearby hill—a tunnel that was boarded up and chained. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z “Yeah. And the Berlin Wall. Did you learn about that in history? Some people made it over in a hot-air balloon, or by digging a tunnel under the wall.” Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z Behind him, the gorgons screeched as they flew from the tunnel. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z After the tunnel collapsed, she wept and screamed like a two-year-old throwing a tantrum. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z I have the same dizzy sense I had when I walked out of the tunnel into the Olympic stadium in Dallas on our class field trip. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z A sloping mound of rocks and dirt, floor to ceiling, cut off the tunnel. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z The deeper the tunnel, the less chance of subsidence on the surface. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z “The tunnel is too small, see. It doesn’t connect to the rest of the line.” The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z He glanced behind him, thinking he could bolt back into the tunnel the way he had come, but the doorway had disappeared. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z Just as in the main tunnel, there was a string of bulbs along the ceiling that provided dim light. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Phorcys stopped in the middle of the tunnel and spread his arms proudly. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z The tunnel seemed the same in both directions. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z “The legionnaires will have sealed off the Quarter by the time we get to one of the gates. We’ll have to take the tunnels and hope they haven’t sealed those off.” An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z The star-filled tunnel has been removed, only a single curtain separates the courtyard from the entrance now. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z He’s got the hazy tunnel vision of a drunk person when they lock eyes on a goal. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z Instead, you notify the officers in the tunnel. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z She’d follow anything—even a suspiciously bright light at the end of a tunnel—if it meant getting out of here. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z We speed past hills and shoot through the tunnel that launches us back into the city. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z Leaning in the mouth of the tunnel was a rat with a diagonal scar across his face. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z It was more than twice as long as the entrance tunnel. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Entering Matrosskaya Tishina, I found a confusing maze of cell blocks, low doorways, endless tunnels, dingy corridors, and ancient metal staircases. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z “Move it, move it, move it!” instructed Ripred, herding them all from the open bank and into a tunnel. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z I darted through the tunnel alley that was Mickiewicza 7, around the corner, and over the little bridge that crossed the train tracks. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z This stink was just the smell of a thousand people jammed into cellars and tunnels that had been dug to shelter no more than a hundred. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The sun slides behind a cloud and I feel cold, immobilized on the threshold of the tunnel, unable to go any farther. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z There was a warm breeze, like in subway tunnels, only it felt older, more dangerous somehow. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z She stared impatiently into the dark, empty tunnel. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z I heard a rumble in the tunnel and then the train came into the station like a silver streak of lava pouring down a volcano. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z The tunnel smelled somewhat less intensely of urine. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z And the tunnels beyond, wherever and how far they led? The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z In a short time he had dug a tunnel in the straw. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z They passed through the ruined tunnel and stood upon a heap of stones, gazing at the dark rock of Orthanc, and its many windows, a menace still in the desolation that lay all about it. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z From the south-west corner of the wall, moles had marked the exact run of the tunnel with two lines of cord and pegs. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z “There’s something evil down that tunnel,” Rachel said. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z They were still driving very slowly, but they were out of the tunnel of trees now, and on the road towards the village. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z She and Royal were about to return to the farm when a gust swept out of the tunnel’s murky depths. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z As though looking through a tunnel, she watched as the old woman ambled back over to sit cross-legged directly opposite her again, this time holding a large black bowl between her knees. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z Alba spent two days walking around the house in circles in a state of sheer despair, going through the books in Jaime’s tunnel and on her own shelves and destroying anything that might be compromising. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z The ancestor balanced his weapon, feeling how it became part of his arm, and he touched the ndoro to send a prayer to the spirit world— “You fool!” roared the She Elephant down the tunnel. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z One who passed in and came at length out of the echoing tunnel, beheld a plain, a great circle, somewhat hollowed like a vast shallow bowl: a mile it measured from rim to rim. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z People were lost occasionally in the tunnels, too, if they strayed too far. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z I lifted my hand to wave goodbye, and she ducked into the stone tunnel. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z We kept moving and passed a skeleton crumpled in the tunnel. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z She imagined a green tunnel, the leaves whispering in a warm breeze. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z It brought back bad memories of my trip through the Labyrinth last year, but this tunnel felt even more dangerous. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z The three demigods would never make it to the tunnel. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z The Centipede poked his head cautiously out of the tunnel entrance. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z The tunnel yawned before us, black and menacing. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z Deep in the tunnel, so much in shadow Tendai couldn’t be sure whether it was real or not, something large slunk along the wall. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z He took a short bath, just to lose the smell of rotten eggs that clung to him from the dripping tunnel, and fell into bed. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Sometimes the tail of the train hasn’t left one tunnel before the locomotive dives into another. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z Restless with hunger, he wandered up the banks of the creek, investigating every rock and hollow, pushing his hopeful nose through tunnels of withered sedge and into the yielding earth of molehills. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z The way was a gray, timeless, eventless tunnel, but at the end of it was the one shining reality—my own wife, my own house in my own street, my own bed. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z The mouth of the tunnel started as a tiny hole in the dark. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z A dozen feet down the tunnel she heard the sound, like the roar of some monstrous beast, and a cloud of hot smoke and black dust came billowing up behind her, smelling of hell. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z A spider hole is a hole dug in the ground that’s big enough for one man, sometimes two; but sometimes they’re disguised and there’s a tunnel entrance in back of them. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z ‘There is only death above. You will be safer in the tunnels. Hurry back. Forget you saw us. Protect yourselves.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z David tells us that this part of the compound was a hotel, connected to the airport by a tunnel, and this room was once the ballroom. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z The tunnel led gently downward, and after the first dozen steps they were in darkness. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z To her right were more old cells, but light poured into the tunnel from staggered archways on the left, and through them she glimpsed a roaring, rowdy crowd. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z This was not a Pipeworks tunnel they were about to enter, they were sure; it wouldn’t be dripping with water or lined with spurting pipes. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z For a second Mark was back in the tunnels of the subtrans, running with Trina by the glow of his phone. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z Like someone talking to him through a long tunnel. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Opposite the cave-in, the tunnel terminated after a hundred feet, confirming her fear. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Ahead of me, the drive tunneled between massive oaks, dark with shadows, but lit here and there with patches of moonlight. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z They went along a tunnel with a row of dim lights at the top. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z In the pale ray of the wizard’s staff, Frodo caught glimpses of stairs and arches, and of other passages and tunnels, sloping up, or running steeply down, or opening blankly dark on either side. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z She imagined them behind her, the same way she’d imagined new tunnels appearing in Pasiphaë’s Labyrinth. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Instead I saw a cat slide through the connection leading to the big top—it was a panther, and as its lithe black body disappeared into the canvas tunnel I braced myself. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z But out here in Saint-Malo, the dune grass grows long and blue; German sailors still run drills in the harbor; gunners still stockpile ammunition in the tunnels beneath the fort at La Cite. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z He turned and, with three powerful leaps, hopped out of the forest glade and into the network of Thicket tunnels. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z At some point, my pen just stopped moving, and I found my field of vision shrinking and shrinking, and then I was trying to remember if tunnel vision was a symptom of fatigue. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z Ahead she could see that the tunnel curved. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z He had tried to kiss her a month after they emerged from the tunnel. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Here the lights were set in the ceiling; at the far end, Mrs. Frisby could see, the long tunnel continued and looked as if it slanted upward again—perhaps to another entrance, a back door. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z The closets form the same odd tunneling arrangement as mine does. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z It had left a trail of destruction wider than a tunnel excavator. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z I suppose the mice went right on tunneling to the grasses and the mosses and had no trouble staying alive, but I did wonder how The Baron Weasel was doing. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z We’ll seal off everything except the upper storage room and the tunnels leading in the front and out the back. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z Jason pointed to the base of the archers’ wall, where steps led down into some kind of tunnel. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Percy was tempted to dump June and run back to help, but then the entire tunnel shook with the rumble of falling stone. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z The moon had been up for a long time but he slept on and the fish pulled on steadily and the boat moved into the tunnel of clouds. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z The cave narrowed into a long tunnel, which terminated in a small, cavernous room. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z “You can’t go through the tunnel with that butane,” he said. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z They slid back, slowly revealing the launch tunnel leading up to Falco’s surface. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z Most often, before blowing the tunnels, they were ordered by higher command to search them, which was considered bad news, but by and large they just shrugged and carried out orders. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z His voice sounds like he is speaking through a tunnel. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z “We didn’t bomb the train tunnel, you know. Some of them will probably get out.” Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z The tunnels twisted, leading in wide, unhelpful detours. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z From the port to the Acropolis, she didn’t see anything of Athens except dark, putrid tunnels. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Now she watched in awe as Arthur and Brutus, using two small, sharp, long-handled shovels, dug the narrow tunnel down to her living room. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z He was too busy digging tunnels in the backyard or practicing to be “the fastest runner in Finney County.” In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z In the train, in the deathless tunnel, she had finally asked him why he brought her with him. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z He told her not to be afraid, the tunnel would save her again. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Those thousands of tons of bombs didn’t do much more than disturb the sleep of the Japanese soldiers in reinforced caves and tunnels a hundred feet below the black sand. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z They went down the long stairway and out into the main tunnel, where the river thundered alongside the path, its dark surface strewn with flecks of light. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z The Old-Green-Grasshopper and the Ladybug were further down the tunnel, holding on to the Earthworm’s tail, ready to pull him quickly in out of danger as soon as James gave the word. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z I'd been pushed and shoved through dark subway tunnels with the monsters howling and snapping at my heels the whole way. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z And they all went over to the tunnel entrance and began scooping out great chunks of juicy, golden-colored peach flesh. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z She was the only person in the house who had the key to her uncle’s tunnel of books, along with his permission to take them out and read them. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z “Yes, mistress,” the girl said, and with no apparent sense of urgency she ambled away down the tunnel, dragging her hands along the walls as she went. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z The tunnel was low-ceilinged: They had had to double up to move through it nearly four years previously; now there was nothing for it but to crawl. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z As the ship cleared the surface, the armored tunnel doors slammed closed behind it. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z As I approached, I could see that it was actually the mouth of an entrance tunnel, a neon green circle ten meters in diameter leading belowground. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z Just as Anya began to itch with the need to get out from under the water, the top of it breached the surface of the tunnel, and fresh, cold air cascaded over them. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z Madge is standing on the ladder at the mouth of my tunnel. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z ‘So you could guide us through your tunnels,’ Piper said. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z And with the Oompa-Loompas rowing faster than ever, the boat shot into the pitch-dark tunnel, and all the passengers screamed with excitement. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z “Is that where your ‘fallout shelter’ tunnel really leads?” asked Kojo. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z Saw the cunning thoughts race in and out through the caves and promontories of his mind long before they darted out of the tunnel of his mouth. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z The tunnel behind her had already narrowed to just a few feet wide; soon it would be closed completely, and we’d be sealed in. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z As far as he could see, the green tunnel went on. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z It served as a breathing hole for Asmodeus, also as amplification to echo the dreaded name through the caves and tunnels as a warning to intruders. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Mastery of the Reynolds number, and using that knowledge to build wind tunnels that successfully simulated real-world conditions, was the key to the NACAs success. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z He’d crawl through the damp tunnel each morning with a pick, filling buckets for his family and neighbors so they could keep their houses warm and stoves burning. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z He dug tunnels under stumps in his neighbors’ pastures and pried them out of the earth with long iron bars. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z They disappeared into tunnels on either end of the station. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z “Up there, you see where zee passageway splits? We will, of course, take zee tunnel on...zee left.” The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z Inside it there’s a concrete-block corridor lit with fluorescent overhead lights; some kind of functional tunnel. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z The tunnel was completely submerged in water as black as ink. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z “Unless something comes barreling out of that dark tunnel.” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z And I sneaked invisibly down the dark stone tunnel. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z “We fought in subway tunnels,” said Walter Knappe, a unit leader. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z The Unitary Plan Tunnel had come online in 1955, funded by legislation to build state-of-the-art wind tunnels at each of the NACA’s three main laboratories. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z The last time, torches had burned all along the tunnel, and the eyes of starving men had peered down through the murder holes in the ceiling. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z They took an elevator from the street level to a long, curving tunnel with doors on both sides and other tunnels branching off it. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z They turn corners, enter different tunnels, steer clear of other people when they get close. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z The yellow stained walls were at the far end of the long tunnel between him and the world. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z The tunnel continued in front of us, but there was no floor for about a hundred feet, just gaping darkness and a series of iron rungs in the ceiling. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z I kicked the twig again, sending it flipping end-over-end all the way up the tunnel. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z Rather than crab-walking, I let go of the last of my dignity and just crawled on my hands and knees toward the gauzy light coming from the mouth of the tunnel. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z Physicists have speculated that two of these stretched-out singularities might be linked with a tunnel: a wormhole. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z The defenders stood and cheered in the depression directly above what had once been Killconey’s tunnel. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z The trio of self-appointed generals marched down to the tunnel. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z “Well,” I said, “I. . .” other until we’d reached the bottom and the curved wall of ice where Althea had frozen shut the exit tunnel. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z The voice was distant, warbled, like an echo in a long tunnel. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z The tunnel sloped down and I could hear a loud roar, like a river of metal. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z Next she moved up to the top opening of the tunnel. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z The tunnel’s air is chill, and the train’s wheels screeching and screaming on the rails is a sound I won’t miss. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z She told Octavian everything that had happened since they met at the tunnel—the gorgons, the fight at the river, the appearance of Juno, their conversation with Reyna. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z In front of them stretched a stone tunnel with a low ceiling. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z “We've known for months. But it wasn't until you hid your supplies in the tunnel this morning that we understood you had committed yourself. We knew then we had to speak with you.” An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z The legends also tell of a Milagro pastor who went crazy tunneling toward a bell that was ringing underneath his church. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The bookshop was narrow with tall bookcases creating tunnels that twisted and turned. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z She retreated with a gasp back into the tunnel, supporting herself with her feet pressed against the side walls. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z “Supposedly to a tunnel under the moat. Father used to search for it.” Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z We climbed out of the tunnel, each of us lost in our own anxious thoughts. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z They made the river seem like a soft, green tunnel. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z Tendai also saw, in the larger tunnels, a system of rails going off into the dark. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z To carry water from a distant spring through the fortifications, he ordered a great tunnel built. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The water had risen up to the ceiling of the tunnel, so even assuming he could swim in temperatures that must be close to freezing, he would be unable to breathe. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z Crouching on all fours, Matthias forced his way into the hole which proved to be another tunnel. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z So Brer’s tunnels did go all the way to the mainland. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z A few moments later Lee Strunk crawled out of the tunnel. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z At last she reached the end, where the tunnel terminated abruptly in a wooden hatch. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z Practice tunnels were being dug willy-nilly owing to the lack of communication between rats and other species. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z They scrambled out of the water as the roof of the tunnel finally gave out and collapsed. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z The tunnel was so dark that they could only see a little distance ahead. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z The compass now reads northwest, and everything feels right—until we pass into a tunnel that at first I think is just another underpass—but there’s no other side. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z As she watched, a troop of ten, their sacks bulging, went past her out the tunnel; they greeted Justin and nodded at her, but they did not pause. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z I recognized the B-block contingent from having relieved them on galleries or passed them in the tunnel on many mornings. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z As the giant bellowed in outrage, Piper pulled Annabeth into the nearest tunnel. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Fig leapt onto the kitchen table and dutifully dashed across the wood into the tunnel. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z Fiver was already beyond them and thrusting toward the further entrance tunnel. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Alec looks nothing like an old man as he sprints past the far edge of the station landing and slips back into the darkness of the train-sized tunnel. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z Because I’m shaking off the alternate world, and that’s worse than the tunnel? The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Outside, I curl in the curve of the tube tunnel, on cold plastic, eyes closed, cocooned and forgotten. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z Matilda went after her and found herself in what seemed to be a dark narrow tunnel. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z He showed them where they should plant the bombs to blow up railroads, such as tunnels, bridges, switches, and brakes. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z “Everyone back in this house and we’ll go back through the basement tunnel. But don’t touch anything. You didn’t damage anything already, did you?” The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z "The tunnel was dug for another King's Hand, whose honor would not allow him to enter such a house openly. Chataya has closely guarded the knowledge of its existence." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Running the tunnels during the war presented yet another logistical challenge, as the local power company rationed electricity. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z Black said abruptly to Harry as they made their slow progress along the tunnel. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z They removed insects from the tomatoes, mealies, squash and pumpkins and fed them to bantam chickens penned at the mouths of the tunnels. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z A gust of air rushed up from the vertical tunnel and whacked them in their noses. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z She led him up the main tunnel for a long way. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Because he was a big man, Henry Dobbins was excused from tunnel duty. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Just before midday, the movement stopped when an oxcart became jammed at a turn inside the tunnel. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Ares followed the tunnel that headed north, and after about an hour he called to Gregor: “I know now where we fly.” Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z At first, it looked like a typical maintenance tunnel, with electric cables, warning signs, and fuse boxes on the walls, lightbulbs in wire cages along the ceiling. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z The Orcs from the tunnel and the others marching down had sighted one another, and both parties were now hurrying and shouting. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z The digging was easy and although they often broke off to feed or merely to sit in the sun, before midday Hazel was out of sight and tunneling between the tree roots. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z At the other end of the cavern, the tunnel Hazel and Leo had entered was buried under tons of rubble. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z I ran after the tour group, through a tunnel carved out of solid rock. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z Then we came out of the tunnel and onto the platform, and I understood why: we were no longer in the nineteenth century, nor even the twentieth. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z We walk inside this cavelike tunnel, and my head starts spinning again. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z When we emerge from the tunnel the first thing I see is the Brooklyn Bridge. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z When the train finally came, I took a seat by the window and stared out at the rainy darkness until the train went back into the tunnel and took us downtown. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z Engineers gave direction to the craftsmen who made the wind tunnel models and to the technicians and mechanics who manipulated the models. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z I crawled through the tunnel of ice that leads to my tree now, the wind beating at my back. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z There was no floor in this tunnel: you had to step from rafter to rafter, and between them there was only plaster. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z At the same moment two strange rabbits, running together, leaped the bank into the wood and disappeared down one of the blocked tunnels. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z There were events like tunnel ball and tug of war, but the real highlight was the sprints. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z So he had had disk surgery, rotator cuff surgery, surgery for a carpal tunnel problem. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z They set to work to enlarge it, digging between the roots and tunneling upward to make a second run that would emerge inside the wood. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z “They mostly give orders. Blue Platoon report for watch. All Cadets to the armory. That sort of thing. Right now they’re ordering a sweep of the eastern tunnels.” An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z Maybe he had time to pull up on the beach and hide in the tunnel. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z One test required Mary to clamber onto the catwalk of the wind tunnel, measuring how rivets disrupted the airflow over a particular model. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z I turn off the flashlight, and the moonlight at the end of the tunnel guides us to our exit. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z Finally, my real dad walked out of the tunnel from Iran into the middle of Oklahoma. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z The sidewalks turned to tunnels; cars were lost for the season. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z As I watched, he picked a blade of grass, poked it into a tunnel in the mound, and then withdrew it. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z He could still see, like a small blot in the gathering gloom, the mouth of the tunnel; and he thought he could see or guess where Frodo lay. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z “Some went insane, or died after leaving the temple. Others lost their way in the tunnels and were never seen again.” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z I recalled the moment we’d found water, and even here, in this tunnel with the potential of being eaten by cannibal Indians still undecided, all the blood rushed away from my head. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z It was a long, hard walk through the many tunnels of the fortress, and several times Kaede thought she might have lost her way. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Then she draped the bundle across her back to keep it from getting muddy and hoisted herself into the tunnel again. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z Carine’s eyes blurred, and she felt the onset of tunnel vision. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Harry could just see the outline of something huge and curved, lying right across the tunnel. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z “Imagine her frustration. It’s not as if she can tunnel her way out.” Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z As he approached, Groundsel backed down the further tunnel and began cleaning his claws on a projecting root. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z The tunnel opened on a cavern under the castle, where the storm lords of old had built their landing. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z They descended the long stone stairway, and when they came out into the main tunnel, Lina stood still, staring at the river. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Sitting low in the water like a mallard, he floated into the tunnel and vanished. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Jessie departed through a tunnel she had dug under the door. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z Flicking through the pages, Alex came to a map, showing the layout of the tunnels at the time when the mine was closed: Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z But the people on the train read their newspapers, continued their conversations, or stared out into the dark tunnel. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z The unownable bird took fright and vanished down its tunnel of twigs and nows. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z The tunnel widened into a huge dark cavern, and in the middle was a chasm the size of a city block. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z “We have one hour, tops, to get out of these rat tunnels. You hear me? One hour.” The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z It reminded Leo of those tunnels that football teams run through when they enter the field. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z He saw small red lights, torches, winking away below there as they issued from the tunnel. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z But there was almost a haze in the air, as if the overcast, about-to-storm sensation from outside had seeped down into the tunnel as well. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z She loved tickling him, building tunnels with cushions and pillows for him to crawl through, watching him fall asleep in her arms with one of his hands always clutching her ear. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z Only the harpies were unafraid; they took to their wings and soared above, scanning backward and forward, flying back to reassure those still in the tunnel, flying ahead to search for the way out. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z “We went down into that tunnel with the rapids, what led us in there, so we should have had to come up to get out of it. But this is the same level.” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z Regardless of whether the engineers conducted a test in a wind tunnel or in free flight, the output was the same: torrents, scads, bundles, reams, masses, mounds, jumbles, piles, and goo-gobs of numbers. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z The friends pressed onwards until the passage broadened out into a small chamber with two more tunnels leading from it. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z And when they weren’t lobbing shells, the Vietcong were digging tunnels that they could use to put explosives beneath the marines. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z Go down in the tunnels you said you found, and lie there and live for months and years, reading your fine books and bathing in your temple pools. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z “Next one!” he shouted, jumping back into the tunnel. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z He forced them along for a few minutes until they were well out of sight and, hopefully, out of smell of the tunnel entrance. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z My vision tunnels and I hold her in my sights. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z Then it would be heads down, resume marching, get back to tunneling. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z “Now get! They’re in the kitchens, stocking up, but you need to hurry. Follow the tunnel to the right, always to the right, and you’ll find them!” Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z I was about to squeeze my way around it when I heard voices from up ahead, probably from a side tunnel. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z I stared down the tunnel of my hands and on through the cold glass of Delaney’s sliding door. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z Emma started counting her steps as soon as they entered the tunnel—right after Chess pulled the door to the empty house’s basement shut tight behind them. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z I hear lots of shouting and screaming—seems like it’s coming from a tunnel. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z It was only a small flame, but it cast glints of light on the tunnel walls and the silky surface of the water. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z We turned a corner, and from the sound of the wheels echoing against the walls I guessed we had passed down a tunnel and into a smaller room. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z “Somewhere right along here,” Justin remarked, “we’re entering the woods. You’ll notice the tunnel runs a bit crooked. We had to bend it to go around tap roots—some as thick as fence posts.” Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z Hazel was tempted to retreat, but the tunnel was closing behind them, leaving them stranded on a tiny ledge. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Even see if it leads to the lost tunnel under the Malvern Hills. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z Bowing his head, he withdrew, the slick shine of his oilcloth coat disappearing down the tunnel until he was swallowed by the shadows. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z He opened the back flap on his tunneling pants. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z Within a few minutes, I uncovered the mouth of a tunnel that led into a dark underground corridor. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z Four people and four voices are too many in the tube tunnel. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z And I myself could not breathe; I choked; I rose; I could not find air in that clenched tunnel, that throat of stone. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z It was already late afternoon, and I passed through spotted light, then brighter clearings, with grass so tall it bent from both sides to form a tunnel overhead, then back under trees again. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z “I was giving the girl some food. I wanted to find out what she was doing in the tunnels.” An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z They were the most inclined to settle in one place, and longest preserved their ancestral habit of living in tunnels and holes. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z The voices, the smell of men’s sweat, of leather, of white sticks, the pain in his leg, the damp, chuckling tunnel at his very ear—he had known them all before. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Then he and Grover disappeared through the tunnel of tree roots and were lost in the darkness. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z Then, up the tunnel from B-block, a long succession of officers and handcuffed inmates came into view. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I turn from my hidden pack to look down another tunnel. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z The deep mine is abandoned, its tunnels flooded, the equipment inside covered with black water. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z He dug a little hole in the side of the tunnel and buried the cloth there, to honor his or her memory. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z “I'm going there by rediscovering the lost tunnel, see? The one the Romans built to invade Hereford.” Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z After thirty feet, it opened into a wider tunnel. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z She reaches me and we peer at each other’s faces, looking down the white tunnels of cloth that enclose us. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z In the spring, wolf packs stay at a nursery den where the pups are born deep in the earth at the end of long tunnels. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z I don’t know and I don’t intend to find out, but I can guess that one of the symptoms is a bad case of tunnel vision. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z I mean, this thing was so big its body barely fit through the tunnel. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z The tunnel grew darker the deeper they ran. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z Ripred led them out of the tunnel into a huge cavern divided by a deep canyon. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z It was like the day they had gone to the castle, all over again, the smell of the car reminded him of the long, green tunnel of trees. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z When the light on the wall changes to green, he sends the tube forward into the tunnel. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z The earth, now warm, shifted; the first forepole slipped; loose rock fell from the face of the tunnel and caused a shield to give way. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z Crows cawed, sundown was near, but his home was not; the lane of Chinese elms had turned into a tunnel of darkening green, and he lived at the end of it, half a mile away. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z "It should be pretty hard to find two kids in tunnels that move millions of people. The sooner we get to the subway station, the better." The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z It had been strung up, chained by its wrists and ankles so it made a kind of giant X over the tunnel. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z “The tunnel from here is unstable,” Hazel warned. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z They turned a corner in the tunnel, and in front of him, as the man raised the lantern, Julius saw the brother of Boots. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z A wind tunnel offered many of the research benefits of flight tests but without the danger. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z Close to the ground, a tunnel opened; he could smell fresh air, and his lungs drank deeply. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z That tunnel must have represented the House of Hades, which Leo would never see now. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z In the dim distance of the tunnel, Asmodeus could be seen advancing slowly but surely towards them. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z The tunnel smelled even older than the passageway, and it was clear it hadn’t been used for a very long time. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z If she fainted, she would slide all the way back down the tunnel that it had taken her several hours to climb. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z All of Frank’s instincts told him to get out of these tunnels. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Cluny stooped inside the tunnel workings, surrounded by as many of his followers as could pack in without causing mass suffocation. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Puddles stood on the floor of the tunnel, and water dripped in brown rivulets down the walls. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z A month later under cover of night, operatives filled in the entrance to the tunnel beneath his house, per railroad policy. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Headlights like bright eyes came around the dark bending tunnel. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z The only time he abandoned his Trappist laconism was when Alba went to visit him in his tunnel of books. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Although Obinze knew he meant the tube, the word “underground” made him think of doomed tunnels that fed into the earth and went on forever, ending nowhere. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z By the next morning, East German and Russian technicians had pushed all the way through to the eastern end of the tunnel itself. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z No. No. That tunnel is the only thing that stands between Darin and death. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z By the time the bus entered a tunnel, a smile was beginning to turn up the corners of her mouth. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z Then they reached the tunnel, and appreciation became too mealy a word to contain what lay before her. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Harvey rushed into the tunnel, to do what he could to protect his creation. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z She awoke each time to the void of the tunnel and when she was done weeping over him she stood and walked. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z His words come out as a whisper, but from the way the tunnel’s archways curve at the ceiling, I can hear his words as clearly as if he stood right beside me. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z His mouth is curled up like a little tunnel. The Crossover 2014-03-18T00:00:00Z It'd be like trying for cathedral ceilings in a tunnel, or something. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z “They were a step ahead of me. And they even taped over the doorway to the tunnel, to try to guard it.” The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z I follow the scent of the dead, the sounds of the moans getting louder, and move cautiously down the tunnel. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z If not for the tunnel entrance, this place would make a perfect fortress. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z I fooled for an hour or so brewing this dish, adding this and that, when I heard the mouse in his tunnel. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z The subtrans bullets through the tunnels beneath New York City, whisper quiet, its movement almost soothing. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z We stopped in a tunnel of wet white rock, like part of a natural cave. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z Only the torching and the fat fellow arrived by the front door; the rest came by secret ways, through tunnels and hidden passages. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Poppet takes Bailey’s hand to pull him through the curtained tunnel, navigating the dark turns effortlessly. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z “Yes. They must be working into this tunnel from the other side now—I think.” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z They walked through a long stretch of narrow tunnel; the sound of their feet echoed loudly in the stillness. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z The playing field was laid out in a strict grid, no tunnels or mountains or jungles. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z He dug a tunnel under one of the fallen trees, scooping away the snow with his arms, his frozen hands clawed inside his sleeves. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z We kept struggling forward, and finally reached the top of the tunnel, where the cavern widened out into the Fields of Asphodel. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z So instead of going down as they had before, Justin led the way across the chamber, where, as Mrs. Frisby had noticed, the tunnel continued. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z Marble cubicles had been cut into either side of the tunnel. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z The sounds were slow and unclear, as if people were speaking through a tunnel. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z Old and young, women and children, lame and hearty, they killed, as best they could, the tunnel they were forbidden to build. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z Earth’s mantle was riddled with illegal tunnels, and it was impossible to police them all. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z As you enter the tunnel, the wind gets sucked away, and you squint from the lights overhead. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z I could see Maddy, but even more, I could hear her, hear her screaming my name as if it was just her and me in a tunnel. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z The trick is to not dig away the whole mound, but to work tunnels to those pockets. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z I felt like a convict in an old prison movie, returning to my cell each night to tunnel through the wall with a teaspoon. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z They use the stone tunnels, or burrow temporary ones in the snow. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z I want to go on through the tunnel, but something is pulling me back. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z She stepped forward, getting in my face, and pointed back up the tunnel. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z The tunnel started to widen and lighten, and the buzzing noise of a large crowd floated down. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z If I can get back inside the black tunnel, where the security bots can’t go, I can make it out of here with my items intact. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Or, You didn’t know she had a room that spins and a secret tunnel under your house! The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Behind her, the boys all followed into the tunnel. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z But she slipped through the silken tunnel without touching the sides. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z The tunnel dropped underneath the bay for nearly a quarter mile before it rose onto the island. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Kendra felt like she was viewing the basement from far away, through a narrow tunnel. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z And after that I couldn’t stop picturing moles all over New York City, digging tunnels between Manhattan and Queens. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z I head outside, straight for my tube tunnel. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z He tells me about the underground tunnel that leads outside, and the ramshackle town in the fringe, and the conversation with Rafi and Mary. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z The lake began to overflow and pour out through the old tunnel, and the water was rapidly rising up the steps. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z If American and British engineers could build an underground tunnel long enough and somehow reach the cables from below, then the Soviets would have no idea that the United States was listening in. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z Rain had slicked the streets into shiny, reflective tunnels lined with skyscrapers whose tops disappeared into the mist. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z He slammed his shoulder against the rock so hard the whole tunnel shook. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z I realize we must be in the tunnel that runs up through the mountains into the Capitol. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z I came out of the booth, after about twenty minutes or so, and got my bags and walked over to that tunnel where the cabs are and got a cab. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z When she told of her escape, she omitted the tunnels and kept to the main contours. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z “Three days later and you and I were running for our lives through a tunnel that was hotter than the sun.” The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z A tiny white dot had reappeared at the end of the painted tunnel, and now Ariana was walking back toward them, growing bigger and bigger as she came. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z One was the tunnel; the rats in Mossflower Wood were attending to his second scheme; and the third—Cluny glanced over to the ditch. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z The subway raced through the tunnel and then jerked and hissed to a stop. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z The mayor gazed for a moment at Lina with eyes that looked like the openings of tunnels, and then he turned to the guard. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z The solid black surface rippled, and another tunnel appeared, leading through a luminous purple tank. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Dozens of other tunnels led off in different directions, each echoing with ghostly voices. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z They could touch the roof of the tunnel with a half-upstretched hand, and the bracings had been newly placed. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z Apparently, the monster was sated after its meal; it allowed itself to be herded back to the tunnel, its thick body moving side to side in a lazy, sinuous roll. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z “No. Unexpectedly, a guard stepped into the hole and discovered the tunnel and everyone fled for the hills,” she said flatly. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z I get out the Holo and manage to input our grid coordinates and scan the tunnels. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z Yet, in interviews with police officers who have been involved with shootings, these same details appear again and again: extreme visual clarity, tunnel vision, diminished sound, and the sense that time is slowing down. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z Walking through the hallway feels like I'm walking through a mirrored tunnel in a fun house. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z We follow Ben into a tunnel closest to the ship’s outer edge. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z Gum Baby led me back up the winding tunnel. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z Ear pretended to be interested in the dark tunnel flying past outside. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z I rode for about ten minutes, shooting through the tunnels underground, the tracks screeching and knocking like a rocket about to take off. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Soft, soft, but how piercing! boring and drilling into reason, tunnelling through resolution. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z Cluny made it his duty to assess personally the progress at the tunnel workings. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z As we began to penetrate the thin upper atmosphere, the sky out our windows began to change from the black of space to a tunnel of light. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z The Mining Station was a black circle on the map, and the light dotted lines that were tunnels stretched out about it in spiderweb fashion. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z Suddenly the thing exploded, jettisoning an amazing amount of tunnel waste directly at the unfortunate manservant. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z Just as the light was filling the tunnel, its white glow surrounding us, I felt a sudden pressure in my ears and the light disappeared. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z He didn’t notice the groundhogs watching from their tunnels. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z The chamber was hewn out of the stone; and it must once have been dark, for its windows looked out only into the tunnel. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z Stranded on the riverbank without a weapon, Gregor had no choice but to sprint for the mouth of the tunnel. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z I scramble down and out the other end of my tube tunnel. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z His eyes were milky blue, one higher than the other, and though he smiled, he didn’t look friendly—more like his face was being peeled back in a wind tunnel. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Four starts toward the shadow at the end of the tunnel. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z Two steel rails ran the visible length of the tunnel, pinned into the dirt by wooden crossties. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z The cold, sharp-edged rock smell of the tunnel was changing to something softer, a strange, lovely smell. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z After a few minutes’ progress up the dark tunnel, a distant sound of slowly shifting rock reached Harry’s ears. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z At the center of the island, two massive black boulders formed the entrance to a tunnel. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z We were led to the back of the cave and into a smaller tunnel than the entrance, one of four branching off the back wall. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z In other parts, people moved about in underground tunnels. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z The roof of the tunnel was scraping his shoulders and he was afraid that it would tear through the dry suit and gouge into his skin as well. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z After twenty feet, the tunnel opened into a cavern as large as a cathedral, so majestic that Annabeth had trouble processing everything she saw. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z “Traitors! All that he meant was that you slipped up when you copied my plans for an attack with a battering ram. So now you know that I intend to tunnel into Redwall.” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z He points at the sign by a tunnel: Rainforest Jump! They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z He pushed the door open and led them out into a long vaulted tunnel, where mighty granite pillars marched two by two into blackness. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z There was a covered slide that wound around like a snake, sending kids flying through a dark tunnel. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z Termites boiled out of the little tunnel and all over my hand. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z He had tunnels and runways all over Mr. Zuckerman’s farm and could get from one place to another without being seen. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z There is a tunnel under the stage, crossing from one side to the other. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z A second later, Thomas flew out of the tunnel and landed on her. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z I tried to get away, but the tear in the earth widened to reveal a swirling coal-red tunnel of fire. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z But the humming and the smell followed him all the way back down the tunnel to the macadam road. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z The track was mostly a footpath enclosed by a canopy of trees, and it was always in shadow, as if they were driving through a tunnel. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Then she dropped the ruined pack down into the tunnel and it disappeared into the darkness. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z In the wall along the path were openings that must lead, Doon thought, to the tunnels that branched everywhere below the city. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z The tunnel I’m in dwindles to two feet, and I turn back. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z She was flat on her back with no more strength in her body than a damp tunnel root. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z She enters at night through a rat-infested Tijuana sewage tunnel and makes her way to Los Angeles. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z The tunnel forked, or so it seemed, and in the dark they could not tell which was the wider way, or which kept nearer to the straight. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z There were sixteen miles of tunnels on that one small island. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z Even as the last Americans were still passing Hitler, the first German athletes began to emerge from the tunnel, dressed in crisp white linen suits and sporting white yachting caps. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z The other passengers became interested in watching the dark tunnel flash by outside. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z They finally slide open and the men jump out onto the walkway that runs the length of the tunnel. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z For the subsequent trip through the loops of silver clockwork and tunnels they end up on a serpent and a rabbit with no complaints to be heard. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z The tunnel sucked me into its darkness and I happy-screamed my way to the bottom. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z The satyr led them into a shallow ravine, where they found the wide entrance to a dark tunnel. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z And there, high above, the fiery tunnel we’d fallen through scarred the sky. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z Then someone else appeared from the crowd, and Annabeth’s vision tunneled. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z He swung the flashlight around and followed the tunnel, which slanted downward, taking him deeper and deeper into the earth. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z She backed down the tunnel entrance to her house tail first, pulling the corn after her and calling cheerfully as she went: “Children! Wake up! See what I have for breakfast. A surprise!” Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z The bus zoomed out of the tunnel and into the light. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z At last the tunnel began to slope upward and Harry saw a sliver of light ahead. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z The round tunnels for drainage and pipes disappeared and were replaced with squared-off hallways and stairways strewn with rubble. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z “Get up here!” shouted Fist down the tunnel that led to the surface. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z The tunnel angles upward and there’s light at the end, and standing at its mouth, calmly reading a book, is a young man. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z Getting lost in the underwater tunnel would be as bad as running out of air. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z It was too dark on the platform to make out where the tunnel began. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Snowmelt had seeped into the rock tunnel, and the small opening had not allowed the sun in to evaporate the water. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z "There will be guards here in a moment's time. Sophia has her own tunnels beneath the palace. Hurry." The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z Arya held her breath and kissed the mud on the floor of the tunnel and cried. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The lake was so deep because the volcano crater and tunnels and lava chutes and all that plumbing went all the way down to the center of the earth. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z They require little of Werner except to raise his arms or keep from blinking while an inspector shines a penlight into the tunnels of his pupils. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z “You need Ripred to guide you to your father. These tunnels are unmapped by humans. You would never find your way without him.” Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z The tunnel forked on either side of them, disappearing into darkness, but before them was a metal door. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z Percy told her about the last three days—the gorgons who wouldn’t die, the old lady who turned out to be a goddess, and finally meeting Hazel and Frank at the tunnel in the hill. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z For a time, sunshine trickles into the tunnels through the catacomb grates, weakly lighting the floor. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z The Glow-worm, who at the best of times was a very shy and silent creature, sat glowing with pleasure near the tunnel entrance. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z Ripred swallowed his lunch in a gulp and stood in the entrance to the tunnel. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z She stood up carefully so as not to awaken the children, and walked quietly through the short tunnel to the living room. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z Pipeworks laborers worked below the storerooms in the deep labyrinth of tunnels that contained Embers water and sewer pipes. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Sometimes she got tunnel vision and forgot about what other people needed, even Percy. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Beneath the buildings, the streets look like tunnels. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z We came to where the main road tied into a tunnel of very old, well-pruned elms, no cars at the curbs. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z The train begins moving and we're plunged into night until we clear the tunnel and I take my first free breath since the reaping. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z To the left, the tunnel was dirt and tree roots. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z She panted, and the pinpricks turned into the outer edges of a tunnel. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z “Come on,” she says, and we head for my tube tunnel. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z The word had traveled up a long tunnel. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z It wasn’t long before the tunnel started to get hot. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z While they were defending the gate, he would be tunneling under the south-western corner of the Abbey Wall! Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Now I don’t have to share my tunnel. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z “Yeah. This used to be a tunnel, cut right into the mountain. It must have collapsed sometime after the Rusty panic.” Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z Something wiggling and strange tunneled through my stomach, half excitement, half terror. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z Cade Hernandez, accomplished sleeper that he was, snored throughout the entire conversation, his face buried beneath a portion of the wall, a somnambulist’s unfinished escape tunnel out of the Soviet sector on our king-size bed. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z They were cold and empty and made you think of dark tunnels. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z Light spilled into the tunnel, bright and inviting, but I’m no fool. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z It was a long dark tunnel sloping down the side of the quarrystone. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z There’s something about that tunnel that leads to downtown. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z The soils beneath Berlin were sandy and unstable; engineers quickly determined that the entire length of the 1,800-foot tunnel had to be sheathed in steel, to prevent the structure from collapsing. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z They had explored it and enlarged it, and now Lord Asriel was climbing down into a series of caverns and tunnels extending a long way below the fortress. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z She zips us down to the underground tunnels and we sprint past the neon sign that says Department of Hidden Places this way—or is it? Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z “I shall go home by the tunnel,” said Polly rather coldly. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z Then suddenly it burst out of the tunnel into a blaze of light and you were in Italy. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z For half an hour they dug, laying open a narrow trench along the tunnel. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z Then I slipped down out of the couch and into Columbia’s tunnel, removing the docking probe as I went. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z It scuttled along the tunnels so fast, most of time I couldn’t even see it. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z But while Washington attempted to transcend the ideological wars of the 1790s, Burr seemed disposed to tunnel beneath the warring camps, then pop up on the side promising him the bigger tribute. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z The rumor that die tunnel spanning die river would use Negro workers became an announcement Planned, abandoned and replanned for years, this project had finally begun in 1937. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z For a split second, two strands of conductor filament connected, sending power flooding to one of the tunnel beams. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z When we hit the tunnel, all the sound got scooped up into a vacuum, and it was replaced by a song on the tape player. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z We turned towards the dark in front and illuminated a flickering tunnel of doors. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z The tunnels snake around Sing Sing, joining the various buildings, and at the beginning and end of each—sometimes even in the middle—there is a locked gate. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The roof was only seven feet or so off the ground, and unlike the other buildings, it had no roofed tunnel to connect it with the rest of the station. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z Gently he pulled her out of the cave into the tunnel. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z After a long walk and several Y-shaped tunnel splits, the pigeon led us to a disused section of track where the ties had warped and rotted and pools of stagnant water spanned the floor. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z The darkness of the tunnel quickly turned the boxcar into a grave. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Every few feet the tunnels twisted and turned and branched off. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z The park was nearly empty, but that day, as I sailed through the tunnel, another kid raced toward the slide on a scooter. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z A wail of outrage echoed from deep in the tunnel. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z “Who said anything about tunneling, fox? I only mentioned digging.” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Adam looked out of his covered brain—out the long tunnels of his eyes—at the people of his world. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z He had come to a small, round tunnel dipping steeply down. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z She wanted Leo with his fire skills, or Jason with his lightning, or Hazel to collapse the tunnel. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z He led me through a long, dark passage that was more tunnel than hallway. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z And Viola and I are reaching the side with the tunnel in it. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z “This one has four guards. If they see you, they’ll sound an alarm, and these tunnels will be swarming with soldiers.” An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z No animal caught in the garden that day is likely to escape alive, and all the winter homes, all the tunnels and holes and nests and cocoons, are torn up. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z About thirty feet down, the tunnel split into four smaller arteries, each one identical, but the one on the left radiated cold. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z She thinks she spots the tall, gaping cement arch of the tunnel up ahead. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z Now, laid open, she had no recourse but to hurry along the tunnel of her anger, headlong. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Tornadoes are tunnels of wind half a mile wide that pick up cars and fling them three towns over. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z By February 1955, the tunnel was nearly done—complete with its own ventilation system and trolley for moving men and materiel along the full length of the narrow passageway. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z He parted the water in the tunnel the way Moshe had parted the sea. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z It no longer seemed very dark to him in the tunnel, rather it was as if he had stepped out of a thin mist into a heavier fog. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z He slowed his digging rate, poking the soft clay gently until his fingers breached the tunnel wall. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z We follow the winding passage until we walk through a golden door set into the tunnel wall. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z I’d had a recurring dream about Sing Sing that took place in this tunnel at night. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z A warm wisp of tunnel air blew in his face and then passed by him. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z Stanley jammed the shovel into the bottom edge of his hole, and carefully began to dig a tunnel underneath the metal object. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z Sefia and Archer crept around the edge of the pit to the tunnel, where she took a lantern from the wall. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z “Get her, you twit,” Marcus roars at his brother, who has just emerged from the tunnel. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z I could see, through the long tunnels my eyes had become, his dark shape coming toward me. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z Tyson pulled Grover into the tunnel, and the bars slammed shut behind us. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z He took off down the tunnel, setting a pace he thought he could maintain for half an hour. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z The bookshop was narrow with tall bookcases creating tunnels that twisted and turned. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z The black mouths of the gigantic tunnel opened at either end. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Her voice, it carved a tunnel through the air. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z “I somehow managed to get myself out through the rear entrance of the railroad tunnel and ran home to my mother as fast as I could,” said Heinz. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z Jemmy advanced into the tunnel, but the prince held back. The Whipping Boy 1986-04-01T00:00:00Z There were now no openings to other galleries or tunnels on either side, and the floor was level and sound, without pits or cracks. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z The glow at the end of the tunnel grew brighter, and finally they burst into sunlight. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z The work was backbreaking: digging out boulders, chopping down trees, dynamiting tunnels, and hammering in railroad ties. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z He follows her as she walks through the mazelike tunnel, moving deeper into the circus. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z After picking up additional passengers, the train slipped into a tunnel that angled downward. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z Newt went, then Chuck, then Teresa, into the black tunnel. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z It struck Matt that there might not be much oxygen in the tunnel, and he hurried Maria along. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z At first there’s nothing; just a receding darkness, like a tunnel. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z And she crawled through the little door into the tunnel; and that dark place among the rafters which had seemed so exciting and adventurous a few hours ago, seemed quite tame and homely now. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z I secure Bobo’s door and slip into the connection, the roofless canvas tunnel that joins the menagerie to the big top. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z They all dug frantically into the sides of the hole, trying to tunnel in. I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980 2016-08-01T00:00:00Z “Them little holes are tunnels that lead all over MidPass, and even beyond. Somebody once said a few of ’em go clear over to the mainland. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z As we sped along, I occasionally saw the flash of miners’ lamps down branching tunnels, but it was too dark to see what they were doing. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z So I stood up and I looked up and down the little station and in the doorways that went into tunnels but I couldn’t see him anywhere. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z I wandered through a series of tunnels that led me into a giant, cavernous chamber. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z In fact, Frank had a sneaking suspicion she didn’t just find tunnels. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z They crawled back through the tunnel, none of them talking, and Harry wondered whether Ron and Hermione could still hear Voldemort ringing in their heads, as he could. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z One tunnel was walled with human bones, its roof supported by columns of skulls. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The ghost tunnel had never been used, Royal said, as far as anyone knew. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z A few years ago, Percy and she had gone on a quest in Daedalus’s labyrinth—a secret network of tunnels and rooms, heavily enchanted and trapped, which ran under all the cities of America. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z But when he pushes us into the dark tunnel, I grab on and close my eyes. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z She’s standing in front of that stupid tunnel now and, wow, it’s dark. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z He pointed me through the doorway, which led down a concrete tunnel and onto the field. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z This morning, as I walked past the blackened tunnel mouth, the entrance to the underpass, my pace quickened. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z The countryside itself seemed spooky—shadows and tunnels and incense burning in the dark. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z If you told me a dude John Henry’s size could squeeze through a tunnel of thorns I had to duck through, I’d laugh in your face. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z Generally his roar sent whatever creature was facing it scurrying down the tunnel. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z Pax listened until he felt sure he had located the tunneling rustle. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Glad to be sitting on sidewalk concrete and not on the ledge in the tunnel. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z Mark shakes his head, keeps sweeping his gaze around the tunnel. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z Frank felt as if a door had opened somewhere in the House of Hades, letting in a blast of fresh air that swept through the tunnels. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z The creepers were as thick as their thighs and left little but tunnels for further penetration. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z Nothing living seemed to be down here, there were no birds or butterflies, it was like a dark, damp tunnel. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z Ivan slammed the tunnel upward, and fresh air rushed over them. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z Not a single hostage balked or tried to slink away when his turn came to enter that gloomy tunnel. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z ‘The pass, Sam!’ he cried, not heeding the shrillness of his voice, that released from the choking airs of the tunnel rang out now high and wild. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z Then we were out of the tunnel, the night air whistling through our hair as the boat barreled straight toward the exit. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z He realized he had lost Temp and Tick somewhere and turned back to see the entire tunnel, floor to ceiling, filling up with roaches. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Struggling and pushing forward, he came to the end of the tunnel. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z As I return, I see the tunnel I missed minutes ago. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z The thought made Bran feel strange, but he was still thinking it when Meera bolted from the fire, back out into the darkness of the tunnels. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The tunnel ends with three separate entrances to rooms—all of them small and transparent like Mom’s greenhouse. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z Killconey, tell those morons of yours not to tunnel into the parade ground. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z The porter reached into the opening, where he found a torch in the shadows and set fire to it, illuminating a tunnel of dry stone. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z Through the tunnel made by the hood I can see the back of Nick’s head. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z But when order is restored at Black-cliff, Serra’s ports will shut down, the legionnaires will bar the city gates, and the streets and tunnels will be flooded with soldiers. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z They walked until the tunnel wall opened to a narrow archway. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z The walls of the tunnel began to close in on either side. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Dwarf etiquette dictated that gas be passed while still in the tunnel, but Mulch didn’t have time for manners. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z Was she traveling through the tunnel or digging it? The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z We went on down the clear road and as it turned a corner into the open and went into the square arched tunnel of matting the rain started again. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z It had taken me over a month of gentle coaxing to draw Auri out from the tunnels underneath the University where she lived. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z The view to either side was of a sort of tunnel with cells defining one wall and a mesh fence overlooking the flats the other. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Veteran East Computers left for permanent assignments in the tunnels, and no new girls were hired into the pool to replace them. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z The tunnels then are storm-sewers, and the spaces between buildings become canals or lakes, on which the people of Rer boat to their business, fending off small ice-floes with the oars. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z The drakoris flesh dissolved, and it collapsed into a hollow scaly tunnel of armor. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z He and Root had been in the Academy together, brought up in the same tunnel. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z Using his map, he found his way back to the main tunnel, then hurried to the east end. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Through a tunnel of washy sounds, I hover just above his arms, floating on a current above this chaos. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z The iron horse still rumbled through the tunnel when she woke. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z I continue on, using its glow as my compass until I reach the end of the tunnel. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z The hangar doors slid open, and the Vonnegut rocketed out the launch tunnel and up into the starry sky. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z Set on the hillside just outside the center of the village, it looked like a long, low tunnel made of hardened clay. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z The doorway to the panic room/secret passageway/tunnel to the alternate world opened up, and Emma reached in to turn on the light. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Taming the tunnel interference was a “long sought technical prize” for the researchers, and in 1951 it earned John Stack and his colleagues another coveted Collier Trophy. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z I wonder how long he's been in the Resistance, but before I can ask, he disappears into the tunnels, leaving me to stare after him. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z We fell into line, waddling behind her through the tunneled ice like a train of ducklings after their mother, feet shuffling and arms held out in awkward balance poses to keep from slipping. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z She could see from the light filtering down the entrance tunnel that the sun was up, and bright. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z His boat was high on the beach, and the tunnel...well, he’d rather take his chances in the open than in the tunnel if he had to deal with the rats. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z The opening, the tunnel’s end, at last it was before them. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z “Maybe we should back up to the tunnel entrance,” I said. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z “Will you tell us about the fight in the storm, sir?” asked one of the other rabbits, “and the tunnel of water?” Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z We glide through a maze of tunnels that opens out onto a platform. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z Calista didn’t say anything about that, just stared out the window at the black of the subway tunnel passing by as we rode. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z Some of them are in section, which means they’re cut open so you can see what’s inside them: tunnels, branches, bulbs and delicate filaments. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z As I approached the nearest tunnel entrance, I heard loud music emanating from below. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z Then a dark hand and an orange sleeve reached up out of the tunnel. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z In a few more steps the tunnel—Mrs. Frisby could now discern, dimly, its shape and direction—took a turn to the right, and she did see for herself. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z The cavern walls narrowed on either side, and I realized wed entered some kind of side tunnel. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z Maybe he’d have to flatten his back against the tunnel’s wall. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z “It’s the tunnel, Chief. We’ll have it ready by this afternoon!” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z A short tunnel through the earth behind the block connected the two rooms. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z I heard wind coming down the tunnel, as if the exit were close. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z He was deeper in the tunnel than he’d ever been permitted to go. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z “You could live in a gopher hole. You’d be starving, so that would be perfect, because then you’d be so skinny you could fit right down there all snuggly in their little tunnels.” Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Our tunnel finally opens up to a large expanse, an emerald lawn skirting a small gray house with a deep shady porch. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z Along the western edge of this courtyard, extending from the back of the kitchen, ran a white, translucent tunnel, something like the tubes that conduct football teams onto the field. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z We found ourselves in the middle of a circular chamber with eight tunnels leading out, and no idea how we’d gotten there. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z Bars came down on both tunnel exits, behind us and in front. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z I kept thinking how funny, this dark ride to the underworld, the tunnel illuminated by Shell Oil, Burger King. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z The vaults were reached by means of small, goblin-driven carts that sped along miniature train tracks through the bank’s underground tunnels. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z Cora ran her hand along the wall of the tunnel, the ridges and pockets. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z The pressure of trains passing in far-off tunnels pushed the air around like breaths in some great creature’s gullet. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z The tunnel appeared, and they dashed to one side. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z The tunnel was high and wide, so wide that, though the hobbits walked abreast, only touching the side-walls with their outstretched hands, they were separated, cut off alone in the darkness. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z The tunnel, the tracks, the desperate souls who found salvation in the coordination of its stations and timetables—this was a marvel to be proud of. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z They took off, racing toward the tunnel, but the opening had disappeared. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z Claire screamed and fell back into the tunnel, instinctively using her feet once again to wedge herself against its walls. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Then he gave us a boost out of the tunnel. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z “Carry me to camp —across the highway, through the tunnel, across the river.” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z Several hundred feet later, they reached a turn in the tunnel. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Maybe the spinning opened the tunnel, and then the section of the room with shelves snapped back to being part of the Greystones’ house again? The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Eventually, a team of gunters tried to dig a tunnel under the dome wall, and that was when it was discovered that the shield was actually a complete sphere surrounding the castle, above- and belowground. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z The shorter route had been blocked by a tunnel collapse. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z “Finally,” Ripred said, and slid into the black hole of the tunnel. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z As I bent to take my shoes off, my stomach lurched, my vision tunneled. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z A short distance away, he found a hatch in the ceiling of the tunnel—a square wooden panel that must lead, he thought, up into the storerooms. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z The ambrosia she’d eaten in the tunnels under Rome must have finally mended her bones. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z I spotted a familiar silver owl banner in the southeast corner of the fight, 33rd at the Park Avenue tunnel. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z He waved his hand vaguely in the air before him; but he was in fact now facing southwards, as he came back to Shelob’s tunnel, not west. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z There was a marching formation now, and in their own dim body light, the rough-hewn walls of the mine tunnel swam past noiselessly, checkered with misty erratic blobs of shadow. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z They also attended a weekly two-hour laboratory session for hands-on training in one of the wind tunnels, shouldering an average of four hours of homework on top of a six-day workweek. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z “There’s a whole gang of us down your well, in the catacomb tunnel,” Emma said. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z When the lunch break came, Arlin took her lunch sack from a pocket in her tool belt and went off to meet some friends a few tunnels away. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z It’s called tunnel vision because, before you black out completely, for a while you seem to be looking down a tunnel and can see only those objects that are directly in front of you. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Mice and rats and dogs have burrowed these tunnels through the dried clay, searching for food scraps. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Together, we dragged Grover to his hooves and started back up the tunnel. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z He knew he should run home, and he listened to his footsteps hitting the sidewalk pavement, loud thumping, one after the other, in rhythm with his breathing, like he was inside of a wind tunnel. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z “We still have time. We can slip out of the tram tunnel—the raft is up there.” Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z Later, he was shown a large round chamber at the hub of a network of tunnels. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z The flare goes out, so the flashlight I’m holding is our only guide through the tunnel. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z “They do not sneer at the crawlers. It is the smallness of the tunnel. Fliers do not like a place they cannot spread their wings.” Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Walking down one of the tunnels, I turn a corner and am looking out on the beaver dam and the agent’s car. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z In 2008, researchers from the University of Paris ascertained that the Chauvet paintings - which lie within huge, inaccessible, pitch-black networks of tunnels - are located at the points of greatest resonance in the cave network. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z “We’ll be safe once—” Footsteps echoed in the tunnel behind them. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z Gale the weasel squeaked in alarm, but Hazel imagined a new tunnel leading off to the left—a tunnel even more dangerous, going the wrong direction. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z The secret room that had spun them around and somehow joined the Greystones’ basement with the mysterious house really did feel more like a tunnel now. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Another involved turning the tunnel’s Mach 2 winds on a series of sharp-nosed metal cones to discover the point at which the smooth air flowing over the cones became turbulent. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z On the opposite side from us, a tunnel opened up, probably where the water flowed into when the pool was full. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z A blinding, sickening pain...a flash of light...distant screams...and the sensation of falling down a long tunnel... Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z The star-filled tunnel has already been removed, replaced by a single striped curtain. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z It was as though tunnels manufactured themselves to suit her needs. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z I grip my knife and I look over at Viola, her face looking straight back up the tunnel, so much fear on it my chest begins to hurt. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z “Fine,” she said, staring at the entrance to the tunnel back to the Hog’s Head. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Mary Jackson could see the air moving around the racer just as clearly as if she were looking at a Schlieren photograph taken in a wind tunnel. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z For a while the two who stayed could see the cricket waving, but then the train rushed away into the darkness of the tunnel and was lost. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z Here, signs say, Germans holed up in underground tunnels to fight to the last man. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Walking through the tunnel that led to the court, I was starting to feel like somebody had shot me. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z We spun toward the sound, rattled, and for a moment just stood listening as it seethed and howled at the mouth of the tunnel. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z Used to be more like a tunnel through this bank, he thought. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z The tunnel was an example of his skill and cunning. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z Artemis changed her into a spring of water, and cleft the earth so that a tunnel was made under the sea from Greece to Sicily. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z “Maybe it leads to a long tunnel that goes way out beyond Ember, and then gradually up and up until it comes out at the other “What other city?” The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z But as Chestnutt led me down the gently sloping Thicket tunnel, this one with cherry-red flowers budding along the walls, I heard the echo of Gum Baby’s voice ahead of us. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z When Arthur had been unable to take a strong-arm castle by assault, he had caused tunnels to be dug under selected parts of the wafl. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z The last thing she saw, through her tunneled view, was Ekon’s blurred silhouette as he marched away. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z Harry could see them edging awkwardly along the tunnel in single file. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z The two weasel diggers thrust upwards in the narrow confines of the tunnel. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Fortunately the floor of the tunnel was even, and Gregor had only finished up track a few weeks ago. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z The plan was to fling particles through a tunnel fifty-two miles long, achieving a truly staggering ninety-nine trillion volts of energy. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z Our attackers got in through the underground tunnel, as Nita said they would. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z His vision tunneled till the only thing he saw was the boy who’d punched him. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z “Don’t bother. You cannot fly where we go,” he said, and indicated the tunnel. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z They crept forward to the place where the tunnel turned. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z The silence returned, but still Hazel lay motionless in the whispering chill of the tunnel. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Once, when he was helping the Retrieval boys scrape some pod wreckage off a tunnel wall, they were spotted by a group of potholing humans. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z I ducked into a tunnel and saw light up ahead. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z Along the eastern edge of this, to balance the tunnel, ran a portico lined with thin brown iron beams. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z The tunnel was damp and murky, and all around him there was the curious bittersweet smell of fresh peach. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z The tunnel was called Operation Gold, but the massive project quickly earned a nickname: "Harvey's Hole." Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z “In the great burrow they used to open tunnels for the summer and close them for the winter. We can dig another run on the evening side tomorrow and pick up the breeze.” Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z They cut paths right through the house, tunneled through the pipes, took over the pantry. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z With a seasoned officer named Martinez, I spent the next day on guard at the foot of the tunnel leading up from Tappan. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z A lady comes running out of the largest tunnel. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z Instead of curling in my tube tunnel, I choose a swing next to Madge. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z She flew up the aisle, scooting between the conductor’s legs as if he was a tunnel on an obstacle course. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z Through the tunnels of that island fortress came wind of a horror too great to speak aloud—a whispered litany that would take years to be fully disclosed to the world, and especially to me. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z The forest formed a tunnel of green around her as she sped down the mountain road. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z “It would take Jour of us weeks to clear tunnels for them,” Father said. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z And she never felt the room or the tunnel spin at all, in either direction.... The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z A rabbit whose faint pulse could just be heard, magnified in the confined tunnel. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Hazel imagined the tunnel curving back toward Pasiphaë, ever so slightly. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Adam concealed his treasure deep in his tunnels, but he was inclined to pay for his pleasure with something. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z The grate creaks open unwillingly, and I practically shove Izzi through before leaping up myself, shutting it just as the soldiers emerge into the tunnel below. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z Hugh expanded his tunnel vision on Cap to include an inventory of the guy’s tablemates. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z The light slid over a gigantic snake skin, of a vivid, poisonous green, lying curled and empty across the tunnel floor. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z The creepy old Bottle Tree forest stood in front of me, its canopy creating the illusion of a tunnel. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z “It comes out in the woods, in a blackberry bramble. It’s got a longer tunnel than this one.” Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z “We must be miles under the school,” said Harry, his voice echoing in the black tunnel. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z Outside our village the elephant grass grows so tall it meets above the road to make a shady tunnel. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z She pointed halfway up the mountain wall, toward the tunnel to the tram. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z Tlie scream that boomed down the cave tunnel and woke the bats came just when Macon thought he had taken his last living breath. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z It wouldn’t have been able to dig such strange holes that were like narrow tunnels. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z There was a built-in light on the front, so they could see in the inky tunnels beneath New York City. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Hazel found them a tunnel with no problem. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z I run under the monkey bars, past the swings, by my tube tunnel. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z They wound their way through interconnecting tunnels and rough-hewn burial chambers that all looked the same—the walls carved with dusty niches that might once have held bodies. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Foremole had assured them that any attempted tunneling would take at least a few days before signs showed. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Some reports said that the tunnels were only a hundred yards away from the barbed wire around the Khesanh base. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z “I can see a little bag—” A train rumbled out of the tunnel. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z He gets me one bright enough to shine into the darkest tunnel. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z During that long summer, from mid-May to late September, I thought about it as I walked the tunnels and corridors from the lineup room to various buildings up the hill. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I wish that those Seenicruisers would be discontinued; it would seem to me that their height violates some interstate highway statute regarding clearance in tunnels and so forth. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z He takes the tunnel, and when we come back out and pass the toll plaza he takes the first exit. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z We were almost to the far tunnel when a column next to us groaned and buckled. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z If you throw an orange peel into the lake, it passes through | long underground tunnels and mysteriously reappears kilome^ ters away, at the Peguche waterfall, a place where wishes come true. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Her scream came from deep inside her, a train whistle echoing in a tunnel. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z I could see boots and the little tunnel of the pistol coming down the sidewalk. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z Now he emerged into a sort of wide circular chamber, formed by the meeting of six different tunnels, all coming together in a star shape. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z “To trap them or to flush them out. I say we try to avalanche the mountain but leave the train tunnel alone. People can escape into the square, where we’ll be waiting for them.” Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z People shoved and bumped by me in the artificially lit dark, hurrying after the trains that rumbled in and out of the intestinal tunnels under Scollay Square. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z He stabbed at the earth with his tiny dagger, imagining that rats were popping up from make-believe tunnels. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Well, Dr. Carhart said that he’d once taken a train from Switzerland to Italy and at the border the train went through a long dark tunnel. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z The main corridor was a narrow tunnel that led in a hard, clatter-footed stretch along a line of rooms of no interdistinguishing features. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z Almost immediately, the tunnel sloped down and down and down, growing colder and damper with every step. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z She led them down a tunnel that ended abruptly in a wall of trash. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z Beyond them, she spied a tunnel at the opposite end of the room. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z He wasn’t in Stockholm, though, to stalk the cobblestoned streets of Old Town, or walk through the underground tunnels, or ready himself for a cruise on the Baltic Sea. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Mulch’s internal compass steered him true, and within minutes he could feel the gentle vibrations of the rabbits loping along their tunnels. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z We ran down a marble tunnel, then dashed to the left and almost fell into an abyss. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z He peered down the tunnel and saw a figure with a candle fixed to the stiff bill of his cap. The Whipping Boy 1986-04-01T00:00:00Z “No. The entire estate is built on a bed of limestone. Not even a dwarf could tunnel his way out of here. Or in.” Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z It is the strongest of dwarf urges, a genetic memory born from millennia spent tunneling. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z From New Jersey to Alaska, reservoirs, bridges, tunnels, factories, and waterfronts were put under guard. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z And then we walked back through the tunnel, but it wasn’t so frightening this time because there was a policeman with me. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z He disappeared into his tunnel, pushing the goose egg in front of him. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z There, the hallways were narrow and brown, like tunnels. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z "You know that tunnel that you crawl through, between the slide and the swinging bridge? That's where I slept." Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z The crawlway was a narrow, square, cold tunnel hollowed out beneath the flight controls, and a large man like Yossarian could squeeze through only with difficulty. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z The corps first built a mock-up of the tunnel, several hundred feet long, in the Nevada desert. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z He ducked to safety into a railroad tunnel. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z He called out tentatively, and a heavyset middle-aged man with a grizzled beard, carrying a lantern, came out of one of the tunnels. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z From this point onwards Rack 9 was enclosed and the bottles performed the remainder of their journey in a kind of tunnel, interrupted here and there by openings two or three metres wide. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z He looked back down the path and saw the green maw out of which he had come, a greenish-black tunnel, the end of which was nowhere in sight. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z It was as dangerous to think about that as to think of tunnels flooding and people drowning in the subways. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z Over the next four months, they removed more than 3,000 tons of sand and soil, carefully inserting steel rings into the tunnel as they dug beneath Berlin's streets. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z "Little birds fly through many a dark tunnel. Careful, the steps are steep." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z And so we were shamed into following her, and climbed down the steps to find a passage tunneled through thick ice. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z Annabeth swept her flashlight beam over the archways of the eight tunnels. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z But even when the tunnel was as long as his arm, he still couldn't feel the other side. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z Finally the tunnel expanded and its core became so brilliant that I felt we were in the center of a gigantic million-watt light bulb. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z To blow the tunnels, they carried one-pound blocks of pentrite high explosives, four blocks to a man, 68 pounds in all. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z There was nowhere in the castle to summon or hide a creature like that, except for the endless, forgotten chambers and tunnels running beneath it. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Built into the great wall, it was a deep tunnel that revealed just how thick the walls were. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z I focus on the yellow-orange glow of the safety lights in the tunnel. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z Cora’s last day in the field she furiously hacked into the earth as if digging a tunnel. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Except for Temp and Tick, all the roaches vanished into the shallow tunnels that led away from the riverbank. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z It does not have the immediacy that it did in the tunnel. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z Inside, the cairn tunnel was damp and narrow and profoundly dark, so cramped that I could only move forward in a kind of hunchbacked crab-walk. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z The flat tones of a Mask’s voice echo from the tunnel, and the stairwell glows with approaching torchlight. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z He stepped inside the tunnel, waiting for them. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z Carefully he turned the soft yellow pages of his book, a few delicately tunneled by worms. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z “The story about robbers tunneling into a bank from the building next door.” Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z The story is that the god, changing back into a river, followed her through the tunnel and that now his water mingles with hers in the fountain. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z “The tube tunnel is where I go when I need to recharge with quiet time, like this, in quiet places.” Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z Moss stopped directing people toward the tunnel and looked to his mother. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z “Some of those tunnels must lead to the school.” An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z We tunneled into the swirling white blackness, listening to the beat of the fan working to defrost the windshield and the odd airy crinkle coming from the bag in the back. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z Harry urged Ginny forward; they stepped over the motionless coils of the dead basilisk, through the echoing gloom, and back into the tunnel. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z By candlelight, they crept along until they came to a place where the tunnel ended abruptly. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z A tunnel; how appropriate, he thought before he blacked out completely. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z They entered the bins, took off their harness-sacks, filled the sacks with grain, put them on again, and left through the tunnel, out the back door. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z Our best hope, I thought, was to lose them in this forking maze of tunnels. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z But after a brief stretch, the tunnel simply stopped with what looked like a sheet of metal barring the way. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z The streets we drove past were like tunnels darkened by the hedges on each side. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z You’re given a top-down view of a three-dimensional tunnel, and you use a spinning rotary dial to control a “shooter” that travels around the rim of the tunnel. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z In a gap between two tunnels, a nurse was delicately probing with a long fine syringe into the gelatinous contents of a passing bottle. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z The tunnel at the bottom of the stairs is wide and dark, with only the strange light to guide us. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z The claustrophobic tunnels, foul air, suffocating darkness on all sides. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z He backed as far away from the mouth of the tunnel as he could get. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z As the train continued, they traveled through many more tunnels dug through the mountains. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z Huge tunnels of wind that claw the earth. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z He had never tried to break apart anything as large as these rocks by magic, and now didn’t seem a good moment to try — what if the whole tunnel caved in? Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z Noah shouts at the mouth of the tunnel. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z “Whatever robo-basket this book ends up in is probably sitting right on top of the entrance to the tunnel.” Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z The tunnel was some way behind; the Cleft a couple of hundred yards ahead, or less. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z It was just a matter of finding the tunnel that led there. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Suddenly they were zipping through tunnels that looked familiar. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z The holes and tunnels of an old warren become smooth, reassuring and comfortable with use. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Her enthusiasm was infectious and I soon lost myself in the excitement of the moment, ignoring my original reasons for wanting to explore the tunnels. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z With his remaining strength Sam leaped and caught the top, scrambled up, and dropped; and then he ran madly, sword blazing in hand, round a bend and up a winding tunnel. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z We’re halfway down the first tunnel when I realize what was so remarkable about the exchange. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z Countless numbers of people dead in subways and in cars from tunnel flooding. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z ‘All the top of your hill is full of tunnels packed with chests of gold and silver, and jools, by what I’ve heard.’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z As his tunnel grew deeper and wider—and more precari-ous—Stanley was able to feel latches on one end of the box, and then a leather handle. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z As people walked out of the tunnel, I imagined he was somewhere in the back of the plane, telling the flight attendants stories, making everyone laugh, and us wait. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z I gag, my lips involuntarily forming a tunnel. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z Most of the work done at Langley was of the “compressed-air” persuasion, research conducted in one of the proliferating number of wind tunnels. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z Another explosion rocked the tunnel, and they forged ahead. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z Kingshaw waited, holding his breath until there should be an end to the long, green tunnel, and they would come out into the open, where there would be air and sky. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z My back feels fine, meaning I’m not feeling it at all; even my wrists, damaged by carpal tunnel syndrome years ago, are issuing no complaints. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z “These tunnels are one giant rabbit warren,” I murmur. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z “So are you still on for it? The tunnel? Or are you going to sneak off again on a solo run?” Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z Here through the black rock a long tunnel had been hewn, closed at either end with mighty doors of iron. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z Tomorrow I hope The Baron and I can tunnel out into the sunlight. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z Beginning in the Administration Building, with a single wind tunnel, the lab grew until space limits pushed it to expand to the west onto several large properties tracing their provenance to colonial-era plantations. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z The object of the game is to shoot the enemies crawling up out of the tunnel toward you while dodging their fire and avoiding other obstacles. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z Anyway, Patrick started driving really fast, and just before we got to the tunnel, Sam stood up, and the wind turned her dress into ocean waves. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z Twenty-two more steps and they were at the subcellar, The tunnels here were cramped and crooked, black wormholes twisting through the heart of the great rock. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Then, from somewhere down the dark tunnel, came the sound of a door sliding open. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z There was an avalanche of boulders inside the slanted tunnel. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z Though the quarry tunnels were natural, they had obviously been the lairs of generations of serpents; most of the signs were of a reptilian nature. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z “Besides, I want scenery rather than a windowless subterranean tunnel. I’m a human being, not a mole.” Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z Greene joked with me as we walked the tunnels to B-block. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The ball ripped through his chestnut-colored hair, cut the skin, penetrated the skull, and because of the angle of Lincoln’s head at the moment of impact, made a diagonal tunnel through Lincoln’s brain. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z He walked through the doorway at the front of the car, unhooked the safety chain, and jumped down onto the tracks, disappearing into the dark of the tunnel. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Alec slows down when they reach the end of the latest tunnel. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z The full, bosomy elms made a tunnel of shade over the yellow and red brick fronts along Commonwealth Avenue, and a trolley car was threading itself toward Boston down its slim, silver track. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z I have not walked this tunnel since the day of the Choosing Ceremony. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z She imagined another tunnel, veering back the way they’d come, but full of poisonous gas. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Alex watched for as long as he could, until the bus went through a short tunnel. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z But the torches mark Empire territory, and the aux soldiers who get tunnel duty are probably Plebeians, the most lowborn of the Martials. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z On the wall under the glowing red sign, a new tunnel appeared, leading into another tank. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Chess and the whole jumble of everyone else followed along, aiming for the door back into the tunnel. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z “How many of those houses are connected by a secret tunnel?” The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z There was no tunnel leading out of Ember. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z The point of a wind tunnel, of course, was to simulate as closely as possible the conditions that prevailed in free flight. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z “Who’s out there?” he called, his voice shaky and hollow—it sounded as if he were speaking inside an insulated tunnel. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z All the people at the security checkpoint step aside, forming a tunnel for us to walk through. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z In a matter of seconds, he had transferred two dozen ingots into the tunnel. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z I walk past the drinking fountain and through the tunnels that seemed endless the day I got here but now barely register in my mind. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z “You dug the tunnel, so you go in first.” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z For a time it seemed as if I were all alone in a silent tunnel, and everyone else was way at the other end. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I’m weightless as I hug my arms to my chest, like I’m speeding down a tunnel slide instead of free-falling through cloud after cloud, which I suppose I’m not actually doing either. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z She was left in a tunnel so black she couldn’t tell what she was walking on. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z But as soon as the three humans were gone, he scurried back to the fence to finish digging his escape tunnel. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z Meanwhile, we’ve got the whole horde ready to go through that there tunnel and take the Abbey. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Like one who digs a tunnel beneath a fortress, I would undermine his revenge, not aid it. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z They did not speak again until they had reached the end of the tunnel. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z The tracks and ties were all metal now, and the lights in the tunnels were different, not red incandescents but flickering fluorescent tubes that glowed a sickly green. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z Hidden away in the maze of tunnels was a door that lead directly into the lowest level of the stacks. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z The man-trip lurched and we were off, plunging down what seemed an endless black tunnel. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z The bus slammed against the side of the tunnel, grinding metal, throwing sparks a mile behind us. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z Now that they knew the tunnel led to an alternate world, that idea was scarier than ever. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z This new tunnel quickly became lower and narrower until Alex couldn’t walk unless he crouched. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z The fissure soon opened into a dark tunnel that Harry could tell would be filled with water at high tide. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z Just when I was sure the tunnel would get so narrow it would squish us, it opened into a huge room. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z Wordlessly, the remaining members of the quest sunk to the floor of the tunnel. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z She imagined she was back in the tunnels under Rome, searching out the Athena Parthenos. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z The falling stream vanished into a deep growth of cresses and water-plants, and they could hear it tinkling away in green tunnels, down long gentle slopes towards the fens of Entwash Vale far away. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z Like I’m hearing it through the opposite end of a long, dark tunnel. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z I found you, but you said, ‘The Chief Rabbit must go alone,’ and you floated away down a dark tunnel of water.” Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z “Maybe you are thinking it would be easy to escape into the darkness. There are nine levels. Three hundred kilometers of tunnels. Maybe you are thinking we would never find you.” Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z Blindly, Chess kept running forward, deeper and deeper into the tunnel. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Instead he plans to dig a tunnel down there, into the side of the hole, and to get up and down to it by a rope ladder. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z She raises an eyebrow at me, as if reminding me that we are in an underground tunnel. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z I imagined the trees bending during a rainy-season thunderstorm, reaching across to touch each other and turning the avenue into a dark tunnel. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z I could feel the whole tunnel shake as Kampe pounded against it, roaring furiously. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z They keep talking, without moving, without seeing me anymore even though I am still gripping the tunnel opening. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z There is a simple network of wide tunnels that directly corresponds to the main street plan above, underlying the major avenues and cross streets. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z We were marched down the tunnel flanked by dracaenae, with Kelli and the giant in back, just in case we tried to run for it. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z “I do want you to stay out of that tunnel,” Ms. Morales said, and her voice was hesitant now. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z After five minutes, Lieutenant Jimmy Cross moved to the tunnel, leaned down, and examined the darkness. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Jaime received his brother in his tunnel of books, lying on his cot in the light of the solitary bulb that hung directly above him from the ceiling. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z From the river to the ceiling of the main tunnel must be thirty feet or so, he thought. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z The quick darkness in the carriage cars when they shot through a tunnel made them wonder if maybe there was a wall ahead to crash into or a cliff hanging over nothing. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Mole's Town was bigger than it seemed, but three quarters of it was under the ground, in deep warm cellars connected by a maze of tunnels. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Residents who lived near Langley complained about the sleep-disrupting roar of the tunnels. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z When he managed to get up, coughing and covered in dust, the entrance to the tunnel was gone. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z In New York City, you let enraged blacks pour out of Harlem across Central Park and fan down the tunnels of Madison and Fifth and Lexington and Park Avenues. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Get out of my tunnel, I want to scream. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z Is there time to turn back or am I going to get closer to a dark tunnel with no light and no way out? The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z The tunnel was near the comer of the cemetery, covered by a low, sprawling bush. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z This tunnel led to a small domed outbuilding—a sort of huge igloo—surrounded by a covered porch. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z The tunnel dead-ended to one side, and in the other direction disappeared into blackness. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z We ran through the dark tunnels, listening to the roar of the Sphinx behind us as she complained about all the tests she would have to grade by hand. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z They went on until they came to a fork in the tunnel. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z He tunneled through the watery darkness, and then the rock above them vanished. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z Around the bend of the tunnel was the opening. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z The old stone tunnels changed to dirt with cedar beams, like a gold mine or something. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z He ran down a long hallway, into a dimly lit tunnel. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z I hold my breath, waiting for Adam to appear out of the tunnel. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z They flowed steadily down the tunnel like a river of light. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z What about us, I thought, seeing Clifton again in my mind and going to sit upon a bench as a cool gust of air rolled up the tunnel. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Didn’t care if it was scouting for food to drag back to the nest or building new tunnels for wriggly ant larvae. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z At the end of the tunnel, a herd of wild grocery carts ambled past. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z It twisted and turned, but there were no more side tunnels. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z Smaller tunnels branch off the main chamber, like a massive glowing version of Lita’s fire ant colony sculpture. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z Henry kicks the car in reverse, and we roll backward until we’re out of the tunnel. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z Move quickly out of the mouth of the tunnel. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Many houses there were, chambers, halls, and passages, cut and tunnelled back into the walls upon their inner side, so that all the open circle was overlooked by countless windows and dark doors. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z The only exit was a tunnel right behind the dais. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z Each tunnel is named for a state in Mexico. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z She peered into the tall woman’s eyes, as though looking into a long, dark tunnel in the face of a rock. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z The long, airless tunnel that stretched to a pinpoint before them brought home forcefully to Powell the exact magnitude of the task accomplished by the First Expedition, with their crude robots and their start-from-scratch necessities. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z It stood in a crease of land where the desert ended and the mountain began, forming a wind tunnel. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z These were the thoughts I had as we entered the old tram tunnel under the Aldwych, just before I fell asleep. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z But worse than the mountains were the tunnels. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z The time some guys cornered two VC in a dead-end tunnel, no way out, but how, when the tunnel was fragged and searched, nothing was found except a pile of dead rats. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z All the same, solitary bucks—if they can find no existing holes to make use of—will sometimes scratch out short tunnels for shelter, although it is not work that they tackle at all seriously. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Mouse paid no attention to anything except a mole crab that decided it had lived long enough and tunneled up through the sand directly between her front paws. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z It seemed like a tunnel, but every time she looked away from it, she couldn’t remember what she’d seen. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z ‘Isn’t there a tunnel or something to go through?’ The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z The avatars who were already on the dance floor moved aside to clear a path for us, a tunnel leading to the center of the dance floor. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z Maybe I’m one of those guys who gets tunnel vision whenever he falls for someone. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z ‘You mean like on the Field of Mars - trenches, tunnels, that kind of thing? You can do that with the Mist?’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z A gentle shove against the small of my back and I am heading down a new, even more dimly lit tunnel. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z It had just reached the edge of the platform when a train shot from the tunnel at the opposite end of the station. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z He moved on, until quite suddenly the tunnel opened out, and he found himself at the top of a vast cavern: a vault immense enough to contain a dozen cathedrals. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z Her dad had been beheaded by a sharp piece of slate when the tunnel he was working in collapsed. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z Some must bribe the gate guards or tunnel guards, but surely there’s another way out of here. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z Kingshaw looked out of the windows and counted each tree down the long green tunnel. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z They followed the woman through a different tangle of tunnels, going down until they came to an underground pool that was fed by a spring. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z The tunnel let us out somewhere in the wasteland we drove through to get to the compound, among the crumbling buildings and overgrown trees breaking through the pavement. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z At the top of the tunnel, the green membrane rippled. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z At its simplest, a wind tunnel was a big box attached to a big fan. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z They led their horses down a narrow tunnel cut through the ice, cold dark walls press-ing in around them as the passage twisted and turned. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z “It’s a kind of chamber. There’s a tunnel here, too.” The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z Just through the tunnel, the train stopped at another station. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z The 1800s section and the 1950s high-rise were connected by sort of a tunnel, maybe six yards wide and probably half a football field in length, or it seemed that way. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z Coming silently down the tunnel, she could hear them talking in the room below, and she paused a moment to eavesdrop on their conversation. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z No organization came close to Langley in terms of the quality and range of wind tunnel research data and analysis. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z Harry didn’t have a very clear idea of how he had managed to get back into the Honeydukes cellar, through the tunnel, and into the castle once more. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z When the tunnel network collapsed after Daedalus died, Percy had been relieved. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z We reach the end of the tunnel, and she nudges a heavy wooden door open with her shoulder. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z There were no daring helicopter rescues, no tunnels, no ingenious plans to dress up as a guard and stroll out through the front door. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z Mrs. O’Leary and Daedalus were still locked in combat with the giants, and I could hear shouting in the tunnel. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z She backs up, pushes herself out of the tunnel. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z The woven tunnel contracted around her and held her fast. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z I stare at his face, trying to maintain eye contact, but it’s difficult because he’s zooming away from me, receding to the end of a long black tunnel. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z Unlike the other rooms underground, this chamber was connected to only two tunnels: one leading down to a pool of water and another going up to the air. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z On some vacant land nearby, he could while away long summer days by digging elaborate underground tunnels—cool, dark, subterranean retreats from Spokane’s sometimes searing dry heat. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z It was hollowed out of the ground with tunnels leading out on all sides. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z The three of us walk along the beige tiles, sprinklings of actual sand around, to the tunnel. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z After several turns, the mouth of the tunnel extended a dim invitation. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z But beneath the forest floor is a world honeycombed with the tunnels and runways of small mammals — whitefooted mice, voles, and shrews of various species. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z The tunnel was full of whispers, as the foremost encouraged those behind, as the brave urged on the fainthearted, as the old gave hope to the young. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z James was crouching close beside the Earthworm in the tunnel entrance, just below the surface, waiting for the first seagull. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z The sound echoed through the tunnel like cannon shots, and I figured we would not be catching anybody by surprise once we reached the bottom. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z She indicated an upward tunnel with the flashlight. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z As soon as Lord Asriel had joined them, the train began to move, gliding smoothly away from the platform and into a tunnel, accelerating briskly. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z After being in tunnels so long, I found it weird that part of the Labyrinth could be open to the sky. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z “No, I couldn’t get lost. The tunnel came straight here,” said Gregor, kicking his legs free happily. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z They both had the same thought: Is the way out of Ember a long dark tunnel? The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z My brother has claimed one of them for his own; he plans to excavate it, tunneling down from the top, then in from the side to make a side entrance. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z The tunnel enabled him to get from the barn to his hiding place under the pig trough without coming out into the open. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z We passed through the changeover, and forward in time again— but not to a version of the tunnels I recognized. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z Instead of an underground tunnel, we were moving through a desert landscape. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z A tunnel led from the beach into the dark. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z The group continues to run down the tunnel, doing their best to slog through the rising river. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z “But it would be really cool to have a tunnel out of my basement so I could escape from being grounded.” Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z “But they almost had us. That was a close call back there in the tunnel.” The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z We waited by the gateway, watching them walk through the dark tunnel out into the bright light where the ferryboat rode the waves. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z The Dime Lion led them around the tunnel to the third archway, where a prison guard dressed in a blue-and-gray uniform was posted, rifle slung across his back. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z They were in the middle of the tunnel, no station in sight. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Then, with closed eyes, he moved his head and tunneled under the pillow with me. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z And then the tunnel began to rise; moments later it twisted, and Crookshanks had gone. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z Root and the surrounding LEP officers rushed for cover, but Foaly, who had never actually seen a dwarf tunneling, decided to stay for a peek. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z The tunnel was the narrowest they had encountered. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z Various tunnels with neon signs at their entrances veer off in different directions. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z It was cold and hard, but I was so tired I could have slept in a wind tunnel. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z She lifted her upper body from the tunnel lip, spun the noose, and let the rope fly. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z A long whisper, from far off, down a tunnel. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z Lower down there were great pillared arches, yawning blackly like the mouths of railway tunnels. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z That stupid lot with the battering ram have just marched straight into a tunnel! Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Seven rungs up into the long triangular tunnel of the garret. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z The tunnel looked big enough for a good-sized animal to crawl through. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z And then he slowly faded from consciousness as he heard Alec calling his name down a dark, endless tunnel. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z He was crawling uphill now, as though the tunnel were leading straight toward the very center of the gigantic fruit. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z Someone drew a picture of the apartment building with the Hideout underneath it, looking like the tunnels prairie dogs burrow in. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z “I am coming for you, tunnel. You are not coming for me,” she says out loud. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z “You and Brer made a hole—a tunnel—by the Tree of Power and sent Gum Baby through, telling her to find it. Find the book.” Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z There must be a tunnel ... right under his feet. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z I left the glade and plunged into the winding tunnels of the Thicket. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z The god’s voice reverberated through the aquarium’s sound system, echoing down the tunnel. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z The tunnel twists and turns, the tiny lights providing the only illumination. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Then the whole thing swung forward on the wall like a little door, and the entrance to a real tunnel was revealed. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z I prepared myself to look into the tunnel of light and see my great-grandma and the little Chihuahua dog I had when I was four that got run over by a UPS van. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z But Matthias stood silent, unmoving, even when the gate opened, even when the wolves charged out of the tunnel—three of them snarling and snapping, tumbling over one another to get to him. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z The trouble with dwarf tunnels was that they were self-sealing, so that if you had to go back the way you came, there was a whole new burrow to be excavated. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z The island attracted saltwater fish into its subterranean tunnels—how, I don’t know; perhaps fish ate the algae as gluttonously as I did. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z Before long eighteen boys had joined Thomas and his friends in the tunnel, making a total of twenty-one Gladers in all. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z The schematic of a dark, foreboding mountain range was scrawled on the paper, showing tunnels, access points, and exits. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z After that she would be the first one to make a large tunnel through the world to China, and people could go down in big balloons. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z Now, in his nightmares, he walks the tunnels of the mines. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z The mine itself was sealed off with several of the tunnels now underwater. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z Percy, Coach Hedge, and Frank stumbled out of the glass tunnel and found themselves back in the whale shark room. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z When the snows drifted forty and fifty feet high and the ice winds came howling out of the north, the tunnels were all that held Castle Black together. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Into the tunnel that no one had made, that led nowhere. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z It took Claire longer than she had expected to make her way through the narrow shadowed tunnel that the crevice had formed. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z It tunneled back through time and burst up onto this same field three years before, the first Saturday in August, when the grass was streaked with red and guns were booming and birds were falling. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z He wished Melissa were fussier as he retired to the dark and dirty tunnel of her left boot. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z Unaware that the meteor and everything in it would have been vaporized on impact, he wasted a fortune, and the next twenty-six years, cutting tunnels that yielded nothing. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z They watched the ground humping into a continuous hillock that progressed farther as the moles tunneled towards Ambrose Spike. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Then Sam saw that he was in a long cave or tunnel that bored into the Mountain’s smoking cone. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z He ran on the white tiles up through the tunnels, ignoring the escalators, because he wanted to feel his feet-move, arms swing, lungs clench, unclench, feel his throat go raw with air. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z “Oh yes, the tunnel! Well, carry on. Er, you know what to do. I’ve got things to think about,” he muttered absently. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z “Eilonwy, listen,” Taran interrupted, “if there are tunnels and passages under the castle—can you get to the other cells? Is there a way outside?” The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z Th e good news: the left tunnel was straight with no side exits, twists, or turns. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z That is how Jenna and I managed to wind up in the back of Beth’s closet, so I guess the spider web-filled tunnels are good for something. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z We moved through a tunnel in the direction, I assumed, of Bat Lady’s house. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z The tunnel in front of them continued to slope down, and a few feet in front of them, it was full of water. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z Harry went next; he crawled forward, headfirst, and slid down an earthy slope to the bottom of a very low tunnel. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z Mark and Trina were halfway through their pancakes and deer sausage when they heard the familiar sound of the other three friends they’d picked up in the tunnels of New York. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z As my train emerged from the tunnel into sunlight, only the hot whistles of the National Biscuit Company broke the simmering hush at noon. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z On hands and knees, I leaned forward and stuck my head in the tunnel and was overwhelmed by the raw, powerful stink of whiskey. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z A good tunnel dwarf can pick up the scent of gold through half a mile of granite bedrock. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z Hazel was stumbling through a dark tunnel while a woman’s laughter echoed around her. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z After the first burst of energy, the moving in of the machines, the digging of tunnels and rooms—after that was done, a feeling of discontent settled upon us like some creeping disease. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z The attackers would emerge from their completed tunnel sometime around mid-afternoon. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z The thing I remember most is the friction of the thread as it tunneled through my skin. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z The tunnel had an arched ceiling, Lina saw, like the tunnels of the Pipeworks, but it was much wider than those tunnels. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z “Oh—I see. Part of the tunnel’s given way. You must have slipped into a crevice.” The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z Frank tackled his friends, and the three of them skidded across the cavern, landing at the edge of the ghost’s tunnel as rocks and spears flew overhead. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Even on a fine day, the corridor could be so dark that the effect was like walking through a tunnel. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z It leads to a tunnel, and they wind up going through it into another world, the Goldengrove. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z Had he known that he was about to enter a tunnel whose only egress was his own annihilation, would he have turned away? The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Chamberlain saw a solid shot furrow the earth, an instant hole, almost a tunnel, black, spitting, and die shot rebounded a hundred feet into the air, spinning off across the road. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z There were hugs and bear-sized claps on the backs of letter jackets that reverberated like yells in a tunnel. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z I was being transported at enormous speed down a tunnel into the earth. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z She’d proven herself in the tunnels under Rome, beaten a whole series of challenges with only her wits. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z All at once, as if through a gate of light, the Road ran out again from the end of the tunnel into the open. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z Mulch gave his tubes a clearing before clambering from the tunnel. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z The mechanic, a white man with many years of service at the laboratory, sabotaged Byrdsong’s experiment by incorrectly affixing the model to its sting in the tunnel’s test section. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z I pass our tube tunnel—it’s empty except for snow drifting inside. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z She hadn’t made it to the tunnel in time. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z |
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